He later became a teacher of penmanship and bookkeeping at the University of Deseret. From LearnThat.org. [Heber J. Grant]
Mike -- I think that penmanship is called the Palmer method, something I don't think they teach anymore. From Wordnik.com. [Grandma's chocolate pie | Homesick Texan] Reference
After college, and no longer having to take notes, or write anything physically, my penmanship is so shot. From Wordnik.com. [Loosen Up Your Writing Grip To Banish Pain | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
Indeed, penmanship is a superior form of teaching and is necessary to correct defects already acquired and fixed. From Wordnik.com. [The Montessori Method] Reference
And unlike Severn, who often wrote in a hurried scrawl and crossed his letters, Brown's penmanship is always careful and meticulous. From Wordnik.com. [New Letters from Charles Brown to Joseph Severn] Reference
Though his penmanship is relatively readable, I often found myself wishing I could simultaneously see them in basic plain text form. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference
Of course, my penmanship was a lot better then, and I wrote really tiny. From Wordnik.com. [Hoh Rainforest, I have big crash, the squirrel grapevine and more postcards] Reference
The penmanship should be a neat, strong hand, very plain and legible, and devoid of all flourish. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
For example, do they now acknowledge in the primary curriculum that fair, old-fashioned study called penmanship?. From Wordnik.com. [The Joys of Being a Woman and Other Papers] Reference
You prated of his skill in penmanship. From Wordnik.com. [Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, by William Gilmore Simms, Esq. In Two Volumes: Vol. I. I. Norman Maurice, a Tragedy; II. Atalantis, a Tale of the Sea; III. Tales and Traditions of the South; IV. The City of the Silent] Reference
"Good penmanship is essential," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of a Used Car Salesman - UFies.org] Reference
His penmanship is of a grade school quality. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Photographer snaps shot of Bush note to Condi:] Reference
You'll very seldom hear the word 'penmanship' anymore, you'll hear. From Wordnik.com. [LJWorld.com stories: News] Reference
Some find his penmanship a little hard to decipher. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
But he picked the wrong outfit to practice penmanship on. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare] Reference
I had not shown such penmanship since I was nine years old. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I never met his equal in penmanship, drawing, and designing. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
The penmanship bears a striking resemblance to that in later life. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
Young Nancy practiced her penmanship by logging entries in the book. From Wordnik.com. [Rolling With Pelosi] Reference
If you have got any specimens of penmanship of real merit, trot them out!. From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian Elocutionist] Reference
Nine-year-old Margo Macero, winner of Vermont's statewide penmanship contest. From Wordnik.com. [Perspectives] Reference
If you think about it, penmanship has been edging toward oblivion for years. From Wordnik.com. [The Curse of Cursive] Reference
"And including your penmanship." said Clark; "enough, lad, to stretch a neck.". From Wordnik.com. [Cord and Creese] Reference
"For Father McDonagh to come back soon," reads another in a child's penmanship. From Wordnik.com. ['I'm A Church Man'] Reference
So when I hear people say that penmanship is dead, my response: it's about time. From Wordnik.com. [The Curse of Cursive] Reference
We have prepared, for home study, books on bookkeeping, penmanship and shorthand. From Wordnik.com. [Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales] Reference
The paper, which looks like ruled stationery, is soft and thin, the penmanship precise. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit Upwelling] Reference
Chata didn't make it far in school and is embarrassed by her careful, looping penmanship. From Wordnik.com. [Letters Of Love, Carried By 'Doves' To Chilean Miners] Reference
It was rather a superior specimen of penmanship, and I don't choose to criticise the style. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
The penmanship of the second was fairy-like and beautiful, and she recognized it as Claire's. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
The desks at school, scissors, the Palmer Method of penmanship, none of them worked for a lefty. From Wordnik.com. [Southpaw’s Revenge] Reference
"Peace is not a thing to achieve through treaties or governments," he wrote in uneven penmanship. From Wordnik.com. [Al Eisele: Hiroshima: Anniversary of Armageddon] Reference
His specialties were mathematics, penmanship, bookkeeping, business science and forms, and navigation. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth: the Disinherited Daughter By E. Ben Ez-er] Reference
It is a miracle of neatness and precision, but in such fine penmanship that it is difficult to decipher. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, April, 1886] Reference
He attained considerable proficiency in penmanship, and in the winter of 1857-8 taught writing classes at. From Wordnik.com. [Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men] Reference
That was the case for Anne Trubek's 9-year-old son, who struggled so much with penmanship that he now hates writing altogether. From Wordnik.com. [The Curse of Cursive] Reference
ORDERED, That Ellen S. Bloomfield, assistant, day elementary schools, assigned to special service as teacher of penmanship in the. From Wordnik.com. [Schedule of Salaries for Teachers, members of the Supervising staff and others. January 1-August 31, 1920, inclusive] Reference
This document, which is very long, is beautifully written on gold, and is altogether a very splendid specimen of Oriental penmanship. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833] Reference
It was very useful, as the boy took great pride in its writing, and parents could judge of their children's proficiency in penmanship. From Wordnik.com. [A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide] Reference
Without believing that characters could be divined through penmanship, he was susceptible to the form of letters as to elegance of drawing. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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