The Educator (Volume 45) - IAMPETH

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Ornamental Signatures
These signatures were written by E. W. Bloser. The original was loaned to us by H. A. Rounds of The Rounds-
Truman Engrossing Studio, Chicago.
SCHOOL AND SOCIAL ADVAN-
TAGES OF GOOD HANDWRITING
By Anne Smarsh
Good handwriting has almost unlimited
advantages in school. In the
first place, busy teachers cannot help
being irritated by scrawled, poorly
written papers, and being lenient
with neat legibly written papers.
And they have a right to their good
impression. Good, legible handwriting
shows that the writer is considerate
of the time and energy of
others. Handwriting shows character
traits. It shows if a person is (considerate)
conscientious, neat, a
worker not to be discouraged, a
worl^er doing his best. If he is all
that these traits imply, has he not
worked in developing the best handwritingment
?
as well as the best assign-
In writing social letters, handwriting
does a great deal to make the impression.
Careless writing implies a
careless personality. Fine, legible
writing implies that the writer is
cultured,
ceptable.
capable, and socially ac-
(Miss Smarsh is a student
E. Doner's penmanship class.
in C.
Many
good ideas are brought out in the
papers handed in by his
Editor.
students.)
INFERIORITY COMPLEX
"It's no use," said the director to
his colleague. "I'll have to get a
new typist."
"Pity," said his colleague. "Miss
Jones always seemed a nice, obliging
sort of girl."
"Oh, she's all that. But she will
keep interrupting me when I'm dictating
to ask how to spell words."
"That certainly is a great waste of
time."
"I don't object to that," explained
the director, "but it looks so bad to
have to keep saying I don't know."
THANKS
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I am sending my check for $1.50
foi- The Educator. You are surely
keening up your quality.
C. A. Barnett,
7911 Franklin Boulevard,
Cleveland, Ohio.
A good lesson in "h" for the
penmanship class
An Englishman speaks over the
telephone:
"Yes, this is Mr. 'Arrison. What
you can't 'ear ? This is Mr. 'Arrison
—haitch, hay, two bars, a hi, a hess,
a ho, and a hen— 'Arrison."
A Re-New-Poin! for Every Writing System
Here is one fountain jjeii that you can welcome into your
classroom because your pupils can get it with the writing
point designed for the handwriting system you teach. If
mishap should overtake the pen. the student may replace
the point with a duplicate for only 25c.
THE ESTERBROOK PE'N CO.
62 Cooper Street. Camder N. J.
The Brown Brothers,
Toronto. Can.id, mfet^wk