to reach. There are, of course, exceptions, but some idea of the time occupied may be gleaned from the following extracts from a symposium entitled "How Long?" contributed to by some of the most eminent court and congressional reporters.
Mr. Jerome B. Allen, of Petoskey, Mich., a reporter in the Michigan courts, had five years of preparation. Mr. Charles E. Weller, of St. Louis, studied four years before he could report. Mr. Daniel C. McEwen, of Brooklyn, occupied about five years in preparation. Mr. W. Whitford, of Chicago, wrote and taught shorthand for five years before he was appointed official reporter. Col. E. B. Dickenson, of New York, practiced for five years previous to appointment. Mr. Theodore C. Rose, of Elmira, New York, was an assistant to a reporter for about thirteen years before he was appointed official reporter. Mr. Adelbert P. Little, of Rochester, New York, began law reporting in 1871 and was appointed court reporter in 1893—twenty-two years after. Mr. Frederic Irland, of Washington, D. C., became an official reporter to the court four years after he began to learn shorthand and official reporter to the United States House of Representatives ten years afterwards. Mr. David Wolfe Brown, of Washington, D. C., became assistant note taker, U. S. Corps, six years after commencing to study shorthand and was appointed official reporter to the United States House of Representatives ten years
