Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1912 — Fast Work a Necessity. [ARTICLE]

Fast Work a Necessity.

The fastest shorthand writing ever done, so it is said, was accomplished by'Nathan Behrin, a New York court reporter, at a recent contest held by the National Shorthand Reporters’ association. He wrote 278 words a minute for five minutes. This is fast er than most people can talk; bur then the court stenographer must be prepared to meet and “take down” the exceptional witness with aix-cylindei verbal capacity.