Gem City Business College - Yearbook (Quincy, IL)

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THE GROUP WE present herewith a hand- some group picture of twelve successful graduates. They are employed in many differ- ent lines of work, and all are meet- ing with success. Extracts from their letters follow: Mr. G. W. Fairchild is holding an excellent position with Garrett and Company at Portis, Kansas. He writes : I can heartily recommend the G. C. B. C. as an institution of superior merit, and it is a pleasure to me to express the esteem in which I hold the college and its efficient in- structors. Miss Mabel E. McClain is stenog- rapher for Greenough Bros, at Spo- kane, Washington. She says: I have now been a stenographer for over six years, and have worked up to a position of which any girl would be proud. I was a graduate from the Combination Course in your school in 1905 and after working fifteen months in Quincy, I obtained my present po- sition which I have held for five years. I always recommend the Gem City to my friends. Its methods are up to date, its equipment is the best, and its teachers are experts in their line. I will always consider the day I decided to take up stenography and attend the Gem City as the luckiest day of my life. O. ' J. Somerville is with T. W. Bal- lew, lumber dealer, at Princeton, Mis- souri. He states: I am still getting along nicely with my work and have no difficulty whatever. I am always glad to recommend my friends to attend the Gem City. It is certainly the best Mr. F. E. Wells is in the office of the county clerk of Shawnee County, Kansas. He writes: I have just received another raise in my salary, making the third increase since ac- cepting the position as deputy county clerk. I am now receiving a much larger salary than I was able to earn before attending your school. I am always glad to recom- mend the G. C. B. C. as the best school there is. The expense of attending it is within the reach of every one, and it will pay big dividends on the investment of any young person. Mr. John W. Blachly is now with the Lincoln-Brooke Orchard Com- pany. He writes: In September, after leaving your school, I was employed by the Stark Bros. Nursery and Orchards Company for a year. I then accepted my present position and am making a success. We are operating on a large scale, having 14,000 acres in the estate, and are endeavoring to bring Missouri back to her title of the land of the big red apple. Mr. J. M. Vincent is deputy county clerk at Linn Creek, Missouri. He says : I have had no trouble in the performance of my duties and like my work very well. I accepted this position before finishing the Short Combination Course. It is a pleasure to us to present the fine group picture of the Misses Hur- ley, Wilson, and Bratcher. Their letter follows: Louisiana, Mo. Dear Professor Musselman : We are em- ployed by Stark Bros. Nurseries Orchards Company of this place, where we have been since the first of last January. Were it not for the thorough training re- ceived at the Gem City Business College we feel sure it would not be possible for us to hold our present positions. It will ever be a pleasure for us to recom- mend your school and its most efficient - teachers to any and all. Mr. R. C. Davidson writes: I am at present working for the Security Flour Mills of Abilene, Kansas, and am get- tin? along nicely with my work. Miss Floy Kelley has an excellent position in railroad work, at Hanni- bal, Missouri. She says: No doubt you will be pleased to learn that I have been employed by the C, B. Q. R. R. Co. of this city. I am very much pleased with my work. Mr. G. R. McWane writes from the head clerk ' s office of the Modern Woodmen of America, at Rock Island, Illinois : I began work here on July 18, 1910, at $45 per month, but have been advanced three times, and am now receiving $60 a month. I like my work and feel that I am satisfying my employers.

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Successful Teachers Miss Opal Burton has charge of the short- hand and typewriting department of the Ottumwa, Iowa, Business College. In a letter dated Feb. 26, 1911, she says: I am. glad to add a few words of testimony regard- ing your excellent school. I am teaching shorthand with excellent success, and I shall always think of the days spent in the dear old G. C. B. C. as the most profitable of my lifb. Mr. L. R. Hanks is pleasantly located in the city of Atchison, Kansas, serving as head of the. commercial department of the Atchison High School. He states: It is needless to say that I shall always hold a warm regard for the good old G. C. E. C. and its faculty who always extended to me tlK.r assistance with true courtesy and efficiency. Miss Grace Williams is one of our Roll of Honor graduates, who completed both the business and shorthand courses. After gradua- tion we secured a position for her as a commercial teacher in the High School at Hiawatha, Kansas. We have just received, a letter from her stating that she has closed a contract with the Gray ' s Harbor Business College at Aberdeen, Washington, at an increase of $15 a month in her salary. Benjamin H. Holland completed a course of study in the Gem City Business College about two years ago and is at present teaching ace Wiluam ' s shorthand in the Massey Business College at Columbus, Ga. He states: I have never regretted taking the course in stenog- raphy in your school, which I consider stands without a peer. My work in the South has been very pleasant and I enjoy it greatly. Miss Mata N. Calhoun is located in St. Louis and has been in commercial work since leaving the Gem City. In a recent letter she states : I am at present teaching in the shorthand depart- ment of Brown ' s Business College. I often think of the G. C. B. C. and wish for it the best of success. Mr. E. E. Snyder is also engaged in com- mercial teaching at Nora Springs, Iowa, where he has built up an excellent school. He writes : I found the school here in a very run-down condi- tion and felt like taking the first train out of town, but I made up my mind to bring about a change. I went to work and took the boys and girls into my confidence, and together we have built up a fine school, well equipped in every particular. I had sixty-three students in my department this winter. The Board has re-elected me for the coming year, at a salary of $100 per month. Before I attended your school I taught school in Kansas at $40 a month. I have nothing to say against public school teaching, but, fellow-teacher, why not spend a year at the G. C. B. C. and fit yourself for commercial work where you will be of still greater service to young men and women? Miss Nora White is engaged in teaching the commercial branches in a school at Columbus, Kansas. She writes: It giveu me great pleasure when I contemplate the wise choice I made in deciding to enter the Gem City Business College. Your school has the reputation of being the best in America, and its graduates are given a prestige that can be obtained in no other college today. I am commanding double the salary that I received before going to your school. C, B. Q. E. R. St. Louis, Mo., June 19, 1911. My dear Professor: I have now been with the C, B. Q. Railroad Company for about six years, and am employed as assistant chief clerk in the general freight office. I enjoy my work, and have an exxcellent place. I have three younger brothers that I want to become graduates as soon as they finish the public schools. I shall always say a good word for the Gem City. Yours very truly, ' H. B. HOWE. Mr. F. Good is cashier of the Lowrv (Mo.) City Bank. Mr. S. E. Dickhut is salesman for the Borden-Vay Lumber Company, with headquarters at Indianapolis, Indiana.

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FEED COKER Bookkeeper The Bunker-Culler Lumber Company CAPITAL $250,000 Bunker, Mo., Jan. 7, 1911. Gem City Business College, Quincy, Illinois. Dear Prof. Musselman: For the benefit of those who are trying to decide on a school in which to take a business course, I will say that the Gem City Business College is the one to select. I left the section work where I was getting $1.25 a day and entered the Gem City Business College. When I left I accepted a position as bookkeeper and assistant cashier in the Shannon County Bank. I am now assistant bookkeeper for the Bunker- Culler Lumber Company of this place. While I was attending your school I thought that the hardest thing would be to get a position, but I found this was not the case, as I was recommended to a position the next day after I left the G. C. B. C. I have been offered several good positions since that time, but am well satisfied with my present work. It seems that there is always a good position await- ing a Gem City stude .it. Very truly yours, FRED COKER. Mr. Kenneth D. Moore has a position with W. E. Wells, of Chicago, 111. Mr. Wm. Rockefellow is employed in a railroad office at Ogden, Utah. Mr. O. L. Scnaumburg is credit manager for the Johns-Manville Company of St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. C. E. Sipple is keeping books for the Pruden- tial Insurance Company at Milwaukee, Oregon. Miss Annabel Rupert has charge of the commercial department of the Stillwater (Minn.) High School. The Old National Bank of Spokane UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY Capital $1,000,000 Spokane, Wash., February 3, 1911. Prof. D. L. Musselman, Quincy, Illinois. Dear Professor Musselman: No doubt you will be surprised to learn that I am in Spokane. Upon my arrival I was fortunate in securing a position in the Old National Bank, one of the largest banks in the northwest. There are quite a number of G. C. B. C. students here in Spokane, all of whom are holding splendid positions. In my travels through the west it has been my pleasure to meet G. C. B. C. students in most every city. At this time I wish to thank you for the many courtesies shown me while in your school. I further wish to state that I am confident that any young man or young woman desiring a business education, will make no mistake by enrolling in your good school. Again thanking vou, I am Yours truly, E. G. CLEM. F. M. ROBERTSON Assistant Cashier Virginia, 111., April 19, 1911. My dear Mr. Musselman: I am always glad to say a good word for the Gem City. I took your excellent course several years ago and have been profit- ably employed ever since. I have just recently been appointed as Assistant Cashier of the Farmers ' Na- tional Bank. I am also interested in the bank as a shareholder. I am now going on my sixth year in the banking business, and I can truly say that my Gem City Business College training has helped me very materially in my advancement. Very respectfully, F. M. ROBERTSON. Mr. L. L. Turpin has an excellent position with the Rock Springs High School at Rock Springs, Wy- oming. Mr. C. M. Calvert is in the Treasury Department at Washington, D. C. He writes that there are lots of G. C. B. C. boys there. Miss Mary Schwab, who has been public strung rapher at the Hotel Newcomb, Quincy, Illinois, since she graduated from the Gem City Business College, left recently to accept her appointment as stenographer in the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, at a salary of $800 per year.