The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-14
FINE LECTURES BY EXPERTS AT
 . C. I. CONVENTION
Throng at High School This Morning During Second Day of Convention
Visitors Declare Bridgeport is Great Convention City-Big Banquet Tonight

High school assembly hall contained the opening Of the second day of the annual convention of the Eastern Commercial Teachers Association, now in session in Bridgeport
 With additional arrivals last night, the total attendance today was well over the 5OO-n1ark and made a record breaking day for the association. All the visitors are singing the praises of Bridgeport and declare that it is an ideal convention city. Today's muggy weather did not have dampening eff feet on the enthusiasm of the teach CTS and all are expecting a great time at the annual banquet, which takes place at the Stratfield tonight.
 A. HI. Hinman of Hinman's Business College, Lynn, Mass, called ''the fa- ther of modern penmanship'', and who is probably the greatest teacher Of teachers in penmanship, gave black board demonstration this morning that amazed and delighted the spectators.
 In addition to having the honors of America as a teacher and inventor of penmanship systems, Mir. Hinman blackboard workman in the country and his demonstration ar a treat to behold.
 James Scott Hall of the School of Commerce, Philadelphia High school, addressed the convention upon "Bus- mess English He outlined his ex- periences in handling the mail of a firm that received thousands of let ters a day and he outlined some of the costly mistakes that arose out of lack of clearness and good English in business letters.
 w. E. Weafer of Buffalo Central High school, talked on shorthand, from Beginning to Dictation" and outlined method of impressing the shorthand characters on beginners His method was new to every business educator in the place, and all of them stamped it as exceptionally clever and a mighty good scheme for inlpressing the characters upon the minds of the beginners.
 MT. Waefer has developed a little story which he tells of the man in the hand curves and strokes. from which he builds up illustrations for the story. By clever combinations of stories and pictures. the curves and strokes and the meaning of each are impressed on the pupils with little or no mental eff fort on their part.
 Other speakers who read very in-
  F. Wallace, of Becker's Businesc Col lege, Worcester, Mass. who spoke up on Bookkeeping, Business School Viewpoint, and Henry White Patten, of the Philadelphia School of Com merce, whose subject was "Penman- ship, High School Viewpoint
 The principal speaker at this after noon's session, which began at 2:30, was $. c. Williams, principal of the Rochester Business Institute. the most famous business college in the world. Rochester Institute numbers it's pu- pills from all parts of the globe, even far-away Japan and India. so wide spread is its fame. MT. Williams subject was "A Practical Spelling and Word Exercise
 Another exceedingly interesting ad- dress was given by Miss Emma B. Dearborn of Meriden High school, on "The Essentials of Success in Type writing" Miss Dearborn is famed for writing and has numbered among her pupils many champions of speed and accuracy.
 Other interesting papers to which the throng of business educators Hs- tened this afternoon were Arithmetic for the Business Office, J. H. Minfck, Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, N. r.; Bookkeeping, High School View point, Charles c. Jones, High School, Dunkirk, N. r.; 'The Mastery of Shorthand", Clyde H. Marshall, New York city.
 The annual banquet will take place this evening with the Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin, Governor of Connecticut, as the guest of honor. Many men fa- nous in the business world will also be present.