Western School of Commerce - Yearbook (Stockton, CA)

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- -- Commer: cial Depart: ment 1 9' T is our aim in this Department to give the pupils more than a mere preparation for office work, Office Work, it is true, is a most important feature of our Business Course, but the work of this department is outlined with a view to developing individuality, and business acumen. It is our purpose to cultivate the positive traits of character which make the successful man a power in the business world. We give due prominence to the training which prepares for successful office work, and appreciate its value. It is the immediate means of making a living and furnishes an avenue through which a young man may enter upon a business career. A brief outline of our Business Course follows. i OUR BUSINESS COURSE includes the following studies: Rapid Calculation, Commercial Arithmetic, Practical Grammar and Correspondence, Commercial Law, Spelling, Writing, Bookkeeping, Business Cus- toms, etc. OUR PLAN of teaching Bookkeeping, Business Customs, Oflice Systems, etc., is original and is based entirely on California Business Methods. These subjects are taught by Actual Business Practice from the beginning. The theory of bookkeeping is given to the student just as he needs it by means of text-book study, class work and lectures on business theory and business practice. ' U By our Actual Business Practice method we lead our pupil by degrees from the simplest transac- tions in a business in which the student is sole proprietor to the most complex transactions of a corporation. He actually deals with other students and corporations both at home and in other schools. The work is thus made intensely interesting from the very beginning. ' OUR OFFICE SYSTEMS are taught by actual ofiice work. In our Actual Business Practice oflices, our pupils actually use the latest loose-leaf and card systems applied to retailing, wholesaling, transpor- tation, real estate, collecting, insurance, commission, banking, etc. Each office is also equipped with the most modern flat and vertical filing systems. OUR REQUIREMENTS for a diploma in this department are: a grade of 90 per cent in spelling based on six examinations, 85 per cent in Grammar and Correspondence, Writing, Bookkeeping and Business Customs, 80 per cent in Commercial Arithmetic and Commercial Law. Send for our special Business circular. ' .

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THE COMMERCIAL ROOM

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