Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-12
SHORTHAND is The GREATEST KNOWN AID
TO BUSINESS SUCCESS, SAYS |. W. ARNOLD,
OF the SOUTHERN BUSINESS UNIVERSITY
Prominent Business and
Professional. Men Ascribe
Their Success to the
knowledge of Shorthand
as the Entering Wedge"

Young man, young woman, learn the
art OF Shorthand writing, for ii is the
greatest aid to Business Success" saws
l. W, Arnold, Vice President of the
southern shorthand and Business Uni
versity, Of this city
There are fifteen hundred shorthand
writer's In Atlanta alone, whose compen
satlon totals over one hundred thousa nd
collars per month, or more than a mill
non dollars year,
"Four-ffths of all the business men.
oanakers, lawyers doctors, preachers
ana statesmen in Atlanta began their
ersl
is there any wonder then that a
Business Education Is of such para
lutely Indispensable to all who desire
TO enter the business world?'
Five Positions Open In One Hour,
rive applications from leading bust
ness firms for stenographers were made
within one hour yesterday to the South
ern shorthand and Business University
one typewriter company alone in At
lanta has placed five hundred of the
Southern's students in positions. to saw
nothing. of the hundreds of others
MES.
Nine stenographers With One Firm.
one large concern in the Gambler
Building has just employed another ste
nographer from the Southern, making
nine altogether from this school that
are now engaged as stenographers by
that firm alone.
In almost every office, business firm
and bank Of any prominence in the city
of Atlanta will be found from one to a
dozen stenographers who. were trained
IN their profession by the Southern
Business College. These will soon pass
up into higher positions, and eventual
ly become members of such firms
Can you write. Shorthand? Where
were you taught?''
These are about the first two ques-
tons that business men of this city pro-
pound to applicants for positions now
adays
Business Course Necessary.
I received my diploma from liter
airy college. but, after seeking employ
ment in vain for over three months,
find that l will have to learn Shorthand
or Bookkeeping before I can secure a
desirable position" said a young man
TO the managers Of the Southern Bust
ness College
With this valuable acquisition as an
asset. the young mans or young wom-
ans success as a bread winner and a
fortune builder is assured
Has Risen to Sc, 900 Year.
Mr.. Lucius Lamar, descendant Of
one of Georgia's most noted aristocratic
families learned the art of Shorthand
al the Southern Business College; used
1t for a while as a stepping stone. and
now he is an able lawyer. holding a
Government position in Porto Rico pay
ing $4,000 a year.
Now a Prominent New Yorker.
Mr.. Joe johnson, now New York's
Fire Commissioner, a very exalted and
lucrative position, began his business
career as a shorthand writer, having
learned stenography under Professor
Briscoe, President of the Southern
Shorthand and Business University, and
author Of "Briscoe's Chart to Graham
Pitmanic Shorthand" that little AZ pa ge
book which has made more high-class
stenographers than has any other trea-
tise on shorthand published in this part
of the country.