The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-27

ssch dsy 10 Initiating thsss copte>. ~hich
we're really t-sutihil specimen. - chiro-
graphical SKILL
Many VI 40 we're not able To attain sh.
h~suiifil In our own HANDY r,ins, but
anne save the really incorrtsib,. wsr-
allowed 90 .aV- school with tho Uniformed
handw ri,ins that IL ~ cummon amons
people u all sorts al tho p--.sn, time
Why. even Ia our own bans tine nsIn
h'r ~ cl"rk. ~ho can write a good. clear
h'sihl" hand j. rid.culously small II i
simply imIu--ibl- to get employees who
can write handsomely. and from what
am told this II true 10 most hanks. bnth la
New York and el-rw here
lnds~d | hardly need L. told the facts
Ia this matter 10y anybody. -.s. much
correspondence. written by bank en-
ployce-, even in this day ~ the tyTewriter'-
almost universal ur. and nine-t-nth-
OF thr hands riting that comes l-fore mo
II unpleasant tn the ey. and much of IL
positively ill.gible
have heard IL said hat the type~ ritter
Is responsible" for tho had handw ,tins
of IA" present yuIus-r generation, but
this cannot - iru" In spite ~ the prev
sleucr ~ the writing machine. tho families
that Ito not possess one are very much
In the prrponderancc
trvway, ~ere the subiect - hand
writing given ia. pr min-ncc It d>-,ryr~
IN the public schools. the han lwriting
- tho pupil would b~ formed In spite ~
the typewriter. Its very prevalence should
make Tho authorities more insistent upon
nr., ella autographed instruction in the
schools.
! remember very well tho good-nstur~d
ridicrle that USED 20 10 poured out In print
upon IA" Onpv books ~ other day. and
the Rnody, gooiy sentiments of the lines
but their abandonment ha. cost too much.
| remember very we'll al-p the beginning
Of he anti-copy book movement. u I may
- term H..
This hrean with the Young women who
started in some years aso 10 acquire what
they termed tho English hand. Tho char
ac'rrs thus affected are long. c-anp~d.
sprawling and irregular. and thcir pro-
duct ion has cost thousand of fair creatures.
much pain and trouble and worry Of mind.
with the net result u i~llegihility, u~riiness
ard the utter ruiration Of muc good
writing pap'r
In the old DAYS. too, W. gave much time
and attention 20 spelling We had writ
" NiNfhNt '~~'~ aNA 'laA NiNANAk ~
sons. and The spelling school. held IN spc-
cihc evenings, in which the ~grown-ups
took act,y" rart, were = regular feature
every winter.
But now the word method has como
IN. Children arc taught Il" recognize each
word 10y lis general appearance. without
regard 70 its component parts.
! hAv" heard teachers ~pelN with ella
,..f ,.-.f. -. ~ ....lI -. ....A
school without knowing h" order ~ tho
letters ~ the alphabet, without knowing
ANYTHING NJ all ahou' spelling a. We UNDER
stood u In INV Younger laws.
Tho-e who believe in m" word method
declare that pupils educated under the new
plan spell guit" n well in srtual practice
a. thos" who w"r" educat"d under tho
method 81 Yesterday hu', 50 far ~ ! can
nudge, the facts 10 not warrant tho daCla-
ration. and INV view q the matter /. born.
ON, NV IA. observation 81 MANY of NV
friands
An editor % nv a-couain,ance for In
stance. shaved m. the o,her day a manu-
.crir, on n technical suhi.c, hy An .xp.r,
an thu, s,hiec,. who VA. al.o . gradual.
| @, a .,andnrd university and had pas~d
| ,hroush the best technical school in M,
limo Tho article w,s admirable "A an
espo-itinn ~ IN. subject, but its rnslish
wa. lab,r,d. unwi.ldlv-in some instance
positively unsramma,ical and tho whole
Was d,sayured with many error. ~ spelun,
A. 20 The handwriting .f IA. e,p.r, I
can no, sneak since The MANUSCRIPT wa.
| dom. IN a yrewri,.r The srrn1 in spall-
ips x.r, hi. own. hnwcver. for he had
! lan -ped n uso the machine and had -poundrd
tho stu0 ont" with his own hands
A, n borrihla .,aunla ~ smelling a. .he
4. s,ne,ines sp.l, nm going 10 add a
Liter Of ,ndorscr.n, which | received
| tho tn, d,v though IL i. only fair 20 say
,n., I A, not know rho,hor IA. writer WAS
a, Ola ar n youn, man n product Of the
.c.ools A. ,h.v ar. ar a. ,h.y ~ar
~. - ,,t. iii .,,rduoo NV ,rie,a
- ,,inr vor can do for him viii
,,,.-, d, v.ry much
/ have none him for year. m upright and
one.t man Yours very truly. -
Thi. bring. me 20 that one 81 the ele-
men,sry studies tina, were made ~ much
! % in the public schools. that I know ~ a
| how. which va. pls first IN ~. proverhial
| lie, Of the three re- reading
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