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A Section of Business Department
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BUSINESS DEPARTMENT This department of the school was established nine years ago. Its progress has been steady, each year showing a satisfactory increase in attendance over the preceding year. There is no reason why a young man or young woman should attend a business college in a large city, where board and tuition are high, to receive a commercial education, when a course of equal value can be obtained in the high school, with the added advantage of the literary course for those who are deficient in this branch. Compare our rates of board and tuition with those of the leading business colleges and you will find ours to be just about half the amount they charge. All students of the Business Department have access to the school library and are required to join one of the literary societies. SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING We use Gregg Shorthand and Rational Typewriting in the Shorthand and Typewriting Department. The course consists of instruction in Shorthand, Typewriting, Business Correspond¬ ence and Punctuation, Spelling and Penmanship. Gregg Shorthand is by far the easiest to learn, easiest to write and easiest to read of any system of shorthand now in use. In the Fifth International Shorthand Speed Contest, held in Wash¬ ington, March 28, 1910, writers of Gregg Shorthand won first, second and third places. Mr. Fred FI. Gurtler, winner of the first place, exceeded the best previous record by 23 words per minute. Mr. Gurtler has since been elected president of the Chicago Law Reporters Association. The winner of second jplace, Mr. Charles L. Swem, a boy of seventeen, established a world’s record for one of his age and experience. He now nolds the world’s record for accuracy and third place for speed. Recognizing his ability as a reporter, Governor Wilson secured his services on his presidential campaign and since his inaugu-
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