Local typists will be interested to learn that Mr. M. Savetzky, a pupil of the Remington Typewriter School, No. 8 Kiukiang Road, passed the Remington Typewriter Co.'s accuracy test on Monday last in the presence of Mr. R. D. Simpson and also Mr. H. Farmer, the principal of the school.
The test, which was passed under the rules ]aid down by the Remington Typewriter Ca., involves typing for 15 minutes at a speed of not less than 60 words a minute, from unfamiliar matter, absolutely without error. The very high standard of efficiency in "touch" typewriting required to pass the test will be better realized when it is stated that the competition (for which a brand new Remington typewriter is awarded as a prize) has been open for some years in the United States and up to date only about 40 typists have succeeded in passing.
Mr. Savetzky used a Remington No. 10 Business Model machine and typed 1,037 words during the 15 minutes, that is, at the rate of over 63 words a minute. It is interesting to note that he has only been studying at the Remington Typewriter School for a little under 12 months, prior to which time he had no knowledge whatever of typing or typewriting machines.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.