New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-06

query column Immediately following each less
The success Of The Tribunes Campaign Of Educa.
ton Is confirmed each recurring week in large and
increasing number Of letters that being received
from all portions Of the country. OF nearly even
tenor they represent all classes OF readers who unite
In commenting the course of instruction and express
pleasure in the ease with which the lessons are mas
tered. The coupons which sen: out weekly with
instructions that they be filed and returned to the
shorthand editor afford strong evidence OF the SIM
plcity and thoroughness of the method. there being
fully ninetyfive per cent Of these entirely free from
error. The small remainder rarely show any mpor-
tant mistake. and as lime eapses they. too will
come any difficulty in their way
The attention of readers Is invited to the Pointers"
which appear weekly. as these designed to answer
al questions which may be asked by those receiving
instruction They contain informant ton covering every
possible point that may be raised during the course
ana no one can afford to lose any part OF them The
reader viii find in them coniirma Ion OF facts and a
solutlon OF difficulties. which will greatly facilitate
his practical knowledge OF the work.
The popu.arit: OF the Campaign OF Education sug-
gests the possibility OF special of instruction
by newspapers in any science. or art or trade with
immense accruins benefit 10 the general public. The
newspaper Is the great vehicle for thought opinion
and fact In this country. Should restrict his sub
seripton to single paper. is invariably his author
ny Tor an 'iinSs outside his own limited purview
Farmers rely upon newspapers for statements OF
'IoP coluIl!ons the world over largely dependlng
III ihteiis'"ca ior determining the time
marketing produce. Trade OF every kind looks 10 tlc
nan soace OF Information for knowledge Of the
10 the ac:s there recorded The broker goes 10 ,heIT
OF the money market, the shipper FOR names of omt
epI ana lnr1I ing yssscs. and everybody for gen
,, ihs d Is scarcely department Of e which they
kmds 10 e"ie ne win the result nat knowiedge Of all
infnrnsd ahe newspaper reader OF today is better
her oft no han
,.ss IN county adjacent TO his own. He learns in
and OF literature the evolution OF the sciences and
me status OF labor and capital
that the newspaper is read by large numbers Of men
10 the exclusion Of everything else THIS should be
no occasion for surprise when the general character
OF the paper is properly considered. 1t is a history
IN mseIi and the man who reads It carefully and
regularly Is we-nformed person The modern
newspaper. with its ScS issues annually contains
IN me niue libraries Of dozen homes scventy-hve
years ago Tne man Of business has grave duties and
OF MS time as to compel him TO husband his hours for
reading The modern newspaper Is library In
biography. poetry the sciences. etc employing for
this purpose ltterai'urs AMI specialists OF the high
est repuie who ar. peculiarly fitted for the work they
The fact remains that It's sphere Is wider and larger
than any book or succession Of books Every
who reads books also reads the newspaper. while
conversely there are millions whose reading Is lin
tied 10 the latter.
Science teaches the lesson Of au,omeilsm. rhythm.
or habit. as 1t IL commonly called. Thus man ac-
cusiomed 70 three meals a day becomes hungry az
the hour for eating approachss The proverb that
putting H. He who has been accustomed TO receive
and read his newspaper a. given hours has hunser;
with him. and ne would feel The deprivation OF II
kecnly He learns Ike II FOR IT. sake 20 place
oracle.
sally circulated and so generally rad. " II not
possible 10 conceive OF a bette or more thorough
vehicle 81 communication with the people. The
public speaker who has an audience OF 5000 finds It
tax Upon his voice 20 make himself heard by all
r.1 I.fa I'm t.f n "a
great newspaper may he read. and frequently Is
read, by more than million peoplc Rraching on
and hence what ever II undertakes 10 do In the wa
q instruction IL made profitable beyond present
computation.
The Trihunes campaisn Of Education Is q move Owe,
which mus, establish precedent for others
This paper is giving It's readers direct and practical
knowledge upon q subject the value OF which can
bccausc nearly sixty years have passed sine" tri"
What Is novel is the manner Of presenting tin a
newspaper and In such plain and simple manner
that it can be mastered by any person of average
promise Of teaching II under any mode "i inSiiu
lion with ;he pupils directly bcfor" the eye Of The
teacher or indeed in any other manner. would
have been regarded t~eniy years ago as rash ana
foolish. because impossible. TIL, upward evolution
OF science has been most rapid. however. In IT,"
latter decades OF universal peace and wha, was was
infcasble then IL being demonstrated in these col
umns 10 be practical and an assured fact
The object Of The Tribune's 'ampaig' OF Ed,ca-
feature TO the home life by Offering lcssons in "a
it's inmates I'm after life The newspaper mas
always been an educator In the household but IN
becoming a teacher along n special line II. IN u
sense converts the home into schoolhouse. Dut
without any thought of supplantng the latter
Rather Is II designed NJ "A supplement ana ail 10
that work all instruction and knowledge OF II
higher KIM being in that direction. That this view
OF the T. regarded by schoo! teachers N
shown by the fact that so many OF that profession
taking the shorthand course. and give II their
unqualified approval.
Nor should IL be understood that any set times
or sea sons demanded for the acquisition OF TINS
know ledge There is no household probably. how
over well organized, which could afford &c set
apart given hours for daily application to the work
in hand The young people have their duties In the
public schools the older n. the household or nj
places Of business. The beauty OF the system Hes
In the fact that each individual member can study
II separately and at his or her leisure giving sucl
time to n as be- spared readily and easily from
every duty and responsibility. The progress that
has I.cn made Is assurance OF the Feasibility or
the plan. The gratifying reception the original
pr,poxiiicn met has been supplemented with results
the more plensing In that they reach beyond the
first promise OF the enterprise These results dem
onstrate most satisfactorily that one can fore
see the possibilities OF the newspaper In the line OF
popular direct and thorough education.
CONSONANTS
The following are the FIRST eight straight con-
sonants Of the Shorthand alphabet
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