--- a/python/tests/utils.txt	Thu Sep 10 15:48:01 2015 -0400
+++ b/python/tests/utils.txt	Thu Sep 10 15:49:13 2015 -0400
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 >>> from utils import *
 >>> from moving import Point
 
+>>> upperCaseFirstLetter('mmmm... donuts')
+'Mmmm... Donuts'
+>>> s = upperCaseFirstLetter('much ado about nothing')
+>>> s == 'Much Ado About Nothing'
+True
+>>> upperCaseFirstLetter(s) == s
+True
+
 >>> computeChi2([],[])
 0.0
 >>> computeChi2(range(1,10),range(1,10))

--- a/python/utils.py	Thu Sep 10 15:48:01 2015 -0400
+++ b/python/utils.py	Thu Sep 10 15:49:13 2015 -0400
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@
 datetimeFormat = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
 
 #########################
+# Strings
+#########################
+
+def upperCaseFirstLetter(s):
+    words = s.split(' ')
+    lowerWords = [w[0].upper()+w[1:].lower() for w in words]
+    return ' '.join(lowerWords)
+
+#########################
 # Enumerations
 #########################