The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-16

Beginners.
THE VALUE of thorough business
training, to a young man espe-
cially, cannot be overestimated. 1t
Will open the way to secure a good
class of positions where, If he is hon
est, faithful and energetic, his advance
ment will be rapid and sure. 1t will
teach him how to transact business
for himself or others in business-like
manner according to the most approved
methods.
1t is a most valuable mental disci-
pline, encouraging systematic and
painstaking habits of doing things,
promotes accuracy and quckness in
thinking and starts a young man out
into the world with the ability to rem
der effective. service where another not
so educated would be but an encunf-
brance.
A New Institution.
The Lac]awanna Business College is
now rounding out it's first year. Start
ed only in September of 1901, it has all
ready become recognized as one of the
leading commercial institutions of the
| 1ItiShtiWduld Ndlley' IL was DeSuL dS
a branch of the Lowell School of Bing-
hamton, N. Y, being under the same
management that has made the Low
ell School a striking success. At the
time that the Lackawanna School was
started it's managers made a number
pf promises in their published an
nouncements.
They promised their pupils thorough
courses and careful, painstak ing, indi-
vidual instruction. They promised that
pupils should be advanced as rapidly
as was consistent with thorough work
and that their methods of instruction
would be such as to insure thorough
knowledge of the subjects and pro-
ficiency on the part of the pupils in
much less time than many suppose
necessary.
The school after eleven months work
is now prepared to show results. The
management invites all Interested, es-
pecially the contestants in The Trib-
une's Educational Contest. to call at
the school to make personal investi-
CATION of the work done by the pupils.
and to satisfy themselves of the COR
rectness of this statement
The school Is in the hands of skilled
and experienced managers and in
Etructors and young people desiring to
prepare themselves in thorough man
rer and at the least possible expendi-
lure of time and money should enter
at once. One feature of this school is
that there are no vacations. There is
no break in the studies until the course
is completed
Location.
The Lackawanna Business College Is
located in the Guernsey Building, on
Washington avenue, opposite The Trib-
lne building. Here ample study rooms
have been equipped with modern ap-
pliances and conveniences for the pur-
suit of commercial life, including
banking institution, which is conduct
pa strictly according to the usages of
up-to-date financial houses. Its loca-
tion is highly desirable, being access
fible by trolley from any portion of the
tity and neighborng communities and
pnly a few minutes walk from any of
he four railroad depots of Scranton.
t is but half block from the county
court house, on the same block with
he Municipal Building, diagonally op-
posite the Post Office and less than
TWO blocks distance from the Albright
anu the scranton
High School. 1t can thus be readily
seen that Its location is as nearly CEN
fral to the business portion of the Elec-
tric City as could be found.
The Management.
When the college was opened last
September 1t was not started, as so
many similar institutions are, as a
means to an end, by young men with
put practical knowledge of the busl-
ness. On the contrary, the Instructors
We're selected by the management sole
y because of their having had long and
varied experience and were able to
profit by that ripened knowledge. 1t
vas not enough that the teachers knew |
ow business was conducted, what cer- |
hin technical forms and papers meant, |
hat they had acquired the knack of |
writing neatly and legibly; but they |
must also know how to tell all who |
should come under their tuition, no mat |
ter how crude and stupid the pupils |
might be, just how to do 1t as we'll, and |
not only impart the informa tion, but to |
drill and train and rehearse ii until |
the highest degree of perfection was
attained.
j, II. Bloomer, the Principal and |
manager, is also the proprietor of the
Lowell Business College of Bingham
ton, N. Y. He has had twenty years
experience as a teacher and manager
OF business schools in various parts of |
pc country. Since he has been in
franton his energetic manner and sim
IRE ambition have won him many
lends, While his students are enthusi-