APPENDIX
A. RULES FOR SPELLING
I. For dropping or retaining the final e.
1. Words ending in e, preceded by a consonant, usually drop e on taking a suffix beginning with a vowel.
| move | moving |
| believe | believing |
| conceive | conceiving |
| receive | receiving |
| achieve | achieving |
2. Words ending in ue drop e on taking a suffix.
| argue | arguing |
| fatigue | fatiguing |
| Exception: vague, vaguely, vagueness. | |
3. Words ending in e retain e on taking a suffix beginning with a consonant.
| move | movement |
| large | largely |
| hoarse | hoarseness |
| peace | peaceful |
| sense | senseless |
| whole | wholesome |
| remorse | remorseless |
| advertise | advertisement |
4. Words ending in ce or ge retain e on adding able, ably, or ous.
| change | changeable |
| courage | courageous |
| notice | noticeable |
| outrage | outrageous |
II. For doubling the final consonant.
1. Words of one syllable (and words of more than one syllable if accented on the last syllable), ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double the first consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel.
| thin | thinner | forgot | forgotten |
| slap | slapping | trot | trotting |
| acquit | acquitting | begin | beginner |
2. When the accent is thrown back upon another syllable, after the derivative is formed, the final consonant is not doubled.
| refer | reference |
| prefer | preference |
3. When preceded by two vowels, the final consonant is not doubled.
| toil | toiling |
| keep | keeper |
III. For final y.
1. Words ending in y, preceded by a consonant, retain y before a suffix beginning with i; on taking a suffix beginning with any other letter, y is in most cases changed to i.
| cry | crying | lazy | laziness |
| fly | flying | duty | dutiable |
| try | trying | happy | happiness |
2. Words ending in y, preceded by a vowel, retain y before a suffix.
| buy | buying | gray | grayness |
| play | playing | stay | staying |
| joy | joyful | obey | obeying |
B. MODEL OF CONSTITUTION
Article I. Name.—This club shall be known as the ......
Article II. Object.—Its object shall be the ......
Article III. Officers.—Its officers shall be a president, a vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer. There shall also be ...... committees of ...... each. These officers and committees shall be elected by the club at each annual meeting, as provided for in the by-laws.
Article IV. Meetings.—The club shall hold an annual business meeting on ......, and a regular meeting every ...... None but members shall be present, except as provided in the by-laws. ...... members shall constitute a quorum. Special meetings may be called by the president upon the written application of ...... members.
Article V. Membership.—......
Article VI. Dues.—The [annual] dues shall be ...... payable on ......