Gem City Business College - Yearbook (Quincy, IL)

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GEM QLT.y'c5UsHiEssQoLLEGE,QunqQg1LL, rl - in I l PENMANSHIP CONTEST AWARDS The winners of penmanship medals, pictured above are, from left to right: Stephen Seward Monroe City, Mo., winner of medal for DCS? penman among the boys, Wilma Shupe, Clark, South Dakota most improvement among the girls, Virginia Russel of Quincy, best penman among the girls, Roy H. Biish of Quincy, most improvement among the boys. Besides these winners of medals the following among the girls received honorable mention for improve- ment: Elizabeth Steinmetz, Quincy, Kathlyn Ridder, Camp Point, Ill., Lois Patterson, Quincy, and Margaret Atkins, Smithshire, Ill. Those receiving honorable mention for improvement among the boys were: Henry Schuster, Keokuk, Iowa, John Buss, Hamilton, Ill., Nicolas Brunet, Jucaro, Province of Camaguey, Cuba, Howard Spalding, Hull, Ill., and Loren Lanier, Mt. Sterling, Ill. ' Honorable mention for the best penman were: Glen De Witt, Camp Point, Ill., and Fred Aswege, Quincy. , . ,- . ..1' 1'1, Miss Ml-XURINE NoRToN M155 MAURINE KRUEGER Stenographer Stenographer . . L f Insurance Co. A,,Hs5,i,.1iii::.,.2s,CO- - d s cashier and we SQVCYHI Years ago the Aetna Life Insurance Company of Peorla' nengiiigrairzcioiyhenffiiiigis State Bank of Eiferred to them Mr. R. M. Douglas former student of ours, Wh0 Was S CIW- Mr. Douglas has proved to be a very efficient employee. nt to them Miss Maurine In January of this year, this company needed a stenograiglggcli gglqftvnii csdembination course with high N 01't011, Whose home was Orion, Illinois. Miss Norton had comp e ith the Aetna Company. grades and it is not surprising that she has made a distinct success w t ther Maurine by the name , no f of Mlm Amd the Aetna Companyneedqd anqther StenOgh21Is?1i1tlIsoaIg.'f11kieV1ie gegornlbination course. iufme Kmieger, of Edina, MISSOUU. MISS Krueger l mates at Gem City, to be roommates and IS very e W - D asant for these two young l21diCS, who were C ass Ofklng for the same nrm. Page Twentyfone

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GEM QLTYSUSINESS C'.QLl.EG'rE,QUlNQ5f' ILL . - IMANY NATIONAL CASH REGISTER OFFICIALS RECEIVED TRAINING AT GEM CITY RAY TODD Executive Secretary National Cash Register Company Dayton, Ohio The most recent advancement is that of Mr. Ray Todd, formerly of Bowen, Illinois.. A letter just received from the editor of the N ational Cash Register Factory News gives an extended article containing the history of Ray Todd and reads in part as follows: The announcement that R. E. Todd had been appointed Executive Secretary, effective May 1, was an especially welcome piece of news to the many whose work has brought them into personal contact with him during the seventeen years he has been a member of our organization. Mr. Todd started in the Employment Depart- ment February 11, 1918, as a reserve stenographer, and two weeks later was transferred to the Pur- chasing Department. This was the year we entered the World War, and on March 12, Mr. Todd en- listed in the Signal Corps. . February 24, 1919, he returned as a stenographer in Mr. Hartman's office. March 16, the following year, he was promoted to the Executive Office as a stenographer and file clerk, and for the past several years he has been secretary to Mr. Patterson. Before interviewing Mr. Todd, we went to the Employment Office and there in the files we found a letter from the president of the Gem City Business College, Quincy, Ill., under date of February l, 1918, from which we quote, as it reveals the qualifi- cations upon which he has built, and which helps to account for the steady advancement he has made in our organization: I have a young man in my sch 1 b th of R. E. Todd, of Bowen, Ill. Hecits a highesgggg graduate nineteen years of age. He is no ' , w 1n th hundred-word class and is above the ordinary if-I Page Twenty every respect. He has a spelling and a letter writing grade of 98. He is a well spoken young man and makes a good appearance. He says that he has to take care of himself in the world, and that it does not matter to. him where he is located. I told him I would write you re- garding his ability, and he said that he would be pleased to come to Dayton and is ready to .leave at a moments notice. I shall try to hold him in school until I hear from you. I would like very much to see you have him in your organization. This letter, the existence of which was unknown to Mr. Todd, not only emphasizes the qualifications which have led to his success, but it is a fine ex- ample of the kind of pull that the world likes to give every young man who has what it takes to get ahead. Mr. Todd was born and raised on a farm near Bowen, Ill. His father and mother still live on .a farm near Plymouth, Ill., and Mr. Todd and his family visit them at every opportunity. After graduating from high school, he taught country school for a year, and worked on the farm during the spring and summer months. Although he liked the country, he was anxious to get into something where his progress would be more rapid, so he took a course in shorthand, typing, and business English, with the Gem City Business College in Quincy, Ill. Four other men in our or- ganization attended the same school, i. e., J. W. Dozier, Manager Central Division, George D. Whitefort, Secretary to L. H. Thompson, Vice- president, Domestic Sales, Wm. Argast, Officeman, Dayton Sales, and Chester Wright, Executive Office. The Combination or Stenographic Courses Have Proved Stepping Stones to Advancement The possibilities of a Gem City training have been proved many times, but perhaps in no more striking manner than in the case of the boys who have been sent by us to the National Cash Register Company. This organization is one of the outstanding manu- facturing concerns of the United States. Located at Dayton, its plant has been noted for its effi- ciency and cleanliness. Controlling as it does the greater part of the cash register business of the country, it naturally has sales offices throughout the entire United States. A number.of years ago the company started the plan of coming to Gem City for young men ste- nographers to use as understudies to the depart- mental managers. Occasionally these young men are sent directly to branch offices. Some thlffy .Years ago we received a call from the company,.and in response we sent Mr. James Dozier to the Chicago office. At that time no one dreamed that UBS YOung man was destined to become the manager .of the Central Division of this great organization. Mr. Dozier has been the. cause of many Gem City boys 1361112 employed in this great organization.

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Qi y USINESS Qoiuicrf Quincy ILL gg GEM T 5 H, f -,X f N EVA BURN ETT Secretary to the Business Man-HEGF at Illinois College, Jacksonville, Ill- Miss Neva Burnett, who enrolled in Cem City Business College in 1933, has been appointed to a most attractive position in the business ofiice of Illinois College. , , , The DAILY JOURNAL of Jacksonville, Illinois, tells the story as follows: A statement issued from the ofhce of the president of Illinois College announces the appointment of Miss Neva Burnett, a member of this year's grad- uating class, as secretary to the business manager to take effect as of July 1. The position to be hlled by Miss Burnett is newly created, being made necessary by the increased responsibilities of the business offices of the college. During the past two years the management of the college endowment. amounting to 331,190,000 and including the super- vision of some 3000 acres of farm land and several pieces of city real estate now owned by the college has been centralized in the college offices. Miss Burnett is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burnett of Carmi, Illinois and is a graduate of the McLeansboro Township High School. She had her first two years of college work at Southern Illinois Normal University and, then, attended Gem CIW Business College at Quincy, completing a secretarial. and accounting course in 1933 She entered iiimois Coll ' th fll f1933 ' ' - ber of the Class of I3g3e5in e a O asamem Following this comes a letter from Miss Burnetti to gogegivfl jlhednewspaper article which .was sent will Onl Dalnle the nature of my position, so I I like .J gay t aff my work is very interesting. and 1 Omethlng new and different almost ever . . . y glaxiulereceived an A.B. Degree from Illinois College I endor G ' - of the leageingellriitisity now and always will as-one Colle es 1 tl U . States. I sa 1 ness g n lf? mt2d its progressiggailwegs because I have confidence in i e future as it has in th i ' -t I value my Gem City training very highl L D is ' 0'-1 may be interested to k . y' . Bunch, one of your former tnow that Lamb. rt saies Manager f S Udents. is District Company of Dgfrtlieltoxigiagdgggane Dental Supply, Page Twenty-two MISS FLORENCE BROADY Legal Secretary Chicago Title and Trust Co. Chicago, Illinois When Circuit Court judge Broady died a number of years ago, his daughter Florence insisted that some day she would be a lawyer. This was thought to be a childish whim. . . After she had completed her high school training with credit to herself . she enrolled at the University of Wisconsin where in time she eamed her Bachelpr of Arts degree. but found she still oould not satis- factorily answer the question, Well, what can you do? On the twenty-ninth day of August, 1929, She walked into the Gem City office, asked for Mr. L- Musselman. and announced the fact that she wished to take stenography. By February 27 she WHS H finished stenographer and was then sent by OUI' Placement Department to the ofiice of the Hon- orable Mr. Julius liespohl. candildalte for Congr6SSghe After she had served throug 6 CHIEF! I. went to Chicago where she Secured 3 DOSIUOEEICZHS of the promotional departments of the . rsify World's Fair. She also enrolled in the lllgivlfj the of Chicago. taking the law course. if lace l'niversity of L'hicago ofiered her il PC1'man?n.OE1 to in one of its offices. together with Miss complete her law course. By the first 0 Ssed the Broady was graduated. successfully Paadmitted Illinois State har examinations. and was to the practice of aw. nt A letter to the Gent City Placement 32381335514-gzier followed, and Mr. Y. G. Musselman graduate, of introduction to a former Gemch. yo Title 35 Mr. ict-mit-iii nit-t-. ht-sq of the tlcljfiss Broady Trust Company, informing him I-hathat She was a was not only an attorney-at-law but reC0mmenda- flood stenographer. Because of thlslace for hef in tion the oflicers decided to make 9 .pn as Secretary the organization, giving her 3 poslifuilie Trust De- to Nr. JXIIICS. one of the headS 0 partment. 3 ns for 3 most .Mlain shorthand has been the mea have the as- . . . - we . successful business toiit.itt..lill:ffhrin tl.leCl1lc surance that Miss llroadl' ll' 5' ' Title N Trust LHIIIPIINY-