Minnehaha Academy - Antler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY II. Business Department EZRA N. OBERG, Head of Department. The purpose of this Department is to give men and women thorough training along commercial lines, and to prepare them to hold business positions successfully. In arranging the courses our chief aim has been to select such as are practical in every respect and as will thoroughly qualify the students to fill positions as bookkeepers, stenographers, and bank clerks, and prepare them for civil service. The great business concerns of this country require annually the service of thousands of men and women to conduct and assist in conducting the business of the country. Opportunity for promotion and advancement is always open to those who are competent. ADMISSION Students who have completed the common schools are admitted into the regular courses of this department. Persons who lack sufficient training in the common branches should take a thorough review of these subjects in our preparatory classes. High School graduates, as well as those who have had two or three years of high school work, will find a thorough training in business a big advantage, irrespective of what vocation they may follow. EQUIPMENT With the addition built in 1916, the quarters on the second floor of the building occupied by the Business Department are ideal. The rooms are arranged in a manner conducive to health, comfort, and efficiency. The equipment is new and complete, including over twenty typewriters of the latest models, vertical filing cabinets, mimeograph, dictating machine, adding machine, modern bank and office fixtures, etc. COURSES OFFERED The Business Department offers the following Courses: GENERAL BUSINESS COMBINED BOOKKEEPING STENOGRAPHIC AND SHORTHAND TYPIST-CLERICAL SPECIAL SHORT COURSE GENERAL BUSINESS COURSE In this course a thorough study is made of the latest bookkeeping methods employed in retail, wholesale and manufacturing business. The student is first given preliminary work in the form of simple exercises in opening ledger accounts, journalizing, posting, and taking 30

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BUSINESS DEPARTMENT GRADUATING CLASS

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY trial balances. After becoming acquainted with the sales book, purchase book, and cash book, he is introduced into the least complicated form of business organization, namely, the Single Proprietorship. After three business months of the Single Proprietorship, he is advanced to the Partnership set and from that into Corporation bookkeeping. A thorough knowledge of these three sets, together with a study of business law and the subjects that are generally included in a good business course, should make our graduates competent to fill exacting places in the business world. The following, subjects are taught: Bible Bookkeeping Single Proprietorship Partnership Corporation Bank Accounting (Elective) Business Law Business English Correspondence Spelling Arithmetic Penmanship Rapid Calculation Economics (Elective) Cost Accounting (Elective) STENOGRAPHIC COURSE A knowledge of shorthand is a key that opens the door to opportunity. The stenographer is brought into close contact with the chief and is imbued with the inspiration that makes big business men and great leaders. He is present when policies are decided and is guardian of the secrets that pass between captains of industry. Good stenographers are continually in demand, and when once they have proven their worth are jealously kept by their employers. The aim of this course is to make competent, thoroughly prepared, well equipped stenographers—young men and women ready to meet successfully the exacting demands of the business world. To ascertain if the student is qualified to take the stenographic course an examination is given the first week in school in spelling and grammar. A thorough knowledge of these fundamental subjects must be possessed before one can hope for success as a stenographer. The following subjects are taught: Bible Shorthand Manual Shorthand Dictation Typewriting Office Training Office Practice Business English Correspondence Spelling Penmanship Rapid Calculation Economics (Elective) 31