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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06
BOARD AND ROOM FOR
STUDENTS.

On account Of the rapid growth Of
Minot it has been difficult to get suit
able rooms for the operation Of a
business college, and It has been inn
possible to get board and rooms for
students at reasonable rate, and
therefore the Minot Business College
was almost wholly dependent upon
Minot for its students, as students
from distance found it impossible
to get board and room at reason
able rate. For this reason The Minot
Business & Normal College has de-
cided to board and room all students
desiring such accommodations at
about the actual cost to the college.
This will probably be about fifty cents
per week for a room with two persons
in it, and from $500 to $500 per
week for good board. 1t is expected
that the cost of board and room will
be reduced by some students working
their way through school, which OPP
portunity it is the intention to afford
such students as desire to do so.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06
SUCCESSFUL FARMING.
Agriculture no Calling for the In.
competent or Ignorant.

Agriculture is no calling now for
the grossly incompetent or the hope
lessly ignorant. It will never be bet
ter suited to the man of low capa-
city than it is today; on the contrary
it will constantly demand more Of
him, and public policy will encour-
age the demand.
Accordingly our people must be
educated; educated not only as indi-
viduals and American citizens, but
educated as farmers not a few of
them, but lot of them; not here
and there one that has escaped, as
from bondage somewhere, but whole
communities of people, men and wo-
men together, bent not only on get
ting the most out Of their lands, but
also Of getting most out of country
life, by founding and maintaining
homes wherein good men of the fu-
ture may find a place in which to be
born.-Davenport.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06
MANAGEMENT.

The business management Of the
school will be under the personal
supervision of the President, who has
had a large experience in such work.
In 1892, Mr.. Lowe was Principal in
Rathbun's Business College at Oma-
ha. Later he was connected with the
Nebraska Business and Shorthand
College, and also with the Omaha
Business College. In 1897 he went
to New York City, where he taught
shorthand in the Young Mems Chris
tan Association, and in the New
York City public schools, and after
wards taught in the Business Depart
ment of the Council Bluffs High
School. In his work as teacher. Mr..
Lowe has taught the Graham, Gregg,
Isaac Pitman. Ben Pitman. Munson,
Davis, Day, and Dement, systems of
shorthand, and also learned the
Eclectic in 1888.
Mr.. Lowe received his education
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06
BOOKKEEPING.

Immediately upon entering school
the student is given position as
bookkeeper and begins the actual
practice Of bookkeeper's duties
from the very first day by the Sadler-
Rowe Budget System which is used
in this course A budget is placed in
his hands containing his employers
instructions, printed upon leaves be-
tween which are arranged the incom-
ing business papers (bills orders, let
ters notes. drafts. checks, curren-
cy, etc.) from which he makes the
proper entries in a set of books pro-
vided and makes out the outgoing
papers according to the proprietor's
direction He intelligently practices
bookkeeping. All the entries in his
books are made direct from the bust
ness papers received and issued. An
account is opened at the bank. de-
posts made, checks issued. and dis
counts negotiated. After becoming
familiar with the duties of his first
position the student is promoted to
that of a bookkeeper for larger es-
tablishment, and other budgets are
placed before him. A more extended
set of books are introduced, and his
knowledge of business transactions
and the resulting entries in various
books is broadened step by step.
New features are added sas the stu
dent is able to master them. Partners
are admitted and partnership inter-
ests adjusted. Special department ac-
counts are acquired.
The aim of this course is to thor
oughly ground the student in the fun
damental principles of accounts and
to make him familiar with all kinds
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06
SHORTHAND.

The stenographer Of today is a
prime necessity in all well-regulated
business establishments. Railroad
headquarters express offices, insur-
ance companies; telegraph offices, leg
islatures, the national congress, banks,
hotels, newspaper offices, and the
various departments of commercial
establishments,-all require the assis-
lance of stenographers. Bankers,
ministers authors, and indeed all in
dividuals engaged in handling large
affairs, are forced from the very ne
a more or less degree upon the con-
slant assistance of stenographers. To
the Intimate relations thus establish
ed between the shorthand writer and
employer is due the rapid advance
ment of the average stenographer I'M
til, in many cases, he becomes the
head Of the business house in which
but short time previous he was en-
gagged in taking dictation. One can
never know how many of the men
before the public today started as
stenographers. There are hundreds
Of them. There are eighteen repre-
sentatives in the Congress Of the
United States who started as stenog-
raphers, and there are in the United
States five railroad presidents who
started as stenographers in railroad
Offices
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06
BUSINESS LAW

No doubt Ignorance Of the law ex-
cuses no man. was harsh rule at
one time, but it is certainly not so
now, for the principles Of law are
made so clear and simple that he
who runs may read. It is the purpose
of this course to make these princi-
pies of law so plain and clear that
they will be brought within reach Of
all. Technicalities of both word and
matter are studiously avoided, and
only those subjects of general interest
will be considered. Practical ques-
tons are given the students for their
discussion and solution. Students
who often find difficulty in getting q
clear conception Of bare statement
of a principle of law will easily do SO
when it is approached through a
practical illustration. The subjects
taught in this course include Con-
tracts, Bills and Notes, Partnership,
Corporations, Fire Insurance, Real
Property, Personal Property Surety
ship and Guaranty, Fixtures, Ball
ments and Common Carriers.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06

OF business papers. It gives him
practice in applying these principles
in the various lines Of business, and
in the use Of many Of the devices
employed in modern business Offices.
Corporation accounting in it's various
phases is fully illustrated.
The following is synopsis Of the
full course:
Inductive Set, Development Of Ac.
count Keeping and the use of Bust
ness Papers; Wholesale and Retail
Set, Double Entry; Jobbing and Com
mission Set, Double Entry; Manufac-
turing Set, Double Entry, Voucher
System, Department Store and INSTALL
ment Set, Double Entry, Voucher
System; Accounting and Auditing Set,
Single and Double Entry, including
Business and Professional, Admins
traitors and Executors Accounts, and
the Adjustment of Intricate Partner
ship, Corporation, Insurance and FL
nancial accounts of every descrip-
ton; Farmers, Stockmen's and Dairy
mems Set; Banking Set, American
National Banking"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06
COOPERATION.

It is the desire of the Corporation
to make the College representative
institution Of the northwestern part Of
the state. To carry out this plan it
is the intention to sell stock to per-
sons scattered over this large terri
tory and thus obtain for the college
the cooperation of good, live men in
all the various portions of the terri
tory, who will directly and indirectly
work for the welfare Of the institu-
ton and thus encourage the young
men and women in their neighbour
hood to come, to Minot, when going
Jay from home for the purpose Of
attending school,
While this will be of great advan-
tage to the institution, the college
will not alone reap the benefits OF
such a plan. 1t is the intention of
the corporation to give such stock
holders special privileges and advan-
ages not given to others. It is the
proposition of the Corporation to sell
to certain persons whom It is DESTROYS
to have as stockholders one share of
stock valued at 800 and 800 in tut
ton in the college, making 5000 in
all, for $110. This really makes one
share of stock cost $40, or rather it
makes 800 worth of tuition cost only
SO. This offer, however, is only tenn
short time. 1t is expected that
sufficient number of stockholders will
be got in this way in a short time,
as the different persons in each To-
cality who own stock in the Corpora
ton and get 1t in this way, will be
considered as people who stand for
broader and better business education
for the young men and young women
derive therefrom the prestige ac-
corded to public spirited man in the
community, who is doing his best to
improve and better the condition of
state.
Anyone desiring to take advantage
of this offer or to learn more concern
ing 1t will please sign and return to
the Minot Business & Normal College
the following coupon:
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06

writes entirely by sight is unable to
do. Prior to 1892 this was consider
ed a theoretical and visionary sys-
tenn of fancy typewriting, but at that
date the system was introduced sue
cessfully by John i c. Lowe. while
Principal in Rathbun's College at
Omaha. The success Of touch type
writing was electrical, and within the
last ten years it has spread all over
the United States. We were the first
therefore, to teach this method in
the West, and we still teach it. AS
text book we use the Van SAINT Sys-
tenn of Touch Typewriting. Mr.. Van
SAINT has, after several years study,
evolved and perfected a system
Chased on Mr.. Loves original meth
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06
RENNfANSHIP.

There is no surer avenue to remun-
erative employment than by a thor
ough mastery Of the pen. When a
young person seeks position, the
first thing he is asked is to give a
sample Of his penmanship. If it is
satisfactory, success is comparatively
certain. This alone shows that good
penmanship is considered a prere-
quisite for all kinds Of clerical en-
ployment. The best business hand
writing is that which is most easily
read. Grace of line, beauty of form,
and uniformity of slope is necessary
but we avoid all fourishes. Orna-
mental penmanship is out of place in
modern business offices, and we do
not teach it.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06
GOOD PENN1ANsH1P.
Very Necessary for Successful
Business Career.

The young man who starts out in
life writing plain and legible hand
starts with great advantage. If |
were a young man and had to make
my choice to graduate at Classical
College and stop there. or to graduate
at Business College and stop there,
1 would take the Business College in
preference. Albert G. Porter, Ex-
Governor OF Indiana.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06
TYPEWRITING.

The Minot Business & Normal Col
lege teaches what is called the Touch
System of Typewriting," which is sim
ply systematic method Of lingering
and if persisted in becomes so auto
matte that the fingers will find the
keys without the eyes or mind direct
ing them, thus enabling the operator
to transcribe his notes without con-
tinually stopping to find his place af-
ter. writing number Of words or a
short sentence-someth one who
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06
DIVIDENDS.

It is confidently expected that hold
ers Of stock in. The Minot Business &
Normal College will derive an income
from their investment after the first
year in the form Of dividends. The
average charges for tuition in all BUSH
ness colleges is from $40 to s12 per
month, dependent on the length Of
time the student stays in school, be-
sides there Is a profit to be made on
books and Stationery sold to students.
All students stay on an average of
four months, making an income to
the college OF about $45 for each stu
dent. This means that 100 students
will pay $4,000. The cost Of running
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06
RATES OF TUITION.

The elective system is used in our
school, and we are probably among
the first to- adopt this system in a
business college. BY the elective
system we mean that the student.
after paying his tuition, may select
his own studies, and may take any or
all Of the subjects taught by our in
stitution. There is no extra charge
for the use OF monographs in the
shorthand and typewriting course, or
for typewriters.
One month, a weeks) $3.50. $1,000
Two months 6 weeks) $3.50. 24.O0
Three months, az weeks) 80. $500
Four months, (16 weeks) -. 1900
Five months, 20 weeks) ..... 5000
Six months, "a weeks) ...... 5000
Unlimited Scholarship ...... 10000
The above rates Of tuition are all
payable in advance. However, when
students find 1t impossible to finish
the term for which they have paid,
the unexpired tuition will be refund
ed, excepting for fractions Of a
month, and excepting for money paid
on unlimited scholarships.
An unlimited scholarship permits
one student to take any or all stu
dies and attend the school as long as
he likes, and to leave and return
when he wishes.
Rates for the evening school is
three-fourths the day rate.
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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06
LOCATION.

sss The college will be located at Minot.
The county seat Of Ward County,
SNorth Dakota. This county is an
as.empire in itself, larger than the State
||spf Connecticut, and larger than Della
8ware, Rhode Island, and the District
lsof Columbia combined. There are
lover $4,000 100 acre farms in Ward
@county, and the Mouse River Valley
3running through the heart of the
aeounty is already equaling If not sur
passing the wheat yield Of the world
famous Red River Valley in the east
Aern part Of the State.
M .Minot seems destined from its lo-
Nation and environment to become
bne Of the new and populous cities OF
sfhe Northwest. It already has the
sSir Of a city, with its waterworks.
Rlectric lights, banks. mills, hospitals,
telephones, hotels, railroads, and
akholesale warehouses. The popula-
Hon of Minot has doubled in the past
3hree years, having at present about
900 people, and at the rate the sur
Rounding country is being developed,
Iii previous good records of the city
Hill be broken. It is expected that
HE new railroad to Bismarck from
dinot will be completed this year, as
Yell as a new trans-continental line
X the Great Northern which is now
icing built westward to Minot. The
q louse River flows through the city,
Ind the thick woods along it's course
bake an ideal and picturesque loca-
a lon for the growing city, and pleas
int place to spend few months at
Il east Of ones school life. With good
chool at Minot, students need not go
hr from home to attend school.
side from the extra cost of transpor-
htion, it is well konwn fact that
10th parents and children desire to
MSatronize schools near home, so that
HE children may make occasional
SSisits home without great expense,
Especially in cases Of necessity.
SM Arrangements have been made for
The acquiring of the present business
sSf the Minot Business College, to-
kether with the furniture and fixtures,
Sypewriters, desks, books and station
cry. etc., without paying any cash
therefor.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06

in the common schools of Nebraska,
Creighton University, Omaha, the
New York Law School, and the New
York University, and is admitted to
Courts.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06
COLLEGE BUILDING.

A College Building will be built
either in the suburbs Of Minot, with
spacious grounds, or on -one. OF the
business streets Of Minot, whichever
plan may prove the more feasible to
the Board of Directors. The latter
plan<will probably be adopted, as
there are very few buildings in Minot
at present where good store rooms
and offices can be obtained at any
price, and with the rapid growth Of
the city the demand is increasing. A
location ct this time can in all prob
ability be purchased for less than
one-ha1f what it will be worth five
years hence, and with the business
section steadily extending, the demand
for Offices and stores is now such that
they could be rented to desirable ten
ants at large figures. Business
blocks in growing cities as close in
as suitable locations can now be OBJ
tanned In Minot, have always proved
good Investments and If the growth
OF Minot is one-half what is antici-
pated and predicted by even the most
conservative, such>a college building
cannot fail being an extremely pro.
fitable and permanent Investment
which will render goodly amount
of dividends. Any business block in
Minot that is up to date-and many
that are fnot-have been for several
years past and now are paying large
dividends on the investment, and a
continually growing demand for Of
fees and locations for stores is mani
fest. The tendency of the times in
Minot warrants the assumption that
the College can own it's own building
rent free and in addition derive a; suf-
ficient revenue from store and Office
rentals to pay satisfactory revenue
to the stockholders on the sum invest
ed. Should this plan be adopted the
main floor of the building will be
rented for business purposes, and the
second story will be Offices and school
looms. and the third floor Will 10 a
college hall, recitation and study
rooms.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06

can schools and colleges to fit young
men and women for the business of
life These business colleges furnish
their graduates a better educations
practical purposes than either Prince
Princeton, Harvard or Yaie.-James
A. Garfield.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06
NORMAL DEPARTMENT.

For the present only the business
department of the college will be run.
On account Of larger quarters being
required for teaching normal subjects,
that department will not be opened
until the College has building Of its
own.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06
PROSPECTUS
OF the Minot Business
and Normal Col
le8e.

the school for 100 students including
teachers, light, heat, etc., will be
about $4,000, making a net pront Of
$2.500. This estimate is based upon a
seven months term as that is the short
est possible term that can be run in
one year, that is, from October LIST to
May LIST. It is expected that the term
will be extended to at least eight
or nine months, with a summer term,
which will of course increass the net
profit to the school, as soon as the
business warrants such increase.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06

The Minot Business & Normal Col
lege is organized under the laws OF
4 the State of North Dakota, with a
#capital Of $4,000, divided into 500
@shares Of the par value of 500 each.
sThe corporation is organized to take
cover the present business of: the, Minot
Business College and to run and ex-
5tend the business at Minot, North Da-
Akota, and other places within the
State Of North Dakota.
Il Stock will be sold and the proceeds
fused at present to build dormitorfes
.and boarding houses, after which
stock will be sold and the proceeds
used for putting up a college build
ing. It is5expected to have the dormi-
kories ready for occupancy this fall
Sso that students can be accommo-
dated this winter. With these accom-
modations it is expected that the
aschool will double its usual attend
lance, from the beginning; and judg-
dng from the attendance at other BUSH
mess schools in the Northwest, the
School should have an attendance of
over 100 students the first year. pro-
Sgided board and room can be had for
That number The attendance Of the
s4argest schools in the eastern part of
HE State. now average over two hum
ddred students per year for each
,6chool, and It Is a very conservative
estimate to say that we expect one
half as many the first year. as nothing
will be left undone to make the COLI
s3ege popular with those who seek q
Business education.
The ACCESSIBILITY Of establishing a
large business school of this kind, as
" business proposition in north
western North Dakota. is evident.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06
WHAT GARFIELD SAYS.
Words of Praise for Business Col
leSes from a u. S. President.

Business colleges originated in this
country as protest against the insult
ficiency of our system of education,
-as protest against the failure of
the absolute failure. of our Ameri-
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-06
OFFICERS.

\. OFFICERS.
John 6. 'Lowe. President. Minot
n. Oak.
David Clark, Vice President. Bot
uneau, N. D.
NJ. H. scholberg. Secretary. Minot
N. d.
Emery olmstead. Treasurer. Minot
N. d.
r. H. Bosard, Counsel, Minot, N. .
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PHoNoGRAPH1C D1CrAT1oN.

BY the use Of the photograph In
learning shorthand the students
quickly gain a facility in writing that
is acquired but slowly by the OLD
methods of teaching. In most schools
dictation practice given the students
is limited to one or two hours daily.
We give our students this individual
and personal dictation, but besides
this the student has the free use of
a photograph Con which lessons, Jet
ters, ETC., have been placed) from
which to take dictation at any time
he is not otherwise engaged. This is
a point we'll worth considering in
choosing a school. It means the eli
mination of drudgery in learning
shorthand. 1t means better training
for the time spent. 1t means up-to-
date stenographers by up-to date
methods.
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STEPPING STONES TO SUCCESS
In the Business World---Studies All Young Persons
Should Take to Make Themselves indie
pendent and Successful in
Business.

. s.s
od) which is without doubt the most
scientific work extant. and has been
adopted by many of the leading COM
.nercial and high schools Of the coun-
try.
The work Of the student in this
department is carefully looked over
by the teacher, criticised. and re-
turned. All kinds Of business and le-
gal forms are taught each student,
and especial care is given to correct
forms for business and social CORES
pondence.
Letter Copying, Manifolding, MI
meographing, and Business Forms
are all thoroughly and quickly taught
iE connection with typewriting.
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