Gem City Business College - Yearbook (Quincy, IL)

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Group Picture of Kansas and Iowa Students WE TAKE PRIDE in presenting the above group pictures of students from Kansas and Iowa. The number from these states is large each year, and it comprises an excellent class of young men and women. The above picture does not include all of the students in attendance from these states during the past year, but those only who were in attendance in March of 1910, A large number of young people from these states have attended the Gem City Business College during the past third of a century. Scores of whom are now successful business men and bankers, not only in their home states, but in other parts of the Union. We hope that many more young people from these r.vo great states may decide to secure a business or shorthand educti n in the Gem City Business College, and we assure them tint they srill meet with success as others from their states have done.

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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.

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Dubois, Wyoming, March 1, 1911. Dear Professor Musselman : After leaving your school I spent a short vacation at home. I then came west to Seattle, and after seeing the sights for a few weeks, I decided to take a civil service examina- tion to determine what I had learned at the old G. C. B. C. and the result is that I was the only one in the state of Washington that passed out of the fifteen who took the examination. I immediately received an appointment as forest clerk, requiring the knowledge of both bookkeeping and stenography. My salary is $1100 a year as a starter. I will ne :r fail to speak a good word for the old G. C. 3. ' ' . T -itati no experience whatever in either bookkeeping i shorthand before taking the civil ser- vice examination, but I have had no difficulty whatever with nv ,vork. Wis ' iing you continued success, I am -Sincerely yours. S. H. AXMEAR. Civil Service Examinations HAVE you ever wondered how the United States government secures the multitude of clerks needed to conduct its business affairs? Did you know that the majority of these clerks were selected by competitive examination? Did you know that for the year ending June 30th, 1910, 1482 young men and 367 young women passed their examinations and were appointed to positions? Did you know that the salaries of these young men and women range from $800 to $1800 per annum? The extract given below plainly shows the need of our government for well trained stenographers and bookkeepers. (Quincy Herald, Feb. 1. 1911.) UNCLE SAM NEEDS HELP Room Now for Small Army in Civil Service From the number of examinations ordered by the United States civil service commission, it seems that Uncle Sam has need for a small army of capable and efficient men and women in the various departments of the government service. Young men and young women who have to get out in the world and hustle for themselves will find con- genial places to start with. And as one gets more experience, more proficient and useful, the salary in- creases until the maximum amount is paid. But to get on Uncle Sam ' s payroll one must be able to fill the position he applies for and must fill it satisfactorily. Usually those who get fair marks on their examinations have very little trouble in giving entirely satisfactory service. A large number of young people from Quincy have obtained positions at Washington and other points in the past year or two and they like the service so well they expect to continue in it indefinitely. How- ever, it is not easy to get enough people who can fill Uncle Sam ' s requirements to keep filled the hundreds of places, so examinations are held at frequent intervals to obtain new material. Each year a large number of our students take and pass the civil service examinations — later receive appointments and become the employees of the United States. They are successful in their work, for they have been properly trained. We make a specialty of preparing young men and women for the civil service. GEO. A. SCHATTENBUEG Stenographer and Bookkeeper Civil Service UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE Missoula, Mont., Jan. 10, 1911. Dear Professor Musselman : I came out here from Chicago several months ago, and accepted an appoint- ment to the U. S. forest service, at this place. I like the work and the country very much. The forest department is now getting to be quite an important, department to the U. S. government, and it is certainly interesting work. Very truly yours, GEORGE A. SCHATTENBURG. Mr. Arthur Hageman, of Quincy, Illinois, recently took the government examination for stenographer and typewriter, and a short time ago was notified that he had passed and been appointed to a position at East St. Louis. He has taken up his work and is doing nicely.