The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-11-03
LERN TO spell
in SIMPLIFID
STYL, He SAYS
NJ Methud Would Save Millions
of Dollars for Printing, Tipe-
riting, Etc.
Would MAKE TASKS FOR
CHILDREN MORE SIMPLE
u. of M. Professor Urges Teach.
ers to Use Lam" for Lamb"
"Fep for "Fell," Etc.


conservativ estimates simplfld spell
ing would save millionz Of dollars an
nually In the expenze Of printing
Itiperiting, etc.. besides enabling each
scool pupil tn devote tn the acquizi-
|tion Of useful nolig sum tn yearx OF
the time now wasted on the fruitles
Task of lerning tn spell.
Of Prof. c. l.. Meader, Of the Univer-
,ity of Michigan. before the Michigan
State Teachers association.
(END BOK.)
ANN ARBOR. Mich, Nov. L.
(SpeciaD-The character and prog
ress of the movement for the simpli.
ncation Of English spelling was dis
cusssd before the annual convention
Of the Michigan State Teachers as
ISOLATION here today by Prof. G. L.
Meader, OF the University Of Michi-
gan. That the movement for the In
PRODUCTION Of phonetic spelling has
become international In scope, and,
liz adopted, would result In an an
nual saving of millions of dollars,
were among the statements made by
Prof Meader
In part he said: CAS- It appeared
in his manuscript
THE ultimate aim Of practically
all the trends of this movement Is tn
attain tn the nearest PRACTICABLE APP
Proclamation tn strictly fonetic
spelling of the English language. In
which each sound will be represented
by one letter only, and each letter
will represent but one sound This
will make lerning to spell q simpl
task that can be accomplish by the
average child In q few weeks. This
end cannot be attained, however,
without making sum notifications
In the alfabet. by the introduction
Of sum new letter. and the alteration
Of the valu of otherz. Most advo-
Gates of simplified spelling hav there
fore contented themselvz with set
ting a les ambitious aim. namely to
make the nearest possibl approach
on a fonetic spelling without intro
dusing notifications intu the pres
|ent alfabet. Tu this end they hav
generally agreed: (First tu omit all
|Superfluous (silent) letters. like the
last "p' fell" (The "e" in
hope" and glued" is not omitted
since it servz the purpose of ind.
eating the long VERDI. (Second) TIL
su Institute for q group Of letters rep
|resenting a given sound, a singl let
ter by which the same sound IL COM
monty represented, az. bin" for
been" (Three) Tu substitute &C"
Tor soft, "e," e. for IS" pronounced
y etc., as reseve for receive, boyz for
boys. drest for dressed.
Even in urging and adopting
theze principles, advocates Of the
movement hav frequently declined tn
apply them or urge their application
in thez casez In which the changes
would so materially alter the appear
anze Of any given werd as to quite
iisguiz 1t or render it offensiv tn per-
SOM hui do not simpathize with the
reform.
"In making all theze changes, they
hav bin continually guided by the
polisy of extending and strengthen
ing existing analogiez Of spelling. So
we should spell liam" insted OF
lamb"
During the past fu years. the
movement has becum international in
scope. Efficient sentral offisez exist
now In Australia, India. South Africa,
New Foundland, Ontario and London,
besidez various sitiez in the United
states. Numerous scoolz and hier
Institutions Of lerning hav adopted
the reform in part. or in its entirety.
Over three-hundred newspapers and
periodicals. hav signif1d their inten-
sion. Sum 10000 pepl In America
hav signifled In riting their APPROVAL
and pledged themselvz TIL use simpli-
fed spelling In their correspondence.
This simply includes many of the
most distinguish scolarz, statezmen
an educatorz In the cuntry. There
ar at present relatively fu rabid op-
ponents. The editors Of all the CRATE
dictionariez ar hartily in favor of it,
md no etymologist Of repute is op-
pozed tn it,"