The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-18
SPELLING REFORM
CARNEGIE PROMISES e15,Ooo
 YEAR FOR CAMPAIGN.
Has Fifty Associates--Brander Mat- fhews, pr. Butler, ssafark Twain" and Dr. Isaac K. Funk Among
 the Leaders.
New York Herald.

New York Herald.
 Financed by Andrew Carnegie. the SimpIified Spelling Board will today begin its campaign to introduce a sys- tenn of expressing the English lan- guase with as few letters as possible.
 Offices will be leased in the Metro- poIitan Life Building, and three clerks or secretaries will be engaged, who will work under the direction of an executive committee. of which Profes- sor Brander Matthews, of Columbia University. Is chairman. Circulars will he disoensed telling the necessity of condensed orthoRraphv. and before long a field secretary will be retained who will travel about the country or ganizin~ clubs and taking counsel with { local lesg7ers of the movement.
 No official statement of financial ar- engagements for the campaign could be obtained. but it is a fact that MT. Car negie has promised $15,000 annually. or as much more as may be necessary. for a term of years. and that he will extend the time provided that results justify the expenditure. The phiian- thropist made the gift upon the con- dition that at least twenty well known men would nledgs themselves to use In their published writings and their correspondence certain spell'nRs of words which have been adopted bv the National Educational Association. Among these exhibits are:-'9Tho" for ''thouRh." "altho." for although" ~ciearet" for "cigarette." thru" for "threush" and "thoroly" for thor oughlv." <
 Pledge cards were circulated and eight hundred responses were receiv- ed. Fifty names were presented for inspection by MT. Carnegie, and he approved them and arranged for the endowment.
 For International Peace.
 MT. Carneeie's idea in aiding the Simnlffed Smelling Board was that if would indirectly nrnmote the same , ends as the Peace Palace in The Hague. which was built through his gem erosity. A belief that BnElish is like lv 10 become a worlds language sug- gested to him the thought that It's spread would be facilitated if it could be read and written as easily as 1t is spoken. If all the world understands one speech, he believes. disagreements will not be likely to occur.
 Those who fear that the pronosed reform will bring on a cataclvsFn ot .IJosh Billings orthography need not be alarmed, for twas" will not be rep- resented by the symbol ''wuz"
 So far there has been no disposition 10 use the verb "rite'' for feats of pen- r1fC ihONFhiNtAN ID INV VI AAt< phonetic school. although it aims to have words spelled as much like the way they sound as possible. It will at present do everything possible to cause the dropping of unnecessary let tera
 Among those who are sponsors of the plan are Dr. Nicholas Murray But Ter. president of Columbia University; pr. David Starr Jordan, of Leland Stanford Jr., University. and Dr. Wood- ward. president of the Carnegie In- stitute in washington. Among lexieo- graphers are Dr. Isaac K Funk. edi- tor and publisher of the Standard Dic- tionary; pr. William T. Harris, Uni- ted States Commissioner of Education and editor of websters Dictionary; pr. Benjamin E. Smith. editor of the Century Dictionary. and his associate, Dr. Charles P. G, Scott.
 Many AnthOrS on List.
 Many well known authors are con- nected with the organization, such as Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) Professor Brander Matthews. Colonel Thonnas Wentworth Higginson and Richard watson Glider The movement has also the support of such authori- ties on English az Professor Thomas R. Lounsbury of Yale, and Professor Francis A. March, of Lafayette Col- lege. Practical business men also are identified with the movement, like Col