Penman's Art Journal . ing Lowell. In December, 1902, hearing that a competitive examinationwas to be held in Boston for the appointment of an officialstenographer to fill a vacancy in the Massachusetts SuperiorCourt, I took that examination, with twenty-eight others,and receiving, in the judgment of the committee, the highestrank, was appointed official stenographer for the County ofPlymouth in January, 1903. The following October I waspromoted to the same position for Bristol County, which position I hold at the present time, court being held in tnecities of Fall River, New Bedford and Taunt
Penman's Art Journal . ing Lowell. In December, 1902, hearing that a competitive examinationwas to be held in Boston for the appointment of an officialstenographer to fill a vacancy in the Massachusetts SuperiorCourt, I took that examination, with twenty-eight others,and receiving, in the judgment of the committee, the highestrank, was appointed official stenographer for the County ofPlymouth in January, 1903. The following October I waspromoted to the same position for Bristol County, which position I hold at the present time, court being held in tnecities of Fall River, New Bedford and Taunton. During the Summer vacation for several years I have beenengaged officially in reporting the religious addresses deliv-ered at the Northfield Summer Conferences. I have also oc-casionally acted as official stenographer for other large re-ligious conventions, such as the Ecumenical Missionary Con-ference in New York in 1900, the Inter-Church Conferencein 1905, and the Student Volunteer Convention in Nashvillein C. P. Gehmax. We are pleased to present in this issue the second memberof the trio of experts who qualified for the championshipcup, C. P. Gehman. Mr. Gehman was born in Frostburg, Md., July 29, boyhood days were spent in his native city and in smalltowns in Iowa and Kansas. He graduated from the highschool at sixteen years of age. It was while attending schoolthat he began the study of Graham shorthand in 1890. From 1892 to 1901 he was variously employed as book-keeper, stenographer and confidential clerk, and reading law,doing occasionally a little reporting, but occupied largely inmatters in which shorthand took no part. From March, 1901,until May, 1902, he was assistant cashier of one of the largestindustrial corporations in the West, leaving that employmentto become vice-president of a local manufacturing vicissitudes of fortune have brought him to court re-porting, and since January, 1904, he has been official stenogra-pher of the Elev
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