Gem City Business College - Yearbook (Quincy, IL)

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LEE LA FEENEY Manager Texas City Refining Co. Texas City, Texas Dear Professor Musselman: I completed the short combination course in April, 1909, and I at once took a trial position with the Federal Trust Company, St. Louis, Missouri, at $30 per month. The second month I received $75, and at the end of five months I resigned to take a position with the Texas City Refining Company as bookkeeper at $100 a month. I worked for them ten months in that capacity, and September 1st, they made me assistant treasurer and office manager at a salary of $125 a month. I quit stenographic work November 1st, last. However, I find it very convenient in- my work at the desk. I have almost dropped bookkeeping also — my duties being such that all my time is taken up with directing others. I find it very convenient to haye Geni City Busi- ness College students in the officer and I expect always, as we employ help continually,, to. get one of the Gems if possible. Very truly yours, LEE LA FERNEY. On November 26th the college received the following telegram from Mr. La Ferney: We are in need of a first class young man who knows bookkeeping and shorthand. Can you refer or furnish us with one ? Answer by wire. Will pay $75 per month to good man. In response to this message we sent Mr. Vincent Grainger, a combination graduate. Mr. Grainger had been a poor boy and was obliged to earn his board while in school by working during spare hours. To show that he is giving satisfaction, we received a letter from Mr. La Ferney on March 1st, 1911, in which he states Mr. Grainger is giving us very satisfactory service. Mr. La Ferney also states that his own responsibilities have been increased, and that he has been promoted twice since writing the foregoing letter. IN QUINCY BANKS ALL the banks of Quincy recognize the efficiency of young people trained in the Gem City Business College, as is clearly shown by the following list, which embraces nearly every position in a bank, from clerk to president: In the State Savings, Loan Trust Co., Thos. Burrows is Assistant Cashier; Miss F. J. Lubbe is Private Secretary to the President; Theo. Wand, Cash- ier Branch Bank; T. L. Tushaus, Assistant Cashier of the Bank; J. T. Pickard, Receiving Teller; Miss Kate Mulcahy, Stenographer; Edgar Schanz, Bookkeeper; Nicholas Malambri, Collection Clerk; Emma Luthin, Clerk. In the Ricker National Bank, A. H. Vandenboom is Receiving Teller; Theo. F. Awerkamp, Paying Teller; H. B. Broemmel, Bookkeeper; E. J. Luegering, Note Clerk; Ferd J. Sohm, Remittance Clerk; Robt. Heintz, Remittance Clerk. In the Quincy National Bank, W. T. Duker is President; G-. G. Arends, Vice-President; Simon Duker, D. L. Musselman, Frank Osborn, Directors ; John L. Duker, Teller; Henry Damhorst, Bookkeeper, and Miss Goldie Caldwell, Stenographer. In the Mercantile Trust and Savings Bank, John Soebbing is President; Harvey G. Riggs, Cashier; W. L. Jansen, Assistant Cashier; John H. Sieckmann, Teller; Robt. J. Soebbing, Remittance Clerk; Robt. W. Hagenbruch, Clerk; and Mrs. Pauline Waldin, Stenographer. In the State Street Bank, Henry G. Sprick is Cashier; Walter A. Heidbreder and Harry E. Heid- breder, Clerks; Harry Schaefer, Bookkeeper; Geo. Bauman, Bookkeeper. In the Illinois State Bank, W. J. Singleton is Vice President; J. H. Crafton and Will Heintz, Direc- tors, and W. V. Martin, Bookkeeper. R. A. SCOTT Cashier and Private Secretary, Federal Trust Company St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 11, 1911. Dear Mr. Musselman: Knowing that you ever retain a friendly interest in former students, and in their progress after leaving school, I am writing you privately to tell you some- thing of myself and my progress. After the short time spent in Peoria in stenographic work, I came to St. Louis, and have been associated with the Federal Trust Company for considerably more than a year, beginning as stenographer. At present I am cashier of the company, and am acting as private secretary to the president. My appreciation of the training which I received in your institution is very deep and I can assure you I attrib- ute my progress in the commercial world to the thor- ough instruction received in your school. I trust that the Gem City is prospering. R. A. SCOTT.

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BANKING GROUP: WE PRESENT on the opposite page a handsome group-picture of students recently taking the banking course in the G. C. B. C. The group is sur- rounded by portraits of a number of our graduates who are now employed in banks in various capacities. Mr. G. E. Baker is with the First National Bank, at Sarco.xie, Missouri. In a letter to the secretary he says: I - deem it a pleasure to have the privilege of speaking a word for your worthy institution. I con- sider the Gem City Business College second to none in efficiency, advantages, and management. Since com- pleting the commercial course I have never had occa- sion to regret the step, but have looked back upon the time spent at the Gem City as the most pleasant and profitable of my life. I found the faculty most courteous and painstaking, and feel that my life was greatly benefited for having met them. I was recom- mended to a position in the Mechanics-American National Bank, of St. Louis, which place I held for some time prior to accepting my present position with the bank in my home town. Mr. E. T. Smith is now with the State Bank of Turon, at Turon, Kansas. He re- cently wrote: Upon .finishing the business and banking courses in 1908, I at once located at Turon, Kansas, accepting the position of cashier in the State Bank. I still hold that position and have never experienced any difficulty in any line of banking work. This is due to the excellent training received at your school. I have no hesitancy in recommending the G. C. B. C. as the best in the land in thorough training and courteous treatment. Miss Mae D. Quick finished our Combina- tion Course several years ago, and has since been constantly employed. In a letter dated June 2, 1911, she says: Just five years ago I left the dear old G. C. B. C. carrying with me the long white roll which meant that I had finished the combination course, and of which I was and have ever since been justly proud. I secured a position as bookkeeper and stenographer for a real estate firm in Toledo, Ohio, which I held ab vii. three years leaving it to accept a better posi- tion here with the National Bank of Monmouth. I cannot say enough in praise of your school and its corps of efficient teachers. I would advise all young people to take the combination course. Miss Martha L. Oberly says: I take great pleasure in writing you as to my whereabouts, and what I am doing. I am employed at the Citizens ' Bank here as stenographer. I like my work very much and really enjoy it. I am doing banking work and some bookkeeping, as well as stenographic work. The president of the bank has complimented me on the quality of my work. I have also done some work in a law office after banking hours. Mr. L. T. D. Beckett is cashier of the Dearfield State Bank at Dearfield, Kansas. He writes: I often think of all my Gem City associates and am always pleased to hear from them. Soon after leaving Quincy I secured a position as bookkeeper in this bank. Three years ago I was married and about the same time was elected assistant cashier to the Dearfield Bank. I find no difficulty in performing my duties, and feel that I owe my success to the educa- tion I received at the G. C. B. C. Mr. J. L. Miller is pleasantly located with the Rawlins National Bank, at Rawlins, Wyoming. He writes: I am having no trouble at all in my work, and am getting along fine. I shall recommend my friends to the Gem City. Mr. E. D. Bird writes from the Farmers ' and Traders ' Bank, at St. Joseph, Missouri, where he is employed. He says: I am sure that my success is due to the thorough- ness of the training received at your school. I am confident that the G. C. B. C. has but few if any equals, and no superiors in the commercial world. I recommend it to any one contemplating a commercial course. There is no chance to make a mistake if one decides on the G. C. B. C. Mr. E. M. Oetting was recently placed by us as bookkeeper for the Farmers ' State Ex- change Bank at Dallas City, Illinois. Mr. Rolla Babcook and Mr. S. G. Rowe are also employed in the same bank. Mr. Oetting writes : I took the business and banking course in your institution, and after graduation I was offered several positions by you and finally accepted the one I am now holding in this bank. I find my work very pleas- ant and have no trouble in keeping the books in good shape. The directors seem well satisfied with my work. I can heartily recommend your school. Mr. Spencer Waldron is with the bank of Hamburg, Hamburg, Illinois. He writes: I am glad to state that I have been reaping good results from my labors at the Gem. I have never experienced any difficulty in holding any of the posi- tions that I have had since leaving your school. I have been cashier of the bank: of Hamburg ever since it was organized in 1907. I now receive a salary of $100 a month. Mr. Frank Owens is now head bookkeeper and assistant teller in the Kokomo National Bank, of Kokomo, Indiana. He says: I like the work very much and cannot speak too highly of what the G. C. B. C. did in preparing me for successful work. I hope that all young men interested in their future welfare will enroll in your school. Mr. H. C. Ritter is cashier of the New Melle Bank, at New Melle, Missouri. He says: I am always pleased to hear that the good old G. C. B. C. is making advancement for it is 1 ' The School. ' ' Mr. A. M. Luna is cashier of the bank of Piedmont, at Piedmont, Missouri. He say s: It affords me great pleasure to recommend the old Gem City to any one desiring a business education. I think I can safely say that it is the best school of its kind in the United States, and I feel that my position as cashier of this bank is due to the training I received in your excellent school during 1907. Mr. Thomas C. Smith is with the Farmers ' Exchange Bank, at Memphis, Missouri. He writes : Since securing my position here, I appreciate the knowledge I obtained at the G. C. B. C. much more than ever. I like my work very much, and find my business education of great help to me. Mr. Joiada J. James is bookkeeper and stenographer for the First National Bank, Moulton, Iowa. In a letter to President Musselman he says: After completing the combination course in the G. C. B. C-, I accepted a position as stenographer and bookkeeper with the First National Bank of Moulton. I find my work here both pleasant and profitable. I owe my success to the thorough instruc- tion received in your good school. It gives me great pleasure to speak a good word for the Gem City Business College to any person who is thinking of qualifying for business life.