Aquinas Dominican High School - Taquin Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Camng fo Succedd in udznedzi The white collar girl first enrolled in the typing class at Aquinas. What a thrilling moment when she sat clown at the typewriter for the first time! And, oh, how eager she was for this new experience of having the machine ree spond to her very own touch. So many instructions from the typing teacher! Didn't she realize that what one was to do was perfectly obvious, that no unusual skill was needed to operate so simple a machine as the typewriter! Curved fingers, staccato touch, eyes on copy, feet on floor, head and shoul- ders erect-Oh dear, when are We going to type? Ah, at last! But alas, when the go signal was finally given, poor Angie was all thumbs. How could one be so awkward! Maybe everyone can't be a typist-Maybe. Success in typing, as in all endeavors, was attained by looking upon each day's work as an exciting new experience. Every day offered new opportu- nities to achieve one's best by attacking the problems at hand with zest and determination. Great things can be done by earnest, willing workers! 41

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55.!4. . , ZLW4 Lffef, Zwe. ,' It was a strange and fascinating experience to learn to write in an entirely new fashion, to record the spoken word not by means of the familiar letters of the alphabet but by queer-looking pothooks and dashes! Could those very odd-looking characters possibly have any meaning? Ah, yes, it was not long 'til they became animated and very real to our aspiring young secretary. Shorthand was indeed different from any subject she had ever taken. And, oh, how very intricate and Well-nigh impossible of mastery it seemed at first. But just to foresee that dreamed-of day when as the perfect secretary Angie might take her place beside the desk of some important executive and take his dictation just as rapidly as he cared to give it was worth all the effort and study necessary to master those dashes and curves! There was a World of satisfaction in having met and conquered the challenge offered! 40

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