The Washington times., 1902-04-20
BUSINESS HIGH SCHOOL.

The revulsion which two or three OF
the teachers at the Business feel for news
paper reporters has not abated in the
least of late. They are more perplexed
than ever to find a way to pass reporter
by in the corridors OF the school without
speaking CT appearing TO notice him. The
one great dread Of their lives seems to be
the meeting en- a narrow stairway with
representative Of the press.
When the last account OF their singular
and luGicrous actions attained publicity
one Of the typewriting instructors re-
marked: III were q boy would thrash
every reporter who comes around this
school until he couldn't stand up"
Good for the pedagogue, The school
boys have heard of her warlike remark
and are thinking OF establishing a school
for boxing, with the female typewriting
teacher as the CHIEF abrasion in the ring.
All sorts of hostile demonstrations have
been displayed on the part OF the angry
few, which have met with great displeas-
ure on the part OF every other teacher in
the school. To the pupils the antics OF the
enraged pedagogues are extremely anus
ing and are fast becoming a subject for
general conversation and ridicule among
the boys.
One day last week a teacher wished
to speak to the principal, and hasteued
into the Office. reporter happened to
be there. talking TO Mr. Davis at the time
Seeing the scribe the lady retreated back
ward through the door much quicker than
she had entered. She then took back
seat in the library adjoining the Office
and waited over an hour until the press
representative took his departure.
Crack in the Wall.
The Business High School is located df- &.
rectly over the old Jiber Creek, and the
settling of the ground under the building
has recently made a great crack in one
of the side walls Of the school, extending
from the ground up to the fourth story,
and wide enough for both PERSONS hands
to be thrust into at one time. The ap-
pearance of the crack has created con-
siderable alarm as 10 the safety Of the
building. Other large cracks have been
appearing in various places about the
school OF late, and the settling of the
old structure has caused several thousand
pounds of plaster TO fail on the pupils
heads. Fortunately no cne has yet been
injured beyond few scratches or flesh
wounds. But there is no telling when a
fall of the plaster may bring disastrous
results. For this reason the faculty of
the Business is somewhat worried over the
numerous cracks that have been making
their appearance in the last few weeks
They fear that the building may begin to
crumble away, if the irregular settling
continues. This apprehension is given
color by the fact that the building was
condemned when il was formerly used by
the District Government, as unsafe.
Compliments for Practical Course.
NJ. Paul 4. Steele. one of the principal
members of the Business faculty, took
trip to Boston, Mass, recently and spent
a week studying the methods OF bookkeep-
ing and business practice in use in the
commercial schools there. He made a
complete study into the practical bust
ness training given by each school. and
compared the methods in vogue there
with those OF the local business school
He also visited all of the large importing
houses and department stores there, ana
Investigated the forms of bookkeeping
employed. Regarding the result OF his !
labors, Mr.. Steele said:
After having compared the courses OF !
the Boston commercial schools with that !
of our Washington Business High School. |
l found that the course OF study OF the !
latter institution ranks as high il not |
higher than those OF the Boston schools. |
Our system OF business practice is direct !
iy in line with the methods employed in |
all OF the large importing and business |
houses there, and q graduate of this /
school would undoubtedly be fully pre- |
pared TO enter any OF Boston's largest /
stores and obtain a situation. with a clear |
understanding of the work to be per- /
formed. And as the schools of the Hub 1
are regarded as being among the faest |
in the country, our school here in the !
Capital must take its place quite near |