New-York tribune., 1907-08-18

have changed. too The windows in modern
business house are cleaned by the window clean
ina, trust; the offices are scrubbed and cleaned up
by armies of scrub ladies' The average boy has
habit of getting down 10 the office after the boss.
and his saEerneSs To leave early IS equalled only
ny his gross ignorance OF the uses Of ordinary
office apparatus The mortality among his rela-
tives during the baseball season is something stu
pendous. and he must be constantly adjured by
his employer that soap and water are good things
for the health
This is the Indictment that the average business
man brings against the average office hoy But
there is another side 10 the story. as prominent
department head in the public school system
pointed out
IAN the average boy could expect ten years
ago. ne said. was elementary school educa-
ton Then the boy ready for the of1ce- NOW
adays practically all the better boys 90 20 hign
school or take up some sort OF special training
BY the time they get through that they can COM
mand something step higher than the ordinary
office boys job So that the cream OF The yearV
output Of boys never become office boys
The degeneration Of the office boy has led 70 the
appearance of the office girl who is clean and
neat. and. in business parlanCe- very rnucn on
the Job She is increasing in numbers every das-
Examinations for office girl now have a resulI
place on the local Civil Service list. and she =
satisfactorily doing her work IN many cry &C.
partments The girls show a keener disposition 20
improve themselves for advancement than their
brothers. and they do not care Z" absent theIl-
selves for baseball games Perhaps IN trne ths
office girls will crowd out the Office bows al''-
geJher
The demand for office boys who know some
thing about an Office has led to the eStablisnnehC
OF an evening training school for Once 'oyS %
the West Side Young Mems Christian Association
which seems TO be filing long felt walt Inc
instruction designed 20 turn cut polite. 1FuSe-
worthy and prOmOtable youngsters as orlce as
sistants
Part Of the instruction consists Of such elerlen-
tarv things as business arithmetic. spelinS. col
rcsu0ndence business English and conuereEi.
geography. with emphasis on the ge"sraphy %.
New York City. This course Is designed 70 HiVe'
tns need of business men who find themselves IN
able 10 procure boys familiar with ordinary euSl
> ness nomenclature and lawyers Handicapped Us
office assistants ignorant OF the Whereabouts u
any Of the courts how to set 20 them
Part II OF the instruction is divided into eleiNTl
tarv and advanced work Included IN 'he ete
r,en+s Of office work are the OF desks anu
office furniture answering indicator calis anu t7
care of messages. the use of telephone anu sNito
board and instruction in all methods OF letter copS
ing and letter book indexing- lncidentaIis $50
is laid on personal appearance neatneS7 -,
ness carriage and address. as well as Cu1I'eS.
and pCIitenesS in receiving visitors NO ooJ -
gets through the course Is likely 70 recs-F9 -
card of a business caller with fingers that ls9se
srudge on it. or tell of his employers rrienus
70 .(3'wan the boss AMT in" The advanced WOiN
includes all systems OF letter filing and HE i9e
Ing instruction in manifOding and the VaI-U4 -
duplicating machines. mailing desk worK. sligp-.7
desk work in it's various phases easnel -. and
ment work with instruction in banking routine an
general office routine. elementary bookkeeping anu
simple commercial correspondence a,
TyIsfuess men have shown even more intefSs' =.
the office boys school than the boys theiuS.5 tss5
As a consequence. many more places We're ~ O4lo-
10 graduates Of the school during the As1 -
than the limited number Of boys coulc pOs'l.x.. -
fill and the unplaCed boys who cOmpieteu - -
course all had a choice of several Good pIaes p
The other boys. who We're already efnployeu- - -
teriaIv betteTed their positions and In some ass
they were able TO triple their salaries "ii' '-'
the