The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-19
ROANOKE'S BUSINESS COLLEGE.
A Description of the Practical
Work This Institution is Doing.

Located in the third story of tho TINES
building, at the corner OF Campbell ave-
nue. and Henry street, is an institution
which seems to attract but passing at
tention where it should excite wide
spread interest
This institution is that product of
modern progress known as Il business
college, where boy and girl, youth and
maiden, and oven man and matron may
be fitted for Il higher business position
than if left to their own resources to ac
quire more thorough knowledge of the
science of business life
1t is to be deprecated that business
men do not more thoroughly cooperate
with the philosophical men and wo-
men who, by their enterprise and effort,
have made it possible for those whose
earlier education has been neglected to
increase their store Of knowledge by at
tending this school.
The business college III question is
conducted by Prof. A. NJ. Trimmer, and
has large corps of superlatiyely COM
petent instructors, including a valuable
recent accession in Prof. j. Il. Cozart,
late OF IIcalds business College, of San
Francisco, Cal, one Of the largest bust
ness schools in the country, who has
had over eight years experience as Il
successful and accomplished teacher Of
penmanship and other commercial
branches in some of the best business
and literary colleges in the United
States. The college is an institution
thoroughly equipped for imparting
practical business information, and
available to ovcry person aspiring to
more ennobling positions.
Students not deficient in the ordinary
English branches enter this department
and pursue without interruption the
lnititatory Course. In this de-
partmcnt students receive daily in
struction in pcnmanship, photography.
business calculations, practical gram
mar, business forms correspondence and
composition, together with frequent
lectures ON the science OF accounts, bust
ness CUSTOMS mercantile law, etc. In
addition to this, each student is in
Structcd us to the form. nature and uses
of bills, invoices. orders. due bills.
promissory notes, drafts. checks, certi
flcates of stocks and all other com
mercial papers, and is made practically
familiar with the most modern and
labor-saving forms of principal and aux
iliary books in use in best regulated
business houses
BUSINESS PRACTICE.
After completing the theory depart
ment and passing satisfactory eX
animation, the student is advanced to
this more interesting, eXacting and in
structive course Of training. In this de-
partment the transactions performed by
the student are SO diversified as to give
him the greatest possible amount of ex
perience; one month covering transac-
tlonS that might not be reached in years
of experience of clerking in a business
house. He makes the same use of re-
suits OF his previous study and instruc-
ton that the merchant, manufacturers,
banker or broker does OF his knowledge
and experience in his daily transactions.
lie forms Il co-partncrship, leases place
for conducting tho business, opens an
account with the college national bank
and several wholesale firms. buys and
sells real estate and begins Il large credit
business, ccessitating the keeping
OF an extensive set of books, the ac-
counting OF which is required TO be done
i'll the most perfect and systematic
manner
On entering This department the pupil
is provided with ample capital consist
ing Of college currcncy.) and all ncccS-
sary stationary. books. blani.s. price
lists, for buying and selling goods Incl
dent to the actual routine of the bona
iidc merchant. The most important
channels through which these results
are practically reached are the Offices OF
the Commercial Exchange, Merchants
Emporium. banks, real estate and
brokers, all of which are filled in turn
by the students.
This school should have the liberal
support and hearty cooperation Of
every business man in the community,
and thereby aid in the building up Of
an institution that will bring patronage
from every part of the country.
1t is an undcniabic fact that there
are too few attendants upon this prac-
tical school from the city proper. This
should not be the case in a growing and
cntcrprising community like Roanoke.
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