Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1916 — Simplified Spelling Used By 144 Colleges In the U. S. [ARTICLE]

Simplified Spelling Used By 144 Colleges In the U. S.

The number of universities, colleges and normal schools which have adopted simplified spelling now is 144, a gain of 57 in the last year, according to a report made to the simplified spelling board at its annual meeting held in New York Wednesday. In there institutions there are 130,000 students. The number of newspapers and periodicals using at least twelve simply spelling adopted by the National Education Association * has increased from 70 to 250.