Gem City Business College - Yearbook (Quincy, IL)

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THIS department of our school is devoted exclusively to instruction in Shorthand and Typewriting, so as to enable its students to acquire, in the shortest time possible, the art of verbatim reporting. Its object is to equip young men and women to take positions as private secretaries, steno- graphic law clerks, court reporters, govern- ment employees, and as amanuenses in busi- ness houses. The best way to learn shorthand is in the shorthand atmosphere of a shorthand school, under the judicious direction of experi- enced teachers, who know just what difficulties the students will encounter, and how to over- come them. Shorthand for Ladies. No avenue of em- ployment for ladies is so fascinating, so cer- tain in its results, nor so well compensated as that of the stenographer and typewriter. It has opened up a field of labor more re- munerative than ordinary vocations, and is lighter, less fatiguing, and better adapted for them than any other. The Gregg system of shorthand has been taught in our school for the past twelve years, and we have found it to meet every require- ment for amanuensis work or court reporting. It is the shortest, simplest, and most interest- ing system of shorthand to learn. Our gradu- ates are known not only for the rapidity and ability with which they take their notes, but also for their perfect typewriting, good spell- ing, and the general good appearance of their work. The Pitman and Graham Systems. Many students enroll in the Gem City who have tudied shorthand at home or in some other school. If they are familiar with any Pitmanic system, we always advise them to continue in this system. We maintain classes in the Pit- manic systems and often have writers of sev- eral systems in the same class. Shorthand for Young Men. Although there is always a demand for lady stenographers, yet this does not lessen the demand for male stenographers. There are as many young men as young women taking our shorthand and typewriting course. The demand for male graduates of this department is very large. We cannot supply all the calls that are made on us for young men as privvate secretaries, railroad clerks, law stenogranhers, and court reporters. We hope that many young men may select the shorthand and typewriting- course. Typewriters Used. We employ nearly 200 Remington and Underwood typewriters. We also have in use a number of L. C. Smith and Oliver machines. The keyboards of all these machines are the- same, and the student who learns to operate any one of them can readily use any of the others. The typewriting machines are furnished by the college and the students of the Shorthand and Typewriting department pay nothing- extra for the use of the machines — this is included in the tuition paid. The touch system of typewriting is used in our school. The advantages of the touch system may readily be seen, for the operator is not required to take his eyes from his notes to watch the keys of the machine while writing. Office Practice. Each student of the Shorthand and Typewriting department, be- fore graduating, is given a thorough drill in office practice, taking letters from dictation, getting out circular letters on the mimeo- graph or planotype, filing carbon copies of letters, and other details of regular office work, so that on completing this course the student is competent to take up the duties of an office position without hesitation or embarrassment. Thoroughness. A stenographic course that was satisfactory ten years ago will not meet the requirements of today, so exacting has become the business public. Our course has, therefore, been strengthened from time to time to meet this demand, and hence Gem City graduates are competent to fill satisfac- torily any office position from the start. Students of Other Schools. Many students of other schools, and those who have studied at home, attend our school each year for. the purpose of completing- the course in a high- grade school. They find that the diploma and influence of the Gem City Business College assists them greatly in securing paying sit- uations. Civil Service. Our Shorthand Course qualifies the student for successfully entering the civil service work. Many of our graduates have taken the civil service examination, and been placed on the eligible list, after which they soon secure appointments. Court Reporting. Quite a number of students each year qualify themselves in this department of our school for court reporters and as law stenographers, while others take the civil service examination and accept gov- ernment positions.

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ETHEL P. GRIFFITH Centerville, Iowa Dear Professor Musselman : I know you take a great interest in all your old students, and am writing to you in regard to my success. Since leaving old G. C. B. C. I have had no difficulty whatever in securing employment, and am now stenographer for the Southern Iowa Coal Company, of this city. From a financial standpoint, the time I spent in your school has been very profitable to me. It has at least doubled my earning capacity. I find no difficulty either in taking dictation or in transcribing my notes. This is due to the excellent instruction received while a student at your school. I shall always gladly recommend your institution to any one contemplating a business or shorthand course. Wishing you continued success, I remain Yours very truly, ETHEL P. GRIFFITH. Mr. R. J. Grover is vice-pi esident of the Union State Bank of Arkansas City, Kansas, and Mr. H. M. Pickler is assistant in the same institution. Mr. William V. Stewart is employed at the United States Indian Agency, at Muskogee, Okla. ' -). Our Shorthand Teachers WE PRIDE ourselves on the excellence of our shorthand teachers. We pre- sent on this page a cut of the solid gold medal won by Professor Paul G. Duncan, principal of our introductory shorthand department, last year at the Gregg Teachers ' Convention, at Chicago. The medal was awarded for the best presentation of a shorthand lesson, and was in competition with a number of the best shorthand teachers of this country. This is a great honor, both to Professor Duncan and to the Gem City Busi- ness College. Professor W. W. Lewis, prin- cipal of the advanced shorthand department, is an expert reporter and is also one of the finest shorthand teachers in America. GABRIEL CARDENAS La Ciudad De Leon Saltillo, Coah, Mexico, Feb. 6, 1911. Mr. V. G. Musselman, Secretary, G. C. B. C. Dear Mr. Musselman : It certainly affords me great pleasure to speak a good word for your school, and for the many advan- tages it affords. I can truly and conscientiously say that your school is all that it represents itself to be. After having spent several months some two years ago under your bookkeeping instructors, I found the course in your school to be very thorough and prac- tical, and I shall always advise any one desirnig a thorough business education to go to the Gem City Business College. Wishing for you the success which your great .institution merits, and with kind regards to yourself and faculty, I remain Very respectfully yours, liAI ' .KIKL I lil K AS. Miss Hazel D. Crabb has «n excellent position as stenographer for Shaw, Ross Dyke, at El Centro, Calif. Miss Ina Poland is teaching shorthand and the com- mercial branches in the Massey Business College, at Montgomery, Alabama,