The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-23
MONTANA
Business College.

We are grieved to see students going ont from
school after q few weeks course in some bust
ness college Jour own not excepted). only half
fitted to perform tbs ordinary duties OF business
life. 1t is true that We can furnish the finishing
touches In the science Of accounts to, and make
a first-class accountant out OF = person who has
had two or three years. experience in business for
himself or his employer, in three months time,
for he realizes what his deficiencies are and what
principles must necessarily b. well impressed on
his mind; but we cannot make = Rrst-class book
keeper out of a student who has had no previous
knowledge of actual business in less than six
months.
No school can conscientiously advertise to
complete a course in either shorthand or book
keeping in less time, for neither science can be
completed in less time, to say nothing Of other
branches absolutely necessary to the qualification
of a frst-class stsnographer or bookkceper.
Students often come to US, having been promised
q situation by some business man, to qualify for
one position, as if his whole sucs ss depended
on that ono position. He asks us to fit him for
that position in the short time of one month or
six weeks. He performs his duties to the salts
faction Of his employer, perhaps. but when he
comes to cope with a fr.t-clsss bookkeeper or
stenosrapher, alas! he is '.left,' y to use the school
boy exr PRESTON. A sad experience teaches many
that it is better to be fully competent, though it
cost more. than partially fitted, to cope with an
other.
e Now We want students to come for . term of
six months. in which time we guarantee to give
them . complete course, if they make good use
Of til. ir tina. 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 orr
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 education. we shall
reduce tuition for six months from $50 to $40.
This reduction will, we think, be appreciated by
many students who are economic in their e1-
penditure of money. The reduction will take
effect at once. and continue until Oct. 80, 1891.
Although Uu0 WIN SAoAASoS SOASeS A"~
done but little advertising, except through its
students, it has been we'll patronized, rs students
and others friendly to it's existence are aware.
This can be accounted for only in the fact that it
was founded by men of integrity and moral
worth, and ! st alive on principles of true merit
Its pr sent manager hopes to make it the ideal
business college of kontana. II takes time to
build up . school that will meet the approval Of
an intelligent people, such as we have in Mon
tana. .".
We solicit the hearty co. operation 81 all that
have m interest in such an institution; also in
Wits you to come to Electric tuilding, corner
Sixth and Park avenues, and learn something OF
the management and courses of study. Very
respectfully,
HOMER G. PHELPS. Principal,