, 1866-07-11
THE NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE
CONVENTION.
Forty.Elsht lnsaituitons to be Repre-.
sen&ed MT Cleyeiand-Thnd Annual
Sekslon-An Interesting Review.

Institutions 10 be Repre-.
sented Mt C1eveiand-Thnd Annual
Seas1on-An 1nterestin: Review.
From the Cleveland Herald, July IL
The third annual Convention OF the ,,Asso-
ciatIon connected with Bryant. Stratton 4
y III meet as per adjournment, In this city, on
Tuesday next, and continue through the
wetk. These occasions hare hitherto been
very pleasant and interesting to the
public The Convention last year, ut
chicago, was very great SUCCESS, elic-
many If f,e%nd; % foT es' teat tie eause aao mfh Thefs
are peculiar reasons Why the present conveu-
tion should be in all respects the most i'm
portant and interesting which has yet trans
pired. Cleveland enjoys the proud distfnc-
tion Of giving birth to this now grand and
successtu1 enterprise. Messrs- Bryant 4
Stratton. with the late james W. Lusk, COM
menced their upited labors In this field in the
summer Of 1856. in the very rooms where the
present convention will be held. During the
thirteen Intervening years they have SUCCESS
fully established the most extended and pop
ulaf system ofeducatton known to the world,
and Eow return to the theatre of their ea1ly
lators in connection with forty-seven repre-
sentatiyes OF different institutions united in
Que general interest.
The convention, which will be the event Of
special interest In our city during the present
week, very appropriately celebrates the rise
and progress o1 one Of the most extensive
and successful business enterprises ever set on
foot in this country; and is d most apt illns-
lectcd and Concerted effort in good cluse.
The secret Of this SUCCESS may 10 tn.ced
to tWo causes: first, the demand for
higher grade Of business education;
second, the prompt and energetic meeting
Of thai demand. When Bryant, stratton =
I rs1 hnSv les 81,
thirteen years ago, there were very few H.
stituttous in the country claiming TO cover
this speciality, and fewer get that came up
to reasonable standard ol excellence. Now,
the importance Of this department Of in-
struction Is 70 well understood BY the public
competent to enter upon the duties Of busi-
ness until he has finished course of training
especially adapted tu Ills pursuit.
The Increasing demand for this knowledge
in all .rarts Of the country, suggested the
feasibility Of system Of co-operaliye instf-
cities. aud TO bring into one united e:Iort all
the best talent III this direction. The result
has been vast Improvement over the old
methods of teachfnE. and the embodiment nf
special branches Of study In the course CT
training, rendering tho Institution, as a
whole, more direct, and at the same
,irnc more comprehensive aud effective. Start.
ing out with one institution, In the summer
Of 1868, the general proprietors mud their etli-
cieht co'wOtkcrs come to 1ls to lny to ce1e.
hrntc their SUCCESS In u convention which VIII
comprise delegates ifnm ,fortv.srrrn scpnrate
colleges, mud representing nil the important
commercial cities in tho United States nnll
CnradS.
To accomplish this rran.. result cxtraorti
nary Efforts have been put forth on every
hand. Tl,r public has been iltor.1,Ig},lS
awakened to The Importance Of tl,c subject,