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S OCTOBER NOVEMBER NOVEl DECEMBER II SLIT M T W T P S S SLIT tt T W WT T P I Ii S M T W T pS P I S 1 z 2 J 3 4 3 6 J 7 I 1 i 2 3 4 3 6 7 6 7 1 2 3 4 3 6 7 1234 1 12 2 II 8 9 10 21 11 U 12 I 13 24 14 8 9 10 11 11 12 n 13 14 8 9 10 11 12 U 13 14 8 9 J 10 It Il 12 1 13 IJ 1 14 3 6 7 8 e 9 1 10 1 11 3 t 3 6 6 7 8 9 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 IS 16 17 18 1920 21 IS 16 17 18 I 20 21 13 16 17 IS 18 19 20 21 u 12 I II 14 13 16 17 1718 IS 10 1011 II 12 II n 14 13 IS 16 24 2 26 0 za 22 24 2 26 21 22 24 26 U 22 23 24 2 23 J 26 27 23 za 19 10 21 22 21 23 24 23 17 IS 18 19 19 1920 20 21 21 22 2 21 29 20 O 31 26 27 23 s 2 29 JO 27 24 23 26 27 V 24 21 23 23 29 JO YEAR DAY 29 YEAR YEAR DAY TAt indicate I The Second Saturday 1 December Decanter JOlt of J tac J o 4 4 By ELMO SCOTT WATSON NEW YEAR YEAn is at hn hand d bringing with It new ew problems to be beI beh I NEW h faced new Ideas to be considered considered consid consid- ered and new opportunities tobe to tobe tobe be grasped or let slip Will the new year see definite steps taken taken tak tak tak- en t toward ard the adoption of ot a new calendar that sch schedule d le b by which mankind arranges his affairs Over In Geneva Switzerland an international conference Is b being held under the auspices of ot the League of Nations to wrestle with the perplexing problem of calendar reform because it Is felt our ur present system of ot reckoning the days of the year ear with Its anno annoying an an- no Irregularities and Its Us shifting days has outlived its usefulness and Is hampering human progress This conference Is participated In by representatives es of both members and non non- nonmembers non non-m non non-mem nonmembers m. m bers mem-bers of the League of ot Nations and should th the representatives be able to agree on a new calendar calendar calendar cal cal- the n next neat t step will be the sl signing ning of ot a treaty which will require separate ratification by the different governments before the tr treaty at becomes a law In each country It is the hope of ot the proponents proponents' of ot calendar reform that such a n tre treaty ty and Its ratification be bes s secured cur d tills this year car so that calendar revision may become effective on January 1 1033 1933 which falls on a Sunday If It this hope Is not realized calendar calen calen- calendar dar reform probably will be delayed 1 six sis years for tor a new year does docs not start on a Sund Sunday y again until 1039 1939 So far tar more than proposals for calendar change have been submitted to the League of Nations but many o of them are absurd on the face of ot them and others are arc too complicated or i too revolutionary to have much chance for serious serious seri seri- serl ous consideration From present appearances the contest between all aU the different proposals seems to have haTe simmered down t to two plans and It Is upon the merits of these two that the delegates delegates delegates dele dele- gates to the conference will pass In making their decision One is the prop proposal for tor an International International International fixed calendar commonly referred to as the tho m 13 month 13 nth plan and the other Is the world calendar a revised month 12 plan The month 13 plan Is the device of ot Moses B. B Cotsworth an Englishman who made calendar re revision a a subject of ot hIs bis study for tor many years During the Cool Coolidge dge administration rat ration a national committee on calendar simplification simplification- wa was appointed appointed ap ap- p pointed at the request of the L League lg e of Na Na- dons to Inquire Into American sentiment on calendar cal cal- calendar reform This committee of ot which George which Geor George e Eastman millionaire manufacturer of ot Roc Rochester Roches Roches- es ter N. N Y Is chairman made a survey and reported re re- and representative body of ot a large P ported that American opinion opinion particularly arly the tile business busine Interests ino In In- t recognizes rests o recognizes the grave defects detects of the athe present resent calendar ar and demands a new v calendar calen calen- preferably dar dar dar preferably one of ot 13 months although the committee does not recommend that the fhe American Amen Ameri to the League of ot Nations conference conference confer conter- can delegates I ence be committed to any anyone one plan Mr Eastman has bas been the leading proponent In this country of ot the month 13 plan which to put Dut It briefly would Make every month mouth consist of four weeks Make every ever year consist of 13 months of 28 23 days s 's each The a additional month mouth should come between June and July and be called Sol Every year ear there will be one day dar left over and this Is to be considered apart possibly as a kind of ot International holiday Ever Every four fou leap there will be years year ear another another an an- other day to be disposed of In a n similar manner The proposal of ot this plan has brought forth the following arguments s In Its Us favor All months ha have hae e the same number of or workdays workdays workdays work work- days Saturdays and Sundays and are directly comparable Each month has the same number of whole weeks Fractions of weeks s at month ends are elImIna eliminated ed The shifting of week-day week names to different dates In every succeeding year and month Is avoided The fixing of permanent permanent dates dates for public pub tic lie meetings court court sessions educational schedules schedules sched sched- ules etc would be facilitated Periods of ot earning and spending would be coordinated co co- coordinated family and busIn business ss budgeting would be simplified All months would be comparable without any an adjustments being necessary for unequal number number num num- ber pt days or weeks week Split p payrolls rolls would be avoided A gr great at amount of clerical work worle would be eliminated and nd expense saved In the preparation preparation tion of ot accounting and statistical reports In business government scientific scientific health and home bome affairs As there would be 13 monthly settlements durIng during during dur dur- ing the year ear tl there ere would be a faster turnover of ot money the same busIn business ss could be bandied handled with less money Holidays would always occur on the same saw weekday For the Interest of both Industry and workers It has been advocated that hat irrespective Irre- Irre of where the anniversary dates fall In Inthe inthe the week Veel the holiday hollday itself be transferred to Monday as now when It falls faIls on Sunday the anniversary dates not being changed The Tho month 13 plan would revise the calendar scientifically completely and permanently The arguments which have been advanced against the month 13 calendar are these The number 13 Is not divisible by 2 3 4 or 0 O. The quarters of ot the months 13 year ear do not contain a whole number of off months There would be 13 business closings Instead of ot 12 Involving Increased bookkeeping In general a great greater r number of adjustments In comparing past statistics and dates would be required than In the month 12 system The Introduction of ot a year of ot 13 m months Implies ImplIes Implies Im Im- plies comprehensive change In long established customs Superstitious regard for Friday the oc- oc curing curIn every month Is difficult to overcome It Interrupts once a year and twice In leap years ears the regular occurrence of the day Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day or Sabbath day of rest resL There would be complications and und expense involved Involved involved In in- In calendar change Believing clIe that the International fixed cal calendar or the 13 months plan Is too extreme for tor nation nation- nation al and International adoption a group of r Americans Amer Amer- leans organized as as the World Calendar assocIation association tion have offered the he world worl calendar plan a revised month 12 device In Its behalf they ad advance nd ad- vance these 12 points 1 The world calendar regulates the 12 month 12 month year It Is balanced In n str structure perpetual in inform form 2 All holidays are stabilized and placed on onIon Monday Ion n whenever possible Christmas remains the same as It naturally falls on Monday December Do- Do cember 3 Religious customs are respected and upheld up up- held with Easter falling regularly on an established established established date 4 Astronomical conditions are recognized It acknowledges the importance of the solar year over the lunar cycles 5 The quarterly divisions of ot the year conform conform conform con con- form to the four seasons as they do now This Is Important for agriculture and rind certain seasonable seasonable season season- able businesses G. G The 12 months are multiples of ot halves and quarters The equal quarters consist of ot 3 8 months the first month has 31 81 days the remaining remaining remaining re re- two two have 30 SO days These quarters also comprise 13 weeks or 91 01 days 91 days das of ot which 13 days are Sundays Sundays' and 78 73 are week days das Each month has 20 G week weel da days B Sunday Is always the first day of the week whereby th the continuity of ot the week is maintained 7 The odd day dat of the year Is Interpolated between December and January the day of Leap year Is set between June and July These days days' are known as Year day and Le Leap p day and have a weekday week name Dame Saturday They fall on the second day of ot the tIie double Saturday the last day of ot December and June Year day and Leap day are designated as the second Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- urda December and and- the second Saturday June with the year-date year following 8 January 1st and Jul July 1st fall tall on Sunday the first day of ot the week and wandering Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day Is avoided A regular rest day every every week Is vital for the welfare of ot humanity 9 Only se seven seen en days are changed Two days the and fn In n February are added the tho day of ot March Is taken talen away to April is given i en a n day the days of f May and August are eliminated and the se seventh day the day of December Is converted to Year day an extra day the second Saturday December December December Decem Decem- ber 10 The Tile month 12 month 2 calendar Is an economic saving sa it does not add to existing expenses neither does It call for an Increase In labor A chance of or Injustice through unnecessary fractions fractions frac frac- tIo Is avoided All AU phases of living are arc not subordinated to commerce 11 This calendar U which Is regular In Its system system tem tern contains a certain variety within each quarter quarter quarter ter division dl of ot the year Thus It avoids ol fi the cut- cut dried and method of or a fixed fired mechanical plan by giving It a flexible regularity This gives life liCe to It Its structure 12 In the world calendar the revisions aro few there are no drastic reforms and antI the tho transition Into the new order Is made easy bythe bythe by bythe the retention of ot the twelve months IC by V W western tern Now |