Manamatu Herald. SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1898. Writing.

Manawatu Herald, 26 March 1898, Page 2

Manamatu Herald. SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1898. Writing.

The Wanganui Education Boa ril bas decided to alter the style of wii: ing taught ih schojh-. Ti.o - y_t. iv in force is not a satisfy eto >v one an; 1 has baen found to !i-ad fo lho forma tion of a hand, in nhw lift', which is not easily readable. It has a good deal that is of an advantage as it pointed to a way by which letters Were easily run into ohe Another when writing fast, but it lacked a power to prevent such writing being utterly spoiled, in fact it failed in being a good groundwork for future writing. Wo are thus glad to learn thafc it is to be abolished, but we believe the Board U falling into a worse error in substituting an up right style. We bave never noticed any satisfactory fast writing in an upward fashion, and fast writing must be the kind for the future, as shorthand has to be transcribed at express speed to meet the demand for copy. It is difficult to find out from the fathers of tbe present scholars what was the name of the writing they were taught in English schools, bufc it was infinitely better than the Vere-Foster or the proposed upright styles, and was capable of adaptation by the learner into a style suited to him in later life. Amongst the members of the Board we doubt if there is one who can write a good hand, and if they cannot we would ask them to stay their orders for reformation until fchey have consulted with those who are placed in a position to understand what writing is best suited for future use. An upright hand so very frequently gets made with a slant known as " backwards " which of all writing is one of the ugliest, and one which would condemn an applicant for a clerkship. Writing we hold fco be a course of school work of great moment to the scholars and thus deserving of close attention. We would like to hear whafc the Inspector of Schools has to say upon the abandonment of a system he has always been so 6mphafcic in support of.

Not all as it should be with the Buasian fleet, as reports from Odessa announce the arrest of 120 persons on the charge of being implicated in extensive frauds in connection with the supply of coal to the Bussian warships of the Euxine fleet. The Admiral bas been dismissed from the service in the same connection:

The Cinematograph and Phonograph was shown on Thursday evening at the Hall and though, owing to the other attractions^— the excursion and the Salvation Armj. supper— the Hall was not well filled, yet app'ause followed every item. The two pictures in the Cinematograph which took the fancy of the audience most were those of the whirlpool in the Niagara rapids, and the expresstrain. We may here say that the oscillation was not noticeable. The best item in the phonograph waß the whistling solo by Frank Lawton. The show is well worth seeing*

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