Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1912-12-26
Address Delivered Before the Marion
County Teachers Institute
Business Education The Education Of Usefulness.

OF Public instruction, Miss Alice
Emmert, ! have been invited TO
talk 80 you on the subject OF
Business Education-the Educa
ton OF Usefulness in which | am
TO discuss the subject Of Pen
manship, and how it should be
taught in the Public Schools.
This is q subject dear TO me, as
my vocation for many years has
been that Of teacher Of the com
mercial sciences. Penmanship
has been brought ~ it's present
state of development by the bust
ness college. Business Colleges
have, since their inception made
specially Of teaching writing
in ell Of it's divisions, plain bust
ness writing, ornamental writ.
ing, engrossing and penlettering
and many of the most prominent
pen artists in the u. $. received
their first lesson and was in
spired TO become what they are
today through attending bust
Eess college.
Writing in the grades has al
ready been discussed at this
meeting, therefore, ! will speak
OF writing in general way and
it's great usefulness as practi-
cal accomplishment. Writing is
unitarian art based upon the
elements OF the fine arts and
while subscribing the ends Of use
it gratities the taste for grace
and beauty. Writing is the We.
hicle Of thought. If this is true
why should it travel in an OK.
cart way, hard pulling, slow and
irregular in action, akwardly
and cumbersome, instead Of in n
Chalmers Automobile style,
smooth and regular in action,
gliding lightly and swiftly with
out any impeachment.
America leads the world com
mercially, but in Art it is yet in
its infancy. But in pen art and
penmanship, America is known
as a country of good and poor
writer's while the European coun.
tries are known as countries of
poor writer's only. Years ago,
when ! was young man. and a
pupil Of Henry w Fiickiuger, as.
sociate author of the Spencerian
System of Penmanship he en-.
crossed set Of resolutions for
the Reichstag Of Germany TO be
presented TO Prince Bismark the
Iron Chancellor Of Germany.
They looked all over Europe for
a penman artist TO do the work
in an acceptable manner but
without avail, and as a last resort
came TO America and found in
the person Of Henry w. Flick.
niger, known TO the profession
as the Prince of Penmen, the
one man who could do the work.
The testimonial was so beautiful
~ and delicately executed that it
was too fine for reproduction by
/ the photo engravers art.
We fellow teachers, have to do
only with the practical side of the
art OF writing in the training Of
the coming business and profess
sional men Of the future, there
fore let us awake to our duty
/ .tftu ltAsf al Ann tLn l,nn ~
/ that which is most useful in edu
cation, not only in the ability TO
write well, but TO spell correctly,
touse good English, TO figure &C.
curately, and after thathas been
| done we are prepared 10 add the
cultural branches, technical sub
jects, and other special work
along the lines Of higher educa.
ton.
Upon the advent of the Type.
writer Il great many people
thought, and espe ciall y
poor writer's believed that to
write well would be unnecessary
and thing of the past, but the
truth OF IL is, that tine typewriter
has made The demand for good
pcnmanship more imperative.
More and better pcnmeu are re.
quired Ia do the worlds WORK
now as can be attcsted by the
fact that more pens are manu-
featured today, an proportion "a
the worlds population than eyer
before. Therefore. my fellow
teachers you cannot afford b.
neglect this very important sub
iect of pcnmanship, but that Is
teachers, yor should not only b,
able to teach II but be able 81
execute II ~ well.
Begin la the lower grades III
teach position at desk position OF
body and arm aud the proper 30
stion for holding the pon After
this, drill your students in the
easy movement exercises, hay
ing them keep constantly Ina
mind that good easy movement
j. necessary before form can be
considered. though - comhlu,
the two tn pruportiunato parts
would hc exactly what i> rvquir