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$AMERICAS HANDWRITING MAGAZINE \)>I£ Jf.Fl.Palmer Company, Publishers 55 Fiftfi Jlvenue, Jvew York^ • Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmsm$ PENMAN JANUARY In This Issue Handwriting in Modern Business Training By HAROLD F. HUDSON The Pen—A Mighty Weapon By VIVIAN HEARD Character Training in the Handwriting Lesson "Cheerfulness" is the theme of this month's article. By CATHERINE BOYLE Writing, Past and Present The Greek Alphabet By C. P. GARD Ornamental Signatures By S. E. BARTOW and other features Italjtttg All Wxxt W,tubttB A H?nj ifappg $foro f tut AMERICAS HANDWRITING MAGAZINE \)>i£ Jf.fl.Palmer Company, Publishers 55 Fiftfi Jlvenue, JVew York^ • mmmmmmmmmmmmmmsm 118 THE AMERICAN PENMAN January, 1936 The SUCCESS orf an IDEA Instruction in shorthand is now offered in the public high schools of 9,167 cities and towns in the United States. The following table shows the growth of shorthand in the public schools since 1914. ******** Percentage All Other Date Total Gregg Teaching In 1914 Gregg Shorthand was taught in the Cities Systems high schools of only 986 cities and towns in the Gregg United States. Today instruction in Gregg Short hand is offered in the public high schools of 9,117 1914 1,837 986 851 53.00% 1915 2,113 1,250 863 59.00% municipalities against 50 for all other shorthand 1916 2,414 1,559 855 64.00% systems combined. Since 1914 eight hundred 1917 2,692 1,899 793 70.00% public school communities have discarded the older 1918 2,899 2,171 728 75.00% shorthand systems for Gregg. 1919 3,321 2,652 669 80.00% 1920 3,677 3,053 624 83.00% A further analysis of the above figures reveals 1921 4,101 3,593 508 87.62% 1922 4,329 3,901 428 90.11% that since 1914 courses in commercial education, 1923 4,656 4,243 413 91.13% including courses in Gregg Shorthand, have been 1924 5,009 4,633 376 92.49% added to the curricula of 7,330 high schools— 1925 5,307 4,965 342 93.55% an average of 350 schools each year for the twenty- 1926 5,574 5,292 282 94.94% 1927 5,928 5,706 222 96.25% one year period. 1928 6,287 6,109 178 97.17% 1929 6,687 6,519 168 97.49% Almost without exception Gregg Shorthand is 1930 7,124 7,006 118 98.36% the system selected by high schools starting com 1931 7,454 7,353 101 98.63% mercial departments for the first time. In hun 1932 7,738 7,657 81 98.94% dreds of these schools it was the public demand 1933 8,089 8,015 74 99.07% 1934 8,362 8,294 68 99.19% for instruction in Gregg Shorthand that actually 1935 9,167 9,117 50 99.46% led to the organization of the commercial depart ment. Gregg Shorthand Supported by Service The service extended by The Gregg Publishing Company to schools teaching Gregg Short hand is unequalled by the publishers of any other system. This service includes a staff of expert teachers and demonstrators, a teachers' placement bureau, teachers' handbooks, scientific tests, measuring scales, graphs, charts, and other supplementary laboratory material direct from the modern business office. Gregg service, well known to all schools teaching Gregg Shorthand, has been a tremendous factor in the progress of Gregg Shorthand, now generally recognized as the standard shorthand system for American schools. 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He says: The Good Writers Club 127 Inaccuracies occur often in the marking of report cards. Even children know that they receive marks Ornamental Signatures and Design S. E. Bartow 128 too high or too low. Report cards are not very fair nor do they give the parents any very valuable infor Handwriting in Modern Business Training mation. They would be much more important if they told how the child behaves socially at school. Harold F. Hudson 129 Children are not benefited by being threatened with failure. Let them be told instead, again and again, Lessons in Engraver's Script R. M. Roudabush 130 that there will be no failures during the term. Make them understand this clearly. Teach them some of The Pen: A Mighty Weapon Vivian Heard 131 the finer things, the little niceties of life, the thought ful thing to do. Papeterie Manufacturer Hits at "Don't Write" Slogan 132 If schools must have report cards let them use some that really measure the child and show how he stands Writing, Past and Present C. P. Gard 133 this month as compared with last month instead of measuring him with his neighbor. Ornamental Capitals fames D. Todd 135 Letters written each month to the parents would Character Training in the Handwriting Lesson hardlv take more time than the old report card. They Catherine Boyle 136 would, however, tell infinitely more. Letters might read something like this: Students Specimen Department 138 My dear Mr. and Mrs.—; I am glad to make this report of Jack's work this month. He has been respectful, helpful, alert, willing and kind. His work is progressing nicely. He still needs a little extra help in remembering the harder combinations of the table of sixes. He has improved in his spelling and in his penmanship The A. N. 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