Gem City Business College - Yearbook (Quincy, IL)

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e GEM Qmqgusmbss QQLLEG-E,Q1J1NQx ILL, NO CHEAP RATES. Our prices are as low as we can make them and keep the work up to the high standard for which the Gem City Business College is famous. We cannot make any club rates or family rates, but charge each student the same price for the same service. Neither do we allow any commission to those who recommend their friends to attend our school, although we fully appreciate such action and reciprocate by giving the student the best instruction possible. THE LIFE SCHOLARSHIP is a certificate entitling the student to unlimited instruction in our school. One holding a Life Scholarship may withdraw at any time before the course is com- pleted, and return later for the purpose of finishing the work. The holder of a Life Scholarship who has graduated, also has the privilege of returning at anyktime, without additional cost, to review his wor . Students having term tuition who wish to pur- chase a Life Scholarship, may do so at any time. In purchasing a Life Scholarship, no allowance is made for the amount previously paid on term tuition. TUITION NOT TRANSFERABLE. Tuition certificates and life scholarships are not transferable, and are redeemable only in case of death of the holder of the certificate or scholarship in the early part of his course, in which case term tuition is retained, and any balance remaining is returned to the parents: , ..,, ATTENDANCE AND REPORTS. Students are required..to' be regular and punctual in at- tendance. A complete record is kept of each student, showing his attendance, application, progress in studies, branches pursued, studies completed, and general deportment. This report is mailed to parents or guardians each month. It is a fact worthy of notice, that the health of young people while attending this institution 1S proverbially good. COEDUCATIONAL. Our school is patronized by a superior class of young people. The young women pursue the same courses as the young men and are very successful as accountants, clerks, and stenographers. : We do not accept negro students. C. DEPORTMENT AND DISCIPLINE. We have a very fine class of students in attendance. Prac- tically all of them are here for business, and for this reason very few students disregard the rules of the school. We ask our students to deport them- selves properly not only in school, but also out. of school, and rarely is it necessary for us to discipline any of them, and it is a rare case where it is neces- sary for us to ask any student to withdraw from school for misconduct. CLASSES AND INDIVIDUAL WORK. In the Business Department, the subjects of arithmet1C, law, rapid calculation, business administration, spelling, and letter writing are taught in regular classes in the lecture room. Two classes are main- tained in arithmetic. The subjects of bookkeeping and writing are taught in the study rooms, much of the instruction being individual. The actual business practice and bankin is taken u after the student is sufficiently advaiced to keep llfis own books properly. The work is carried on in a large department especially equipped for that purpose. The instruction in this department is individual, and the work is developed from the transactions of the students with one another. Examinations in the Business Department are held at the end of each spring, summer, fall and winter terms. Bookkeeping and spelling examina- tions are held more frequently. In the Stenographic Department there are several classes in the principles of the system, graded to suit the advancement of the different students. A new class in shorthand is started each Tuesday. After master1ng.the principles, the student is ad- vanced to the dictation classes, which are graded according to the speed at which the notes are taken, 70, 80, 90, and 100 words a minute. After making these speeds, the student is promoted to the ad- vanced or graduating class, where much office practice andea great variety of other work is given. Daily practice on the typewriter is required at regular hours, a variety of practice, both plain work and tabulating being given, so that on attaining the required speed in shorthand, the student has also become a rapid touch typist. THOSE WHO HAVE NOT AT TENDED school for several years need not hesitate to enroll in our different courses. To these students, when necessary, we give special attention and private instruction. This personal assistance and review enables them to later enter the regular classes and carry the work with the other students. SCHOOL SESSIONS. Morning session from 8:30 to 12:00. Afternoon session from 1:30 to 4:00 o'clock. The roll is called regularly twice a day. Every student is expected to be present, at roll- call, and to remain in school during both the morning and afternoon sessions. No student is excused from school to study in his room. It is also necessary for the student to study in his room in the evenings if he wishes to make the most rapid progress. The building is open school days from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday morning with teachers in charge. This allows those students who wish to study before and after school hours to do so. DIPLOMAS. Each student who completes all of the branches of a regular course with satis- factory grades is eligible to receive a diploma, pro- vided ten weeks or more are spent in the school. There is a stenographic diploma, a business diploma and a diploma for those who complete the secre- tarial or short combination course. For those com- pleting the full combination course two diplomas are issued, a business and a stenographic diploma. BUSINESS DIPLOMAS. Three grades of diplomas are awarded in the business course, the regular diploma, for those who pass the examination with grades averaging between eighty and ninety per cent: the bachelor accounts diploma, and the master accounts diploma, which are explained below. BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTS DEGREE. Grad- uates of the business department making an average of 90 per cent receive a diploma conferring the degree of Bachelor of Accounts. Page Seven

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