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Show HOW TO BECOME 1 A PROFICIENT 1 STENOGRAPHER I Able Discussion by C. rK?McGurrln ij at U. A. C. on FrldaJo Com- j merclal Student' i'H ',y H Lust Friday artornoon'Mr. C. H. ij McCJurrln of Salt LakoyCity, gave a. jH splendid lcctur0 on stoiiy&rnphy and ! typewriting to tho UVX', C. Com- j H merclal club. In nddltjun to tho j H rugu'nr club members 'Targo crowd ! nttotidod tho lecture. '' ' Mr. McOurrln hniidlod'hls subject In a vary practical and 'formal way. jH Ho gavo a very Interesting and de- JH tailed account of his aifldy ot sten- jH ogrnphy and of his advancement in jH the profession. At the ago' ot sixteen '! ho began to study shorthand nnd a 'fl low months nftor ho wisworklng In '!! a law- olllco nt eight dollars a mouth. ! l)y dllllgent practlco ahif', study dur- ! ing tho next threo years' ho beenmo -! -i regular court reportUrC'iiud earned !! flvo dolhrs u day nnd,,9pcnses. For jH more thnu twenty-two "years he was ')! nu official court reporter iind lu addl- ! Hon to this ho has Inuf'k arled ex- 'a pcrlenco In all kinds ot.yy porting. Ho M reported tho constitutional conven- .'H Hon of Michigan whlcliljistcd six M months. In 1S92 Mr. MefJurrln was M making practical dcmonaVrjitlons for 'H the Remington Typewriter Company. H Ho was sent to England Tind would H take apeoclies vorbatlm pn his typo- H writer. ', H It was pointed out that the field for H roporting was vory attrdjttve, vory H remunerative, and almost unlimited, H especially for young moh'i Many ot H our most successful burfihess men H nnd other men of nffalfs' 'began as H stenographers. Thoy first worked H themselves up to bo private secrc- H tarlos and then duo to tiielr previous H preparation and careful attention to H tholr work wero able to Securo tho H responsibility ot tho entiro business. H Tho pay is increasing tor this kind H Sol work and now somo 'court roport- H ors whoso salary Is $0000 aro ablo H to make .live times thatdmount dur- H Ing extra time for special work such . us eommlttcu roporting. H In this Hold as In all .others tho H most olllclent always makes, tho most H rapid progress provided he Is honest H with a dopth of character and moral H Judgment that Is worthy' of his cm- M ployors confidence. ' H President Dunford JiaB arranged H for a number ot other loc'tures to bo H given during tho noxt half, year. Tho H ones already given hav'.proved vory M beneficial. '' H |