The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-08-29
THE GAINESVILLE BUSINESS
COLLEGE.
An Institution Managed by Efficient
Teachers.

prise in finding the school so greatly
enlarged and improved in every par
ticular. The school was well equipped
and well located in their old quarters
opposite the Signal Office, but their
new location surpasses their old in
every particular. The school occupies
the entire second floor of the old op-
era house, corner OF North Dixon and
Broadway. This building is 5OxlOO
feet, giving the school just twice the
room they had in their old quarters.
The entire second floor was renovated
and removed by Mr.. Selvidge, the
president of the school at a cost Of
several hundred dollars, to conform
to his ideas of the way business
school should be arranged.
The college Office is one Of the mic
est we have ever seen. In it is Mr..
selvidges private library, consisting
of several hundred volumes well Sc
lected works of history, reference and
literature, to which the college stu
dents have free access.
The walls of the Office are covered
with pictures in ink of every descrip-
ton, the work of the schools penman,
Miss Fuller. There are pictures Of
birds, beasts and men, all drawn with
the pen, and their execution shows
their author to have no superior in
the state in this kind of work.
The main room where bookkeeping
work is done is 50x70 feet, being fitted
up with elegant banking and office
fixtures and large oak tables and Of
fee desks. Most of the desks and ta-
bles are new, having been purchased
after the school moved into its new
. location. There are now seats for 100
L pupils, and Judging the future of the
school by the past, we believe every
seat will be filed during the fall and
winter season.
The school was founded in May.
1899. Though only three years old,
the school has enrolled over three
hundred pupils. While a large por-
tion of these students are from Gaines
vile and Cook county, showing that
the school has the confidence and sup
port of its home people, yet the num-
Der Of boarding pupils is steadily in
creasing and the territory Of the
school is enlarging. All the counties
around Cooke, a large number of the
Panhandle counties and the following
states and territories have been rep
resented in the school: Virginia, Colo
RADIO, Tennessee, Arkansas. Louisiana,
Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Indian Ter
ritory Oklahoma, New Mexico and Ar
izona.
In point of excellence of work this
school has no superior ard in point
of attendance it is rapidly forging its
way to the front and win soon take
Dits place among the largest business
colleges in the South,
The president is about thirty years
of age, full of energy and thoroughly
capable Of managing the school. He
was educated in the public schools at
Ennis, Texas, and at Baylor Universi-
ty, Waco, Texas. From Baylor he
holds both the bachelors and masters
degrees. He holds a permanent state
teachers certificate and a license to
practice law. He combines a thor
ough classical, ,egal and business ed
ucation with the best qualities Of a
business man. He has had ten years
experience in teaching in public
school, summer normal, college and
business college work. He is an ex-
pert accountant and has large expe-
rience in opening and closing books
for firms and corporations, making
out statements and changing books
from single to double entry. His res
idence in Gainesville has convinced
the people Of Gainesville that he IS
q Christian gentleman Of sterling
worth.
Miss Fuller Is TO continue with
the school as teacher of penmanship,
Shorthand and typewriting,
Her work during the past year has
been of the highest character and
shows her to be a teacher Of re-
markable ability. She holds diplo-
ma in plain and ornamental penman-
ship and one in shorthand and type
writing from the Gem City Business
College of Quincy, III. Before she be-
came connected with the Gainesville
Business college he had several years
of successful experience in teaching
penmanship and shorthand in business
colleges. She teaches the Ben Pit
man system of shorthand in this
school, but she is also a writer of the
Graham. Dement, and Isaac Ptman