The Educator (Volume 45) - IAMPETH

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I of
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ILLUMINATED LETTER
This initial letter was made by Mr.
A. M. Grove of the Kassell Engrossing
Studio, Chicago, Illinois.
The face of the letter was in gold
a design burnished on the face
the letter. The background inside
of the letter was in two shades of
green with gold ornament. The background
of the shield or panel was a
light purple with white decorations.
The outline around the shield was
pink. The ornaments to the left of
the letter were in light purple and
gold.
Initial letters are used extensively
by engrossers. Nearly every page on
a resolution should contain an initial
I letter.
W. LEROY BROWN
It is with great regret that we announce
the death of W. LeRoy Brown,
an engrossing artist of Cleveland,
Ohio. He was born in Columbiana
County, Ohio where he attended "the
little red school house." He then
graduated from the commercial department
of Mt. Union College, Alliance,
Ohio. In 1899, at the age of
20, Mr. Brown enrolled in the Zanerian
College. It was then that he got
WRITING LESSON
Madison Avenue School
Room 10—Second Grade
Mrs. Fielder
The Approach: The children were
having circle. They were reading
their library books. We talked
about the care of books. We
chose the most attractive books
and the stories we liked best.
The Lesson: We wrote a story about
our books. "We are sitting in a
circle. We are reading our library
books. We enjoy them."
Specific Objectives: We are going to
concentrate on spacing today and
keeping the margins straight. We
found that we needed special drill
on capital W, also on r, k, bo, br,
s and c. We are going to drill on
these letters tomorrow.
Objectives of Human Relations
Attained:
1. Friendship—The circle was very
informal and friendly.
2. Cooperation—The children gave
suggestions and planned the
paragraph together.
3. Courtesy—Each child had a turn
to talk and the other children
listened politely.
4. Conservation—We talked about
the care of books.
5. Appreciation—We discussed the
pleasure we received from reading
the stories and looking at
the pictures.
his first training in penwork.
He was a very quiet, unassuming
gentleman and not known to the penmanship
profession as well as his
work deserved. He engrossed testimonials
and memorial tributes to all
of the Presidents of the United States,
beginning with the death of President
William McKinley. The Myron T.
Herrick Memorial in Herrick Hall,
Paris, is his work. Other specimens
of his artistry appear in eight other
W. LeRoy Brown was a true gentleman and a fine engrossing artist.
THE STORY OF TWO MEN
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Think! What were you doing at
just this time last year? Remember?
What are you doing now? Is
it worth while ? Is it better than what
you did last year, or the year before?
And, of course, what you did then
counts. What you have accomplished
since then counts, too, because it determines
how much you have grown,
mentally, ethically, and socially. How
much you are now doing is not important
as how much better you are.
If you can see improvement in the
quality of your ideals, and your purposes,
you are going somewhere.
I know two men. One of them, I
am told, wasted his youth. He frittered
it away carelessly on useless
things, thinking it would last forever.
He failed day by day to count
his improvements, measure his
growth, and he let his period of
preparation slip by him. Today the
world looks on him as a failure.
The other, in his youth, claimed its
advantages. He had a keen sense of
values. He counted. He measured,
he planned, and today, he lives life
to the hilt, to its very fullest. He
is happy, and successful, and all because
he kept aware, aware that life
and people progress, and that to be
worth-while, you must keep up to
them.
And so, let's all be alive and alert,
pulsating — seeking — and growing.
Get the best out of life. Let's measure!
Let's learn an essential of success!
Let's grow!—The Gist—Goldey College.
countries, some of which have been
presented to kings and queens.
During the many years of experience
as an engrosser in Cleveland, he
lettered diplomas and certificates running
into many, many thousands. He
loved his work and made a financial
success of it. The home pictured
here was built and paid for by engrossing
which he did.
He was in our office only a short
time ago.