Central City Business School - Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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This is the Siyll! of businvss writing liulght at Cl'1lll'l1l City Business Sc-lmol. ZS

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,wW72mf2AfzfQ T is the aim of the management to make this school the best in every respect. Its faculty now includes two ot' the best penmen of this country, and that means of the world-R. W. Johnson and A. W. Dakin. Mr. Johnson is a graduate of Chillicothe Normal and Pen Art School and is especially gifted in the use of the pen. He has been with Central City for nine years, but is now on leave of absence for military duty. The management has several teachers under consideration and an excellent pen- Inan will be selected to till his place during his absence. A. W. Dalcin is a teacher of more than thirty years' experience. and has a national reputa- tion as one of the best penmen and pen artists that America has ever produced. lie has charge oi' orna- mental writing, pen art, engrossing, designing, and illustrating. t, C Without good handwriting young men and women in business are greatly handicapped, no matter what their other attainment:-1 may be. Indeed, it is often the passport to a good position, and many ol' those who secured employment during the past year owe their positions to their good handwriting. Business writing should be without flourish or ornamentation, and it should be written with ease and rapidity. Our daily drill develops a simplified style that is legible and uniform. as well as rapid in execulion. It ments the most exacting counting-room requirements, and is what the business man requires-as plain as print,

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QQ C6 Q 5 Q Executed by A. W. Dakin, Pen Artist at Central City Business School