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Shorthand  for  Students, 
A.m  lour.  Pharn» 
Nov.,  1880. 
SHORTHAND  FOR  STUDENTS. 
By  Chas.  Dyer  Chase,  Ph.G. 
The  time  is  rapidly  approaching,  if  not  now  here,  when  the  student 
will  be  seen  leaning  over  his  desk  and  scratching  away  for  dear  life,, 
trying  to  keep  up  with  the  remarks  of  the  professor,  who  must,  I  think, 
find  it  extremely  interesting  work  talking  to  the  backs  of  so  many 
heads. 
Although  I  do  not  believe  in  so  much  note-taking  at  lectures,  many 
do,  and  to  lighten  their  labors  a  little  I  would  suggest  that  they  buy  a 
little  book  entitled  Brief  Longhand,"  by  A.  J.  Graham,  69  Bible 
House,  New  York.  It  is  "a  system  of  longhand  contractions,  by 
means  of  which  the  principal  advantages  of  shorthand  are  secured 
without  resort  to  stenographic  characters,  and  with  perfect  legibility." 
A  regular  system  of  phonography,  like  Pitman's,  Munson's  or  Gra- 
ham's, is  of  course  the  best,  but  to  the  pharmaceutical  student  I  do 
not  think  that  the  result  obtained  would  repay  for  the  labor  necessary 
to  its  acquisition.  This  system  of  brief  longhand,  however,  is  so  sim- 
ple, so  easily  learned,  and  the  benefits  resulting  so  immediate,  that  I 
would  recommend  all  students  in  the  habit  of  taking  notes  to  get  the 
book  and  study  it.  I  have  found  it  of  great  benefit  myself,  not  only 
in  making  abstracts,  quotations,  etc.,  but  also  in  writing  upon  index: 
cards,  where  I  can  get  twice  as  much  in  the  same  space  and  do  it  twice 
as  fast  as  I  could  formerly. 
The  system  is  divided  into  three  styles  ;  the  first,  or  corresponding 
style,  can  be  acquired  by  an  hour's  earnest  study,  and  will  save  fifteen 
per  cent,  in  time.    The  following  is  an  example  : 
I  call  tt  mind  free  wh  s  jealous  v  is  own  freedom,  wh  guards  iself  fr  bng  merged 
i  oths,  wh  guards  is  empire  over  iself  z  nobler  than  e  empire  v  e  world. — Charming. 
I  call  that  mind  free  which  is  jealous  of  its  own  freedom,  which  guards  itself 
from  being  merged  in  others,  which  guards  its  empire  over  itself  as  nobler  than  the 
empire  of  the  world. — Channiug. 
The  second  style  is  simply  the  first  with  additions,  and  results  in  a 
^  saving  of  thirty  per  cent.     Example  : 
I  h  oftn  hd  occsn  t  rmrk  e  frttde  w  wh  wmen  sstn  e  mst  ovrwhlming  rvrss  v  frtn. 
E  dsstrs  wh  break  dwn  e  sprt  v  a  man.  &  prstrte  hm  i  e  dust,  seem  t  cll  frth  -1  e  enrgs 
V  e  sftr  sex,  &  g  sch  intrpdty  &  elevtn  t  thr  chrc,  tt  -t  times  i  apprchs  t  sblmty. — 
Ir'ving. 
I  have  often  had  occasion  to  remark  the  fortitude  with  which  women  sustain  the 
most  overwhelming  reverses  of  fortune.  The  distresses  which  break  down  the  spirit 
ot  a  man,  and  prostrate  him  in  the  dust,  seem  to  call  forth  all  the  energies  of 
the  softer  sex,  and  give  such  intrepidity  and  elevation  to  their  character,  that  at 
times  it  approaches  to  sublimity. — Ir-ving. 
