Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-21
TYPEWRITERS IN
CONTEST ATL. D S.
Students Compete for a Gold
Medal Offered by a New
York Firm.
LEO HAMILTON THE WINNER.
Remarkable speed and Accuracy of a
Number Of the Com
pctiior-

a Few months ago. Mr. Powell mani
eger OF tho Salt Lake branch Of a
wollknown typewriter company. re-
cciVed from tho head office nc New
YORK. "a solid gold medal. which he was
directed TO deliver to the school hay
Ing the largest typewriter department.
in the state 81 Utah. the medal 10 be
competed for by the students OF such
school
This medal was delivered TO Prof. r.
W. Ottcrstrom Of the Iatter-dav
Saints Business college. and the mat
ter called 20 the attention OF the stu.
dents who began at once to prepare
for the competition.
The contest was set for Thursday
and Friday OF the Last week OF school
in December. and as the time ap-
preached. interest ia the affair grew
Last Thursday, Mr.. Powell furnished
the college with a number OF substan-
tial business letters taken from the
hles OF tho local typewriter firm. and
ln the afternoon ot that day the pre-
iiminary tests were given to the stu
dents who had made application to
enter the contest. The six students
who made the best showing i'm the pre-
liminary tests were entered for the
hnal. which was held yesterday. The
students who qualified for the final
were; Vivian Snow. Leo Hamilton. J.
S. Hulet, Anna Borgqulst zina smith.
and Bessie Grace.
WONDERFUL ACCURACY.
II was understood by the students
that "a heavy penalty would be charged
for every error. that for every mistake
they made they would lose Ave cor
rectly written words This placed
premium on accuracy, and while the
students wrote from 40 to 10 words a
minute. most OF them made few or no
mistakes. Vivian Snow. In the one
minute test, and Anna Borguulst. in the
fve-minute test, made no errors: and
there were few students I'm the tests
who made only from one 10 three err
rors.
After making deductions for errors
the result was as follows:
l-min. Test-Nivian Snow, first so
words, no errors; Leo Hamilton. sec
ond; 80 words, net; Bessie Grace. third;
IS words net
A-uln. Iest-LeO Hamilton. first. 6Sik
words min. net Vivian Snow, sec
ond; 6ilR words a min. net. Anna
RorgQuist and j. S. Hulet tied for
third, at 55i2 words a minute. net
5-min Final-Leo Hamilton. first.
81 % words a min; Vivian Snow. sec
ond; Al words a minute; Alma Borg
quist third, A. words minute (no err
ror)
The medal was awarded to Mr.. Ham
ilton.
The speed attained in the prelim-
mary tests was similar to the above.
The matter given was entirely new to
the students and different in each in
stance
SPLENDID SHOWING.
The showing was excellent. consid-
ering the fact that students who at
tend the Latter-day Saints Business
college do not devote all their time to
shorthand and typewriting. but take
English, spelling, business correspond
ence, theology. and other subjects. The
teachers Of the shorthand department
are pleased with the result OF the com
petition. They were especially pleased
with the work OF some OF the begin
ners who entered the Contest-students
who have been in attendance at the
college only three months While
these students did not follow the pace
set by the advanced students. yet their
work was creditable.