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IMPORTANT COLUMBIA PROMOTIONS.
H. A. Yerkes Becomes District Manager for
Central West, and Arthur C. Erisman Is Ap-
pointed to Similar Post in New England.
W. C. Fuhri, United States manager of the
Columbia Graphophone Co., New York, an-
nounced this week a number of important pro-
motions and changes in the Columbia service.
If. A. Yerkes, formerly district manager for
New England, has been appointed district man-
ager in the Central West, assuming the position
formerly occupied by Mr. Fuhri. Mr. Yerkes"
territory remains the same as it was under Mr
Fuhri's direction with the exception of Indian-
apolis, which is transferred to the territory of
Mr. Nichols, district manager of the Pittsburgh
territory. Mr. Yerkes' headquarters will be at
Chicago, and his new territory allows him un-
limited opportunities to exercise his recognized
sales and executive ability.
Arthur C. Erisman, formerly manager of the
liohton headquarters of the Columbia C o , ha--
been appointed district manager for New Eng-
land, with jurisdiction over the Columbia whole-
sale divisions at Boston, Mass.; Portland, Me.;
Hartford, Conn.; New Haven, Conn.; Spring-
field, Mass., and Providence, R. I.
Walter L. Eckhardt, district manager, with
headquarters at Philadelphia, has been given
the additional territory controlled by the At-
lanta and Washington wholesale divisions.
In announcing these appointments, Mr. Fuhri
expressed his gratification at being able to
recognize the valuable services which these men
have rendered the company, and the high esteem
in which they are held by their associates and
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co-workers in all divisions of the company's affairs.
Roth Mr. Yerkes and Mr. Erisman are among
the most popular members of the Columbia
Co.'s sales division, and have achieved signal
success in the various important posts which
I hey have occupied.
There are some very old records on file at the
Columbia offices which show that H. A. Yerkes
H. A. Yerkes.
entered the employ of the company as an office
boy, with an office boy's salary. Possessed of
unlimited geniality and personal magnetism Mr.
Yerkes has won the admiration and esteem of
all his associates and has steadily advanced to
the position he n o w assumes.
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I t is hardly neces-
sary to point out that Mr. Yerkes is fully
equipped to handle his new duties, as his many
years of experience have given him an unusual
grasp of all matters pertaining to Columbia mer-
chandising.
Mr. Erisman's results at the I'nslon headquarters
have been most remarkable, and his thorough
familiarity with every phase of Columbia
Arthur C. Erisman.
m e t h o d s and policies, will enable him
invaluable co-operation to the branch
under his direction.
l i e has been
with the Columbia Co. for a n u m b e r
advancing step by step to the very
post of district m a n a g e r .
to extend
managers
associated
of years,
important
VICTROLAS AID IN TEACHING PENMANSHIP IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The use of the Victor talking machine in the
public schools of the country has become wide-
spread, its versatility rendering it exceedingly
adaptable to almost every branch of study pur-
sued by the pupils. One of the somewhat un-
usual uses to which the Victrola has been put in
the Hawthorne School, Spokane, Wash., is that
of aiding the pupils to learn to write legibly and
speedily, the children endeavoring to make the
outlines of the letters while keeping time to the
music of the Victrola. Frank P. Arnold, super-
visor of writing in the public schools of Spokane,
is the author of the following article which ap-
peared in the Spokane Review recently:
"Do you remember these words of the old-
time schoolmaster: 'Sit up straight, children.
Open your copy books to page four. Try to get
a perfect copy. Try to get one that looks just
like the copy.' The writer remembers his own
experiences. He traveled this writing path for
School Children Learning to Write, Aided by Victor Music.
years, and went from the public schools unable
to write an easy, rapid, legible hand. And such
an experience was the fate of the majority who
went to school thirty years ago. Only the few
acquired the essentials of good writing which
are summed up in the following definition : 'The
essentials of good writing are legibility, rapidity,
ease and endurance.'
"Modern writing instruction is different from the
old methods. A visitor steps into a primary room
in one of the Spokane
schools some morn-
ing. He sees what to
him is a strange sight.
Possibly a Victrola is
being used and the
children are writing to
music. Twenty or thir-
ty little tots are at the
board and as the Vic-
trola plays 'Pop Goes
the Weasel,' or some
oilier familiar selec-
tion which permits
quick time, these chil-
dren make large ovals,
keeping almost per-
feci time. They are
taught speed and form
ai: I his indorsement of
I lie Viclrnki, coming
I ruin this well-known
autliorilv on modern
class room
methods,
demonstrates the high
place which the Victrola
has won for itself in
the estimation of the
leading teachers and
educators of the day.