Another system, and probably on the whole the best one, requires the division of the word on the accented syllable.
theol-ogy
catas-trophe
geog-raphy
lexi-cog-rapher
pref-erence
prog-nos-ticate
It will be noted that some of these examples show division in more than one place, that is on the syllables which bear either the primary or the secondary accent. This rule does not provide for the cases when the division must come on an unaccented syllable. The cases, however, when the division cannot be made to come on either the syllable bearing the primary accent or one bearing a secondary accent will be comparatively few.
RULES FOR DIVISION OF WORDS
I The general rule, then, is to divide according to pronunciation, not according to etymology or any hard and fast rule.
As far as possible, consistently with pronunciation and good spacing, divide according to meaning and derivation, where known.
un-even, not une-ven, auto-mobile, not automo-bile, en-abled, not ena-bled.
II Divide on a vowel wherever practicable. In case a vowel alone forms a syllable in the middle of a word it should be run into the first line.
busi-ness
sepa-rate
criti-cism
particu-lar
colo-nies
dou-ble
pro-gress
pro-duct
noi-sy
wo-man
pa-tron
me-moir