Show jy ja r 4 4 or the tile ogden shorthand S liot liand writers and liler ys ocla air H the inaugural meeting of this association yaa as held at union opera hausa las I 1 evening mayor pecry pea occupied the chair the audie audience nce which was a large one was called to order by the chairman who made madem a jew few opening remarks rein acks ho ile had been anxious all his hir life to learn the art of short hand writing writ ilif but had neve 1 l been hula to ava avail 1 I himself of the wasy ident that various systems W of this abreh art had ad been in existence from fro m ivery very ea early aly ages and we come down to the present time rhen when we wo baye Y an invention in edtion of op mr mi isaac pitman pi baian toung jaeil p should k endeavor ta to become acquainted with the art for iris Is in an absolute a necessity a knowli knowl i edge 1 of which pich will amply repay those lhotak who tak ta kd chains to JL 6 acquire it he ile i hoped to see the tile association grow ln in numbers for it bespeaks a brighter brik life fofi day y for ogden A letter ofa the n read from Jam sTaylor esq E who dadeo appointed orator of the t evening but was unable to be pre seyon ad un T of sickness I 1 th the teachers efge then A rendered eiglee a in fine style A 4 selection entitled en t ditled self re 4 harice ce was well read by mr C A waite tho the audience was then favored with abong dwelt in marble halls by kiy mr reese dee ft alil cli ellaire d an encore the gendeman gentleman responded by singing sin gilig the tile blue alsatian mountains prof lej H addressed thoi thet rag meeting eting in his usual happy vein ho he being greeted on ansing arising with applause ap P ause the theart aref shorthand writing was not only on y kalua blufor ble for the purposes for which it is generally intended but bu t it trained 0 the mind it is avide evident nt to all that the english E language is full of incongruities and inconsistencies onedus 1 isten cies which hove have got lo 10 be subdued sub dudd and tation this will vill have to be done by education uca tion why cannot we write as we speak I 1 f and dud give to every sound its proper character wo we must in time tim e come could down to a phonetic honet iq system the speaker de sired to sec ill 0 the shorthand As socias tion flourish fall and prosper Jer in num bers popularity and usefulness the bong song of spring nasren dered by the teachers Tea cheri association mir choir 1 L D edwards I 1 song and chorus you 6 told me that you oved me was sung with chartos charm ing effect by bliss annie halgren supported jay y the teachers asso choir i A t H anderson Ander sou realized that the thil of aci b to fo write ritie shorthand nd which the he M association 0 was endeavoring t to lishin lishin our midst would prove of great the it is the jouty of every man to see that he lie ia is advancing and to this end ind we should seek everything evereth i n g which tends to improvement he i i wished visited the association a s ocIa tion prosperity and would use every effort on his part to further iti interests mf oia broel afterwards gave ve the tl i e sq 0 songs ram I 1 ro m dilim 5 wa his is unvaried it kill and abil ability I 1 ty and d was x as loudly encored after which he be gave the carnival de venice and yankee doodle home horne sweet hume home etc with variations variation i mr jr wm lowe then discoursed on I 1 in atle 0 objects of tup which has beb been 0 organized fork the general ire improvement of its mem memo bera hers in all branches of education especially in tho thet study bf ivoti grap graphy hy and a 0 cordial corf lial invitation is 13 extended tended to all to become enrolled ag as members tha the speaker then the n ref referred erred to the comic aspects aspect of old father longhand showing a horii ing the peculiarities odthe of the english lan ian guage and the tedious method of recording passing events by tile present pree bt mode modo of long longhand handwriting writing musi wo NO always alway meet as strang latest production 0 of f prof L D edwards dwarda E was rendered in n admirable stylo style bv by the missed 4 halgren en after which abote a vote of thanks than ks was tendered tho the cha chairman anan and all those who bad kindly assisted in the exercises odthe of the even ing this effort on the part of this association was a com commendable commenda menda ble ono 6 1 n 0 and proved a decided success ari a result we hope to eec bec the society increase increase in every way and receive the cordial support which ia is nece sary ary to tho existence ot euca an anor or bation from all those thos e who are directly interested in education and intellectual improvement |