The Newtown bee., 1899-10-27

There is an institution in Danbury which is, in every way, credit to the town, is prosperous and growing, and yet of which many people know next to nothing. It is Stillman's Business Col lege. school which was established here six years ago and has been the means of placing many young men and woman in positions where they are en- abled to ca r comfortable livinRs by ex- ercisiDg the know ledge gained while pu- pills in this institution.
 When the college was started six years ago it occupied rooms on the top floor of the Barnum block on Main street, but these quarters bee ome inadequate year ago and the college was moved to the block at the corner of Main and White streets, where it occupies the entire up. per floor, which includes aily & tenth of an acre of floor space.
 AS is invariably the case with educa- tional institutions of this kind, the be ginning was modest. For. time the lumber of pupils was small but, as the exce1ie nee of the tuition and it's practic- al resul5s became known, the members rapidly increased until there were oyer 8 hundred pupils last season.
 Although the school has only recently opened fe r the pr sent term, the number of pupils now attending Is slmost up to that figure, and nearly double the num- Der that was enrolled at this time 8 year ago. It is not only Danbury that fur nishes the pupils for this college but the country for % miles around sends young people to Danbury every day to acquire knowledge of business methods. The securing of transportation for the pupils at about one-half regular communication rates is one of the indU tents held out to residents of other toM $ to attend the college.
 The regular business course taught in- cludes bookkeeping, penmanship, spell ing, business arithmetic, correspondence, commercial law, the drawing up of con- mercial papers, banking and, in fact, everything that contributes to the knowl- edge of 8 thoroughly capable business man or woman. Last year another branch, which prepares pupils for the passing of civil service examinations,
 was added to the others.
 The system by which the business course is taught is the most practical imaginatla. Pupils sra required to carry on business in exactly the same manner ga they would in business life. Bank bills, fractional currency and merchan- disc are used. All the transactions are
 based on the quotations from New York uAEk6bss 1OS puptIe LuGGL odCn JULIET III the ms rket as business men do in real business life, transacting business on
 real business principles. This is the practical department.
 In the Banking department the pupils
 become versed in the duties of bank em- ployes, from clerk to cashier, insurance and real estate agents and similar busi- ness people. Another feature is the series of Friday morning lectures on practical business subjects. A few months after the school was first estab- lished night sessions were inaugurated and have, since that time, been feature
 of the work of the college, enabling pu- pils who are prevented from attending the day sessions to tafxo advantage of
 the opportunities offered by the institu tion.
 | If the school continues to grow as it has done even more commodious quar- ters will be found necessary. The fact
 that over hundred former pupils are
 now occupy ng responsible positions in business houses, both In Danbury and other cities, is one of the best recommen. dations of the excellent work done by it
 Before MT Stillm8n, the principal of the
 college, came to Danburv, he was. for
 eight years, in charge of Palms business
 college in Philadelphia, which he organ 1 ized, and, previous to that time, was 6
 member of the faculty of Co]eman's Dusi
 ness college in Newark, N. J.-lDan' ! bury News.