The Portland daily press., 1867-10-07
Rnsiness COLLEGES.

| WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISH.
A writer in the New York Evening Mai
gives very interes ting account ofthis pecul
lar institution OF our day, an institution whicl
takes up branch of elected education an
supplies want in the training of our youn
men who enter upon business lille whicl
cannot be met elsewhere.
Hardly one young man OF hundred desire
a classical or literary education-he does no
appreciate its importance; ne thinks he can
not afford the time necessary to acquire it,
Boys are in hurry to be men-they mas
make fortunes, build houses, and conduct vas
concerns after leaving the common schooI
and the Free Academy, it is almost impossible
to induce them to 90 to Yale or Harvard
Business is what they want, and if possible
they will have it. With this object in view
| they seek for an institution which will give
them the special knowledge they need. The
business college has sprung up TO supply this
want 1t is not the rival OF, and does not pro-
pose to interfere with any other institution OF
learning. 1t is sui generis, an outgrowth OF
| the demands of the times, necessity with
| Americans. The Mail says:
Ten years ago business education was one
| OF the 'lOst arts" or neglected branches i'm
Ahis city. In 1858, Bryant, Slratton d Pack
ard opened one OF their peculiar Institutions
at the Cooper Institute, under the special
management OF MIR. s. s. Packard and since
that day the institution has steadily increased
In size and importance. There are scattered
through the United States and Canada, from
Montreal to New Orleans, in all the prinei-
pal cities, no less than forty five OF the BRYANT
d Stratton commercial colleges They are
called Bryant q Strattons because they orig
mated with and tor the most part were found
ed by these gentlemen. Mr.. Stratton is the
man who conceived the idea of these colleges
and he succeeded in founding them in most Of
the cities OF the Union before he died-for il
will be remembered that his death took place
about year ago. Messrs. Bryant & Stratton
would go into some large city, advance the
capital, fit up the college, have half or third
share interest in the concern, more or less,
and take in some gentleman as partner who
would be the resident party interested, and
probably the principal OF the college. In this
Way Mr.. StrattOl invested something like
$4,000, and thus the great international
chain of colleges was lsrmed.
Reciprocal relations were thus maintained
between all the colleges, and inter-communi-
cation was kept up, which in the end proved
to be great advantage to those seeking for
instruction within their walls. Before STRAIT
tons death he had disposed of nearly all his
interest in the colleges to the local partners,
but they still continued to bear the name OF
| the original founders, and their ideas OF bus
| mess education and the manner of acquiring
it were carried out, subject, of course, to such
notifications as the times demanded and ex-
perience suggested. The different colleges,
L 4 J...1 II.
respects, formed college association for their
own benefit and mutual protection. This Or
eanization is still maintained throughout the
length and breadth OF the land.
At the head OF the Bryant & Stratton col
lese in this city stands MIR. S. s. Packard, the
wellknown author of several educational
works used in these colleges, and who has Just
issued manual OF theoretical training in the
science of accounts. t
This college has gradually grown from 1858
up to the present day, constantly adding to its
members, until now something like 800 pupils
are in daily attendance. Six professors are
employed, these are the best that can be
found in their several departments, and what
is better STILL they are well paid for their ser
vices. Daily lectures are given upon all topics
| relating to the branches taught, and the pro
| fessors do not promise to do more than they
| are able to accomplish. One great advantage
which Bryant and Stratton's colleges posses
over all other colleges is that accruing from
their inter-communication AS these are 10
/ Gated in the chief commercial cities of th,
| Union, it affords facilities to the students 10
| carrying on an extensive inland and iOreiel
trade, such as cannot be enjoyed by mer
schools. Though these agencies shipment
are made and consgnments received, with a
the attending correspondence as in actua
business transactions, including account sale
Il ,fc IL n
given for bank correspondence pertaining Il
discounts and collections, conducted exactl
| the same as in all first-class business AMI
| banking houses. q.
| Going through the building one is strucI
/ with the neatness richness and completeness
| with which the various rooms are fitted ur
| with all the appliances needed. On the third
| floor We find the initiatory room, thirty five
| by fifty feet; the whole of the fourth floor O
| the block is used, and here are the interme
| date class, lecture, practical, telegraph ant
reception rooms, with the offices. The prac
tical room is forty by one hundred feet, an(
| extends from Broadway to Fifth Avenue.
In the large practical loom the desks of the
| pupils are designated by the names of cities
| such as Philadelphia, Botson, Buffalo, Cleye,
land, etc. Perhaps six young men will be
| seated at the Cleveland desk and they do
| business with all the other cities i'm the Uni
| ted States, theoretically; but it has all to be
transacted by means OF correspondence-no
| dickering by the students is allowed as at
| some colleges. The great jobbing house
| of thu college Is supposed to be located
in New York, the same as jobbing houses
usually are in fact. The pupil goes
through all forms OF business with the pro
ducer, the merchant who sells, aud the con-
sumers; he keeps his accounts with the man
| utacturer and importer, as the case may be,
| with the jobber, the retailer and the iaal
| consumer. He learns the system OF banking,
there being a bank in the college, and keeps
his accounts with it the same as he would
with an actual city bank. Ii pupil is dry
| goods merchant, by well-arranged system
| OF certificates OF goods, he actually buys and
| sells the same as he would in a store on
Church street. In fact he opens store OF
| his own, where the cases of plain silk, fancy
| silk, pOplin, empress cloth, vaeneiennes, ba
rege, ETC., are upon his shelves, and he buys
| and sells to customers at home, or abroad, as
he receives orders from all parts OF the United
States. BY this admirably arranged system
he becomes perfectly familiar with all the
routine of business. ""',
The subject OF commercial law and CONNER
| cial calculations receives due attention; no
attempt is made to teach the higher mathe-
matics, but the time is spent upon CONNER
| cial arithmetic, which is of SO much practical
| value to the student.
On the 9th OF October, the evening sessions
commence, containing six months. Special ar
| rangements have been made for a systematic
course of instruction which can be completed
| in the six months, and which will fit a young
man for any ordinary business position
| These evening schools are usually composed
| OF the best class of young men in the city
| those whoare employed in some business dur
ing the day, and spend their time at night in
completing their education.
| Pupils can enter the colleges at any time
| pursue their studies as fast as their time
| will permit, and can secure full scholarship
| good in any of Bryant & Strattons colleges
throughout the country.
| Senior Romero.
| At banquet recently given the Mexican
| Minister at New York, he was introduced by