The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-09-04

MERCHANTS NATIONAL
BUSINESS COLLEGE
COLLEGIATE SCHOOL,
Located near the corner Of Clark strsst,at
116 and 1lS Randolph Street,
CHICAGO ILL.
J. DYHRENFURYH, Esq, Presidens.
This is one of the Oldest and bes. established COM
mercial colleges in the Northwest, being grand
enlargement of the well known DYHRENFURTH CON.
NERcIAL COLLEGE, introducing an active business.
department, and new, p. actical, and WONDERFUL
system Of Bookkeeping, nnown as
The AutO.DidaCtiC system.
This system Is known to but one other in America.
besides the presidents Is practical and elegant, and
truly astonishing In Its concseness and simplicity.
beirg as much superior to the double entry syste,l
the latter Is to single entry Is taught for the
present. however, only In addition to the double en-.
In establishing the MERCHANTS NATIONAL
BUSINESS COLLEGE In Chicago, the commercial
ability and wide experience Of It's well known Presi.
dent; with efficient corps ofprofessors It has been
the aim to organize an institution, the chief distn.
gushing feature Of which consists In Its being
duced by practical business men. .s@
As proof OF the censummate skill In fnancialmat-
tcrsof Mr.. DYHRENfCRTH, may refer to the present
System Of banking in vogue In Chicago and through
out the west, which owes Its origin to him; and
evidence Of his ability an accountant need only
mention the well-known System Of Business Arith-
metic invented by him, and impaired to students
with the greatest ease. BY 1t calculations are made
with truly startling rapidly. In fact, Mr.. Dyhren
furth is the lightning Calculator Of tho age.
Actual Business Depart
ment.
| In order that students may acquire 4 thorough.
and practical knowledge Of trade Unnecessary and
all important that transactions be actually made
College has been most elegantly fitted up with Coun
| tiers, Banks, Railroad and Express Onices and ii
appurtenances. Thus student when in the Banks
| Ing Department. handles and learns to count and
judge q money, both domestic and foreign; when in
the Merchandise Department he has samples Of all
goods and learns to judge o! each article In every
bushes; the student handles exactly the paper used
Receipts, &C. In brief,
THE STUDENT MOVES IN THE
BUSINESS WORLD.
A. an example of how instruction is impaired In
this institution, instance its Trade Department
the aim o: which Is to afford young an acquant
ance and bring them into contact with goods, that
they may learn the cost Of growth and production,
or material and manufacture; the cost Of importing
| feighting, housing aud commissions; to properly
count, mark sell pack and shop. also to perform
other Counting House duties with neatness,
| cy and dispatch. Our commercial men want clerks
who can perform these particular duties at once
and well. In the course of instruction are embrac
ed Penmanship, Commercial orr esponaence and
Calculations, Actual Business including Book keep
| Ing, commercial Science and Mercantile Law.
CORPS OF PROFESSORS.
M.ssrs J. Dyhrenfurth and U. Gregory, assisted
| ser, p q. Dyhrerfurth l.. +. Byhrenfurth, Charles
Worst, II. NJ. Thomson, S.ippcl, CaM'erer, and
| others.
TERMS. ...
Life Scholarship in Actual business Dept $4s.o"
| with preparatory training
| for Adults 100 CO
life Scholarship, with course Of training in
| English or German 15m
Instruction in German or English Language 5000
Evening preparatory course for adults from
Oct. to April ~ $500
Penmanship, full course Of ten weiss ~ 4"
| N. b.--paymcnt In advance.
For any further particulars. address
| MERCHANT n. II. COLLEGE Co.,
ll6 lis Randolph Street, Chicago, III.
Besides being connected with the above,
Mr. Dyhrenfurth is the President Of u
large Classical College and Il Ladies'
Seminary, in the builnins adjoining the
Merchants National Business College,
which includes in its curriculum all bran
ches Of English Education, with Latin,
Greek, Algebra, Geometry. Trigonometry,
Chemistry, TelsgralAing, German, French
Elocntion, Music, Drawing, etc. Nine
Professors and lady preceptresS are
I constantly engaged. -
For Terms, prospectusos, etc, apply to
the President, j. Dyrcnfurtb, Office ll6
& us Randolph ST., Chicago, Illinois.
ESy- A single Scholarship in this College
can be had by applying at the Office ofthis
paper. 5lyl