Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1863-11-26
Whiting.

the process OF teaching the simple. inecbo,,..
operation or writing, would seem Ia rr,,t'D Al
little study or calculation by these VIZ @le oui
It as mere initiative process ri. 80 'eeafu
ters Is easily impressed on the mini All , ,1
power OF initiating that form with sulbeian, 'uo
GU Hu practical purposes is suHieiep,I,.
". "oeu ~ neat anu handsomely written con.,
pooAS u "nole classes OF schO boys, wbo basgo
ncstr received what deserves the nnf,n ~ ua'e
tematio instruction. But il We fonw NJ, sys,
observe the result of this beginning No iuu
md that not one half carries into ,,,coo ','l
power to write paesnble business ham, az ,ne
the best Of those echoo-boy writer's mo- W.
Verest aoribbler. What Is the caiise tbon a. 'i0
falling off from the beautiful school. ha,' VI .ns
hand to tho illegible scrawl Of a cramnc5 Soly
tTemulous wrteri The answer ia that ~ rnos auu
initiate the forms of letters is one thina ny
power to produce the same forms with ease foa 0
dom ana uniformity IS quite different ibins
anu uepends on peculiar manipulation. reoni,
ring careful process Of training. The 6rRt ia
merely initiative and allied to drawing tbe o,ha 20
is the result of habit formed upon sn osasl
course of discipline, directed by the ipspni Sno
teacher to the end designed. 'Oue
10 write with the precision Of Commando
copies is Of little practical utility, unless bob;,
eau be established Of doing it with faoilite ani
rapidity. When this habit is formed eyerv NET
is unconscOusly made by the same movement ,I'lA
The handwriting is individualized uniform al
peculiar, 80 as to be at once sufficient Ia iden,iG
the writer. So long then as the nero aocnrooy
Of the copy-lue is regarded as the test of success
"lhout respect 10 me manner Of doing IT, We need
not wonder OF the thousand and one infalible
systems OF teaching writing which arc comna,nS
with successfully by not teaching at ali FSs,a
will result some good writer's under apv svslor,
There will also DO some indifferent writers nnJar
the best training, let charataus saw what ,bsv
may. Teaching, after the mere imitative nro'
GEES is mastered, can do no more than IN secnro
the easiest possible mode of performing Tim, i'm
itation That being accomplished all win Writo
better than they could possibly do under
cramped and disadvantageous movement Inf ali
will not write equally we'll. The cramned and
iIlegible scriOblers would disappear, but the bold
aud free natural writers would still surpass ali
that art could do for others, aud the sooner This
il acknowledged the better We shall be prenared
for thorough reform in the process of ipsirncI
ton. Writing eau only he performed with ease
with tho free use of what is known as the scriy
eners muscle, In many this is to a greater or
less extent Oliable, and varies from time
to time with the physical condition. The natural
writer is necessarily as incapable of apprecia
ting the difficulty as the dumb of the sense of
speaking. lie infers that others can do what ia
so easy TO himself, and the result is in most cases
u total failure 1t requires but little reflection
to be assured that the method of holding and
conducting the pen, which permits it to move
around the point Of performance to the greatest
distance, is the method that must ensure the
greatest power. For example, thc point where
the pen is wanted to perform is indicated by
dot, and if the hand and pen are placed right,
pith rcspecf 70 that point, the pen can be moved
round IL TO form n circle, of which the pont of
performance is tic centre, as in No. |.