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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S ORDER TO THE PUBLIC PRINTER. President Roosevelt on August 27,1906, addressed a letter to the Public Printer, Charles A. Stillings, Washington, D. C., directing that the Government Departments adopt the system of spelling recommended by the Simplified Spelling Board in the preparation of all copy for publications to be printed at the Government Printing Office. The following was the letter:

My Dear Mr. Stillings-I inclose herewith copies of certain circulars of the Simplified Spelling Board, which can be obtained free from the board at No. 1 Madison Avenue, New York City. Please hereafter direct that in all government publications of the executive departments the three hundred words enumerated in Circular. No. 5 shall be spelled as therein set forth. If any one asks the reason for the action refer him to Circulars 3, 4, and 6, as is ued by the Simplified Spelling Board. "Most of the criticism of the proposed step is evidently made in entire ignorance of what the step is, noless than in entire ignorance of the very moderate and common-sense views as to the purpo es to be achieved, which views are so excellently set forth in the circulars to which I have referred. There is not the slightest intention to do anything revolutionary or initiate any far reaching policy. The purpose simply is for the Government instead of lagging behind popular sentiment to advance abreast of it, and at the same time abreast of the views of the ablest and most practical educators of our me, as well as of the most profound scholars-men of the stamp of Professor Lounsbury and Professor Skeat.

"If the slight changes in the spelling of the three hundred words proposed wholly or partially meet popular approval, then the changes will become permanent without any reference to what public officials or individual private citizens may feel; if they do not ultimately meet with popular approval they will be dropped, and that is all there is about it. They represent nothing in the world but a very slight extension of the unconscious movement which has made agricultural implement makers and farmers write "plow" instead of "plough" which has made most Americans write honor" without the somewhat absurd, superfluous "u," and which is even now making people write program" without the "r me, just as all people who speak English now write 'bat, set "dim," sum,' and fish," instead of the Elizabethan "batte," dimme, summe, ," and "fysshe"; which makes us write "public," almanac, ." and "wagon, "" fantasy, instead of the "publick," "almanack,' and waggon, "of our great-grandfathers,

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"It is not an attack on the language of Shakespeare and Milton, because it is in some instances a going back to the forms they used, and in others merely the extension of changes which, as regards other words, have taken place since their time. It is not an attempt to do anything far reaching or sudden or violent, or indeed anything very great at all. It is merely an attempt to cast what slight weight can properly be cast on the side of the popular forces which are endeavoring to make our spelling a little less foolish and fantastic. Sincerely yours, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT.”

The board invites and will welcome the co-operation of any individual or of any organization who may wish to aid in the work. Address the Simplified Spelling Board, 1 Madison Avenue, New York.

Bryant's Index Expurgatorius.

WHEN William Cullen Bryant was editor of the New York "Evening Post, "the following list of words, which writers and reporters on the paper were forbidden to use, was posted in the editorial room. Mr. Parke Godwin, in a letter to the editor of THE WORLD ALMANAC, several years ago, said: "Mr. Bryant's Index grew up gradually out of the bad habits of reporters, who in their haste were apt to make use of words and phrases that were offensive to a nicer taste. He did not exclude fornis of expression that were incorrect or improper only, but others that had become almost nauseating as commonplaces or as slang. He did not like to see the vulgarisms of the street introduced into the newspaper, lest they might make their way into literature."

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Organizations for the Promotion of Education.

CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION.

Chancellor-John H. Vincent. President of Trustees-W. H. Hickman. Principal of InstructionGeorge E. Vincent. Secretary-Ira M. Miller. Treasurer-Warren F. Walworth. Chairman Executive Board-J. C. Neville. General Director-Scott Brown. Located at Chantauqua, N. Y.

The Chautauqua Assembly, now Chautauqua Institution, was organized in 1874 as a result of the joint plan of Lewis Miller and John H. Vincent. It holds annual sessions during July and August at Chautauqua, N. Y. The plan includes Summer school courses of instruction in language, literature, science, and art, open lectures, concerts, and recitals, and various forms of platform entertainment and out-of-door recreation. Local assemblies patterned after the mother Chautauqua convene in different places throughout the United States and number 194.

The Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle (Rate F. Kimball, Chautauqua, N. Y., Executive Secretary) was organized at Chautauqua in 1878, with the aim of continuing the influence of the Assembly throughout the year in all parts of the country. Since that time more than two hundred and sixty thousand members have been enrolled. The Circle aims to promote the habit of reading and study in history, literature, science, and art, in connection with the routine of daily life. Each year four books are specially published for the course, The Chautauquan Magazine (Frank Chapin Bray, Editor) and the membership book with review outlines. The essentials of the plan are: A definite course covering four years, each year complete in itself; specified volumes approved by the counsellors, allotment of time by the week and month, a monthly magazine with additional readings and notes, review outlines, and other aids. Individual readers may pursue the course alone, or local circles may be formed by three or four members. The time required is about one hour daily for nine months. Certificates are granted to those who complete the course. Seals are affixed to the certificates granted for collateral and advanced reading. Any one may become a member of the C. L. S. C. by sending an application, together with $5 for the unit (four books, membership book, and magazine for one year), to Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, N. Y.

THE PEABODY EDUCATION FUND.

In 1867 and 1869 George Peabody established a fund of $3,500,000, to be devoted to education in the Southern States of the Union. Of this amount $1,380,000 being in Mississippi and Florida bonds was not available, those of Mississippi, having been repudiated and those of Florida issued while it was a Territory, never having been recognized as legal by its authorities. The fund was placed in the charge and control of fifteen trustees, of whom Mr. Robert C. Winthrop, of Massachusetts, was the chairman. Mr. Peabody died in London in 1869. The trustees hold meetings annually, usually in New York. They fill vacancies caused by death or resignation. The present trustees are: Chief Justice Fuller, President of the Board; Joseph H. Choate, First Vice-President; D. C. Gilman, Second Vice-President; Dr. Samuel A. Green, General Agent; J. Pierpont Morgan, M. K. Jesup, of New York; President Theodore Roosevelt, of New York; Samuel A. Green, Richard Olney, and Right Rev. William Lawrence, of Massachusetts; ex-Mayor William A. Courtenay, of South Carolina; James D. Porter, of Tennessee; Henderson M. Somerville, of New York; George Peabody Wetmore, of Rhode Island; Charles E. Fenner, of Louisiana; Hoke Smith, of Georgia, and Right Rev. William C. Doane. Dr. Green is General Agent of the fund, with headquarters at 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., and has charge of the distribution of the fund in the several Southern States. In its earlier history the chief aim of the fund was to encourage and secure the establishment of public school systems for the free education of all children. That having been accomplished, the income of the fund is now used for the training of teachers through Normal Schools and Teachers' Institutes. In the year ending October 1, 1905, the amount distributed was $92,000. Power was conferred by the deed of trust on the trustees to distribute the fund at the expiration of thirty years, which period ended in 1897. In January, 1905, the trustees decided, by a vote of 11 to 2, to dissolve the trust. It was expected to take two years to wind it up. The corporation will then cease to exist..

THE JOHN F. SLATER FUND.

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In 1882 Mr. John F. Slater, of Connecticut, placed in the hands of trustees the sum of $1,000,000, for the purpose of uplifting the lately emancipated population of the Southern States and their posterity." For this patriotic and munificent gift the thanks of Congress were voted, and a medal was presented. Neither principal nor income is expended for land or buildings. Education in industries and the preparation of teachers are promoted in institutions believed to be on a permanent basis. board consists of D. C. Gilman, of Johns Hopkins University, as President; Chief Justice Fuller, as Vice-President; Morris K. Jesup, as Treasurer, and Bishops Potter and Galloway, and Messrs. William A. Slater, John A. Stewart, Alexander E. Orr, Cleveland H. Dodge, Bishop Ellison Capers and Seth Low. Dr. Wallace Buttrick, 54 William Street, New York, is the General Agent of the fund. The fund is a potential agency in working out the problem of the education of the negro, and over half a million of dollars has already been expended. By the extraordinary fidelity and financial ability of the treasurer, the fund, while keeping up annual appropriations, has increased to $1,500,000. Schools established by States, denominations, and individuals are helped by annual donations. Among the most prominent are the Hampton Normal and Industrial, the Spelman, the Tuskegee, and schools at Orangeburg, S. C.; Tougaloo, Miss.; Marshall, Tex.; Raleigh, N. C.; New Orleans, etc.

THE SOUTHERN EDUCATION BOARD.

The Southern Education Board of the Conference for Education in the South-the outcome of the Capon Springs and Winston-Salem Conferences-has been organized with these officers and members: Chairman, Robert C. Ogden, New York; Treasurer, George Foster Peabody, New York; Secretary and Executive Secretary, Edgar Gardner Murphy, Montgomery, Ala.; Campaign Committee, Charles D. McIver, Chairman; Edwin A. Alderman, H. B. Frissell, W. B. Hill, Edgar Gardner Murphy. The object of this organization is to awaken and inform public opinion and secure additional legisla tion and revenues for the betterment of the public schools, the supreme public need of our time."

THE GENERAL EDUCATION BOARD.

The General Education Board was organized in New York February 27, 1902, and incorporated by act of Congress, signed January 12, 1903. The following are members of the Board: Robert C. Ogden, Chairman; Georre Foster Peabody, Treasurer; Wallace Buttrick and Starr J. Murphy, Secretaries; and Executive Officers, Frederick T. Gates, Daniel C. Gilman, Morris K. Jesup, Walter H. Page, J. D. Rockefeller. Jr., Albert Shaw, Hugh H. Hanna, E. Benjamin Andrews, Harry P. Judson, E. A. Alderman, and H. B. Frissell. The purposes of the Board are to promote education in the United States, without distinction of race, sex, or creed, and especially to promote, systema tize, and make effective various forms of educational beneficence.

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*There were also 11 Eclectic Schools and Physiomedical Schools, with 333 instructors and 966 students in 1903-1901.

School and College Enrolment in 1904-1905.

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Statistics of Education.

UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES OF LIBERAL ARTS IN THE UNITED STATES. (Prepared for THE WORLD ALMANAC by the Statistician of the United States Bureau of Education.)

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United States. 10,919,378 $8,618,649 $8,522,600 30,750,523 10,211784 $19,884,199 184,280,327 208,375,966 14,965,404

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Statistics of Education.

UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES OF LIBERAL ARTS IN THE UNITED STATES. (Prepared for THE WORLD ALMANAC by the Statistician of the United States Bureau of Education. )

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