New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-24
TIE PACKARD BUSINESS COLLEGE.

The history ard purpose OF this school are writ
ten in The hearts Of 15J000 men and women WHIT
|dnranr the last thirty nine years have been 1t:
@oI'sehoiS. or this number At lcass len thou
s'sid have been residents OF the city of New
York Whstevcr character or standing il may
have. these. its constituents. have made for it.
The Packard College was started in the xgrinl
OF 1873 as link in the Bryant & sStratton chair
OF business colleges. II was the seventh In TIT
order OF evolution. ard was intended as the COS
ss'opoltan centre. The chain eventually Com
prised more than nifty links. and embraced tht
principal cities Of the United States and Can
ada
In 1S6s Mr.. Packard aE'uxht at,e interest az his
pxrtaers Bryant q Strasson and changed the
nasne from Bryant, Stratton Patkard's Busi
ness College TO the Packard Business College
which it has since held
The most important results OF the change o,
proTretorship were ia doing away with the life
scholarship plan under which the Chain" had
been conducted. and putting end 10 the inter
changeability OF tuition. Mr.. Packard's lead
was followed By the other Schools and thus the
foundation was laid for indiyidual-7n not com
pe,itive-work which has done much TO adj
vance the character Of BUSINESS education in
this country
The college has two general Department.
commercial studies and stenograI,hy. The for
ncr embraces bookkeeping business arithmetic
peniaaHship, language and correspondence, com
nier-ical law, civil government and business
practice.
Mr.. Packard the author OF the Bryant q
f;ratton bookkeeping series. and had made this
subject his special study for more than thirty
years. There are probably morn bookkeepers in
s1,ptt ftycf
knowledge OF principles from Mr.. Packard $
writings than have learned from any other
author.
Commercial arithmetic is n study Of great inn
p0rtance. and. as il Is taught IN the bnst
commercial schools constitutes the substantial
bass of business science and practice. the
Packard Arithmetic, which is the textbook OF
the course is the standard commercial arHh-
mc.ic in this country. II is used in more com
percial ~ h<nis than any other book
To the commercial schools rnasst t'e given Inc
credit of making business .pcn1ner, and the
Packard College has taken the lead In this work.
English, commercial law, civil government and
business practice are given In the Sntnufesa de-
tails. ...t
The ssenographic department includes instruc-
firfl IN shorthand. typewriting. penmanship
spelling. punctuation. practical Erhn,raar and
cof1espenden<s-in short, every thing uecesssSr y
TO make a weli-eQuipped stenagrapher.
This department OF work has grown with the
heqnxRd. The competition in the shorthand
field has rendered necessary q mure Thorough
equipment for these who expect TO get places
TO hold them. and hence much stress is put
upon the practical character OF the instruction
nd tive Attachments.
IN another important direction mas the Pack
ard College taken the lead In this couptrythat
~ affordng equal opportunities TO both sexes,
and incidentally uf giving acceptance and
honor to TIE work Of women in business offices
hitherto mostly confined to teaching and the
more distinctly feminine occupations.
unatded the great Transformation IN public
sentiment whereby to-day II h bet only not q
disgrace, but an honor. fer girl to her tai
ents and requirements for her own good and
that Of the community, but II has had inn
portant part in it, and rejoices In it's ~'erk.
AsseRg the distinguished speakers who have
delivered anniversary addresses are Horace
Greeley. the Rev DIR. Bellows, Elihu Burritt
Peter Cooper. General Franz Sigel. General
fisk. the Rev. J. W. Buckley, Bishop Vincent
Chauscey HI. Depe~ Chief Justice Noah Davis
the Rev. John Hall. the Rev DIR. Robert COllyer
the Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott the Rev. DIR.
DEEMS, ahe Rev DIR. Macarthur. the Rev. Will
tasu iItoyd the Rev. DIR. Chasiee II. Extpn,
AsraBi S. Hewitt. she Rev. Dr. Heller Newton
X. q. RTT. the fey. DIR. Paxtea President Seth
seW etc.