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To Simplify English Language.
Announcements Was mad" OF AN OF
g3tizatlou. Including prominent men OF
affoir- is well as leading men OF letters.
has hcnu formed IN NOM FORK to urge
The simplihca,ion Of English spelling.
THIS peW body is called the simplified
spelling board. 1t VIII appeal 10 all
who for educational or praclicsl rea-
SONS wish to make English spelling
".tsier. andrew Carnegie has under
taken TO bear the expense of the organi-
cation Nh. Carnegie long has been con-
vincel English might be made the
world language OF the future. and thus
one of the Influences leading to univer-
sal peace: ana he believes that the
chief obstacle to it's speedy adoption is
to be found Ia It's contradictory and DIFF
iiculi spelling.
The simpliiied spelling board contains
some thirty members. living i'm various
/ parts of the union. Some of them are
authors of wide reputation, some are
prrf"ssed scholars connected with lead
ing universities: some are editors of he
foremost American dictionaries: some
are men distinguished In public life:
aud some are incn of affairs. prominent
in ciVil life.
Inc membership is not yet complete,
out IT now includes Chancellor An
drewS Of the University of Nebraska.
justice Brewer of tlar United States
supreme court, President Butler of CO.
luulbli university. .. q. B%lacklmer of
'hlcaEo, Andrew Carnegie. =. l.. Glenn
ems MARK Twain. Dr.. Melvil Dewey.
i'r isaac Is. Funk. editor and pub
liSh"r OF the ~"sStandard Dictionary:
Lyman j. Gage. cx-sccrctary of the
treasury: Richlrd Watson Glider. ed
llof OF the Century magazine: Or. Will
nam T. Harris. United States commits
Nlonci of education and editor of
.WchStcr's international D~ictionary".
!rpiesSpr George iIenipi of the Uni
N"rsity of Michieall. colonel Thomas
Wentworth IIigginson. Henry Holt.
Professor William James of Harvard.
president David Starr Jordan of Lee
iani stanford university, Professor
Thomas K. Lounsbury of Vale. Pro-
lessor Francis \. March of Lafayette.
,f"leSsor Brande Matthews OF Co
luilbil Judge Morrow of the United
states circuit court. california;: Dr.
benjamtn Il. Smith, editor, and DE-.
harles +. G. Scott, chronological editor
or IN" Century D~ictionary": President
~. III Se"ileN of the Iowa State Nor
NAL school, Cedar Fails; Colonel
charles y. sprague, president of the
I nio Dime Savings institution: Pro-
fessor calvin Thomas Of Columbia. Nh.
+. o.. Vale, lately editor of Intelli-
Sencc, Or. William Hayes Ward. ed
itor OF the Independent, and President
Woodward of the Carnegie institution
of Washington.
The establishment OF the simplifed
spelling board is tue result of an eff
fort made within the last year to secure
the use. by men of position. of certain
siinplitied spcllings. adopted some years
ago by the National. E~ducational as
ISOLATION and now used by several inn
portant publications The response to
this request was cordial. Hundreds of
signatures We're re- eived pledsing the
writer's t. use these SIMPLER forms in
their personal correspondence.
The members of the simplified SPELL
ing board believe t,,nt the time is now
ripe for n forward movement. They
have learned the nature and the
strength of the opposition to he over
come. They will not advocat change
merely for the SAX. of change. They
do not intend to u:ee any violent all
teratton in the appearance of familiar
words. They will not advance any ex-
tre'ne theories. Tney will not expect
to accomplish their task in a day or in
a year. They are willing to make haste
slowly. I'm tine expectation of overcom-
ing by degrees the prejudice existing
in favor o. h present cumbersome
photography. They wish. in brief. to
~ dl ITOCSSG Oh SlmDI1t1catfOn
winch has been going on in English. in
spite OF n opposition of conservatives.
ever since the invention OF printing.
notably IN the omission OF silent and
useless letters. Not so long ago al
manac was spelt aln,anack. and music
was musirk. In the last few years
techntc has been winning acceptance
In place OF technique. program has been
substituting itself for rogramm cat
alog for Catalogue, n tho for though.
These shor.er forms are already be-
coming familiar; they may not as vet
be approved by the majority, but they
are NO 'onse strange in the eyes OF
the average reader. and they are found
In use I'm hooks by authors of repute
and In peri ideals Ut standing.
The simplifed spelling board will not
only lend It's support to such simplifi-
cations by omissions, but ii proposes
also To arouse a wider public interest
i'm the general question OF English or
biography. There Is Il real need Of or
ganized effort to make English IA better
instrument for the hundreds of millions
who will have to use our language be-
fore the end OF the twentieth century.
Although English is spreading more
rapidly than any other tongue. 1t has
the most illogical spelling OF any one
of the more important modern Ian
guaces.
The board intends to urge individuals
everywhere to exercise the privilege OF
sitnplification and to other
organizations which are working to-
ward the arr end or have shown an
interest In the cause.
The immediate activities of the sim
plified spelling board will he directed
by an executive committee chosen from
the members residirg in New York. An
office will be opened IN New York to
serve AS Headquarters for the work:
and from this office the campaign Of
education will be conducted by a COM
petent staff. Local societies will be or
ganiIed wherever a group of willing
! workers can be gathered together.
Comprehensive plans are being mapped
out which will take years for their full
accomplishment
Better Prospects.
y conservative Now York %tinancicr. who
has a,nasecd a considerable fortune. was
recently approached 10y "A friend whose