The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-11-22

In the West we are prominently prnc-
heal people. and our institutions of learning
should foster such tendency. In building
up this vast country. we have little time 10
thcorizc--we want results brought about rs
quickly rs is compatible with thoroughncss.
This is more desirable At this time than at
my period in our history. The young men
have given the morning Of their man
hood in defense of their country, and those
who have had to till the soil in their absence,
wien inclination would have led them other
wise, want to be fitted for actual business
life, and that without waste Of time.
This want has been supplied by the in
PRODUCTION in Chicago of EAsTMAN's Ma
rroSAL BUSINESS COLLEGE. We have ex-
a.ained his system carefully, and nnhesita-
tingly pronounce it superior TO any that has
vet come under our notice. His College is
emphatically an Actual Business Training
House. Every step the business man takes
from entry clerk till he goes on Change
lis performed by the student, and in his
different degrees of advance, he is thor
oughly impressed with the minutis that have
to be mastered by every man who would be
successful merchant.
To facilitate this, the varieties of Dry
Goods, Cloths, Grain, Groceries, ETC., mark
cd with their true gold value, are in sample,
and regulated by its rise and fall. So eve
nv transaction shown ON the students books
is performed by the actual transfer Of grain
sugar, cloths, rice. cotton. scrip, money,
stocks, etc, etc. The fluctuations in the
prices Of these commodities are quoted cor
rectly on the bulletin daily-indeed We may
say hourly-and students are thus guided
in their sales and purchases
There is wholesale department for mer-
chandze in bulk; retailing department; n
bank Of issue, with its deposit, discount,
and exchange departments an insurance
office, where bona .fde policies are issued; a
post Office where they 60 through with the
regular routine; telegraph Office for de-
spatching messages and receiving kilograms;
board Of trade where grain and stocks are
bought and sold. In fact nothing about the
college is fctitious-the transactions are
real. Nor is this ALL In the lectures given
to the college, the principles of business are
most thoroughly elucidated-why man
should be economical in business-mhy up
right in all conncctions-,chy hurry off a
large stock or hold it--,rhy insure his goods
i'm short, every why for every act in bust
ness life. And when the student has finish
ed his course here, he can step into the ex-
change, bank, counting house or sore with
an experience that some rarely have after the
plodding Of five or six years, while the stu
dent has gained it in the Same number Of
week, or months at most.
We give utterance to an honest conviction
when we say that the son of every farmer,
should 60 through such a training-it mat
ters not what may be his future calling in
life, it will give him a practical turn Of mind
and method. We predict that the wide diffu-
sion of knowledge obtained at such institu-
tons, will do much to lessen the number of
the bankrupts in our land, with all their at
tendant miseries.
After an examination Of Eastman's system
with all its practical bearing, we can see
why it is that such men as General Sherman,
Horace Greeley, Mayor Rice, Hon. Mark
Wilbur and Geo. W. Bungay, give it such
warm concentrations.
To make the College complete and better
fit those who have been deprived of the adj
vantages of earlier education, Prof. East
man has provided preparatory department
where Arithmetic, tbematics and PEN
manship are taught. As for Penmanship,
we have never seen finer specimens Prof.
Bates fancy sketches, executed with steel
pen, are beautiful " orks of art.
Professor Eastms n is also fitting up de-
par'ment designed for the special business
training of youD ladies--which we view
with pleasure, rs We deem their present
sphere Of usefulness altogether too con
tracted.
We consider Mr.. Eastman public bene-
factor and hear tily wish him success in his
enterprise. Chrisian Times and Witness.
DSPersons wishing to act as agents fol-