In afternoon speed class of 40 minutes, the order of dictation is : -First, Reading Court or Convention pages from Shorthand manual arranged for that day, as explained farther on; d, Dictation for not more than 20 minutes, of Business Letters of the Shorthand manual to those students who did not receive those due them at morning speed class; 3d, Dictation of actual letters to graduating students who did not receive same in the morning speed class; 4th, Short original lecture to students or reading of different letters, court and convention, two pages each, from the ten cent printedspeed readers, as described for morning speed class. We stop anywhere in these speed readers when speed time is up.

At night, the one hour of speed class begins with one of the A to K Reviews from Shorthand manual, Business Letters of the shorthand manual as needed following; next, actual letters to graduating students, if any; then the pages of court or convention from shorthand manual set for that night, concluding, as far as time permits, with business letters, court and convention, two pages each, from the ten-cent printed speed readers not used for typewriting practice.

In any speed class we read the A to K Reviews of the Shorthand manual at rate of 20 words a minute; the Business Letters of the manual 70 words a minute; the court and convention pages of shorthand manual and the pages from the ten cent speed readers at 100 to 120 words per minute.

The ten cent speed readers used in speed class are 27 in number and are composed of letters, court or convention work different from the 5 pamphlets which are used for typewriting practice. Each student is required to buy these 27 speed class pamphlets as soon as speed class is entered, so that he or she may have them for comparison with notes taken in speed class, the price being but 90 cents for the 27. If purchased at same time as the 5 for typewriting, the price for both is one dollar.