New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04
HARD WORK THE KEYSTONE.
on IT SUCCESS DEPENDS. SAYS ROBERT
C. OGDEN.
AN INTERESTING ADDRESS DELIVERED AT
THE ANNUAL DINNER OF COM
MERCIAL TEACHERS

The third annual dinner OF the New-York Com
mercial Teachers Association held last night
at the st. Denis Hotel Although the association
which Is made up OF the teachers employed in the
commercial colleges, is comparatively young. 1t is
IN fourishng condition and it's membership in
cludes teachers from several States
Last nights dinner was attended by a large num-
Der of members OF both sexes 1t was presided
over by james Rea the president Of the association
and among the guests present Robert c.
Ogden, executive head Of Wanamaker's: J. L. n.
Hunt Assistant Superintendent of Public Schools
or Manhattan and The Bronx; Frank Bergen. Of
Elizabeth, y. J.; Henry c. Wright, and H. C.
Healey, principal the Long Island Business Col
lege The officers of the association most of whom
were present Charles NJ Miller first vice-presi-
dent; c. c. Gaines. second vice-president; a. ].
Gleason, secretary; c. D. Garrison. treasurer: ".
l. Drake c. Claghorn, Byron Horton, William c.
RamsdeI. c. F. Sherman, L NJ Thornburg w c.
Sandy, n. P Heff1ey and L. c. Horton.
After brief address of welcome from Mr. Rea
j. L. n. Hunt introduced the first regular
speaker Of the evening. Mr. Hunt remarked that
the education given to scholars in the commercial
colleges not altogether sufficient for modern
needs, for the reason that the scope Of subjects
taught was some hat limited. The city, Mr. Hunt
went on to say, had determined to open a CONNER
cial high school, which would be an institution of
commercial learning in the full meaning Of the
term. Instancing some OF the branches of educa-
ton that ought to be taught to the commercial
student, the speaker pointed to transportation and
conducted. The resources of every country IN ex-
ports and imports, how banks and other financial
institutions were managed. the principal ports Of
every country, and numerous other subjects which
Mr. Hunt mentioned and explained, were necessary
to a proper commercial education
Robert c. Ogden, speaking the subject Of 1.-The
Daily Demands Of a Business Office" said. among
other things:
NEED OF HARD WORKERS.
We want people in our offices and establishments
VINO are conscientious and who are willing to work
could hope 10 get on if they shirked their work
modern young men seem to know more about base
ball and sports than about practical things. and
have in the practical side of life.
Ny experience Of many young men is something
in this country a short time he related this
e Once to nae ex g0ne H for hoy orders He told
me he was athletic man. a rowing man, you
ABOUT ABOUT theology, and asked him how many there
in the Trinity. He replied. Oh, eight men and
And so it is everywhere. Young men are thinking
get serious and earnest ideas into their minds,
and If We could only rub that heresy out OF their
fsiI xraSsad G constantly for the iast fftv years
and some of the men who have told me that
the world owes living TO them are now lament
all your power and influence 20 rub that heresy
from the minds OF those wnoIn you Ieacn ana Iistll
the world. while the world does not owe anything.
SOME INEFFICIENCIEs.
It has been my aim always TO give to the people
employed in the establishment with which
associated some practical instruction. II is my
highest ambition that the men and women VINO
nave worked in the establishment / nave referred
shall be worth in the market because they
have been there, that when any one else wants
their services they will employ them at higher
salary because they have been in our PLACE 1t is
my ambition feel that extent they have
been through a kind of commercial university. II
IS lamentabie how is the inefficiency of
people. Plain writing and good English are two
points lecture my people on al nausean 49,,
/ do not waRt invoice to 20 out whi'h the
man to whom it is sent cannot read. Only few
days ago a well known in this city, wrote
o m he received a statement from my
chandise described III the statement and that until
knew she could not settle her account. 1t a
fact that in the houses here and in Philadelphia
with which I associated II costs $4,000 year
to correct errors arising from the cause 1 have
mentioned.
And then this matter OF stenographers. Oh, what
unhappy times we have with themi They come
and and our experience is like the story told
by Judge Rowland of the who married a third
time and was Illustration of the triumph OF hope
over experience.
Mr.. Ogden proceeded to describe the carelessness
frequently displayed by stenographers in the
OF punctuation and spelling. and closed by saying
that what wanted by every business house
was people OF thorOUghness and acCuracy-people, /
in fact, who would not weary the brains of en-
ployers in constantly struggling with Incompetence
Henry c. Wright who of the succeed
ing speakers took occasion to rebuke the assertion
recently made by revivalist in BROOKLYN regard
ing women stenogrdDhers. Mr. Wright branded
of of young after leaving his college
he knew that the Brooklyn revivalist did not know
what he was talking about Frank Bergen and
H. G. Healey also spoke.