The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-08-16
SlnpIified Spelling.

t.- English language. 10 !
,,4nas been organized a Sim
..ug Board, composed OF
H., continent men, with head
{, Madison Avenue, New /,
Brauder Matthews of |
-mversity is chairman.
,tnprmen on the Board are
-.0. formerly President of
.,...-ity, now chancellor of
,.E Of Nebraska; n. M. |
If columbia University;
3D.. Pres. of Leland Stanford
Nni.James, Prof. in Har-
,ludsbury, Prof. in Yale;
,rI.s. Prof. in Columbia: H.
Tres. of the Iowa State
.m George Hempel, Prof.in
s of Michigan; David j.
-,..r of the I. s. Supreme
runk. editor of the Stan
.ry b. f. Smith, editor of
.g ctlonary; R. w. Glider,
-.e century Magazine; W.
.ttot of the Independent;
,ommissioner of Educa-
.-t9l. d. c.; R. S. Wood
tie Carnegie Institute;
mems, Thomas W. Hig- |
nv Holt, Lyman j. Gage, !
3f prominence. During |
months members of the
-uri six pamphlets out
-F contemplated and con
. a few hundred words, |
... winch they have chan ged. |
A uent scholars say a word |
rI thus and so, their au-
weight, and even if they |
changes persons who
a of spelling cannot be |
racy. There is a tenden-
H"5 ~ "Nnrona,,rsod |
-''5 ,' u",, ris,,os - be tba |
the old and adopt the
-g' ! ' Upe "e'- -,, 1" .,.I,i ,o,,
.--. } too new or old;
-t ty whom the new are tried,
|YN I la nlt aside
auder Matthews, chair
implied spelling board, |
9Alet he has recently |
spelling of Yesterday
c OF Tomorrow that
ing of English is truly
worthy of a practical
Iy unscientiiic, waste
.GiIoh speaking children
.. tr undergo years of use
uumoriLi'g long lists of
,latIous Of letters. What !
. German, Italian and
-r have no such tasks i'm
,m. In 1898 the National
ASSOCIATION amended the
rAr.ve words, as follows:
o- Gecalog, demagog, peda-
,o4ram, tho, thoro, thoro-
muoat. VIM. Hayes Ward, |
file Executive committee
lifted spelling board and
dependent, has adopted
., form in that magazine.
.0aal keview and other
also adopted it.
.r reason why the children |
u schools should waste years
SIS drudgery of memoriZing !
peculiar combinations of
p Mold in memory such com
without reference to sound
rs indeed a task.
lgin1 of silent letters is one
- -p in making the change;
ample, "a from breath,
deaf. endeavor, instead,
,fead. etc; "b' from crumb,
JuuUt, etc; sc" from alb
81, scissors, scent, victuals,
a aearken, hearth, forfeit,
.Jtaeon, etc; 'I' from
.-- friend. heifer, juice,
.o' from flourish, journey,
aan, young, enough,
nm guard, guage, build,
ETC.; "n" from solemn,
lu, condemn, etc; "h"
..u0arb, rhyme, catarrh,
aehast, etc; "k" from |
su,t. knife, etc; "g" from
uuarl, gneiss, gnostics, |
-etu. etc; "gh" from !
..t thigh, slough, sigh, |
-atrr, etc; ugh" from |
g4t wrought, fought, ETC.;
t. Isle, puiSne, vlScount, |
Hm drachm, schism, etc:
wet wrap, wrinkle, wrlg- |
sword, whoop, toward, |
PIN to f in such words as
uyphen, siphon, nephew, ,
--gln, graphic, pamphlet, |
paIagraph, ETC.; omit "m"
words having short vowels, |
mp.e, flannel, channel, POM
with panel, camel, |
about fifteen hundred words
T. difficulty, not spelled &C
any analogy; and the child
ri to memorize hundreds of |
ar combinations of letters.
are about twelve hundred
.- Of the letters of which
d AT OF unusual sounds, caus-
Us To the young learner. The
silent or redundant letters
1T these words would make