Show vertical I 1 LIMITED IN USE HEAD OF THE commercial DE CONDEMNS THE SYSTEM 0 J stilwell say bookkeepers book keepers do not write a vertical hand standard 0 J stilwell who has charge ol 01 the department in iho high school on heleg asked his opinion regarding system of penmanship as discussed discus aed in last nights standard said in part in bookkeeping book keeping especially I 1 insist upon neat but express no preference tor either the vertical or system however Ho the pupil of his own accord soon abandons tho vertical system in his hooks since he can not crowd long words into the required spaces 1 I consider the vertical system a handicap to in commercial work and also conclude con cluda that it is an unnatural system afler ten years of teaching it in the ogden schools nofa one pupil in five who reaches the commercial department writes a vertical hand it confession is as good tor pan mansmi as for the soul we may oon alder the fact that at least one neighboring city with which the commercial class exchanges some letters per month can ge ua cards and spades and beat us an fn en manship so far as writing lattera is concerned but I 1 have not seen better penmanship in books than that of our pupils i |