The Educator (Volume 45) - IAMPETH

From the joining or "tie" down,
the form of K and R is the same.
Xumbers have no helpers as do letttis
in word writing; each one must
stand alone and tell its own story.
The loops of f are the same length
and the space between them is simply
a g-ood little i.
—
The addition of a few lines to the
letters will turn them into queer
characters or cartoons which interest
boy.s and girls very much. Animals,
birds, boys, girls, bugs, etc., can be
made this way. Try it, it's fun.
All letters which go below the line
};o the same distance—half way
there is no variation.
1' If the writing slants too much,
turning the top of the paper to the
vipht will cure it in most cases; if
the slant is not enough, turn the top
of the paper to the left and keep the
driwn lines pulling toward you.
("losing the ink bottle the first
thinu- when quitting work for the
period will prevent nearly all the ink
accidents that happen in our classrooms.
Spilling ink is one thing we
can profitably put off until tomorrow.
A fountain pen should be taught
the fundamental lesson in courtesy
which is taught small boys—keep the
hat off when in the house.
The s appears at the beginning of
niiiie words than any other letter in
the dictionary.
In spite of the large number of
typewriters in use, still there is a
erreat demand for good writing in
business.
A well-written paper usually commands
a higher grade than a poorly
written one with the same content,
no matter what the subject.
A keen imagination and an open
mind will enable you to find facts like
these and many others that will help
make your work really fascinating.
Try it!
The size of the average word is
iour letters; therefore practicing let-
;ers in groups of four is the equiva-
ent of writing words all the time.
The writer should be pleased to
earn of other facts you may have
i'ound that are of interest in this field.
This list is far from complete.
ANOTHER ANGLER.
The indications are that the penmanship
profession has a number of
real fishermen in its ranks. Each
C. L. Michael
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snapshot seems to get larger. We
doubt if we shall ever know who the
champion is or what he uses for
bait. They must use some magic
words, some special kind of tobacco
or something. We may have to import
some special angle worms before
the old Scioto will part with
more than minnows and crawfish.
This snapshot is from our good
friend, C. L. Michael, head of the
commercial department of Phoenix
Union High Schoool, Phoeni.\, Arizona.
Mr. Michael caught this King
Salmon in Puget Sound. It was 35
inches long and weighed 21 pounds.
As a young man Mr. Michael became
interested in penmanship and
attended the National Penmanship
Art Hall Business College, then operating
in Delaware, Ohio. Later
he attended the Zanarian two different
summers. Mr. Michael is a firm
believer in requiring all students
in the grades and high school to
acquire and maintain a standard
average of excellence in handwriting.
Students fortunate enough to
come under his instruction acquire
good handwriting.
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