The herald., 1895-09-01
COMMERCIAL EDUCATION
Growth of the Los Angeles
Business College
NOW AT IA S. MAIN STREET
October LIST Will Remove to the New
Currier Block
NOW AT IA S. MAIN STREET
Descriptive Hatter Pertaining to the Growth
and Development Of the Institution-lts
Courses, Methods and Terms

| modern times. 1t is at once the cause of
| the improved methods and the uniformity
of system which now prevails. 1t has
brought order out of chaos and rendered
| the dispatch of com m ercial transactions
safe, pleasurable and speedy. Its use
| fulness extends to moral training. COM
pretending in its scope ethical culture
and the inculcation of such ideas as make
for the highest type of citizenship. Its IN
| fuence in the community is subtitle, yet
powerful, and is reflected in habits of
sobriety. industry and faithful discharge
of duties imposed. The thousands upon
| thousands of young men and women who
have come into business life thorugh the
| portals of this institution, have left col
| lege taking with them the same habits of
| directness. dispatch and industry which
were inculcated in the school room. The
| result is that. in period OF MANY wears,
| the commercial world has adopted busi-
ness college rules and regulations.
LOS ANGELES BUSINESS COLLEGE.
1t is gratifying to be able to chronicle
| the fact that this city has an institution
which is thoroughly representative of the
highest type in the Los Angeles Business
College. 1t was organized in 1882, the
present proprletors assuming control
in 1890. Its scope and purpose are even
| more comprehensive than are usually in
! volved in such enterprises. 1t not only
| furnishes instruction in business meth cd s
| IN every field of commercial activity, but
| 1t pays particular attention to the moral
| and industrial sides of mental discipline.
| 1t also furnishes instruction in many
| lines of expert industry and investiga-
| ton. The methods are those of banking
offices. boards of trade, commission mer-
chandizing, real estate agencies, insur
ance,a and, in general, the practical opera
| tion of all commercial transactions. This
| is done through the maintenance OF
banks, brokerage houses. corporal ions
| and firms.
| BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
Tomorrow marks tho beginning of the
school year in all depai itments OF the in
stitution. Branches of instruction are
taken up as follows:
The English training course for the
preparations of students to take up more
advanced studies; the commercial course,
which gives the student thorough busi-
ness training the shorthand and typswrit-
| ing course. which fits the student to fill
position as stenographer and typewriter
operator; the telegraphy course. which
gives thorough drill necessary to fur
nish re liable operators for the use OF
hotels, railroad and telegraph lines; and
| the assay course, which prepares a man
| to become practical assaysr Of mineral
| and metals.
| Bookkeeping is the framework of the
business course and is divided into four
| departments: Initiatory, intermediate,
business practice and Office drill. The
Complete Bookkeeping. the most popular,
most widely used and most practical
treatise upon this subject now in print, is
used as a text book. The pupil, by a
most efficient process of daily class drills
and personal instruction, is thoroughly
grounded in the principles of both
double and single entry bookkeeping,
forms of negotiable paper and the laws
relating to them; the nature of ordinary
business documents, with forms and
uses OF books. He is also instructed in
penmanship,. commercial arithmetic, com
mercial law, correspondence and spell
ing. After thorough examin ton, if
found competent. he passes to the inter
mediate department, which affords the
pupil additional study in bookkeeping. in
volving special forms of books. other sub
jects IN com m ercial law, additoal study
in arithmetic, with continued practice
in penmanship. Upon a successful ex-
amiation at this point the pupil is ad-
vanced to. the business practice depart
ment.
BUSINESS PRACTICE AFFORDED
This is the most useful, interesting and
attractive feature of the entire course.
Here the principles attained in the study
OF theory are put in practice. Abs olute
accuracy is the standard demanded. Each
student must depend wholly upon his
own efforts and ability for his results in
this department. as each one is given
work entirely different from that of any,
one else. This is OF the utmost import
ance in preparing for successful future
in any departm ent OF life. The student
is provided with ample capital, consist.
ing "f college currency. the necessary
bla nks and legal documents. and is d.
rected through course of transactions,
correspondence and records. the most per-
feet that has ever been devised for such
a drill.
The special advantage claimed for this
department consists in the great variety
of transactions illustrated; the number
and character of business and legal docu-
ments employed, as the writing of arti-
cles OF copartnershlp leases, deeds,
mortgages, discharges of mortgage. powers
OF attorney, contracts, certificate of cor
poration stock, notes. drafts, orders, re-
ceipts, checks, deposit tickets ana adver-
tisements. The labor-saving features of
the books employed, the accuracy with
which the students work is examined
by the teacher. does away with
guessing off invoices, and care
less work of all kinds. The
leading educators of the United States
claim that this is the best. simplest and
most efficient way of representing and
carrying on business in the school room
that has ever been prepared.
DEPARTMENT OF OFFICES.
This department consists of number
of offices representing houses engaged in
transacting different kinds OF business.
embracing banking, shipping. wholesale
and retail merchandising, real estate. in
surance and freight. The various offices
are supplied with the same kinds of books
as are used like Offices in actual business.
The Wholesale merchandise department
buys its goods of manufacturers. and
sells at Wholesale to the students in the
business practice department. The duties
OF this Office involve writing letters. max
ing invoices. keeping bank accounts, rem
dering statements. drawing drafts, max
ing and paying notes, accepting and pay
ing drafts. etc., etc., besides making a
proper record and keeping a complete
book account of all business transacted.
Ihe shipping and commission Office re-
celves "onslgnments from fruit growers
and grair dealers In different parts of
California. makes shipments to ali the
Leading markets of the United States,
renders and receives statements of &C,
counts. and keeps a corr plotn cot of ,or,