The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-16

length, Instead OF Or. Hopkins twelve
months divided into quarters OF three
months. each quarter containing two
four week months and one hve-week
month. DR.. Hopkins's reason for re-
tanning twelve months is that the
quarters of the year may be even
months, but the value OF the quarter
year a a unit OF time is incomparably
less than the value OF the month. 1t
is highly desirable to have all tho
months the same length for the rea-
son that salaries, wages. rent board
and many other ordinary affairs arc
counted in months. The advantage to
be gained by having months of uni
form length is one OF the most marked
advantages to he gained by "A reform
OF the calendar
In the present protect the new
month is Inserted between June and
july. This is the month in which the
summer solstice occurs in the northern
hemisphere and the winter solstice in
the southern hemisphere, hence 1t may
properly be called 'Sol-the month %
the solstice.
In the new calendar the quarters
are easily found. as each consists OF
would end on the following dates
First quarter, April 9; sex nd quarter.
Sol II; third quarter, September III;
fourth quarter. December Is: and these
@aies would all he sunday in the new
calendar. he present project there
fore contains all the advantages Of
DR.. Hopkinss project and the addi-
uonal advantages of having all the
months the same length. as we'll as
multiples of the week
Other advantages of the new cal
endar are: The year always begins on
Monday; every month begins on Mon
iay; the same day Of the year always
occurs on the same day OF the week;
the same is true of the days of the
month. Thus, the nrst. eighth, ff-
teenth an,i twenty second of every
month would fall on Monday; the sew
enth fourteenth. twenty-frst and
twenty-eighth of every month would
fall on Sunday.
IF desired. Sunday may as we'll be
taken as the initial day of the week,
month and year
IAN additional advantage is that
calendar for one year is good for all
future time. as the years are all alike
in all respects except that every NTH
year has an extra week added to De-
cember, with exceptions noted blow.
ne uetdtis oI the project are a 8
follows:
Common years consist of thirteen
months OF four weeks each. namely
January. February. March. April. May.
June, Sol Che month of the solstice)
July. August. September, October. 90
vember and December:
Long years differ from common
years In having an extra week added
to DecembAr:
Years divisible by five are long
years. with the exceptions noted be-
low:
The extra week is omitted from
years divisible by 80. 1t is also omit.
ted in the year '25 following centen-
NAL years divisihle by 400, and in tho
year rs following centennial years
Invisible by $4,000. This makes a call
endar good for more than 800 900
years.
In order to cause less confusion
this calendar should be adopted in
year that begins OH Monday. In the
ear future these years are 1912, 1917
and 1928
In order to secure the adoption Of
reformed calendar. we must secure
the appointment of an interna tional
commission, with representatives from
all civilized nations. 1t seems to me
that our present duty is to begin a
serious attempt to secure the appoint
ment Of such a commission. Can we
not form an organization for this pur-
pose?"