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MCLAiN'S COMMERCIAL INSTITUTE.
Salem, Cora C0unty, Chic.


W. McCLAIN, Principal end rrge,scr # ne Soc
w.P COOPER. Pggf,sor If Bu,incss and o,na-
ae,tai Ptnrars6Y.
ii. MILLER E-q Lecturer OF COEmecti Lass.
CommsrcieA- This Department VII furnish thu stE
dent excellent facilities ior acquiring q thorough prac~
teal knowledge Of Singlc aud Dou5le Entry Book
Keeping, ard Comments Calculations, as applied tn
ever! Department of Commerce, Manufacturing, Rail-
Rosd and Steamboat business, etc. 1t also embraces
business Pcnmsnship, Commercial Corrcsi oidcnce and
Lectures on Commcicis Law.
Though establishments in large cities have Hitherto
been regarded as almost the only reliable sources OF q
business Education, We HOPE to render this INSTITUTION
no less worthy Of the confidence and patronage OF bu.
siness men, than are those to be found at the great
centres OF trade. Tic comparative %cfcupness OF rent
and living enables us to furnish tuition az much lower
rates than 1t can be had in larger places.
Mr.. Coolor is well known as an accomplished and
successful Teacher Of tic Spcncerien System of Pen-
%manship, snd We tocl no hesitancy in saying thahte
he hus no superior, except Mr.. Spencer, either Is a
Writer or Instructor, III any Commercial College in the
State.
As We have frequently been asked. within the pest
year, why the tuition fees for instruction in Book
Keeping are so much higher than for most other brGn-
ches oil science, We deem it proper TO say that whilo
attending MIR. Duff = Commercial College, at Pitts
burgh, for the purpose Of becoming fully acquainted
with that eminent teachers system, As well as with his
modes of instruction, and also while visiting some Of
the best Commercial Schools in this State, we were
fully confirmed in. the opinion which eight years Of
experience in Book. Keeping, under various circuin-
stances, had previously forced ap0n Us, that to receive
q thorough, practical knowledge OF The ,scierce Of ses
counts, Tie Pupil must he under the constant care Of
the instructor making the labor of teaching one stu
dent Book Keeping equal 20 that bestowed on scrcfui
IN most other branches of science aud therefore, rem
dcrin2 1t impossible for n teacher TO take charge OF
more than from fifteen to twenty students at one time.
Students will be instructed Individually, so that they
can enter at any time.
From seven to ten weeks Gre sufficient to compiets
the course.
a set of neat, comfortable and ~commodious rooms
are being fitted up for the accommodation Of the In.
stitute.
Diplomas are awarded to those who complete the
course aud sustain a satisfactory examination.
Good boarding can be had AT from S2,o0 to. $40
per week.
The first session will commence November 20,
Ass.
TERMS Payable invariably in advance, unlcssa
special arrangement is made To the contrary.
Full Mercantile course, including, in addition to book
keeping, business penmtn'hip, law lectures and
commercial correspondence, Sec9ob
Same course for ladies, $500
ornamental penmanshir, twenty lessons, $500
Aris,ic.-Mrs. r. II. McCLhIN, who has spent
several years ir preparing herself to teach the different
varieties of Painting and Drawing, authorizes m,to
say that She VIII take pleasure in giving those who
wish her services, regular courses OF instr il
Pen and Pencil Drawing, Water Color, Oil and Mono
%chrometic Pointing and Sketching from nature
Terms moderate.
As the Board of Education of the Union School Of
this place, think that l will, by opening such a school
as that Tor which ! recently issued a CIRCULAR, so inter-
iere with the success of the High School department
Of said Union School, az virtually to violate the spirit
OF a contract made between them and myself a few
weeks since, l have agreed to dispense with all the de-
p%artmenls of the Institution n,e,tiored in said circular
kept the Commercial Department, to which l vii!
therefore be a6le to give my entire attention.
Salem, Oer. %, 1854. Nm McCLAIS.