The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-29
BOY TYPIST AT LOCAL SCHOOL
Remarkable Demonstration of Type.
writing Before Students-ls Six
teen Years of Age.

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Master Parker c. Woodson of New
York, one of the fastest typewriter op
of a championship typewriting cup
did some remarkable stunts on q No
10, Visible Model Remington Typewrit-
er at the Moscow Business College
Yesterday, before an audience of pupils
and stenographers. The boy was iii
charge of Mr., Raymond P Kelley
manager of the school interests of the
Remington Typewriter company for
the United States and Canada, and was
brought to this city by the local repre-
sentatives of that company.
Although little more advanced than
a beginner, having entered business
| college in Chicago for the purpose of
| learning shorthand and typewriting
as recently as January, 1910, the young
man displayed speed and skill equal
to that of the professional and per-
formed feats the like of which have
|
this city The unusual accuracy.r: the
work was widely commented upon and
the practical nature of the demonstra
lions appealed to all who saw them and
especially to the pupils in the schools
and to their instructors. Inasmuch as
all The tests were on new matter Sc
larte6 NV tho ccboO1 and wore, writ
ten on a stock machine and carefully
timed with a split-second stop watch,
the demonstrator did his work under
strictly test conditions. The timing
was done by the Principal of the Fed
eral College and the words were count
ed and the matter compared for errors
by different people in the audience.
Although Master Woodson has no
knowledge of the French language, he
copied from a French reader at the
rate of 76 words minute, without
possibilities of touch typewriting,"
by which method the operator does
not look at the keys but keeps his
eyes on the copy while making the
hum along at steady and
even gait In copying by this method !
rom new matter in the English langu-
lge, the boy wrote at the rate of 107 l
words a minute while carrying on an
conversation with one of the {
audience. The questions which he an
wered he answered were unexpected $
md demanded considerable concentra- /
ion of mind but it seemed to make no
Inference in the speed and accuracy +
# the writing. v
Perhaps the most sensational feat g
+ all was that of writing 100 words in n
single minute, from new matter, t
nd at the same time mentally adding v
'ithout error in either the writing or
he adding. When doing. this work
lie operator copies from book while
stening to the figures, which we're +
ct down off hand by someone in the
udience and read to him by Mr.. KEEL
~, and carries the total of each col n
mn in his mind and calls it off as IL
lie last number in the column is :.
cached. This test shows that skill 81
Il operator strikes the keys by auto
attic mental process and really con- OF
sntrates his mind upon reading his "
lorthand notes, as in the case of the r.
flee amanuensis, or answering ques- XII
ons or adding figures, as in the case OF
the demonstrator. q; a.
Taking dictation of a difficult bust dr.
'ss letter, new to him, at the rate of er
4 words a minute with his eyes %
indfolded was another of the youths
rformances which aroused keen in
rest, especially on the part of the
present, who are fire. !.
entity called upon to take dictatfon
'ectly on the machine. An unusual
It was that of pinning handkerchief -
the Keyboard and writing directly ".
'ough it, under which conditions
ster Woodson attained high rate
----@ Mr.
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