Evening journal., 1921-12-14
AWARD HONORS
IN TYPEWRITING
Beacon College Students
Presented With Medals
And Certificates
THREE RECIPIENTS
OF SILVER TOKENS

o. ]. Tanner. educational repre-
sentative OF the Underwood Type
writer Company, Philadelphia. Wis
tied Wilmington yesterday and pre-
sented twenty-nine certificates and
medals to students Of the Beacon
Business Colleges, OF this city. These
certificates and medals were award
ed for records in typewriting. rang
ing from 80 to 20 words a minute
and were presented 10 the winners
in the presence of the faculty and
the entire student body. Mr.. Tanner
was introduced by W II. Beacon,
president Of the Beacon Business
Colleges. Mr.. Tanner, in an en-
tertaining way. told the students
among other things. that typewriting
is more or less a fine art, that rythm
will produce a perfect typist and
performs the same function in type
writing that time performs in music.
After congratulating Mr.. Beacon
and the faculty upon the excellent
work done by the students OF TINS
school, Mr.. Tanner turned TO the stu
dents and said: your school has
produced a good many sinners All
OF Won can become sinners, because
Won are in a school that turns out
sinners" He then referred TO the
fact that the Beacon Business Col
1ege Of this city, has for two years
held the cup which was awarded at
the National Business Show type
writing contest in Philadelphia to the
school whose student made the high
est record in that contest Business
schools from New Jersey. Pennsyl-
vania, Maryland. and Delaware, en-
tered students in the contest, but
the Beacon school Of Wilmington
captured the coveted prize, the big
silver loving cup, which was th'
highest award.
After further remarks OF an IN
splrational nature, Mr.. Tenner pre-
. sented on behalf of the Underwood
Typewriter Company, the certificates
, and medals won by Beacon stu
: dents. In handing the certificate
J to Pauline Coleman, Marie Evans
! Esther Kaufman. Gerald Pine
; Margaret Elliott. Katherine Short
! Lucille White. Elizabeth Smith
, Evangeline Tharp, Lillian Harm
b stead. Susan Black. Elizabeth Can
, non and Anna Abrahams for writ
b ing 80 words a minute net for i
{ minutes, he said. you have made
. good start; keep up the good work.
% He next presented bronze medal
s to Marie Evans, Esther Kaufman
e Arthur Scotten. Minerva Schultz
e Jean Weber. Anna Abrahams an
e Elizabeth Cannon. and cong ,atu
n lated them for having written at IN
S rate OF 40 words a minute net for /
e minutes.
e In presenting Marion Stats. Min
Pounds. Helen Thomas. Edith Lace!
and Hazel white with a bar TO b
attached TO the bronze medal fc
writing so words a minute net for !
Il minutes. he told the winners ths
they must be good typists or the
could not have won this recognitio
OF their skin. Miss Verna Fogi
- winner OF the 60 word a minute me
C dal. was absent Mr.. Tanner ea
n planned that any person who hold
j. one Of these medals is given prefer
ence for employment by the Under
( wood Typewriter Company in all II
T branch offices throughout the count,
He then came to the silver medal
u, which were won by Miss Margar,
Conway. Miss Jennie Pavoni an
q Miss Marion Abbott. In presentin
= these medals. he called attention
. the fact that it was a rare privilel
10 award one Of these medals an
that only one other person in Del,
ware had ever before won tn
. medal and that this young woma
was a Beacon graduate.