High School of Commerce - Annual Yearbook (Cleveland, OH)

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distances and differences in time can be calculated mentally with suH'i- cient accuracy to estimate freight deliveries and the receipt of telegrams. Transportation routes and sources of commercial products are carefully con- sidered. The department is fully equipped with maps, globes and lantern slides for the proper illustration of the work. Qhhanteh work in Banking, jinantz, Business Grganipatinn, transportation, ztt. N the study of banking each pupil is required to occupy every position in a modern bank except the presidency. Loose-leaf systems, card-indexing. cataloging. and the various applications of system in business organization are put into practice by each pupil. The use of helps and short-cuts is en couraged. Enough of advertising and auditing is introduced to open the way to development along these lines. jlohzrn languages HIS department aims to give to students mastery over a foreign lan- guage sufiicient to enable them to converse and carry on correspondence in such language. Much attention is paid to grammatical construction and to commercial correspondence. Besides acquiring a general vocabulary the student also becomes thoroughly acquainted with a broad technical vocabu- lazy. covering the terms peculiar to commerce. In making out exercises. this department keeps in close touch with other departments and whenever possible makes the topics of these the basis for work in modem languages. Considerable time is given to conversational exercises At all times good English and good spelling is insisted upon in translating a modern language into English. B ' anhlusinrssjorms T is the purpose of this department to make good business writers, to aid the students in becoming masters of a smooth, rapid and legible hand- writing that shall be suited to business fonns, account books and business correspondence in general. The copies are systematically arranged from the simple elements composing the letters to the sentence and full written page. and with which is combined all the ordinary business forms such as notes. checks. receipts. drafts, letters of credit, etc. Good writing can be made habit, and it is for this we are aiming. 12

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Bepartments in Retail 96 Qhhanteh Zllflliurk in iBnIitital QEtunump anh Qliummertial lam HE purpose in this department is to enable the pupil to learn enough about law to keep him out of the courts and the difficulties into which ignorance of legal documents and usages might lead him. The course in economics lies along the main lines of political economy with strong branch lines extending into the fields of local industries. Rbpsiulngp anim Botany HE work in botany precedes and prepares the way for that in physiology. Such plant-structures as are necessary for an understanding of the physi- ology and for a very general view of the plant-kingdom are studied. In this work the plants used are largely those of economic importance. In studying the lower forms the subjects of yeasts and molds in the household, the useful bacteria, the precautions necessary in the case of bacteria causing disease, are taken up. Among the higher plants special attention is given to those that are helpful later in the course in commercial geography. In the physiology the emphasis is laid on hygiene. An effort is made throughout to teach the girls to care for themselves, especially under such conditions as they are likely to meet in a business life. Qlnmmmial Eeugrapbp HE course in commercial geography considers commercial conditions, commercial products and commercial countries. Under conditions are included those natural and other phenomena that affect commerce in any manner, climate, surface, fertility of soil and natural resources. Products includes a study of those things which enter into trade, both agricultural and manufactured products. The location of the different countries dis learned with reference to latitude and longitude in such a manner that ll

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Qntzrutan history, Glihits ano jililunitipal Qftihitizs AGAZINE articles, selected books, consular reports, are by way of sug- gestion. Closely correlated with the history, civics opens the way to a serious effort to acquaint our pupils with the main features of our national and state governments, with additional emphasis on the government of Cleve- land as an illustration of municipal activities. Lessons are prepared from the streets, shops and factories. Iaistorp of Qllommerte HE main purpose of the course in history is to give the students a gen- eral view of the growth of commerce. It tries to show them how the institutions of commerce, such as banking, transportation systems, commer- cial associations, etc., began and developed into what they are today, and how they have helped commerce, how closely commerce is related to other activities. and what a factor it has been in shaping political questions. It aims to give the student a new point of view, to broaden his horizon. to help him to appreciate better what the past has done for us, as well as to realize better the advantages and opportunities of the present. Eopartment of Qinglish HE course of training in the use of English is based upon the principles of practical efficiency. Commercial correspondence must be clear in meaning, concise and correct in form and forceful in tone. The aim of the composition work in this school is to drill continuously on these principles until the student habitually observes them in practice. Prose rather than poetic selections are read. By means of thorough training the student acquires: Command of an expressive vocabulary: Skill in construction of sentences and paragraphsg A habit of speaking the language intelligently, Familiarity with styles of authors noted for clear, forceful, concise ex- pression of thought. Bepartmrnt of Bookkeeping E aim to master the definitions of words, phrases and terms used in this subject that the student may be enabled to master the principles. All the papers handled by the pupil are explained and their importance empha- sized. The books of original entry are discussed and their legal importance 13 .