Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-08-27

man w~I1behoId them at pleasure, he must I
make use of1he laws-har exist for the anal
always lives prsferenee to c1FFes over an
rIe2 Ban bsaufT and egibilfy require that
al Flln4
al uoWnWer1 s1HuEts yexcepG lA eAph4
and 3 weEy 6eW otherfnStaueA - strA1ght.
mwriHng tins n Aaetifutto the eve. Of
Tezular in slant curve and space-thec curves
have an exact harmony In curvature and the
straightstEokes one slant. These cuEFesaEe
not taken from circles but from 0valss this
being more in a-cooEdance with
laws Of beauty D giving moe valley
spray foraRes naturally assume form OF
ovals and not globes. These facts al go 70
natural laws and is wherever you ind 1t
systematic and beautifdb. 1here1pre II IA
ling successfully it should be taught by sys-
1 tematic rules.
| which says never attempt 70 1enca t1at
| Whieh you don't quite under.tands be-
comes An Imperative necessity that every
/ teacher understand writing "stemat1ca
bef0reh he attempt 70 teach It.
l. It Is well known by all who have had ex-
hrst, and then OF system, that by the latter
method more can be accomplished in a sin
gle term, than can, by the former, in Q nall
dozen. There can be no question that the
/ only sure road 20 lead = student to an easy
and beautiful handwriting shy teaching
it asa science and SUBJECT 20 systematic
analysis and synthesis. Writing has Its
l~theroretteah and practical departments -
- ~
the theoretical must alWay pFecede apEuper
execution of the practical hence every
Teacher should understand the theory OF
p-eumanship or he eann0t teach 1t, and In
I deea hts is the cause OF writing being so
/ attempS Il at all. attemPtfo teach Thai for
which they have no theory, and their fall
as teacher are u-nacquainted with this
| part Of writing. so long Will this important
! branch Of every ones education be a fall
ure IN our common schools The board Of
examiners ought TO requ1re .knoWledge OF
tihtatrs to teach il, for as IhaFe said be-
fore, andfScIsar t0anyinwesliRaiing mind
writing can nOtbe successfully taught with
oggt S IDS n9we9gg c5fl 3 E RSs ny df WffSfn =
but some sysb-m should be taught in every
lEchoSf where writing is taughbatalf, and in
making choice Of any SYSTEM care should
j be taken to select me which Ia itself pos
resses the KEeatest adyantagessamong which
bPauty OF form, susceptibility Of rapid e1-
ecution and above all unm1stakable 4egl-
biIity. II Z were called upon to give my
/ opinion as to system can hestlRy claim
to these merits hou unhesitatingly after
recommend the Speneerian as being emf
nently worthy over any other SYSTEM tx
Business writing (Which is the base Of all
hWrftingl should be Characterized by plain
neR. @Fiourtshed" business writing can
but call orth the same expression nom Gll
practical business men-nameiy 1t Is con
To iourfsh wen with the pen is an &C
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places, but not in a business letter, nor IN
deed in ans business document The teach
| erSs motto should be OFnamen dOur1sh-
ing, but plain practical wrftihgsI repeat
bit, p~ls1nnFss houId Characterize every
copy given the RtudeubeWhIe learning @
/ Wite, and after his MASTERS plain writing
i he then can d the dourshes when the &C;
I casiou may require.
A flourish of Tsen is beautiful, and the
student, eagersto produces something beau
ltifQlswiu study and practice the flourish
II more haRrthe real letter and attempted
flourish is b most conspicuous part of
writing Of him who has ornamental copies
Occasionally aeapi1al letter. nmade wen
| in itself may he more beautifuls with an
added flourish If done In good t-sste, but
! nothInG looks worse Than a poorly made
FIetter with an attempted flourish. Sh4dinE
I is a delicate part OF GOOD Writing. and there
are lrul-s for this. hut thereisuot time mol
space for thetrinsertion here. The time FOL
i writing Is never after violent exercise WheL
1.-THE nervous system Is all excited but-Il
would take volumes tn exhaust THIS tEnPoT,
tsnts subject and this article must close HTii
is too Lengthy already -CHIRoGRAPHY,