Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-02-07
HARD ON STENOGRAPHERS.
New York Is No Place for the lido
or IncCmpetent

cSllLlGlcu lnlrIy InOuSanu SIcIOSrapn-
ers and typcwritcrs in the city to-day,
the proportion who arc 4 credit to the
shorthand profession is said to be sur
prisirgly small. A veteran phono-
graphcr in touch with the progress of
the art recently said: "IIcrc in this
city there are every year legion OF
YOUNG people who commence the study
of shorthand through the i'll advice If
parents or friends, without making the
FIRST inquiry into the mental or phys
ical qualities requisite in the makeup
of Il skl!lful stenographcr: hence it is
that only about one person in twenty
ever reaches the goal of success"
One instructor says much moro is OK
rectcd of Il stGno~raphcr to-day than
ever before. and moro talent is re-
quircd here in New York city than il,
any other place he knows Of in This
country. business men 10 lon"cr
tutor and humor incompetent cm-
plOyes. Schools are dcrIanhiur
higher standard of cxccll""cn than
ever before. We will not II '',n ,l:-t
~ pupil for 4 p0"itioH u"tI a. -
passed a technically riTid c:;rlni.r:i;,'i
in taking from dictation a"A pre-, ,rlY
tran"crihin'c all forms Of O!.i.c cnrrG-
:pnndCnc". lc:ral matter in the form OF
cnfnDlniHt;. answer; ;,f.i in;'it'; aGrae-
mcntS.tc"tiIuOny. %p@c;tc;I; IONS. amend
mcntS and other details. Ec idrS
this, we frequently dictate extracts
from ma'Ca"incS, newspapers and ell
cyrlOp:rli2S.
Only Il f":" years ago the prediction
was made that shorthand schools must
decrease i!.v;:pr",l ctin, % graduates.
or. as IL natural result, o"c O. ;wn
things was imminent amos :,,,r;'.;.rd
writGrS-a reduction o. -. go, - a
raising of the dc,-">r o. i.,H,.a re-
Qu;rcd for TIC obtain q. ,''v.;,!Dv-
mrnt. III" latter aitrr.'. ..... '.:'',. To
be rapidly nmprna:','H." =: J. iiity
per cent. IGnr~ Ehrri'' VI" i,.'-'l coy
eral e,'ucH,;nn is tn.tIilY '.,;,.ii,.;,! to
hold Il roo! position in SCI" Yor.; city
than. Wa needed five years ago. When
questioned as to this the above in
structOr said:
''"nr'- 'Icrc is done quickly and sys-
tcmai ;.alI and the Stcnn~raDhcr who
succeeds in tniS busy metropolis must
know great many things besides
having the III re ability To mae
marks and operate Il typewriter. He
I"u%t have r,ucatiOn. skill and discern
InHnt. and be able to use shorthand
ard to typHwritc with great intclli-
%cnce. Ono years training in Il bust
ness house here is conceded to be as
valuable, from n p1ctical point of
view, as three years training in many
other large cities.
THAT this fact is rapidly becoming
known and appreciated is shown by
the steadily increasing number of
young people who come here from a
distance to learn and practice the art.
They come to this city from Florida,
Kansas. California. Cuba, Spain, and,
indeed. from all over the world; yet,
despite this great influx, salaries here
range higher than in any other part of
the country. In Chicago, for instance,
many Stcnographcrs last summer ac-
ccptcd positions at three or four dol
lars less per week than they would re-
ccivc here.
Our best shorthand schools now re-
quirc an entrance education. Candi-
dates for admission are closely exam
ined in spelling, punctuation, penman-
ship, English composition, geography
and many other vital points, and there
is no hcsitancy in rejecting any appli-
cant who is disqualified. Only few
years AZ he average speed necessary
10 answer the requirements of an
ananucnSis was seventy to one hun
! drcd words per minute, while at the
present time rate of less than one
! hundred and twenty words per minute
! is deemed inadequate.
| "Of high-gradc stcnographers," said
! Mr.. Snyder of the Remington bureau
there is not half enough to meet the
! demands. Through this agency alone
three thousand stcnographcrs and
! typcwritists were last year recon
mcndcd to paying positions. Of this
number, probably two-thirds were
young women.
1T is curious to note" he added
chat the young men who come to New
York from the country meet the re
quircmcnts far better than those whc
arc residents Of the city. The formc
come here with a definite aim and pur