Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-02-28
DECIDEDLY INTERESTING
is A VISIT TO THE BUSINESS COT
lEcE AND LITERARY lNSTl.
TUTE.
what Reporter Saw Yesterday at
This Thriving school

Literary institute, on College street,
yesterday and was greatly interested
in what he saw. In order that the
readers OF the Times may know
something of the Importance and in
side workings of this school, which is
acknowledged the best OF its kind in
the South, we give short account
of what is to be seen within the col
lege walls.
Upon entering the college the first
thing that struck the reporter favor
ably was the excellence of the build
in@s and the general air ofprosperity
which peryaded them. Every thing
is scrupulously neat and clean from
the private office Of the proprietors
throughout the entire building. On
every hand We're evidences of thrift
and one has bu. to step inside to see
that every department of the school
is conducted on strictly business
methods. There is an unusually
large attendance of pupils, the ma
iolitX of whom come from this State
and the South. In the big business
/ College hall the reporter saw n hun
tlred or more of the studenes a t work
i'll the penmanship class, under the
instruction OF Prof. II. H. Cherry
/ who has charge OF the Business Col
t lege department. of the school Each
student was bent on his work and
! went through the different evOlutions
required at the hands of Prof. Cherry
with alacrity and precision They
are all required to make Il certain
stroke Of the pen at the same time
and are praetieed until proficient
Then some other exercises necessary
in penmanship instruction is taken
up and gone through with in the
same way. In this wrY they are en-
abled i'll a short time to become ex-
pert penmen In this hall are also
arranged several banking institu-
tiOns which are conducted in pre-
cisely the same way as banks are
conducted in every day life. Among
the banks the reporter noticed from
the attractive signs over the en-
frances, "The New York National
Bank, and college National Bank
besides Kendall & Co.'S Merchants
Emporium" and Williams, Cherry &
Co.'S Wholesale and retail House.
The latter two institutions are to
give the students an insight into how
the business of the great commercial
houses OF the country are carried on.
In fact in the Business College is to
be found every thing just az it exists
in the banks and commercial houses
OF the nation, and when pupil COM
pletps the course he has had precisely
the same training that he would
have got by having worked II long
time in bank and business house.
Thus it is that bookkeeping and all
other things necessary to CONNER
cial education are taught practically
and the pupil when he has finished
the course has a thorough practical
business education. Besides the pen
manship, the shorthand, biography
and typewriting departments, are
also well filled with pupils and the
click of the telegraph instrument and
typewriter can be heard comingfrom
hundreds OF fingers. The business
College entire is under the charge OF
Prof III. II. cherry, who is indefat-
igable in his labors and clear, con
else and simple in his methods.
Prof 7. G. Cherry has charge of the
Normal Literary Department and
Teachers Training Course, and the
reporter also visited this department
of the College and saw Il grammar
class OF fifty young ladies and gen
tlemen reciting at one time. 1t WIS
decidedly interesting proceeding
and the students were all intent
upon their work. They are more
than pleased with Prof Cherry's
method OF teaching This, OF course,
was only one of the many branches
taught in the Normal Department,
which this session, has more pupils
than for years. One thing which i'm
/ pressed itself forcihly ON the reporter
was the business-like air OF the stu
dents. They are evidently all there
for work and there is no dilly-dally-
! ing or time killing. Each one seems
to be fearfully in earnest and resolved
not to loose a moments time. 1t is
this spirit instilled into the pupils by
the Cherry Bros, which goes far to-
wards securing the splendid results
which have always followed a COM
plete course in either the business or
! Literary Department.
The Times itself knows that the
graduates OF this school have been
exceedingly fortunate in securing inn
portant and lucrative positions in
different parts OF the country and it
could only come from the fact that
they were competently and thor
oughly taught. The present term OF
/ the college began with January and
it promises in every respect to be the
most successful in the history OF the
/ .