Evening journal., 1913-11-17

iDerienCcd by the sclf-madc man OF
woman. Nowadays, too. unframed
lpeopie are seldom employed. There
+ in constant demand for trained, eff
cient help OF al kinds, and great big
salaries always waiting for experts.
There are more high salaried posi-
uons open than there are persons 20
/ MI them All OF them demand a
stenographic training The ability
/ to write shorthand is a necessary
qualification for any sort OF business
or clerical work. The business man
,of today cannot afford TO be slow and
behind the times. He gathers about
him the best talent he can find TO
do his particular kind of work and he
Is willing 10 pay for trained ability.
Make yourself proficient in the line Of
business you are fitted for and sue
cess VIII crowp YOU, for there never
were more opportunities.
Tho Beacon Business College was
founded in 1900, and now stands FIRST,
pre-omiueni. az the largest and best
institution of the kind In the State.
The reason rs this IL is up-to-date.
IL teaches uD-tO-date business math-
ods aud customs. not those OF decade
ago. The development and growth
W. NH' ANAA'EN ntlfN HNtM UnliANlHNUNIt
its number OF graduates increasing
with each year. Graduates OF this
college are efficient They get the best
kind Of positions and hold them.
Representative Wilmington business
men look 20 the Beacon Business
college for the trained help they cm-
ploy Every railroad. every bank,
levery business house and every law
yer IN the city employees one or more
of It's graduates Some of them have
become. themselves prominent citl-
ions directors of big enterprises, and
look 20 this institution for clerical
help
800 Students IN Attendance.
The Beacon Business College oc-
cupies over 5000 square feet ct floor
space IN the new odd Fellows Build
ing on the southeast corner OF Court
House Square. II was especially
planned 10 accommodate with ease 800
students in daily attendance. There
is abundance OF light, modern sani-
tation, ventilation and heating.
Tho institution is unique among
commercial schools IN that It. com
bines the most approved methods OF
the most successful colleges Of this
kind IN existence, and has besides a
system OF instruction purely It's own
Thoroughness in every course is
taught and that is one reason FOR fits
supremacy, the reason It's graduates
arc occupying positions of trust in
! prominent business houses or are en-
gagged ia business for themselves In
many states throughout the Union.
The strictest discipline is maintain
ed. Sdf-reliance and integrity are
drilled into pupils characters from
the day of arrival. In no case is Il
possible for two sets OF students
books to be alike az closing. It Is
thus an impossibility for the students
to buy. borrow. steal. copy or obtain
information from another scholars
booksl He must use his brains and
show what he knows.
-Four complete courses are taught,
each OF which includes several
studies some Of these subjects are:
Real bookkeeping by actual business
practice. commercial law, arithmetic
rapid calculation, correspondence.
penmanship spelling. grammar, Pit
man and Gregg shorthand, touch
typew1iting, by which the student
writes by sense OF touch and does not
have 70 watch the fingers OF key
board. and actual ofiice work
Each student whose course OF study
touches upon commercialIsm, de-
posits money in the college bank and
Is given training by which he makes
or loses noney, according TO his
judgment intelligence or energy. In
this way his business defects can be
corrected.
In the banking and office depart
ment students keen real books and
fuse every modern device known 70
the world of business, such as
mimeograph. neosVle, etc. This is
like a complete. organized business
community, with banking houses,
freight and other establishments,
with their different officers. Pupils
transact business With one another
through their different banks, jobbing
houses etc. in their own names. just
as is done In the btsiness world, us
ing real check books, blanks, books
and forms as he or she will use after
graduation. Each student becomes
actively engaged IN business. paying
out money. enjoying freedom OF ac-
: tion and conducting his affairs strict
lily in accordance with commercial
4 law. Thus. a graduate from the in-
I, stitution has acquired such familiar.
= ity with business customs, business
/, laws and business requirements as q
fully qualify him for immediate re
spOnsibiiity.
In the commercial branches. per
sonal instruction Is given so that n,
a student is unjustiy retarded OF hur
N ried on with another A backwar,
q student suffers no embarrassment, an'
d an apt one no loss of time.
All standard typcwriters ar
taught.
Students may arrange for specia
o courses II they desire.
j, All graduates are placed in posi-
q tions.
" There is O night school for thos
q employed during tho day. who wis
e to take up a steuographic course.
l. POINTERS TO
HELP IDENTIFY