Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-01-17
SPELL "SChEDULE."
Many Ways in Which Independent SpellerA
 Present the Word,

Present the Word.
 At the last meeting of the Six O'clock Club, Major John McElroy, of the Na. tional Tribune. sreaking to the ques- tion, .'What shall we abolish neXt?" proposed the abolition of our present method tor lack of method) of spelling. He favored a phonetic system-one, as he put it. under which words will spell themselves. Mir. Theodore l.. DeLand, of the Treasury Department. proposed, on the other hand the abolition of spelling reformcrs, holding that in this glorious land of the free and home of the brave every body should be and now is permitted to spell according to the dictates of his own conscience, or words to that effect. We are always glad to furnish disputants with good weapons. It therefore gives pleasure to us to be able to lay before these gentlemen and their respective allies communication which we are amply assured contains no jot of cXaggcration:
 M.3. EDIToE--Erom the correspond euce with the Post-Ofiice Department the following misspcllings of the word "scl.rdulc" have been collected princi- pally by Mr. G.. II. La Fotra, late of the Post-Otiicc Department
 There are honest attempts to spell the word by poStmastcrs, contractors, mail carriers, members of Congress and others in the Government service. Some evl- d"ntly arise from a failure to pronounce tho word correctly and then an effort to spell the miSpronunciation. The possi- bllitics of misspclling this word are by | no means exhausted in this list, but | these given indicate clearly that some reform is needed. cithor in our system | If education or in our system of spell | ing. The matter is respectfully referred | to the honorable Civil-Service Commis- sion.
 Ccagule, ccdual, cgul, cegule, cedule, | chedeulc, chedel, chedgule, chedual, | chcdulc. chcgeulo, chegulc, chudgel, | chugel, clcdulc. keggcl, scaaguel, sea- gucl, scattull, scatul, sceadiael, scead- ulc, scedaule, scedgel, scedguele, seed | gle, scedual, scedgulc, scedjule, scedole, sccdual, sccduall, scedue. scedul, seed. uol, sccduell, scedule, scedull, scegel, sceguel, scegule, scetchel, sceudgel, | Sceudule, scgul, Scguel, Schadule, schedule, schedule, schedel. sched- | gcle. schedgucle, schcdguel, schedgule, schedil. schedjule, schedule, sched- oolle, schedual, schedue, sceduel, | scaedul, schedulee, schedull, schedule, | schezal, scheZcial, schezel, scheZouel, schezule, scheoul, scheoule, scheowle, scheudel, schedule, schzule, schicle, schigule, schidual, schidull, schidule, schied, schicl. schuadal, schudle, schudule, schudgal, schudgle, schudle, schugdale, schuluge, schule, schulc- dule, sclduel, scidule, schedule, scigel, schedule, scual, scudle, scudale, scugel, scugle, sculue. sccodule, sedual, scduel, sedgule, scdul, scdule, scedgule, sccdule, scegel, scgule, shadule, shedgel, shedul, shedule, she- gal, shegel, sheguel, shegule, shilture, skaddle, skeddule, skeddle, sl1edgel, skedgoel, skedgeoul, skedgeul, sked- geule, skedgeuele, skedge, skedguel, skedgul, skedgule, skedial, skejule, skedrule, skeduel, skedul, skedule. skedyowal, skeetule, skegal, skegel, skegl, slledge, sl1eguel, skegule, slejule, sketchel, sketuel, sketule. slleudgle, skudgel, skudgl, squedgel, sudule.
 Certainly this curious list sustains MT.
 De Land in his assertion that every
 body spells as he pleases in this great and growing Republic. and, on the other
 hand, it must gratify Major McElroy to
 tiEd such testimony of the need of sys-
 tenn in which every word will be it's own orthographist. Washington Post.