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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Pen: man: ship . . ENMANSHIP is a part of our business and shorthand courses. Every pupil taking either of these courses is required to take writing the full writing period of forty-five minutes each day, or until a grade of 85 per cent is secured. We make a specialty of business penmanship, but those who desire it can have instruction in ornamental penmanship, text-lettering, engraving, pen and ink draw- ing, etc. Mr. McGowen, our penman, has no superior on the coast as a teacher of penmanship. He was trained for this work under Zaner and Bloser, of the Zanerain Art College and is recognized as one of the best business writers of the West. We urge those who contemplate taking a course to examine his work and that of his pupils. Importance to Stenographers Among the first questions asked by a business man who is seeking a competent stenographer for his office is, What kind of a hand do you write? He frequently requests that an application be presented in the stenographer's handwriting, instead of a typewritten application. 'You may ask how a good business hand can be of much benefit to one whose business it is to write shorthand. A stenographer who is pre- paring herself for general office work must be able to do much besides shorthand and typewriting.. She must be able to keep records of her correspondence, to use modern filing systems and, in all probability she will find it necessary to write long hand a good por-tion of the time. A good handwriting will secure good stenographers good positions, good salaries, and good opportunities for promotion. Money and time invested in learning to write well will bring quick and abundant returns.. Send for specimens of our ornamental and business writing. .