Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-18

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and shorthand classes ut Cony High
school have attained . very high
standard Of scholarship in the past
year under the direction Of Mrs.
Vera d. Varney, the head Of the
department and Miss Vera I. Leland
her assistant. This II aptly proved
by the large number Of awards made
to these students during the year
by the several typewriter companies.
These companies have standard
tests which they give monthly
through the commercial teachers of
the various schools and to each stu
ard In the test for O given length OF
time. they present some reward Of
merit. In some cases these are GER
tificates while in others they are
medals or pins. A condition of these
contests IL that typewriters manu-
featured by the company conducting
the tests shall be used.
In the Underwood thirty word
test, which In conducted by the I'm
derwood Typewriter Company It IL
required that the student maintain
. net speed Of 30 words or more
minute for is minutes. The net
words from the total number of
words written. and dividing the re-
mainder by the number of minutes
over which the test inconducted. In
this thirty word test certificates are
given. Those receiving those GER
tificates in the past year were:
Doris Baker. Cecilia Beane. Hazel
Brown, Elbridge Caswell, Beatrice
Chase. Mary Cole. Charlotte Colman,
Charles Cookson, Ernest Cookson,
belmont Cooper. Bernadette Cote,
Vaughn Crommett, Raymond Cum
ningham, Della Cyr. Ida Cyr. Mar
guerite bennett Marguerite Ed.
wards. Caroline Ellis. Jennie Fab:
rizi, Ann Faulkner. Kenneth Fisher,
Charlotte Fuller, Kathleen Fox, Ed
ma Gagnon, Hazel Hall, Greta Hanks,
Ida Hartman, Helen Higgins, Re-
becca Higgins, Ruth Hill. Doris Hop
kins, Elizabeth Jones, Katherine
King. Marguerite Leuchter. Mel
bourne McFarlane, Mildred Meigs,
Helena Michaud, Alice Morton. Car
oline Patterson. Margaret Perham,
Hortense Rand, Ruby Reeves. Doris
Rideout. Beatrice Roderick, Gather
inc Roderick, Evelyn Sears, Viola
Seekens, Edith Shepard, Margaret
Shirley. Eileen Stone. Marie Tartre.
Isabelle Taylor, Laura Wakefield,
Rosa Witham, Louis Young.
test a bronze medal Is given for those
who maintain an average Of forty
words or over for Is minutes. Those
who received this medal were: c.
celia Beane, Elbridge Caswell, Della
Cyr. Ida Cyr. Marguerite Edwards.
Caroline Ellis, kathleen Fox, Edna
Gagnon, Hazel Hall, Greta Hanks,
Rebecca Higgins, Ruth Hill, Eliza
beth Jones, Katherine King, Mel
bourne McFarlane, Helena Michaud,
Alice Morton, Hortense Rand, Bea-
trice Roderick, Evelyn Sears, Viola
Seekins, Edith Shepard. Isabelle
Taylor. Rosa Witham.
For the Underwood fifty word con-
test a bronze bar to be put on the
forty word medal in place of the bar
received with the medal Is given.
The other conditions are the same.
These bars were received by Greta
Hanks, Rebecca Higgins, Ruth Hill,
Elizabeth Jones, Melbourne McFar-
lane. Helena Michaud, Beatrice Rod
erick, Evelyn Sears, Viola Seekens.
This company also gives q silver
medal to those student who succeed
ed in writing sixty words q minute
for fifteen minutes. Miss Evelyn
Sears was the only student at the
school who succeeded in securing one
OF those medals this year.
In the Royal thirty word test the
conditions are the same as in the
Underwood tests except that 1t is re-
quired that not over 1--WE errors be
made during the test. A certificate
Is given in this test and the following
were awarded certificates: Doris Ba-
ker. Cecilia Beane, Elbridge Caswell,
Beatrice Chase, Charlotte Colman,
Charles Cookson: Della Cyr; Mar
guerite Edwards, Kathleen Fox,
Charlotte Fuller, Edna Gagnon, Hell
ELI Higgins, Elizabeth Jones, Gather
inc King, Marguerite Leuchter, Cath
crime Rodervck. Evelyn Sears. Edith
Shepard, Marie Tartre, Isabelle Tay-
lor.
A pin Is offered for the Royal IS
word test with the other conditions
the same and five Of these were
awarded. They went to Elizabeth
Jones. Katherine King, Helena MI
chaud, Evelyn Sears and Edna Gag
non.
Miss Sears was again the sole prize
winner in the so word class winning
a beautiful card case by writing six
ty words q minute for Is minutes
"AlA uoI over HVo mistakes.
The Remington Typewriter Com
pany gives a certificate to those stud
ents who maintain an average Of rs
words a minute for ten minutes with
not over five mistakes. Certificates
were received by the following:
Madeline Allison. Cecilia Beane,
Hazel Brown. Beatrice Chase, Char
lotte Colmn. belmont Cooper, Ray
mond Cunningham, Della Cyr, Mar
guerite Edwards, Ann Faulkner, Ha-
Eel Hall. Greta Hanks, Marguerite
Hickey, Helen Higgins. Melbourne
McFarlane, Caroline Patterson, Doris
Rideout. Beatrice Roderick, Marie
Tartre. Isabelle Taylor, Elbridge Cas-
well, Rosa Witham.
In the Remington 45 word test card
cases were won by Melbourne Nc
Farlane and Helena Michaud. Miss
Sears was again the only winner in
the fastest class receiving a beauti-
full gold pin medal for writing IS
| words a minute for ten minutes with
not over Ave errors.
&C. T." certificates were awarded
by the Gregg Writer to Helena Mi
chaud. Elizabeth Jones, Beatrice
Roderick. Della Cyr and Rosa WI
than. These Competent Typists"
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