The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-09
HAPPY "STENOGRAPHERS
Fifteen Pupils Launched Up
on the Business World
From St. Aloysius'
Saturday.

The annual entertainment of the stud
ents in the shorthand and typewriting
department of the Academy was he'd on
Saturday afternoon from two until five
O'clock. The chief examiner was DR..
James H. Lansley. principal of the Lans-
ley Business College of Elizabeth, who is
a recognized expert in the profession.
The class candidates for graduation
numbered fifteen members, and all were
present but one, who was unavoidably
absent and excused. The examination
was most full and exhaustive, the exam
liner expressing great satisfaction in the
intelligence and thorough preparation of
the class, and in their evident ability to
take lip the duties of stenographers and
office assistants in the business world.
Many pleasant incidents were related,
and any dread or nervousness that may
have previously existed was soon dis
PEELED and the class seemed oblivious to
the fact that a critical examiner was
noting each ones progress.
On being introduced DR.. Lansley said
when | was about fourteen years of
age, which, by the way, is so long ago
that / do not wish to tell, my father per-
mitted me to take his gun and go to the
buckwheat field, for the double purpose
of protecting the grain and securing a
pigeon pie. With both eyes tightly closed
| pointed the gun in the supposed direc-
ton of the field and fired. My first feel
ing of relief was when I realized that
the u had not burst and killed me,
while my second source of qualification
was when my father stepped forward
and patting me on the head, said:-FWell
done, my boy! ou've made the feathers
fly! You've saved the field, but lost the
pigeon piev And it has been a question
from that day to this whether l or the
pigeons Were most scared.
so, finding myself before a room full
of ladies, it may be a question if / am
not more nervous Thar you, at any rate
you have nothing to fear for I already
feel confident of your success.
Have faith if you would succeed and
unlike the Faith-curists you will succeed
if you but feel confident. AS a test of
faith and your ability to do the right
thing, have faith to affix the stamp upon
your letter before you write the address
knowing you will not spoil the station
cry"
The young ladies were soon taking the
dictation, and, going to the typewriters,
speedily returned with clean transcripts
of business letters, for which they were
complimented.
DR.. Lansley closed the three hours
hard work by telling the students that
they had been well instructed, and what
ever had been their expenses at the Ac-
ademy they really should nave paid twice
as much for such a quality of instruction
as they had received. He compared it
with the school teacher quoted by Lord
Macaulay in the House of Commons when
commiserating the poorly paid English
teacher, who said, ITS little as they
pays we, and it's less as us teaches
them Congratulate yourselves that
you are in cultured America, then turn
ing to the sisters present, he said, "And
II heartily congratulate you on present
ing for this examination a class of such
exceptional intelligence, for, while I ex-
pected to find a class we'll prepared.
must confess my surprise at its superb
GRITTY"
The following is an alphabetical list of
the names of the graduating class, sew
eral of whom are already occupying good
positions. Misses Lillian Carney, Jennie
Colligan, Catherine Comm, Annie Dew
lin, Laura Durnin, Jennie Hanshe. Nellie
Lindsay, Mary Lynch. May McGiverin,
Margaret Mcdonald, Margaret Moran,
Nellie Murphy, Nellie O'Toole, May
White and Mary McTiernan.