The Educator (Volume 45) - IAMPETH

Business Writing
By E. A. Lupfer
No. 2
Are you interested in a position? Most business men who do the selecting of office help examine the handwriting
of the applicant. See what some of the big business executives say about good penmanship, and what they demand
of their employees. Good handwriting will help you to get a position. It will help you to get better grades in
school. You please your teacher when you hand in papers which she can lead. Penmanship plays an important
part in the school and for that reason alone you should develop good handwriting.
One of the first things teachers should do is show pupils the importance of good handwriting. They can find many I
examples where people in their community have been helped by good penmanship to secure positions.
You have, no doubt, heard expressions like these: "She is a beautiful writer, so neat and careful. He is an atro-
cious writer, so careless and inefficient." What are they saying about your handwriting ?
Position is important for good handwriting. Study the illustrations in this issue and in other issues of the Educator.
See if you are working in the correct manner. I
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Let us hastily review the capital A. Use the exercises which will help you most,
getting nice smooth clean lines. Get the turns at the base line even.
Swing into the letters freely,
The small a is one-third as tall as the capital A. Get the oval full and open. The retrace should be like the
small i. Watch the slant of the last down stroke.
INCORRECT LEFT-HANDED POSITION CORRECT LEFT-HANDED POSITION
L .vriting and an awkward incorrect way. Notice how the boy is holding his hand and paper
that the top of the paper tilts toward the ripht side of the de&k. The paper is almost on
is important that you hold your paper in the proper position.
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