Harrisburg Central High School - Yearbook (Harrisburg, PA)

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I I Commercial Department l Business Practice, Book-keeping and Commerce OMMERCE the greatest civilizer of the world, the chief factor in uniting the ends of the world in peace and prosperity the impuls that has transformed plain and hamlet into paradises of luxury, is iittingly allied to Art, Literature and Science. The work of the first year in this course comprehends: spelling, and in this strongly emphasizes vocabulary building, including the study of synonyms and antonyms., iifiiisiness Arithmetic comprehends the Arithmetic of commerce, having special reference to rapid and accurate tvork. Algebra as far as Involution. In A CORNER IN THE BUSINESS PRACTLCE AND BOOK-KEEPING DEPARTMENT, Penmanship., a. plain and rapid business style. In Grammar, Literature and Composition the graces of Apollo clasp hands with the industries of Mercury, while Music includes the Major, Minor and Chro- matic scales, in addition, pupils are taught to see in Music the radiance, the sunshine, the glory of the soul. Drawing includes such work in designing, lettering, etc., as is especially helpful to those antici- patin g an active mercantile life. Manual Training includes such work as tends best to develop the pupil's originality yet not ignoring utilitarian aims. In Physiology and Hygiene attention is given to those phases of the subject that best recognize the needs of the human form divine. In Business are included such commercial papers as checks, notes, drafts, due-bills, receipts, orders, etc. In Commercial Geography the basal

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Reading. By Dr. Baer's eihcient management the standard ofthe school has been raised higher and higher. W'ith a few exceptions, the colleges all over the United States will accept graduates from our High School without any examination. Better books and courses have been establishedg Manual training has been made a permanent study and is in a flourishing condition. The School Board, not content with looking out for the intellectual conditions of the students, have provided a Gymnasium and a Cadet Corps. The military instruction is given in connection with the gymnasium, its rules and regulations being similar to those in the Pennsylvania National Guard. Everything attempted in the way of improving the minds and bodies of the students, the High School has accomplished. As the reputation ofthe High School is forever soaring higher, it is with the greatest expectation that the future of our school may be anticipated. It is forever increasing in all things that are the greatest benefit to the future citizens of this great nation. The Alumni may trust with conndence that our school may be made a monument oi' the highest efforts ever made by the citizens of Harrisburg. ' - 455, - ' 'I ,. , '3 .5'3?R .., , lR:,:.'fGf-n Q, - ff f v3 56fe-is .'f75'p, '-'Sv'i+M'1'. H: nf Q35 A' :iff-' Vx iff ? Sire! 4. ' , N . .m f ,,e,'uge'- ipgwgigg 1:7621 ,wiv A .-Sf ' Q as f Q : ff' rf -f -'sr ax- - 2 +- 1f.zv1::',a: - f w h Fe' rt? ' .f 3 ?:':-'?Q.f'- '--?Qr1?,- A-asp., -if W.. ,L gqifefg as df .- ass ,L-1 ,. ,,.1ma5.-wcg,g,Lsgw - I . x t, N. -K a www: Z, , V V E:iG:F5. ... ,1,N.x .- ,,..-bzgvgtii' V 1 ,, . 5 I ,. . - re if -' '- f'-gf - ' A . 1 ., . . I V5 . - E 5 ' f gif. 1'3,,.,' -R .':I11f-1Qn,3.LL' g1,1gijY27'i.., I 1 fi ' Q5 .- fl. 'A yi 3. .5 5 5 . A - -' G ' -' ' W ff?fm - 't um 26

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principles, the effects and conditions resulting from primal causes and natural laws are studied together with the history of the commercial scepter as it passed through the hands of the Phoenicians, the Romans, the Venicians, the Portugese, the English, and into the hands of the Americans. Book-keeping is traced in its history and evolution from the sun-baked clay tablets of the Babylonians and Assyrians more than four thousand years ago, the records of the Egyptians on rolls of papyrus, the little sticks of dried wood of the English, knots in strings by the ancient Peruvians, down to the laws and principles of modern accountancy of which Andrew Carnegie, said: there is not a science or class of men on whom the business world is more dependent than the Science of Accounts and Accountantsf' The second year's work in Business Practice and Book-keeping is a gradual unfolding of the science and art of the subject, the introduction of auxiliary books, as well as additional books of original entry. 'Where a few subjects, as penmanship, spelling, etc., are discontinued other subjects are introduced, among which are, History, Phonography and Typewriting. All subjects included in the course are treated in a continuously developing manner, yet each is made a factor in the development of one large and harmonious whole. The third year marks the introduction of Civil Government, Rhetoric, the continuation of English or the intro- duction of German or Latin Coptionalj, and Commercial Law. In Commercial Law the subjects of Property, Contracts, Negotiable paper, Sales, Agency, Partnerships, Corporations, Common Carriers, Bailments, etc., etc., are studied. Book-keeping in this year marks a further development, including Office Routine, designing Books of Original Entry and Auditing. The Business Course aims to teach pupils to comprehend self, their relationship and duty to others, and promotes such culture as will enable them to contribute more abundantly to the comfort and welfare of themselves and those dependent upon them. If it be true that Geometry teaches a man to love a straight line and that he who loves a straight line loves truth, it is no less true that Book-keeping teaches the child, the youth, the man, to love the laws of equality and he who loves the beauties and justice of equality deserves the approval of Him to whom all must render a final Balance Sheet. Bs Bs it Phonography and Typewriting The advantages of a commercial education in the High School are at once obvious and convincing. The pupils are instructed in many subjectsg it is not possible for a pupil to be taught one subject only, and then turned adrift to learn of the other subjects in the curriculum what he can pick up. H In every subject, and at all times, the pupil is 23