Oxford eagle., 1911-01-19

A<hA WnAf SfenoEr1pher~ ARE Of
EtS courSe-au-y. rat-hatred
rp.D eoc.eved rreaturas 49,
W. rnonotouously click their
typewrfterx when M sfra1-
GERS are 10 the Office and a, oth-r
times use their ey.- 20 hut .ax.n-
tzxe. or AZ ieast try 20 hear everv.
thing that is going on Tha, "a ,hs
iaea OF fiction writer's Of wha, a stem
oEraphe- is. and IL seems IN hax.
become pretty xenerafly -he it~a
But there are Stenoxrapb.rS and
stenogr1pberS. and rnayb. II xo,,ia
surprise you IL somebody should tell
you ~hat a lot Of zrear men bsran in
exactly that position. To refer to two
who have been considerably in the
pGblie eye Cf late. take Co-telyou and
Loeb. the former nov the bead OF the
Consolidated Gas couruunv Of Nsx
Yorx. one Of the hixxest eorporariors
In the country. and the latter ths CO...
lector os the port cf New York the
biggest Job in the customs service
Roth OF them ~ere stpnoxrspbers and
earned their living through il. and
they got their start through the same
means
Indeed therp is probably no occu-
patton on earth that offers 70 the
young man 50 many opportunities for
advancement in 50 many lines rs ste
biography The stenographer is the
father coufexsCr ~ the man b. works
for: he listens TO the inner eounu-
nings of his employer. xbo Is a uro
fessor or a business man or a lawyer
or a politician. and writes all his
letters and knows all about every
thing he Is doing. n he Ia wis.,
stenographer and becomes personally
intimate With his employer. as the
verY nature OF his lob Is sure 10 max.
him. he has access to every opportu-
nity that his employer has. for every.
thing Of consequence in this world OF
activity az some stage or all STAGES
has letters written about it-and the
stenoSzpher takes down these LOT.
ters. And. OF course. knowing thai
the ananuensis knows all about IL
isnt II The most natural thing in the
world for that euployer To give his
favorits assixant a direct opoortu-
uitv to get in on things in an bono-.
able wav-perhaps. in time IN be-
come a business mariner eveo-
Taken generally a nr,va,a sscra.
tarv begins as stenographer. for IL is
bv the showing Of profci.ncy and dis
ereerness as A stepographer thar the
promotion comes. Every bix businsss
man has n private secretarv. hancs
when your how takes nm s,anoSranhv
every big business man in the conn.
nv il notsn,iaIlv his futura hosv
Therefore II follows that vour hov
has made a start that NAV Land him
anywhere he chooses 10 IN nrnviaad
he attends tn hnsinass
The getting OF a ioh as stenogr.nh.
~- Is No, NJ ALI affrcult M rou-1a
vour how mus, have first learned ,r
he a stenorranber which -eouiras
about six months of study and prac
.isa Many ~ the nubIic schools have
adaad sfsnovranhv and ,xnawriti,g :,
heir eurrieulums. practicalIv all N.
Y N e As have a course ,ha, I,
free ~ members. the country "a susI
With husiness colleges and sDactal in
str,ctors who for sas to sla0 accord
ing 10 the par,icular .cIassiness, n
the nromoters give courses in ate
poxraphy and typexritinx Ru, {
through some strange circumstance,
vour how Is unable TO avail himself n
any os thase onnor,unities he -,
hpx a textbook on stenopranhv fo- q
~ los ron, a tvpexrttirv rachi,,
for g. 10 e a month and learn IL a,
himself Tbere il no business IN,
r,,ai-,snts NJ which can be a.o,,-a,
- .,,siIv Mo-, ,vnsxri,ing nach;n
+ ,ysncIes maintain snnIovros,t .var
ri.x on., n those who use their ma
cht,as Tbs educational r.ouirsnan,
:. s,.,no~r.nhar ars n-ac,i.aII
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hiring in the trsnzcriution neatly ,v,.
written. Most business men. esps