The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-19

Business College.

We are srisysd TO 40 students going ont from
school sitter = few weeks course in some bust
ness college (our own not excoptsd), only hall
fitted TO perform tho ordinary duties OF business
liza. II 10 true that wo can furnish the finishing
touches In tho science Of accounts to, and make
. first-class accountant ont Of = psrfon who has
had twd or three years experienced In bnsiness for
himsalf or his employer, In three months time,
for no realizes what his deficiencies arc and what
principles rnust necessarily b. we'll impressed on
his mind; bnt We cannot make = frst-class book
keeper out Of = student who has had no previous
knowlsdge Of actual business In less than six
months.
No school csn conscisntiously Advertise to
complete q course in either shorthand or book
completed In less Tins, to say nothing OF other
branches absolutely necessary To ths qualification
Of = frst-class stenographer or bookkeeper.
Students often come to us, having been promised
= situation by some business man, to qualify for
one position. IS II his whole Success depended
on that one position. He asks us to fit him for
that position in the short time Of one month or
IA AAU Ass AAperO W. e"~ e'~A
faction Of his employer, perhaps. but whom he
comes to cope with a tirst-class bookkesper or
stenozrapher, alas! he 10 '.left. to use the school
boy expression. A sad experience teaches many
that it 10 better to be fully competent, though it
cost more. than partially fitted, to cope with an
other.
Now We want students to come for . term Of
six months, in which time We guarantee to give
them = complete course, If they mako good use
Of thsi r time. The theory Of bookkeeping will
consume about four months, taking into consid-
grafton the other necessary branches. The other
two months will be given to business practice.
We mean to go further than advertise a business
practice department. We shall have it in our
school and get out of it the best results possible.
We have the best room for this department in
Helena.
Realizing that many students are not able to
lay out much money in an educat ion, We shall
reduce tuition Tor six months from $50 to $40.
This reduction will. We think. be appreciated by
many students who are economic in their ex-
penditure Of money. The reduction will take
effect at once, and continue until Oct. 80, 1881.
Although the Montana Business College has
done but little advertising, except through its
students, it has bsen well patronized, as students
and others friendly to its existence are aware.
This can be accounted for only in the fact that 1t
was founded by men of integrity and moral
worth, and Kept alive on principles of true merit
Its pr sent manager hopes to make it the ideal
business college of Montana. 1t takes time to
build up a school that will meot the approval OF
an intelligent people, such as we have in Mon
tana. & .
We solicit the hearty CO cooperation of all that
have TN interest in such an institution; also In
vits you to come to Electric luilding, corner
Sixth and Park avenues, and learn something Of
the management and courses of study. Very
respectfully,
HOMER g. PHELPS. Principal