Show REGENCY I 1 we have observed the frequent sittings of the board of late that lias has the fatherly supervision of education in the territory of utah and are happy to learn that their discussions are calculated to call forth a searching investigation 11 into the elementary sounds of language ge and also into the nature and structure of roch euch characters as are employed to express the radical and multiplied sounds of language the governor and other members of the first dency find time in the midst of all their onerous duties to mingle in these meetings the traditions that have ha come thi through ough the m sty labyrinths of past ages age sare are most powerfully assailed by the governor whose keen kee eye eve looks with suspicion upon the cor eruptions and perversions of language which was originally pure thus far it appears appears that abe present orthography of the english language 11 is too full of absurdities to be tolerated by an enlightened people without a gradual and complete reformation it is considered an easy matter to make many obvious improvements prove ments in this department of literature but a query luery has arisen and occasioned some som e warm debate whether tle the tl e present old roman alphabet is sufficiently perfect to carry forward this reformation it is objected by some that the characters of the old alphabet I 1 are like the he white mar man as the indian says say too uncertain certain that is their sounds are too variable too many letters enter into the composition of single words and some of these letters are often silent and cin unmeaning menning now in the present stage of the discussion it is proposed by some to lo change a small portion of the english alphabetical characters and attach invariable certainty to the sounds of others in cordei that words may be palpably shortened and the 1 ling become natural a id simple and eaily ea ily acquired i others are for carrying the reformation reformat ion still further thinking Ib inking that a people of progressive dessive res sive intellect will not be contented with only a partial reformation and that it requires an entirely new set of alphabetical characters to effect a clean handsome reformation that will be abiding all seem to be agreed that both the written and printed language should be one and the he same some of the board have eve t offered the p phonographic hono band writing as a better hand for printed langu language ake than the phonetic handa hand the latter apin being rather clumsy we are happy to learn however that the wards of the city will all be repeatedly visited and the people lectured on oil education very short shortly lv these lectures will be the result it is confidently fidentia fi believed of more careful reflection and deliberation be ration than usual crowded houses of both parents and children may be looked for whenever these lectures shall occur the variety of 0 subjects embraced in such a course ot of lectures cannot fail to interest every class ot of persons oie oae thing seems quite certain in regard to lan language gnage especially the he language langua e of this people it ought to 0 o be adapted to the emergency of these peculiar times tile the focal I 1 point where the diverse languages 11 of the people of I 1 all nations must be brought to carmion ze into one common standard of speech renders the selection of a language for this purpose worthy of devout consideration de can it be expected that the A at great silt SAR lake city will speak by the immediate power of god so that people of every nation and language will forthwith understand them oi oe should we rather look for the power and wisdom of god to be I 1 displayed in ning a simple aas easily ay iy acquired language I 1 in in which barbarians barbari ars and christians bondmen bondeen I 1 and freemen of every grade of intelligence out of every tribe caste language and country c ca a i in in a i short time interchange their sentiments sentiment and praise ngod god inspirit and understanding 11 c if such a language is ever demanded at all it I 1 seems to be required without delay even now it t is not for a future generation but for the present now the people are gathering and the varied and most genet general al influx of the diverse tribes nations nation kindreds is even at our doors provision I 1 must be speedily mide made for this forthcoming crisis and event can we suppose that a few interpreters will answer the demands of a constant intercommunication between several thousand languages may amay we not and must we not look for a standard to be lifted up tip should not that language be such as can cai be acquired by the most ordinary minds within a few days or months at the outside now is it possible sible to simplify and reduce the en liall language or in any way it so as to male make it answer the emergency that awaits the saints of this generation r tell us as ve wise men will the old bottles answer for the deposit of the new wine or shall we construct new bottles fot foi the he new wine the english langu language aKe maybe as good as any otier known language langaar e but is there ariy any known language whatever fitted to I 1 meet the great emergency of the great gathering and great w work 0 rk of teaching 11 the law of the lord to all people let wisdom speak and her voice shall be I 1 keople heard eard |