Beginning pupils should write three sets of first specimens on paper
about 8×10½ inches. One set should be kept by the teacher, another
retained by the pupil, and one set sent to the nearest office of The A.
N. Palmer Company.
The value of these first specimens will be clearly apparent as the work
of muscular movement development and application progresses and
comparisons are made. Those sent to the publication office are
alphabetically arranged and kept for future reference. When pupils have
mastered the movement and become good business writers, their second
specimens should be sent to be filed with the first. The improvement is
often so great that the first and second specimens may be engraved and
published with great credit to the schools, the pupils, and the Palmer
Method.
In these specimens the following form should be followed: On the first
line write the name, the age, and the grade; on the second line, the
name of the school, city or town, and the date. Skip one line and make a
set of capitals; skip a line and make two lines of miscellaneous
figures; skip a line and write, “A specimen of my best writing before I
began to practice muscular movement writing from the lessons in the
Palmer Method of Business Writing.” The above was written
in ............ minutes and ............ seconds.