The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-09-06
R00SEVELTiAN SPELLING
The President Orders Phonetic Spell
ling to be Used in Executive Cor
respondence and Documents

says: President Roosevelt has in
dorsed the Carnegie spelling reform
movement. He issued orders to Pub
lie Printer Stillings that hereafter all
messages from the president and all
other documents emanating from the
White House shall be printed in &C
| cordance with the recommendation Of
the spelling reform committee headed
by Brander Matthews, professor of
English at Columbia university.
This committee has published a list
of 800 words which have been re-
reformed. This list contains such
words as thru" and tho" as the spell
ling for through and though
The presidents official sanction of
this reform movement is regarded as
the most effective and speediest
method of inaugurating the new sys-
tenn of spelling throughout the coun-
try.
Not only will the printed documents
emanating from the president utilize
the reform spelling but his correspon-
dence also will be spelled in the new
style.
Secretary Loeb has sent for the list
of 90 Swords which have been re-
formed, and upon it's arrival immedi-
ately will order all correspondence of
the president and of the executive
force of the White House spelled in
accordance herewith AS the spelling
reform committee shall adopt new re-
forms they will be added to the presi- |
dents list and also to that of the pub
lie printer.
While the order to the printer to-
day does not contemplate an immedi-
ate reform in the spelling of official
documents from the executive depart
ments in Washington, it is regarded
as more than likely the respective
heads of the department will fall
in line with the presidents ideas and |
have their official documents printed
in the new spelling.
On June 10 last the simplified spell
ling board made public a list of 300 I
simplified spellings which has been +
decided upon by the board. The list
is as follows:
A-Abridgment, accouter, accurst,
acknowledgment, addrest, adj, affixt,
altho, anapest, anemia, anesthesia,
antipyrin, antitoxin, apo
them, apprize, arbor, archaeology,
ardor, armor, artizan, assize, AK
B-Bans, bark, behavior, blest,
blusht, brazen, brazier, bun, bur.
C-Caliber, caliper, candor carest
catalog, catechize, center, chapt, check
chimera, civilize, clamor,
clangor, clapt, claspt, clipt, clue, coe-
val, color. Golfer, commixt, comprest,
contest, controller, couquet,
criticize, cropt, crost, crusht, cue,
,urst, cutlas, cyclopedia
D-Dactyl, dasht decalog, defense,
1emagog, demeanor, deposit, deprest,
ievelop, dieresis, dixie, dipt, DISGUST,
dispatch, distil, distrest dolor, domi-
Ill, draft, dram, drest, dript, droopt,
lropt, dulness.
Ecumenical, edile, egis. enamor.
endeavor, envelop, eolian
'on, eponym, epaulet, era, esophagus,
sthetic, esthetics, estivate, ether. ETH |
'logy, exorcize, exprest.
F-Fagot, fantasm, fantasy, fantom,
avor, favorite, fervor, fizer, fixt, favor,
ulfil, fulness. I
G-Gage, gael, gelatin, gild, gypsy, L
loze, glycerin, good-by, gram, gript.
H-Harbor, harken heapt, hematin, $
iccup, hook, homeopathy, homonym,
onor, humor, husht, hypotenus.
ITdOlizp imnract inct;I
Jail, judgment.