Gem City Business College - Yearbook (Quincy, IL)

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MISS EDDITH MAICHEL Teacher Duluth, Minn., Oct. 27, 1910. Pres. P. L. Musselman, Quincy, 111. Dear Sir: Through your recommendation I se- cured the position as typewriting teacher in the .Central High School, Duluth, Minn., at a salary of $70 per month. I began my work here last Monday, October 24th, and am well pleased with conditions in every way I have found Mr. Carey all and even more than you recommended him to be, and he seems well pleased with my work. I desire to express my appreciation and thanks for all you have done in my behalf. With the -.best of good wishes for the continued success of: Gem City, ' ' I remain Yours sincerely, EDDITH MAICHEL. Miss Minnie Barnett has a position with the Uni- versity of North Dakota. Mr. C. T. Kent is with the Carter County Land and Fruit Company, Van Buren, Missouri. The following is a clipping from the Mem- phis, Missouri, Review, telling of the success of Mr. Clarence Edmondson, who took the Combination Course in the Gem City Business College about two years ago: Clarence Edmondson. a former Memphis boy, a son of Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Edmondson, east of Memphis, has a fine position as instructor in bookkeeping, pen- manship, etc., in the public schools at Chattaonoga, Tennessee, at a salary of $175 per month. He also has charge of a night school which nets him a neat salary. His friends congratulate him on his success. — Memphis (Mo.) Review. In a recent letter Mr. Edmondson says: I completed the Business Course with an M. A. degree in your school. I then got six months ' training in the Normal Penmanship department and a year ' s experience teaching in your great institution. I then accepted a position with the Metropolitan Business College, Chicago, and had a very successful year. The work was heavy, and quite difficult but I had no trouble in performing my duties satisfactorily. During the past year I have been located in Chat- tanooga, having charge of the commercial department of the high school and am supervisor of penmanship in the grammer schools. I have been reelected for another year at a good increase in salary and will receive more than four times as much a month as when teaching in the public schools before entering the G. C. B. C. PROF. C. W. EDMONDSON Chattanooga, Tenn. OTTO W. MALMGBEN Huston-Churchill Company Irrigated Lands Idaho Falls, Idaho, Jan. 15, 1911. Prof. D. L. Musselman, Quincy, III. Dear Professor: It is now a little over two years since I left your school, and I feel that I must thank you and your faculty for what success I have had in the business world. In the several localities in which I have held positions in the middle west and inter-mountain regions, I find the business man well acquainted with the reputation of the old G. C. B. C, and when in need of trained business help, they always favor her graduates. The thorough training received in this school enables the graduates to come up to the high standard of excellence which the employer expects. The more business colleges I come in contact with the more I appreciate the excellence of our Ge n City. My salary has been increased continually, and it is now 257 per cent of what I received in my first position. Thanking vou and vour faculty, I remain Yours very truly, OTTO W. MALMGREN.

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EVERY YEAR a large number of young people, who have attended other busi- ness colleges, enroll in the Gem City Business College for the purpose of better qualifying themselves for business life. They find our courses of study much more thorough and practical, and they also find that the prestige that comes to the graduate of the G. C. B. C. is of great value to them when in search of employ- ment. In the group picture we show the portraits of three young people who attended other business col- leges before entering the Gem City Business College. They had also had some experience in the busi- ness world before entering our school, and finding that it would be to their advantage to perfect themselves in the business and shorthand branches, thus fitting themselves for higher employment, they enrolled with us for post- graduate work. Miss Jetta Beeson made an ex- ceptionally good record in short- hand and typewriting. In fact she was the winner of a medal in one of the typewriting speed contests She is now pleasantly employed by the Rutledge Taylor Coal Com- pany of St. Louis, Missouri. She writes : I find my work very pleasant and am giving satisfaction to my . employers. T cannot sav too much for tjj merits of the G. C. B. C. Mr. J. B. Arnold has an excel- lent position as bookkeeper and stenographer with the Dowling Lumber Company, at Dowling Park, Florida. In a letter received from him recently he says: Before enrolling in the G. C. B. C. I was desirous of selecting the best school to attend in order to obtain the best results. After making numerous inquiries, I selected the G. C. B. 0. on the advice of some old students of the school. On beginning my work I found Students of Other Schools Mr. I. H. Brokaw had had considerable ex- perience in railroad work when he entered our school. After taking the Shorthand and Type- writing course, he wrote: I am leaving Quincy today for Bonaparte, Iowa, at which place I will resume work on Jan- uary first for the Rock Island Railroad. You will perhaps remember that before enrolling with your school last July, I came to Quincy and made a personal visit to the various departments of the school. My investigation developed the fact that no false claims were being made in order to secure prospective students : on the other hand I found that the printed mat- ter sent out by the college understated the merits of the school. After having been a student of the Gem City for a period of about six months, I wish to state that I have derived a great deal of benefit from the instruction received in the various departments. The results ob- tained have far exceeded my expectations. I consider the college to be first class throughout and strictly up-to-date in every department. LETTER FROM THE SOUTHLAND Port Arthur, Texas, March 11, 1911. Dear Prof. Musselman : It occurs to me that on the anniversary of my stay at this place it, woul d be a good time to write to the dear old G. C. B. C. Just a year ago today I began working in the insurance office of Mr. S. O. Latimer as stenographer, and owing to the thorough training I received at the Gem City Busi- ness College I have been able to hold my present place, and I feel that I fill it satisfactorily. There are some thirty-four or thirty-five insurance companies repre- sented in this office and my employer is also City Secretary, so we generally have enough to do to keep us out of mischief. Prof. Latham, whom you all know, I see every Sunday morning in the Sixth Street Methodist Church, where I attend Sunday School and chureh service. I have also met Miss Anna Rogers, a former Gem City student, who is now one of the teachers of shorthand at. the business college in this city. Yours truly, DELLA KAIGHEN. it very interesting on account of the systematic and thorough methods of instruction, and it became more and more interesting as the work advanced. Any needed help or suggestion was always promptly given by your willing and competent instructors. The inter- est manifested in behalf of each student may only be comprehended by those who have experienced the courses in the G. C. B. C. Mr. E A. Tar box has been promoted from the posi- tion of order clerk to that of superintendent with the Velie Carriage Co., of Moline, 111. Mr. O. J. Myers studied shorthand in the G. C. B. C, and this past year graduated from Missouri University. While taking this course he acted as stenographer for one of the professors.