Word: shorthand
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...FATHER OF AMERICAN SHORTHAND, THOMAS LLOYD, WAS A CATHOLIC...
...promise was to be made good. She was turning over to Mr. Baker "the entire private record in letters and documents of Mr. Wilson's service as President." The letters alone number 30,000. In addition there are many of Mr. Wilson's own memoranda made in shorthand, as well as notes which he had typed himself. Mrs. Wilson declared...
Another of these books, the "Relativ Frequency of English Speech Sounds" by Godfrey Dewey '09 gives data of indispensable importance for the foundation of any scientific study of shorthand problems. The text is written in "simplified" spelling as can be seen from the title. In commenting upon this book Mr. D. L. Pottinger '06 of the University Press said, "The facts brought out in this book recall to me the New York Times affair of last fall. The Times, for some unknown reason, asked various professors of Princeton and Yale what were the most important words in the English language...
...really beautiful volume done on vellum-like paper, and probably worth well over five dollars. At the end of the assigned portion of the contents some weary soul had poured forth his ennui--not in song, but in some weavy chirographs which may have been Arabic or Greeg Shorthand. The same pen had engraved at the top of the page, "Mich, dich, sich, Teufel", and at the margin a sketch which bore some resemblance to the professor in the course for which the book was prescribed...
Arrangements can be made to have a representative of the Bureau call at any student's room to take shorthand dictation by applying to Laurence D. Yont 2L., Manager, at 9 University Hall, between 9 and 10 o'clock daily. Further details concerning this service may also be obtained at this time and place...