The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-24
WHICH WAY IS BESTs
A Question Worthy of the Notice Q
 Every Business Man and Student.

keeping and business anaiis
 This is question that ought toE be settled by every business man, and by every one who IS inter- ested in business edacaiion' It is so often said that commer- cial schools develop the mind in theory alone, and that before ont can conduct a set of books, De must spend several months in ths office under a practical bookkeei- IT. IL is the easiest matter ID the world to be mistaken. Il tact the world IS full of mistake md erroneous ideas. We post lively assert that a commercial school, rightly conducted, Is th' best place on earth to get Jus' such training as will meet all ths demands in every class of business. It would show weakness to make au assertion so broad withou, proof, and for the benefit oil ! those who condemn com mercial schools, we offer the following ::
 Here is man who wants
 commercial polish. We will placa . him in the office of retail dry
 goods firm under first class book
 keeper. In the first place, a
 book keeper has butslittle time to 7 fool with new beginner, but
 uppose he has plenty of time. T Ie puts him at sthe bottom, for q there Is where he must start, II : matters not where he gots. He
 caches him the nature of debts
 md credits, how to journallze,
 post aud close the ledger, ente, 3 cash in the cash book, prove cash,
 take trial balance, etc. He intro
 duces the sales book and shows 4 how the credit of merchandise can be held over till the end oi ! the month. He shows also the 3 advantage of special columns in : the cash-book, how to record in- E voices of merchandise, how to
 make out bills and enter them in ; the sales-book. He possibly teaches bim how to keep the bills : receivable and bills payable books, write checks, drafts,
 notes, etc. In fact, he is made
 familiar with everything pertain < ing to the retail business; so he
 is a practical bookkeeper that far
 1t no further.
 Now let him pass out and go
 into wholesale commission 4 house and he doesn't know any
 thing, he has worse job before
 him than ever. Suppose he is
 held down there about two
 months and taught all about
 wholesale business, then let him
 20 into a national bank and he
 would be worse blind-folded than
 ever. The individual ledger, , draft register, remittance, reg q ister, discount tickler, etc, would : scare him to death. The only 3 remedy would be for him to start at (0) and be taught banking, 3 There are many other important q points to be considered: One | must understand business form, commercial law, typewrIting. commercial arithmetic, conner cial spelling, punctuation, anu a
 thousand other things before he
 is an all-rouud bookkeeper. It is
 all fooIishuess to talk about going into an office under a bookkeeper 2 to obtain a business education. Now if any one wants 10 see a full business course outlined with every advantage offered, send for new and up-to-date catalogue of the M. B. c. Our progress
 has been debarred for the past twelve months uuderthe unpleas. { ant pressure of litigation, but we feel that the mists have cleared away. Our institution has been established for ninety-nine years and we expect to reach the climax before we stop. Fort Smith, Ark, Tyler, Tex, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and other cities may have rich things to offer, but we dare the right talent to get better re. suits elsewhere than can be ob taiued in the Mena Business Col. lege.
 We are preparing Shorthand course that is going to startle I A Il. |