TNGenWeb Project/TNGenNet, Inc., (a Tennessee nonprofit public benefit corporation). "The Howard-Smith Collection" Transcription copyright: 1998, by Mrs. F. A. Augsbury; all rights reserved. The originals are at the McClung Library in Knoxville. This file is in text format. Please use your browser's "back" button to return to the previous page. ******************************************************************************** Document extolling the system of penmanship set forth by Benjamin H. Rand -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We the subscribers, teachers in the city of Philadelphia, impressed with the importance of a well digested system of communicating instruction in the elementary parts of education, and particularly in the more imitative branch of Penmanship, After carefully examining the seventh edition of "Rands system of Penmanship" and critically comparing it with many publications of a similar nature, are of opinion that it is decidedly superior to any other system of Penmanship which has come to our knowledge, the simplicity of its elementary parts, the very comprehensive, and lucid directions to the learner, and the elegance of its execution, render Mr. Rand's publication a valuable acquisition to the school desk, while most of the engraved copies which are presented to the public, are calculated from their total want of system, and the inferior style of their execution to injure rather than benefit the scholar- With these positive and comparative advantages we discharge a duty to the author, and we trust to the public, by recommending Mr. Rand's system of Penmanship, as a work peculiarly calculated to facilitate the labor of the teacher, and expedite the progress of the pupil, and in every way worthy of being adopted as the "Standard of Penmanship." [78 signatures on the original not here reproduced]