Gem City Business College - Yearbook (Quincy, IL)

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Group of Missouri Students, from a Photograph tak en March, 1910 A large number of students from our neighboring State of Missouri attend the Gem City Business College every year. QUINCY, with its educational and business interests, is so closely related to our sister state that she is frequently quoted as belonging to Missouri. The Gem City is separated from Missouri by the Mississippi river only, and is, in reality, at least forty or fifty miles farther west than St. Louis. Many of Quincy ' s best business men came from good old Missouri, and thousands of prosperous young business men of Missouri got their start at the GEM CITY BUSINESS COLLEGE, where they were shown the way to a successful business career.

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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.

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Cowden, 111., Feb. 25, 1911. Dear Professor Musselman : It affords me great pleasure to speak a good word for Gem City. I completed the banking and business course and about hal f of the shorthand and typewriting course. I left school at this time to take up a position with the Illinois Traction System, at Peoria, 111., which position I held till I decided to go back to the farm. While I was in school, I had several good positions offered to me by the faculty; but these I declined in order to stay in school longer. For those desiring a thorough commercial educa- tion, I heartily and sincerely recommend Gem City to them. I can not. speak too highly of the faculty and teachers of the G. C. 3. C, also of the courteous treat- ment that the students receive. Wishing ' u success in your work, I am Verv truly yours, R. F. F No. 1. W. R. DAVIS. 5Uk A GENERAL EDUCATION For Farmer, Mechanic, or Business Man The branches of the business and shorthand courses constitute in themselves a good gen- era! education, no matter what the student expects to do after leaving school. Many young men take our courses of study who do not intend to become bookkeepers or stenographers, but who expect to remain on the farm or in the shop after they have finished at the G. C. B. C. A large number of our former graduates are successfully engaged in farming, stock raising, manufacturing, and other occupations, and they owe their success largely to the education received at the Gem City. K. TIDEMANN COMPANY Cotton Ft. Worth, Texas, Jan. 19, 1911. Dear Prof. Musselman: I came to this city in September and secured a position with K. Tidemann Co., cotton brokers. I have no trouble whatever in discharging my duties and I attribute this to the thorough instruction received while a student in the Gem City Business College. I shall continue to recom- mend your school to anyone thinking of attending business college. Very truly yours, ' W. V. BUELTEMAN. Hannibal Courier-Post Hannibal, Mo., Jan. 31, 1911. Dear Prof. Musselman: I finished my course in the University of Missouri last spring and have since been with the Hannibal Courier-Post. I have just been promoted to the position of advertising manager at a good salary. Both as a student in the University of Missouri School of Journalism, and in my newspaper work since leaving school I attribute my success largely to the instruction received in your school. Not only has the shorthand and typewriting I learned at the Gem City Business College been valuable to me in my work, but the greatest thing of all is that it has put me in constant touch with persons who are doing things. J. B. POWELL. Mr. Zeno Barber is conducting a farm with great success, at Brazeau, Mo. Mr. D. J. Rapp is U. S. postoffice inspector, with headquarters at Boston, Mass. Mr. E. R. Hawkins is manager of the North Mis- souri Lumber Company, at Shelbina. CARROLL P. POLAND Farm Manager Fillmore, 111., Feb. 17, 1911. The Gem City Business College, Quincy, 111. Gentlemen: I have never regretted that I attended the Gem City Business College, although I have not desired to take up bookkeeping as a profession, yet I find the knowledge I obtained while in your excellent school very beneficial to me in my every day work. I am at present managing my father ' s large farm of 320 acres, but I find that it takes quite a little business judgment to manage a farm successfully. We try to follow the latest improved methods of agricul- ture, in breeding, feeding, and also in soil building. I could not ask to do any better than I am at present, and I shall always be glad to recommend the old school when an opportunity is presented. Very truly yours, C. P. POLAND. Mr. S. H. Wilson is with the American Thread Company, and is located at Minneapolis, Minnesota.