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Show A SHORTAGE OF STENOGRAPHERS AND TYPISTS . In response to a request from (President Martin A. Morrison" of tho U. S. Civil Servlco Commission that tho Utah Agricultural College con-tlnuo con-tlnuo Its training of stenographers and typists for government service during the summer, Dr. J. H, Lin-ford, Lin-ford, director of the Summer quarter has arranged for special training In theso fields. The work will coordinate coordin-ate with tho cxtenslvo courses In accounting, business practtco and office of-fice management to bo given during tho summer. Prof. P. K. Peterson, professor of accounting, who will be In chargo of the work, has Issued a statcmont to tho effect that not only In government offices but throughout through-out Industrial plants and commercial commer-cial houses a great shortage of sten-ograhers sten-ograhers and typists Is felt, ' The work given at the U. A. C. Is do- , jf - i t , slgnod primarily to help thls.sltua-i thls.sltua-i ..... ., . Hon. ( In commenting upon the opportun-ltles opportun-ltles In this work that exist In the civil service, President Morrison i - wrote as follows: j "Notwithstanding the- fact, that j the government forces Is steadily diminishing, the demand for stcno- I grapbers and typists In the depart- ments and offices at Washington Is I greater than the supply of cllglbles. I Tho prospect Is that this situation I will prevail for an Indefinite period, I For many years competent steno- I graphors and typists have been in I groat demand In government o dices I and thero Is no prospect that, so far as this- class of wokers Is concern-j concern-j ed, conditions will soon materially ! change, even though heavy reduc-! reduc-! ilons In other classes contlnuo to be "At tho present tlmo all who qual- ify as stenographers and typists and j who aro willing to accept an en-I en-I tranco 'salary ranging front $1000 to $1200 a year, plus tho bonus of $240 a year aro certified for appointment. I Thoso who qualify In tho separate i tjplst examination aro in somewhat less demand, but there Is conBlder-ablo conBlder-ablo call for those trained In typewriting type-writing alone. "Positions at salaries higher than, thpso named in tho announcement enclosed herewith are usually filled through prornotlon, ' . .. v"lI,ouslng fondlUons n WnBhlrjg- ton.JBJiC, havo materially Improved I during 'thu past year or so and n I constaptfurtbor botternient Is no- j ttceabln. 'Fully 40,000 pfersons havo j loft Washington slr.ee tho signing of armtetlce, with tho result that fBBBBB naliablo rooming and boarding plac- VVbBBB cs aro much moro plentiful than j IrBBBa during tho war period,' jKivBBBl Tho special training In Btenogra- BEBBBBBBJ phy and typewriting wilt begin tho BBBBBBBfl opening of tho summer quarter on BBBBBBBfl Juno 1. It will be given either or both terms so that a student can B commence elthor June 1 or July 12, BBB when tho socond term opens. It da- BBflflHHJ sired the work may be taken tor tho flrtflH ontlro summer quarter which In- H tH eludes both terms. B?flflflfl |