Regarding the 1940s high school yearbook article I mentioned: I think it was 1942 - so the war was still hot. The two boys dropped the typing class since they had signed up for the Service and had other training commitments. On the next page was a list of those who had recently signed up, along with a list of recent graduates who had already been KIA (and on which front it was - Pacific vs Eastern).
I'll try to remember next time I'm back home, to get a photocopy of that article - maybe post it at the CHM forum as an interesting reminder about the past. I remember chuckling that the 20wpm wasn't too much to be proud of. But, do have to consider the context: they probably didn't have typewriters at home, not sure how the requested content to type was presented (projected onto a wall or on a lettersheet next to them?), and what equipment they had. And just had a thought: if we could find 20-30 working condition type writers today, I wonder how modern high school students would do in a "typing contest" in that equipment -- would they type too fast and jam the things up, ruining both their accuracy and wpm average? :) Hmmm! On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 10:15 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > It seems as though MOST of us chose the typing class elective. > Disproportionately more than the general population. > > > We also probably don't have very many athletes here. Although lugging > this shit around does build up some strength. > > -- > Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com > > >
