The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-06
MAKING BUSINESS MEN.
What an Observer Found at Loddins
Business College.


Business College.
TnE ArrEAL il permitted to extract from
a letter written bv thorough business
man Of this city tn friend in Mississippi:
You tell me that you have two
boys who have received u good common
school education and whom YOU wish to
have fitted, one for general business aud
one Tor shorthand. stcnography aud type
writing, requesting Inc 10 visit some good
business college aud give YOU IN idea OF lis
plan. You know | believe IN giving a
young man thorough knowledge OF the
rules aud principles underlying business
and Of the ordinary forms Of business
paper. which looks -O supple. il ~ little
understood aud for lack oi which 30 many
otherwise good business men have gone 10
the wall. therefore took some spare time
aud thoroughly inspected Lcdlin's Bust
ness College, under charge oi Prof. W. 4.
Watson. Who has had long and extensive
experience therein. | was most thoroughly
impressed with his methods of com.
mon sense business education. His
motto Is, teach yuur sous what they will
practice whom they are mon. aud this i
well carried out, commencing NJ the
bottom and teaching up, not ut the top
"
does not put a student into tho dissor,ing
room before no has studied anatomy u
law school into the moot court bcior, he
has rcal blackstone, or nn academy put n
boy into algebra before he has mastered
arithmetic M there the Young student Is
first taught the we'll defined rules aud
principles, the theory Of busin, "a, before
he Is put into actual business work lie
IL first taught the plain principles Of buy.
ing aud selling iur cash, then for cr'dil,
then iur both combined, aud ~ ON. mast
cring each before no il allowed to go
further. then the usual forms Of business
aud business paper. loans. discount aud
per cent, foreign aud domestic exchange,
aud the proper methods Of preparing each
until he is perfectly familiar with all
these, then he Ia taught 10 open, carry on
aud close SIT OF book Ia all the various
business forms When lac can pass a
thorough examination in Theses lac Is al.
vanccd To actual anl practical business
work. The work d progressive and he
u advanced IN business ~ he n fitted 90
advance, each one II treated ON his merits
alone, aud ~ lac would hc in ordinary bus.
inuss life While he Is STUDYING tho theory
lac acts ~ clcfk aud salesman la various
capacities, applying the principles learned
When hc h httcd Tor pfaciical and actual
business lac IL supplied with capital. IT
cash. credit, pal estate etc.. aud placed
on his own responsibility, a. work out lis
own business succuss ur failure. Tie II
taught TO transact the everyday work oi
each form Of cuisines. life, bnying selling.
Transferring. shipping aud receiving. dis-
counting bills receivable, borrowing on IN.
dorscd paper OF collateral, uding over hard
times Or bad COLLECTIONS, aud close busi.
ness calls and wcaihcring the storm ~
sinking ~ his ability may decide, all the
while guided and directed boy the watchiul
care OF the teacher and the master. Tho
days prices Of all commodities dealt in In
this section Of tlo country are placed on
the laugn blackboard each morning and
the Young governs hi. purchases
sales 10 ventures thereby last Of all, he
is placed In the bank aud ILLS the various
positions from clerk aud bookkccpcr 10
teller. cashier and president. aud thus
knows how TO transact his own business
with bank. This u one OF the very few,
u not the only business college having a
complete cotton business, with trinsporia-
/ ton, receipts, sheds, compress and AL the
material 10 enable one 90 learn how to
/ transact the cotton business from the field
W. AtfN ANAANA ~ AANAA WV NNNA w AAAf NWfNN
/ The student, II he haa anything In him,
h turned out, ~ FAR a. anything short Of
/ years II actual business can do, ~ a prac.
teal business man. fitted 10 FIGHT his way
successfully In the battle Of lie lie has
b learned the rulcs aud principlosoi business
and reduced them 20 actual work How
long this will take depends on the man
I himself, No two young mcn are alike In
/ this, and he should remain until the work
/ IL done, which must DO determined 10y
/ practical examination In each Individual
I case. noticed that the blanks aud forms
Of various kinds used wcrc duplicates OF
J thosc Of the leading houses and firms Of
| the city and such ~ the bcs, experience
had approved. Lack Of tnic forbids my
| touching ON the subject OF education Tor
the other son, which Is Just ~ complete
and thorough In is scope. have told
what saw, aud you can draw YOUR own
conclusions" JuDOE j. X. W.