| Show BACK TO TI OLD OIB FORM OF PENMANSHIP Change From Vertical al to Spen- Spen System to Be Made in Schools HEAR A WRITING SAVANT Prin Principals of City S Gity Us- Us ten to io Prof lat Zaner r- r Wili Follow Suggestions I IMMEDIATELY MEDIATELY IMMEDIATELY after the opening of or orthe L the school term following th the holiday boll holi day dar vacation the system or of penmanship penmanship penman penman- penmanship ship now taught In tn the schools throughout hout the state will be changed The fhe vertical st style stylo e of at writing rI g- g gh Is h t to be abandoned In tho ho class clas s rooms and the system of or an angular ular writing n which was dropped In schools In al almost l. i l- l most eer every part of at the United States s sten be he re restored re- re ten or twelve years ears ago ago- Is to stored x The change chance will w ill be ho a confession conCession upon the part of the tho school principals In the various districts that the vertical system tem tern which but a few tew years rears ago was accepted b by educators In ever every city Inthe in inthe inthe the country as tho the solution n of ever every perplexing penmanship problem has been found to be a failure and tho the re return return re- re turn to the tue system that was wan taught for or more than tItan fifty lCt years ears will be taken up again In response to a general de demand demand de- de e- e mand from rom business men an and business colleges and after serious consideration tion for more marc than a year by members lot of the tho state an and city boards o of lion lon superintendents and principals Doubts as RS to the tho best way to bring about bout the chall change C In the study of f penmanship penmanship pen pon manship without confusing students and teachers alike were removed yesterday yes- yes erday from tho the minds of the tho the principals pals als of or the Salt Lake L. schools schoos by C. C P P. Zaner tho the most prominent penman In Inthe Inthe the he United States founder a of the Zanerian ZanerIan Zaner- Zaner Ian an system of teaching writing and supervisor o of p In the schools o of Columbus Ohio Professor or Zaner stopped In Salt Lake yesterday en n route to San Francisco co where he ho will vill pass tho the holidays holl ays long Jons enough h to deliver cr an address upon penmanship In n school rooms ls before the time principals principals' meeting In the tho office o of D. D II Chrls- Chrls superintendent of schools schoos Ho ITo Hos ensen f whose counsel coun coun- is s an accepted authority sd sel will be c followed conon-cd in dropping the Continued on r le Two 10 BACK TO OLD FORM I OF PENMANSHIP Continued From Page One vertical s system stem and the substitution of or orthe the angular method Why b Vertical Writing Professor Protessor Zaner explained to tho the principals that the tho vertical s system stem was taken up In the schools over the country country coun coun- try tn because it was discovered In the primary grades that children seemed to take more moro quickly to vertical writIng writing writing writ writ- ing than to the system Vertical writing because of oC Its novelty seemed to appeal to teachers and stu stu- dens den's aliko and It soon became the generally used method It was learned gradually however that uniformity of ot letter latter formation and swiftness could not not be bo achieved with the tho vertical tem tern While the tho primary pupils learned it t more quickly than the angular writIng writIng writIng writ- writ Ing they did not reach perfection in fn ineasy easy quick and uniform writing even evenin in the tue highest grades In business houses whore there aro are clerical departments do- do there soon developed objection objection ob- ob to this style of writing that in inato late ato years ear has demanded attention from school authorities Despite the tho objections to the tle vertical system teachers have o hesitated to change back because of the necessity in n the s system stem of or teaching one movement and then unlearning It t to give Ive the pupil the finishing touches In muscular movement I II I I I I I eH All 11 Professor ProCessor Zaner removed this heal hesi- Lancy ancy yesterday b by giving ln the aSsembled assembled assem aSsem- bled principals tho the benefit of his experience ex ex- which has been that pupils n tho the first and second grades Jrade should be taught to write only upon the tile blackboard learning free tree use of their arms anns Writing with wilh a n. pencil can be betau tau taught aught ht the tho third grade pupil ho he declared de de- with tho the pupil ready to understand understand under understand stand and practice only the tue free arm muscular movement Prot Professor J. J II Paul Instructor In animal life at the University of Utah said last night last night that the tile I solution of the he penmanship problem given by Pro- Pro Protessor r Zaner aner is destined to bo be ono one of oC the ho tho most important Incidents In recent years earn In lit educational circles Ve We have Iha had a committee from the faculty acuity working for months said Professor Pro- Pro fessor Paul endeavoring to decide deckle upon Just what the preliminary metho moth moth- o ids s in instruction in the angular tern em of writing should be and when the pupils should begin beg learning th the muscular movement mo In place of or the finger inger movement mo t Wo We have o never been jeen able to reach a u. decision and found lound no other educators who had hall until un- un til 11 we were enlightened by Professor Zaner aner As chairman of tIle the committee I shall shan recommend that the suggestions of or Professor Zaner be fol- fol lowe lowed in our training school and that thia the tho system be put Into effect at once VI Old OM Professor Zaner stopped In Salt Lake Lale to o visit a a. former pupil Milton lUton Ross Hoss instructor In penmanship at tho the I. I L. L D. D S. S high who K R recognized as one ne of tho the two tor foremost most penmen of or Utah When hen Mr Ross learned that Mr Ir r Zaner Saner would stop over here for foi a few cw hours he notified d Superintendent D. D W U. Christensen of the cl city ty schools JYL they y made arrangements for fOI the tho celebrated penman and Instructor to deliver a f thirtY minute address to tile the principals The Tho noted penman with his wife came down own from rom O Ogden len yesterday morning talked to the teachers earl early in n t the c fa afternoon no Tn- Tn and took took- o'clock train for Cor the Pacific coast |
