Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-05-21

DAY At pubs.
Business Training Section
of Great Institution
Thrown Open to General
Public for Exhibition
Purposes

Talk about exhibits The business
department of the Phoenix Union High
school knows how to do it, as was
proven by the exhibit there yesterday
afternoon c. L. Michael, head of the
department.. states that the Io:ih under
I'm is dedicated to the proposition that
there is no other business school in the
United States that will give a student
as good preparation in bushes branch
es as the local high school, and he
says the cold facts prove it.
A very large number of friends of
the school and others interested in the
work, filled the three spacious rooms
of the department and enjoyed not
only the exhibit but refreshments serv-
ed by the young ladies. The rooms
We've decorated very artistically with
the work of the 225 business students.
In the typeWriting room, Hess Sea-
man sat among 33 machines and rat
tied his blind key Underwood at an
amazing rate, and to the evident in
struction and entertainment of the
large number of observers He and
Tucker Pinney, a close second, are do
ing things in the typewriting line.
Tucker sat down and reeled off en-
velopes at the rate of So in ten min
utes, taking the addresses from a regu-
lar mailing list. Hess declares that
he is going to overhaul the worlds
record and that, too in the very near
future. The worlds record for new
matter stands "a SO words per minute,
made in 1912. The two years previous
10 that it stood at 81 and the year be-
fore that at 50. Hess recently made
Sc on the same material used in the
championship contests. The all Chica-
go championship stands at only a.
Here is championship class and only
two more words per minute to go to
| make it. This is wonderful record
| for high school student
| Not only is the department produc-
! ing champions but is producing the
| highest grade of average students in
| the country The best record of the
| Canadian school championship of this
year, held in Toronto, was "a The
| Phoenix high school has thirteen stu
dents that have made better records
| than that, ranging all the way from
| "A to Sc. All the other work is of the
| same high order. All the way from
| one to three gold medals are held by
| each of the following students-Hess
| Seaman, Tucker Pinney, Josephine
| Coyle, Edward Raley, Clyde Bristol
| Thirty-one Underwood and Remington
pennants are held by other students
| for proficiency on these machines
In the stenography room were
number of students taking rapid die
tation from monographs. Here, also
is evident the high order of work done
| under Mr.. Michael The Gregg Writ
err" the official magazine of all Gregg
| stenographers. recently held an all
| United States contest to be judged not
| only on correctness and speed, but
| also on excellence in theory beauty
| and artiSticness. Phoenix union high
school took second place, only being
surpassed very slightly by the Bloom
ington high school of Bloomington. Ill
| Here again Tucker Pinney excells. hav-
ing record of 126 words per minute
| Also the whole class work is very high
| Thirty-four students hold Gregg certi-
| ficates of proficiency
| In the room adjoining these the
walls, blackboards and tables were
covered with sample sheets of book
keeping and penmanship work. The
same high order predominating here as
in the other branches
| The citizens of Phoenix are proud
of the business department of their
| high school. 1t offers the young peo-
pie the very best training to be had
| 1t is equipped to the minute with the
| best appliances. In Mr.. Michael. Mrs
| Jay and Mr.. Fulton, it has as good
| teachers as are to be had anywhere
| To their efficient service is due the
praise of placing the Phoenix high
| school business department at the
head Of the list over schools many
| times larger and situated in the larg-
er cities of the country