Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-26
our COURSES OF STUDY.

The school offers work in seven
different departments. The studies
of some of these overlap to a certain
degree, but in every case they are
pursued with reference to the point OF
view of the department to which the
student belongs.
| ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT.
HERE attention is given to the
wants of those who are preparing to
take the regular course in some stan
dard college. The usual college
course is followed as far as the end of
the sophomore year. Those students
who. for economic or other reasons,
prefer school of this Kind, will be
able, at the completion of the course
in this department, to enter the jun
/, Tor class and finish their college course
in two years.
This department will also meet the
requirements of the Civil Service ex-
! animation. Those who wish to pre-
pare for these examinations will find
here what they need.
NORMAL DEPARTMENT..
In this department the different
subjects are viewed from the stand
point, not of the pupil, but of the
| teacher. The facts upon which each
study is based are considered as to
their relative value. Although text
books are used, they are not slavishly
adhered to, but the student is encour-
! aged, after careful study of the facts,
to prepare his own definitions and for
, mulas. Attention is also given to the
disciplinary value of each branch,
and its right to position in the curric-
ulum. The various operations of the
mind are made the subjects of inves-
tigation and analysis, and ali the
work of this department is carried
forward with view to it's bearing
upon the needs of the school room.
COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT..
In this department no text book is
used, and the conditions are made to
approach as near as possible those
which actually exist in the world of
bushes. Each student, upon entering,
is furnished a cash capital of SIS, 900 in
College currency, with which to en-
gage in business. The students
open accounts with one another and
with,the College, and the opera
tions of buying and selling are carried
on just as they are upon the street.
Each student during the course en-
cages in from twelve to fifteen kinds of
business, and keeps an accurate and
methodical set of books for each. He
handles deeds, mortgages, drafts,
notes, checks, receipts, bills of lading,
invoices etc, and becomes familiar
with all forms of negotiable paper. He
makes and dissolves partnerships, leas-
es and rents property, and becomes
acquainted with all commercial oper-
ations through actual practice. He
is taught TO keep his records by both
single and double entry, and changes
from one to theother at pleasure. A
thorough knowledge of the common
school branches is required in order
to graduate from this department.
DEPARTMENT OF sTENoeRAPHY AND
TYPEWRiTlNe.
In this end of the century, when
labor saving devices are at a premium,
and time is counted by minutes in-
stead of hy hours, the stenographer
is no longer a luxury, but necessity.
The supply of good shorthand writer's
by no means keeps pwith the demand,
and there is no profession or business
where stenography might not be en-
ployed to advantage. The Munson
system is used in this school, as pos
sessing certain advantages over others,
! and responding most readily to the
| demands made upon it. The student
| learns the various characters and
| their combinations from the charts
and by practice with pencil and black
board, both alone and with others.
Writing from dictation begins as soon
as the student has practiced enough
to make it possible, and continues
through the course. The student is
also required to transcribe his notes
in longhand, lr upon the typewriter.
| A speed of 1875 words minute is re-
quired for graduation from this
ucpdI binchu'
We lay great stress upon the inn
portance of typewriting, and insist
upon absolute accuracy throughout
| the course, rather than upon great
rapidity and indifferent work. The
students of this department are thor
oughly drilled in the writing of let
tiers, and in all forms of negotiable
paper and legal documents. In or
der that the student may be profici-
ent in all lines of work coming under
this head, and be more than mere
machine which will simply reproduce
what has been dictated, he is given
work in photography, Grammar and
Rhetoric until his compositions are
clear, concise, and free from errors.
A speed of fifty words per minute on
the typewriter is required for gradua-
ton. An Edison mimeograph is in
cluded in the equipment OF this de-
partment, and students are taught to
prepare stencils, both with style and
typewriter, for use in this machine.
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