The herald., 1911-04-13
ANALYSIS
PTMAN-SPENCERIAN CHARTER, By J. NJ Reaser, Principal
COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT,

cerian Charter Shorthand. It
In the last 80 days there haze been more
than twenty-five business colleges and High
Schools adopting the Spencerian Charter.
In the past 20 days there have been FOUR Bust
ness Colleges in the City of Chicago alone that have
recognized its irresistible tide and have sent orders
for books. These we're formerly Pifman Schools.
u Ho consider. the cumulative difficulties through which one
w ssssss. she point sn I v1.Ss 'S Ss is is n 1s on on "Es szsas% = CAREFUL a =
unbiased and une1aggerated analysis of these difficulties
was rehearsed last weeks not surprised at the long and
tedious journey.
He il not surprised at the time It takes the best mind. naturally
gifted for his work. to reach the excellence of a fuLhedged stenographer.
The expert himself will corroborate every word o, this analysis.
IT'S the ignorant Ia the person who really knows nothing of short
hand n 70 nttl. s. nt to be able to make it Of any use. who cannot
thss. oDviOu, truths.
Indeed. . man need not know shorthand to examine this analysis
ship Of the dsad and distant past Of what il. old and moudy, these ee-
of progress.
The same spirit would .avor Fultonls boat in preference t. tna mighty
crafts ;safsI propelled p asdn BY steam now nI plOusn III h the nsmaer % Of c the globe T
Phman system of Shorthand is fast dying in this country and It's only the
new that ar sticking to it.
Since 1897 shorthand has been It a standstnl.
Students innumerabs have been going over the sam. Journey.
Innumerabls of them have fallen by the wayside.
a PAGERS gait.
The very few have attained the summit
Some have never been able % master It
Pttman shorthand IL n joke-no childs SPORT
with night students. Pitman shorthand is a busbear. The great
majority of night students find it necessary to devote and two years
master it o as to be able to max. practical use of it: onehalf of them
CIV. It up in disgust in less. than three months nM after beginning the study:
to be absolutely true in very respect.
AN APPEAL TO REASON AND VISION.
It is desired here to occupy this space with a comparative analysis
Iof the reason why
n. sD%sss..a Charter ;no1sa1.nd may b: taken aiken, up -, by school chill,
llonshand-much more easily.
We srs prepared to show this a. completely, Is convncngly. as I'M
.nsv.rably, BY appeal t. reason and vision. a by 'tudents-whether sf-
Tn. old system il 9 difficult because 1t il a written language of con-
.on.nt...
If. at any tins. you write in . vowel it is t make 'ur' of a I'M
Except the innumerabl. workshops 1t is q written language of
guessing.
spencsian Charter writes the vowes while it Is writing the con-
The aim of this article 10 to show you clearly that
IN. sn.ncsnan Charter System writes the novels while It is writing
the consonants; l. .. so large q percentage of them as to render the
| learn than longhand.
pitman never reached the point of considering physical advantages
The task ass,i before "s. him "a t, ,s sst1ss |; D systs%; which, however 'sa
That and that alone was his problem.
And fully three generations have plodded along. apparently conten
with his achievement.
tn. great majority of peop. know nothing Of shorthand e1 ,og
like Al automobile. that every one may Judge of its smooth running ma
lchinery or its cumbersomeness.
Their. II pages of rules ane exception. in Pitman Shorthand Eam o;.h hi
Ito indignation. and they would resent an appeal to their boys n s girl
and still harder to read.
BEFORE Oh AFTER THE CONSONANT.
when you ses , consonant in the Pitman system. you never know
whatever Its position. whether the vowel comes before Of after the COL
Isonant -u.u. .m.