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When  a  student  has  mastered  about  all  there  is  to  learn  of  Account- 
ancy and  Bookkeeping  for  any  trading  business  in  two 
comparatively  brief  sets,  he  is  "going  some. " 

That  is  what  is  accomplished  in  the  Elementary  and  Wholesale  Sets  of  Rowe's  Bookkeeping  and  Account- 
ancy. These  two  sets  teach  a  kind  of  bookkeeping  that  has  never  before  been  taught  in  commercial  schools  of  any 
kind  or  grade.  It  is  the  kind  of  bookkeeping  that  is  authorized  by  the  leading  accountants  of  the  country.  It  is 
scientific,  it  is  practical,  and  yet  it  has  all  been  made  very  simple  and  easy  for  the  student. 

When  a  student  is  qualified  to  take  an  old  set  of  books,  reconstruct  the  important  trading  and  expense  ac- 
counts into  their  proper  sub-classifications,  and  practically  rebuild  a  new  set  of  books  from  them,  he  has  about 
mastered  the  subject.  This  is  just  what  he  does  in  these  two  sets,  particularly  in  the  Wholesale  Set.  It  is  done 
by  dropping  obsolete  methods  and  teaching  the  subject  in  the  right  way  from  the  very  start.  He  does  not  journalize 
cash  and  sales  and  purchases  in  one  set,  ana  then  do  it  some  other  way  in  another  set.  When  he  has  completed  the 
Wholesale  Set,  he  understands  the  cash  book,  including  the  use  of  special  columns  thoroughly,  he  understands 
the  ordinary  sales  book,  also  posting  from  sales  orders  to  a  separate  sales  ledger,  he  has  kept  two  important  forms 
of  the  purchases  book,  one  with  as  much  detail  as  is  shown  in  the  ordinary  notes  receivable  book,  and  he  can  keep 
such  unusual  books  as  returned  sales,  sales  rebates  and  allowances,  insurance  expense,  and  other  books  which 
have  never  been  attempted  or  even  illustrated  in  any  prior  work  on  the  subject.  We  make  the  unqualified  claim 
that  the  student  has  mastered  about  all  there  is  to  know  in  regard  to  any  ordinary  trading  business  upon  the  com- 
pletion of  these  two  sets.  The  consequence  is  that  in  the  more  advanced  sets,  of  which  there  will  be  four  or  five, 
we  will  be  able  to  take  the  student  into  departments  of  higher  accounting  and  bookkeeping  that  have  never  hereto- 
fore been  attempted  in  any  text. 

Now,  Mr.  Teacher,  don't  assume  that  this  bookkeeping  is  like  the  others.  It  is  not.  This  is  very  much 
different.  It  is  full  of  practical  things  that  you  ought  to  know,  whether  you  teach  it  or  not.  It  is  sweeping  the 
country  from  one  end  to  the  other.  It  will  be  used  in  twice  as  many  schools  the  coming  year  as  any  other  book 
we  have  ever  published  that  has  been  on  the  market  for  the  same  length  of  time.  It  is  going  into  the  university 
schools — the  schools  where  they  must,  of  necessity,  lay  the  right  ground-work  for  their  courses  in  higher  ac- 
countancy. 

Rowe's  Bookkeeping  and  Accountancy  stands  by  itself  in  what  it  accomplishes  and  in  the  results  pro- 
duced. Look  for  the  next  issue  of  THE  BUDGET,  and  see  what  it  is  doing  in  the  hands  of  teachers.  We  are 
getting  results  now,  and  we  are  getting  them  fast,  and  thev  are  all  of  one  kind.  "Unexcelled,"  "unequalled," 
"heretofore  impossible  and  unattainable,"  are  some  of  the  phrases  that  are  used  to  express  the  idea.  Do  you  get  it? 
The  idea  is  worth  while.  If  it  is  true,  it  is  the  greatest  accomplishment  of  modern  times  in  .bookkeeping  instruction. 
These  teachers  say  it  is  true,  and  they  say  it  in  a  way  that  leaves  no  question  of  doubt.     Let  us  hear  from  you. 

THEH.  M.  ROWE  COMPANY,  sadler.7Swerlcyompany,  Baltimore,  Md. 


The  Success  of  Its  Penmanship  System  Determines  the  Success  of  a  Business  College 

YOU  can't  get  around  it.  The  other  courses  you  teach  may  be  par- 
excellent  and  your  methods  of  instruction  the  very  best,  but  if  the  System 
of  Penmanship  is  weak  or  defective,  you  are  carrying  too  heavy  a  handicap  to 
get  to  the  top  of  the  ladder.  You  have  got  to  get  right  on  the  penmanship 
system  first  and  you  can  do  that  by  adopting 

The   Ransomerian   System   of  Penmanship 
the  most  successful  of  them  all. 

We  have  just  issued  from  the  press,  a  Penmanship  Text  Book  of  the 
Famous  Ransomerian  System  -which  has  been  especially  designed  for  Busi- 
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tically every  phase  of  Rapid  Business  Writing.  It  is  by  far  the  most  com- 
prehensive, complete  and  practical  book  ever  offered  the  teacher  of  penman- 
ship in  his  work,  and  we  want  to  put  a  copy  of  it  in  every  live  business  college 
and  commercial  department  of  High  Schools  with  the  view  of  its  adoption. 
Many  Business  Colleges  and  High  Schools  have  already  adopted  it. 

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The  Business  Journal,  Published  by  the  Business  Journal  Company,  229  Broadway,  New  York.  Horar«  G    Wealey,  Editor. 
Enured  >■  aecond-claM  matter  March  1,  1010,  at  the  pout  office  at  New  York.  N    Y..  tinder  the  Act  of  March  3,  1879. 
Copyright.   1910,  by  The  Buaineia  Journal  Company, 


SI]p  (Business  Journal 


Schools  Seldom  Change 

from 

ISAAC  PITMAN  SHORTHAND 

WHY? 

Read  the  following  : 

Last  March  I  celebrated  my  twenty-fifth  anniversary  as  court  stenographer  here.  In  all  these  years 
I  have  had  great  satisfaction  in  the  use  of  the  Isaac  Pitman  System,  and  I  believe  that  it  combines, 
in  a  greater  degree  than  any  other,  simplicity,  freedom  from  too  much  nicety,  and  a  practical  rough- 
and-readyiness,  and  at  the  same  time  possesses  sufficient  flexibility  and  precision  to  make  it  adaptable 
for  all  kinds  of  technical  verbatim  reporting.  I  have  been  so  well  satisfied  with  it  in  actual  work, 
that  I  have  never  even  dreamed  of  changing.  I  have  tested  it  in  unique  ways  as  a  teacher.  In  one 
large  class  I  taught  without  a  book,  simply  using  the  blackboard  and  an  ordinary  flat  ruler,  the  latter 
being  used  for  the  illustration  of  the  consonants,  and  my  pupils  made  marvellous  progress  by  this 
method.  I  have  in  various  towns  in  this  province  taught  children,  so  that  within  one  half-hour  from 
the  time  I  began  my  lecture,  they  could  read  readily  sentences  I  would  write  on  the  board  in  Phono- 
graphy, such  as,  "Now  you  may  read  and  write."  From  my  experience  of  nearly  thirty  years  as  a 
phonographic  teacher,  journalist,  and  reporter,  I  would  say  that  the  very  simple  systems  which  can  be 
learned  in  a  phenomenally  short  time  are  usually  too  crude  and  simple  for  practical  work ;  while,  on 
the  other  hand,  the  systems  which  are  very  highly  articulated  are  adapted  only  to  a  peculiar  type  of 
mind.  The  Isaac  Pitman  System  strikes  the  happy  medium,  and  with  proper  presentation  is  bound 
to  remain  ahead  of  all  others. — Thomas  Bengough,  C.  S.  R.,  Official  Stenographer,  Civil,  Surrogate 
and  Criminal  Courts,  Toronto. 

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Exponents  of  A  PRACTICAL  COURSE  IN  TOUCH  TYPEWRITING  have 
won  more  typewriting  contests  at  the  National  Business  Shows  and  at  the  Conven- 
tions of  the  Eastern  Commercial  Teachers'  Association  than  all  other  systems  com- 
bined. 

At  the  National  Business  Show,  Madison  Square  Garden,  on  October  25  last, 
Miss  Lottie  Betts  in  open  competition  aeainst  the  world's  fastest  amateurs  wrote  2577 
words  in  thirty  minutes  WITH  ONLY  EIGHT  ERRORS,  establishing  a  new  World's 
Record  for  Accuracy  in  an  International  Competition. 

At  the  same  contest  Miss  Bessie  Friedman  in  the  Novice  Championship  of  the 
World — for  contestants  who  began  the  study  of  typewriting  on  or  after  September  1, 
1909 — made  a  record  of  81  words  per  minute  net.  We  believe  we  are  safe  in  saying 
that  Miss  Friedman  is  the  fastest  tvpist  of  her  age  in  the  world.  Both  Miss  Betts 
and  Miss  Friedman  studied  typewriting  from  PRACTICAL  COURSE  IN  TOUCH 
TYPEWRITING,  and  both  are  writers  of  the  Isaac  Pitman  System  of  Shorthand. 

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nnHE  reason  that  you  find  greater  average  speed  among 
A  operators  of  the  Smith  Premier  Model  1  0  Typewriter, 
is  not  due  solely  to  the  fact  of  the  Smith  Premier's  light  touch 
and  perfect  mechanism,  but  largely  to  the  fact  that  nearly  all 
operations  are  controlled  from  the  keyboard.  The  mind  of  the 
Smith  Premier  operator  works  faster,  because  it  is  not  burdened 
by  petty  details.  The  work  of  the  hands  simply  follows  the 
work  of  the  mind. 

fl  And  in  addition  to  the  greater  average  speed,  greater  average 
accuracy  is  the  natural  result  from  a  brain  that  is  free  for  brain 
work. 

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inevitable  result  when  a  business  school  equips  with  the  Smith 
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Why  is  Benn  Pitman 

Phonography  the  Standard 
Shorthand  of  America? 

Because  it  is  scientifically  correct  in  its  basic  as- 
signment of  signs  to  sounds. 

Because  it  is  complete.  Every  English  sound  is 
positively  represented,  and  every  word  of  the  lan- 
guage unmistakably  written. 

Because  it  is  rapid.  Its  speed  possibilities  are 
equal  to  the  greatest  demand  made  on  the  short- 
hand writer. 

Because  it  is  easily  written  for  many  hours  at  a 
stretch  without  weariness. 

Because  it  is  legible.  Reporters  who  write  it 
often  have  their  notes  transcribed  by  assistants  that 
never  heard  the  matter  reported. 

Because   it   is   easily   learned.     Many   thousands 
of   its   students  have  become   wage-earning  aman- 
uenses   in    from    four   to  eight  months'  study  and 
training. 
Send  for  complete  catalog  of  publications  to 

The    Phonographic    Institute   Company, 
Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

BENN  PITMAN,  President. 
JEROME  B.  HOWARD,  Manaaei. 


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"The  System  Without  Exceptions" 


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WORLD'S  TYPEWRITING  CHAMPION- 
SHIP. Won  by  Mr.  H.  O.  Blaisdell,  of  New  York, 
a  graduate  of  Gregg  School,  Chicago.  Speed,  109 
words  net  per  minute,  exceeding  the  record  of  last 
year  by  14  words  per  minute. 

WORLD'S  AMATEUR  TYPEWRITING 
CHAMPIONSHIP.  Won  by  Mr.  J.  L.  Hoyt,  of 
Kansas  City.  Speed,  95  words  net  per  minute,  ex- 
ceeding the  record  by  19  words  per  minute. 

TYPEWRITING  CHAMPIONSHIP  OF  ENG- 
LAND. Won  for  the  second  time  by  Mr.  Emil  A. 
Trefzger.  a  "Rational"  typist  of  New  York,  on  Oc- 
tober 18th. 

The  Typewriting  contest  at  the  National  Busi- 
ness Show,  St.  Louis,  December  1st,  was  won  by 
Mr.  Gus  R.  Trefzger,  a  brother  of  the  English 
Champion. 

All  of  these  writers  were  trained  on  Rational  Type- 
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Gregg  Shorthand-Rational  Typewriting  form  a 
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discern  the  ways  that  lead  from  litigation,  and  to  enable  them  to  conduct  their  business  dealings  with 
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35th  Year 


rrHrt      lg^.,, ^ 


FEBRUARY,  1911 


No.  6 


Ham  pitman 


Born  Smmbrtiigp.  Hlilta.  tiiuilanfi. 
3ulo  24.  1822. 


Sirft  (fiinrimtati.  (Dijio.  H.  ».  A., 
Srrrmbrr  28.  1910. 


u.l)c  Uusutrsa  3nurnal 


SPOKANE  IN    1912. 

In  the  opinion  of  the  Editors  of  The  Journal,  the  National 
Federation  made  a  wise  move  in  deciding  to  go  to  Spokane 
for  its  next  annual  meeting.  If  the  Federation  is  to  be 
national  in  scope,  it  must  be  in  territory.  During  its  fourteen 
years  of  existence,  it  has  held  its  meetings  in  a  very  small 
circle,  the  longest  radius  being  from  Chicago  to  Pittsburg,  less 
than  five  hundred  miles.  The  National  Educational  Associa- 
tion thinks  nothing  of  holding  one  meeting  in  Boston,  and 
the  next  in  Seattle  or  Los  Angeles. 

To  be  sure,  there  are  those  who  will  say  that  we  cannot  go 
so  far  west  as  Spokane,  but  we  must  think  of  those  in  Wash- 
ington who  cannot  come  so  far  east  as  Pittsburg,  or  Cincin- 
nati, or  even  Chicago.  Nevertheless,  there  will  be  a  very 
large  attendance  of  eastern  and  middle- west  business  educa- 
tors. The  thing  necessary  to  do,  however,  is  for  each  one  to 
begin  laying  his  plans  at  once  for  the  trip.  The  trip  alone 
cannot  help  but  be  more  valuable  than  an  average  meetmg, 
for  in  journeying  from  Chicago  to  Spokane,  for  instance,  one 
will  traverse  a  very  delightful  section  of  the  country.  A  visit 
to  Yellowstone  Park  is  an  education  in  itself,  and  to  have  un- 
folded to  one's  view  the  riches  of  the  inter-mountain  region 
is  like  visiting  another  planet. 

The    Duty    of    Local    Organizations. 

In  order  that  every  business  educator  may  feel  the  touch  of 
the  Spokane  Meeting,  it  is  necessary  that  each  local  organ- 
ization that  holds  its  meetings  between  now  and'  July,  1912, 
plan  to  send  one  or  more  delegates  to  that  meeting.  It  may  be 
necessary  to  pay  the  traveling  expenses  of  that  delegate  out  of 
the  treasury,  but  it  will  be  an  investment  which  should  bring 
returns  a  hundred  fold.  The  delegate  would  be  given  an 
opportunity  to  visit  a  great  man}'  of  the  high  grade  progres- 
sive western  schools.  He  could  submit  a  report  explaining 
in  detail  the  exhaustless  national  resources  of  our  great  coun- 
try, the  opportunities  for  young  men  in  the  West,  and  many 
other  details  could  be  brought  to  the  attention  of  a  local 
organization  in  a  way  that  could  not  fail  to  be  very  impres- 
sive. Among  the  associations  to  whom  this  should  strongly 
appeal,  mention  might  be  made,  at  random,  of  the  following : 

New  England  Business  School  Managers'  Association, 

New  England  Supervisors'  Association, 

The  Connecticut  Business  Educators'  Association, 

Eastern  Commercial  Teachers'  Association, 

New  York  Commercial   Teachers'   Association, 

Wisconsin  Business  Educators'  Association, 

Indiana  Commercial  Teachers'  Association, 

Central  Commercial  Teachers'  Association, 

Ohio  Commercial  Teachers'  Association, 

Missouri  Valley  Commercial  Teachers'  Association, 

Business  Educators'  Association  of  California, 

Washington   State  Teachers'  Association, 

Oklahoma  State  Teachers'  Association,  and  others. 

No  doubt,  the  secretary  of  the  Federation,  F.  M.  Antwerp, 
as  well  as  the  secretary  of  the  Private  School  Managers'  Asso- 
ciation, A.  F.  Gates,  will  each  do  his  part  in  seeing  that  such 
a  procedure  as  this  is   carried   out. 

A  point  we  most  strongly  urge  is  that  the  officers  of  each 
one  of  these  associations  get  into  immediate  touch  with  R.  J. 
Maclean,  secretary  of  the  Spokane  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
who  will  be  glad  to  furnish  them  with  all  information  they 
could  possibly  desire  concerning  the  trip  to  Spokane  and 
return. 


strike  hard !  You  Cons,  hit  back  heavily !  Give  each  other 
arguments,  not  froth  or  pyrotechnics.  Here  are  new  ques- 
tions for  your  club : 

Resolved  : 

That  an  income  tax  is  a  desirable  part  of  a  scheme  of  tax- 
ation. 

That  life  in  the  country  is  more  favorable  to  the  develop- 
ment of  a  good  character  than  life  in  the  city. 

That  capital  punishment  should  be  abolished  in  New  York 
State. 

That  poverty  produces  more  crime  than  wealth  or  ignorance 


FEBRUARY  CLUBS. 

That  pupil  of  yours  who  is  enthusiastic  in  his  work  ought 
to  be,  and  doubtless  is,  broad-minded  enough  to  have  a  royal 
appetite  for  the  good  things  which  our  table  offers  him ;  and 
that  pupil  who  is  sluggish  would  be  waked  up  if  you  gave 
him  an  appetizer.  February  is  a  fine  time  to  get  up  a  club 
for  our  Journal.  Many  pupils  who  entered  last  Fall  had 
little  appreciation  then  of  what  a  magazine  like  ours  would 
be  of  value  to  them ;  but  now  they  are  dead  in  love  with  their 
penmanship,  or  their  shorthand,  or  their  bookkeeping,  or  some 
other  study,  and  the  really  wise  teacher  would  prove  that 
wisdom  by  putting  into  the  hands  of  every  such  pupil  the 
monthly  numbers  of  our  magazine.  Get  up  a  club  at  once.  A 
club  of  ninety-two  comes  just  now  from  a  school  where  one 
might  possibly  have  expected  twenty, — but  the  teachers  were 
enterprising,  enthusiastic,  far-sighted,  and  their  students  evi- 
dently partook  of  their  spirit  and  "go."  February  is  a  big 
clubbing  month,  and  we  are  counting  on  you  one  and  all. 


THAT   PENMANSHIP   CERTIFICATE. 

We  have  no  hesitation  in  saying  that  the  very  best  series  of 
penmanship  lessons  presented  in  any  magazine  is  to  be  found 
in  The  Business  Journal,  and  our  enthusiasm  is  daily  con- 
firmed by  the  letters  of  teachers  whose  pupils  are  studying 
and  practicing  the  Lessons  which  Mr.  Mills  furnishes.  Let 
no  teacher  fail  to  have  each  pupil  prepare  at  the  close  of  his 
course  the  best  specimens  of  his  work,  showing  the  advance- 
ment made,  and  send  them  to  us  for  criticism.  If  found 
worthy,  we  shall  be  glad  to  send  our  beautiful  Certificate, 
artistically  engrossed  with  the  name,  date,  etc.,  only  asking  a 
small  fee  for  the  engrosser's  service.  This  is  a  Certificate 
worthy  of  any  pupil  in  any  home. 


MEDALS   GALORE. 

The  Medal  Distribution  will  soon  be  in  order.  .  All  over  the 
land  they  will  drop  into  school  after  school,  where  ten  sub- 
scribers to  our  magazine  are  following  Mr.  Mills'  course  of 
Lessons  under  the  teacher's  eyes,  striving  for  the  mastery, 
becoming  sublimely  enthusiastic,  and  getting  the  "swing  of 
victory."  Teachers,  help  every  aspirant  to  do  the  best  that 
is  in  him.  Pupil,  be  at  it  and  always  at  it  daily.  A  Gold 
medal,  Silver  medal,  and  Bronze  medal  awaits  you,  and  two 
Certificates  are.  offered,  in  each  school,  one  for  the  greatest 
improvement  made  and  one  for  the  best  writer.  Forward, 
march  ! 


THE   JOURNAL'S    DEBATING    CLUB. 

Debaters, — Are    you    at    it?      Good    long    winter    evenings 
afford  you  an  opportunity  for  your  debating  club.     You  Pros, 


THE  FEDERATION. 

Our  readers  will  find  a  fine  account  of  the  great  Federation 
Meetings  in  the  present  number,  the  greater  portion  of  which 
will  be  found  in  the  News  Edition.  But  the  report  will  be 
continued  in  the  March  issue,  with  copious  extracts  of  speeches 
and  addresses  by  such  notabilities  as  Enos  Spencer,  "Uncle" 
Robert  Spencer,  S.  C.  Williams,  E.  St.  Elmo  Lewis,  and 
others.  We  believe  we  shall  have  the  finest  account  of  the 
Chicago  Convention  appearing  anywhere,  and  other  conven- 
tions are  bv  no  means  ignored. 


FOR  BEGINNING  STUDENTS. 


Plate  1. — The  simplest  movement  exercise  for  beginning 
students  is  the  large  retraced  oval.  In  the  first  line  of  this 
plate,  we  have  four  in  a  group.  After  making  the  first  one 
going  around  from  ten  to  twenty  times,  swing  over  and 
make  the  second  one,  and  so  on  through.     Having  made  sev- 


eral pages  of  line  1,  the  student  should  try  his  hand  with  line 
3.  This  is  a  Second  Degree  oval,  one-half  the  size  of  the 
former,  and  requires  a  little  more  control.  Many  pages 
should  be  made  of  this  exercise,  endeavoring  at  all  times  to 
make  the  oval  in  proper  form. 


Plate  2. — Capital  A  should  be  closed  at  the  top,  one  half  as 
wide  as  it  is  high,  and  finish  with  a  curved  stroke  which 
passes  just  through  the  base  line.  Count  1,  2,  3.  Make  60 
per  minute.     Capital  C  is  made  of  two  ovals,  one  small — half 


the  height  of  the  other — and  a  second  one  large.  The  chief 
trouble  witli  this  letter  in  making  the  first  oval  is  to  bring  it 
close  enough  to  the  base  line.  Alternate  the  letter  with  the 
movement  drill. 


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Plate  3. — The  horizontal   eight  exercise  is  a   good  one  to 

develop  lateral  movement.     Make   four  to   the  line.     Aim   to 

keep   both   parts  the   same   size.     A   very  nice   exercise   is   to 

begin    with    the    small    oval,   gradually    enlarging    same    until 


it  is  as  large  as  one  can  make  it.  In  line  3  this  exercise  is 
shown  two  spaces  in  height.  It  can  be  made  larger  after  a 
student  has  developed  considerable  movement   freedom. 


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Plate  4. — If  one  can  make  the  simple  oval,  the  O  will  pre- 
sent no  difficulty.  Observe  that  the  finishing  oval  is  small, 
and  that  it  barely  passes  through  the  side  of  the  oval  when 
completed.     Count  1,  2  and  make  90  per  minute.     The  E  is 


another  letter  that  is  made  up  entirely  of  ovals.  Care  should 
be  taken  to  make  the  first  part  on  the  proper  slant,  the  rest 
of  the  letter  will  take  care  of  itself.  Do  not  make  the  second 
part  unduly  large. 


Plate  5. — In  making  the  first  line  of  this  plate,  the  straight 
line  or  post  should  be  made  after  which  the  oval  can  be 
thrown  around   it.     This  is  an   Indirect  Oval.    The  purpose 


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of  making  the  first  is  to  aid  in  getting  the  proper  direction. 
In  line  2  we  have  a  specially  prepared  drill  for  eleven  of  the 
capital  letters:     K,  H,  K;  N,  M,  W ,  U;  Q,  V,  U,  Y. 


Plate  6. — Three  steps  are  necessary  to  master  the  M.  First, 
sufficient  drill  on  the  special  exercise  in  the  first  line  of  this 
plate ;  second,  a  thorough  mastery  of  the  second  line ;  third, 
practice  on  the  letter  itself.  The  same  instruction  applies  to 
the  N. 


For  Beginning  Students.  Students  taking  up  practice  in 
business  writing,  must  bear  in  mind  that  one  of  the  essen- 
tials in  this  style  of  writing  is  ease  and  rapidity  of  motion. 
Constant  thought  should  be  directed  toward  the  development 
of  a  free  and  easy  movement,  and  yet  a  movement  that  is  at 
all  times  under  perfect  control.  This  does  not  mean  that 
there  should  be  any  scribbling  or  scrawling.  It  means  that 
every  stroke  should  be  made  with  some  purpose,  and  yet  a 
high  degree  of  accuracy  should  not  be  sought.     In  fact,  it  is 


very  unwise  to  attempt  extreme  accuracy  in  rapid  business 
writing,  for  it  demands  too  much  attention  to  the  manner  of 
writing,  whereas,  the  chief  thought  should  be  given  to  the 
substance  of  writing. 

Attention  is  called  to  the  fact  that  medals  will  be  awarded 
at  the  close  of  the  school  year  for  proficiency  in  penman- 
ship. This  applies  directly  to  those  who  are  following  this 
course.  The  winner  is  going  to  be  someone  who  devotes  all 
of  his  spare  time  to  well  directed  practice.  The  results  will 
depend  upon  the  style  of  writing,  and  care  must  be  taken  that 
whatever  movement  is  generated,  the  same  must  be  in  body 
writing.  It  is  the  application  of  movement  to  word,  letter 
and  sentence  forms  that  is  the  true  measure  of  successful 
practice. 


FOR  INTERMEDIATE  STUDENTS. 


Plate  1. — In  making  loop  letters,  one  should  always  bear  in 
mind  that  the  loops  are  of  equal  width  and  length.  Notice 
particularly  where  the  strokes  cross  each  other.     Do  not  strive 


so  hard  for  accuracy  that  you  fail  to  develop  an  easy  move- 
ment; for  after  all,  it  is  far  more  important  that  one  develop- 
an  easy  movement  than  that  he  should  be  so  extremely  ac- 
curate. 


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Plate  2. — The  h  and  k  are  so  similar  that  drill  on  one  helps 
one  to  master  the  other.  Observe  that  the  finishing  part  of 
the  k  is  no  wider  than  the  same  part  of  the  h.     Fill  many 


pages  with  practice  work  on  each  of  the  key  words  given. 
In  kirk  and  kick  you  will  have  an  opportunity  to  test  your 
skill  in  making  similar  loop  letters. 


Plate  3.— The  p  is  given  in  two  forms,  one  with  the  loop,      rapid.     Develop  a  rapid  graceful  style  of  letter,  being  careful 
the  other  without.     The  loop  form  is  without  doubt  the  more      not  to  make  the  letter  too  large. 

FOR  ADVANCED  STUDENTS. 


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Plates  1  and  2. — From  Geneva  to  Zeller  we  have  an  abund- 
ance of  work  for  the  advanced  student  to  master.  This 
series  was  begun  in  the  last  issue.  The  best  plan  of  prac- 
tice is  to  work  on  each  word  separately  until  it  is  well  in 
hand,  and  then  proceed  with  another ;  finally,  returning  to  the 
first  for  a  review.  As  an  inducement  to  those  who  are 
really  working  as  hard  as  they  can  to  win  a  medal  or  cer- 
tificate,  the    editor    will    present    a    compendium    of    business 


writing  to  the  ten  students  who  not  later  than  March  15th, 
send  to  The  Journal  office  the  best  practice  work  on  these 
words.  The  list  should  be  complete,  comprising  those  in 
January  number.  Make  one  line  of  each  word.  It  may  be 
possible  that  some  of  the  specimens  will  be  good  enough  to 
publish.  If  so,  we  shall  be  glad  to  engrave  them.  For  this 
purpose,  the  work  should  be  done  in  black  ink. 


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Plate  3. — Here  is  a  paragraph  that  should  be  written  ten      penmanship  souvenir  will  be  sent  to  the  six  who  send  in  the 
times  each  day  during  the  month  of  February.     A  beautiful      best  work  on  this  paragraph  between  March  1  and  15. 


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Product  Work  by  J.  D.  Todd,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 


Contributions  are  solicited  for  this  department  from   all  the  penmen.     We  want  the  best  that  the  profession  can 
supply.     It  is  the  plan  to  make  this  department  one  of  the  most  interesting  in  the  magazine. 


EDITOR'S  SCRAP  BOOK. 

IE  nourished  design  by  O.  J.  Penrose,  Elgin,  111., 
which  has  reached  our  desk,  is  very  skilfully  and 
delicately  executed. 

Well  written  ornamental  cards  conveying 
Christmas  Greetings  came  from  Merritt  Davis, 
Salem,  Ore.     He  writes  an  excellent  hand. 

C.  C.  Guyett,  of  Buffalo.  N.  Y.,  favors  us  with  a  letter  writ- 
ten with  white  ink  on  blue  paper.  The  business  writing  is  of 
a  very  high  grade. 

The  ornamental  specimens  by  Leslie  E.  Jones,  of  Elbridge, 
N.  V.,  show  that  he  is  on  the  right  road  to  excellent  penman- 
ship. 

P.  O.  Anderson,  of  Chillicothe,  Mo.,  favors  us  with  some  of 
his  fancy  cards,  which  are  very  nicely  done. 

The  ornamental  signatures  by  S.  O.  Smith,  of  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.,  rank  among  the  very   best. 

C.  F.  Gubitz,  engrosser  and  teacher  of  penmanship,  of 
Hartford,  Conn.,  sends  us  a  very  delicately  written  specimen 
of  his  professional  writing. 

Business  capitals  very  near  the  Madarasz  style  came  to  us 
from  Pedro  Escalon,  of  Santa  Ana,  Central  America. 

Pen  written  letters  have  been  received  from  J.  O.  Peterson, 
Tacoma,  Wask. ;  W.  E.  Dennis,  Breoklvn,  N.  Y. ;  D.  H.  Far- 
ley, Trenton,  N.  J.;  H.  N.  Staley,  Baltimore,  Md. ;  H.  B. 
Cole,  Boston,  Mass. ;  E.  S.  Colton,  Brookline,  Mass. ;  C.  T. 
Rickard,  Minneapolis,  Minn.;  E.  J.  Plantier,  Bellows  Falls, 
Vt. 

From  the  following  we  received  well  written  superscrip- 
tions :  D.  H.  Farley,  Trenton,  N.  J. ;  E.  J.  Goddard.  Spencer, 
Mass. ;  O.  E.  Draper,  Pullman,  Wash. ;  A.  Rheude,  Milwaukee, 
Wis.;  F.  W.  Gage,  Boston,  Mass.;  C.  E.  Baldwin,  Columbiat 
Mo.;  A.  W.  Morse,  Hudson,  Mass.;  D.  L.  Callison,  Wichita. 
Kans. ;  C.  F.  Gubitz,  Hartford,  Conn.;  R.  A.  Spellman,  Taun- 
ton, Mass.;  W.  L.  Cochran.  Wheeling,  W.  Va. ;  K.  C.  At- 
tacks, Passaic,  N.  J.;  C.  F.  Nesse,  Chico,  Calif.;  T.  B.  Green- 
law, Flora.  111.;  W.  G.  Crabbe,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  L.  G. 
Lloyd,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. ;  S.  O.  Smith,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. ;  L. 
M.  Holmes,  Pittsburg,  Pa.;  S.  B.  Johnson,  Chicago,  111.;  G. 
F.  Humphries,  Colorado  Sorings,  Colo.:  J.  H.  Janson,  Napa, 
Calif.;  G.  Yungkurth.  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  C.  J.  Gruenbaum, 
Lima,  Ohio. 


E.  C.  Mills,  Rochester,  X.  Y. ;  A.  H.  Steadman,  Cincinnati, 
Ohio;  A.  Hartkorn,  Far  Rockaway,  X.  Y. ;  E.  H.  McGhee, 
Trenton,  N.  J. ;  W.  P.  Potter,  Sparta,  111. ;  L.  Faretra,  Boston, 
Mass.;  J.  N.  Fulton,  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind. ;  J.  D.  Todd,  Salt  Lake 
Citv,  Utah;  T  P.  McMenamin,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Merritt 
Davis,  Salem,  Ore.;  C.  H.  Larsh,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  C.  J, 
Potter,  Burlington,  la.;  D.  Elston,  Edmonton,  Alta.,  Can.;  H. 
W.  Patten,  Philadelphia;  Cyrus  W.  Field,  Derroit,  Mich.;  J. 
H.  Clark,  Providence,  R.  I. :  Minnie  E.  Compton,  Flint,  Mich. ; 
W.  R.  Hill,  North  Adams,  Mass. ;  T.  S.  Lilly,  Mt.  Lookout,  W. 
Va. ;  C.  H.  Hewitt,  Philadelphia. 

S.  C.  Bedinger,  Stillwater.  Okla. ;  J.  B.  Krutza,  Denver, 
Colo.;  C.  C.  Lister,  New  York;  E.  S.  Colton,  Brookline, 
Mass.;  H.  B.  Lehman,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  C.  A.  Barnett,  Oberlin, 
Ohio;  W.  C.  Browmfield,  Bowling  Green,  Ky. ;  a.  M.  Poole, 
Easton,  Pa. ;  H.  X.  Staley,  Baltimore,  Md. ;  J.  J.  Hagen, 
Minneapolis,  Minn.;  A.  C.  Sloan,  Toledo,  Ohio;  W.  I.  Monroe, 
Waterbury,  Conn. ;  F.  W.  Tamblyn,  Kansas  City,  Mo. ;  C.  W. 
Jones,  Brockton,  Mass.;  J.  D.  Valentine,  Pittsburg,  Pa.;  A.  B. 
Wraught,  Pittsfield.  Mass. ;  F.  A.  Curtis,  Hartford,  Conn. ;  N. 
S.  Smith,  Waco,  Tex.;  W.  S.  Morris,  Lonaconing,  Md. ;  Sr. 
Mary  Germaine,  Mon  oe,  Mich. ;  J.  A.  Snyder,  Big  Raoids, 
Mich.;  W.  A.  Hoffman.  Valparaiso,  Ind.;  L.  E.  Stacv,  Mead- 
ville.  Pa. ;  A.  L.  Peer,  Tonkowa,  Okla. ;  W.  H.  Patrick,  York, 
Pa. ;  A.  E.  Parsons,  Keokuk,  la. ;  F.  L.  Dyke,  Cleveland,  Ohio ; 
J.  H.  Bachtenkircher,  Lafavette,  Ind. ;  J.  T.  Evans,  Wilkes- 
barre.  Pa. ;  P.  L.  Greenw-ood,  Minneapolis,  Minn. ;  T.  Court- 
ney. Salt  Lake  City,  Utah;  Rev.  P.  H.  Brooks,  Wilkesbarre, 
Pa. ;  E.  A.  Dieterich.  Cincinnati,  Ohio ;  S.  S.  Pike,  Alburg, 
Vt. ;  S.  D.  Holt,  Philadelphia  :  P.  W.  Costello,  Scranton,  Pa  ; 
W.  A.  Lindsay,  Weaubleau,  Mo. ;  W.  W.  Bennett,  Milwaukee, 
Wis. ;  L.  C.  McCann,  Mahanoy  Citv,  Pa. ;  E.  A.  Rishor. 
Bridgeport,  Conn. 

J.  H.  Whaley,  Rome,  X.  Y. ;  M.  Otero  Colmenero,  San 
Juan,  P.  R.  ■  J.  W.  C.  Oilman,  Boston,  Mass. ;  R.  S.  Collins, 
Philadelphia  ;  H.  W.  English,  Shamokin.  Pa. ;  O.  J.  Penrose. 
Elgin,  111. ;  C.  L.  Anderson,  Alcester,  S.  D. ;  Hastings  Hawkes, 
Lexington,  Mass. ;  A.  S.  Osborn,  New  York  City ;  F.  A. 
Ashley,  Philadelphia;  D.  L.  Hunt,  Eau  Claire,  Wis.;  X.  C. 
Brewster,  Wellsboro,  Pa.:  J.  C.  Barber,  Providence,  R.  I.; 
T.   P.   Smith,   Durham,   X.   C 


By    C.    A.    Robertson,    Worcester,    Mass. 


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LOUIS  MADARASZ. 

T  his  late  home  in  San  Francisco,  Calif.,  on  Fri- 
day, 7:30  P.  M.,  December  23,  1910,  there  passed 
SM"««i  jam  from  this  life  all  that  was  mortal  of  Louis 
/fiSpvn  Madarasz,  known  since  1876  as  one  of  the  most 
II  gifted  penmen  America  has  ever  produced.  It 
is  impossible  in  a  short  sketch  of  his  life  to  give  any  ade- 
quate account  of  the  work  he  did  for  the  profession,  his  suc- 
cess as  a  teacher,  his  ability  as  a  man,  his  loyalty  and  patriot- 
ism as  a  citizen. 

Mr.  Madarasz  returned  to  New  York  from  Nevada  in  the 
fall  of  1908,  where  he  had  been  for  more  than  a  year  in  the 
Goldfield  Mining  District.  He  was  then  stricken  with  a  fatal 
malady,  and  the  doctors  gave  to  his  family  very  little  hope  of 
complete  recovery. 

After  spending  the  winter  of  1908-09  in  New  York  City, 
he  and  his  wife  removed  to  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  in  the  hope 
that  the  mild  and  soothing  climate  of  that  region  would  be 
beneficial.  It  seems  to  have  been  of  little  help,  and  in  May, 
1910,  they  removed  to  Napa,  Calif.,  where  they  resided  in 
the  country  for  a  few  months,  hoping  that  this  change  would 
improve  his  condition.  He  must  have  improved  somewhat, 
for  in  August  he  removed  to  San  Francisco,  and  engaged 
with  the  San  Francisco  Business  College. 

There  is  no  question  but  that  the  end  would  have  come 
much  sooner  to  an  ordinary  man,  but  Mr.  Madarasz  was  en- 
dowed with  great  physical  strength.  In  full  health  and  vigor, 
he  stood  six  feet  in  height  and  weighed  two  hundred  pounds. 
It  was  this  iron  constitution  which  enabled  him  to  withstand 
the  onslaught  of  disease,  and  to  give  to  the  world  during  the 
last  two  years  of  his  life,  in  spite  of  great  hardship  and 
physical  suffering,  some  of  the  best  work  he  had  ever  pro- 
duced. 

Louis  Madarasz  was  born  in  San  Antonio,  Texas,  January, 
1859.     His  father  and  mother  were  Hungarians,  having  come 


to  this  country  with  Louis  Kossuth,  the  great  Hungarian 
soldier  and  statesman.  He  came  from  a  very  long-lived  fam- 
ily. Both  of  his  grandfathers  were  living  until  very  recent- 
ly, and  may  be  so  now,  one  in  Florida,  the  other  in  Missouri, 
each  more  than  ninety  years  of  age. 

When  Mr.  Madarasz  was  eighteen  years  old,  1877,  he  came 
North  and  spent  a  few  months  at  the  Rochester  Business 
University.  A  little  later  he  attended  the  Brockport,  N.  Y., 
Normal  School,  finally  returning  to  Rochester  to  take  up  the 
practice  of  card  writing  in  the  Arcade.  After  remaining  there 
a  year,  he  came  to  New  York,  and  in  1879  went  to  Man- 
chester, N.  H.,  to  become  associated  with  G.  A.  Gaskell.  The 
friendship  and  business  connections  made  at  this  time  with 
Gaskell  continued  until  the  latter's  death  in  1886.  Gaskell 
removed  his  business  to  Jersey  City  in  1880,  and  Madarasz 
came  with  him,  remaining  until  1881  when  he  went  to  Sterl- 
ing, 111.,  spending  the  school  year  there  in  the  employment  of 
H.  A.  Aument,  of  the  Sterling  Business  College.  It  was  at 
this  time  that  the  writer  first  heard  of  him,  for  our  home 
was  in  a  little  town  ten  miles  north  of  Sterling,  and  Mr. 
Aument  visited  at  the  home  of  our  parents.  We  very  dis- 
tinctly remember  seeing  some  of  the  specimens  of  Madarasz's 
card  writing  at  that  time. 

In  18S2  Mr.  Madarasz  returned  to  Poughkeepsie,  where  he 
stayed  for  some  months,  finally  coming  to  New  York  in  1884. 
Here  he  made  his  home,  save  for  a  few  years  when  his  fancy 
or  his  ambition  took  him  to  remote  sections  of  the  country, 
for  he  was  always  a  traveler. 

He  was  a  man  of  many  ambitions,  strong  ideality,  and  a 
brilliant  student.  The  stage  appealed  to  the  aesthetic  side  of 
his  nature,  and  for  a  short  time  he  devoted  himself  to  the 
study  of  acting,  appearing  with  two  or  three  celebrated  stage 
favorites,  usually  playing  Shakespearean  parts. 

On  March  IS,  1889,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Clara  Kalish,  of 
New  York.  During  the  nearly  twenty-two  years  of  their 
married  life,  they  were  ideally  devoted  to  each  other,  and  it 
may  truthfully  be  said  that  much  of  the  success  of  Mr. 
Madarasz  was  due  to  the  encouragement  of  his  wife. 

The  years  1S90  and  1896  he  spent  in  teaching  in  Cedar 
Rapids,  la. ;  Lincoln,  Nebr. ;  and  Little  Rock,  Ark.  He  re- 
turned to  New  York  in  1896,  and  did  no  teaching  until  1901, 
when  he  became  associated  with  the  Heffley  School,  Brook- 
lyn, subsequently  teaching  for  the  Eagan  School,  in  Hoboken. 
He  left  this  school  to  engage  in  mining  operations  in  Ne- 
vada. 

There  is  an  old  saying  running  like  this :  "He  who  in  the 
same  time  does  more  than  another  has  vigor;  he  who  does 
more  and  better  than  another  has  talent;  but  he  who  does 
that  which  no  one  else  can  do  has  genius."  We  can  think  of 
no  better  definition  of  genius  than  this,  and  if  there  is  such 
an  element  in  this  world,  surely  Mr.  Madarasz  had  it,  for  he 
could  do  without  effort  that  which  very  few  could  do  with 
the  utmost  effort.  Every  stroke  of  his  pen  was  an  artistic 
one.  He  could  go  for  months  and  even  years  without  writing 
a  line,  and  yet  taking  up  his  oblique  penholder  and  princi- 
pality pen  could  dash  off  a  signature  or  a  letter  that  would 
be  a  perfect  marvel  of  excellence. 

He  was  an  extremely  modest  man.  It  was  necessary  to 
know  him,  personally,  to  observe  this  trait.  If  one  were  to 
read  his  advertisements,  the  impression  would  be  that  he  was 
a  boastful  man,  but  in  his  presence  one  could  never  get  him 
to  speak  well  of  his  work.  His  advertisements  came  as 
from  the  liand  of  an  expert  advertising  writer.  He  adver- 
tised to  sell,  not  to  speak  well  of  his  product.  If  he  was  an 
unparalleled  success  as  a  penman,  he  was  an  equal  success  as 
an  advertiser.  Had  his  path  been  directed  in  other  pursuits, 
mercantile  or  financial,  for  instance,  he  would  have  won  the 
same    success    that    he    achieved    as    a    penman.     His    many- 


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sided  nature  appealed  to  all  who  knew  him.  He  was  a  wide- 
ly read  man,  a  most  careful  and  discriminating  student  of 
political  affairs.  He  knew  the  biographies  of  the  world's 
great  leaders.  Possessed  of  a  marvelous  memory,  nothing 
that  he  ever  read  escaped  him. 

The  world  is  far  richer  because  of  his  having  lived  here 
for  fifty  years.  What  a  boon  it  would  be  to  all  could  they 
leave  a  record  of  so  much  good  work  done !  His  body  was 
incinerated  at  the  Odd  Fellows  Cemetery  on  Christmas  day. 
Only  a  few  of  his  immediate  friends  were  present.  During 
his  last  days  he  was  fully  conscious  of  the  fact  that  the  end 
was  drawing  near.  He  went  to  his  work  on  Tuesday  morn- 
ing, but  was  unable  to  remain,  and  returned  home  a  little 
after  nine  o'clock.  Characteristic  of  his  thoughtfulness  and 
planning  ability,  he  at  once  began  to  arrange  all  of  his  af- 
fairs, so  that  Mrs.  Madarasz  would  be  inconvenienced  as 
little  as  possible  in  attending  to  them.  One  who  knew  him 
well  in  San  Francisco  writes  to  say  that  "His  house  was  in 
order."     He  died  contented  and  satisfied. 


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Louis    Madarasz. 

Mr.  Madarasz  was  a  man  of  very  few  chosen  friends. 
Capable  of  the  highest  friendship,  he  lavished  his  regards 
only  on  the  few.  His  admiration  for  other  penmen  was  great, 
and  he  was  exceedingly  complimentary  to  his  students,  the 
Courtneys,  L.  C.  Horton,  E.  L.  Glick  and  others  who  suc- 
ceeded in  mastering  his  peculiar  style  of  writing.  Men  like 
Wiesehahn,  Flickinger,  the  Spencers,  Dennis  and  others,  he 
always  considered  his  superiors.  He  has  gone  from  us  in 
body,  but  every  stroke  that  ever  came  from  his  pen  has  been 
preserved,  and  as  the  days  go  by  will  be  cherished  beyond 
measure.  Through  his  magic  pen,  he  will  ever  be  among 
us. 

In  his  death  every  penman  has  lost  a  true  friend,  his  stu- 
dents a  kind-hearted  and  inspiring  teacher,  the  community  in 
which  he  lived  a  useful  and  upright  citizen  and  the  world  an 
honest  man., 

The  deepest  sympathy  of  the  entire  profession  goes  out  to 
his  widow,  and  the  hope  that  some  comfort  may  be  derived 
from  the  knowledge  that  her  husband  was  admired,  as  it  is 
given  to  few,  not  only  for  his  skill,  but  for  his  many  qual- 
ities as  an  upright  noble  man. 


PERSONALIA. 

Brother  Gregg  and  his  better  half  are  turning  their  backs 
on  American  interests  and  are  sailing  away  to  the  Holy  Land, 
as  this  number  of  The  Business  Journal  goes  to  its  subscrib- 
ers. We  most  heartily  invoke  the  good  will  of  Old  Boreas  in 
their  behalf.  May  their  wanderings  through  the  Old  Jerusalem 
be  beautifully  anticipatory  of  delectable  sojourmngs  in  the 
New  Jerusalem.  As  they  climb  the  highest  of  the  Egyptian 
pyramids  may  they  be  as  well  boosted  in  the  toilsome  work  as 
they  have  boosted  so  many  in  the  fatiguing  upclimbing  of  the 
"road  to  the  top"  in  shorthand  mastery.  And  may  they  return 
to  shed  the  cheering  light  of  their  countenances  on  the  count- 
less number  of  aspirants  for  fame  and  "shekels"  who  "follow 
in  their  train." 

R.  J.  Maclean,  the  leading  hustler  of  Spokane,  Washington, 
who  is  almost  certain  to  "win  out"  in  any  large  enterprise, 
sends  us  a  lovely  picture  of  his  "young  hustlers,"  his  little  son 
and  daughter,  who  are  in  training  to  follow  in  his  footsteps. 
Lola  Wilson  Maclean  and  Allen  Duard  Maclean  are  truly 
winsome,  and  we  bespeak  for  them  the  happiest  possible  fu- 
ture, and  for  their  father  the  most  of  satisfaction  in  their 
developing  lives. 

We  are  happy  to  announce  the  re-organization  of  tha 
Sadler-Rowe  Company,  Educational  publishers,  of  Baltimore, 
Md.,  under  the  new  corporation  name  of  "The  H.  M.  Rowe 
Company."  Mr.  Rowe  has  held  a  controlling  interest  for 
several  years,  and  has  now  taken  into  partnership  his  two 
sons,  George  H.  and  H.  M.  Jr.,  and  they  will  each  assume 
a  portion  of  the  responsibilities  of  the  management.  We 
spent  some  time  with  these  young  men  and  their  father  in 
Baltimore  last  month,  and  were  impressed  with  their  business 
enterprise  and  spirit.  We  cordially  wish  for  this  reconstructed 
corporation  the  largest  possible  success  fn  their  educational 
publishing  work. 

L.  E.  Edgecomb,  proprietor  of  the  Cortland,  N.  Y.,  Business 
Institute,  sends  us  a  calendar  of  his  school,  wrhich  is  quite 
remarkable,  being  a  reproduction  by  the  Osborne  Company, 
X.  Y.,  of  the  original  painting  by  Thomas  Moran,  N.  A.,  en- 
titled "The  Eternal  Seas."  This  is  not  a  painting  giving  the 
ocean  as  a  background  on  which  magnificent  steamships  are 
ploughing  their  way,  but  it  is  the  sea  without  a  ship,  the  Sea 
alone,  immense,  mighty,  as  when  God  made  it,  reflecting  the 
image  of  the  Eternal  Power.  Hung  in  any  parlor  or  school 
room,  this  picture  will  be  full  of  inspiration  to  every  one 
who  shall  gaze  upon  it.  Mr.  Edgecomb  does  well  by  his 
school  in  this  new  form  of  solicitation. 

A  tasteful  New  Year's  calendar  is  on  our  table.  Above  the 
monthly  calendar  for  January,  the  benign  countenance  of 
Judson  P.  Wilson,  the  popular  proprietor  of  Wilson's  Modern 
Business  College,  Seattle,  Wash.,  looks  down  upon  us,  and  we 
feel  to  say  to  the  good  man,  "Success  to  you,  brother,  in  the 
coming  year." 

The  Detroit  Commercial  College,  Detroit,  Mich.,  under  the 
management  of  Charles  F.  Zulauf,  sends  out  an  "Appeal  to 
Young  Men  and  Women"  to  cut  out  the  word  "if"  from  their 
lives,  as  in  "If  I  had  a  chance,"  "If  I  had  an  education,"  "If  I 
could  live  my  life  over  again,"  etc.  The  appeal  teaches  young 
people  to  grasp  opportunities.  It  is  the  right  start  that 
counts.  We  have  helped  hundreds;  why  not  you?  Avoid 
future  regrets. 

From  Jerome  B.  Howard  we  received  an  engraved,  appro- 
priately worded  announcement  by  the  Phonographic  Institute 
Company  of  the  death  of  its  founder  and  president,  Benn 
Pitman,  at  his  home  in  Cincinnati,  Wednesday,  December 
twenty-eighth,  nineteen  hundred  and  ten,  in  the  eighty-ninth 
year  of  his  age. 


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worth  at  least  that  much  to  every  teacher  and  school  proprietor.     It  is  a  matter 
of  deepest  gratification  to    us   that  hundreds  of  our  professional  brethren  who 
give  their  students  benefit  of  the  loiv  clubbing  rates  for   the  regular  edition  think  zuell 
enough  of  The  Journal  to  enroll  their  own  names  on  the  Professional  List,  at  $i  a  year. 


MOVEMENTS    OF    THE    TEACHERS. 

A.  A.  Gray,  of  Arthur,  111.,  goes  to  the  Peru  Business  Col- 
lege, Peru,  Ind. 

Delf  J.  Gaines,  of  the  Bowling  Green,  Ky.,  Business  Univer- 
sity, has  been  employed  by  J.  M.  Ressler  as  commercial  teacher 
for  the  International  Business  College,  Newport  News,  Va. 

H.  A.  Panzram,  of  Waseca,  is  a  new  teacher  in  the  Garfield 
School,   Owatonna,   Minn. 

C.  B.  Boland,  Tampa,  Fla.,  goes  to  the  West  to  take  a  place 
with  Loren  Cornett,  Broken  Bow,  Nebr. 

I.  L.  Smith,  Sayre,  Penna.,  has  accepted  a  fine  place  with 
Arthur  C.  Minter,  manager  of  several  of  the  Draughon  Busi- 
ness Colleges,  at  Atlanta,  Ga. 

I.  D.  Rowe  is  with  McDonald  Business  Institute,  Mil- 
waukee,   Wis. 

Mis>  Clementine  Hanks  is  the  new  shorthand  teacher  at  the 
Phelps  Commercial  School,  Bozeman,  Mont. 

R.  R.  Lumsden,  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Wisconsin, 
has  taken  charge  of  the  commercial  work  of  Mendota  College, 
Mendota,  III.,  a  position  made  vacant  by  the  resignation  of  A. 
S.  Hutcheson,  who  is  leaving  the  commercial  teaching  field  to 
prepare   for  the  ministry. 

R.  L.  Montgomery,  of  the  Bowling  Green,  Ky.,  Business 
University,  goes  to  the  Prestonburg  Institute,  Prestonburg, 
Ky.     His  wife  will  be  associated  with  him  in  the  work. 

The  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Commercial  College  has  added  W.  M. 
Hopkins,  late  of  the  Tulsa,  Okla.,  Business  College,  to  its 
teaching  staff.  ^^^ 

Miss  Eva  M.  Bullard,  of  the  Salamanaca,  X.  Y.,  Business 
College,  is  the  new  shorthand  teacher  in  the  Northern  Busi- 
ness (  ollege,  Watertown,   X     V. 

L.  C.  Laruiing,  formerly  of  the  Metropolitan  Business  Col- 
lege, Cleveland,  Ohio,  is  now  with  the  Elyria,  Ohio,  Business 
College. 

Miss  K.  C.  Maxwell,  of  Auburn,  Maine,  is  now  teaching 
commercial  subjects  in  the  Attleboro,  Mass.,  High  School. 

Miss  Mattie  Haire,  of  the  Bowling  Green,  Ky..  Business 
University,  will  have  charge  of  the  commercial  work  in  the 
Fairview  Graded  School,  Fairview,  Ky. 

D.  G.  Westman,  of  the  San  Angelo.  Tex..  Business  College, 
is  now  living  on  a  ranch  at  Sonora,  Tex. 

Fred  M.  Mitchell,  for  the  past  three  years  teacher  in  the 
Lawrence,  Mass.,  Commercial  School,  accepted  a  similar  posi- 
tion in  the  Heffley  Institute,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  on  January  1st. 

Jas.  Spradlin,  Waynesburg,  Ky.,  a  student  of  the  Bowling 
Green,  Ky..  Business  University,  is  to  be  with  the  Draughon 
Business   College.   Knoxville.   Tenn. 

C.  W.  Gay.  of  Live  Oak,  Fla..  is  now  with  the  Southern 
Commercial  School,  Wilmington.  X.   C. 

Miss  Dorothy  Mierisch,  of  Brooklyn,  X.  Y.,  has  engaged 
with  the  Xew  York  Commercial  School.  X'ew  York  City,  as 
teacher  of  shorthand  and  typewriting. 


T.  Courtney  has  become  assistant  instructor  in  the  Academy 
of  Idaho  at  Pocatello,  Idaho,  a  state  institution,  with  seven- 
teen instructors,  the  Department  of  Commerce  being  of  much 
importance. 

A.  E.  Parsons,  of  Keokuk,  Iowa,  sends  us  interesting  leaf- 
lets and  circulars  concerning  his  penmanship,  drawing  and 
color  work. 

E.  G.  Wiese  is  now  travelling  by  the  express  train  on  the 
Remington  Typewriter  Road  to  Ambition's  Height,  and  will 
reach  that  delectable  place  evidently  very  soon.  Copying 
new  matter  from  124  to  139  words  per  minute  seems  the 
easiest  thing  imaginable  to  him,  and  copying  from  a  French 
Reader  (unfamiliar  to  him)  at  100  words  a  minute  is  a 
pleasure.  217  words  a  minute  on  memorized  matter  was  at- 
tained by  him  in  Toronto  recently  on  the  Xo.  10  Remington. 
It  seems  easy  for  Wiesei 

A.  E.  Rodman,  formerly  of  Heald's  Santa  Cruz  School, 
Calif.,  is  now  connected  with  the  Berkeley,  Calif.,  Business 
College,  from  whence  he  sends  us  a  splendid  club  for  the 
Business  Journal,  not  to  strike  us  but  to  bless  us. 

J.  A.  Stryker,  Kearney.  Xeb.,  gets  us  stirred  up  to  join  him 
on  an  old-fashioned  winter  skating  match,  by  the  card  invita- 
tion sent.  So  sorry  our  skating  is  in  Xew  York  mud  just 
now. 

Prof.  Yerkes,  of  Harvard,  lias  been  studying  the  attractive- 
ness of  womankind  as  a  personality  in  advertising.  He 
showed  his  psychology  class  ten  "ads"  of  leading  concerns, 
nine  having  artists'  illustrations  and  one  featured  a  beautiful 
Remington  woman.  Most  of  the  class  centered  their  interest 
on  the  woman.  In  every  great  cause  there  is  evidently  a 
woman.  And  note,  Printer's  Ink  thought  enough  of  this  psy- 
chology test  to  devote  three  pages  to  it. 

In  The  Caxton  for  December,  1910,  a  magazine  for  Quality- 
Folks,  published  by  the  Caxton  Society,  Pittsfield,  Mass.. 
there  appears  a  character  sketch  of  our  old  friend  Oliver  C. 
Dorney.  "Founder  and  President  of  the  Optimist  and  Effi- 
ciency Factory,"  in  otheifciwortfs  The  American  Commercial 
School,  of  Allentown,  Pa^  The  article  abounds  in  vivid  pen 
pictures  of  Dorney  and  his"  "helpmate,"  and  of  the  work  they 
are  doing  in  their  "Quality  Shop." 

C.  F.  Sherman,  of  Mt.  Yernon,  X.  Y.,  desires  the  editors  of 
The  Business  Journal  to  "be  good"  during  1911.  To  this  end 
he  sends  us  the  Quaker  Motto  Calendar  which  will  be  a  de- 
light to  our  eyes  and  a  stimulus  to  the  moral  life.  Thanks, 
brother. 

A.  H.  Steadman,  Supervisor  of  Penmanship  in  Cincinnati. 
is  proud  of  the  two  "Million  Dollar"  High  Schools  provided 
by  that  city,  and  gives  us  a  view  of  them.  We  never  went  to 
school  in  million  dollar  buildings ;  he  is  proud  to  be  a  teacher 
in  them. 


FIFTEENTH  ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE  NATIONAL  COMMERCIAL  TEACHERS'  FEDERATION 

HELD  AT  THE  AUDITORIUM  HOTEL,   CHICAGO,  ILL.,  DECEMBER    28,  29,  30,  1910. 

GENERAL   FEDERATION. 

T  12  :40,  afternoon,  December  26,  1910,  a  most  en- 
il*  joyable  start  was  made  for  an  extended  trip  by 
•^  Wj  the  Associate  Editor  with  Mr.  Healey,  C.  V. 
5a\  Oden,  H.  O.  Blaisdell  and  Miss  Wilson.  All 
rfBLal  entered  the  sleeper  of  the  Empire  State  Express, 
New  York  Central  Station,  New  York,  and  were  soon  off  for 
the  Windy  City.  Reading,  games  and  conversation  made  the 
time  pass  swiftly.  Mr.  Healey  dropped  off  at  Rochester  to 
preside  at  the  Convention  of  the  Commercial  Teachers  of 
New  York  State. 

Arriving  at  Chicago  on  time  over  the  Michigan  Central 
R.  R.,  our  company  were  soon  at  the  Auditorium  Hotel, 
where  had  already  gathered  a  large  number  of  the  members 
of  the  Federation  of  Commercial  School  Proprietors  and  In- 
structors. Room  358  soon  found  us  delightfully  at  home. 
The  Auditorium  Hotel  seemed  to  us  a  most  natural  and 
familiar  place,  for  here  some  years  ago  we  had  had  rooms 
for  several  weeks,  with  a  reportorial  staff  of  four  assistants 
and  several  typewriter  operators,  and  had  "prepared  trans- 
cript" of  verbatim  copy  for  the  "Daily  Christian  Advocate," 
the  official  organ  of  the  Quadrennial  General  Conference  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  of  which  we  are  the  official 
reporter. 

The  meetings  of  the  Federation  and  the  subsidiary  sections 
were  very  well  attended,  exceedingly  harmonious,  full  of 
enthusiasm,  addressed  by  thoroughly  capable  specialists,  can- 
vassed most  momentous  educational  questions,  and  the  fruit- 
ful outcome  will  be  evident  in  energy,  zeal,  devotion  and 
success  in  scores,  if  not  hundreds,  of  commercial  schools  and 
colleges  over  the  land. 

The  present  writer  divided  himself  up  as  far  as  possible, 
visiting  several  sections,  though  chiefly  (as  would  be  natural 
to  his  shorthand  proclivities),  attending  the  Shorthand  Sec- 
tion. Kind  assistants  aided  him  in  his  work  by  helpful  note- 
taking  and  securement  of  several  of  the  valuable  papers  read. 
Chief  among  these  were  Messrs.  O.  H.  White,  St.  Lou-.s,  C. 
A.  Robertson,  Worcester,  Mass.,  and  J.  H.  Snyder,  Chicago, 
to  whom  our  hearty  thanks  we  render. 

The  official  shorthand  reporter  of  the  Federation  was  Miss 
Edyth  Trimble,  of  Chicago,  a  most  winsome  young  lady, 
whose  shorthand  received  our  attention  immediately,  for  it 
was  the  first  actual  use  we  had  ever  seen  of  the  Thirty  Days' 
Wonder,  "Boyd  Syllabic  Shorthand."  We  secured  from  Miss 
Trimble  a  specimen  of  her  shorthand  with  key,  which  we 
hope  soon  to  show  our  readers.  We  are  awaiting  with  much 
interest  the  transcript  which  Miss  Trimble  will  give  of  her 
work  in  the  printed  proceedings  of  the  Federation. 

Among  the  interesting  and  noteworthy  features  of  some  of 
the  section  meetings  was  the  presence  of  several  Roman 
Catholic  nuns  in  their  black  and  white  garb,  and  Roman 
Catholic  teaching  brothers  were  much  in  evidence. 

A  notable  absence  of  shorthand  publishers  was  apparent. 
Jerome  B.  Howard,  of  the  Phonographic  Institute,  Cincinnati, 
was  detained  by  the  serious  illness  and  the  death  of  the 
great  phonographic  leader,  Benn  Pitman.  Chandler  Sexton, 
of  the  A.  J.  Graham  Co.,  New  York,  was  not  present,  and 
W.  W.  Osgoodby,  J.  Geo.  Cross,  A.  J.  Barnes,  J.  W.  Beers, 
C.  A.  Pitman,  and  other  shorthand  authors  and  publishers 
were  conspicuously  absent.  But  Xew  Orleans  had  two 
doughty  authors  present  and  actively  convassing  the  field  in 
the  persons  of  Messrs.  Spencer  and  Chartier,  while  John  R. 
Gregg,  of  Chicago  and  New  York,  was,  as  they  used  to  say 
in  my  boyhood,  "a  whole  team  in  himself  and  a  horse  to 
boot."  O.  H.  White  was  a  most  genial  representative  of  the 
A.  J.  Barnes  Publishing  Co.,  of  St.  Louis. 


ENOS    SPENCER, 
President    of    the    Federation. 

Typewriter  makers,  agents  and  expert  operators  were  here, 
there  and  everywhere ;  the  Remington,  Underwood,  Smith 
Premier  and  Monarch  machines  having  headquarters,  with 
machines,  experts,  literature,  souvenir  gifts,  and  other  attrac- 
tions, while  every  corridor,  hall,  parlor,  stairway,  etc.,  had 
a  great  abundance  and  variety  of  beautifully  printed,  large- 
size  card-board  signs  presenting  the  merits,  qualities,  and 
sales  of  the  several  machines. 

Book  publishers  from  Xew  York,  Rochester,  Battle  Creek, 
Saginaw,  Chicago  and  several  other  cities,  too  numerous  to 
mention,  had  samples,  and  attractive  book,  pamphlet  and  other 
exhibits  in  spacious  headquarters. 

Adding  machines,  the  Multigraph,  and  other  duplicators 
were  visible  to  the  naked  eye  at  many  points,  and  surrounded 
by  eager  examiners  and  salesmen. 

The  secretaries  of  the  Federation  and  of  the  several  Sec- 
tions, were  early  and  eagerly  beset  by  newcomers,  to  be  en- 
rolled, pay  the  fee,  and  receive  the  large  badjfe- ^bS  the 
Federation  and  the  smaller  badges  of  the  one  or\m_ore  Sec- 
tions to  which  they  belonged.  The  hundreds  of  badges  worn 
gave  color  and  character  to  every  meeting,  and  beautiful 
women  received  added  attractiveness.  The  Auditorium  is  a 
delightful  Convention  Headquarters,  and  several  conventions 
might  be  held  there  simultaneously  without  serious  friction. 

Strong  men  were  present — the  tall,  stalwart,  eagle-eyed, 
eloquent  Col.  Geo.  Soule,  of  Xew  Orleans,  with  the  long 
hair,  Indian  features,  and  apparent  strength  of  a  giant;  the 
portly,  serious,  attentive,  genial,  dearly  beloved,  "Uncle 
Robert"  C.  Spencer,  of  Milwaukee;  the  President,  Enos 
Spencer,  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  tall,  witty,  pungent,  direct,  mean- 
ingful director  of  ceremonies,  who  kept  things  moving  in  fine 
fashion ;  Morton  MacCormac,  of  Chicago,  the  all-round  man. 
who  had  arranged  everything,  knew  every  man,  answered  all 
questions,  met  every  emergency,  a  minister's  son  and  a 
worldly-wise  fellow,  good  to  meet;  Carl  C.  Marshall,  of  Cedar 
Rapids,  the  erudite,  genial,  up-to-date  student  and  rhetorician, 
as   one   called   him,   "the   Dad    of   the   Kid,"   whom   everyone 


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wanted  to  meet,  and  who  cheerily  met  everyone ;  Raymond  P. 
Kelley,  of  New  York,  the  youngest  business  fellow  of  the 
crowd  whose  winsome  face  and  cheery  voice  made  everyone 
feel  at  home,  and  who  delighted  to  "feed  the  whole  bunch," 
to  take  their  pictures,  and  to  lavish  all  kinds  of  tokens  of 
good  on  everybody. 

And  then  there  were  E.  M.  Huntsinger,  of  Hartford,  al- 
ways capable  and  active  in  "hitting  the  nail  on  the  head"'  by 
words  duly  and  fitly  spoken;  P.  S.  Spangler,  of  Pittsburg, 
who  took  your  money  as  treasurer  with  good  grace  and  a 
"thank  you" ;  C.  E.  Doner  and  E.  E.  Gaylord,  both  of  Beverly, 
the  one  a  master  leader  and  teacher  of  the  Penmanship 
Teachers'  Section,  and  the  other  wisely  and  prudently  pre- 
paring the  memorabilia  for  the  members  beloved  who  have 
gone  on  to  the  land  of  perpetual  light ;  A.  N.  Palmer,  of  New 
York,  whose  hands  fall  on  the  slow  moving  fingers  of  ten 
thousand  would-be  penmen  and  make  them  wisely  nimble ; 
C  A.  Faust,  of  Chicago,  the  genial  teacher  of  the  penman's 
art,  and  cordial  brother  beloved  ;  C.  P.  Zaner,  of  Columbus. 
whose  charming  magazine  is  read  by  tens  "of  thousands  and 
is  worthy  of  the  reading  and  study  of  tens  of  thousands  more  ; 
H.  M.  Roue,  of  Baltimore,  whose  robust,  wise  thinking  man- 
hood is  building  itself  not  only  in  educational,  but  inspira- 
tional fashion,  into  thousands  of  young  lives  in  the  Monu- 
mental City  and  elsewhere;  F.  M.  Van  Antwerp,  of  the 
Spencerian  School,  Louisville,  Ky.,  who  knows  more  than  a 
"thing  or  two"  about  shorthand,  and  teaches  it  most  thorough- 
ly ;  A.  H.  Steadman,  of  Cincinnati,  whose  activity  in  super- 
visorship  of  the  public  schools  during  many  years,  makes  him 
primus  inter  pares  in  his  work; — how  we  would  mention  them 
all,  for  they  are  worthy — J.  A.  Lyons,  S.  A,  Bohlinger,  A.  N. 
Hirons,  R.  E.  Tulloss,  C.  A.  Robertson  (worthily  elected 
Vice-President  for  the  coming  year),  F.  E.  Haymond,  J. 
Walter  Ross.  S.  C.  Williams  (whose  loving  visit  to  his  ninety- 
year  old  mother  forbade  attendance  at  the  Federation  for 
more  than  one  day),  E.  St.  Elmo  Lewis  (who  talks  horse- 
sense  in  every  utterance),  M.  H.  Lockyear,  E.  F.  Quintal,  A. 
H  Wilt  (our  old  Chautauqua  friend),  L.  F.  Post,  G.  H. 
Walks,  V.  M.  Rubert,  Sherwin  Cody,  O.  L.  Rogers.  Rev.  X.  J. 
Corley,  and  many,  many  others  whom  we  were  privileged  to 
meet,  but  whose  names  escape  at  this  writing — a  splendid 
band  of  splendid  workers  in  a  glorious  field. 

The  addresses  at  the  public  meetings  of  the  Federation  were 
all  of  the  very  highest  order.  Dr.  F.  W.  Gunsaulus,  the 
masterful  pastor  of  the  great  Auditorium  Sabbath  Congrega- 
tion, was  listened  to  with  rapt  attention  as  he  sketched  the 
life  work  of  the  wonderful  Field  family  in  religion,  science, 
law.  etc..  drawing  forth  very  pregnant  lessons  for  present- 
day  effort  on  the  part  of  commercial  educators.  Leroy  T. 
Steward,  the  Chief  of  Police,  of  the  great  city  of  Chicago, 
unfolded  truths  and  social  science  doctrines  needful  for  the 
time.  Harlan  Eugene  Read  mellifluously  uttered  the  feelings 
of  the  Federation  in  a  most  gracious  response  to  the  cordial 
greetings  of  the  Mayor's  representative.  A.  F.  Sheldon,  of 
the  Sheldon  School  of  Salesmanship,  in  a  comprehensive, 
thoughtful  and  forceful  way  laid  down  principles  by  which 
every  teacher  should  be  guided  in  the  attempt  to  better  the 
educational  and  moral  life  of  his  students.  Harry  A.  Wheeler, 
president  of  the  Chicago  Association  of  Commerce,  at  a 
somewhat  late  hour  in  the  afternoon's  proceedings  of  the 
Convention,  secured  and  held  the  close  attention  of  his  au- 
ditors by  fitting  and  pungent  utterances  of  principles  of 
action. 

S.  C.  Williams,  Rochester  Business  Institute,  Rochester, 
X.  Y.,  addressed  the  Federation  on  "Business  School 
Stamina."      In    comparison    with    the   past   history    of   business 


MORTON    MacCORMAC. 
President  for  the  Coming  Year. 

education,  the  twentieth  century  has  brought  in  a  new-  order 
of  things,  and  men  who  stood  at  the  wheel  twenty-five  years 
ago  are  almost  dazed  as  they  look  on  and  try  to  keep  up  with 
the  times.  But  we  are  now  "coming  to  our  own."  And 
public  scrutiny  is  on  us.  Can  we  stand  the  test?  This  brings 
me  to  the  subject:  Business  School  Stamina.  We  have  tre- 
mendous difficulties  as  proprietors  and  instructors  to  over- 
come, in  the  matter  of  rates  and  lengthened  courses.  This 
great  Federation  must  help  us.  How  do  our  catalogues  and 
advertisements  impress  the  intelligent  business  man  and  the 
educator  generally?  What  is  our  attitude  towards  competitors? 
Are  we  always  absolutely  honest,  broad  and  square  dealing? 
What  of  genuine  stamina  in  all  our  outside  and  inside  rela- 
tions as  business  school  men?  What  attitude  do  we  hold  to 
the  high  schools,  to  private  business  schools,  and  certainly  to 
fake  schools?  This  most  valuable  paper  we  hope  to  publish 
in  full  in  an  early  issue. 

We  have  said  nothing  as  yet  of  the  deservedly  active  and 
prominent  part  taken  by  the  noble  women  in  the  Federation 
and  the  Section  meetings.  That  most  worthy  daughter  of  an 
honored  sire,  Mrs.  Ellen  Spencer  Mussey,  Dean  of  the  Wash- 
ington College  of  Law,  gave  an  address  before  the  Federa- 
tion which,  for  its  beauty  of  diction  and  grace  of  utterance, 
was  exceedingly  captivating.  Miss  Emma  H.  Hagenstein,  of 
the  Cedar  Rapids,  la..  Business  College,  drove  strong  nails  into 
hard  timber  in  her  thoughtful  and  exceedingly  suggestive 
paper  on  "Spelling — How  to  Secure  the  Best  Results."  Miss 
Kate  Browning,  of  Lockyear's  Business  College,  Evansville, 
Ind.,  made  us  all  believe  that  in  our  daily  teaching  of  even 
dull  pupils  we  can  make  their  study  of  English,  speech  and 
writing,  a  perennial  delight  and  success.  Miss  Elizabeth  Van 
Sant.  of  the  wonderful  Van  Sant  School,  Omaha,  Nebr.,  as 
the  active  head  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Shorthand 
and  Typewriting  Section,  gave  constant  and  close  attention  ta 
all  the  many  interests  centering  therein,  doing  very  much  to 
make  it  the  splendid  success  which  it  was.  Miss  Kittie  Dixon, 
of  the  Gregg  Shorthand  School,  Chicago,  in  a  comprehensive 
way  outlined  "Ways.  Means  and  Methods"  by  which  to  secure 


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accuracy  in  the  pupil's  work,  making  it  the  sine  qua  iwn  of  all 
secretarial  work.  Miss  Gertrude  O.  Hunnicutt,  of  Evansville, 
Ind.,  in  two  addresses  "said  things,"  enforced  the  moral 
element  in  the  student's  work  and  development  and  urged 
the  adoption  by  all  teachers,  as  far  as  possible,  of  the  "simpli- 
fied spelling  reform"  in  their  own  work.  Other  good  women 
whom  we  were  not  privileged  to  hear  "obtained  good  report" 
on  the  part  of  those  with  whom  we  conversed.  The  women 
were  certainly  much  in  evidence  and  none  served  more 
acceptably. 

The  Quartet  of  the  Central  Church  Choir  (Dr.  Gunsaulus' 
Church)  rendered  several  songs,  humorous  and  others,  at 
the  public  meeting  of  the  Federation,  Thursday,  greatly  to  the 
gratification  of  all  assembled. 

Through  the  courtesy  of  the  Remington  Typewriter  Co.,  by 
their  most  genial  representative,  Raymond  P.  Kelley,  a  sump- 
tuous banquet  was  served  to  all  the  members  of  the  Federa- 
tion present,  the  menu  being  in  every  way  surprisingly  taste- 
ful and  satisfactory.  Preceding  the  banquet,  a  flashlight 
photograph  of  the  banqueters  was  taken  which,  when  de- 
veloped, proved  to  be  very  clear  and  effective. 

Much  might  be  said  of  the  all-pervasive  cordiality  and 
geniality  of  the  delegates  from  all  parts  of  the  land — the  one 
brotherhood  and  sisierhood  of  commercial  co-workers.  Not 
an  unkind,  harsh  or  sour  expression  was  heard,  but  "all  went 
merry  as  a  marriage  ball."  Many  of  the  supremest  hours  of 
the  Convention  were  those  spent  in  the  lobbies,  parlors  and 
dining  rooms  of  the  Convention  Hotel. 

In  the  election  of  officers,  thoroughly  good  feeling  was 
manifested.  Mr.  Purden,  of  Chicago,  nominated  Morton  Mac- 
Cormac  for  President  the  coming  year.  Carl  C.  Marshall 
nominated  H.  Eugene  Read.  C.  P.  Zaner  nominated  the 
secretary,  J.  C.  Walker.  Mr.  MacCormac  received  118  votes, 
Mr.  Read  35,  Mr.  Walker  29.  Mr.  Walker  moved  to  make 
the  election  of  Mr.  MacCormac  unanimous,  which  was  done 
amidst  great  applause;  whereupon  Mr.  MacCormac  respond- 
ed in  a  beautiful  speech,  recognizing  the  splendid  confidence 
reposed  in  him  and  trusting  that,  through  the  experience  of 
the  past  year  and  the  friendships  he  had  formed  (especially 
evidenced  in  the  fact  of  his  nomination  and  support  by  his 
supposed  school  rivals  in  Chicago),  the  influences  made  upon 
him  may  be  reflected  for  good  in  his  coming  administration. 

For  1st  Vice-President,  W.  T.  Parks,  of  Denver,  and  Frank 
E.  Lakey.  were  placed  in  nomination.  Mr.  Park  received  28 
votes,  Mr.  Lakey  167.  The  election  of  Mr.  Lakey  was  made 
unanimous. 

For  2nd  Vice-President,  only  C.  A.  Robertson,  of  Worcester, 
Mass.,  was  put  in  nomination,  and  the  secretary  was  instructed 
to  cast  a  ballot  for  him,  which  was  done. 

For  General  Secretary.  F.  M.  Van  Antwerp,  of  Louisville, 
Ky.,  and  P.  S.  Spangler,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  were  nominated. 
Mr.  Van  Antwerp  was  elected. 

J.  F.  Fish,  of  Chicago,  nominated  C.  A.  Faust,  of  that  city, 
for  treasurer,  and  by  order  the  General  Secretary  cast  the 
ballot  for  Mr.  Faust's  election. 

The  question  was  then  taken  up  concerning  the  place  of  the 
next  meeting  of  the  Federation.  Very  soon  the  question 
broadened  out,  and  included  both  the  Time  as  well  as  Place 
of  that  Convention.  Morton  MacCormac,  on  behalf  of  him- 
self and  associates,  invited  the  Federation  to  return  to 
Chicago,  as  the  best  Convention  City,  next  year.  D.  D. 
Mueller,  for  Cincinnati,  nominated  that  city ;  J.  R.  Anderson 
nominated  St.  Louis;  E.  E.  Gaylord  nominated  Spokane. 
Wash.;  W.  T.  Parks  nominated  Denver.  W.  D.  Bridge 
seconded  the  nomination  of  Spokane.  A  representative  of 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Seattle  was  given  three  minutes 
in  which  to  endorse  the  claims  of  Spokane,  which  he  did  in 
a  gattling-gun  fire  speech,  and  carried  the  house  by  storm. 


Carl  C.  Marshall  presented  a  resolution  that  the  next  meet- 
ing be  held  in  the  summer  of  1912.  Pending  its  consideration. 
a  motion  was  made  to  substitute  Denver  for  Spokane.  A 
vote  on  all  the  places  put  in  nomination  followed.  The  ballot 
showed  as  follows :  Denver  4,  Chicago  17,  St.  Louis  34, 
Cincinnati  40.  There  being  no  election,  a  second  ballot  re- 
sulted :    Denver  3,  Cincinnati  42,  St.  Louis  52. 

On  motion,  the  matters  of  time  and  place  were  referred  to 
the  Executive  Committee,  to  consider  most  carefully  all  the 
questions  entering  into  a  just  and  valid  decision,  and  report 
before  the  adjournment  of  the  Federation  if  they  shall  come 
to  a  unanimous  conclusion. 

At  a  later  hour  on  Friday  morning,  the  new  chairman, 
Morton  MacCormac,  reported  for  the  committee  that  they  had 
come  to  a  truly  unanimous  conclusion,  as  follows :  1.  That 
no  meeting  should  be  held  in  1911.  2.  That  in  the  summer  of 
1912,  the  Federation  with  its  several  sections  shall  meet  in 
Spokane,  Wash.  Mr.  MacCormac  outlined  the  various  rea- 
sons governing  in  the  decision  reached,  and  doubted  not  that 
the  meeting  of  1912  will  be  by  far  the  largest  and  the  best 
held  up  to  that  date.  It  would  be  inadvisable  to  hold  a  con- 
vention in  December,  1911,  and  another  in  the  summer  of 
1912 ;  the  attendance  would  be  divided  and  the  spirit  would 
wane.  The  great  and  growing  Northwest  is  unanimously 
inviting  our  meeting.  That  part  of  our  national  domain  is 
worthy  of  our  visit.  The  offers  by  the  Spokane  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  the  city,  the  schools,  the  citizens,  and  all  the  rail- 
roads centering  in  Spokane  are  such  as  to  warrant  the  just 
expectation  of  an  unparalleled  reception  there.  Expenses 
will  be  cut  to  the  minimum.  A  free  railroad  excursion  will 
be  given  from  Spokane  to  the  Pacific  Ocean  at  Seattle.  The 
side  trip  to  the  geysers  and  the  Great  Park  will  be  made  by 
all  who  may  wish  to  take  it  at  greatly  reduced  rates. 

The  Chicago  Convention  was  in  every  respect  a  great 
success.  Few  failed  to  meet  their  program  engagements,  and 
these  sent  good  reasons.  Possibly  the  only  drawback  was  the 
unpleasant  weather,  but  this  perhaps  tended  to  withhold  some 
delegates  from  sampling  the  many  attractions  of  the  great, 
central,  cosmopolitan.  Windy  City  of  the  Lakes. 

The  Associate  Editor  remained  in  Chicago,  listening  to  a 
great  sermon  by  Dr.  F.  W.  Gunsaulus,  on  Sunday  forenoon,  at 
the  Auditorium  and  took  the  late  train  on  Monday  night  for 
Cincinnati. 


THE    BUSINESS    MANAGERS'    SECTION. 

MOST  interesting  and  thoughtful  address  at  the 
beginning  of  the  session  was  given  by  G.  A. 
Gruman,  in  which  he  presented  his  views  respect- 
ing the  standards  which  should  be  maintained  in 
commercial  schools  and  colleges.  He  had  very 
wisely  obtained  a  large  number  of  communications  from  prom- 
inent and  active  business  school  proprietors  and  instructors, 
all  of  which  emphasized  the  thought  that  in  harmony  with  the 
tendencies  of  the  times  there  should  be  a  raising  of  far  higher 
standards  for  business  schools.  Managers  are  apt  to  look  too 
determinedly  at  the  income,  the  dollars,  but  if  the  future  of 
business  education  is  to  measure  up  to  what  it  ought  to  be, 
and  to  what  the  times  demand,  education  and  not  the  dollar 
must  come  to  the  front  in  the  educator's  thoughts  and  plans. 

Financially,  the  Educators  reported  a  good  year  for  busi- 
ness education. 

The  question  of  Touch  Typewriting  came  forward  for  a 
lengthy  discussion,  bearing  especially  upon  the  universal  key- 
board.    The   matter   was   thoroughly   canvassed,    showing,   as 


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would  be  natural,  some  divergence  of  view,  but  there  was  no 
action  taken  which  could  be  deemed  binding  on  the  edu- 
cators present. 

M.  H.  Lockyear  presented  a  paper  of  decided  value  upon 
"Tuition  Rates  on  a  Business  Basis."  It  is  to  be  hoped  that 
this  paper  will  have  a  marked  influence  upon  the  position  to 
he  maintained  by  the  Federation  and  by  the  Managers*  Asso- 
ciation.    The  paper  held  strong  views  strongly  put. 

B.  F.  Williams,  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  presented  a  paper  on 
"Legitimate  and  Successful  Ways  of  Increasing  Enrollment." 
He  outlined  his  own  plans  which  in  the  main  commended 
themselves  to  those  present,  and  when  read  in  the  published 
report  by  all  the  managers  will  form  a  basis  of  strong  con- 
sideration for  action. 

"Should  the  Association  Employ  a  Paid  Secretary?"  was  an 
especially  fruitful  theme  for  discussion,  as  presented  by  A.  F. 
Gates.  The  united  or  cooperative  buying  of  supplies,  the 
unifying  of  the  work  of  the  best  commercial  schools,  the 
seeking  to  eliminate  fake  schools,  and  other  endeavors  will 
be  a  part  of  such  a  secretary's  work.  After  a  very  able  and 
lengthy  discussion  by  the  wise  heads  of  the  Managers'  Section, 
it  was  voted  to  engage  for  one  year  such  a  paid  secretary, 
and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  secure  such  a  man.  The 
committee  consisted  of  Messrs.-  A.  F.  Gates,  B.  F.  Williams, 
J.  F.  Fish,  E.  M.  Huntsinger  and  O.  L.  Trenary.  This  com- 
mittee took  immediate  consideration  of  the  subject,  and  before 
the  adjournment  reported  recommending  the  employment  of 
A.  F.  Gates,  of  Waterloo,  Iowa,  as  their  Field  Secretary  for 
the  ensuing  year,  and  presenting  suggestions  for  the  activities 
to  which  he  should  devote  himself.  The  report  was  sustained, 
Mr.  Gates  was  elected  to  the  office,  and  it  is  hoped  that  vast 
results  will  follow  this  action  for  the  strengthening  and  up- 
building of  commercial  schools. 

L.  L.  Williams  presented  a  paper  on  "The  Proper  Relations 
of  Private  and  Public  Commercial  Schools."  Mr.  Williams  is 
a  friend  to  the  public  schools,  and  desires  above  everything 
else  that  there  shall  be  most  cordial  relations  between  the 
private  business  colleges  and  public  schools,  and  endeavored 
to  outline  how  each  will  be  the  gainer  by  sustained  cordial 
relations. 

J.  P.  Wilson,  of  Seattle,  gave  the  Section  a  paper  on  "How 
To  Improve  Our  Schools."  His  points,  maintained  with  clear- 
ness and  earnestness,  were  these :  Raise  the  standard  to  the 
highest  position ;  furnish  the  schools  with  the  very  best  equip- 
ment ;  make  all  the  departments  as  perfectly  sanitary  as  they 
may  be,  and  with  other  correlative  helps,  you  will  do  much  to 
make  your  schools  a  success. 

Arthur  G.  Minter,  of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  read  a  paper  on  "How  to 
Advertise  a  Business  College."  This  is  a  subject  concerning 
which  every  member  had  strong  views,  and  Mr.  Minter  pre- 
sented and  maintained  his  own  with  much  force  and  consis- 
tency. He  has  had  much  experience  in  the  line  of  general 
advertising,  and  now,  as  a  school  manager,  can  furnish 
pointers  worthy  of  full  consideration.  Read  his  paper  in  the 
printed  report. 

Col.  George  Soule,  of  Xew  Orleans,  the  war-horse  of  the 
South,  held  his  audience  full  attent  as  he  spoke  on  "The 
Good  of  the  Association."  Every  address  by  the  Colone!  kept 
his  hearers'  interest  at  the  highest  point,  and  this  was  full  of 
fact  and  strength. 

The  officers  chosen  were  :  President,  B.  F.  Williams,  Des 
Moines;  Vice-President,  J.  D.  Brunner,  Indianapolis,  Ind. ; 
Secretary-Treasurer,  P.  S.  Spangler,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

The  section  meetings  were  full  of  interest  and  good  fellow- 
ship. 


BUSINESS   TEACHERS'   ASSOCIATION. 

Wednesday    A.  M.,  December  28,  1910. 

T  the  session  of  the  Business  Teachers'  Section,  C. 
A.  Robertson,  the  President,  presented  and  read 
his  address,  in  which  he  spoke  of  the  honor 
and  privilege  of  being  present  in  such  an  official 
capacity,  and  thus  assisting  in  the  work  of  the 
Section  and  the  Association.  He  expressed  himself  as  proud 
of  its  work,  its  officers,  its  members,  and  of  the  outlook  of 
this  Federation,  the  best  organization  in  America.  His  partic- 
ipation in  this  work  has  become  most  interesting  10  him,  and 
he  hopes  to  serve  the  body  in  the  best  possible  ways  in  years 
to  come.  The  function  of  education  is  to  pass  on  to  others  the 
accumulated  achievements  of  the  world,  to  lift  the  coming 
generation  above  the  present  in  earning  and  producing  capa- 
city and  in  the  power  of  enjoyment.  It  is  the  office  of  peda- 
gogy to  promote  diligence  in  the  pupils,  to  induce  lively 
interest,  to  arouse  the  best  that  is  in  them.  Stereotyped  meth- 
ods of  instruction  are  worthless.  Plans  should  develop  as 
needs  arise.  The  teacher  is  more  than  the  text.  Become 
enthusiastic.  Be  patient.  Business  men  gain  reputation  as  tneir 
goods  are  good  or  bad;  so  we  gain  by  the  quality  of  our  work 
and  its  product.  Our  Federation  should  be  a  masculine  force, 
massed  for  aggressive  service,  constantly  moving  forward. 

Albert  N.  Moritz,  of  the  Waterloo  Business  College,  Wat- 
erloo, la.,  gave  his  paper  on  "Arithmetic :  What,  How  Much 
and  How  Taught."  He  outlined  the  method  used  in  the 
Waterloo  College,  in  which  beginners  are  supposed  to  be  well 
up  in  addition,  subtraction,  multiplication  and  division  on  en- 
trance. Then  fractions,  decimal  and  common,  are  taught  thor- 
oughly;  no  advancement  allowed  or  suggested  without  this. 
They  need  knowledge  sufficient  to  work  without  hesitation  or 
error  any  practical  proposition  given  them.  Percentage  must 
be  mastered,  profit  and  loss,  billing,  trade  discount  and  insur- 
ance.. They  are  then  drilled  in  common  and  banker's  interest 
methods,  annual  and  compound  interest,  partial  payments,  and 
all  these  preparatory  to  taking  up  bookkeeping.  They  are 
taught  to  read  the  proposition  presented,  and  to  picture  it  as 
if  in  their  own  common  life.  We  use  plain  English,  and  much 
blackboard  work.  We  find  out  the  dull  ones,  and  how  they 
are  deficient,  insisting  on  accuracy  first,  last  and  always. 

J.  W.  Baker,  of  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  gave  a  very  valuable 
paper  on  "Would  You  Familiarize  the  Student  with  Only- 
One  Form  of  Statement  ?" 

E.  F.  Quintal,  Greenbay,  Wis.,  presented  a  paper  on  "What 
Value  Have  Supplementary  Drills  in  Journalizing?"  Mr. 
Quintal  could  not  imagine  this  question  or  theme  being  sug- 
gested by  a  genuine  teacher.  Frequent,  practical,  and  ofttimes 
rigorous  drills,  either  oral  or  written,  are  customary  in  spell- 
ing, arithmetic,  penmanship,  likewise  in  bookkeeping,  as  being 
necessary  in  development  and  as  productive  of  results.  Such 
drills  help  the  student  to  master  the  rules  for  debit  and  credit, 
and  encourage  and  stimulate  thought  before  action.  As  the 
doctor  in  dissection,  the  minister  in  elocution,  the  lawyer  in 
mock  trials,  all  practice  for  their  work,  with  many  repeti- 
tions, so  the  neophyte  must  review  and  review,  and  drill  and 
drill  to  secure  the  desired  end. 

J.  A.  Lyons,  of  Chicago,  111.,  presented  a  thoughtful  paper 
on  "When  Must  We  Help  the  Student,  and  How  Much  Assist- 
ance Should  Be  Given?"  The  teacher  must  be  very  discreet 
in  directly  helping  the  student.  He  must  and  should  help 
aim,  but  so  do  as  to  aid  him  in  helping  himself,  thus  making 
him  self-reliant  and  independent  as  a  thinker.  It  is  ofttimes 
easier  for  a  teacher  to  state  the  information  needed  directly : 
but  that  is  not  teaching,  and  certain  failure  awaits  the  "easy" 
teacher.  Not  the  presentation  of  rules,  principles  and  statis- 
tics is  teaching,  but  rather  the  molding  of  young  minds  under 


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the  teacher's  tuition  that  they  may  investigate  independently 
and  gain  power  to  do  independent  work.  Of  course,  the 
teacher  must  not  dampen  courage  or  decrease  the  pupil's 
chances  in  competition  with  his  fellows;  each  case  must  In- 
considered  on  its  own  merits  and  needs,  for  what  will  be 
helpful  to  one  will  hinder  another.  The  teacher  is  a  guide 
counsellor  and  friend  to  steer  the  student  aright  until  the  end 
is  reached. 

Sherwin  Cody,  of  Chicago,  111.,  offered  a  paper  on  "How 
Far  Should  Instruction  in  English  Go?"  Business  English 
must  depend  on  known  Facts.  Business  correspondence  i-  not 
an  aggregation  of  commercial  forms.  The  value  of  business 
letter  writing  depends  largely  on  the  knowledge  of  the  busi- 
ness concerned.  The  important  realities  of  business  are  ele- 
mental facts  which  can  be  taught  if  the  subject  is  known 
Only  the  things  we  know  by  first-hand  observation  are  proper 
subjects  for  business  writing.  Then  we  must  understand  the 
use  of  language  relating  to  said  ideas.  Clear  thinking  evoke-. 
I  grammar;  muddled  thinking,  poor  grammar.  The  man 
who  clearly  knows  what  he  wants  to  say  will  generally  be  able 
to  say  it.  You  cannot  teach  business  language,  business  ex- 
pression, without  having  business  thinking.  Therefore,  we 
say,  Business  English  means  business  thinking  first  of  all  and 
above  all.  Book  English  is  rarely  Business  English.  Book- 
English  does  not  bring  orders  to  the  office.  Book  English  may 
be  poetic,  light,  full  of  fancies :  Business  English  has  vim 
brevity,  fori-,  logic.  Book  English  is  allied  with  the  classic-: 
Business  English  with  practical  science. 

Carl  C.  Marshall.  Cedar  Rapids,  [owa,  had  a  pregnant 
theme  for  discussion  in  the  question:  "What  is  the  Value  of 
Office  Practice  in  Commercial  Schools?"  Accountancy  and 
business  training  are  effectively  taught  in  many  of  our  high 
commercial  schools.  It  is  a  duplication  of  actual  office  and 
commercial  transactions.  It  may  be  accomplished  by  trans- 
actions by  the  "floor  students,"  by  "floor  students"  and  those 
in  the  school  "offices,"  by  transactions  between  the  students 
in  the  "offices,"  and  lastly  by  mail  correspondence  between 
students  in  different  schools.  The  latter  method  has  fallen 
into  much  disrepute  for  many  reasons.  Inter-student  trans- 
actions ofttimes  fail  by  the  departure  of  one  party  from  the 
school.  But  the  student  who  is  preparing  for  office  work- 
gains  much  by  face  to  face  work  involved  in  office  practice. 
Teachers  should  visit  and  study  the  schools  where  this  form 
of  office  instruction  has  reached  the  highest  standard. 


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1011). 


In  the  Business  Section.  H.  M.  Rowe,  of  Baltimore.  Md. 
clearly  outlined  "How  He  Would  Teach  Classification  of  Ac- 
counts." He  presented  the  theory  of  bookkeeping  in  the  log- 
ical order,  by  beginning  with  the  classification  of  the  ledger 
accounts  and  their  functions.  To  be  able  to  make  correct  clas- 
sification is  an  absolute  pre-requisite  to  proper  bookkeeping. 
Two  ledger  accounts  are  involved  each  time  a  business  trans- 
action is  recorded  in  a  book  of  original  entry.  The  student 
must  comprehend  ledger  functions  to  determine  properlv 
which  are  to  be  debited  and  which  credited.  A  treatise  on  the 
functions  of  the  many  books  of  original  entry  should  follow 
and  not  precede  the  treatise  on  ledger  accounts. 

The  Penmanship  Section  being  in  charge,  O.  L.  Rogers,  of 
Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  treated  his  subject.  "Time  and  Energy," 
with  paragraphic  fullness.  It  is  a  serious  question  whether 
time  and  energy  are  not  wasted  by  both  pupils  and  instructors 
in  our  schools.  Our  work  should  be  systemized,  our  efforts 
concentrated  and  intensified.  He  divided  penmen  into  stand- 
patters,  progressives,   insurgents   and   pit-a-patters.     The  first 


teach  the  form  with  little  freedom:  the  second,  form,  move- 
ment and  control,  all  at  one  time:  the  third,  movement  re- 
gardless of  form  or  neatness;  the  fourth  who  think  any  old 
way  will  do.  Mr.  Rogers  treated  his  theme  further  under  the 
heads:  Movement,  Position,  Confidence,  Time,  Size,  Down- 
ward  stroke,  and   Imitation. 

A.  H.  Steadman,  of  Cincinnati,  O,  took  the  "Viewpoint  of 
the  Supervisor"  as  his  theme.  He  said:  Handwriting  is  a 
means  to  an  end,— the  transference  of  thought  clearly,  cogent- 
ly by  symbols,  to  be  easily  read  and  understood  by  the  re- 
ceiver. To  the  average  person  it  is  not  a  fine  art.  Hand- 
writing should  be  sure,  readable,  distinct,  as  the  columns  of 
the  daily  paper.  Penmanship  should  become  automatic.  The 
position  of  the  writer  largely  determines  good  or  bad  pen- 
manship. Penmanship  is  too  little  considered  and  valued  by 
both  teachers  and  students,  and  even  school  superintendents  : 
partly  because  the  studying,  practicing  and  teaching  of  pen- 
manship is  an  irksome  task  as  a  a  rule  to  all  participants.  The 
twelve  pages  of  this  article  by  Mr.  Steadman  are  full  of 
strong  facts  well  stated. 

V.  M.  Rubert,  Globe  Business  College,  St.  Paul.  Minn.,  in  a 
truly  diversified  paper,  considered  "Scratches,  Digs  and  Spat- 
ters." Mr.  Rubert  gave  some  very  searching  "points"  on 
Why  schools  have  teachers  of  penmanship, — some  to  get  Stu- 
dents by  their  dazzling  masterpieces  of  pen-work;  a  sort  of 
out-in-front  side-show-  to  the  school.  Others  teach,  teach  hon- 
estly, do  good  service,  and  if  this  be  the  case,  salary  and 
service  demand  respect,  for  the  penmanship  teacher  delivers 
the  goods.  The  penmanship  teacher  should  work  for  the  pro- 
prietor, and  the  proprietor  should  give  ample  pay.  The  dignity 
of  the  penmanship  teacher's  classes  should  be  always  main- 
tained. By  no  means  can  all  students  become  fine  penmen; 
some    will    fail   miserably. 


Friday    A.  M.,  December  30,  1010. 

S.  11.  Goodyear,  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  discussed  the  question: 
"What  Knowledge  of  Bookkeeping  Should  be  Guaranteed  by 
a  Diploma:"  What  is  meant  by  the  terms  "knowledge  of 
bookkeeping"  and  "diploma"?  Do  you  mean  crediting,  debit- 
ing, transferring  accounts,  ordinary  business  transactions,  or 
accountancy  in  general,  the  knowledge  of  facts  and  processes 
relating  to  business  and  administration?  Bookkeeping  today 
is  synonymous  with  accountancy,  as  I  view  it.  A  diploma  is 
usually  given  only  to  such  persons  as  complete  a  recognized 
course  of  study  in  a  given  subject  or  group  of  subjects.  In 
my  judgment,  it  is  the  duty  of  the  commercial  school  to  set  up 
a  high  standard  of  accountancy  study,  and  diplomas  should  be 
given  only  to  those  who  have  completed  such  accountancy 
courses.  Certificates  as  to  inferior  acquirements  may  be  given, 
but  hold  the  standard  high  and  let  the  diploma  meet  the 
standard,  thoroughly  representing  its  character. 

X.  J.  Corley,  De  Pere,  Wis.,  spoke  on  the  subject,  "How- 
Far  Should  Technical  Distinctions  be  Made  in  Bookkeeping 
Texts?"  The  terminology  of  bookkeeping  and  accountancy 
is  beyond  the  grasp  of  the  average  young  man.  There  may  be 
seventeen  different  kinds  of  "accounts"  to  be  kept,  but  no 
young  bookkeeper  will  ever  meet  with  them  all,  probably. 
Definitions  are  quite  diverse  in  the  several  dictionaries  and 
text-books.  But  the  vocabulary  word's  actually  employed 
should  include  all  strictly  fundamental  terms.  Technicalities 
should  not  crowd  one  another.  There  should  be  no  hair-split- 
ting distinctions.  Disputed  questions  should  not  appear  in  the 
manual.  Important  distinctions  should  be  emphasized.  Above 
all.  be  as  far  from  technical  as  possible,  and  be  practical. 


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The  High  School  Section  now  in  charge,  G.  H.  Walks, 
Fvansville,  Ind.,  most  thoroughly  discussed  this  double-headed 
theme :  "To  What  Extent  Should  Rapid  Calculation  Be 
Taught,  and  What  Attention  Should  Be  Paid  to  Mental  Arith- 
metic?" Our  limited  space  will  suffice  only  to  state  some 
questions  masterfully  discussed,  such  as :  To  what  extent  of 
time  should  this  subject  have  right?  Should  it  be  taught  at 
all?  What  arithmetical  subjects  should  be  taught  in  the  drills? 
How  should  it  be  taught?  When  should  it  be  taught?  Should 
a  text-book  be  used  ?  And  in  part  an  answer  to  all  of  these 
questions  will  be,  What  is  your  requirement  for  graduation? 
This  exhaustive,  but  not  exhausting,  paper  is  worthy  of  the 
space  which  we  hope  to  give  it  in  futuro. 

The  newly  elected  officers  for  the  coming  year  are  as  fol- 
lows : 

President,  Geo.  H.  Walks,  Evansville,  Ind. 

Vice-President,  Rev.  N.  J.  Corley,  DePere,  Wis. 

Secretary,  Mr.  Evans,  Chicago,  111. 

General  Executive  Committee :  C.  A.  Robertson,  Worces- 
ter, Mass.;  G.  H.  Walks,  Evansville,  Ind. 


NATIONAL    SHORTHAND    TEACHERS'    ASSOCIA- 
TION. 
Wednesday  A.  M.,  December  28,  1910. 

HE  Shorthand  Section  for  its  fifteenth  annual  ses- 
sion was  presided  over  by  F.  E.  Haymond,  of 
Evansville,  Ind.,  the  secretary  being  J.  Walter 
Ross,  of  Wheeling,  W.  Va.  Miss  Elizabeth  Van 
Sant,  of  Omaha,  as  the  leading  member  of  the 
Executive  Committee,  was  present  in  very  active 


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service. 

Mr.  Haymond  read  his  president's  address  containing  sug- 
gestions concerning  the  standards  required  of  those  assuming 
to  teach,  of  the  quality  of  the  school  sending  for  the  students, 
and  of  the  system  of  gradation  and  graduation. 

The  first  paper  read  was  by  S.  A.  Bohlinger,  of  Chicago,  on 
the  "Value  of  Movement  Drills."  He  favors  careful,  con- 
tinued, painstaking  practice  to  secure  proficiency  in  rapid 
shorthand  writing,  drills  on  consonants,  on  combinations  of 
consonants,  consonant  stem  plus  circles,  then  loops  and  then 
hooks. 

After  much  discussion  as  to  receiving  a  paper  when  the 
author  is  not  present,  a  paner  by  W.  E.  McDermut,  a  Chicago 
reporter,  was  read  on  "Drills  on  Repeated  Matter."  The 
character  of  the  matter  to  be  so  treated  was  discussed,  the 
relative  proportion  of  fresh  to  old  matter,  the  question  of  in- 
terest and  variety,  the  manner  of  dictating,  the  continued  re- 
reading of  notes  for  many  weeks,  months  or  years.  "Reading 
is  the  Be  all  and  End  all  of  shorthand." 

Miss  Kittie  Dixon,  of  the  Gregg  School,  Chicago,  read  a 
paper  on  "Importance  of  Maintaining  Accuracy."  She  dwelt 
upon  the  evident  importance  of  the  formation  of  correct 
shorthand  habits.  Without  such  habits,  the  reading  of  notes 
will  be  most  difficult  and  oftentimes  useless.  The  shorter  the 
character  to  be  made,  the  more  hnoortant  it  is  that  it  be 
formed  accurately,  and  therefore,  large  attention  should  be 
given  to  the  matter  of  shorthand  penmanship. 

A  paper  on  "Getting  Results  in  Spelling"  was  read  by  Miss 
Emma  H.  Ha?enstein,  of  Cedar  Rapids,  la.  She  said  spelling 
plavs  a  most  important  part  in  the  student's  work.  So  essen- 
tial is  it  that  too  much  time  can  hardly  be  given  it.  If  we 
fail  to  secure  food  snellers,  we  surely  fail.  To  many  in 
school,  the  spelling  lesson  seems  a  minor  consideration,  but 
every  student  should  master  the  main  rules  of  spelling :  he 
should  somehow  associate  the  looks  of  the  word  with  the 
meaning  rather  than  with  the  sound.  Pronunciation  and 
enunciation  are  especially  helpful. 

S.  A.  Bohlinger  said  he  had  always  had  much  trouble  with 
spelling  classes,  and  that  merely  correcting  student's  errors 
profited  little.  He  now  gives  a  shorthand  outline  with  the 
words,  collects  the  papers,  has  them  exchanged  in  the  class, 
and  the  next  morning  every  student  writes  on  the  paper  the 
misspelled  words.  Then  the  notes  become  a  transcript  of  the 
original  spelling  copy.  Sometimes  the  boy  for  his  errors  must 
rewrite  the  word  50  or  even  130  times. 

Mr.  Brawley  said:  Sometimes  a  bov  will  miss  twenty-four 
out  of  twenty-five  words.  Why?  I  found  he  did  not,  could 
not,  properly  pronounce  them.  That  power  is  very  important. 
When  he  can  pronounce  distinctly  and  knows  the  meaning, 
he  can  more  readilv  learn  to  spell. 


Mr.  Peck  asked :  How  many  times  must  a  boy  write  a 
word  before  it  sticks  to  his  memory?  How  many  times 
of  writing  are  a  punishment  for  his  errors,  and  how  many 
are  for  instruction?     It  is  a  crime  not  to  know  how  to  spell. 

Miss  Kelly  tries  to  have  the  boy  use  the  word  correctly  in  a 
sentence  and  thereby  get  the  force  of  its  proper  usage. 

Another  speaker  dwelt  on  studying  the  endings  of  words,  as 
able,  ible,  ants,  cuts.  A  typewritten  list  of  "ables"  is  put  in 
one  column,  and  another  of  "ibles '  in  a  second  column.  Deri- 
vatives are  also  studied,  as  solve,  solvent,  insolvent,  insolvency. 

H.  L.  Andrews  finds  that  over  fifty  per  cent,  of  misspelled 
words  is  on  the  final  consonants,  and  he  has  prepared  large 
charts  to  cover  these  cases. 

Other  speakers  suggested  the  time  for  the  lesson  in  spelling 
should  be  hours  after  the  exercise  is  given  out,  the  words 
being  placed  on  the  blackboard  and  then  analyzed.  Students 
should  be  taught  how  to  study  the  lesson,  noting  the  relation 
of  one  letter  to  another. 

The  subject  of  "Model  Office  Training"  was  taken  up,  and" 
many  experiences  of  teachers  given.  A  pupil  will  enter  with 
great  zest  into  his  work  when  he  enters  the  model  office.  One 
teacher  takes  the  class  to  visit  great  commerical  houses,  by 
permission  to  see  the  daily  practical  workings  of  the  various 
kinds  of  business  instruments  and  methods. 

Pupils  should  be  drilled  in  proper  letter-writing,  including 
the  hyphenating  of  words  at  the  end  of  lines — whether  school- 
house  is  one  word  or  two,  whether  eyebrow  is  two  words  or 
one.    Other  practical  queries  were  put  and  answers  given. 

Thursday    A.   M.,   December  29,   1910. 

F.  M.  Van  Antwerp,  Spencerian  Commercial  School,  Louis- 
ville, Ky.,  read  a  paper  on  "A  Day's  Work  of  a  Dictation 
Class."  Every  day's  dictation  should  be  planned  with  a  definite 
object  in  view.  Our  students  come  to  receive  instruction  and 
training  in  handling  business  correspondence.  We  must  teach 
them  how  to  write  shorthand,  and  also  how  to  use  it.  Ability 
to  write  it  is  not  enough,  and  not  the  essential,  but  how  to 
apply  it  to  the  affairs  of  business  life.  Haphazard  dictation 
will  not  accomplish  this.  Many  schools  have  no  plan;  the 
teacher  dictates  what  happens  to  come  to  hand  when  the  hour 
arrives.  "We  must  get  something  to  dictate,"  they  say.  Each 
dictation  should  carry  a  lesson,  to  develop  some  idea  of  use 
for  the  future  of  the  stenographer's  work.  A  full  day's  school 
work  should  fit  for  a  full  day's  office  work.  The  pupil  should 
fit  himself  to  do  a  heavy  day's  work.  A  pupil  who  could 
write  out  a  dozen  letters  well  in  unlimited  time  might  utterly 
fail  if  given  a  dictation  of  fifty  letters  at  one  sitting.  In 
school  there  must  be  training  for  very  hard  work  to  come. 
To  make  things  "easy"'  for  the  pupil  is  folly ;  they  must  be 
ready  for  hard,  very  hard  work  when  out  in  the  world.  Call 
their  school  life  "work"  not  "play."  Real  business  means  toil, 
with  sharp  corners.     Prepare  the  young  fellow  lor  it. 

If  I  am  asked  what  the  stenographer  should  know,  I  say 
"words."  He  may  know  everything  of  shorthand  principles, 
the  word-signs  and  all,  and  yet  fail  utterly  as  a  stenographer. 
He  must  know  what  he  is  writin<*  what  the  words  are,  their 
meaning,  spelling,  relations,  etc.  He  must  turn  out  an  intelli- 
gent transcript.  We  fail  if  we  do  not  give  our  pupils  suffi- 
cient instruction  and  drill  in  the  meaning  and  use  of  words. 
We  often  neglect  this.  Letter  dictation  is  far  too  largely 
the  substance  and  the  sum  of  dictation.  The  pupils  cannot  get 
an  adequate  vocabulary  in  this  way.  Letters  do  not  and  can- 
not meet  their  needs.  A  wide  range  is  demanded.  Pupils 
should  be  required  to  transcribe  everything  dictated,  and 
everything  should,  if  possible,  be  corrected,  not  merely  one- 
tenth  of  the  whole.  The  study  of  words  and  the  context  is 
demanded — the  meaning  and  relation  of  the  terms  used,  the 
construction  of  sentences. 

Mr.  Van  Antwerp  gave  a  full  explanation  of  his  personal 
method.  The  full  lesson  is  dictated,  different  members  "read 
back,"  and  the  meaning  of  terms  explained.  A  shorthand  par- 
agraph is  put  on  the  board  for  speed  practice,  and  consists  of 
matter  to  aid  in  vocabulary  building.  The  paragraph  is  to  be 
written  over  and  over  again,  and  then  dictated  at  varying 
speeds,  till  highest  speed  is  attained.  The  imporfant  and  tax- 
ing work  comes  when  the  teacher  must  examine  every  stu- 
dent's work  for  errors,  etc.  When  the  pupil  makes  87  per 
cent,  of  correct  work  for  two  successive  weeks,  he  goes  up  to 
the  next  class.  This  may  not  seem  high.  But  every  error  is 
counted,  and  so  it  is  a  good  average.  Everything  not  absolutely 
right  is  wrong.  There  is  no  such  thing  as  an  80  per  cent, 
letter;  it  is  100  or  nothing.  A  misspelled  word,  an  erasure,  a 
misstruck  letter,  a  deviation  from  the  right  thing,  means  the 
loss  of  the  transcript.  I  dictate  letters,  speeches,  literary 
articles,  and  the  final  result  is  not  in  the  shorthand,  but  in  the 
transcript  they  give  me. 


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After  the  reading  and  discussion  of  this  paper,  it  was  an- 
nounced that  last  evening  the  honored  and  revered  Benn 
Pitman  passed  away  at  Cincinnati,  and  the  hope  expressed 
that  the  Shorthand  Section  should  take  action  concerning 
his  demise,  and,  on  motion,  the  chairman  was  authorized  to 
appoint  a  committee  to  draw  up  a  paper  with  resolutions  of 
sympathy  to  be  sent  to  the  family,  and  placed  on  our  records. 
The  president  appointed  W.  D.  Bridge,  Frederick  J.  Kose  and 
John  R.  Gregg. 

A.  N.  Hirons,  of  the  Gary  Business  College,  Gary,  Ind.,  read 
his  paper  on  "The  Correction  of  Transcripts."  In  training 
stenographers  for  service,  the  employer's  requirements  must 
ever  be  kept  in  mind.  All  theories  and  practices  must  aim 
at  this — to  do  efficiently  the  work  of  the  office.  The  teacher 
must  know  those  requirements  and  labor  with  that  end  in 
view. 

Many  things  enter  into  the  realization  of  a  competent  stenog- 
rapher's work,  among  which  surely  are  accuracy  and  dispatch. 
He  desires  artistic  taste  in  the  mechanical  part  of  the  work, 
no  misspelled  words,  a  proper  punctuation  and  paragraphing. 
He  even  desires  slips  of  the  tongue  corrected.  The  following, 
then,  are  our  desiderata  fur  a  good  transcrir-:  Mechanical  ar- 
rangement, paragraphing  punctuation,  correct  English,  proper 
spelling,  considerable  speed  and  uniform  accuracy. 

My  advanced  class  is  in  two  sections — advanced  dictation 
and  the  office  force.  Eighty  to  eighty-five  words  a  minute 
are  required,  and  transcription  speed  of  forty.  I  have  no 
speed  test.  I  judge  from  my  dictation  whether  the  student 
can  go  into  the  office.  Forenoon  session  is  forty-five  minutes. 
.The  transcript  and  the  shorthand  notes  are  handed  to  me.  Not 
all  is  looked  over,  but  one  letter  is  taken  up  for  discussion,  be- 
ing found  wise  to  concentrate  on  one  single  representative 
letter  or  dictation.  There  is  no  time  to  cover  all.  The  stu- 
dent has  no  knowledge  as  to  which  letter  will  be  considered 
and  discussed  and  corrected.  The  student  makes  two  tran- 
scripts, first  from  their  notes  and  then  a  second,  the  result  of 
their  own  correction. 

First,  we  consider  the  English  mistakes,  the  grammar,  the 
rhetoric,  the  construction  of  the  sentences,  correct  usage; 
choice  of  words,  etc.  Misspelled  words  next  are  noted  and 
incorrect  divisions  at  the  end  of  a  line.  The  student  ts  cmicd 
to  note  his  punctuation,  what  rules  violated.  Typewriting 
errors  are  then  investigated — spacing,  erasures,  etc.  Para- 
graphing comes  last.  He  must  learn  from  his  notes  how  fully 
the  page  will  be  filled,  what  margin  to  give,  and  so  gain  a 
proper  balance  and  proportion  to  the  page.  After  all  this  care- 
ful inspection  and  criticism,  the  letter  is  fullv  rewritten,  band- 
ed to  the  teacher,  and  later  returned  to  the  pupil  and  filed. 
The  letter  is  counted  as  to  words  and  the  time  taken  for 
transcription  recorded.  A  daily  record  of  such  speed  is  kept, 
and  so  the  speed  progress  is  noted.  The  office  force  carry  on 
the  school  correspondence,  and  architects  and  attorneys  bring 
their  work  to  us,  and  it  is  valuable  for  our  purposes. 

Miss  Kate  Browning,  of  Lockyear's  Business  College,  Evans- 
ville,  Ind.,  presented  a  paper  on  "English  that  Students  Like." 
She  said  :  Some  students  are  born  with  good  English,  others 
acquire  it,  and  still  others  have  it  thrust  upon  them.  The 
teacher  does  the  thrusting. 

Two  decades  ago  this  would  have  been  heresy,  but  in  the 
schools  of  today  there  is  no  heresy  in  the  matter. 

English  that  students  like  is  that  which  appeals  strongly  to 
the  intelligence,  feelings,  and  impulses  of  youth.  It  repre- 
sents life  rather  than  critical  thought.  The  experiences  of 
common  life  form  the  subject  basis  of  the  student's  conversa- 
tion. They  prefer  the  general  view  rather  than  the  critical 
attitude  because  it  appeals  to  their  intelligence  and  stirs  their 
enthusiasm.  The  study  of  literature  is  far  more  interesting 
to  students  than  English  alone  because  the  imagination  and 
memory  have  more  scope. 

Of  course,  most  people  and  teachers  especiallv  feel  it  neces- 
sary to  defend  our  language  against  slang  by  saying  that 
there  are  enough  words  in  the  English  language  to  express  the 
thoughts  without  the  use  of  slang,  but  I  believe  we  will  all 
admit  that  some  slang  is  so  expressive  that  it  does  us  good 
to  utter  it,  and  grown  up  people  as  well  as  children  are  bored 
by  the  man  or  woman  who  chooses  every  word  spoken  as  if  it 
must  be  absolutely  correct  or  not  used  at  all. 

This  subject  was  chosen  I  suppose  from  the  standpoint  that 
people  are  enthusiastic  about  the  things  that  interest  them.  If 
we  can  find  what  pupils  like  best  in  English,  some  of  the 
difficulties  may  lie  r>ut  aside. 

Students  have  been  thrown  down  by  the  nightmare  of  in- 
finite phrases  and  other  technical  points  on  which  no  two 
grammarians  aeree.  Do  not  understand  me  to  be  opposed  to 
a  technical  knowledge  of  our  mother  tongue.  In  my  experi- 
ence as  a  teacher  of   English   for  business   purposes   I   have 


found  pupils  delighted  to  take  hold  of  practical  lessons 
in  telegraph  messages,  orders  for  bills  of  goods,  tracing 
letters  for  lost  freight,  etc.,  because  these  seem  to  them  to  be  a 
part  of  real  life  and  they  are  anxious  to  have  these  worded 
carefully,  punctuated  properly  and  in  good  form,  and  in  this 
way  students  become  their  own  critics.  We  teach  more 
capitalization,  punctuation  and  sentence  structure  in  this  way 
than  by  a  whole  term  of  etymology  and  syntax. 

Awkward  boys  of  eighteen  become  enthusiastic  in  a  dis- 
cussion as  to  the  use  of  relative  pronouns  "goods  who"  and 
"man  which." 

To  me  the  English  that  pupils  like  is  the  English  in  which 
they  think,  and  when  we  can  combine  the  theory  of  grammar 
with  daily  practice  in  use  we  have  arrived  somewhere.  Let 
the  boy  work  out  a  future  tense  of  his  own,  bury  the  dead 
past  and  live  the  active  present  and  he  will  be  somebody  who 
will  stand  for  something.  A  dead  fish  cannot  swim  against 
the  tide. 

At  the  close  of  Miss  Browning's  paper,  certain  comments 
were  made.  "We  will  all  have  to  admit  that  some  slang  is  so 
expressive  that  we  must  use  it."  Another,  "That  was  one  of 
the  best  and  truest  papers  on  English  I  ever  heard."  "The 
pupils  should  know  how  to  discriminate  between  'sit'  and 
'set';  know  the  difference  between  an  adjective  and  an  adverb, 
and  give  him  special  work  so  that  he  may  know."  "We  talk 
about  'slang,'  its  use.  A  high  school  principal  wrote  me  ask- 
ing about  introducing  'colloquial'  language.  I  have  not  heard 
the  question  of  'slang'  discussed  much  by  teachers.  Do  busi- 
ness men  use  so-called  'pure'  English  of  the  books  or  'col- 
loquial' English  ?" 

Air.  Tulloss  brought  up  the  question  of  revision  of  the  key- 
board, as  to  "a"  and  "j".  Urged  the  members  to  try  the  change. 
H.  L.  Andrews  said  this  matter  had  already  been  threshed 
out.  On  motion  this  one  change  was  voted  to  be  embodied  in 
the  report  of  the  committee.     Committee  was  continued. 

Friday  A.  M.,  December  30,  1910. 

The  Shorthand  Teachers'  Program  for  Friday  was  exceed- 
ingly interesting,  the  first  paper  being  that  of  D.  L.  Hodson, 
on  "The  Importance  of  a  Right  Beginning  in  Typewriting." 
He  said:  The  importance  cannot  be  over-estimated,  and  this 
is  true  of  any  mental-muscular  combination.  The  old  method 
of  learning  was  what  might  be  called  "the  fore-finger  method." 
Xo  person  ever  broke  that  habit  while  holding  a  position  in- 
volving 75  or  100  letters  per  day.  With  correct  habits  formed 
at  the  start,  typewriting  could  be  mastered  in  from  one-third 
to  one-half  the  time  where  the  wrong  fore-tinger  habit  is 
dominant.  I  use  the  word  "habit"  meaning  a  sub-conscious 
mastery  of  a  law.  How  does  the  piano  player  play  a  com- 
plicated piece  of  music?  There  seems  to  be  no  conscious 
control  of  the  fingers  at  all;  the  fingers  have  learned  to  obey 
the  mind  with  no  conscious  action  of  the  will.  You  call  it 
mechanical.  The  player  wishes  to  have  certain  chords ;  the 
fingers  produce  them  on  the  kevs  in  unconscious  response  to 
mind  impulse.  That  is  the  result  of  perfect  sub-conscious 
mental-muscular  action.  In  like  manner  the  typist  wishes  to 
write  a  word,  and  lo,  the  fingers  provide  it.  Learning  must 
be  conscious  at  first,  of  course.  Poor  typewriting  is  the  result 
of  wrong  mental-muscular  habits ;  it  is  almost  impossible 
sometimes  to  secure  a  correct  habit  of  fingering, — to  train  the 
fingers  to  do  what  we  want  to  have  done.  It  seems  criminal 
to  allow  the  pupil  to  practice  at  will,  without  giving  the  right 
instruction  as  to  the  habit  to  be  formed,  and  a  determined 
insistence  on  conformity  to  such  instruction.  But  bad  habits 
can  be  broken  as  well  as  formed,  and  we  must  insist  on  the 
breaking  of  such  bad  habits.  We  must  also  correct  the  wrong 
position  at  the  machine,  the  twisting  of  the  spine  and  the 
stooping  of  the  shoulders.  A  proper  copy-holder  should  be 
used,  and  the  eyes  kept  off  the  key-board  constantly. 

At  this  point  the  question  of  "perfect  accuracy"  was  brought 
out.  Should  it  be  insisted  on  at  the  start?  Some  thought  tb" 
matter  of  absolute  accuracy  had  been  over-estimated ;  others 
insist  that  no  second  lesson  shall  be  taken  until  absolute  pre- 
cision and  Perfection  are  attained  on  the  first.  Do  you  re- 
quire perfect  lessons  in  spelling,  in  English,  in  anything? 

Then  the  question  was  asked,  what  proficiency  do  you  re- 
quire in  transcribing?  The  answer  was  made:  Thirty  words, 
a  minute  in  the  third  month. 

C.  V.  Oden  expressed  ^reat  gratification  with  the  way  the 
question  had  turned,  as  accuracy  is  the  essential  in  all  our 
typewriting  work.  Nothing  stands  out  more  clearly  than  this. 
It  degrades  a  business  man  to  send  out  letters  having  notable 
errors.  And  unless  you  put  your  foot  down  at  the  very 
beginning  and  cultivate  no  bad  habits,  you  are  in  the  wrong 


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way.  And  let  me  say  this  :  Do  not  fix  the  student's  mind  on 
the  "error"  made,  but  on  the  "right  way"  to  do  the  thing. 
Teach  how  to  make  the  thing  right.  Do  not  get  it  into  your 
thought  that  you  can  give  the  second,  third  and  fourth  lessons, 
and  then  catch  them  at  the  eighth.  Build  the  foundation 
aright  at  the  very  beginning.  Here  Mr.  Oden  gave  an  inter- 
esting account  of  H.  O.  Blaisdell,  the  expert  typewriter 
operator,  as  to  his  "beginnings"  of  practice, — his  nervousness, 
bad  posture,  many  errors  :  he  had  to  tone  him  down  and  build 
on  the  basis  of  accuracy.  Teachers  are  to  blame  when  they 
allow  students  to  start  wrongly  and  satisfy  themselves  with 
an  incorrect  transcription.  The  first  lesson  is  absolutely  the 
most  important  one.  If  you  start  erroneously,  don't  expect 
to  win  out.     Speed  operators  have  to  pay  the  price. 

Mrs.  R.  P.  Kelley  said  :  "The  ideal  is  to  get  pupils  to  the 
point  where  they  never  strike  a  key  incorrectly.  But  they  do 
become  discouraged.  Somehow  get  an  interest.  Monotony 
makes  great  loss  of  time.  When  I  was  teaching,  I  required 
perfect  copies;  but  I  was  not  always  wise  in  this.  We  must 
make  some  consideration  for  dull  and  tired  pupils." 

R.  P.  Kelley  said :  "There  is  this  difference  between  short- 
hand and  typewriting  that  in  the  former  you  may  make  a 
wrong  stroke  and  it  won't  be  especially  noticeable,  but  in 
typewriting  you  cannot  do  that.  To  develop  speed,  begin  the 
first  day.  Develop  evenness  of  touch.  Even  with  a  moderate 
degree  of  soeed,  and  with  even  and  constantly  moving  fingers, 
you  will  turn  out  a  large  result  in  a  day.  Get  your  pupils  to 
try  hard,  but  don't  scare  them.     Teach  them  self-control." 

Miss  Gertrude  O.  Hunnicutt,  of  Lockyear's  Business  Col- 
lege, Evansville,  Ind.,  presented  and  read  a  thoroughly  profit- 
able, thoughtful  paper  on  "Method  of  Arousing  and  Main- 
taining Enthusiasm."  Look  at  the  origin  and  meaning  of  the 
word,  the  Greek  En  and  Theos  (in  God),  and  means  in  the 
usage  of  our  time,  passion,  eagerness  in  pursuit  of  an  object, 
and  if  that  be  teaching  a  pupil,  draw  near  to  him  or  her, — to 
John,  Thomas,  Mary  or  Minnie — get  into  their  environment. 
Seek  to  determine  the  qualities  which  advance  or  retard  the 
pupil.  Love  the  school  room.  Seek  to  overcome  their  dis- 
couragements. It  is  said  that  "Genius  is  the  capacity  for 
work."  Develop  that  in  your  pupils.  You  must  develop  en- 
thusiasm in  laying  foundations.  Aim  to  have  perfect  work. 
Relate  the  achievements  of  others.  Do  not  decide  on  hard 
and  fast  rules,  for  the  mental  condition  of  your  pupils  varies 
from  day  to  day,  and  no  two  pupils  can  be  treated  exactly 
alike.  We  hear  this  word  on  all  sides,  "I  can't."  That  word 
hardens  into  a  stone  wall  before  him.  Seek  to  tear  it  down 
It  may  be  a  case  of  stage  fright  in  the  words  "I  can't."  Have 
them  change  to  the  expression,  "I  don't  understand  it."  Don't 
allow  study  on  too  many  subjects  at  one  time;  build  the  struc- 
ture brick  by  brick.  Keep  vour  class  active  during  the  entire 
recitation.  If  the  teacher  becomes  the  slave  or  teaching,  vital 
interest  in  soul  work  will  die  out.  the  study  of  the  pupil's  in- 
dividuality is  lost.  Mastery  of  principles  gives  success  to  the, 
pupil ;  to  this  end,  have  him  write  the  lesson  correctly  once, 
and  then  repeat  it  in  writing  ten  times.  Write  from  dictation 
from  the  very  beginning.  Avoid  ruts.  Teach  the  pupils  to 
know  word-outlines  as  the  principles  are  mastered.  Zest  will 
come  in  this  way. 

W.  E.  McDermutt  said  :  "Raise  your  standard  of  teaching. 
When  it  is  advertised  that  a  musician  is  or  has  been  the  pupil 
of  a  certain  well-known  musician,  it  is  almost  a  guaranty  of 
skill  and  of  ability.  So  it  may  be  with  you.  Vour  pupils  get 
on  with  familiar  words,  but  there  is  a  woeful  mental  jolt 
when  they  touch  new  and  unexpected  matter.  Train  them  to 
rapid  formation  of  strange  outlines :  that  is  worth  very  great 
labor.     Try  it  often." 


LITERARY    REVIEW. 

The  published  Proceedings  of  the  Twelfth  Annual  Conven- 
tion of  the  National  Shorthand  Reporters'  Association  lie 
before  us, — a  volume  containing  230  pages  of  verbatim  report 
of  the  several  sessions  of  the  Convention,  Reports  of  the 
Historian,  and  other  officers,  etc.,  as  given  at  the  Convention 
held  in  Denver,  Col.,  August  22-25,  1!)10.  A  number  of  por- 
traits and  other  excellent  illustrations  accompany  the  printed 
matter.  The  reporting  was  evidently  well  Cone,  and  the 
matters  under  discussion  and  adoption  were  of  remarkable 
interest  to  all  reporters.  The  action  taken  by  the  Convention 
respecting  the  extremely  valuable  library  of  the  lamented  C.  C. 
Beale  should  be  read  most  carefully  by  every  reporter  in  the 
land.  That  the  Association  has  been  able  to  purchase  this 
library  and  keep  it  largely  intact  is  a  matter  of  great  gratifi- 
cation to  all  wdio  know  its  almost  priceless  value. 


NEW  YORK  COMMERCIAL  TEACHERS'  ASSOCIA- 
TION. 

Annual    Meeting    held    at    Rochester.    X.    Y. 
December  27,  28,   1910.         , 
The   Xew  York  Commercial  Teachers'  Association  held  its 
annual   meeting  in   East   High   School   in   Rochester  the   last 
week  in  December. 

The  following  program,  which  proved  both  interesting  and 
profitable,  was  carried  out.  A  number  of  the  papers  read 
will  be  published  in  later  issues : 

Round  Table.  The  following  topics  will  be  the  basis  of 
discussion  : 

What  is  Expected  of  the  Commercial  High  School? 
(a;   By  the  community 

(b)  By  the  executive  and  supervising  staff. 

(c)  By  the  employer. 

What  proportion  of  the  time  should  be  devoted  to  strictly 
commercial  branches  during  the  four  years'  course? 

Should  instruction  in  the  commercial  branches  be  extended 
over  the  entire  course,  or  should  it  be  condensed  into  the  work 
of  one  year? 

Should  the  commercial  high  school  attempt  to  do  the  work 
of  the  highly  specialized  private  business  training  school  ? 

Discussion  opened  by  J.  F.  Forbes,  Vice-Principal,  Roches- 
ter Business  Institute. 

Summer  apprenticeship  work  for  commercial  students, 
James  E.  Downey,  Head  Master,  High  School  of  Commerce, 
Boston. 

Suggestions  regarding  the  teaching  of  shorthand.  Miss  S. 
M.  Henley,  Central  City  Business  School,  Syracuse,  X.  V. 

Our  Aims  in  Business  Practice  Work.  W.  B.  Carhart,  Pub- 
lic Schools,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 

Commercial  Arithmetic.  James  E.  Downey,  Head  Master, 
High  School  of  Commerce,  Boston. 

The  Commercial  High  School  Curriculum.  R.  G  Laird, 
High  School  of  Commerce,  Boston,  Mass. 

The  Follow-Up  Plan  of  Teaching  Penmanship.  M.  F.  Bel- 
lows, Commercial   School,  Syracuse,  X".  Y. 

Xew  York  State  Educational  Department  Examinations.  1 . 
G.  X'ichols,  State  Education  Department,  Albany,  X*.  Y. 

The  Successful  Teaching  of  Typewriting  by  C  E.  Smith, 
X'ew  York  City. 


NEXT  MEETING  OF  E.  C.  T.  A. 

The  meeting  of  the  Eastern  Commerical  Teachers'  Associa- 
tion will  be  held  this  year  on  April  13,  14  and  15.  The  Ex- 
ecutive  Committee  has  found  it  necessary  to  announce  a  change 
in  the  place  of  meeting  from  X'ew  Haven  to  Bridgeport.  The 
Committee  found,  very  much  to  its  regret,  that  there  were 
insufficient  satisfactory  hotel  accommodations  at  New  Haven 
for  the  members  who  would  attend  the  Convention. 

The  Hotel  Stratfield,  at  Bridgeport,  has  been  selected  as  the 
headquarters.  The  rates  are  $1.50  for  each  person,  two  in  a 
room,  with  private  bath,  or  $1.00  each  in  rooms  without  bath. 
Considerable  progress  has  been  made  on  the  program,  and  it 
is  hoped  that  it  will  be  possible  to  publish  it  in  the  next  issiK- 
of  the  magazines. 

Two  innovations  have  been  adopted;  (1)  Discussions  shall 
be  held,  not  after  each  paper,  but  at  the  close  of  each  meeting, 
when  time  will  be  reserved  for  discussion  upon  the  paper  or 
papers  which  the  Association  desires  at  that  time  to  consider. 
( 2 )  An  abstract  of  all  papers  presented  will  be  printed  in  the 
program,  and  it  is  believed  this  abstract  will  be  of  much  help 
to  the  members,  and  will  tend  also  to  encourage  discussion. 

It  is  hoped  that  commercial  teachers  will  make  a  note  of  the 
dates  for  the  Convention,  April  13,  14  and  15,  and  will  reserve 
their  accommodations  at  the  hotel  in  advance. 

Edward  H.  Eldridge, 
Secretary. 


XII 


ulljr  ^Justness  Journal 


NATIONAL   PENMANSHIP  TEACHERS'  ASSOCIA- 
TION. 
Reported  by  J.  H.  Bachtenkircher,  Lafayette,  Ind. 
Wednesday  A.  ML,  December  28,  l'JlO. 

HE  Penmanship  clan  was  gathering  from  near  and 
far,  forming  new  acquaintancees  or  confirming  old 
ones,  and  the  morning  session  of  the  Penman- 
ship Teachers'  Section  was  ready  for  good  solid 
work.  The  president,  C.  E.  Doner,  presented  his 
address  which  was  received  with  great  heartiness  by  all  pres- 
ent. It  was  a  carefully  prepared  address,  full  of  helpful  sug- 
gestions. 

An  excellent  paper  by  G.  C.  Kreighbaum,  Ypsilanti,  Mich., 
on  "Problems  of  Penmanship  in  a  Business  College,"  was  fol- 
lowed by  another  on  "The  Teacher's  Preparation  for  the  Les- 
son," by  Miss  Julia  Bender,  of  Greensburg,  Ind.,  which  was 
declared  to  be  both  entertaining  and  instructs  e. 

Through  the  suggestion  of  A.  X.  Palmer,  on  motion,  it  was 
voted  to  discuss  the  papers  already  read  instead  of  postponing 
discussion  until  the  entire  list  had  been  presented.  The  fol- 
lowing participated  in  the  immediate  discussion  :  Messrs.  A. 
N.  Palmer,  C.  P.  Zaner,  Geo.  A.  Race,  A.  H.  Steadman,  and 
others. 

Owing  to  the  absence  of  Messrs.  J.  A.  Snyder  and  F.  F. 
Musrush,  this  closed  the  program  of  the  morning  session, 
and  the  remaining  time  was  taken  up  by  what  was  fittingly 
denominated  "Five  Minute  Sermons."  A.  X.  Palmer  made  an 
earnest  plea  for  putting  shorthand  students  into  the  penman- 
ship classes.  C.  P.  Zaner  contended  that  "skill  up  the  sleeve" 
for  penmanship  is  a  help  for  good  rapid  shorthand.  Messrs. 
Palmer,  Race  and  Bachtenkircher  debated  to  a  considerable 
extent  the  plan  of  the  teacher's  practice  work,  agreeing  in 
this  that  a  teacher,  to  be  succesful  in  penmanship,  must  know- 
how  to  write. 

"The  Teacher's  Blackboard  Work"  was  next  taken  up  by 
A.  H.  Steadman,  who  stated  that  neatness,  general  appearance 
and  correct  forms  are  necessary  at  all  times. 

The  question  was  asked,  "How  do  you  supervise."  C.  P. 
Zaner  said  the  teacher  helps  pupils  at  one  lesson  while  the 
supervisor  gives  the  lesson,  and  at  the  next  session  the  teacher 
teaches  while  the  supervisor  helps  the  pupils.  Geo.  A.  Race 
said,  Drop  the  regular  program  and  visit  the  rooms  promis- 
cuously. C.  E.  Doner  asked  the  question,  "When  do  you  be- 
gin the  use  of  ink?"  Thereupon  a  general  discussion  showed 
that  the  third  year  was  the  time  generally  chosen.  At  this 
point,  C.  C.  Curtiss,  the  veteran  penman,  asked  this  question, 
"How  can  I  get  my  pupils  to  make  their  ovals  slanting  in- 
stead of  vertical?"  An  interesting  discussion  brought  out  the 
facts  as  viewed  by  Messrs.  Zaner,  Race,  Miller,  Parsons  and 
Miss  Breckenridge,  which  were  most  amusing  as  well  as  in- 
structive. 

On  the  subject  of  "Correlating  Writing,"  Messrs.  Doner, 
Ammerman,  Race  and  Bachtenkircher  participated.  Follow- 
ing this  Mr.  Curtiss  precipitated  a  rapid-fire  debate  on  the 
question,  "How  to  get  writing  from  the  first  three  years  in 
school?"  Mr.  Ammerman  illustrated  the  subject  on  the  black- 
board. Mr.  Madray  would  get  mental  pictures  first, — making 
letters  in  the  air  and  then  at  the  board.  These  various  "ser- 
mons" occupied  the  time  of  the  session  until  the  hour  of  ad- 
journment, a  period  of  life  and  inspiration. 

Thursday  A.  M..  December  29,  1010. 
This  morning's  session  brought  sadness  to  the  minds  of  the 
many  penmen  present  who  had  been  more  or  less  intimate 
with  the  matchless  artist-penman,  L.  Madarasz,  as  a  telegram 
had  been  received  during  the  night  announcing  his  death  in 
San  Francisco.  On  motion  of  C.  P.  Zaner  a  letter  of  con- 
dolence was  ordered  to  be  sent  to  Mrs.  Madarasz,  and  a  com- 


mittee was  instructed  to  prepare  suitable  resolutions  concern- 
ing his  demise,  the  committee  being  constituted  as  follows : 
C.  P.  Zaner,  E.  M.  Huntsinger  and  W.  C.  Henning. 

According  to  plans  previously  made,  the  forenoon  session 
became  a  joint  meeting  of  the  Penmanship  Teachers'  Section 
and  the  Business  Teachers'  Section.  This  arrangement  proved 
to  be  a  most  happy  provision  on  the  part  of  the  manage- 
ment, and  so  fruitful  of  mutual  interests  and  good  results 
that  it  will,  doubtless,  be  followed  at  the  next  Convention. 

The  papers  presented  in  this  joint  meeting  are  characterized 
in  our  report  of  the  Business  Teachers'  Program. 

Prior  to  the  close  of  the  morning  session,  the  following  of- 
ficers were  chosen: 

President,  J.  H.  Bachtenkircher,  Lafayette,  Ind. 

Vice-President,  O.  L.  Rogers,  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind. 

Secretary,  E.  G.  Miller,  Omaha,  Xebr. 

Executive  Committee :  A.  H.  Steadman,  Chairman  ;  V.  E. 
Madray,  Benton  Harbor,  Mich.;  Miss  Ziegelbaur,  Xew  Al- 
bany, Ind. 

Friday  A.  M.,  December  30,  1910. 

A.  X.  Palmer,  of  Xew  York,  took  for  the  subject  of  his 
talk,  "Penmanship."  He  has  learned  much  from  his  obser- 
vations of  teachers'  methods  in  handling  their  students.  Un- 
less they  have  thoroughly  mastered  their  art,  they  are  utterly 
incompetent  to  teach.  He  is  engaged  in  doctoring  teachers, 
and  getting  them  to  understand  the  best  ways  to  teach,  and 
requires  from  them  the  work  of  their  own  hand.  He  would 
have  the  teacher  know  how  to  teach  movement  drills  and 
change  to  movement  writing.  Position  is  the  first  and  most 
important  thing  to  teach.  Teach  muscular  movement  from 
the  start.  Do  not  teach  the  whole  arm  movement.  A  six- 
teen )  rar  old  lad,  who  knows  how  to  teach  properly,  would 
do  more  good  than  a  university  taught  man  who  is  incom- 
petent. Position  at  desk  and  its  height  regulate  the  slant 
He  would  not  be  guilty  of  teaching  a  pupil  to  keep  his  wrist 
flat. 

This  topic  was  considered  by  Messrs.  Parsons,  Steadman, 
Zaner  and  Faust.  Mr.  Race,  of  Bay  City,  Mich.,  asked  Mr. 
Palmer  to  demonstrate  the  count  on  k.  A  spirited,  sound  and 
sensible  discussion  ensued. 

V.  E.  Madray.  of  Benton  Harbor,  Mich.,  spoke  on  "Health 
and  Penmanship."  To  be  a  sick  man  or  dissipated  incapa- 
ciates  one  from  being  a  good  teacher  of  this  art.  One  hun- 
dred eleven  teachers  died  in  Indiana  since  1908,  twenty-eight, 
"i'  25%,  of  tuberculosis.  Aged  teachers  should  be  pensioned. 
Teachers  should  take  much  sleep,  and  not  over-eat.  Tobacco 
is  their  bane.  Walking  as  an  exercise  is  of  much  value. 
Teachers  also  should  be  full  of  energy,  enthusiasm  and  in- 
spirers  of  their  pupils.  How  one  should  teach  is  a  large  part 
of  the  teachers'  problem.  Put  love  into  the  work  you  do, — 
or,  put  yourself  into  it  and  you  will  win  out. 

"Public  School  Writing  Xeeds"  was  next  taken  up  by  Geo. 
A.  Race,  of  Bay  City.  Mich.  He  gave  a  very  live  and  help- 
ful talk. 

C.  A.  Faust,  of  Chicago,  111.,  spoke  for  five  minutes  on  the 
desirability  of  using  special  ruled  paper. 

The  resolutions  on  the  death  of  L.  Madarasz,  which  had 
been  prepared  by  the  committee,  were  read,  and  on  motion 
adopted,  and  the  letter  of  condolence  was  also  read  and  or- 
dered sent  to  the  widow  by  night  letter.  On  motion,  it  was 
voted  to  engage  the  services  of  W.  E.  Dennis  to  engross  the 
resolutions  which  were  to  be  sent  to  Mrs.  Madarasz. 

In  accordance  with  the  program,  penmanship  demonstra- 
tions were  given  by  the  following:  Messrs.  Faust,  Zaner, 
Henning,  Stacy,  Doner,  Rogers,  Race  and  Madray,  which 
proved  a  most  entertaining  as  well  as  instructive  feature  of 
the  session. 

By  expiration  of  time,  the  session  came  to  its  close  and 
adjournment  was  taken. 


3Il|e  iBuHtttrsa  Journal 


XIII 


BENN   PITMAN. 


GREAT  man  and  good  has  fallen  in  the  Phono- 
graphic Israel.  The  loving  and  beloved  Benn 
Pitman  has  been  gathered  to  his  fathers.  We 
shall  see  his  face  no  more  until  we,  like  him, 
f  m-i*  «i  stand  in  the  Sanctuary  of  the  Highest. 
5»^?lrSl  Benjamin  Pitman  (known  during  almost  all 
his  life  by  his  own  preference  as  Benn  Pitman),  was  born  in 
Trowbridge,  Wiltshire,  England,  July  24,  1822.  and  died  at 
his  home,  1852  Columbia  Avenue,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  December 
28,   1910. 

His  father  was  Samuel  and  his  mother  Manah  Pitman. 
He  came  of  a  long-lived  ancestry,  his  father  reaching  76 
years  of  age  and  his  mother  dying  in  1857  in  advanced  years. 
There  were  eleven  children  in  the  family,  seven  sons  and  four 
daughters,  as  follows:  Melissa  (Mrs.  Pryor,  later  Mrs. 
Janes),  born  1809,  died  1864;  Jacob,  an  architect,  residing 
most  of  his  life  in  Sydney,  New  South  Wales,  who  was  born 
in  Trowbridge.  Nov.  28,  1810,  died  in  Sydney,  March  12,  1890, 
at  80  years  of  age ;  Sir  Isaac  Pitman,  born  Jan.  4,  1813,  at 
Trowbridge,  and  died  at  Bath,  Jan.  22,  1897  ;  Abraham,  born 
1814,  died  1829;  Rosella,  born  1816,  died  1898;  Joseph,  born 
1818,  died  April  2,  1895,  aged  77;  Jane  (Mrs.  Hunt),  born 
1820,  died  1896;  Benjamin  (Benn),  born  at  Trowbridge,  July 
24,  1822,  died  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  December  28,  1910;  Mary 
(now  Mrs.  Mary  Webster),  born  1824,  who  is  the  only  sur- 
viving member  of  the  original  Pitman  family,  and  residing 
at  Lynn  Regis,  Browning  Road,  Worthing,  England;  Henry, 
born  at  Trowbridge,  September  19,  1826,  died  October  25, 
1909,  aged  83  ;  Frederick,  born  May  9,  1828,  died  November 
20,  1886,  aged  58. 

Benn  Pitman  was  married  twice.  His  first  wife  married  in 
1849,  was  Miss  Jane  Bragge.  of  Birmingham,  who  was  born  at 
Birmingham,  in  1823,  and  in  early  life,  with  her  sisters,  be- 
came a  shorthand  pupil  of  the  young  and  ardent  Mr.  Pitman. 
This  first  wife  became  the  mother  of  three  children,  Agnes, 
Arnold  (named  for  Arnold  of  Rugby),  and  Ellis  (named  for 
Alexander  John  Ellis),  the  well-known  phonologist  and  co- 
worker in  phonetics  with  Sir  Isaac  and  Benn  Pitman.  Arnold 
and  Ellis  died  in  their  infancy.  Miss  Agnes  survives  her 
father,  and  was  the  living  connection  between  Mr.  Pitman's 
English  and  his  American  life  and  labors.  Mrs.  Benn  Pitman, 
the  first  wife,  died  in  1878,  and  was  the  first  woman  in 
America  to  he  cremated. 

The  second  wife,  married  in  1882,  of  Benn  Pitman  was 
Miss  Adelaide  Nourse.  the  daughter  of  Caleb  B.  Nourse,  and 
died  in  1893.  To  her  was  given  a  precocious  son,  Emerson, 
who  died  at  sixteen  years  of  age, — the  idol  and  hope  of  the 
father's  heart.  A  daughter,  Miss  Melrose,  is  a  charming 
young  lady,  a  student  of  the  second  year  in  YVellesley  College, 
the  great  comfort  and  helper  with  her  sister  Agnes  of  her 
father  in  these  years  of  his  vigor,  maturity  and  mental 
activity. 

Benn  Pitman,  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  became  his  brother 
Isaac's  student  in  shorthand,  in  1834-1S37 ;  taught  the  same 
to  classes  of  boys  when  but  fifteen  years  old  in  his  brother's 
academy  from  lesson  cards  of  his  own  preparation ;  aided 
his  brother  in  reading  proof  sheets  and  correction  of  en- 
graved plates  when  sixteen,  and  was  a  full-fledged  traveling 
lecturer  on  Phonography  before  he  was  twenty,  which  field 
he  continued  to  cultivate  until  his  removal  to  America  ten 
years  later,  at  which  time  he  was  the  sole  remaining  lecturer 
of  ten  or  more  who  had  persistently,  enthusiastically,  intel- 
ligently canvassed  the  United  Kingdom  in  the  promotion  of 
the  twin  causes  of  phonetics  and  phonography. 

In  the  latter  part  of  1852,  Isaac  Pitman  realized  the  great 
importance  of  a  phonographic  propaganda  in  America,  and 
commissioned  his  brother,  Benn,  to  take  up  the  work  in  the 
United  States. 

Mr.  Pitman  was  even  then  travelling  up  and  down  his 
native  soil,  accompanied  by  his  frail  wife  and  his  baby  Agnes, 
stopping  a  few  hours  in  a  community  in  the  prosecution  of 
his  zealous  dissemination  of  the  new  stenographic  art  and  then 
passing  to  new  fields  and  to  labors  more  abundant.  He  was 
literally  the  heroic  evangelist  of  a  new  science  and  art,  in 
which  he  was  destined  to  stand  in  the  high  rank  witii  Gabels- 
berger,  Taylor  and  his  brother  Isaac. 

Benn    Pitman    left    England    for   America    on    Wednesday, 


January  6th,  1853,  but  because  of  a  collision  with  a  steamer 
early  in  the  day,  they  returned  to  the  dock  for  repairs,  he  and 
his  wife,  daughter  and  son  remaining  on  board  till  Jan.  10, 
when  the  vessel  made  the  second  attempt,  crossing  the  At- 
lantic in  twenty-two  days,  of  which  only  four  were  at  all 
pleasant.  Mr.  Pitman  was  the  sole  companion  and  nurse  of 
his  wife  and  babes,  cooking  their  particularly  needed  food  at 
the  cooks'  galley,  and  caring  diligently  for  their  wants,  being 
utterly  unable  by  reason  of  his  anxieties  and  cares  to  look 
into,  much  less  read,  a  single  book  during  the  voyage. 

Landing  at  Philadelphia,  he  was  so  grateful  that  the  family 
had  reached  the  new  country  in  safety  that,  as  he  himself 
records  it,  he  knelt  down  in  the  exuberance  of  his  joy  and 
kissed  the  soil  of  the  new  land. 

Philadelphians  especially  will  be  pleased  to  know  that  his 
first  domicile  in  America  was  at  12  Prune  St.,  between  Spruce 
and  Walnut,  4th  and  5th,  from  which  place  he  wrote  a  letter 
to  his  brother,  who  lithographed  it  that  copies  might  be  sent 
to  the  Pitman  family  and  other  loved  friends.  This  letter 
we  have  read,  and  as  it  contains  Mr.  Pitman's  very  first  im- 
pression of  our  country  and  its  people,  we  here  quote,  in  part : 

"6th  Feb.  To  the  absent  and  loved  ones,  greeting."  "We 
can  only  realize  to  ourselves  that  we  are  so  far  removed 
from  the  favored  land  by  bringing  a  map  of  the  world  before 
the  mind's  eye,  and  imagining  ourselves  located  some  hun- 
dred miles  up  the  magnificent  Delaware.  We  feel  that  we 
can  be  in  no  English  city,  for  the  air  is  too  pure,  the  sky  too 
brilliantly  clear,  the  streets  too  long  and  straight,  trie  trees 
that  line  the  streets  too  large,  the  open  squares  too  frequent, 
many  of  the  stores  and  buildings  too  magnificent,  the  major- 
ity of  the  male  countenances  of  too  intellectual  a  cast  to 
permit  us  to  think  that  we  are  in  the  old  country,  the  news- 
papers are  too  numerous  and  cheap  and  too  wretchedly 
printed,  in  the  majority  of  cases,  to  be  English.  The  preval- 
ence of  beard  with  the  men,  and  the  different  and  generally 
tasteful  style  in  which  the  women  arrange  their  hair,  are 
other  reasons  why  we  think  we  are  elsewhere  than  in  an 
English  city." 

This  pen  painting  of  Benn  Pitman  is  surely  as  rich,  racy 
and  truthful  as  are  the  American  Sketches  of  Charles 
Dickens.    . 

Mr.  Pitman  immediately  opened  his  propagandist  work,  and 
there  are  living  and  known  to  us  now  pupils  whom  he  taught 
in  those  early  davs,  both  before  and  after  his  reaching 
America.  A  picture  taken  of  him  in  Philadelphia  shows  the 
clear-visioned,  aegressive,  self-reliant  man  with  principles  to 
pronounce  in  the  face  of  (to  him)  an  expectant  world. 

Not  long  after  his  arrival,  he  was  invited  to  go  as  far 
west  as  Dayton,  Ohio,  to  declare  the  doctrines  of  a  new 
spelling  and  especially  the  new  stenographic  art.  This  trip 
caused  him  to  fall  in  love  with  what  was  then  a  somewhat 
western  section  of  the  land,  and  he  pre-acted  on  Horace 
Greeley's  famous  suggestion,  "Go  West,  young  man,"  and  ac- 
cordingly went  to  Cincinnati,  from  which  his  heart  was  never 
drawn  away. 

It  was  in  Cincinnati  Mr.  Pitman  found  his  fulcrum  from 
which  to  move  the  phonographic  world,  and  here  he  founded 
the  Phonographic  Institute,  and  commenced  his  many-sided 
activities.  For  several  years,  and  until  the  changes  made  by 
Isaac  Pitman  in  his  system  (notably  the  inversion  of  the 
vowel  scale),  Benn  Pitman  was,  so  to  speak,  the  right  hand 
of  his  brother  at  work  in  the  United  States ;  but  then  the 
new  and  larger  activities  originated  and  controlled  by  him 
began.  In  rapid  succession  books,  leaflets,  fliers,  magazines 
came  from  his  teeming  brain  and  his  marvellously  facile 
hand.  Text-books  in  the  simple  and  more  complex  phases  of 
stenography  poured  forth.  From  1857  we  may  date  Benn 
Pitman's  American  Declaration  of  Independence,  and  the 
development  of  the  art  along  lines  of  activity  and  propulsion 
unknown  in  England.  The  Manual  came  forth  in  1854,  the 
Reporter's  Companion  in  the  same  year.  The  Phonographic 
Teacher  in  1857,  the  History  of  Shorthand  in  1858.  And  so, 
with  his  books  and  magazines,  he  sought  with  great  earnest- 
ness and  success  to  flood  the  land  with  the  light  of  a  real 
breviscription. 

Not  only  was  Mr.  Pitman  a  teacher  and  publisher,  but  he 
became  the  foremost  reporter  of  his  time.  Verbatim  short- 
hand reporters  were  truly  ran  az-es  at  that  time.  He  was 
immediately  pressed  into  service  in  all  kinds  of  reportorial 
work.  The  Civil  War  demanded  just  such  activities  as  he 
was  abundantly  capable  of  rendering.  Treason  was  in  the 
air,  and  he  was  called  to  the  front  in  more  senses  than  one. 
The  first  court  martial  ever  reported  in  shorthand  was  taken 
by  Benn  Pitman,  the  court  martial  of  Gen.  Buell,  in  Kentucky. 


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Olljr  Husittrsa  Journal 


Benn  Pitman  became  the  official  stenographer  of  Congres- 
sional Investigating  Committees.  He  reported  the  Riot  In- 
vestigations of  Memphis  and  New  Orleans,  the  Knklux  Klan 
cases"  the  Knights  of  the  Golden  Circle,  and  the  trial  of  the 
conspirators  in  the  Assassination  of  President  Lincoln.  The 
full  report,  with  Questions  and  Answers,  has  never  been 
printed,  we  believe,  but  the  volume  published  in  1865  by 
Moore,  Willstach  &  Baldwin  was  compiled  and  arranged  by 
Benn  Pitman,  Recorder  to  the  Commission,  and  is  a  volume 
of  -J21  pages,  in  narrative  form,  but  includes  the  testimony, 
documents  introduced  in  evidence,  discussions  of  points  of 
law  raised  during  the  proceedings,  the  addresses  of  the  coun- 
sel, the  replies  of  the  Special  Judge  Advocate,  the  findings 
and  sentence.  We  may  say  here  that  we  have  it  on  good 
authority  that  Mr.  Pitman  to  his  dying  day  never  convinced 
himself  of  the  willful  and  intentional  criminality  of  Mrs. 
Surratt  in  this  horrible  assassination  of  President  Lincoln. 

Mr.  Pitman's  phonography  was  in  almost  all  cases  a  marvel 
of  legibility,  and  in  a  great  number  of  cases  when  reporting 
Government  investigations,  courts  martial,  etc.,  his  shorthand 
notes  were  forwarded  at  once  to  Mrs.  Pitman,  and  were  by 
her  transcribed  and  sent  to  the  Government  Printer. 

But  Mr.  Pitman,  who  had  in  early  manhood  sought  to 
become  articled  to  an  architect  and  designer,  in  his  maturing 
years  found  that  that  old  artistic  temperament  and  blood 
"rankled  in  his  veins,  as  was  in  some  degree  made  evident  in 
the  unexampled  beauty  of  his  text-books  and  magazines.  Mr. 
Pitman  was  a  born  artist.  He  looked  at  practical  things  from 
the  artist's  standpoint ;  he  desired  practical  statements  to  be 
put  in  artistic  form;  he  had  the  eye  and  soul  of  the  aesthetic 
and  spoke  in  the  note  of  pure  art. 

Mr.  Pitman  was  the  founder  of  a  new  school  of  art  in 
Cincinnati,  designed  primarily  to  culture  young  men  and 
women  in  artistic  principles  and  handcraft.  At  the  Philadel- 
phia Centennial  he  exhibited  the  work  of  one  hundred  of  his 
pupils,  much  to  the  amazement  of  those  to  whom  he  was  un- 
known. Decorative  art  was  with  him  far  to  the  front  in  his 
theories  of  life.  The  true,  the  beautiful,  the  good,  these  were 
his  watchwords,  and  his  living  positions  vitalized.  He  became 
the  founder  of  the  department  of  woodcarving  and  decorative 
art  in  the  McMicken  School  of  Art  in  Cincinnati,-  and  was 
chief  director  of  the  same  for  nearly  twenty  years. 

Visitors  who  have  been  permitted  to  see  Mr.  Pitman  at 
home  have  marvelled  at  the  multiplicity,  the  richness,  the 
rarity,  the  excellence  of  the  art-craft  manifested  in  every 
portion  of  his  home,— the  house,  the  grounds,  the  furniture, 
the  decorations, — every  feature  which  could  bear  an  impress 
of  beauty  was  wrought  out  in  manifold  and  marvellous  ar- 
tistic designs.  The  furniture,  the  mantels,  the  doors,  the 
chairs,— all  bore  the  stamp  of  Mr.  Pitman's  innate  suscept- 
ibility to  the  captivating,  the  inspiring,  the  ennobling. 

The  house  was  never  "laid  out"  as  by  architect's  plans.  It 
was  built  of  stone  quarried  near  by.  cut  under  his  own  direc- 
tion, laid  under  his  supervision,  till  it  grew  into  "a  thing  of 
beauty"  by  this  inspiration  of  the  "Aladdin  of  the  Lamp." 
The  workmen  wrought  as  he  bid  them,  not  as  they  studied 
lines  and  measurements  of   an  architect's  "blue  prints." 

One  more  feature  of  Benn  Pitman's  life  work  and  life 
scheme  must  be  mentioned, — his  indomitable  purpose  to  do  all 
in  his  power  to  simplify  the  spelling  of  our  mother  tongue. 
It  was  an  unutterable  horror  to  him  to  think  of  the  torture 
innocent  childhood  and  vouth  must  endure  in  seeking  (though 
impossibly)  to  master  our  ordinary,  inconsequential,  incon- 
gruous verbal  expression  of  thought.  He  was  far  and  away 
ahead  of  his  brother  in  the  practical  alphabet  which  he  had 
designed,  and  had  he  not  been  handicapped  by  other  weighty 
burdens  of  occupation,  we  do  not  doubt  that  he  would  have 
with  equal  energy  and  a  similar  degree  of  success  secured  a 
wide  hearing  and  a  successful  propagandism  for  his  spelling 
principles  and  theories.  The  book  which  he  did  publish  was 
a  gym  and  every  way  a  proof  of  the  high  aspirations  and 
expectancies  of  this  fighter   for  the  truth  in   spelling. 

Benn  Pitman  owed  much  to  his  father, — steadfast  persis- 
tency,  simplicity  of  life,  untrammelled  allegiance  to  truth.  To 
his  "mother  he  owed  much  for  his  sweet  and  placid  spirit, 
rarely  ruffled  by  externalities,  a  somewhat  of  internal  calm 
which  led  him  to  so  live  that  intimate  friends  never  knew 
him  to  shed  a  tear  save  when  there  came  to  him  news  of  the 
death  of  Sir  Isaac,  his  brother.  Then  the  heart  showed  its 
wonderfully  deep-seated  love,  which  perhaps  had  never  been 
so  manifested  in  public  before. 

It  may  be  allowable  in  closing  to  quote  a  few  words  from 
Mr.  Pitman's  own  utterances  in  which  lie  compared  his  life 
work   with   his   brother's.     He    said,   "If    from    my    life   were 


extracted  the  experience  and  satisfactions  I  have  enjoyed 
from  varied  labor,  and  which  were  wholly  unknown  to  mv 
brother  Isaac,  I  should  seem  not  to  have  commenced  to  live. 
And  when  I  think  how  limited  were  the  faculties  my  brother 
used  in  this  life,  and  how  much  of  his  fine  nature  remained 
undeveloped,  I  can  only  hope  there  will  be  no  Phonography 
and  no  unaccomplished  phonetic  reform  in  the  other  life  to 
monopolize  his  intellect  and  heart."  "When  I  recall  the  many 
personal  friends  whose  lives  have  been  shortened,  if  not 
sacrificed,  by  faithful  devotion  to  duty  in  some  narrow  rut 
that  modern  life  and  competitive  antagonism  have  made  a 
necessity,  I  am  filled  with  gratitude  that  I  inherited  some  of 
my  father's  ingenuity  which,  though  it  has  prevented  me  from 
becoming  rich  and  being  knighted,  has  made  me  a  proverbial 
Jack  of  many  trades,  yielding  satisfaction  and  delights  com- 
pared with  which  riches  and  knighthood  would  be  a  barren 
mockery." 

Mr.  Pitman  was  stricken  several  months  prior  to  his  death 
with  a  serious  and  painful  malady,  which  even  the  highest 
skill  of  the  best  medical  and  surgical  treatment  failed  to 
arrest.  Mr.  Pitman  met  his  end  with  sweet  and  dignified 
composure  and  went  out  into  the  future  life  with  the  hopeful 
outlook  and  uplook  of  one  who,  "resting  from,  his  labors," 
would  have  abundant  works  following  with  all  due  reward. 

Surrounded  by  loving  daughters  and  a  few  intimates,  he 
came  to  the  end  of  earth-life.  The  funeral  service  was  con- 
ducted by  a  Swedenborgian  Pastor,  and,  like  his  brother  Isaac 
and  his  own  two  co-partners  in  life,  his  body  was  cremated, 
at  the  Dixmyth  Avenue  Crematory,  on  Friday,  December  30, 
1910. 

The  multitude  of  the  friends  of  Mr.  Pitman,  and  the  untold 
thousands  who  have  known  him  only  through  his  life-work, 
will  always  bear  him  in  gracious  memory,  and  his  name  will 
ever  be  as  "ointment  poured  forth." 


THE  NEXT   MEETING  OF  THE  E.  C.  T.    A. 
By  President  E.  M.  Huntsinger. 

Herewith  we  present  a  few  facts  concerning  the  progress 
thus  far  made  by  the  present  administration  of  the  E.  C.  T.  A. 
foi   the  meeting  at  Bridgeport,  April  13,  14  and  15th. 

The  Association  is  to  be  congratulated  upon  the  excellent 
Executive  Committee  it  elected — a  real  working  force,  which 
during  the  past  three  months  has  perfected  plans  for  the 
Bridgeport  Meeting.  The  Local  Committee  is  also  first-class 
and  works  in  full  harmony  with  it. 

The  Executive  Committee  has  already  secured  the    follow 
ing  speakers : 

Sec.  Chas.  D.  Hine,  State  Board  of  Education. 
Geo.  T.  Service,  Yale,  on  Commercial  Geography. 
J.  K.  Wildman,  P..  C.  S..  C,  P.  A.,  of  New  York,  on  Ac- 
counting. 
John  A.  Crawford,  Merchants'  and  Bankers'  School,  New- 
port, on  Business  English  for  Commercial  Schools. 
A.  F.  Wallace,  Worcester,  Mass.,  on  Bookkeeping. 
Jam-js  Scott  Hall.  Philadelphia,  on  Business  English. 
S.   E.   Bartow,   Albany,   N.   Y.,   on   Business   School   Pen- 
manship. 
H.    W.    Patten.    Central    High    School.    Philadelphia,    on 
Business  Penmanship  from   Public  High  School  stand- 
point. 
James  S.  Hall,  Philadelphia,  on  Business  English. 
Miss    Emma    B.    Dearborn,    Meriden     High    School,    on 

Typewriting. 
Miss  Bertha  Crocker,  The  Packard  School,  New  York,  on 
Shorthand. 
It   is  expected   we   will   be  able   to   secure   Dean   Balliet   on 
The    Qualifications    for    Teaching.      The    remainder    of    the 
speakers  we  hope  to  secure  before  the  close  of  January. 


(51)?  Hushtrss  Journal 


XV 


HIGH    SCHOOL   TEACHERS*   ASSOCIATION. 

Wednesday  A.  M.,  December  28. 
S  NINE  o'clock  drew  nigh,  there  gathered  from 
aPAWSI  near  and  far  men  and  women  engaged  in  com- 
f/akyU  mercial  instruction  not  in  so-called  business  col- 
leges or  schools,  but  in  city  high  schools  and 
county  high  schools,  who  were  eager  to  "hear  some 
new  thing"  or  to  present  features  of  their  own  diversified  ex- 
periences. The  President's  Address  (A.  H.  Sproul,  Indian- 
apolis, Ind.j,  was  first  in  order,  followed  by  the  Report  of  the 
Secretary  (Miss  Mabel  Hazard,  Harvey,  111.).  The  faith- 
ful work  of  these  time-honored  educators  was  heartily  ac- 
knowledged. 

The  everliving  and  everywhere  interesting  question  of 
"Shorthand"  came  to  the  front  through  the  presentation  of 
the  views  of  Grover  C.  Thomas,  of  Detroit,  Mich.  How 
much  a  high  school  can  do  in  comparison  with  a  specific 
schQel  for  shorthand  study  is  always  a  question,  and  the  treat- 
ment of  this  subject  by  one  side  of  the  two  parties  to  it 
brought  forth  a  thoughtful  frame  of  mind,  if  it  did  not  deter- 
mine the  various  outstanding  points  under  discussion.  And 
then  in  the  next  paper  by  H.  C.  Spillman.  of  New  York  City, 
the  cognate  question  as  to  "Typewriting,— How  and  What," 
was  investigated.  Rarely  is  there  thorough  concord  in  any 
convention  as  to  the  how  and  what  of  teaching  and  practice 
in  respect  to  the  typewriter,  and  doubtless  not  all  present  were 
in  assured  agreement  with  the  views  of  Mr.  Spillman,  how- 
ever cogently  presented. 

And  then  came  on  another  denizen  of  the  great  metropolis, 
the  highly-honored  penman,  A.  N.  Palmer,  who  was  in  no 
measure  unwilling  to  assert  and  maintain  certain  positive,  and 
quite  well-known  views  on  the  subject  which  has  been  a  life- 
work,  penmanship,  and  especially  in  high  schools. 

The  forenoon  session  closed  with  a  consideration  of  the 
broad  subject  of  "Commercial  Law,"  by  W.  J.  Lindsay,  of 
the  Englewood  High  School,  Chicago.  "The  Feast  of  Rea- 
son" was  evident,  and  there  was  great  "Flow  of  Soul." 
Thursday  A.  M.,  December  29. 
Nine  o'clock  came  all  too  quick  as  so  many  of  the  Sec- 
tions were  enjoying  the  delights  of  the  lobbies  and  the  large 
parlor;  but  at  the  call  of  the  President,  the  most  important 
and  powerful  feature  of  the  section,  and  perhaps  of  the  en- 
tire three  days'  sessions,  was  an  address  by  Principal  William 
B.  Owen,  of  the  Chicago  Normal  Schools.  The  speaker  was 
not  so  limited  as  to  time  as  he  might  have  been,  owing  to 
the  absence  of  L.  C.  Rusmisel,  of  the  Central  High  School, 
St  Joseph,  Mo.,  whose  inability  to  be  present  was  deplored 
by  many.  Louis  F.  Post,  Editor  of  The  F<itblic,  Chicago, 
took  the  floor  in  a  close-thinking  treatment  of  "Economics  in 
High  Schools."  This  paper  was  followed  by  the  election  of 
officers  for  the  Section,  which  resulted  in  the  following  selec- 
tions : 

President,  W.  H.  Shoemaker,  Wendell  Phillips  High  School, 
Chicago,  111. 
Vice-President,  Karl  Von  Ammerman,  Wabash,  Indiana. 
Secretary,  Miss  Mary  E.  Sullivan,  Shortridge  High  School, 
Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

Friday  A.  M.,  December  30 
This,  the  closing  day  of  the  High  School  Section,  was  full 
of  interest,  the  business  and  the  high  school  Sections  found 
many  interests  in  common,  and  met  in  joint  discussions. 
There  were  also  excellent  papers  by  Chas.  H.  Langer,  of  the 
Northwestern  University  School  of  Commerce,  Chicago,  111, 
on  "Progressive  Evolution  of  Bookkeeping  from  Elementary 
Single  Entry  to  Modern  and  Advanced  Double  Entry 
Methods,"  and  one  by  Prof.  S.  W.  Gilman,  of  the  Business 
Administration,  University  of  Wisconsin,  on  "Cost  Account- 
ing." 


The  High  School  Section  congratulated  itself  that  it  has 
increased  its  membership  fifty  per  cent  the  past  year,  and 
now  lias  a  total  of  115  enrolled  members.  This  is  indeed 
most  gratifying,  and  is  setting  a  noble  pace  for  the  other  Sec- 
tions to  emulate. 


NEW  ENGLAND  ASSOCIATION  OF  PENMANSHIP 
SUPERVISORS. 

HE    New     England    Association     of     Penmanship 
Supervisors  held  a   meeting  in  Burdett   College, 
Boston,   on   January   7,    1911.      Everyone   on   the 
program   below   was    present,   and   was    listened 
to  by  an  enthusiastic  and  interested  audience. 
Morning   Session. 
Address  of   Welcome,  L.   E.   Pease,   Burdett   College;   Re- 
sponse, H.   W.   Shaylor,   Portland,   Me. ;   "What  the   Superin- 
tendent  Wants    in    Writing,"    Supt.    Frank   J.    Peaslee,    Lynn. 
Mass. ;   Discussion :   "How  to   Conduct   a   Writing  Class    for 
Beginners,"  C.  E.  Doner,  Beverly,  Mass. 
Afternoon  Session. 

Business  Meeting:  Election  of  Officers;  "The  Value  e< 
Blackboard  Demonstrations  in  the  Teaching  of  Writing,"  E 
M.  Huntsinger,  Hartlford,  Conn.;  Discussion;  Question  Box, 
Harry  Houston,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

The   following  officers  were  elected : 

President :  A.  B.  Wraught,  Pittsfield,  Mass. ;  Vice-Presi- 
dent:  Miss  Margaret  Toole,  Worcester,  Mass.;  Secretary  and 
Treasurer:  A.  R.  Merrill,  Saco,  Ale. 

Superintendent  Peaslee's  paper  was  so  well  received  that 
the  president  was  instructed  to  have  it  published  and  dis- 
tributed. No  attempt  will  be  made  to  report  this  excellent 
paper,  as  it  will  appear  in  full  in  The  Business  Journal. 

Mr.  Doner's  talk  was  very  practical.  He  did  not  talk  theory, 
but  showed  what  to  teach  and  how  to  teach  it.  Paper  was 
distributed  and  copies  were  written  by  all  present  in  the  way 
beginners  should  take  up  the  subject.  Mr.  Doner  believes, 
with  the  majority  of  supervisors,  that  entering  classes  should 
practice  large,  free  writing. 

Mr.  Huntsinger  read  a  paper,  and  then  demonstrated  his 
theories  by  considerable  blackboard  work.  He  took  up  the 
letters  in  detail  and  grouped  them,  showing  how  different 
letters  are  related.  His  enthusiastic  manner  of  speaking,  and 
his  ability  as  a  penman,  will  make  what  he  said  and  did  long 
remembered. 

The  Question  Box  brought  forth  a  spirited  discussion  of 
left-handedness,  writing  in  high  schools,  position  at  desk  and 
other  topics. 

The  Association  is  greatly  indebted  to  the  proprietors  of 
Burdett  College  for  the  commodious  quarters  for  the  meet- 
ing, for  the  bountiful  lunch  and  many  courtesies  shown. 


RESOLUTIONS   ON   THE   DEATH    OF   BENN    PIT- 
MAN. 

(The  following  paper,  having  been  prepared  by  a  Com- 
mittee appointed  by  the  Shorthand  Section  of  the  Federation, 
was  submitted  to  that  Section  and  by  it  was  adopted.  After- 
ward, with  the  typographical  modification  necessary,  it  was 
presented  to  the  Federation  at  its  regular  meeting  on  the 
afternoon  of  December  29,  and  was  adopted  by  that  body.) 

Resolvkd:  That  this  meeting  of  the  National  Commercial 
Teachers'  Federation,  having  heard  with  sorrow  of  the  death 
yesterday  of  Mr.  Benn  Pitman  at  the  advanced  age  oi  eighty- 
eight  years,  after  an  illness  of  several  months,  desires  to  place 
on  record  its  very  high  appreciation  of  the  life  and  labors  of 
this,  the  last  of  the  honored  and  noble  Pitman  brothers  to 
remain  with  us. 

Historically,  it  may  be  said  that  Benn  Pitman  was  a  most 
efficient  co-worker  with  his  brother,  the  late  Sir  Isaac  Pitman, 
in  the  preparation  of  the  first  edition  of  Pitmanic  shorthand, 
"Stenographic  Sound  Hand,"  in  1S37.  Benn  Pitman  was  a 
teacher   of   the   system    prior   to   the   publication   of   the   first 


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volume,  using  cards  which  he  had  prepared  for  instruction 
purposes  among  his  pupils,  and  he  devoted  much  time  and 
labor  to  it.  traveling  through  England  and  Scotland,  lecturing 
about  and  teaching  the  newly  invented  phonetic  system  of 
shorthand  at  that  time.  This  work  he  continued  from  1837  to 
1852,  assisting  his  brother  Isaac  very  materially  in  the  promul- 
gation of  phonetic  writing.  _ 

In  1853  Eenn  Pitman  came  to  America,  reaching  Philadel- 
phia where  he  remained  but  a  few  months,  after  which  he  took 
up  his  residence  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  his  home  has  been 
ever  since  At  that  time  and  for  some  years  later,  Benn 
Pitman  was  known  as  the  most  competent  and  arduous  re- 
porter of  his  dav,  especially  during  the  trying  period  of  the 
Civil  War  when  he  was  the  official  government  reporter  at  a 
great  many  courts  martial,  and  at  the  investigations  concern- 
ing the  assassination  of  President  Lincoln,  and  his  phono- 
graphv  was  of  such  a  character  that  his  shorthand  notes 
were  "forwarded  to  Cincinnati  and  transcribed  by  his  wife 
and  forwarded  by  her  to  the  government  without  his  previous 
revision  In  his  later  vears,  he  has  devoted  himself  very 
largely  to  art.  particularly  to  engraving,  wood  carving,  etc., 
but°  his  interest  in  the  art-science  of  phonetic  writing  re- 
mained supreme.  It  is  not  very  long  ago  that  he  expressed 
the  expectation  of  reaching  Ins  one-hundredth  year,  but  the 
strenuous  labors  and  untiring  industry  of  a  long  life  told 
upon  his  constitution  to  such  an  extent  that  when  a  surgical 
operation  became  necessarv  a  few  months  ago  he  was  unable 
to  recuperate  and  slowly  but  surely  he  passed  from  us. 

Benn  Pitman  was  pre-eminently  an  educator  seeking  to  de- 
velop in  the  youth  of  the  land  the  highest  and  best  of  which 
that  vouth  is  capable,  and  his  kindness  of  heart  was  recog- 
nized universally  and  those  who  knew  him  best  loved  him 
most  The  members  of  the  National  Shorthand  Reporters 
Association  have  lost  in  him  their  most  honored  member  he 
havin"  been  President  of  that  Association  at  one  time  and  a 
member  of  it  for  many  y-ars.  He  also  attended  the  meetings 
of  this  Federation  in  former  years,  but  owing  to  the  infirmities 
of  advancing  age  his  regular  attendance  was  not  possible  yet 
he  has  alwavs  been  remembered  with  affection  in  the  meetings 
of  this  body.  Many  of  the  younger  generation  have  had  no 
personal  acquaintance  with  our  departed  brother,  but  through 
his  writings,  his  magazines  and  his  other  publications,  we  have 
become  in  heart  familiar  with  him,  and  have  recognized  the 
genuine  nobility  and  the  trulv  lovable  qualities  of  the  man 

Benn  Pitman  outlived  all  his  contemporaries  including  An- 
drew J.  Graham.  James  E.  Munson,  Ehas  Longley,  K  P. 
Prosser  and  D.  P.  Lindsley,  and  the  only  publishers  contem- 
poraneous with  his  early  years  still  surviving  are  WW 
psgoodbv,  of  Rochester,  X.  V.,  and  J.  George  Cross,  now  of 
Monrovia.   California. 

Benn  Pitman  is  survived  bv  two  daughters.  Agnes  the 
daughter  of  his  first  wife,  and  Melrose,  the  daughter  of  his 
second  wife,  to  whom  this  Section  of  the  Federation  wish  to 
extend  profound  sympathy  in  their  bereavement.  As  was i  ex- 
pressed in  the  December  issue  of  the  Phonographic  World, 
Mr  Benn  Pitman  was  "the  oldest  shorthand  author,  reporter 
teacher  and  nublisher  in  the  world."  and  it  is  with  feelings  of 
the  deecest  regret  and  with  the  highest  appreciation  of  the 
life  work  of  such  a  noble  and  distinguished  man,  that  we 
learn  of  his  demise,  and  it  is  under  such  feelings  that  we 
desire  this  tribute  to  his  memory  to  be  spread  on  record  in 
the  minutes  of  this  meeting,  and  that  a  copy  of  it  be  tor- 
warded  to  the  bereaved  members  of  his  family. 
Resr.ertfullv   Submitted. 

Signed:"        Wm.  D.  Bridge. 

Frederick  J.  Rose. 
John   R.  Greco. 
Chicago,  Illinois.  December  20,  1910. 

BOSTON  COMMERCIAL  TEACHERS  TO  DINE. 

The  dinner  and  the  good  time  that  nearly  a  hundred  com- 
mercial teachers  enjoved  at  the  Boston  City  Club  a  year  ago 
have  brought  many  requests  for  a  return  engagement ;  and  the 
evening  of  February  25  has  been  set  for  the  event. 

We  would  like  every  male  teacher  in  the  vicinity  of  Boston 
who  is  interested,  and  whom  we  did  not  reach  last  year,  to 
send  his  name  and  address  to  R.  G.  Laird.  High  School  of 
Commerce,  Boston,  Mass.,  that  he  may  receive  announcements. 

E.     S.     Coltox, 
E.  H.  Fisher. 
R.  G.  Laird, 

Corrtmittee. 


NOTES. 

The  .typewriter  companies  were  well  represented — the  Rem- 
ington, Underwood,  Smith  Premier,  Monarch,  through  their 
attractive  leading  men. 

There  were  exhibits  of  the  American  Book  Co.,  the  Ellis 
Publishing  Co.,  the  Gregg  Publishing  Co.,  the  Bobbs-Merrill 
Co.,  and  many  others.  The  Multigraph  and  Wrriterpress  Com- 
panies were  in  evidence.  Large  placards  of  many  companies, 
agencies,  machines,  exhibits,  statements,  etc.,  were  hung  in  al- 
most all  possible  conspicuous  places,  and  lined  the  stairways  to 
all  the  hotel's  nine  stories.  Tables  in  public  and  private  rooms 
groaned  with  bounteous  attractions— circulars,  fliers,  booklets, 
leaflets,  envelopes,  puzzles,  card  diaries,  badges,  were  all 
heavily  in  evidence.  Every  delegate  wore  from  three  to  five 
badges.  The  men  and  women  vied  with  each  other  in  wear- 
ing attractive  ensigns. 

Many  of  the  delegates,  especially  from  nearby  sections  and 
the  Sunny  South,  brought  their  wives  and  their  lovely  daugh- 
ters. In  their  beautiful  costumes  and  native  loveliness,  they 
added  much  to  the  attractiveness  of  the  Convention,  not  only 
in  the  hotel  parlors,  but  in  the  banquet  hall  and  even  the 
section  assemblies. 


STENOGRAPHERS    MEET    HERE.      . 

The  Xew  York  State  Stenographers'  Association  held  its 
thirty-fifth  annual  meeting  in  the  Press  Club,  this  city,  on 
Wednesday  and  Thursday  of  last  week.  William  C.  Booth, 
official  stenographer,  City  Court,  Manhattan,  president  for 
1910,  was  chairman.  The  more  important  papers  read  were: 
"The  Necessity  for  the  Bill  Establishing  Certified  Sten- 
ographic Reporters,"  bv  E.  H.  Keller,  Jamaica,  L.  I.:  "The 
Phvsiologv  and  Psychologv  of  Shorthand  Writing,"  bv  George 
Faniell,  Providence,  R.  I.;  "The  Actual  and  the  Ideal  New 
York  State  Civil  Service  Tests  for  Court  Stenographers,"  by 
David  H.  O'Keefe,  Brooklvn. 

Report  of  the  joint  meeting  of  the  executive  committee  of 
the  X.  Y.  S.  S.  A.  and  the  executives  of  all  the  associations 
in  the  state  of  New  York  interested  in  the  teaching  and  prac- 
tice of  shorthand,  held  June  11,  1910,  to  consider  the  certifica- 
tion of  stenographic  reporters,  by  Harry  W.  Wood,  New 
York.  , 

Short  addresses  were  made  by  Edward  E.  Horton  ot 
Toronto,  representing  the  Chartered  Stenographic  Reporters 
Association  of  Ontario;  Oscar  L.  Detweiler  of  Philadelphia, 
ex-president  of  the  Xational  Association  of  Shorthand  Re- 
porters, representing  that  association ;  Frank  L.  Burt  of  Bos- 
ton, president  Massachusetts  Shorthand  Reporters'  Associa- 
tion, representing  the  court  reporters  of  that  state ;  George  A. 
McBride,  national  delegate,  Pennsylvania  Shorthand  Report- 
ers' Association,  representin-*  the  reporters  of  the  Keystone 

As  soon  as  the  news  of  the  death  of  Benn  Pitman  became 
known  Mr.  John  R.  Potts  of  Xew  York  moved  resolutions 
expressive  of  the  deep  grief  felt  bv  all  in  the  Association  at 
the  loss  of  its  senior  honorary  member. 

\t  the  banquet  on  Thursday  evening,  Mr.  Peter  It" 
McLoughlin  of  Brooklvn.  acknowledged  universally  to  be  the 
greatest  wit  in  the  shorthand  reporting  world,  began  by  lm- 
oersonating  his  great  townsman,  Dr.  Cook  of  northern  notori- 
ety, and  concluded  the  evening's  fun  with  a  skit  entitled  We 
Have  With  Us  Tonight." 

The  officers  for  1911  are:  President.  Edward  J.  Shalvey. 
official  stenoerapher.  Supreme  Court,  Manhattan;  vice-presi- 
dent Harrv  W.  Wood,  New  York;  secretary-treasurer,  \VaUer 
R.  Duryea.  New  York;  librarian  and  editor.  David  H. 
O'Keefe.  Brooklyn. 


\t  a  largelv  attended  convention  of  teachers  in  North- 
western Minnesota,  held  at  Grand  Forks,  N.  D.,  recently,  sev- 
eral well-considered  popular  papers  were  read.  Among  them 
was  one  on  "Practical  Instruction  in  Business  from  the 
Standpoint  of  the  Instructor,"  by  O.  J.  Hanson,  the  Principal 
of  Aaker's  Business  College,  Grand  Forks.  This  paper  is  pub- 
lished in  full  in  the  Grand  Forks  Evening  Times.  The  school 
should  publish  it  in  form  suitable  for  a  wide  circulation,  and 
as  a  valuable  advertisement. 


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CLYDE  H.  MARSHALL. 

HE  editor  of  The  Business  Journal  informs  me 
that  I  am  acquiring  a  modicum  of  reflected  fame 
on  account  of  some  remarkable  stenographic  per- 
formances by  my  son  Clyde  H.  Marshall.  The 
editor  further  informs  me  that  a  curious  public 
arning  for  some  intimate  facts  about  this  meteoric  youth 
which  can  best  be  supplied  from  the  family  records,  and  asks 
me  to  furnish  them.  It  is  with  due  diffidence  that  I  comply 
with  this  request. 

Naturally  I  had  an  opportunity  of  becoming  acquainted 
with  the  young  man  somewhat  early  in  his  career.  The  stork 
left  him  with  us,  if  I  remember  rightly,  on  the  29th  day  of 
May,  1881,  at  Paola,  Kansas.  Being  the  first  of  our  flock,  he 
was,  of  course,  esteemed  a  wonderful  baby.  Both  his  mother 
and  I  at  once  noticed  a  remarkable  similarity  in  the  contour 
of  his  infantile  cranium  to  that  of  President  Garfield,  who 
had  entered  the  White  House  a  few  weeks  previously,  and 
we  felt  entirely  sure  that  he  would  yet  achieve  greatness,  or, 
maybe,  have  it  thrust  upon  him.     These  dreams  ceased  to  dis- 


Clyde  H.  Marshall. 

turb  us,  however,  as  we  came  to  know  him  better.  By  the 
time  he  was  old  enough  to  hook  apples,  kick  the  palings  off 
the  neighbors'  fences,  or  break  their  windows  with  his  ball, 
we  decided  that  he  might  not  become  anything  greater  than  a 
congressman,  or,  possibly,  a  train  robber. 

Of  the  boy's  childhood  and  youth  there  is  little  of  interest 
to  record.  He  waxed  strong  in  physique  and  appetite,  and 
happily  escaped  measles,  whooping-cough  and  the  other  juven- 
ile disorders  provided  by  Nature  to  effect  the  survival  of  the 
fittest.  He  was  a  vivacious  lad,  who  evidently  regarded  life  as 
an  oyster  that  should  be  opened  entertainingly,  and  he  was 
continually  breaking  out  in  new  places,  and  keeping  us  guess- 
ing. In  school  he  pursued  with  avidity  the  things  he  liked, 
and  let  the  rest  go   hang.     Quite   early  he   manifested   a   re- 


markable power  of  absorbing  and  retaining  written  language. 
When  he  was  about  eleven  years  old,  circumstances  made  it 
necessary  for  me  to  serve  as  his  school  master  for  a  few 
days.  As  he  was  not  regularly  entered  in  my  classes,  I  had 
to  provide  special  means  for  keeping  him  busy,  so  I  handed 
him  a  copy  of  Dickens'  "Child's  History  of  England,"  assign- 
ing him  the  task  of  reading  the  opening  chapter,  and  report- 
ing to  me  later  as  to  its  contents.  This  book,  despite  its 
title,  is  not  exactly  meat  for  babes,  and  I  did  not  really  ex- 
pect the  boy  to  make  much  out  of  it.  In  about  a  half  hour 
he  reported  himself  ready  for  the  test,  but  as  I  did  not  have 
time  to  quiz  him,  I  took  away  the  book  and  gave  him  some 
sheets  of  paper,  and  told  him  to  write  all  he  could  remp-nber 
of  the  chapter.  He  at  once  plunged  into  this  work  and  wrote 
assiduously  till  noon.  Then  he  handed  me  four  closely 
written  pages  of  foolscap.  On  examining  these,  I  found  that 
he  had  recounted  the  history  of  the  Saxon  Heptarchy,  with  a 
fidelity  to  the  language  of  the  author  that  was  nothing  short 
of  amazing, — much  better,  in  fact  than  I  could  have  done  it 
myself.  He  could  not  have  consulted  the  book,  as  it  was  put 
away  in  my  desk;  besides,  I  had  seen  him  doing  this  writing 
without  other  aid  than  his  memory.  This  power  of  remem- 
bering language  continued  to  be  noticeable  in  his  school  life, 
and,  I  am  inclined  to  suspect,  has  had  much  to  do  with  his 
ability  to  transcribe  accurately,  his  high  speed  shorthand' 
notes.  However,  I  am  not  sure  that  he  agrees  with  me  in  this 
matter. 

Notwithstanding  his  facility  in  grasping  and  retaining  lan- 
guage, the  bent  of  his  mind  as  he  grew  older,  was  wot,  as  one 
would  have  expected,  toward  literature.  He  appeared  to  cart 
little  about  books  as  books.  Rather  he  enjoyed  the  things  they 
related.  I  believe  "The  Yarn  of  the  Nancy  Bell"  is  still  his 
favorite  poem,  and  Kipling  means  vastly  more  to  him  than 
Ruskin.  Neither  did  he  manifest  any  special  aptness  in  com- 
position, particularly  the  kind  of  composition  prescribed  in 
the  high  sch«ol,  which  calls  for  more  or  less  exercise  of  the 
imagination.  His  power  in  language  seemed  mechanical  rather 
than  creative,  and  this,  again,  is  probably  of  more  advantage- 
to  him  than  he  realizes,  in  the  matter  of  taking  down  accurate- 
ly the  language  of  others.  He  is  not  troubled  with  any  ten- 
dency to  depart  from  or  improve  upon  the  original  matter. 
And  yet,  he  is  able  to  do  this  on  occasion.  His  first  reporting 
assignment  came  to  him  when  he  was  little  better  than  an 
average  stenographer.  A  Los  Angeles  paper  sent  him  out  to 
report  an  "Irrigation  Congress"  that  was  being  held  some- 
where down  in  the  hot  air  country.  For  the  youngster  to 
assume  such  a  job  at  that  time  was  nothing  short  of  a  joke, 
as  he  probably  could  not  write  faster  than  125  words  per 
minute.  But  he  "took"  the  whole  session  with  the  most  sub- 
lime aplomb.  His  notes,  of  course,  must  have  looked  like  a 
rail  fence  after  a  Kansas  cyclone,  but  the  boy  was  able  to 
supply  the  missing  panels,  or  others  that  were  better,  and' 
when  the  two-page  report  appeared,  none  of  the  statesmen 
complained  of  being  misquoted,  and  in  some  instances  dis- 
covered that  their  speeches  read  better  than  they  sounded. 


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Believers  in  heredity  will  be  interested  to  learn  that  Clyde 
Marshall's  paternal  grandfather  was  an  enthusiastic  "phon- 
ographer"  and  spelling  reforn-er,  and  lectured  in  Ohio  on 
these  subjects  in  the  40's.  The  present  writer  in  his  early 
childhood  was  taught  to  read  by  the  42-letter  "Fonetik  Alfe- 
bet"  invented  by  the  Longleys.  My  father  hoped  great  things 
for  me  in  shorthand,  but,  alas,  I  was  not  cast  in  the  right 
mold.  It  has  been  more  than  I  could  do  to  write  longhand 
decently,  and  I  would  rather  go  to  the  penitentiary  and  make 
jute  bags  than  be  forced  to  become  <.  stenographer.  Clyde's 
case  appears  therefore  to  be  a  case  of  alternate  hereditation, 
whatever  that  is.    All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

Carl.  C.  Marshall. 

NOTES  BY  MR.  MARSHALL. 


OUR  FRENCH  SHORTHAND  NOTES. 

The  Business  Journal  is  proud  of  its  hundreds  of  French 
subscribers  in  the  Dominion  of  Canada  and  elsewhere.  The 
beautiful  specimen  of  Duployean  shorthand  given  in  this  is- 
sue, with  the  French  transcript,  were  furnished  us  by  Brother 
Anselm,  of  Mount  St.  Louis  College,  Montreal,  and  are  sig- 
nal specimens  of  finely  written  penmanship.  In  that  College 
the  English  students  write  the  Pitman  and  Pernin  systems; 
the  French  students  use  the  Duploye  system. 


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(Clyde  H.  Marshall's  Transcript.) 
Q.  Assume,  now,  that  you  were  sworn  as  a  witness  before 
a   commission ;   would   you   charge   thirteen   dollars   for  that 
day?    A.  Yes. 

Q.  Now,  suppose  that  you  went  across  the  street  on  the 
same  day  and  you  were  sworn  over  there,  would  you  charge 
thirteen  dollars  for  that,  too? 

Mr.  Linson:  That  I  object  to  upon  the  ground  that 
that  (it)  assumes  a  fact  not  proven.  There  is  no 
foundation   for  the  question. 

Mr.  Kelly :  Well,  the  Court  will  permit  me  to  ex- 
amine this  witness  as  to  whether  that  was  his  proceed- 
ings  (proceeding)   or  not. 

The   Referee :  You  may   ask  the   witness   if   he   had 
done  that. 
By  Mr.  Kelly: 
Q.  Did  you  ever  do  that? 

Mr.  Linson:  That  I  object  to  upon  the  ground  that 
it  includes  other  property  not  within  the  purview  of 
this  proceeding.  I  have  no  objection  if  it  can  be  shown 
that  Mr.  Winchell  has  charged  for  the  same  days 
that  he  has  charged  for  in  these  matters  under  review, 
in  another  commission,  but  I  do  object  to  proof,  gen- 
erally, of  what  he  may  have  done  sometime  within 
three  years  last  past  before  some  other  commission. 

The  Referee:  Well,  that  i,s  what  I  am  excluding; 
what  he  may  have  done. 

Mr.  Linson:  There  is  no  objection  to  anything  in 
connection  with  this. 


Owing  to  an  unusual  pressure  on  our  columns  the  Short- 
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Students'  Specimens. 

J.  N.  Fulton,  of  the  International 
Business  College,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind., 
forwards  for  our  inspection  eight 
sheets  containing  the  work  of  as 
many  pupils.  The  oval  movement 
drill,  the  figures  and  the  plain  writing 
indicate  great  variety  in  execution  on 
the  part  of  the  students,  some  show- 
ing a  remarkably  light  touch  and  oth- 
ers a  far  heavier  impression.  We  are 
much  pleased  with  the  stress  laid  on 
the  beautiful  accuracy  of  form  in 
writing  figures. 

W.  I.  Monroe,  of  Monroe's  Busi- 
ness College,  Waterbury,  Conn.,  offers 
us  the  pleasing  sight  of  the  penmanship 
of  seven  of  his  young  lady  students,  in- 
dicating close  attention  to  outline  and 
considerable  degree  of  facility  of 
movement,  though  a  little  more  of  the 
hand  movement  exercises  will  guar- 
antee better  results. 

From  J.  J.  Bailey,  of  the  Technical 
High  School,  Toronto,  Ontario,  come 
seventeen  specimens  from  as  many 
students.  If  we  were  in  business  we 
would  be  much  pleased  to  have  our 
letters  written  and  our  books  kept 
in  such  a  neat  and  attractive  style  of 
the  "art  which  men  should  cultivate." 

Through  M.  J.  Walters,  of  the  Il- 
linois Business  College,  we  have  a 
large  number  of  specimen  pages,  on 
which  are  marked  the  time  under 
which  each  student  has  been  practic- 
ing in  penmanship,  from  one  month 
to  six  months.  Each  page  consists 
of  scroll  work,  a  Promise  to  Pay,  in 
blank,  and  other  matter.  Very  cred- 
itable is  this  work,  and  we  cannot  but 
congratulate  Mr.  Walters  on  the  sys- 
tematic way  in  which  he  brings  his 
students  forward  from  month  to  month, 
the  evident  facility  and  beauty  of  the 
penmanship  being  marked  from  point 
to  point. 


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BUSINESS   ARITHMETIC. 
By  Clyde  L.  Newell. 

Work  10  problems  within  two  hours. 

1.  A  grocer  mixes  20  lbs.  nuts  at  40c. ;  30  lbs.  at  30c.  and  50 
lbs.  at  20c.  At  what  price  per  pound  should  the  mixture  be 
sold  so  that  a  profit  of  23%  mav  be  realized?  If  sold  at  40c. 
per  pound,  what  %  profit  would  he  make? 

2.  A  man  wishes  to  have  a  rectangular  cistern  built  12  ft. 
long,  6  ft.  wide  and  10  ft.  deep.  Digging  and  carting  the 
earth  away  will  cost  75c.  a  cubic  yard.  He  wishes  the  interior 
lined  with  one  thickness  of  brick  each  measuring  8"  x  4"  x  2" 
at  $12  per  M.  Labor  will  cost  $9,  cement  $8.  Estimate  the  en- 
tire cost  of  the  cistern. 

3.  He  also  wishes  a  top  for  the  above  cistern  made  of  2- 
inch  plank  with  four  cross  pieces  3"  x  4".  Estimate  the  cost 
of  the  material  at  $18  per  M,  allowing  nothing  for  openings 
or  waste,  the  platform  to  extend  one  foot  on  each  of  the  four 
sides  beyond  the  opening. 

4.  Find  the  net  "roceeds  of  a  consignment  of  90  brls.  A 
sugar  averaging  300  lbs.  each  @  5^c.  Frt.  50c.  a  brl.,  cartage 
10c.  a  brl.,  cooperage  $3.50,  commission  5%. 

5.  Find  the  proceeds  of  a  note  for  $895.50,  dated  Jan.  7, 
1910,  payable  in  4  months  with  interest  at  6%  and  discounted 
Feb.  19,  at  5%. 

6.  A  note  for  $2000  dated  July  7,  1910,  at  8  months  with 
interest  at  6%  in  favor  of  Jas.  Hotchkiss,  signed  by  Henry 
Milton  had  the  following  indorsements:  Sept.  12,  $500;  Nov. 
27,  $800.  Find  amount  due  at  maturity  using  Merchants  Rule 
of  partial  payments  and  find  the  time  by  exact  days. 

7.  A  ladv  deposited  $500  in  a  savings  bank  and  was  allowed 
interest  at  the  rate  of  4%  per  annum.  The  interest  was  com- 
pounded semi-annually.  What  was  the  total  amount  due  her 
at  the  end  of  two  years? 


Engravers'  Script  by  Giuseppe  Galterio,  a  former  student  of  W.  A.  Hoff- 
man,   Valparaiso,    Ind. 

at  8%  from  Feb.  7, 


8.     Find  the  accurate  interest  on 
1908,   to   Oct.   18,   1910. 

9  A  merchant  bought  a  bill  of  merchandise  amounting  to 
$748.50.  He  was  allowed  a  discount  of  20,  10  and  5%  off.  He 
sold  the  goods  at  invoice  prices  allowing  10,  and  Z%  off. 
What  %  profit  did  he  make? 

10.  A,  B  and  C  are  partners  and  agree  to  share  losses  or 
gains  in  proportion  to  their  average  investment.  Their  respec- 
tive ledger  accounts  are  as  follows:  A,  Cr.  Jan.  1,  1910, 
$8500-  Oct  1,  $2000  and  Dr.  July  1,  $4300.  B,  Cr.  Jan.  1,  1910, 
$5250  •  May  1,  $3000 ;  Nov.  1,  $1000  and  Dr.  Sept.  1,  $500.  C, 
Cr  July  1,  1910,  $5000;  Oct.  1,  $1000.  What  is  each  mans 
present  worth  at  the  end  of  the  year,  their  net  gain  being 
$4,242.90? 

11  I  wish  to  secure  a  vearlv  income  of  $2000  by  an  invest- 
ment in  stock.  What  will  be  my  total  investment  if  I  buy 
a  stock  listed  at  98?4  and  the  company  declares  a  quarterly 
dividend  of  2]/-°^  paving  usual  brokerage  at  %%? 

12.  I  wish  to  borrow  $3500  on  my  90-day  note  with  interest 
at  6%  For  what  amount  must  I  draw  the  note  that  when 
discounted  at  6%  it  will  equal  the  amount  I  am  to  borrow? 

Answers  to  the  above  will  appear  in  the  March  issue. 


INVITATIONS    RECEIVED. 

The  Graduating  Class  of  the  Arkansas  City  Business  College 
invites  you  to  attend  its  Commencement  Exercises,  Thursday 
evening,  December  22,  1910,  at  half-past  eight  o'clock  at  the 
High  School  Auditorium,  Arkansas  City,  Kans. 


Sljp  !5itsttt?ss  Journal 


Product  Work  by  F.  B.  Courtney. 


NEWS  OF  THE  PROFESSION. 

We  wish  we  could  write  as  remarkable  an  autograph  as 
does  E.  M.  Huntsinger,  of  the  Huntsinger  School,  Hartford, 
Conn.  To  see  it  is  never  to  forget  it.  And  to  see  it  attached 
as  President  of  the  Eastern  Commercial  Teachers'  Associa- 
tion stirs  our  blood  also.  We  hope  the  Spring  "MEET"  will 
delight    his    earnest    soul. 

J.  Kugler,  Jr.,  Principal  of  the  Newark,  (N.  J.,)  Bus- 
iness College,  writes  of  his  "so  busy"  times,  but  does  not  fail 
to  send  us  a  large  club  for  The  Journal,  with  assurances  of 
"more   to   follow." 

W.  R.  Hill,  of  the  Bliss  Business  College,  North  Adams, 
Mass.,  declares  that  his  "School  is  filled  to  overflowing  in  the 
day,  and  the  evening  class  quite  large  also."  That  statement 
warms  our  heart,  old  as  it  is,  for  the  young  men  and  women 
are  coming  our  way  rapidly. 

A  Typewriter  Advertisement  has  a  Thrilling  Trip  in  a 
Passenger  Balloon. — H.  J.  Champion  of  10  S.  Congress  Ave., 
Atlantic  City,  had  been  in  the  habit  of  visiting  the  balloon 
kouse  of  Walter  Wellman  during  the  construction  of  "Amer- 
ica." One  day  Jack  Irwin,  wireless  operator,  borrowed  from 
him  a  pencil  and  forgot  to  return  it  Later  Champion  re- 
ceived a  letter  from  Irwin  containing  the  pencil  and  this 
note  : 

"I  forgot  to  return  your  pencil  but  I  was  afterwards  glad 
that  I  did  forget,  for  it  was  the  only  one  I  had  to  write  mes- 
sages with  on  the  trip." 

Champion  wouldn't  sell  the  pencil  for  fifty  times  its  value 
and  The  SMITH  PREMIER  TYPEWRITER  CO.,  is  par- 
ticularly interested  in  this  one  inasmuch  as  it  was  one  of  the 
souvenir  pencils  advertising  the  Company's  Model  10  machine 
and  was  given  to  Mr.  Champion's  son  at  the  recent  Car 
Builders'  Convention  in  Atlantic  City. 

A.  C.  Sloan,  Davis  Business  College,  Toledo,  cheers  us 
with  such  words  as  these :  "We  are  having  the  best  year  we 
have  ever  had ;  our  attendance  shows  an  increase  of  over 
50%  more  than  any  previous  year,  and  our  students  are  doing 
excellent  work.  From  our  point  of  view,  the  future  for  good 
business   schools   has   never   been   brighter." 

From  Bowling  Green,  Ky.,  through  W.  C.  Brownfield 
comes  this :  "Prospects  are  good  for  heavy  January  enroll- 
ment." "Mills  is  certainly  turning  out  the  best  lessons  in 
business  writing  that  have  ever  come  from  the  hand  of  any 
man.  So  far  as  I  can  tell,  this  is  the  best  he  has  ever  done, 
combining  as  it  does  such  great  accuracy  and  his  usual  free- 
dom of  movement." 

The  staff  of  the  Garbutt  Business  College,  Calgary,  Al- 
herta,  has  lately  been  increased  by  the  addition  of  Misi 
Edith  Johnston  and  Miss  Isabelle  Woodley. 

Principal  J.  A.  Dacus,  of  the  Texas  Christian  University, 
Fort  Worth,  Texas,  writes  most  cheerily,  saying,  "Have 
been  out  of  the  work  for  several  years,  but  naturally  enough 
we   all  drift  back."    Welcome,   old   friend! 

S.  C.  Bedinger,  of  the  Oklahoma  Agricultural  and  Mech- 
anical College,  writes  us  that  he  is  "at  the  present  time 
handling  about  two  hundred  Business  and  Sub-Freshmen 
students,  besides  teaching  shorthand  and  book-keeping  to  quite 
a  number  of  the  business  students."  He  does  affirm  with  much 
positiveness,  "You  are  giving  us  a  great  paper,  and  I  hope  the 
good  work  will  continue." 

D.  A.  Casey,  of  the  Capital  Commercial  School,  Albany, 
N.  Y.,  has  no  occasion  to  be  disgruntled,  for  he  writes  us, 
saying:  "We  continue  to  gain  here,  as  evidenced  by  the  fact 
that  our  registration  already  exceeds  last  year's  total." 

C.  W.  Jones,  of  Brockton,  Mass.,  writes  us  that  Miss  Annie 
M.  Bemis,  of  that  flourishing  city,  and  one  of  his  pupili, 
has  become  the  Supervisor  of  Penmanship  in  Brockton.  Hail 
to  the  honors  of  teacher  and  taught !  1 


C.  E.  Chamberlin,  of  Iowa  Falls,  Iowa,  declares  as  if  he 
meant  it  that  "The  Journal  is-a  great  paper,  and  should  have 
the  support  of  all  of  our  students."  We  positively  declare 
that  he's  right. 

Victor  Lee  Dodson,  Principal  of  the  Wilkes-Barre  Business 
College,  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  is  just  one  year  old  as  a  school 
proprietor  of  this  fine  commercial  school.  In  new  premises, 
with  a  faculty  of  five  efficient  helpers,  and  all  necessary 
equipment,  he  is  having  success  in  teaching  105  day  students 
and  76  night  students.  The  Wilkes-Barre  Board  of  Trade 
Journal  gives  Mr.  Dodson  and  his  school  well-merited  praise. 

Two  statements  startle  us  as  we  look  at  the  letter-head  of 
the  Burdett  College,  Boston,  Mass.,  the  latter  of  which  we 
have  never  seen  put.  thus  plainly  elsewhere.  1.  "Larger 
than  all  other  Commercial  Schools  and  Shorthand  Schools 
in  Boston  combined."  2.  "Situations  supplied  free  for  Bur- 
dett graduates  during  life." 

A.  D.  Wilt,  President  of  the  Miami  Commercial  College, 
Dayton,  O.,  encloses  his  check  to  us  for  The  Journal,  and 
expresses  his  pleasure  at  our  "showing  such  encouraging 
signs  of  vigorous  life." 

H.  W.  English,  formerly  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  has  removed  to 
Pottstown,  Pa.,  and  submits  to  our  inspection  several  most 
worthy  specimens  of  penmanship,  of  which  as  we  may  hon- 
estly say,  "If  all  Americans  wrote  as  neatly,  plainly,  beau- 
tively,  we  would  be  examples  for  the  world." 

In  Browne's  Brooklyn  Business  College,  April  22,  1911,  at 
o'clock,  p.  m.,  a  school  champion  typewriting  contest  will  be 
held,  under  the  charge  of  J.  N.  Kimball.  Full  information 
furnished  by  David  H.  O'Keefe,  179  Marcy  Ave.,  Brooklyn. 
Prizes  will  be  given.  The  Contest  is  under  the  auspices  of 
the  National  Associaton  of  Isaac  Pitman  Shorthand  Teachers 
and  Writers. 

Spokane  "goes  wild"  over  the  prospect  of  having  the  next 
Federation  meeting  of  commercial  proprietors  and  teachers  in 
1912.  R.  J.  Maclean,  Secretary  of  the  Spokane  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  estimates  that  there  will  be  1,500  members  of  the 
Federation  present  and  an  equal  number  of  visitors. 

The  Chamber  of  Commerce  sent  the  following  tele- 
gram to  Enos  Spencer,  president  of  the   federation,  in 

Chicago : 

"In  behalf  of  the  governors  of  the  Pacific  northwest 
states,  the  mayors  of  the  cities  of  these  states,  and  of 
the  chambers  of  commerce  and  commercial  schools  of 
Washington,  Oregon,  Idaho,  Montana,  Alberta  and 
British  Columbia,  from  whom  you  received  cordial  in- 
vitations to  come  to  the  Pacific  northwest  and  meet  in 
annual  convention  in  Spokane,  we  thank  you  and 
through  you  every  member  of  the  National  Commer- 
cial Teachers'  Federation  for  your  consideration  and 
acceptance  of  these  invitations,  and  again  assure  you 
that  a  real  western  welcome  awaits  you  in  Spokane,  and 
in  all  the  other  cities  of  the  entire  Pacific  northwest. 
The  vast  agricultural,  horticultural,  mining  and  lum- 
ber resources,  the  superior  climate  and  the  magnificent 
scenery  will  be  a  revelation  to  you  and  you  will  enjoy 
every  minute  of  your  visit  in  this  great  growing 
country.  We  wish  you  and  each  of  your  mambers  a 
very  happy  and  orosperous  new  year." 


Department  of   Ornamental  Writing 

Plates   by   F.   W.  TAMBLYN 


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^K^^^^^^^^^^ 


RECENT  JOURNAL  VISITORS. 

H.  B.  Slater,  Newtown,  N.  Y.,  High  School. 
W.  D.  Sears,  Drake  College,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
J.  C.  Barber,  B.  &  S.  Business  College,  Providence,  R.  I. 
N,  A.  Fulton,  High  School,  Derby,  Conn. 
F.  P.  Baltz,  Eastern  District  High  School,  Brooklyn.  N.  V 
Miss  Mabel  E.  Rice,  Eagan  School,  Union  Hill,  N.  J. 
Philetta  M.  Radclift'e,  Woodbury  Business  College,  Los  An- 
geles, Calif. 

Clyde  L.  Newell,  Wood's  School,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

B.  F.  Wilson,  St.  Cloud,  Fla. 

A.  B.  Wraught,  Pittsfield,  Mass. 

M.  M.  Van  Ness,  High  School,  Hoboken,  N.  J 

F.  B.  Hess,  Heffley  School,  Brooklyn,  N.  V. 

D.  H.  O'Keefe,  Brooklyn,  N    Y. 


The  Missouri  Valley  Commercial  Teachers'  Association 
paid  the  educational  journals  a  very  nice  compliment  by  giv- 
ing them  free  some  advertising  space  in  their  program  with 
the  following  statement :  "Professional  Journals :  These 
journals  have  been  loyal  supporters  of  our  Association,  and 
deserve  the  patronage  of  every  member.  Every  wide-awake 
teacher  should  subscribe  for  one  or  more  of  them,  for  they 
are  the  best  in  the  world." 

It  is  not  for  the  professional  journals  themselves  to  speak 
of  the  work  they  are  doing  for  business  education,  but  the 
fact  remains,  nevertheless,  that  there  are  those  who  little 
think  of  the  time,  money  and  thought  devoted  to  professional 
interests  that  is  given  by  these  magazines.  An  expression  of 
appreciation  such  as  this  appeals  very  strongly  to  the  pub- 
lishers. 


22  QU)p  Sitstttpsa  Journal 

DEPARTMENT    OF    ADVANCED    BOOKKEEPING.  THE  SPECIAL  COLUMN  JOURNAL. 
Problems  and  Solutions  by  F.  P.  Baltz,  B.  C.  S.  By    Clyde    L.    Newell. 
JOURNAL  ENTRIES  TO  CLOSE  THE  LEDGER  OF  A.  &  B.  Solution  of  the  exercise  appearing  in  the  January  Jour- 
Dec.  31,  1909 — (Journal  page  4).  na\t 

L.F.  AUGUST    1,    1910.                                             1 

10  Goods    Returned    to    Cred.tor 2100.  

10                      T,°     Purcliases      '  Bills     Accts.  Sundry  L.F                                                 Sundry     Accts.  Bills 

Rec.       Pay. Rec.     Pay. 

10  Sales     : 1200.  F.  B.  Conner  and  Chas. 

10                      To    Goods    Returned   by    Customers...                            1200.  Enderton  have  this  day 

'"  formed     a     co-partner- 

~                 .                                                                           moftriri  ship    in    the    Furniture 

10  Trading    Account 102600.  business     at     303  Main 

10                      To    Mdse.    Inventory 11000.  g         under      the      nrm 

10                       "     Purchases      82900.  name  of  Conner  &  Fn- 

10                       "     Salaries    and    Wages 6000.  derton    Furniture    Co 

10                       ''     Rent      3300.  investing     their     assets 

10                                Insurance      400.  and          liabiiities          as 

shown    in    the    follow- 

10  Insurance    (newacct) 200.  „.,  „,           rAwfc^hant  ft  caf, 

10                    To   Insurance    (old   acct.) 200.  2378.82          Cash^ck^bankft  safe. 

469.30  Accts.  Rec.     per  sched- 

10   Trading     Account     650.  ule    A. 

10                      To   Salaries  and   Wages    (new  acct.)..                              250.  376.80                                        B.     Rec.     4     mo.     note 

10                       "     Rent     (new    acct.) 300.  with  int.  6% 

•■  3.39          Int.     54ds.   on  above. 

„, 240.               Fur.  &  Fixt.  per  invt. 

10  Sales     96800.  125.               Insurance       unexpired 

10  Mdse.    Inventory    (new    acct.) 22600.  prem. 

10                      To    Trading    Account 119400.  825t               Horse  &  wagon  per 

invt. 

10.  Trading     Account     16250.  Accts.    Pay-    P«   «"ed- 

10                      To   Profit   and   Loss   Account 16250.  „                              u,e    B-       896-48 

..  B.     pay.     90    da.     note 

with   int.   6%  157.8* 

10   Interest      200.  Int.    26    da.    on   above                .68 

10                      To    Interest    Rec    Accrued    (old    acct)                              200.  F.    B.    Conner    net    in- 
vestment     9848.95 

10  Interest   Pay    Accrued    (old    acct.) 150.  2466.27           Cash  certified  check. 

10                      To    Interest     160.  .  4245.39           Mdse.  per  invt. 

354.50  Fur.  &  Fixt.  per  invt. 

10  Profit  and   Loss  Account 22653.  .            si0°-               Real   Estate   303    Maj» 

10                      To    General    Expense    3000.  .          _                    =?*■ 

10                         "      Interest      ......                                                                        470.  350'                Andrew  Carmer  Accts. 

10                        "      Interest    Pay    Accrued    (new    acct)                                  160.  „_                                                 „      „                             Eec- 

10                     "     Disc't    on    Sales 3000.  500.                                          B.    Rec.        acceptance. 

10                       "     Coll.    and    Exch 230.  83.63           Expense       3/2    t.    coal 

10                       "     Reserve    for    Bad    Debts 1960.  „     .  ,  ,           ^-j*  V',?          ,,n0 

10                       "     Furniture    and    Fixtures 80.  a^'A'm,    uT"d     bl11         J?'08 

10                       "     Surplus     1000.  '      A.    Miller  Accts.  pay         465. 

10                       "     A  Private  Acct 4244.33  Dean  tur.  Lo.  Accts. 

10                         "      B          "          "       8488.67  „     „          .„    ,        Pa7       1020., 5 

10  Interest    Receivable    Accrued    (new    acct.) 203.  B-   ¥aV-   60  da;    "°'e 

10  Disc't     on     Purchases 5000.  .,     .,    ,        '"'■«%                                    "6. 

10   Income     on     Investments                                                        1200  on  aDove              2.02 

10                      To    Profit    and  'Loss.':.:.'.'.'::::::::::                            6403.  Chas-    Enderton    net 

.<  investment      9533.94 

W  Furniture    and    Fixture    (newacct.) 720.  241.94                          Thos.      Matthews      ac- 

10                      To  Furniture  and  Fixtures   (old  acct.)                              720.  cepted   30  da    dft 

B.    Pay.    in   full'  inv.' 

10  Reserve   for  Bad   Debts   (old  acct.) 2360.  due  to-day                                 241.94 

10                      To  Reserve  for  Bad  Debts  (new  acct.)                            2360.  12 

380.69  Dean     Fur.     Co.     gave 

10  Surplus    (old    acct.) 4300  „  „c           „.              note   on   acct. 

10                      To    Surplus     (new    acct.) 4300.  3.65           Dis.        67  ds. 

.•  B.  Rec.  4  mo.  note          376.80 

,  „    .    „  .                        ,  ,,            .  Int.  4  mo.  on  above               7.54 

10  A  Private   Acct.    (old  acct.) 2144.33  17 

10                    To   A   Private  Acct.    (new  acct.) 2144.33  275,              B.  Pay.  drew  on  acct. 

2.75  Int.     60     ds.     on     note 

10  B    Private    Acct.    (old    acct.) 6138.67  dne,  Andrew   Carner 

10  To    B    Private    Acct.    (new   acct.) 51.38.67        .  t0"day  277,75 

876.80   622.63   21647.80  Ford.   22195.24   277.75   674.24 

Questions. — Close  A   &   B's  ledger   and   prepare   a   balance  =                                                                       — 

sheet  Dec.  31,  1909.     See   December  Journal  for   facts  and  2                                      AUGUST  24    1910 

January  Journal  for  trading  and  profit  and  loss  statement.  ' 

The  Ledger  will  appear  in  the  March  issue  and  the  Balance  |™f'    A,«ts-  Sundry  L'F                                   Sundry    A£'cs'  ^ 

Sheet  in  the  April  issue.  876.80   628.M   21647.80                                              Ford.   22195.24   277^75   67M4 

No   entries   are   given    for   the   remaining   accounts   as   the  121-36                                 B-    Ree-    30   da.    note 

procedure  is  very  simple  in  each  case.     A's  and  B's  capital  C.  A.  Mason  in  full 

accounts  remain  as  in  the  trial  balance,  the  net  gain  having  25            a°Ct'                  121-36 

been  carried  to  their  private  accounts.     It  is  assumed  that  it  806'18                    Wm-    KenneyonReamctd 

is  the  intention  of  the  partners  to  preserve  the  capital  invest-  B.  Bixler  N.  Y.  dft.' 

ments  at  $10,000  and  $20,000  and  withdraw  net  profits  soon  Mdse.    Dis.   3%'^                 S°°' 

after  the  books   are   closed;   that  any   net  losses   are   to   be  „„   amt-  pd-            6-18 

charged  against  surplus  ;  that  the  partners  are  not  to  overdraw  65.            Mdse.  Retd  to  us  an 

their  private  account  balances  to  any  great  extent.  Andrew  Carmer^oak                  ^ 

In  the  Trading  and  Profit  and  Loss  Statement,  which  was      998  16 99g  16         B    Rec31Dr 

published    in    the    January    Journal,    the    word    "Unexpired"  '      828.81       828.81         Accts.   Pay/'Dr.              664.ii664.il 

should  have  appeared  under  the  title  of  "Insurance"  instead  . .  B.CC'payRe  Cr. Cr'         674-24  6U-2i 

of  the  word  "Unpaid."  23539.77                                          23539.77 


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ENGRAVERS'  SCRIPT. 
By  C.  E.  Sorber. 

This  plate  shows  the  capital  letters, 
and  you  will  have  a  chance  to  try 
your  skill  in  making  them.  Measure 
off  the  spacing  with  a  pair  of  dividers 
or  compass,  and  rule  with  a  T  square. 
Use  a  medium  hard  pencil,  rule  light- 
ly, so  the  lines  can  be  easily  erased. 
I  usually  allow  at  least  an  inch  and 
a  half  margin  on  the  paper,  thus 
greatly  improving  the  looks  of  the 
work. 

It  is  better  to  excel  in  the  execu- 
tion of  the  small  letters  than  the  cap- 
itals. The  capital  stem  is  the  founda- 


tion  for  nearly  one-half  of  the  capital 
letters.  I  make  it  three  spaces  high. 
Exercise  No.  1  illustrates  the  stem. 
Exercise  No.  2  shows  how  I  make  the 
dot  of  the  stem.  The  curves  at  the 
bottom  of  the  stem  are  round  and  full. 
They  should  not  be  made  too  flat. 
The  first  part  of  A  is  made  the  same 
as  the  stem  of  P,  only  it  should  not 
be  shaded.  The  last  part  begins  light 
at  the  top,  and  grows  wider  as  it 
nears  the  base  line.  The  stem  of 
the  I  should  be  made  with  more  of 
a  curve  than  the  P  and  B.  -I  make 
the  second  shaded  stroke  as  heavy 
as  the  stem.  Cross  the  stem  a  space 
and  a  fifth  above  the  base  line. 


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ing help,  and  you  will  find,  as  with  success,  so  with  favors 
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the  world  sees  all  others  helping  you,  they  do  the  same.  Men 
will  push  you  along  if  you  seem  to  be  going  along,  but  if  you 
falter  on  the  road,  they  either  hesitate  or  help  to  push  you 
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News  of  the  Profession. 

Buena  Vista  College,  of  Storm 
Lake,  Iowa,  is  a  school  of  very  high 
grade,  with  fourteen  teachers,  and  has 
recently  incorporated  with  itself  the 
Estherville  Business  College  equip- 
ment, good  will  and  students,  and  E. 
E.  Strawn  becomes  the  popular  and 
energetic  head  of  the  Business  de- 
partment. Iowa  is  famous  for  its 
colleges,  and  Storm  Lake  holds  a  high 
position  among  them. 

Ferris  Institute,  Big  Rapids,  Mich., 
under  the  personal  direction  of  W.  N. 
Ferris,  holds  a  leading  position  in 
Michigan  school  work.  Ferris  Insti- 
tute is  in  closest  touch  with  every 
college  in  the  State,  including  the 
University  of  Michigan.  In  the  Fall 
term  of  1910  690  students  were  en- 
rolled, and  for  the  mid-winter  term 
1200  are  assured.  A  specialty  of  Fer- 
ris Institute  is  the  preparation  of 
competent  teachers  for  commercial 
and  shorthand  schools.  Looking  at 
the  faculty  of  twenty-six  we  are  com- 
pelled to  say,  "If  brains,  energy  and 
success  are  mirrored  in  the  human 
countenance,  these  men  and  women 
have  these  in  abundance." 

The  Gregg  School,  Chicago,  Illi- 
nois. In  the  catalogue  we  see  Broth- 
er Gregg  looking  as  happy  as  if  he 
owned  the  world;  and  he  knows  he 
does  in  a  large  measure.  Forty  pages 
of  an  elegantly  printed  booklet  tell 
us  of  the  "beginnings"  of  the  Gregg 
School  in  1896,  in  one  room,  with  one 
teacher  and  one  pupil,  and  its  devel- 
opment until  it  holds  its  prominent 
position  in  the  Thomas  Church  Build- 
ing on   Wabash  Avenue. 

The  Alberta  Business  College  Cal- 
endar is  before  us,  bearing  the  Motto, 
"What  We  Have  Done  for  Others, 
We  Can  Do  For  You."  Alberta  Col- 
lege, in  Edmonton,  one  of  the  most 
thriving  cities  of  the  Dominion,  has 
a  fine  equipment  and  staff  of  experi- 
enced instructors.  Its  courses  are  of 
the  best,  and  Messrs.  E.  Scott  Eaton, 
R.  J.  McGregor,  Herbert  Lawrence 
and  David  Elston,  the  accomplished 
secretary  and  penman,  make  a  team 
which  is  rarely  equaled.  On  one  page 
of  this  calendar  we  find  the  picture 
of  a  portion  of  the  thirty-five  students 
who  have  received  certificates  of 
THE  BUSINESS  JOURNAL  during 
1909-10,  in  the  center  of  the  group 
being   their   leader,    Mr.    Elston. 

"Modern  Business"  is  a  stunner. 
It  is  published  by  the  Merchants  & 
Bankers'  Association.  A.  J.  Harding, 
President,  Newark,  N.  J.  H.  J.  Ste- 
vens is  Vice  Principal.  It  is  with 
cheerful  pride  that  Mr.  Harding  de- 
clares in  the  preface  of  his  magazine, 
"I  am  the  man  behind  the  Merchants' 
and  Bankers'  School;  it  is  my  life 
work.  My  time,  my  experience,  my 
personality,  my  whole  make-up  is 
here  for  the  benefit  of  the  students 
and  our  patrons.  Mv  school  is  not 
lacking  in  one  point."  The  illustra- 
tions are  apparently  the  chief  feature 
of  this  magazine,  to  tell  the  whole 
storv;  yet  a  little  booklet  of  14  pages 
neatly  prepared  and  printed  presents 
the  courses  and  the  tuition  rates  in 
succinct  form. 


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under  the  above  head  for  5c.  a  word, 
payable  in  advance.  Where  the  ad- 
vertiser uses  a  nom  de  plume  answers 
will  be  promptly  forwarded. 


Kellogg's  Teachers'  Agency,  31  Union  Square,  New 
York,  established  21  years,  has  more  calls  for  commer- 
cial teachers  in  eastern  high  schools  than  the  Agency  can  supply.  All  'round  teach- 
ers, fine  writers  needed,  not  shorthand  only.  No  charge  for  registration.  Com- 
petent teachers  easily  placed  by  this  agency.  Circulars  free  and  application  form. 
Write  to-day. 


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Engrosser  as  well  as  a  Normal  trained 
teacher  of  Bookkeeping,  etc.,  with  a  good  per- 
sonality, address  Opportunity  for  Big  School, 
c/o   Business  Journal. 

FOR  SALE— Business  College  in  Middle  West. 

Grand    opportunity    for   man    with    money    to 

buy  quick.     Address  "281,"  c/o  Business  Jour- 


SEPTEMBER   POSITIONS 

are  being  listed  with  us  daily.  If  you  are  not 
satisfied  with  your  present  position,  or  if  the 
chances  for  advancement  are  not  good,  get  in 
line  for  something  better  at  once.  We  have 
helped  many  others  to  better  positions  and 
know  that  we  will  not  disappoint  you. 

Southwest  Branch,  Bartlesville,  Okla. 
C.  D.  Foster,  Mgr. 


C.  F.  Nesse,  of  Heald's  Business 
College,  Chico,  California,  declares 
with  emphasis,  "The  Journal  is  all 
right.  I  am  glad  you  started  a  Pub- 
lic School  Department.  A  good  fea- 
ture. I  shall  try  to  get  the  Public 
School  teachers  to  join." 

The  tastefulness  with  which  the 
program  of  the  National  Commer- 
cial Teachers'  Federation,  Chicago, 
111.,  has  been  prepared  and  printed  de- 
mands at  least  a  brief  notice.  The  first 
page  has,  as  its  chief  feature,  the  col- 
ored representation  of  the  badge  to 
be  worn  by  the  members  of  the  Fed- 
eration, and  the  last  page  gives  the 
delegates  an  idea  of  the  hostelry  to 
which  they  go  on  arrival;  the  inner 
pages  give  in  outline  the  subjects  to 
be  discussed  in  the  subsidiary  meet- 
ings of  the  Federation. 

The  Ohio  University  Bulletin,  Sou- 
venir Edition  for  the  Ohio  Univer- 
sity Summer  School  of  1910,  is  one 
of  the  most  striking  volumes  of  178 
pages  to  which  our  attention  has  ever 
been  called.  We  have  taken  the  pains 
to  count  the  most  interesting  and  il- 
lustrative photographs,  cuts  and  dia- 
grams in  volume,  and  they  amount  to 
more  than  250.  Seven  hundred  and 
seventy-six  students  were  in  the  Sum- 
mer Schools,  with  a  faculty  of  48 
members.  This  sumptuous  volume 
is  a  most  expensive  and  valuable  pre- 
sentation of  one  of  Ohio's  great  Uni- 
versities, of  which  there  are  several, 
and  will  be  assuredly  prized  by  every 
alumnus  andalumna  of  the  Ohio  Uni- 
versity. 


San  Francisco  takes  two  of  our  men  at  $1800 

San  Francisco  Business  College  took  our  man  for  the  head 
of  their  Gregg  Shorthand  Department  at  $1S00.  Healds 
Business  College  started  the  New  Year  with  our  candidate 
at  the  head  of  their  Business  Practice  Department  at  a  sal- 
ary of  $1S00. 

If  you  want  a  better  position  before  September,  or  for 
next  year  write  us  now.     We  get  results.     Let  us  assist  you. 

THE  SPECIALISTS'  EDUCATIONAL  BUREAU 
Robed  A.  Grant.  Mgr.     Luther  B.  D'Armond,  Associate  Mgr.     Webster  Groves,  SL  Louis,  Mo. 


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HIGH  SCHOOL  POSITIONS  IN  1  4  STATES 

During  the  past  few  weeks  we  have  filled  from  ONE  to  FIVE  High  School  Positions  in  each 
of  fourteen  different  states.     Salaries  from  $60  to  $150  per  month. 

WE  NEED  MORE  GOOD  COMMERCIAL  TEACHERS 

Free  rCEistration  if  you  mention  this  JOURNAL. 

CONTINENTAL    TEACHERS'   AGENCY,      Bowling  Green,  Ky. 


MIDLAND   SPECIALISTS'    BUREAU 


WARRENSBURG,  MO. 

Specialists  for  every  department  are  in  demand.     We  charge  no 
trouble  to  answer  questions.     Thoroughly   reliable. 


ollment  ins      Write  ui.     N« 


MORE    THAN  FIFTY    REQUESTS  

For  commercial  teachers  last  season,  for  which  we  had  no  candidates  available.  Filled 
Dme  excellent  positions,  but  need  more  men!  Calls  from  high  schools,  colleges  and  busi- 
ess  colleges.     Write  to-day. 

CENTRAL    TEACHERS'    AGENCY,    COLUMBUS,    OHIO. 


You  Never  Can  Tell 

when  some  school  will  want  a  teacher  of  your  qualifications.  The  only  safe 
thing  to  do  is  to  register  with  us  and  be  ready.  Don't  think  that  because  it  is 
late  in  the  season  there  is  no  business.  There  are  calls  every  week  in  the 
year  for  teachers  in  some  branch. 

UNION  TEACHERS'  BUREAU,  229  Broadway,  New  York. 


WINTER    WORK 

This  is  written  "the  morning  after" — Christmas;  just  a  few 
minutes  before  our  manager  starts  for  the  Chicago  convention.  The 
editor  says  lie  must  have  copy  by  January  1,  and  so  we  must  be 
brief.  Among  December  calls,  three  came  from  the  Pacific  Coast 
and  one  from  the  Middle  West,  for  principals,  at  from  $1500  up. 
Every  sign  points  to  a  large  volume  of  business  for  this  Agency  in 
1911.  We  want  to  help  you,  whether  teacher  or  principal.  Our 
acquaintance,  our  experience,  our  carefully  organized  office  machin- 
ery are  all  at  your  service.     We  wish  you  a  prosperous  1911. 

THE    NATIONAL    COMMERCIAL    TEACHERS*    AGENCY 

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PENS! 
Have  you  ever  used  a  pen  that  gave  entire 
satisfaction?  A  pen  that  would  slide  easily 
over  any  kind  of  paper?  Eight  2-cent  stamps 
gets  three  dozen  of  just  the  pen  for  business 
writing. 

THE  BUSINESS  JOURNAL, 
229  Broadway,  New  York. 


NEWS     OF     THE     PROFESSION. 

C.  L.  Walters,  of  The  Bedford  Busi- 
ness University,  Bedford,  Indiana,  re- 
ports the  largest  enrollment  in  five 
years'  experience.  He  also  reports 
that  the  interest  in  Penmanship  in 
the  County  is  so  great  that  it  makes 
large  promise  for  his  school  in  the 
future. 

We  have  received  the  Program  of 
the  Graduating  Exercises,  on  Friday, 
Dec.  16,  of  the  Eastman-Gaines 
School  of  the  City  of  New  York.  The 
Program  is  beautifully  illustrated  by 
the  pictures  of  the  building,  owned 
by  the  School  in  which  it  is  located, 
and  claimed  to  be  "the  handsomest 
and  best  equipped  building  devoted 
to  commercial  work  in  the  United 
States,"  by  pictures  of  Clement  Car- 
rington  Gaines,  President,  and  Hen- 
ry Venable  Gaines,  Principal,  of  the 
Institution.  It  also  presents  a  list  of 
the  students  of  the  year. 

Spaulding  Commercial  College, 
Kansas  City,  Mo.,  under  James  F. 
Spaulding,  A.  M.,  sends  forth  an  ex- 
ceedingly attractive  souvenir  Pro- 
gram of  its  forty-fifth  Anniversary, 
given  under  the  auspices  of  the  S.  C. 
C.  Literary  Society.  This  program 
was  almost  exclusively  musical,  show- 
ing business  and  the  arts  going  gra- 
ciously hand  in  hand.  We  congratu- 
late Mr.  Spalding  and  his  School  on 
their   great   prosperity. 

T.  P.  McMenamin,  Broad  &  Vine 
Streets,  Philadelphia,  with  twenty 
years'  experience  as  an  examiner  of 
questioned  handwriting,  was  recently, 
as  expert,  called  in  a  case  where,  by 
a  clever  interpolation,  a  document  was 
made  to  take  the  form  of  a  Will,  in- 
volving many  thousand  dollars.  It  is 
possible  this  case  may  be  written  up 
for  our   columns. 

Large  enterprises  should  be  large- 
ly advertised,  and  here  comes  a  full 
page  Ad.  in  a  large-sized  paper, 
"THE  UNIVERSITY  MISSOU- 
RIAN,"  Columbia,  Mo.  This  is  the 
announcement  in  captivating  form 
of  the  Columbia  Business  College, 
and  its  unparalleled  offer  of  a  life- 
scholarship  in  either  its  commercial 
or  shorthand  departments,  or  the  two 
combined,  and  signed  by  its  Presi- 
dent, C.  E.  Baldwin.  Success  to  this 
caterer  to  young  people. 

The  Vermont  Business  College, 
Burlington,  Vt.,  does  not  "put  its 
light  under  a  bushel,"  but  sends  forth 
a  large  annual  calendar,  suitable  for 
the  walls  of  a  business  office  or  a  li- 
brary, to  be  examined  every  month 
of  the  year.  A  holiday  sermon  and 
a  Greeting  on  another  sheet  accom- 
pany  the    calendar. 

It  is  a  wonder  that  the  picture  pos- 
tal card  has  not  been  more  largely 
used  in  the  furtherance  of  Business 
Education.  But  here  we  have  it.  The 
Dakota  Business  College,  Fargo, 
North  Dakota.  "The  Great  Business 
Training  School  of  the  North  West," 
delights  our  eyes  by  two  tastefully 
colored  postals  representing  its  large 
building  with  its  new  addition,  and 
also  the  immense  room  devoted  to  the 
Department  of  Commerce  and  Bank- 
ing. Such  cards  as  these  cannot  fail 
to  give  a  strong  impression  of  the 
quality  and  .enterprise  of  a  great 
school. 


I  ASSERT 


ARISTOS 

OR 

JANES' 

SHADELESS 
SHORTHAND 

Is  the  best  System  of  Short- 
hand for  the  Court,  the  Senate, 
the  Office  or  the  School.  It 
is  the  equal  of  any  as  regards 
to  speed,  and  superior  to  aUas 
to  legibility  and  simplicity. 

The  many   schools   that 
adopted  it  last  season  are 
unanimous  in  their  praise 
and   without  an  exception 
state  that   they   graduated 
better  writers  in  a  shorter 
time,  their  Shorthand  De- 
partments were  improved  and  attendance  increased 
Teacher's    Course   Free.-Wnte   for   particulars 
EDWARD  TOBY,  F.  A.  A.— C.  C.  A.-President 

Toby's  Schools  of  Correspondence 

156  Fifth  Ave.,  Dept.  1,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 
or  Waco,  Texas,  Drawer  5. 


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BUSINESS  SCHOOL  DIRECTORY 

Catalogues  and  circulars  of  the 
schools  named  below  will  be  sent  free 
upon    application. 

SPENCERIAN         COMMERCIAL 
SCHOOL 
Louisville,    Kentucky. 
Enos  Spencer,  President. 

RASMUSSEN 
Practical    Business    School 

St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Walter  Rasmussen,  Proprietor. 

COLEMAN  NATL  BUSINESS  COL- 
LEGE, NEWARK,  NEW  JERSEY. 
E.  B.  Coleman,   Pres. 

A.  S.  Disbrow,  Sec.-Treas. 

UTICA    SCHOOL   OF    COMMERCE, 

UTICA,  N.  Y. 

T.  J.  Risinger,  Principal  and  Proprietor. 

W.   S.   Risinger,   Secretary. 

Eastman-Gaines    Schools 

For  information  address  Marshall  V.  Gaines, 
Principal,  km  Wa-hniKton  St..  Poughkcepsie, 
N.  Y.,  or  Henry  V.  Gaines.  Principal,  Lenox 
Ave.  and   123d   St.,  New  York,  N.   Y. 

Founded   18S9  as  Eastman   National   Business    College 
Academic,      Business      and      Correspondence 
Departments.,    Accounting,    Bookkeeping,    Com- 
merce  and    Finance,    Stenography,    Telegraphy, 
Typewriting,  Penmanship.     Catalog  on  request. 
CLEMENT  C.  GAINES.  M.  A.,  L.L.  D.,  President. 

PROFESSIONAL  CARDS. 

Penmen  whose  names  appear  below 
will  be  glad  to  fill  orders  for  all  kinds 
of  pen   work.       Write   for  terms. 

J.  D.  RICE, 

Chillicothe  Bus.  Col.  &  Nor.  School, 

Chillicothe,  Mo. 

HANDWRITING  EXPERTS. 

WILLIAM  H.  SHAW 

Examiner   of    Handwriting 

Yonge  &  Gerrard  Sts.,  Toronto. 

MARSHALL  D.   EWELL 
Microscopical     Expert    and    Examiner 
of   Questioned    Handwriting,   Ink,   Etc. 

26   Years  of  Court  Experience. 

69  Clark  Street,  Chicago,  III. 

JOHN  T.  GARLAND 

36  South  5th  St.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Questioned    Writings   and    Anonymous    Letteri 

Examined. 

GEORGE  W.  WOOD 

Examiner  of  Questioned   Documents 

Pittsburgh.   Pa. 

25  Years  Continuous  Practice 

GEORGE   H.   KING, 
Denver  National  Bank,  Denver. 

Examiner  of  Questioned  Handwriting. 
Ink  and  Paper. 
Fifteen    Years'    Experience. 

AUGUST  HARTKORN,  C.  P.  A. 
Expert    Examiner    of    Disputed    Docu- 
ments and  Accounts. 
41  Park  Row,  New  York  City. 


NEWS  OF  THE  PROFESSION 

R.  J.  Maclean,  for  some  years  the 
hustling  superintendent  of  Goldey 
College,  is  now  the  "man  at  the  front" 
in  the  various  enterprises  of  the  Spo- 
kane Chamber  of  Commerce,  Spo- 
kane, Washington.  Through  his 
wideawakeness,  Chamber  of  Commerce 
Luncheons  are  held  every  Tuesday 
at  12  o'clock.  See  what  a  practical 
bill  of  fare  he  presents  in  addition  to 
the  attractions  for  the  physical  man: 
Dec.  20.  Industrial  Day;  Dec.  27,  In- 
surance Day;  Jan.  3,  City  Water  Day; 
Jan.  10,  Commercial  Commissioners' 
Day;  Jan.  17,  Wholesalers'  Day;  Jan. 
24,  Real  Estate  Day;  etc.  He  invites 
us  to  "drop  in  and  talk  it  over."  Alas, 
Alas,  we  have  no  flying  machine  or 
Pegasus.    What   shall   we   do? 

"Dennis  does  it."  Our  Dennis. 
Your  Dennis.  The  Brooklyn  Dennis. 
The  great  Penman,  Dennis.  He  is 
one  of  the  most  designing  men  we 
ever  knew.  He  illuminates  every- 
thing he  touches.  He  is  thoroughly 
engrossed  in  many  undertakings.  He 
does  do  things.  W.  E.  Dennis  does 
not  need  picture  postal  cards;  he 
makes  them.  He  makes  pen-picture 
postals  which  are  truly  marvels  of  the 
penman's  art.  Witness  those  received 
in   this   office. 

N.  C.  Brewster,  the  well-known 
penman  of  Wellsboro,  Pa.,  has  been' 
called  to  pass  through  the  waters  of 
affliction,  in  the  loss  of  his  mother, 
Mrs.  Clara  A.  Brewster,  who  died  at 
her  home  in  Waverly,  N.  Y.,  on  Dec. 
6,  after  a  long  illness,  at  the  age  of 
sixty-nine. 

We  have  received  No.  8,  Vol.  XII, 
of  "PROGRESS,"  the  monthly  paper 
of  the  The  Parsons  Business  College, 
Parsons,  Kansas,  edited  by  J.  C.  Ol- 
son, President.  Very  few  commer- 
cial schools  publish  a  magazine  which 
can  compare  with  this  one  of  twelve 
pages  and  a  cover.  An  attractive 
flashlight  picture  of  the  College  Ban- 
quet, cuts  of  J.  D.  Carter,  Principal 
of  the  Business  Department,  Miss 
Clara  Sayre,  Principal  of  the  Short- 
hand Department,  and  of  twenty  or 
more  students  now  in  paying  posi- 
tions, with  other  illustrations,  besides 
rich  and  entertaining  reading  matter, 
constitute  the  presentation  of  the 
Business  School  which  will  celebrate 
its  Twentieth  Anniversary  on  Janu- 
ary 14,  1911. 

The  Catalogue  of  the  Baker  City 
Normal  and  Business  College,  Baker 
City,  Oregon,  has  reached  our  desk. 
A.  L.  McCauley  is  the  Principal.  The 
curriculum  and  the  claims  and  possi- 
bilities of  the  institution  are  well  pre- 
sented. There  is  a  vast  population 
in  Baker  and  other  counties,  with  five 
hundred  mines,  and  the  youth  of  these 
mining  homes  have  a  fine  local  school 
in  which  to  study  for  the  world's 
work. 


For  OVER  FIFTY  YEARS  have 
maintained    their    superiority   for 

Quality  of  Metal, 

Workmanship, 
Uniformity, 

Durability. 

NO.  1   COLLEGE 

The  Pen  for  expert  and  careful  writers. 
10  pens  and  2  penholders  with  Cork  and 
Rubber  finger  tips  sent  post  paid  on  receipt 
of   10  CENTS  in  coin  or  stamps. 

SPENCERIAN  PEN  CO., 

349  Broadway,  New  York. 


PENMAN 

WESTERN 

STATE 

NORMAL 

Specimen    Letter,    Business   Hand $  .60 

Specimen    Letter    Ornamental    and    Super- 
fine      76 

Wedding   Invitations,   dozen 1.60 

Written    Cards — very    fine,    dozen 26 

12   Lessons  in   Business   Writing 7.60 

DIPLOMAS    ENGROSSED— German    or    Old 
English,    j    A    STRYKER,  Kearney,  Nebr. 


ANNOUNCEMENT! 

October  1st  we  moved  our  entire  plant  from  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  This  move 
was  made  because  the  great  demand  for  "20th  Century  Bookkeeping"  supplies  makes  it  necessary 
for  us  to  be  located  where  we  can  get  the  best  shipping  facilities. 

If  you  are  not  familiar  with  our  sets  get  acquainted  with  them.     Address, 

SOUTH-WESTERN  PUBLISHING  CO., 
Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


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Why  do 

Monarch  Operators 

attain  the  greatest  proficiency 
in  speed  and  accuracy—in  quan- 
tity and  quality  of  work—due  to 

MONARCH    Light   Touch. 

**It  is  a  boon  to  teacher  and  pupil. 
**It  lightens  the  task  of  both. 
**It  makes  the  MONARCH. 

The  Typewriter  for  the 
Business  School 


Do  you  train  BILLING  OPERATORS?  Won't  it  pay  you  to 
investigate  our  Billing  and  Special  machines  with  a  view  to 
installing  such  a  department? 


THE  MONARCH  TYPEWRITER  COMPANY 


The  Monarch  Typewriter  Building 


300  Broadway,  New  York. 


ANY- 


UNDERWOOD 
OPERATOR 


knows  why  the  majority  of  commercial  schools  throughout  the  country  teach  the 
UNDERWOOD. 

Any  Underwood  Operator  can  tell  you  why  the  majority  of  typewriters  in  the 
majority  of  Commercial  Schools  throughout  the  country  are  UNDERWOODS. 

Any  Underwood  operator  can  tell  you  that  the  BEST  positions  in  the  business 
world  are  UNDERWOOD  positions. 

Any  Underwood  operator  will  tell  you  that  UNDERWOOD  operators  are  always 
in  demand. 

Ask  any  Underwood  operator  or  write 

UNDERWOOD  TYPEWRITER  COMPANY 


241  BROADWAY 


(Incorporated) 


NEW  YORK 


ering    advertisements    please    mention    The    Business    Journal. 


Our  Latest 

School    Census 

just  completed,  shows  a  heavy  increase  over 
the  highest  previous  total  of  Remington 
Typewriters  used  in  business  schools.  It 
shows  a  2  to  1  Remington  majority  over 
any  other  typewriter. 

The   Remington    is    the   world's 
standard    Typewriter 


Hence  it  fol- 
lows that  "Miss 
Remington" 
is  the  world's 
standard  typist 
and  the  number 
of  "Miss  Rem- 
ingtons" is  grow- 
ing every  day. 
They  know  by 
experience  that 
it  pays  best  to 
operate  the  best 


Remington  Typewriter  Company 

(Incorporated) 

New  York  and  Everywhere