Wheaton College - Tower Yearbook (Wheaton, IL)

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Preparatory School To THE ED1ToR.:1N:CHIEF AND CORPS OF THE 1900 ECHO OF WHEATON COLLEGE, IN COMMON COUNCIL ASSEMBLED-- G6?'l,l,lG7'II67?,, efc. : R CHE undersigned, students and tuitionfpayers of a certain de- partment of Wheaton College, feeling that popularity and publicity are Very insecure Without the Walls of Prepdom during certain celebrious functions and on the occasion of the publication of the Wheaton College Blue Book, respect- fully petition your honorable, august and imposing body in -the future to assign something over one page of the ECHO for us to display our photos, and a full account of the doings ' of a class of students known and destined to be in the future F 4 nothing less than those Whose pictures always grace our annual Annual. We again petition you to enact a law that will prevent us from being obliterated in forthcoming ECHOES. Wlzecllorz College, Ma1'clz 20'of the PRES. OF 3D YR. PREP. ' yew' of 'f Om' Sleigh Rifle 7' One. EDITOR OF 'G CHIEF SUCKER OF PREPDOM. ETC., ETC., ETC. 26 l 1

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Business ZOIIQQQ HE mission of the business college is to scientifically pre- .,X, - LU pare young men and Women to conduct umtelhgentlyn the , . .:,, ,,. . ---i affairs of the business World, and in this capacity it 1S supplying a longffelt need and constantly increasing de- mand. The business college is no longer in the back- Nx SPL ground, but occupies a distinct and needed position J 2 among the educational institutions of this countryr Practically, it is a modern institution, called intoexistence by the needs of modern times. To become a successful business man tofday, a broad and practical training in business aEairs is necessary. lA few short years ago these institutions were yet in their infancy, but to:day they stand as some of the largest, most complete and successful institu- tions of learning in America. Arealization of the need of practically educated young men and Women to supply the demands of business prompted the estab- lishment of these institutions., Immediately upon organization, they ,sprang into public favor and received ap liberal patronage, and at once entered upon careers of prosperity that are truly remarkable. Changes and improvements of a decided character in the Way of equipments, methods of teaching, and all facilities necessary to carry on the Work more successfully, have recently been made which insure for these institutions a still greater growth. . - F. C. PRESTON. 27