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HEADLINE OR BLANK COPY BOOKS–WHICH?
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"The writing of the pupil teachers is generally poor" (Her Majesty's Inspector). "This latter remark I would specially emphasize in the case of my own district, to which I attribute a good deal of the poor handwriting that exists in its schools" (Chief Inspector, p. 308).
"The assistants are too frequently unable to set a proper copy on the blackboard" (p. 16).
"Teachers cannot always write well themselves" (p. 18), and as to the caligraphy of our Students in Training for teachers we read:–
"Handwriting is becoming worse every year" (Report on Training Colleges, p. 450).
These statements surely justify every word in the paragraph referred to, coming as they do from those who are best able to form a judgement on the question.
