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Rh Simplified Spelling Board Continues the Movement

When support for an activ propaganda was offerd by Mr. Carnegie in 1906, the Simplified Spelling Board was organized to conduct it, drawing its membership from the American Philological Association, the Philological Society (London), the Spelling Reform Association, the Modern Language Association of America, the National Education Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and other representativ bodies of scolars and educators, as wel as from the front rank of men of letters and men of affairs. The Board thus continues without historical break the movement started by the American Philological Association in 1875, counting among its giding spirits the men most prominently associated with the movement from its organized beginnings on both sides of the Atlantic.

Advizory Council

The membership of the Board is, for convenience, limited to 50; but, in order to hav the benefit of as wide and representativ expression of educated opinion as possible in reference to its immediate and future proposals, the Board invited a large number of scolars, educators, and others interested in intellectual and social progress to act as an Advizory Council.

The qualifications for membership in the Council ar the same as those expected for membership in the Board—a belief in the principle and in the immediate practis of simplified spelling in some degree, and a recognized status and influence as educator, scolar, writer, or man of affairs. It is representativ of all parts of the country and of all fases of educated opinion favorable to the general idea that English