The herald., 1912-09-12
FROM THE PEOPLE,.
Board of Levee Commissioners,
Orleans Levee District,

orleans LeNee DlSlIICl,
New Orleans, Sept It'll, 1912.
Rev. Thos ]. Larkin, S. NJ.
Algiers, La.
Reverend Sir
On last Sunday, and also the pre-
ceeding Sunday, | listened attentively
to your remarks relative to the Pa
rochial Schools, and the studies EN-
braced in the several departments, and
particularly the Commercial Depart
ment; and, from my personal knoWl-
edge know that you spoke with abso-
lutte certainty as regards the qualif1ca-
! lions of your Commercial Department
graduates; as only recently while oc-
cupying a position in the General Au-
diting Department of one of the larg-
est corporations in New Orleans, had
occasion to seek the services OF
Young lady stenographer who had also
a knewlodge of bookkeeping; and not
having any particular person in view,
| circulated the news of my wants as
best | could in the short space OF
time allotted me, with the result that
a young lady graduate of your Paroch-
ial School Commercial Course who was
at that time unknown to me, applied
for the position.
The firm in question does not employ
! Office help except through competitive
examination where influence is not
considered. | can truthfully say, and
the young lady can bear me out in the
u fact, that did not in the short space
of fifteen minutes intervening between
/ our meeting and the time OF her eX'
I animation, mention to her that she
would be required to take an examina
g ton. l will say, however, that my neg
a lect to advise her was due to an over
s sight on my part; but despite the fact
s that the examination subjects compris
l. ed tests in simple numbers, fractions
IT decimals, percentage and proportion
o besides the operation of the typewrit
Y. er. coupled with the fact that thi!
IS young lady was of a tender age, ant
had to compete with five other olde
ladies who had had at least two year
: of actual office experience, and woul'
have been given the preference on ac
count of their age and experience pre-
vided their merit was equal, you
| scholar came out first in the rating O
| the tests of the examinations, it bein
| found that she had made only two Ell
| rers in her arithmetic, one OF whic
should not have been charged agains
Iher; that one being merely failur
| on her part to carry figure in simpl
addition, when the other and harde
tests showed conclusively that sh
knew better. She was given q perfe'
mark in the operation of the typewri
err. as well as for neatness and legib
Iity of her penmanship. The other co
ltestants fell far below the averae
Ut passing mark, and your graduate VIC
n' the position purely on her merits.
VI write you this information for VIII
'n it is worth to you. l had intended il
GU parting same to the Superioress of Il
ny Convent at the time of its happenin
but neglected to do so. Being pra
70 teal office man of twelve years e
81 perience, l can appreciate the tho
ny oughness of the training this YOU
IL lady received, and all things consid'
ne ed as regards her environments at t
-ne time of the examination, it is my op
ZIG ion she made an excellent showir
ICY and should stand and be regarded as
GU testimonial to the thoroughness a
practicability of your business cour
Should at any time verbal explal
ton from me to interested parties
of any value to you and your school
lde now advise you that | am subject
an your call. Respectfully,
ON c. j. Bonner
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