Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-25
Or. Scott. Secretary Of Reform
Board, EIated Over Presi.
dents Order.
IT is A GREAT STEP FORWARD.
Princeton. Cornell and Brown Men DO
Not Think Very Much Of
Innovation.
Ana SIMPLIFYING

lid - SIMPLIFYING p" o, H,I.
New York, Aug. ?5.-pr. C. G, 1,
Scott, secretary OF the simplhed SPELL
ing board, Is elated over the presidents
order that the reform spelling" be
used IN official documents issuing from
the White House. He believes that Is
the greatest step yet made In simpli-
Tying the spelling OF English, although,
even with the presidential endorsement,
he does not believe that there will b.
any sudden change from the old estab-
lished spelling.
Dr. Scott said yesterday that he had
been in correspondence with the heads
Of an the scientific bureaus in WASH
ington, the president and the public
printer. and many government officials,
all of whom had long been eager 10
reform certain inconsistencies IN SPELL
Ing.
The public printer, he said, had al
ready asked the board 10 aid him IN
compiling a new style book" one or
two newspapers and some magazine.
anu VI Adlh AluAt lNuludAo d4t bciis tA'
300 simpllhed spelllngs suggested by the
board, and the superintendent Of
schools IN Dublin. IS authorized 10
adopt these speliings il he deems II
advisable.
Prof. Charles Mcmillan OF Princeton
university. said when asked what he
thought Of the changes IN spelling IN
dorsed by President Roosevelt:
a.. 81 L. q L.. 81 q 80.
value, for when We change our words
TO spell them phonetically We lose their
origin. When We do this We will have
10 begin all over surely the English
language is complicated enough as IL
Is now without making II stu worse,
believe we should by all means retain
the old methods Of spelling,
What a change such new system
would make In our colleges and what a
reprintng OF standard works would be
necessary 70 bring II into use
we must first secure uniform pro-
nunciation because We can hope to have
q successful phonetic system Of spelling.
said Prof James Morgan Hart, head Of
the English department at Cornell uni
versity, according TO a special from lth-
AGA printed IN today's World, For
that reason, the proposed new spelling
viii not be phonetic, but will consist
merely in cutting OF unnecessary let
tiers. | can't say that ! dislike the in
novat!on, but the men az the head of
10 are not recognized leaders and do not
command very extensive following.
] think President Roosevelt was a bit |
hasty in adopting the so-called phone |
tic system for his state documents.
The World also publishes a special |
from Providence. r. l., In which Presi- |
dent Faunce OF Brown university Is
quoted as follows.
cot course, no one expects 10 intro |
duce complete phonetic spelling OF
English words as they are pronounced. |
In order to accomplish this We should |
have identical pronunciation. As long
as words are pronounced In various !
ways, they cannot be spelled In what |
Il called phonetic manner.
u do not believe II Is possible or
desirable by any act Of government 70 |
change the orihography Of the Eng
lish language. The result ~ centurie,
OF growth cannot be annihilated by act |
of Congress or by any Organization
large or small"