The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-06-29
EQUAL MONTH
CALENDAR GIVES
US Is MONTHS
Sirnplified Division of Time
That Would Make All
Dates Fall On Same Week
Days Up to Congress.

Fift.1 busneiss and professional men OF
Mime apolis nave organized the Ameri-
can Equal Month Calendar Association,
and their idea, the Liberty calendar. is
now being spread broadcast over world
OF tn hiking people. The simplicity OF
this advocated plan is almost startling
and the arguments for its adoption are
many and logical.
Tnese men would do away with the
IS squares now used on the Calendar
and Substitute for them only 2s. making
every month tdentically the same and
one need only cut out one single form
and ray use IL the rest OF hs natural
life. Soon everyone would memorize the
calendar. and s15.oO0,o00 would b. saved
avery year for printing calendars.
Or course, we may be sure that such
men would not have started out on
propag nda Ike this without looking be-
icre they leaped and it is stated that for
two whole years before the matter was
made public, the president of the asso-
citation was corresponding with scientists,
educators and with view to getting
their expert opinions and learning whetn-
sr the proposed Liberty calendar would
really stand the test. They also wished
to learn whether their plan could be i'm
proved
In framing the calendar only three
slight changes were made in the pres
emit form. First New Years day was
made an independent legal holiday. It is
placed between the last day OF December
and the first day of January, but it IS
not included in any week or month. Then
the remaining 364 days are divided into
10 months of exactly four weeks each,
every month commencing with Monday.
This is certainly simplicity itself.
OF course, the extra day in Leap Years
also had to be provided for, but the same
unique plan was again followed, and an
other Independent day called Correction
day is placed at the end of each fourth
year between the last day of December
and New Years day OF the following year
This VIII make two holidays come to-
gether once in four years.
In orSier to retain all the fundamentals
of the present calendar, Correction day.
Is omitted from the last year of all CEN
turtles Invisible by 400. This is necessary
because our calendar year is not exact
with tho true solar system by 81 seconds
a year.
The new month OF Liberty IL placed
next after january and February in the
new form simply because OF similarity
or sound.
The summer season under the new
form is given four months, but each Of
the other seasons is given three months
as heretofore. 1t Is claimed that this
arrangement Will be more true to nature
than our present division.
The plan also provides that Good Fri
day anc Easter Sunday shall always be
observed on certain fixed dates This
was contemplated when our present cal
endar was adopted.
The officers of the association are 10
formed that the French Academy II
Sciences favors their plan and will advo-
cate its adoption by all the nations
which snail join tina new international
league. = bill for the adoption of the
Liberty cauendar has already been intro
duced In our congress, and another DILL
VIII be introduced In both the house and
the senate at the extra session. The big
provides that the change to the new form
shall take effect on the first day of the
year 1922. This will make the transition
very easy, as that day win be Sunday. as
well as New Years day, and the next
day win be Monday, January L. There
after, at the end OF each four weeks a
new month win begin, and this win be
ALI the months win be exactly alike and
this wiz continue for all the ages to
come.
1t Is claimed by the advocates of this
new plan that any thoughtful person
must admit that the calendar we are
now using is cumbersome and incon-
venient In the extreme. It is pointed out
that because Of the absolute want of
regularity and also because OF the sew
eral different lengths of the months che
mind Of the whole public Is constantly
kept in A befuddIed state, and that no
one ever knows even ten days in advance
on what date a certain day will fan.
while on the Liberty calendar one VIII
be able to tell on what day of the week
any future date will fall, even though
that date should be a thousand years
hence. Also that under the new form
there would be no more five Sundays to
the month to upset our calculations
Every holiday and every anniversary will
always fell on it's particular day of the
week. 1t will be on the same day OF
the week In every year. Strange to say, }
the Fourth Of July, Victory Day, (Nov.