The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-26
CROOkS1ON
GETS NEXT
CONVENTION
Business Colleges Held Enthus-
iastic Meeting
j.. c. Satire Of the Crookston
College Named President
Annual Meeting Was Held at
D. B. c. Yesterday

The fourth and most enthusiastic
Commercial Schools association was
held in Fargo Saturday. The meet
ing had been called for the commercial
club rooms but the place of gathering
had to be changed to the Dakota Busi-
ness college auditorium on account Of
the entertainment of the twin city
iobbers at the club.
Representatives were present from
all of the regular commercial schools
of this state and western Minnesota.
Communications were received from
South, Dakota and. Montana school
men n@regretting their inability to be at
the conference and expressing their
views on various phases of the work
of the organization.
Tile meeting was called to order at
10 o'clock by Pres. F.. Leland Watkins
of Stfe Dakota Business college, who
welcomed the visitors to the city.
After the adoption of the minutes
and receiving the, report of the Of
ficers and scomm1ttees, President Wat
kins of the association delivered his
annual address. He reviewed the work
of the organization, told of the mani
fold benefits to the individual schools
belonging to 1t and urged the adoption
both the business and shorthand de-
partments.@
Prof JIG. Sathre Of Crookston COL
lege read we'll prepared paper A
Uniform Course of Study and How to
Adopt 1T. He recommended that a
committee sbe appointed to outline a
minimum course and that each school
admitted to membership be required
to maintain at least that high a
standard.
Prof. Robert Hughes of the Union
Commercial college Of Grand Forks
gave an interesting talk on the best
way to. l.eep commercial and short
hand pupils in school until they be-
come thoroughly competent and show
ed how detrimental it is to. the pupils
themselves and to business men to
go to positions before graduation. He
said the same rule as applies to young
doctors, dentists and lawyers should
EreNaff ss5ssss e. ~ 9-s.sszes,s-
Mrs. Julia Hughes of the Electric
Business college Of Crookston read an
Both School and Pupil of a More
Thorough Course of Study. She point
ed out that the school with a thorough
course would necessarily turn out
more competent help and would get
and keep a better standing with busi-
ness men. Pupils would come to such
school because they would learn that
its graduates received much better
wages and more rapid promotion. She
said business men would rather pay
$50 a month for competent help than
$40 for low grade people, and recon-
mended that an examining board Of
business men be selected to pass upon
the qualifications Of business school
pupils for graduation.
Prof. H. H. Aaker of the Aaker
Buiness college of Grand Forks spoke
on how the commercial schools could
| help their pupils after they leave the
| institutions. He said he thought the
schools could "he1p their graduates
more after leaving school by helping
| them more before they leave school,"
| He said some plan should be adopted
| to keep ignorant people from taking
shorthand or accounting without first
| making themseles proficient in the
ordinary branches.
A general discussion was engaged
| in after each paper. --
The local schools gave a luncheon
| to the delegates at the Annex at 1
o'clock, after which the principals of
| the different departments of the Da-
| kota Business college showed the visi-
| tors through their own work and ex-
changed ideas.
The rest Of the afternoon was de-
voted to the business affairs Of the
| organization which was completed at
about o'clock by the selection Of the
following officers for the ensuing
year.
President. C. Sathre, Crookston.
Vice President - Robert Hughes,
Grand Forks.
Corresponding secretary-F. Leland
Watkins, Fargo.
Treasurer-J. a, Hughes, Crooks
ton.
The executive committee for the
next, year is III. FL. Aaker, g. f.
! Thacker and Q. j. Hanson.
It was decided to hold the next an
nual meeting at Crookston.