Finlandia University - Yearbook (Hancock, MI)

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-...ir . TYPING CLASS ,THIS IS THE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT: Located in the red sandstone structure- known as the Administration- Building is they Commercial Department. Sixty-one students were enrolled in the spring ,semester taking the Stenography, Bo-okkeeping, or the Combined Course. A number 'of students, from other departments also were- enrolled in a few commercial classes. Founded in 1906, the Commercial Department continues to rank as an in- tegral part of the college training at Suomi. Since l920, Mr. VVaino A. Lehto has been its efficient and vigorous Principal. Mr. Lehto received his' B.S. in Economics from the 'Wharton School of Finance and Commerce. In 1925 he received his Masters from the University of Pennsylvania. For the past two years, Typewriting, Shorthand, and Secretarial Studies have been ably in- structedby Mrs. D. VV. Asher. Mrs. Asher received her Bachelor of Arts fro-m Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota. She has a Commercial Certificate from the Chicago Business School. THIS IS THE COMMERCIAL STUDENT: Witli a G.I. bookbag on his shoulder and arms piled high with workbooks, he mounts' the massive steps of Suomi College each morning. Six of the girls living in the dormitory, descend the creaky stairs of Old Main each morning to first att-end Chapel and then, spiritually insp-ired, their first class at 9:45. Some of the Commercials have re- cently graduated from their respective high schools. Othershave come for ad- ditional training after being in various' occupations. However, a distinctive element in our school society is the large number of Wo1'ld Wai' II veterans, studying under the G.I. Bill. To attend Suomi's Commercial Department, two adventurous souls sailed the Atlantic, and one crossed it by airplane. All three had come from Finland, the Fatherland of many of our students. THIS IS THE BOOKKEEPING STUDENT: Hunched over his ledger, he is adding a mountainous column of figures. The peak of' his endeavors is Page thirty-four ' , .1

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the red tmercial ting the Etudents, s. s an in- .. Lehto BS. in 1925 he fre paSt ably in- 'ts from ite from r on hiS D f stepS 0 descend nd then, have TC' for Qld' stiHCUVe ,-gteranS, ent, two tll three . lcflgef' :ax-Ofs to make a successful trial balance. '4 .... forty and carry the four-thirty and carry the three .... Debit: 310,501-Credit: 310,401 - - - They didn't balance! And after five hours of slaying in numbers!! If the prospective book-S keeper is fortunate, Pop Lehto will back him up with one of his snappy morale building remarks. THIS IS THE STENOGRAPHY STUDENT: He rolls the paper into the typewriter and thumbs to the speed drill. Silence reigns as the instructor's fingers set the time clock for ten minutes. Feet flat on the floor, body tense, and fingers perched on the keys, the testee awaits Mrs. Asher's ready-set-go signal. Immediately the silence is broken by a steady click of racing typewriter keys. Bing-i-i-i- off goes the time clock. Then follows the calculating of the pros- pective stenographer's typing rate. '6Get your notebooks ready for dictation. Pencil in hand, the prospective secretary thumbs to a blank page in her shorthand notebook. Dear Sir: XVe received your order of May 6. . And thus, the student tries to transform Mrs. Asher's melodious dictation to the shorthand forms he so assiduously has tried to master. Soo-n the page is filled up with fancy forms. commonly known as curly-cues among the JC students, which the Commercial student tries to decipher into longhand. Suomi's first and foremost desire is to have its students become profcssingly Christian office workers and administrators. That they practice honesty. INC- liability, thoughtfulness, and efficiency on the job is the fulfillment of Suomi's hopes for her alumni. To promote these Christian characteristics in its students, the Commercial SM- BOOKKEEPING CLASS Page thirty-five