The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-09-09
COLLEGE MEN IN BUSINESS.
Increased Demand for Trained Men in
Business Life.

for the professions of law, medicine,
theology and teaching, or for such
technical work as engineering, has al
most disappeared, and it is coming to
be recognized that a college training
may fit the students for business and
and commercial life as we'll as a pro
fessional career. What | need in my
man recently who employs several
hundred men in various capacities
''are men who can think and who can
adapt themselves to new circumstances
as they arise from time to time in
their work. Although not college
graduate myself, I have found that
the knowledge and training which the
value in the business world, and when
earnest college student gets is of real
ever college man has learned to
think logically and has acquired the
ability to grasp the complex details
of the problems which are constantly
arising in every business enterprise OF
Importance, he is man that we bust
ness men cannot afford to lose"
Competition in modern business is
demanding that most effective meth
DDS be used in every department OF
business, and the men who can devise
means of bringing greater economy of
time or effort are everywhere in de-
mand. The old methods of conduct
ing commercial enterprises by rule of
the thumb are fast giving way to much
more accurate and scientific methods
The magnitude, completely and rapid
ly changing character of modern in
dustrial processes makes it necessary
for the men engaged in commercial
and industrial enterprises to be famil.
lar with the economic, social and ply.
steal sciences which are involved in
their work
The increased demand for young
life has lead to the establishment of
college courses particularly adapted
for students who are looking forward
to business career. Among the first
of the American universities to estab-
fish course in commerce was Wis
consin, which five years ago provided
for a special course in this field, in
Guiding the mathematical, physical,
and social sciences and their applica-
ton to commerce and industry, to-
gether with a thorough command of
English and at least one modern for
eign language The State University
is particularly we'll adapted to give a
course Of this kind because of the
strong departments of historical, pO-
litical, economic and scientific studies
which have been developed before the
new course was established. By TAX
ing advantage of the courses already
given in these departments, and by
the addition of new and special
courses especially adapted for the
needs of those preparing to enter bust
ness careers, a strong commerce
course has been developed.
The number of students in the COM
merce course in the University of Wis
consin has increased rapidly. Since
the first year, when IS were enrolled
the number has grown to PIT during
the past year. While large proper
ton of these students are residents OF
Wisconsin, representatives OF Il states
and foreign countries have been en-
rolled for this work in commerce. OF
the 26 graduates, 10 have entered i'm
portant business establishments either
as principals Or employees. The lines
of business which these graduates
have taken up have included banking,
Journalism, manufacturing and sale of
furniture and of electrical machinery,
tanning, numbering, insurance, pub
fishing, railroading and paper manu-
featuring. All of the graduates of the
first class, which completed it's work
last year, have been successfully
placed, and the requests received from
large industrial and commercial estab-
lishments for graduates of this course
have been much greater than the num-
Der of students available.
For the coming University year spe-
cial quarters have been assigned to
the commerce course in North Hall,
and rooms are being fitted up which
will greatly improve the facilities for
work. The valuable commercial mu
scum, material for which was collect
ed last year and considerable portion
of which was donated by the Amer
lean and foreign exhibitors at the ST.
Louis Exposition, is now being in
stalled, and will be ready for use at
the opening of the semester in Sep
TENDER. The increase in the number
of students and the development of
the course in commerce, has made
necessary the appointment of three
new instructors, who together with
the present faculty of 80 will devote
practically their entire time to stu
dents in this course. The indications
are that this course will rapidly de-
velop into one of the strongest courses
in the University.-W.