So with five journalists working at top speed to supply the hungry
lithograph presses, Mr. Knapp was likewise responsible for Edward Bok's
first adventure as an editor. It was commercial, if you will, but it
was a commercial editing that had a distinct educational value to a
large public.
The important point is that Edward Bok was being led more and more to
writing and to editorship.
CHAPTER IV
A PRESIDENTIAL FRIEND AND A BOSTON PILGRIMAGE
Edward Bok had not been office boy long before he realized that if he
learned shorthand he would stand a better chance for advancement. So
he joined the Young Men's Christian Association in Brooklyn, and
entered the class in stenography. But as this class met only twice a
week, Edward, impatient to learn the art of "pothooks" as quickly as
possible, supplemented this instruction by a course given on two other
evenings at moderate cost by a Brooklyn business college. As the
system taught in both classes was the same, more rapid progress was
possible, and the two teachers were constantly surprised that he
acquired the art so much more quickly than the other students.
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