The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-04-01
SHORTHAND CLASS.


The Pitman System in twelve easy les
sons. Membership $500. Every pnember
receives twelve individual lessons by mail
from Prof. Eldon Moran, the Class Con-
ductor. Remittance should be made t0
Secretary University Extension, Box 800,
st. Louis, Mo.
The Seventh Lesson.
ITEMS OF INTEREST. - 1t has been OBJ
served that the pen of the long
experienced stenographer follows the
speaker almost automatically. 1t is in
feed true that the reporter can, to GER
tain extent, take notes while thinking Of
something else. Stories are told Of
brilliant young writers taking a nap In
the middle Of speech, without losing q
single word that fell from the orators
lips. Some stenographers interest them
selves with experiments as to how extern
sive arthmetical calculations can be
made while writing one hundred words q
minute. Many reports have been taken
entirely in the dark; also by reporters
who were obliged to stand, holding their
notebooks against the wall.
Shorthand reporters must be able To-
write many thousands of different words,
but nine-tenths of all the writing they do
consists In taking down over and over
again only few hundred very common
words. Evidently the first requisite to
skill In stenography is very high degree
OF familiarity with just this class of
words and phrases. The reporter writes
sis, may, WILDE, Lean, do-not," hun
dreds of times to "ocean, extracting,
Caliber, indigo, delve," etc., once.
He may take time, occasionally, to Write
3 hard word in long-hand, but he will
fail almost certainly il he is obliged to
hesitate for an instant before writing ono
OF these frequent words or phrases.
Hence the teacher will drill his class
daily, and require the pupils practice to
be devoted mainly to this class Of words.
The short vowel signs are made very
small and light.
Mnemonical rhymes;
! Bill gets bat; Lot cuts wood.
Kills red rat. Dot does good.
When second place short vowel occurs
between two stems, 1t is placed by the
second. The rule briefly stated is: 2n5
place long and all first place uowels, are
put BY the first stem, and all others By
the second. WI is expressed by small
right angle, and long u by Semi-circle.
Line B. Proper names are indicated by q
double underscore, as Mark, line Z.
Common words are not usually vocalized.
II word contains two or more stems,
It can usually be deciphered even If the
Vowels are omitted. See lines 6 and Z.
Exercise - Write with vowels: Dick
Jack pig Ditch dim Jim gem back bell
patch latch patch jam dam rob dock
shock shop duck dumb chum gum thumb
book cook dusty valley. Without vowels,
Desk cabbage picnic spell early bill many
among live heavy damage enough Ala
bsma Tuesday Sunday Saturday discuss
this.
Sentences. l. Amos has his bow in
readiness. 2. He Is waiting for the ducks
10 come up to the decoy. 8. Ed Is too
weak to make his way along the stony
path up the slope.
KEY TO PLATE Z.
l Big beg bag book buck book wife
Youth. 2 Itch edge egg ash ill AL at pack.
5 Mill inch niche knell fetch match
snatch badge. Cob knock lock rub tub
rum took shook. 5 Wide wives twice
few due new musty rusty. Message
Judge waxen injure muscle deposit moth
Ing earth. Vessel citizen Mark agency
hotel hasten maxim. Word Signs. 81
Help Notwithstanding New York City
spoke special knowledge acknowledge
several Cor eye). Translate lines to
10.