Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-26
COMMITTEE IS NOW
At WORK ON PLANS
FOR j. P. BRANCH
Enrolment of One Hundred Stu.
dents Necessary For For
nation of Class

Graduates of the University of
Pennsylvania met at the Harrisburg
Club last evening to discuss the ad-
visibility of establishing a class of the
Wharton School of Finance for the
burg. An executive committee was
appointed by Thomas l.. Montgomery
with power to act. and directed at
once to devise ways and means nee
essary to procure the establishment of
branch of the Extension School of
the University. A letter was pre-
pared and signed by the proper Of
ficers OF the association and sent to
the University provost, urging him to
open the school here this Fall. and
thereby provide for the young men
and women of Harrisburg who desire
to obtain a University business train
ing the same facilities which are now
provided by the University in Wilkes
Barre and Scranton.
The committee members appointed
are w. NJ. Donaldson, Spencer c. Gill
bert, Bishop James H. Darlington,
Vance c. Mccormick, G.. F. Watt, j..
V. w. Reynders, w. T. Hildrup, Dr.
Hiram MCGOWAN, the Rev. Lewis s.
Nudge, John e. Fox, r. F. Burns. D.
e. Tracy. Paul Johnston, j. Horace
McAllister.
Need 100 Students
An enrolment of 100 students will
be necessary for the formation of the
class. The classes in Wilkes-Barre
and Scranton have each about 200
students The total cost per year for
tuition is $50, or one-third the price
of the tuition in the regular college
course. Four evenings a week are
given to instruction by the faculty of
the Wharton School.
When seen this morning Mr.. Mont
gomery said that the school would be
opened in Harrisburg this Fall pro-
vided that the enrolment of 100 stu
dents was assured. Reading through
it's Chamber of Commerce has al
ready met the University's conditions
and guaranteed the required number
of students.
A number of progressive business
men here have already offered to be
members OF a group of Ruarantors.
Others have offered to provide schol-
arships for such of their employees as
may meet certain requirements. These
guarantors are to meet at the call OF
Mr.. Montgomery as soon as a suffi-
cient number of scholarships have
been assured.
Professor Raine, of the University,
one of the teachers in the extension
school. when asked as to the subject
matter of the course offered, explained
as follows: The courses offered in the
extension school are included among
the courses which are given in the
Wharton School. Among others are
the following: A three-year course
in accounting; three-year course in
business law; three-year course in
financial subjects, such as banking,
corporation finance, together with
various other courses such as adVer-
tising selling, real estate, insurance.
business English, etc. The teaching
is not theoretical but practical. For
example, a few of the subjects with
which the accounting course deals are
principles of cost keeping, direct and
overhead cost, accounting for labor
and material, preparation of esti-
mates, etc.
Train Men For Business
The instruction is so planned as to
train men for business IN the same
manner as men are trained to become
physicians and lawyers. The work is
conducted by a teaching staff COM
posed of two groups. Members of the
faculty.. who give the same course In
the day and evening departments of
the Wharton School in Philadelphia,
and successful businessmen who are
secured for special work in subjects
on which they are able to speak with
authority.
The entrance requirements are the
same as those for entrance in the two
year special course of the Wharton
school. viz, if under 81 years of age,
three years of high school education
or its equivalent; If over Il years or
age. sufficient business experience to
warrant the faculty in accepting the
applicant as a student. On the COM
pletion of the course certificate is
awarded.
The class of students who have at
tended the evening school in Phila-
delphia ranges from that OF book
keener to president of corporation.
The average age is about 33 years. In
some classes there are men as old as
65 and in others as young as 10.