Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-29
BOYLES HEADS ASSOCIATION
0mahan President of Central CONNER.
cial Teachers Association.
MEET AT DIES MONIES NEXT
Iowa Capital Wins Contest for Next
Convention Against Denver and
GHIesBurg-EIections Are
Unanimous.

.IcHtral commercial Teachers' association
at tho annual election held yesterday aft
crnoon at Boyles Business college. The
convention voted to hold tho next gathering
in pes Moines. Amon f. Gates. secretary
of the Western Commercial School Man
ayers association. was presented with a
solid gold watch as a mark OF appreciation
Tor his services.
81 w. n. Watson Of the Lincoln Business
college was selected as the vice president
Of the teachers association. and Miss Mary
Homer Of Waterloo was chosen as secre-
tary. Miss Lena A. Vogt of Cedar Rapids
Tho former secretary, was made treasurer.
All Of the elections were unanimous, with
the exception Of the selection Of a meeting
place for next year. Denver and Galcsburg
wanted the convention, but Des Mones won
out.
Medal TO wichita Man.
Tho Williams gold medal, for excellence
In rapid calculation, was won by Earl Clark
of Wichita Kan, who had nine points The
second highest pupil was Miss Freda Martin
OF Des Moines, who made five and a half |
points Clark was presented the medal in |
person by b. Il. Williams of Des Mones,
the donor who insisted that in the future
the medal be called by another name.
Parker Woodson of the Select School of
Shorthand and Typewriting of Chicago, was
presented with the Brown trophy, the gift
OF @. w. Brown of Jacksonville, Ill, for
excellence in speed typewrlting The medal
is to be retained by the school until next
year, when 1t viii be returned to be con-
tested for again. If one school wins for
five successive years the cup will remain
the permanent property of the institution.
Resolutions were passed by the conven-
ton just prior to closing expressing graft
tude to the various persons and institutions
which contributed to the success of the
gathering.
WOmnn's Side of Case.
Miss lone Duffy, the new proprietor of
the Van SAINT school OF Omaha sprang a
surprise Saturday She was on the pro-
gram to give an address upon How a
Woman Can Run a Business College"
Miss Duffy treated the subject from a
new standpoint and declared that woman
has been content to do secondary work.
using less than her maximum powers Self
confidence, she said, was the only thing
lacking to make women a power in BUSH
ness.
women lack self-confidence" said Miss
Duffy, they have everything they need
FOR successful administration, but a recog-
milton OF the business ability which lies
within them unused.
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mercial asset, and It is the very thing they
overlook entirely. 1t will many times over
offset the woman's lesser acquaintance
fish the school in the eyes of the public as
a conscentiously managed institution-for
with the ways Of business. 1t will estab-
conscience plays large part in a woman's
undertakings.
e. This matter of environment Is one TO
which women give much thought and not
only will keep high standard before the
Students and surround them with the best
influences while in school, but they will
also keep the same thing in view in send
ing students into positions. A woman.
knowing how much surroundings mean to
young people will look we'll and thought
FULLY into conditions before advising the
still impressionable boy or girl to take the
offered employment"
Colonel SouIe's Address. \
Colonel George Soule, president of the I
Souie Commercial college and literary in c
stitute of New Orleans, delivered an adj I
dress upon matters pertaining to the run I
ming OF business college and denounced
the trust schools, saying that they stifle {
genius and talent, and enrich only oneJ (
man. I
The speculation schools or the chain /
Colonel SOule
'enriches only one man. that is, the owner /
and manager, who receives the profits of G
all the schools comprising the chain. Thus q
he becomes a school speculator depriving +
many other teachers of the opportunity \
OF becoming proprietors Of schools, and also
Oi enrlching himself in a monopolistic man I
ner." /
The Underwood experts who were pres 1
ent AT the convention yesterday made good {
RECORDS at speed work. IL. o. Blaisdell of
New YORK. who holds the worlds record
IN eNhlbiton-l03 words per minute for an
hour-wrote an average of 1O2 per minute
yesterday for twenty minutes The others {
wrote as follows; l.. H. Coombes- of New I
YORK ~; Gus II. Trefzger of New York.
sSi Lynn Hoyt OF Kansas city, 81.
IN thc preliminary contest yesterday of -
nVe minutes work ON the machine in n
aictation and copy reading the seven con- s
testants averaged as follows; Parker I
Moodson' Chicago ass; Leona Richardson, \
pes Moines. 445; Raymond Bishop, Water o
loo. $50; Avis Jennings, Omaha, SG.5; Sophia
Pahi' Omaha, 81; Madalne Drake, Omaha. :,
sS.Si Olive Wesson, Des Molnes. 8T The
fve highest pupils took part in the final
contest this morning, and when the Judges
examine the papers. the school which won
the Brown trophy will be given the custody
OF the cup for the coming year.
Inc convention, which ends today in
omaha. Is the biggest gathering of com
mercial teachers ever held. ana the edu-
Gators present say that It is due to the
preliminary advertising and publicity given
by the Omaha press.
i have attended all OF the big conven-
tions Of the country" said c. V. oden Of
New York, school manager for the Under
wood Typewriter company, "and the gath
ering in Omaha is the biggest one 1 ever
saw The publicity bureau connected with
your Commercial club deserves credit for
the able way In which they handled the
situation The Omaha press responded
molly and the preliminary work done IN
mis- city is the best ever saw"
Parker Woodson. OF the Select School
OF Shorthand and Typewrlting OF Chicago
Won the Brown trophy for the greatest
speed and accuracy in the final contest
held at the convention of commercial
teachers. Miss Leona Richardson of Des
Moines was second and Miss Avis len
ninss of the Van SAINT school Of omaha
was third.