Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-09-18

The commercial department which /
was fully equipped for the first time
last year in the Tonopah high school
is along with the newly established
domestic science and manual train
ing departments, supplying a long
felt need said Prof. NJ N, Mac
kinder to a Bonanza reporter in dis
cussing the work Of which he took
charge a year ago. The opportuni-
ties offered to students by these
three departments, together with the
regular work Of the classical course,
the scientific and the general, will
place Tonopah high on a basis equal
to any high school in the country
as regards variety Of work offered to
students
"The purpose of the commercial
course is to thoroughly educate our
young men and women for vocation
after leaving school How many
times in the past have we heard
that our schools do not prepare for
life's work, that the youth just grad
uated from a high school cannot
successfully handle the problems Of
life. Perhaps it has been true with
the majority Of youths However
commercial course thoroughly or
ganized and properly taught, we be-
lieye, will prepare the pupil com
pleting IL for useful occupation, It
will enable him or her after a very
little further practical work to take
and keep a position far in advance
Of what he otherwise could attain.
Regular commercial work with the
exception of bookkeeping, which has
been taught the past few years was
begun in our school a year ago this
fan. This year the course is some
different from the one of last veal
as we are now getting the one Of
ficially adopted by the state board Of
education last spring 1t is the frs
complete commercial course adopt
ed by the state board and must b'
strictly followed by all the hgl
schools Of Nevada having a com
mercial department.
Feeling the need of a good anC
complete course being introduces
in all the high schools of the state
the commercial teachers section o
the state institute last December, i
meeting assembled. thoroughly dis
eussed and formulated one and mo'
ed that the chairman present drat
iof the same to the state board TIL
complete course as adopted by tn
board is a four year course and tn
pupil who does all the work satisfat
torily receives high school diplomi
"A shorter or two year course wa
also provided to meet the demands {
those young men and women who's
circumstances prevent them from a
tending high school for four year
A certificate of commercial eff
cheney is given at the completion I
the two year course, which is mir
: credits.
4 "The complete course requires thrt
&c years Of English, two years each
!, bookkeeping, shorthand, eommercl
~ arithmetic, commercial law, CONNIE
n cial geography, business eorrespon
i ence, American history and civic
u office practice and enough electiv
, to complete the sixteen credits |
!, quired for graduation
m "The English is the same as tn
required in every course. Bookket
d. ing is a study Of both single a
ht double entry methods. 1t includ
rs several business sets, having o
or proprietor. about two partnersf
se sets, commission business, corpo
as tion and banking with frequent
ir- aminations to test the kowledge
ss what has been studied The sho
ar. hand taught is the Gregg syste
sir The first years work is care
nd study of the text to become
lot quainted with the principles of WI
aw ing. The second year the text
ds thoroughly reviewed and miscella
Iso ous dictation Of old and new mat
he is given. Speed is now accomplish
,at and each must be able to write
least one hundred words Of new !
he terial per minute, Penmanship al
,se to cultivate free, easy, rapid {
ith. legible long hand writing Spell
the consists Of the study of about 5
ov. common words and CONNER
terms. Commercial arithmetic ma
a speciality of rapid written and n
AZ tai calculations in addition, subt
ton, multiplication and divis