strike the paper with the first movement. The large straggling notes usually prove unintelligible.
The talented author of Gregg Shorthand wrote the following excellent advice on this subject:
"Avoid a sprawling style of writing. It looks unsightly and shows a lack of artistic taste. But there are practical considerations in favor of neat, compact shorthand writing. With small outlines there is less traveling of the hand across a page, less effort and flurry, less time lost in passing from line to line and page to page. What a difference there is in the work of an expert and a beginner at the reporter's table. The expert seems to write mechanically—the pen glides smoothly across the paper, drops from line to line without apparent effort, and the page turns easily without a rustle. It all appears so simple that one is apt to imagine that the speaker is going at a very moderate pace; but this idea is quickly dispelled by a glance at the beginner. See the wild flourishes, the frantic jump from line to line, and the excited jerk with which the page is turned—what a contrast! Try to cultivate a neat, compact, artistic style of writing, and you will feel repaid by the increased speed and print-like legibility that will result."
PUNCTUALITY AND REGULARITY IN ATTENDANCE.
Too much cannot be said in favor of punctuality and regularity in attendance at school. Many stu-