Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-12-07
IMPORTANT COURSES
IN THE CORRESPONDENTS SCHOOLS
ARE THOSE OF HOUSEKEEPING
AND STENOGRAPHY.
Complete Instruction in These MODE
ern Necessities is Given, and IL
Open to Contestants in the Reg
ister's Coupon Competition.

listers Coupon Competition.
:, If this age is distinguished for one
thing more than another. il is the vast
j ness and complexity of commerce. To
hold a responsible position in the bus
mess world, man must be familiar
with the orderly and modern methods
OF conducting financial operations.
With neither education nor experience,
you cannot step right into good po-
sition any more than you can travel
safely alone in a foreign land untli
you know something of the language
and customs of its people. A CONNER
cial education, combined with common
sense, is the most valuable tool in
Fortunes whole chest. The most sue
cessful man in every line is he who
eagerly grasps all the knowledge of his
| business obtainable Ability commands
income. If student has the courage
to obtain the necessary knowledge. he
need never worry for the future. The
| specially trained are sought after, We
Offer ambitious students on the farm.
in the office, at home, everywhere.
! courses that will enable them to be-
come progressive, money-making bus
mess men and women. We train YOU
with safe, thorough, money-making
! knowledge. Wherever the mails go
the schools guarantee to satisfy by
their teaching.
No matter what a persons calling
is, he viii find comPercial course a
wise investment. A rich man can b.
| acknowledgement, lose a great deal
more than poor man; so man or
woman with possible business talent
has especial need for a good business
education. The school courses are IL
tended not only for students who wish
to enter business, but for those who
have already obtained start in life.
and are dissatisfied with their pro-
gress. Wide-awake clerks. bookkeep-
ers, shorthand A correspondents, tele-
graph OPERATORS railway agents, court
I, reporters, statesmen, newspapermen, and
those in other lines of work, can
! quickly see the advantage Of increas-
ing their ability and earning power
through study by mail, while engaged
in their regular occupations. For m
stance. a knowledge OF shorthand ia
especially valuable to a bank clerk;
the president is liable to make use OF
that clerks skill by debating to MIN
| replies to important letters and OBJ
tanning reports OF private interviews.
Special ability in bookkeeping or
shorthand is OF efficient value to any
one to repay him for all the time and
effort spent In acquiring it; such ac-
complshments reap manifold rewards,
| surely and quickly.
The Entering Wedge.
| When a woodman finds a log so
tough and knotty that it resists the
steel blade OF his AK, IL he is a wise
man he uses a wedge. The little wedge
instead of chopping away in hit-or-miss
fashion, centers its energy upon one
spot and soon starts a crack. It's pow
er increases with each blow Of the
hammer; little by little the two halves
OF the log are forced apart. No hit-or-
| miss about the wedge-it gradually
and surely accompIishes its purpose.
Modern business is like the knotty log
| full of unforeseen difficulties to him
who fails to use a wedge for securing
a good entrance therein. Each OF the
schools correspondence courses Is a
trusty wedge; 1t trains the student as
| a bookkeeper or stenographeT or both,
enabling him or her to gain an easy
entrance into an advanced commercial
position. With each jot OF knowledge
gained, wider chances for increased
salary are presented to the worker.
/ Wide-awake students who use one OF
the courses as an entering wedge. driy-
ing their knowledge home with the
hammer OF common sense, welded by
the strong arm OF good habits, viii
surely and rapidly advance to excel
lent positions The best positions
seek such men and women to fill them.
The Courses QaaIify for Good
/ Positions.
Three courses are included in the
School Of Bookkeeping and stenogfa-
ply;
The Complete Commercial Course
affords a thorough training in
bookkeeping and stenography and the
studies that go with them.
The Complete stenographic Course
affords a thorough training in short
hand and the necessary preparatory
| studies.
The Bookkeeping and Business
Forms Course affords a thorough bus
mess education. exclusive OF short
hand
For convenience TO those who do not
wish TO enroll in full course. but
! are deficient in one or more OF me
subjects taught in the School Of Book
keeping and Stenogrephy, instruction