Room-mates in college are called "chums." Harvard College--the oldest
Collegiate Institution in America--really introduced "the chum age" in
America. The formula for the date of its foundation in 1636 may be
thus expressed--Harvard College founded; {th}e {ch}u{m} a{g}e [1636].
The annual production of iron in America is said to be _six million four
hundred and twenty-seven thousand, one hundred and forty-eight_ tons.
These figures may be analytically expressed thus: "Hu{g}e i{r}o{n} we
{g}e{t} {r}ou{gh}" [6,427,148 tons].
The great wall of China is 1,250 miles long. This may be expressed thus:
"{Th}ey {n}ow a high Wa{l}l see" [1250].
A characteristic of Herbert Spencer is the accuracy of his definitions.
His birth, in 1820, may be indicated by this significant phrase: "He
{D}e{f}i{n}e{s}" [1820].
2. SOMETIMES ONLY THE INITIAL CONSONANTS OF THE WORDS OR PHRASES OR
SENTENCES ARE USED.
Caius Julius Caesar was born 100 B.C., and he died 44 B.C. His birth may
be expressed by the phrase, (1) "{Th}e (0) {S}tripling (0) {C}aesar;" and
his death by a phrase which declares that his death was the remote
result of his crossing the Rubicon, thus: (4) "{R}ubicon's (4)
{R}evenge."
Marcus Tullius Cicero was born 106 B.C., and he died 43 B.C. His birth:
(1) "{T}ullius (0) {C}icero's (6) {Ch}ildhood." His death: (4) "{R}emove
(3) {M}arcus." [In allusion to the order for his death.]
The height of Egypt's greatest pyramid is 479 feet, or (4) "Wo{r}ld's
(7) {G}reatest (9) {P}yramid."
The city of Melbourne was named after Lord Melbourne in 1837, or (3)
"{M}elbourne (7) {Ch}ristened."
It will be convenient to consider all compound names of cities or places
as if they were single words, using only the initial consonant of the
first of the names, as (2) {N}ew-York, or (2) {N}ew-Amsterdam, or (2)
U{n}ited-States, etc.
New York City [at first known as New Amsterdam] was settled by the Dutch
in 1626, or New York founded: (1) "{D}utchmen (6) {Ch}ose (2)
{N}ew-Amsterdam (6) {J}oyfully."
Virginia was settled at Jamestown in 1607. This date may be
analytically expressed thus: (1) "{Th}en (6) {J}amestown (0) Wa{s} (7)
{C}olonized."
The exact population of the United States, according to the census of
1880, may be expressed through the initial consonants of the following
sentence: "A (5) {L}ate (0) {C}ensus, (1) 'Eigh{t}y's' (8) {F}urnishes
(9) {P}recise (2) U{n}ited-States (0) {S}overeign (9) {P}opulation," or
50,189,209.
The _exact_ population of the United States declared in June, 1890,
commonly called the _census of "ninety,"_ was stated as _sixty-two
millions six hundred and twenty-two thousand two hundred and fifty_, or
"A (6) {G}eneral (2) E{n}umeration (6) whi{ch} (2) U{n}doubtedly (2)
I{n}dicates (2) '{N}inety's' (5) {L}arge (0) {C}ensus." 62,622,250, or
for the last three figures we could say: (2) U{n}ited States' (5)
{L}arge (0) {C}ensus.
Before the close of the year 1890 an official census of the Whites and
Indians on the Indian Reservations added 243,875 to the above number,
making the total population of the United States in 1890, 62,866,125. A
(6) {G}eneral (2) E{n}umeration (8) O{f}ficially (6) S{h}ows (6) {J}ust
(1) {Th}e (2) {N}umber (5) {L}iving. Now (1895) it is computed to be
67,000,000 [to express the round numbers of millions, we could say, (6)
{J}ust (7) {G}overnment or (6) {Ch}arming (7) {C}ountry].
The birth of Herbert Spencer, in 1820, may be expressed thus: (1)
A{d}vent (8) o{f} (2) I{n}fant (0) {S}pencer, or (1) {Th}e (8) {F}uture
(2) "U{n}knowable" (0) {S}pencer, (2) I{n}fant (0) {S}pencer. Several
different ways of expressing the _same date_ will be given in a few
cases.
It is often convenient for a teacher, and others, to recall the number
of a page of a book in which a citation is found. In Prof. William
James's Psychology Abridged for Schools and Colleges, the chapter on
Habit begins on p. 134, or "(1) {Th}e (3) {M}ould (4) {R}ules;" the
chapter on Will begins on p. 415: "A (4) {R}esolve (1) {D}enotes
(5) Wi{l}l;" the chapter on Attention begins on p. 217, or "(2) {N}otice
(1) A{t}tention's (7) {Q}ualities;" the chapter on Association begins on
p. 253, or (2) "{N}ow (5) He{l}p (3) {M}emory;" and that on Memory on
p. 287, or "(2) I{n}tellect (8) {F}orbids (7) {C}ramming." Prof.
Loisette's New York Office is in Fifth Avenue at No. 237, or "A (2)
{N}ew (3) {M}emory (7) {G}iven," or "A (2) {N}ew (3) {M}emory (7)
A{c}quired." His London Office was formerly at 37 [a {m}emory {g}ained]
New Oxford Street. It is now at _200 Regent Street, London_ [(2) {N}ow
(0) {S}ecure (0) A{s}similation].