The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-07-15
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COL.
LEGE CONVENTION.
Public reception at Bryan HaH Last
Eveuing-Address of Welcome.
FIRST pAY-oPEH1EG sHssIoE.


FIRST DAY-oPEHIEG SEssIoE.
The convention Of representatives OF the
various Commercial Colleges in Messrs.
BRYANT & STATIONS great international
chain, assembled yesterday morning at II
O'clock. Mr.. E. E. Folsom, Of Albany,
presided, and Mr.. s. s. Packard, of New
York, oficiated 50 Secretary. In opening
the session and stating the object OF the
Convention, the President spoke peril
nently upon its Importance with regard to
the educational advancement Of the youth
of the present generation, and urged
earnestly upon members the duty Of so
conducting It's sessions that it should COM
msnd the respect and interest not only OF
the citizens Of Chicago but of the pubic
generally.
G. Bryant and Gray were appointed Acorn
mittee to prepare business for the n
ton and arrange an order Of exercises tor
each days proceedings.
At the request of the committee, men,
bers proposed as worthy of discussion the
following subjects: Theoretical instruction,
grading, local management OF separate
institutions, preparatory education, inter
communication between the colleges, redue-
ton of terms to returned soldiers, employ
ment of lady teachers special lectures, best
method of teaching mathematics normal
schools, photography, telegrsphing, etc.
The Convention then adjourned until
half.past two O'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention having re-assembled IS
per adjournment, Mr.. StrsttOn delivered q
lengthy but highly interesting address on
subjects Of general interest to the members.
He devoted a large portion OF his remsrks
TO the duties of teachers and tie high re-
sponsibility devolYiBg upon them,
then passing TO q wider view OF his subject,
smoke of the coincidence of the two eonven-
tons now in session-one at Detroit, look
ing to the regulation of internal and inter-
national commerce, and the other at Ohics-
90, having for its object the securing OF the
best methods of educating young men to
conduct and record the transactions consti-
tuting the great business Of the world, and
he very forcibly impressed upon the Con-
venticn the importance of conducting their
deliberations in a manner worthy OF thls
implied alliance.
Mr.. STATIONS address occupied most OF
the afternoon session, and no formal busl-
ness was transacted after its close.
RECEPTION IN BRYAN Ill
At about half-psst seven o'clock the del
egates attending the Convention assembled
in the College rooms, on the corner of
| Clark and Washington streets, from which,
attended by Hon. j. B. Rice, Hon. Z. @.
Lsrned, Rev. W. H. Ryder, D. D., and
/ other gentlemen, they proceeded 70 Bryan
nm T AZ. L,1 aaaaunhlod q lornd
lumber of present and past students of the
College, and many other citizens, to well
Loono tho dalagates. The meeting was
called to order by Hon. j. b. Rice, the
Mayor.
The exercises of the evening commenced
BY the singing of the national air "Ameri-
ca by Mr.. and Mrs. Lumbsrd and Mr..
and Mrs. Stacey.
Rev. VIII. Ryder then engaged in
prayer, invoking the Divine blessing upon
tending, as they do, to fit the rising gene
ration for the stern duties of life.
Hon. j. B. Rice said, that with a very
limited knowledge of the subject matter Of
the evening, he had gladly consented to
DO PrsaAn4, TO Join with those who appre-
ciated the great commercial Interest," -
During the pct few months it had been
his duty and alike his pleasure to attend
many me- .fngs, all more or less connected
with tie devsststions of war, but now the
black fabric of secession, founded on sand,
had been demolished, the supremacy of
free institutions had been established, and
the people would now turn their attention
from the grim god of var, and study the
blissful interests of peace. In view of the
$500, -rn1nn IF o1DnDaaroTal TnAaroukd in
silo H-aSivni uha ~nitizans would reongniza
the value of fostering q knowledge OF BUSH
ness and business life. lie did not care to
sp ak very To- g upon q subject in which
he did not feel perfectly at home, and
would therefore introduce the Hon. L. q.
Lsrned.
Mr.. Lsrned saw before him the repre-
~sentatives of thirty-three colleges, located
throughout the country, from Portland to
st. Paul, who had come here to hold their
annual meeting and discuss their several eX'
periences. 1t had been assigned TO him to
undertake the pleasant duty of welcoming
them at Chicago. The business they were
engaged in-that of instructing the young
men in the country in the important duties
of commercial life-was one of great value
to the citizens of the country at present,
and especially could Chicago appreciate its
worth.
The first commercial college in Chicago
was established in q day of small things,
ten years ago, in a small building, presided
over by Judge Bell. From that beginning
the work has increased with wonderful "a
pidity, until at present q man was able to
acquire 8 fitness for all the varied and ram
fled forms of business. The growth of the
system was not only q proof and the re-
suit of the intelligence of its originator, but
a result of the fact that such a system was
greatly needed. Formerly, it had been
supposed that to teach q boy reading, wri-
ting and cyphering was to fl him for a
business life.
The experience of the nation had DEM
onstrated the fsllscv of such an idea, prov
ing the necessity of q thorough mercantile
education. 1t vas estimated that about
ninety per cent. of the mercantile embar-
cations Of the present day were failures.
These unsuccessful efforts might in q great
measure be traced to the fluctuations of
business, but very many were the result of
a want of fitness for a business life.
Then again, a man who has any aspira-
tions to be anything, will not be content to
be a mere machine capable of grinding out
so much 3 year, but will demand a power
and knowledge to do all that he does well.
So that the commercial colleges not only
fit q man TO be successful in business, but
they enlarge his mind, making him more
capable. The speaker believed q course in
some such institution would prove to be of
i~ncslculable benefit to professional men.
The speaker frequently regretted that he
had not adopted such q course ere he COM
J. meneed his practice ass laREar-Anothsr
point OF great Importance was the fact
that the commercial colleges of the coun-
try opened the door for females, enhancing
the opportunities they may possess for
succeeding in their rapidly widening
sphere. From a political point of view,
considering the incAlculsble importance of
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