| Show A Ne uGar Y a r and d a nen 0 calendar a eri d a r 1 ami war M sun afon rw imal S a t 7 t lop 1 81 1920 2 1 11 1 1 I I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 52 6 V y N rep Steph eTL r and george man with the 13 month international fixed calendar the world calendar arary FEBRUARY MARCH FEBRUARY MARCH illary 5 M T T F 6 1 1 M I 1 uv T P 9 6 m T W T F 5 2 3 4 S 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 2 6 7 1 1 1 1 s I 1 1 1 1 s 4 1 11 11 14 8 11 11 11 1 a I 1 9 oil I 1 1 9 I 1 1 1 9 Is 15 Is 17 11 19 21 12 13 24 13 16 3 38 to it 12 13 14 1 5 1 6 9 0 11 1 Is 1 9 21 is 16 17 to 19 ad 21 22 21 24 2 26 27 23 19 20 21 23 23 17 18 19 20 21 22 2 22 23 24 25 26 r as 22 23 24 23 26 V 28 22 23 24 23 26 27 28 29 3 1 3 G 1 24 23 26 27 28 29 Is APRIL MAY 5 ma w TF s 5 T W T P 8 APRIL MAY 1 2 4 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 Y T w T w T r I 1 T 1 1 3 4 1 ia 0 o I 1 1 0 1 12 Is 3 4 a 2 1 4 1 1 7 Is 1 1 2 2 1 1 6 1 1 11 10 2 1 15 16 17 1 19 20 21 I 1 a 91 1 2 4 9 1 9 2223 2423 26 V 2 24 23 2527 23 22 23 2 4 25 26 V n A 26 17 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11 14 13 1 17 1 8 19 21 I 1 1 16 17 1 N 19 20 21 15 16 17 to to 21 0 20 21 22 21 22 24 2 3 2627 2 3 2 24 23 26 V 28 23 24 23 26 27 28 so J 26 27 26 29 JO 24 23 26 V 28 29 0 YEAR DAY DAY decal Dec tl 29 rawhy decant A k aa by ELMO SCOTT WATSON NEW YE YEAR R Is s at t hand an bringing r ng n with it new problems to be faced new ideas to be considered e ed and new opportunities to be grasped or let slip will the new year see definite steps taken toward the adoption of anew a new calendar that schedule by which mankind arranges his affairs over in geneva genea switzerland nn an international conference Is being held under the auspices of tile the league of nations to wrestle with the problem of calendar reform re f orin because it Is felt that our present system of ree reckoning koning ti the e days of the year with its annoying irregularities and its shifting days his has outlived its usefulness and Is hampering human progress this conference Is participated in by representatives of both members and non members of the league of nations and should the representatives be able to agree on a new nev calendar the next nest step will be the signing of a treaty which will require separate ratification by the different governments before the treaty becomes a law in each country it Is the hope of the proponents of calendar reform that such it a treaty and its ratification be secured tills this year so that calendar revision may become effective on Jan january ilary 1 1033 which falls on a sunday if this hope Is not realized calendar reform probably will be delayed six years eara for a new year does not start on a sunday again until 1039 1019 so far more than 18 proposals for calendar change have been submitted to tile the league of nations but many of them are absurd on the face of them and others are too complicated or too revolutionary to have much chance for serious consideration from present appearances the contest between all the different proposals seems to hine have simmered down to two plans and it Is upon the merits of thesa two that the delegates to tile the conference will pass pais in making their decision one Is the proposal for an international fixed calendar commonly referred to as the 13 month plan and the other Is the world calendar a revised 12 month plan the 13 month plan Is the device of moses hoses B cotsworth an L englishman ii lish nian who made calendar revision a subject of his study tor for many years during at the be coolidge administration a national committee on calendar simplification was appointed at the request of the league of nations to inquire into american sentiment on calendar reform this committee of which george eastman millionaire manufacturer of rochester N Y Is chairman made a survey and reported that a large and representative body of american opinion particularly the business interests recognizes the grave defects of the present calendar and demands a new calendar preferably one of 1 13 months although the committee does not recommend that the american delegates to the league of nations conference be committed to any one plan sir kastman has been the loading leading proponent in this country of the 13 month plan which to put pill 1 it collid make blake every month consist of four weeks make blake every year consist of 13 months of 28 days each the additional month should come between june and july and be called sol every year there will be one day left over and this Is to be considered apart possibly al as a kind of international holiday every tour four years leap year there will be another day to be disposed of in a similar manner the proposal of this plan has brought forth the following follow ing arguments in its favor all months have the same number of work days da s saturdays and sundays and are directly comparable each month has the same number of whole weeks fractions of weeks at month ends are eliminated the shifting ot of weekday week day names to different dates in every succeeding year ear and month Is avoided the fixing of permanent dates for public meetings court sessions educational sched ules etc would be facilitated periods Ier lods of earning and spending would be coordinated family and business budgeting would be simplified all months would be comparable without any adjustments being necessary for unequal number of days or weeks split week payrolls pai rolls would be avoided A great amount of clerical work would be eliminated and expense saved in the pre pari para tion of accounting and statistical reports in bu business government gov eminent scientific health and home affairs As there would be 13 monthly settlements during the year there would be a faster turnover of money the he same business could be handled with less money anne holidays would always occur on the same weekday for tile the interest of both industry and workers it lias has been advocated that irrespective spec tive tiTe of where the anniversary dates fall in the week the holiday itself be transferred to monda as now when it falls on sunday the anniversary dates not being changed the 13 month plan would revise the calendar scientifically completely and permanently the arguments which have been advanced against the 13 month calendar are these the number 13 Is not divis divisible ibM by 2 3 4 or 6 the quarters of the 13 months year do not contain a whole number of months there would be 13 business closings instead of 12 involving increased bookkeeping in general a greater number of adjustments in comparing past statistics and dates would be required than in the 12 month system the introduction of a year of 13 months implies comprehensive change in long established customs superstitious regard for friday the oc curing every month Is difficult to overcome it interrupts once a year and twice in leap years 1 ears the regular occurrence ot of the fth day sunday or sabbath day of rest there would be complications and expense in evolved in calendar change believing that the international heed fixed calendar or the 13 month plan Is too ettarie eTt patr rrie me for nation al and international adoption a group of americans organized as the world calendar association have offered the world calendar plan a revised 12 month de lck in its behalf they advance these 12 points 1 the world calendar regulates the 12 month year it Is balanced in structure perpetual in form 2 all holidays are stabilized and placed on monday wl whenever enever possible christmas remains the same as it naturally falls on monday december 3 religious customs are respected and upheld with easter falling regularly on an established date 4 astronomical conditions are recognized it acknowledges the importance of the solar year over the lunar cycles 5 the quarterly divisions of the year conform to the four seasons as they do now this Is important for agriculture and certain seasonable businesses 0 the 12 months are multiples of halves and quarters the equal quarters consist of 3 months the first month has 31 days the remaining two have 30 days these quarters also comprise 13 weeks or 01 91 days of which 18 13 days are sundays and 78 are week days each month has 20 week days dass sunday Is always the first day of the week whereby the continuity of the week Is maintained 7 the odd day of the year Is interpolated between december and january the day of leap year Is set between june and july these days dais are known as year day and leap day find and have a weekday week w eek day name saturday they fall on the second day of the double saturday the last day of december and june year day and leap day are designated as the second saturday december and the second saturday june soth with the year ear date following 8 january ast 1st and july tall fall on sunday the first day of the week and wandering S sunday un Is avoided A regular rest day every w week eek Is vital for the welfare of humanity 0 only seven seen days are changed two days the and in february are added the day of march Is taken away to april Is given a day tile the days of may and A august I 1 t are eliminated and the seventh day t the day of december Is converted to year day an extra day the second saturday december 10 the 12 month calendar Is an economic saving it does not add to existing expenses neither does it call for an increase in labor A chance of injustice through unnecessary fractions Is avoided all phases of living are not subordinated to commerce ai 11 this calendar which Is regular in its system contains a certain variety within each quarter division of the year thus it avoids the cut and dried method of a fixed died mechanical plan by giving it a flexible regularity this gives life to its structure 12 in the world calendar the revisions are few there are no drastic reforms and the transition into the new neu order Is made hajy iby by the retention of the twelve months M by watern Newt News taper union I 1 |
