Gem City Business College - Yearbook (Quincy, IL)

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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-

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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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L gg GEM QLT.Y5USINEES,QGLLEGrE,QUlHQ3C' ILL. When Iona Cole received her A. B. degree from the Illinois Wesleyan University in 1933, she felt tnat her education was finished and that she could 9-HS113' get a position and make a business success. Much to her d1smay,.she discovered that she was unable to get a position and after she had made several fruitless attempts, her father insisted on her coming to Gem City, taking the full combina- tion course. She made an excellent student and became a good stenographer bookkeeper. In May 1934, Dr. H. B. Bruner, head of the De- partnient of Curriculum Research, State Teachers College, Coltunbia University, New York, called us over the phone asking for a young woman, and we sent Miss Cole. The following letter from Mrs. Alice Retzlaff Carlson, Mr. Bruner's former secretary and a Gem City girl is self-explanatory: Dear Mr. Musselman, Since both Dr. Bruner and Miss Cole are in Europe, I have your letter of July 5 to Dr. Bruner. Doubtless Miss Cole did not have time to write you about her trip to Europe. Dr. Bruner is taking a group of twenty students through England, Russia, and Germany to study social, economic, and educational conditions in the different coun- ' triiesb They sailed J Lane 28 on fthe Ile de F range and V wil e gone until a out the rst of Septem er. MISS IONA COLE I ' am sure they are having a most interesting time. Secretary to Dr' H' B' Bruner Miss Cole is being taken as Dr. Bruner's secretary. PI'Of6SS0I' Of Ed11C21'C10H J ust another illustration of what comes to Gem A Columbia University, New York City City StudentS When they C2111 ClU2111fY' THETA ALPHA CHI SORORITY .Y ' ' ' ' Those in the picture are: Top row, left to right, Mary Frances Dieringer, Hurdland, Mo., Ruth Clem, Quincy' Jo Maxwell, Quincy, Maxine Emerson, Carthage, Ill., Kate Smith, Quincy, Sue.Helfr1ch, Carthage, I1l.' Mildred Vanden Boom, Quincy, Marian Strauss, Quincy. Middle row, Vernice Bisser, Qumcy, Ruth Tenk, Quincy, Betty Mclntire, Quincy, Louise Lechtenberg, Quincy, Mary Margaret Musselman, Quincy, Frances Grover, Mt. Sterling, Ill., Marie Rupp, Quincy. Bottom row, Laura York, Hannibal, Mo., Gweg Lauer, Mt. Union, Iowa, Rebecca Birch, Gr1ggsv11le, Ill., Jane F ifer, Qu1ncy,.Faye Mathis, Qumcy, an Mary Becker, Quincy. Members not in the picture are: Maurine Krueger, Edina, Mo., Maurme Norton, Orion, Ill., and Maxine Wells, Cooperstown, Ill. . . . , The above picture gives an excellent idea of the present membership of Theta Alpha Chi, Gem City s sorority. This sorority has been in successful existence over a number of years, and has been one of the leaders in the social life of the institution. c . i . The sorority program contemplates a monthly party, in addition to frequent meetings and social activities of all sorts. I ' Page Twentyfthree