First Specimens
Beginning pupils should write a first specimen, or example of their writing before studying the Palmer Method.
The value of these first specimens will be clearly apparent as the work of muscular movement development and application progresses and comparisons are made. When pupils have mastered the movement and become good business writers, a second specimen should be created and compared to the first. The improvement is often so great that the first and second specimens may be published with great credit to the pupil and the Palmer Method.
In these specimens the following form should be followed: On the first line write the first and last name; on the second line, the name of the 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.
