as comfortable as possible and be sure to have plenty of room in which to write. If there is a machine on the table where your notes are to be taken move it to one side, or even, if necessary, remove it from the table altogether so that you will not be hampered in any way. It is most essential that you get the shorthand down well. Don't be nervous. Sit close to the dictator so as to hear distinctly and keep up with every word dictated. Concentrate your efforts on the work in hand and endeavor not to allow any disturbing element to creep in and disconcert you. Get the addresses down correctly and write as much of these as you can in shorthand. When the dictation is finished, turn to the machine. Write a line and see if the carriage runs nicely, and if everything is in good order. When you are told to begin transcribing don't rush, but proceed deliberately. Observe the form and arrangement in transcribing which you have been taught. If you make a slight mistake, erase, but don't waste time about it. Take a fresh sheet of paper for the second letter, and also for the third, and get through with them as quickly and as nicely as you can. Don't let the rattle of machines about you make you nervous; you have heard them before at school. Don't worry because someone else finished a minute or two before you. We hope that success has attended your efforts and that you have passed the examination satisfactorily. If, however, you have not, don't be discouraged. It
