The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-08-09
4 MODERN BUSINESS collEeE
EMPLOYING MODERN METHODS
The North Yakima Business College
Growing Both in Popularity
and Efficiency.


W cational institutions
~ have kept pace with
this growth, and they
the coast for modern methods, thor
oughness and progress that is graft
flying to all Yakima people.
II am expecting more than a hun
dred and twenty-five pupils after the
opening of the fall term" said Miss
Van Slyke, principal of the North
Yakima Business College, last Mon
day, "and," she continued, II will
have that many. l speak advisedly,
for / have solicitors looking up
those who have indicated an interest,
and a great many scholarships have
already been purchased. This is un-
usual. SO early in the season, and
shows that our efforts to build up
worthy, capable institution here, that
would reflect credit on its promoters
while helping to advertise the town,
have not been in vain. From the
knowledge l now have I can safely
say that the figure l have given you
is a conservative estimate Of next
terms attendance"
Miss Van Siyke deserves credit
and commentator for her efforts
In establishing the North Yakima
Business College. She has labored
faithfully and earnestly, and the re-
suits of her efforts are as gratifying
to business men and all who have
the welfare of the city at heart as
to her. She is widely recognized
teacher of ability, as is shown by
the fact that she has several standing
offers to teach in some of the lar
gest business colleges in the coun-
try at a high salary. Her expert
ence as teacher covers several
years. and is aided by all actual
business knowledge gained in ex-
tensive houses in the east. The
fact that the principal Of the North
Yakima Business College is a wom-
an does not and certainly should
not detract from the popularity of
the college as a place in which to ac-
quire thorough business education.
The creating of supply often Gre
ates demand; this is illustrated in
the case of the North Yakima BUSH
ness College. The number of book
Keepers. business assistants and ste
nographers employed in the city has
was established, and the fact that
every student who has graduated and
taken a position gave entire satisfac-
ton is an aid to all graduates in Sc
curing employment as soon as they
have completed the course. The
Herald speaks advisedly in this. hav-
ing had in it's employ in various ca
pacities students of this school.
Miss Van Slyke insists upon
and requires thoroughness in
all branches of the work.
and further insists tina all
pupils shall be so thoroughly quail
fled for the positions they take that
in addition to their diplomas they
can carry with them her personal en-
dorsement. Owing to the rigid en-
fOrcement of this requirement, the
students are prepared to battle with
the duties required of them, and
they never fail to give satisfaction,
and to advance rapidly.
The North Yakima Business Col
lege is excellently equipped now with
all the furnishings. desks, offices.
,typewriters, text books, reference
books and blanks that are or can be
advantageously used in any modern
business school. All the branches
of commercial knowledge are taught,
one as thoroughly and carefully as
another The instruction in book
keeping is thoroughly practical, and
the system has the endorsement of
some of the best business men and
accountants in the country. The
student begins with a brief study Of
the theory of the science of accounts,
and then he is brought face to face
with actual business transactions.
The latter are actually made. and
the resulting accounts are. kept from
this actual business work Nothing
assists more, or is of greater value
to the student in after life than the
system of rapid calculation taught.
1t Is the basis of all bookkeeping, and
in gaining it the students are drilled
and drilled and drilled over again,
until mistakes are almost impossible.
A student proficient in rapid calcu-
lation will add a long column of
figures while one who has not the
knowledge will be contemplating and
dreading the task This system in
cludes rapid calculation in addition,
subtraction. multiplication and d.
vision; rapid work in fractions !;
rapid interest and discount calcula-
tons: rapid work and consequent
| saving of time in making out bills
and entering accounts, and, in fact,
every kind of rapid calculation that
will be of convenience and advan-
tage in actual business life Every
thing is made practical--nothing is
based on theory.
The discussions aroused by the at
tempt to introduce many new
styles" in penmanship have ere
ated a demand for good writer's. es-
pecially those who keep a firms
books and do its correspondence. In
the penmanship department of the
North Yakima Business college the
first requirement is that the pen
manship shall be plain--easy to
read. and the next is that the student
shall learn to write rapidly. The
students are drilled along these two
lines until they can easily stand the
required tests. IN learning type.
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