The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-19

OF this investigation to be the need
gir!s, and for future generations. The
fact that college freshmen fail to spell
CONVENIENTLY one word out OF every
such thirteen, shows that there is
something the matter with the CON
Ecntlonal spelling of those words. These
/ errors IL photography constitute sol
gInn plea for photographic reform.
Inose college fellows POSSESS SO far
not swallow whole such absurd com
binations as the catch words of the
English language.
When students through the high
school have. 10 submit to smelling
tests an! miss a thirteenth Of the
the little school children. In the pri-
mary grades children strive To reason
our things but they End their efforts
day words blocked by many excep-
tons At the outset the little child
is isn discouraged ceu,j,gs from using hi; reason
ntpped in the bud.
Tho article next quotes q suggested
remedy: that the boys be apneaicd 10,
score OF personal pride" But they
have nothing 10 be ashamed OF. Spell
ing is no criterion Of intellect Ability
power when, and not before. our spell
ing is made logical But now our
eaten words are pitfalls for sensible
persons: while dull persons can commit
doing
See what Webster wrote on tho SUBJ
honor" labor" etc:
I'm the essays. written within the
last year. a considerable change OF
spelling is introduced by way Of ex-
! pertinent This liberty was taken by
the writers before the age of Queen
Elizabeth mud 10 this we are indebted
Tor me preference of modern spelling
over that OF Cover and CHANGER The
man who admits that the change Of
6oushonde mynde, ygone, moneth into
husband, mind, gone, month. Is an I'M
proYement. must acknowledge also the
writing of hcith. hreth. rong. tung,
munih. 10 be an Improvement. There
is no alternative. Every possible
reason that could ever be offered for
aitietng The he, spelling Of words stu
collection of Essays" 1890 from the
! last paragraph Of the preface
Read what Alexander j. Ellis tho
pronunciation nd spelling, wrote te - =
our present standard photography
is simply typographical; but in that
tyrant in possession. Ii has an army
of compositors who live by it. an army
OF pedagogues who teach by it, an
denounce any deviation as treason. an
army. yea. a vast host. who. having
painfully learned II as children, cling
TO ii as adults. In dread of having to
go through the awful process once
more, and care not for sacrificing their
children 10 that Moloch through
whose fires themselves had to pass,
and which ignorance makes the coun-
terslgn of responsibility" con Early
English Pronunciation" part 2. CHI. 6.
section >. page sea
The closing paragraph OF Thursdays
article is really an admission of the
inefiiciency Of the present photography.
1t advises getting the proper images
of words I'm the students memory"
and Ito impress words on the young
mentality by visual" methods, For
the Chinese words. Let an image Of
the word Just be imprinted on the
mind!-superiluous letters. wrong Sc
quences and all. Indeed. to know that
an alphabet can he so misused,
No. the spellings are at fault and
not the students. The truth of this
assertion is realized by the leaders II.
language and literature Of the English
speaking world. The writer's OF our
dictionaries. the professors In our col
leges are themselves leading tho
movement for reform of English SPELL
ing. Those who ought to know say
the reform is sure TO come.
ALBION p. MAN, JR
Yancey. Rockingham County