When the 18th day of Business Letters of page 159 of the Shorthand manual is satisfactorily completed, the student is directed to again review the twelve Lessons of the Shorthand manual exactly as done just before entering speed class, after accomplishing which, the student is directed to study for the next day the shorthand pages of court or convention which are to be read from the Shorthand manual on that next day. We read all the court and convention pages of the Shorthand manual each month at afternoon speed class, beginning the afternoon speed class of first Monday of any month with the reading of page 177 of manual, page 179 on Tuesday; each afternoon reading one to three pages, as designated in manual, up to 10th day (second Friday); reading pages 219 and 221 on third Monday, 223 and 225 third Tuesday; page 235 of convention on third Wednesday, and thereafter each day reading one page of convention from Shorthand manual until end of week immediately preceding first Monday of following month, the last day reading sufficient pages to conclude the reading of page 279 in manual, so as to begin again at page 177 on first Monday afternoon of each month.

At night speed classes we begin with page 177 of manual on first Monday night of each quarter, January, April, July and October, reading one page per school night until end of quarter, which will nearly finish the book, reading the last night of the quarter as many additional pages as may be necessary to complete page 279, so as to begin each new quarter at night speed class at page 177.

All shorthand students who have finished the 18 days business letters of the Shorthand manual should thus each day study ahead the shorthand pages of court or convention that are to be read from shorthand manual at next day's speed class, practice which other students, not so far advanced can also take to consume any spare time they may have. Advanced students should also utilize spare time by transcribing their shorthand speed class notes.