The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-30
ACADEMY NOTES


Chicago Northwestern realizing the opportunities the enos
rapher has graspng the details Of business have made
rule to employ nothing but stenogfaphers in their Offices
with the sole object training them for higher positions
Recently Of the large railroads running out Of Chicago dis
charged over hundred Of stcnographes and sup
planted them with because i a- railroad business men are
required for the higher positions and this company seeking Gil
the higher positions with fully equipped by experience and
education the railway business selected this method Of training
them.
during the past year Of the large typewriter nanufac-
turing companies filled nearly fourteen thousand positions the
cities Of New York and Chicago alone showing that there
lists demand for enogaphers But they that
the demand although at present outdstancng the supply sole
tor skilled workers. The incompetent stenographe like the
incompetent doctor lawyer teacher always drug the
market The conditions exadng but the opportunities
greater than ever
may be interesting to note some Of those who have
reached conspicuous through knowledge Of shorthand
shorthand giving them the opportunity to work up to some
thing higher Chairman Corteou Of the Republican national
committee is the leading example Of those who have reached
and fame through the opportunities shorthand gave them
Among Others Edward Box editor of the Ladies Home
Journal Hon. Frank Vandep former assistant secretary of the
treasury; Ex-Governor Black Of New York; James NJ Barr first
president and general manager Seabcard Air Lne c. w.
Barron, manager Boston News Co. These are only few Of
the hundreds Of examp les that mis- be mentioned
The department Of shorthand and ypewnng the Acad
emy important adj dunct to the educational system Of the
state is the training school for the highest Of stenographic
work The department equipped with everything necessary
make the training thorough and to develop the maximum Of
technical skill Included in the such studies will
give addition to the technical course broad grasp Of affairs
in general and capacity for larger things. In other words
the purpose Of the Academy train educated .cnog,aphe
The Gregg system Of shorthand-vvhch now taught in
public and private schools than any other three system.
combmedis used has been proved by years of experience
to meet the highest degree the requirements Of not only the
ordinary senogaphc position but those Of the highest class Of
shorthand reporting.
The touch method Of typewnng taught exclusively. By
this method writer enabled operate the machna without
looking at the keyhus increasing his speed lea. fifty per
cent by this continuous operation and the enabling
him to do more accurate work than by the old method
The department Of shorthand and ypewtng is under the
direction Of Mr. Rupert P SoRele formerly director Of the
department Of the Armour Institute Of Technology
Chicago and who during the last three years has been associat-
ed with the author Of IGegg Shorthand the Gregg School,
Chicago.
Those who have not visited the Academy cannot under
stand the comprehensive scale on which the work in the Com
mercia Department conducted The Bliss System Of actual
business from the used By this method the Commercial
Department practically turned no business community the
members which transact business with another the same
actual business M with the exception of course that the
commodities dealt paper FORM The work is a. near
that Of actual business could be devised and vastly more
,aluable way because it in condensed FORM covering
very variety Of transactions and is worked out accord
ng the system prachced in the leading commercial houses
such course enables young young to get
raining comparatively short time that could be obtained
many years, perhaps commercial experience In
he ordinary practice Of business student would become &C.
uantsd with few transactions and instead Of understanding
he broad underlying principles Of business would necessarily
forced to specialize what might lead him great
achievements. The idea Of this in the Academy
OF to make bookkeepe clerks but give clear insight
ito business system and to develop inherent quaIde. Of
ment will lead ultimately in its broades sense
uch business training needed nowadays by every young
matter what his plan for the future may be- whether
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