The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-31
IMFhUVE ES LUCAI
 BUSINESS COLLEGE Principal Gutchess Makes Many Changes for the Better in Institution For mally Owned by I. S. Brown.

 made at the quarters of Browns Bus mess college. which is located on the third floor of the Taylor building at 46 Cannon street, during the summer months. All of the rooms used for college purposes have been redecorat- ed and new metal ceilings have been installed. A reception room Tor Vls- itors, and a dainty little business of- flee are also among the new improve ments.
 Under the principalship of Stephen D. Gutchess and his wife, Adelaide GutchesA A. B., the college promises to have a very successful .seaSon With these experienced tutors at the head of the we'll chosen faculty, the students of the school will receive the training that is most essential in the business world of the 20th century. In anticipation of a large attendance when the school opens next month and in accordance with the demaHuS for rapid and accurate work Tn the mercantile world, all of the newest office equipment and rapid calculating devices have been installed TOT the use of the students.
 Among these is a Printograph Mul- tiple typewriter for making manl1oid copies of letters and circulars, BT- roughs adding machine, an Unoer- wood duplicator, another machine Tor
  condensed billing machine, for all kinds of loose leaf. ledger and Jour nal entries and many other mechanl- cal devices used nowadays by large business houses. A portion of the commercial room has been set aslde and equipped as a bank, and the stu dents transact business with this bank upon the same basis, as they will be required to adhere to, when they break into the real business life. All during the summer months the scpool has been kept open for the benefit of n few students who were deslrous or ievOting their vacations to study
 Within the past few weeks MT Gutchess has succeeded in securing the use of the board of trade rooms in the Taylor building for hls classes, and painters, decorators and carpen- ters are now transforming 1t Into a place of comfort and beauty This latest addition gives to the Browns college about 5000 feet of floor space the largest business college property in Connecticut.
 A feature of the college course this season will be the series Of lectures to be given in the newly acquired board of trade room by a number or the most prominently successful bus mess men of this and other cities This course will begin in October, and a few of the speakers will be: Ste phen D. Gutchess, Adelaide Gutchess, A. B., Ira s. Brown, M. E, Cnarles w Deane, Ph. D., Judge Edward K Nicholson, A. B., Ph. D., Prof. L. B. Matthias. B S., Horace H. Jackson, Buckingham Marsh, William H. Hans com, c. c. Fitch, Nathan B. Stone. NJ. S. A.
 Another feature of the schools sea son which will appeal to the students very strongly, will be the series or fn ho Lincoln hall, every month throuSnoul the season. In addition to the regu- lar hours of study and class work, the students 1ill be given the priv ilege of using any or all or the seVerdi rooms during the afternoons, TOT the faster development Of thelr uoies. This privilege will be extended to the students without any additional ex- penses to them, and will doubtless De highly appreciated by those Wno are anxious to finish their studies ana 10 embark on the high seas of commer- cial and mercantile life
 The faculty of the college IS maoe up as follows: stephen D. Gutchess, principal; Adelaide Gutchess, assocl- ate principal; Miss Jessie E. Scott; Miss Anna C. Quinlan; Miss Mary M. Dart: Ralph D. Gutchess. Mrs. Mona Converse and Mrs. Katherine Sey- mour.
 MT. Gutchess was principal of the commercial department of Wr1ghts Long Island Business college Tn Brooklyn. from 1882 to 1888; co-pro- prietor of the Albany. N. Y., Business college from 1888 to 1895; principal and proprietor of the Gutchess col lege. Detroit, Mich, from 1895 to 1908; travelling representative of the Mlchl- gan State Telephone company ana the United Refrigerating Machine Com pany from 1903 to 1907 and secretary and treasurer of the knickeroocAer Paper company of New York until December 1, 1909.
 Mrs. Gutchess Is a graduate or the University of Michigan, where she received her degree. She was pre- ceptress of the Red Creek, N T., academy for. more than a year, the procedures of. the Port Byron Free School and Academy for more than four wears, and has served i've years of her life as a special instructor ana academic tutor in English rnetorlc and mathematics. Each and every member of the faculty of the college is equally we'll fitted for the orancn which they will teach, and the college is a credit not only to the city or Bridgeport but to the state at iarge'