The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-09-04
HOW TO SUCCEED.
THE IMPORTANCE OF STARTING RIGHT
THE BEST INVESTMENT FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE.

IEOPIE.
Occasionally a man succeeds in bus
mess with very little knowledge Of the
details Of commercial transactions
But the man who wins success under
such circumstances cuts his way
through the business world with a dull
axe. How much broader a path he
might cut, and how much more easily
and rapidly, were he equipped with a
practical knowledge of business details
and laws governing commercial trans
actions-the art of dealing with his
fellow men.
The importance of thorough, practi-
cal business education is daily more
appreciated. Almost every kind of
business is conducted on a higher
plane Profits are smaller than form
erly, necessitating greater volume of
business, with greater expense for rent,
fixtures, help etc. This creates an
imperative demand for greater accuracy
and speed and improved methods of
keeping accounts. Young men and
women who can not keep books by
the best system, but who can always
receive dictation in shorthand, mani
pulate the typewriter and conduct cor
respondence, and who have general
aptitude for transacting business, need
never want for employment at good
salaries. The number of graduates
from our business colleges who are
experts in these special qualifications
is but fraction of the demand.
The erroneous idea that business
| education is of no use to farmer, is,
for the most part, thing of the past.
Farmers are beginning to appreciate
more fully the importance of being
able to dispose Of farm products to the
| best advantage to convert them into
the largest amount of money with the
least expenditure of time and labor.
Agricultural journals urge the value Of
keeping an accurate system of accounts
with the farm, thus demonstrating the
comparative profits Of various crops
and methods, and enabling the farmer
to keep a closer watch upon his expen-
ses, and to avoid countless financial
''leaks" which inevitably result from
haphazard methods A thorough
course in first-class business college
is one of. the most profitable invest
ments the young farmer can make.
One of the most prominent and
prosperous institutions Of this kind in
this section is the Wilkes-Barre Busi-
ness College. This college was start
ed as night school in 1885 and in
corporated in 1887. Considering its
age, the size of the city, and its proxi-
nifty to other commercial schools, its
success exceeds that of any similar in
stitution in the country. Its growth has
been steady and healthful, each year
having shown substantial increase in
attendance.
This is not a school for teaching
bookkeeping and penmanship alone.
While these are of vital importance,
there are other accomplishments
scarcely less essential to those who
would win success in the business world
in these days of sharp competition.
| Among the more important of these,
all of which are taught by the most
lpractical and thorough methods, are
stenography,typewriting, spelling, gram
mar commercial law and arithmetic.
The practical business department gives
Thorough training in banking, stocks
and bonds, drafting all kinds of COM
mercial paper-in fact for the transac-
ton of all kinds of business. The the
ories are applied by system of actual
practice based upon the methods OF
the most successful establishments ol
the commercial world.
I The College now rests upon firmel
foundation than ever before. backed
by ample capital and supported by Il
vigorous, intelligent management, whose
| permanency seems assured. 1t com
mands the respect and friendship o.
the progressive people Of Wilkes Barre
as well as the hearty good will OF stud
ents and graduates. Mr.. G.. L. Bald
win, the senior principal, has had many
years of successful experience in active
business. He is broad gauge man,
Of keen perceptions and firmness O
purpose, close student of human ma
ture, possessing administrative ability
which especially qualities him for hi'
position. After mature deliberatior
he entered this institution with the
fixed purpose of making the occupa
ton his life work. The associate prin
cipal, Prof. A. w, Moss, is borr
educator. To his natural inclination
are added the qualifications which
come of long, industrious study anC
ripe experience in school management
Thoroughness is distinguishing trait
Prizing knowledge for the satisfaction
of knowing and realizing its powerful
laveraue in raising IFS DOSSeSSOrS above