Arizona republican., 1910-02-09
The American Language as Spelled
 in College.

In the Journal of Educational Psy-
 chology appears model letter pre-
 pared by Guy Montrose Whipple. Pm
 D., one of the editors of that pub
 lication. in which with fine sarcasm
 the present day in the stunt of spell
 ing is clearly set forth. From fifty
 eight examination books written by
 students of all four classes in a west
 ern university, Dr. Whipple selected
 l60 misspelled words and incorporated
 them in a letter reading:
 Dear Aunt: To-day I received my
 diploma. and now. thank forum. l am
 educated. l have not yet intirely de-
 tirmined my carere Wheather l shall
 finally earn my livlihood by going
 into the soliciting buisness as my
 uncle's pardoner will dipind on his
 preferences. At any rate. laborous
 and humuliating manuel pursuits are
 furtherest from my intentions. as am conscious already that the uni
 virsity invironment has prooved par
 ticularly valuable to me in evry way.
 My intellegual equippement has been advansed harmoniously; by immeta- tion of the best sholars my vocabular has been strengthened: suberstitions almost as bad as those of the heath ern have been analised and prooved incorrect to me; my inaetiative has been aroused and intencified; socially l am well acquiped and incidently the rough eges l used to show have been eleminated: again. the dicipline l have recieved from the practice work in the laboratories of physics and chemistery. where persistence, courtsy, couragiousness and similar qualities are definately emphazed. and the knowlege I have received from the | iecturs and disseussions of my pro- | fissors in bonay. rhitoric, mathmatics, | physiology. ect.. should be sourse of | inestimable benifit to me from what | ever angel it is regarded. In fact, i aunty, untill you have been here, you | would never suspicion how desireable ! and influencial college eduecation is even to a person who has been given by heridity meerly adverage amount of mural piacticity and a comparatively | poor mental calaber. In the light of my practical expirience, however, l can testify that a college education is alright.
 Tt is to bad that the epedemic of diptheria and scarlet tina and the confussion and fuss of fumugation shud have involentarily kept you from commng to the exersices. You inquire about my helth; during my course. as you probibly remember, I have been i'll but seldem: an attack of measles with some nauseau and other unpleas- ant symptoms during the Christmas holidays, and one spell of thrachoma, due. l think, to my astigmation. are the only deseases I have had. as this is a very intelegent and hygenic city. notible for its clenliness. One of my friends. however, an enginiere. has not had the happeist lot; he lived in l room oppisete mine. with very , low cieling,l where tramsons were the , lnly devises for ventalating, and even rhese were ordinarally neclected. as they were of no earthly use. Hense le was unable to brake up an attack 1 If typoid. and was competed to loose Iuite q bit of his scholl work They 'ouiu Hot trace tlse souiSe oi tiie uc- 'case itsself, but put him under quar- | .ntine as they said he might be a | ieuc,eus or foeas for the development If other cases.
 "'l have to go out now to walk or peace with my chum. so good il "" a
 And meanwhile. the grammar d chools and the high schools of the f nen and young women for college. i,