Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-08-25
THE BUSINESS COLLEGE
One of the Growing Institutions
of Little Falle and a Part of
Ito Educational System.

A good criterion by which to judge
of the general intelligence of city in
the interest it takes in educational
matters. sThis interest which city
manifests in the general diffusion OF
knowledge is also a good barometer
by which to measure it's future pros
poets. The public schools of Little
Falls are well fostered and all desire
them to attain a high degree of ex-
cellence. But special schools are
also necessary. In this age ofmater-
ial progress when SO many innova-
lions are being made and as Il result
new branches of study created the
public school cannot cover all the
ground. For example, the public
schoolSeannot teach shorthand and
,type-writing. To attempt to do SO
would be impracticable. And yet it
is necessary that at least large
portion OF the rising generation
learn them. In the commercial and
business system OF today they are
being largely used and as the years
pass on their use will be general.
Neither can the public school well
teach other business courses. Nor
can it give Individual instruction.
An institution supplementary to
the public school is necessary in
every city and that necessity is sup.
piled here by the Little Falls Bust.
ness College. This school was started
last January by Prof. j. B. Lanigan
and has since that time. registered Sc
pupils in all its departments, viz.
shorthand, bookkeeping and the
| other commercial and English
courses. 1t is now we'll equipped
with type writer's and other modern
appliances of business school, and
it should be encouraged to go on in
it's good work and still further in.
crease it's efficiency in the depart.
ment of work in which it is engaged
A music department has just been
| opened and will be conducted by
Miss Anna C. Ready. She is an &C.
complished musician and will give
instruction upon the piano, violin
and guitar.
A department of telegraphy and
I other branches will be added as the
necessity demands.
One of the cOmmendable features OF
this school is that it reaches a class
of persons somewhat numerous in
this section where there are so many
people of different nationalities.
These are persons having little En-
glish education. Most of them are
grown to manhood and work in our
mills. They could not by any means
avail themselves of the privileges OF
the public school, but in the Business
College individual instruction is
given them.
Aside from the educational advan-
tages of this school, it is of material
benefit to the city, since quite a per-
centage of it's pupils come from out
side of the city and help to fill up
our boarding houses and hotels.
The indications now are that a
large number of pupils will attend
from the outside. The school now
has commodiOus quarters in the
Rhodes block and they will be i'll
creased as necessity demands. Prof.
Lanigan is a young man of ac-
knowledgcd ability and before COM
ing here occupied prominent positions
in commercial school work having
been principal of the Northwestern
School of Commerce at Grand Forks.
Commercial schools are now recog-
nized to be a necessity and it is in
cumbent upon our citizens to CON-
mend and in every way seek to pro-
mote the interests of the Little Falls
Business College.