Fonetic Techer

              FONBTIO TIOHBR.
"'DHE BEST EJlICaSHUN FOR ECH AND OL WITHQUT WQST 0V TQIM, MUNI, OR ENEBJI."
KIU SIKIIZ.
ST. LUIS, FEBEUARI, 1880.
Vol. I.   No 2.
a TGL ey tu sitiz.
FONETICS IN ST LUIS.—150,000 CHILDREN TGT Tit RED BQI a FONETIC METHOD.
REPORTS eV SOFT. HARRIS, OV ST. LUIS,  AND   OV PREZ'T W. II. WELLZ, OV 9HICOGO.
Fer d number ev yerz [15], Dr. Lfeigh'z medifaid alfabet haz bin in yus in St. Liiis. Supt. Harris reports the feloing advantejez az deraivd frem it:
I. Gen in ttiim—a seving" ev wun yfer ev thfe til ybrz yiizfhuali ecyupaid in liirning- tu eel ef fezi wiirdz at sait.
II. Distinct drticyulesliun, thfe remiival ev feren acsent and ev local and pfecitilyar pronunsHiie^unz.
III. The development ev lejical pduer ev mcdnd in the piiipil. Hfe "can sefli hb tet tu analaiz a wurd intu its saundz and tu I'aiod tlib leterz reprezeiiting- them, hwaraz, with 11113 erdineri erfliegrafi, it iz an insult tu biz rezn tu as^iir him that a saund iz reprezented bai eni particyular leter. Hens analitieal paiier iz trend insted ev mfer mem- ori, frem 1iife de ev hiz entrans intu sciil— and analitic pauer iz ibe basis ev el fliii^k- iiig activiti.
Mr. Harris, in spbking ev the recomen- des^unz ev Hife American Filolejical Aso- feliie^un, sez:
The hav adepted a report seting forth sijrten slait medifice^unz hwidi me bb adepted witbaut inciiring eni ev the objec- ^unz yii2^uali med, hwail the cuver el ev tiife esen^al advantejez.
The comiti tu hiim vrez entrusted thfe selectAun and recomende^un ev medifice- ^unz in leterz and erfliegrafi censisted ev Messrs. F. A. Mdrdh, W. D. Whitney, and S. S. Haldeman.
Dautles it wil be faund ev jeneral advan- tej tu introdiiis the alfabet that wil be adepted bai the American Filolejical Aso- feliiee^un intu praimeri sciiilz az a transizHi- un alfabet bai hwidh tu lijrn tu red titie cur- ent erthegrafi.
Wi^ clr indeted tu Mr. 0. C. Blackmer fer advans sTifets ev tilt' ghicnso Sctil Report. Prezt. W. H. Wellz devOts flirfe pajez OV thi" forti'n ov hiz report tu speliiTg reform, hwMi he concliudz with thfe feloing cojent cirgyument:
Ejuceterz hii hav most carfuli studid Ibe practical rezults ev refermd speling,, clem tbat it wnd sev frem tii tu €hre yerz ev the taim nau censiimd in lurnirrg tu ried and spel.
Wun ev Hie gretest denjerz that thretnz liie perpetiiiiti ev aur fre institiiii^unz iz the Idrj number ev dhildren in diferent parts ev thfe cuntri that dr groing up with- aut resfeviiTg sufislient ejuce^un tu bfe ebl tu red and rait. If it iz tru that thrfe-forfhs ev dife taim nau spent in Brniiig tu red wud be sevd bai referming aur speling, the dhenj wud du mor than milyunz ev muni tu ed in remiiving the dark blet ev iliterasi that nau rests upen so Idrj a clas ev sitizenz in el parts ev thfe cuntri.
Wun-hdf ev the piupilz that nau enter sciil remen so j^ert a tairn that thar ejuce- feliun iz brekn ef elmdst at tiie flirei^hold. If tu yerz can be sevd bai corecting aur speling, it wil dubl the ejuce^unal eportiii- nitiz ev wun-hdf ev the (Children that cum under the infhiens ev the sciilz.
Hwether ihe sciilz ev thfe cuntri dr ever tu be relevd frem the predijus les ev taim hwidh the nau sufer in lijrning tu red and spel, iz a cwesdhun that must be desaided menli bai forsez hwidi dr nau activli at wi5rk autsald ev the scul-riim.