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MAKING SHORTHAND
TEACHING EFFECTIVE

(From The Teaching Of Shorthand)

THE topic "Making Advanced Shorthand Teaching More Effective" was assigned to me while I was away on a trip to Cuba. My associates chose a title for me calculated to raise great expectations — expectations which I do not think I shall be able to satisfy.

With your permission, I am going to revise the title by omitting the word "advanced," because I have always maintained that the theory and advanced work in shorthand are so intertwined that the methods adopted in the theory work will largely determine the effectiveness of the advanced work.

I have had the privilege of visiting schools teaching shorthand in nearly

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