Evening journal., 1913-08-13
WORK OF THE BEACON COLLEGEs.

W r have received from the Beacon Business Col
W leges situated in this city and Salisbury, Md,
one of the handsomest catalogues issued by any
educational institution. It was prepared under the
direction of w. II. Beacon, the enterprising founder
and president Of the colleges In point of editorial
preparation, typographical design and execution and
profuse illustration it Is volume that will attract
widespread attention.
The colleges we're founded in 1900 They we're in
corporated in 1908 with authorized capital Of
100000. Associated with Professor Beacon in their
direction is j. W. Hrons the vice-president who not
only has displayed marked administrative ability but
also has assisted the president in making for the in
stltutons the host of friends they have in Delaware
and the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Point is made in the catalogue that every officer Of
the Beacon Business Colleges a teacher and teaches
Professor Beacon has been engaged in the work for
longer than twenty-five years. Thousands of young
and young women have been trained by him to
take honorable and lucrative places in the business
world. Beacon students engaged in practically all
lines Of commercial andqprofessonal work The
catalogue is filled with letters from former students
who speak in highest praise of their alma mater. The
officers of the colleges also in possession Of hum
dreds Of letters from business and professional
and others who express their appreciation of the good
work done by Beacon graduates
II is asserted by President Beacon that the aim or
the Beacon Colleges is to mpart knowledge of the
basic principles of business and familiarity with
business methods. to the formation Of sys-
tematc habits TO cultivate selfreliance and to develop
independence Of thought and action well to give
a thorough training in those branches of study and
practice which are most useful to young people who
rather would work with their heads than with their
hands, who realize that nine times out of fen the
greatest successes and the quickest in
business rather than in proessonn short TO train
for practical work and then TO bring the trained
worker and position requiring such worker into
communication
The work of the Beacon Business Colleges is by
means restricted to Delaware and the Eastern shore
of Maryland In fact, the good effect of its educa-
tional activities being manifested as far away as
New Zealand One Of the letters Of commendation
printed in the catalogue is from Beacon College
girl who now is in Auckland, New Zealand. and who
speaks in warmest praise of the college here and Of
the pleasant remembrance of the days she spent at
Beacoms
Point Is made in the catalogue that than 200
graduates from the Beacon Colleges are employed by
the DUPONT Hercules and Atlas powder companies.
IN their various Offices The Charles Warner Com
pany employs twenty Beacon graduates while the
number employed by the Joseph Bancroft and Sons
Company is more than thirty.
II will be seen, therefore, what important institutions
the Beacon business colleges have become and how
largely they into the business dongs in this and
other States We take pleasure in wishing unbounded
in the college year to Professor Beacon
/ and his associates.