New-York tribune., 1880-10-03
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transpires that would asionlsh cum
try bow From nftv 10 hundred letters daily are received
and delivered by the posioce and are written oy Vi ~
s,ltents OF this department
RCOMMUNICATION.
The oorrespondence thus indicated not only between
or own .tudens but between o this and other sm
nar nsi different parts Of the country Apereeeo
system has for wears been ID pracuoe
coordinate schools IN New fork Boston BooKbh
Philadelphia Chicago Baltimore and other cities by whch
an elaborate scheme OF business IL carried on
real operations aud resns than the
more tsngb activity which the world recog
nizes AS business.
Mr wilson, don't quite understand you you to
say mat being delivered TO these
Young from other Young in similar schoois IN
Phi sdepha Chicago and the other cities you nave
mentioned
Mr. Packard-we will waylay the and for our
selves This delivery and these letters are
cities We have here twenty with the Boston
postmark from BROOKLYN three from Chicago one from
Milwaukee,. five from Philadelphia two from Trenton ana
FIVE fiom Baltimore These letters are addressed 10 ouI
genera the individual dealers which make up
community, and contain you see invoices OF gooos
OF the purchaser and OF the shipper ac
commission houses drafts and checks ioI
payment Of accounts bills Of adng OF goo's
10 delivered II Will look through Che correspond
you viii all the forms requirements OF business
carefully letter and docum mt bearing
OF the local eacherthus showing personal
supervision-and withal fair sembance Of the air ana
navor of business less schoo6oy
appearance Of the documents but the ou;ook Is IN
night and whatever is faulty can be easily
remedied BY practice.
SOME ERRONEOUS NOTIONS CORRECTED.
Mt Will confess TO you that have hitherto had
a rather poor impression business colleges why know
except has always seemed 10 me that what they
profess only in connection win business
Itself view it, however ain sure th%t no ousi-
ness house could eecual work OF training tha you
DO here.
Rr Packard-There probably greater faacy than the
too frequent business house Is the place IN "ch
10 earn 10 write figure aud keep books and 90 OeI
clerical duties and the strangest thing about s that 10
business themselves harboF and propagate
only exist from unfortunate experience
with poor schools lack OF knOwe TO what
by intelligent ana faithful teachers, or from
prejudice There question Dut business house
Is The place and the ONLY place in which TO learn 6ns'S-to
get and their motives, ana 10 acquire
practical experience. No respectiDe or responsible scoo
pTeenS supply these requisites but WREN an otherwise
Intelligent man undertakes TO say that ne
proper school education. and has learned all
in therefore every other boy ougpt 10
be cheated he he covers altogether too much
ground and exercise the sre"dness OF Judgment
and speech thai characterize dealings do Dy any
means impossible to learn BOOK Aeepng III an office
do think il place to learn the conditions
are favorable IL there is one VINO has the ume
disposition the ability teach These conltOns are
raren fact are unknown IN Offices. To De sure,
nart boy may PICK up" knowledge if he viii keep
BIZ ewes ana ears open the quality his acquson de
pends wholly upon his good luck and his native sense
MI sly observation ana ex c1euce teach me that
for picking up COMMERCIAL education IN an
very slim and the fact thar some men have OBJ
tanned all they know this proves nothing. The
prejudice against school requirements the st o all pre-
udoes usually manifested by those who are without
sucn requirements 1t isas much TO that e less boy
knows the valuable are his services.
Mr. PACKARD hatls the pon exactly Tie attitude AS
sumel by business that knowledge IL draw
back acquired by the hardest way or III their way Al
for
and for drilling. tstica enough 10
believe what young man learns from Us does Inn no
harm ne ought TO be more valuable assistant with
the education give than wihout H. Business men who
want bright boys grow up with their business should
be very grateful school that Ie o. them OF the drudsery
Of such teaching be better Of their Office than
IN II and I an sensible business men are
COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT OF The CITY
COLLEGE.
Mt wilson now with the City College learn that
its commercial department s intended TO supefsede tie LIE
cessty Of special schools for business framing
Mr Packard-No commercial department" is likely 10 do
this certainly conducted ON the plan pursued by the
College Of the CITY of New York
Mr. Wn.on-I should suppose that with the rich en-
dovment this College and she pressing need of apacta
education winch attracted 70 must feel there
wota be no lack Of efficiency tie commercial course.
yyhatever tle other department may lack.
Mr. Packarirhe commercial Of the CRY College
Is recent experiment and established to meet SUD
poe popular rather, TO silence popular ciamor
OF the cy were confronted Win te Iact
That the tro and Jorty nsand doLarS expended
Oh tins luxury free education nad its vanishing point
Ia h.g ERA from the classical and t@eHg IRON the
scientific course natural that their reflections should run
somewhat 10 Interrogation points The slmpleminded ana
usop seal check-rawers felt somehow that II was good
deal Of money very little education the cost % the city Of
ac graduate beng ve thousand dollars The proper
Tcpy 20 ns superficial view was that tne students who
r out during ua;e wears were nevertheless
benefited v their partial education bd st the immense ds
in e
classes indicated was loose somewhere and IN
asmuch as evident tAIt IN eat majority Of Hose
WHO entered the College mad thought OF completing the
course the natura query shOud their education De
rrsed mon known ialacyl Why recognize the facts,
ana either such sulen,s to the College at al OF
shane the. education be to hemi And as
sop 70 this Cerberus Commercial Course" was iDs
tuted.
Mt Wilson-Wel. what - done IN this cours
MI Packard-I Wi. tel you The students devote rnder
teachers care hours week 10 commercial studies
viz three to bookkeeping and four aloRe her to phono
,7aphy. composition and penmanshiP No Instruction Is
gwen in arithmetic corresponds and OF course
there 40 practical such have here ana no
senbl-nce OF Ihe time devoted To Tie subjects men,
,oued is properly used IN class recaops say prop fy
AS would be useless 10 attempt any INDIVIDUAL
instruction I'D the limited given. Whatever writing the
student here is where he needs the teachers
closest attention he home elsewhere. Of
school hours and without the aid Of teacher
Mr Wilson you DON'T undertake 70 that seren
hours week limit Of instruction in TINS department.
MI PackardI sad " in the commercial oranches have
mn doub the time OF the prohtably up
listening TO lectures Elements OF Physics" and in
recations in French Spanish. Geometry Algebra
History etc Undoubtedly the department 10 well managed
has oxcetn teachers and accompshes nuch Rooa out
hove vet 10 learn why it should distinguished Com
mercial course"
MT Wilson Well have been told that the instruction
I'm the CONNER branches thorough and complete as IN
any business college.
r packard-Whichi Is about the telling that
the stndv of physiology pursued in boys and girls
senuares az preparation for the practice Of
medicine as are the lectures clinics and post mortems OF
regular medical college.
NO FAULT OF THE TUTORS
~ conrse can understand why should try TO
satisfy their pupils instruction is genuine and
torouqb and 80 far the power OF The tutors 10
Se, so no doabt The fact is II the graduates Of our