The Educator (Volume 45) - IAMPETH

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For many years we have been receiving
letters from O. U. Robinson
of the Robinson Business College,
Waterford, Ontario. Some of the
nicest penmanship vs^hich we received
from Canada is from the pen of O.
U. Robinson. Many of our readers
have heard of Mr. Robinson and have
seen some of his fine work.
Mr. Robinson was at one time
(1899-1901) associated with W. J.
Elliott of Stratford, and for two
years he was head commercial master
for E. L. Click of Concord, N.
Hampshire, in his National School of
Business. Mr. Click is now in Spokane,
Washington, and is one of
America's most skilled penmen.
For the following three years he
was Principal of the Banking Department
of the Albany Business
College, Albany, New York, and was
closely associated with that master
penman S. E. Bartow.
He later accepted an excellent position
with the Euclid School of
Brooklyn and while there was unfortunately
stricken with arthritis, and
the next four years was spent in
bed at his old home in Ontario. For
the next three or four years he wrote
articles and stories for a number of
periodicals and then resumed his
teaching out on the farm with sixteen
pupils.
In August, 1914 with his parents
he moved to Waterford where he
founded the Robinson Schools. These
schools have now grown to four in
number. The Waterford School
though in a little center with 1300
people has an enrollment of 80
A Remarkable Penman and
Commercial Educator
students since September and a staff
of five teachers. He has young people
from eight counties in attendance.
Twenty-five of his graduates
have accepted positions during the
last six months.
The other schools are located in
Tillsonburg, Simcoe, and Welland.
This year Mi-. Robinson is Setting
Examiner in Auditing for the Business
Educators Association of Canada
for which his school has been an
accredited member for twenty years.
Mr. Robinson does engrossing for
thirty different colleges and for
Isaac Pitman and Sons. Mr. Robinson
is well known in the Dominion
Schools and conducts the Canadian
Commercial Teachers Agency.
The surprising thing about Mr.
Robinson is the fact that he has not
walked for thirty-two years and does
all of his work in a wheel chair.
Hats off to O. U. Robinson, the
man who has had his share of misfortune
and has been able so far to
successfully overcome it. Let us
extend our good wishes for Mr. Robinson's
continued success.
EDWARD C. MILLS
Script Specialists for Er Braving Pt rposes
P. 0. Drawer 982 Rochester, N. Y.
The finest script obtainable for model
illustrations for bookkeeping texts. busi-
nesB forms ; works or correspondence, 1
arithmetic, and for rea iers. spellers. etc.
By appointment only.
PENMANSHIP A REAL ASSET
In a recent letter, A. M. Reichard,
an official in the Tiffin University,
Tiffin, Ohio, writes: "Since I left the
Zanerian, I have engrossed thousands
of certificates, diplomas, charters,
testimonials, resolutions, etc., and
addressed tens of thousands of envelopes
for advertising purposes. My
penmanship training has been a real
asset to me."
Mr. Reichard at the present time
has charge of the advanced accounting.
The penmanship work of the
Tiffin University is now handled by
B. M. Zeller, an assistant in the accounting
department.
CENTER McMECHEN SCHOOL
An interesting lot of specimens
were received from the students of
Miss Beatrice Gatewood, Center Mc-
Mechen School, McMechen, West Virginia.
These pupils are following
the work given in the Educator and
Miss Gatewood states that her copies
of the Educator are practically worn
out from use by the penmanship
classes. These students not only
practice Plain Business Writing, but
also try their hand at Ornamental
writing, Lettering and Engrossing.
J. Gordon Smith who teaches penmanship
in the Virginia Commercial
College, Lynchburg, Virginia, recently
sent in some of his own work. He
is endeavoring to improve his writing
which is already very fine.