Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-19
DANCES
OLD AND MODERN
IN |. o. o. F. HALL
TONIGHT
PROF. TRJKHAM'S
ORCHESTRA
PUTNAM

Upwards eL score OF the r0a0S, rivers
and bridges committee and Of the Appre-
priatiorls committee Of the general as
| senbiy arrived here during Friday aft
ernoon and evening to look over state
road projects provided for in bills now
pending before the legislature The
| legislators, representative Of both the
senate and house and of various parts
Of the state are making their head
quarters at the Putnam Inn.
John A. Morse, Jr., Of Worcester, form
erly of this city, where his parents are
d, resident has been elected leader of the
South Works orchestra, American Steel
and Wire company, at Worcester where
! he has been located for number of
years and established an enviAble place
| for himself one OF the leading violin
| lists of that city, where he has been a
| member of theatre orchestras and an m
| structor of recognized ability.
supt. William L, Mcdonald Of the
schools OF Putnam will preside as
POSTMASTER this evening at the Nara
gansett hotel in Providence at a ban
quet given by the Kappa Sigma tratern-
| ity Of Brown unworthy, of which he is an
alumnus. The events of the evening
also will include a reunion OF alumni
members of the fraternity and and ini-
tiation.
The Assembly han Of Putnam High
school was well filed Thursday evening
by an interested and attentive audience
at the farst typewriting contest between
| the High schools Of Killingly, Thomp-
son and Putnam.
This was conducted by Mr.. Pfronnfer
amateur champion writer, under the
rules Of the international Typewriting
Contest. In the first test there were
twelve competitors, four each from the
| Killingly, Tourteliotte Memorial and
Putnam High schools. ali seniors. These
seniors had been selected from their re-
spective classes as representing the bes
material in the chool. They were seat
ed at their machines on the stage OF
the high school in full view Of the audi
ence. The matter used was entirely new
to them and they wrote for ten minutes
the desk at the side Of each machine and
during the entire time OF writing their
eyes were fixed upon the copy, never
once glancing at the hands. IT. this con-
test for each error made, ne matter HOY
slight, ten words were deducted from the
| total score. After the papers were exam.
ined the result showed that Katherine
Henault Of Killingly High school hAS
written Jos words in the ten minute.
with IT errors, leaving net result o.
536 words or an average Of 81 words ;
minute for the entire ten minutes; Eu
nice Boisoneau of the Putnam HiEi
school wrote 6ss words with 1S errorn
making her average So words a minute.
There was also contest between tn,
same schools by pupils who began tyne
writing in Semptember last, having hs,
five months practice. In this contest Sy
bella Gilman of. Putnam High schoe
wrote $50 words with 10 errors, giyjH,
her an average of As words 4 minute
and Lucille Downs Of KnlinklS ing
school wrote 500 words with error
an average of Il words per minute. /
the beginners class an = average Of 4
words a minute Is unusually high and tn
small number of errors among all tn
contestants shows that the instruction
these three schools Is thoregh ana 81
fective
While the paper were being examine
Mr.. McMasters, manager Of the GREG
| Shorthand in Boston, gave an interest
l Ing and instructive talk to the pupils o.
s the value and Importance of thorough
|. ness and devotion to their work. He CAV
l many apt Illustrations gathered from h,
e wide experience. of pupils OF rnoderat
: ability rising to high positions throug.
willingness to do hard work ana max
n the best OF their opportunities. He CON
S plimented the teachers of each Of n
schools on the showing made by thej
L pupils, and suggested that hereafte
n there be an annual contest similar t
? the one just concluded. Mr.. PfrornYne
e then gave a short exhibition Of his ma.
: terry of the keyboard by writing -
words a minute from new matter on r.
: typewriter and IT'S words a minute frol
: familiar matter while carrying on conve,