The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-07-29
EAST DoRsETs NEW SCHOOL
Young Men Being Trained for Com
mereial Secretaries Work Come
From all Over l.. ;.


From all Over 4. ;.
With knees projecting above the
tops Of the low desks in which they
sit. dozen young men are attending
the village school at East Dorset
These men come from all parts Of the
country. In school they talk and whis-
per; they arrive at 3 a. m. or five
minutes after without word from the
teacher, but there is no playing
"'hooky" in the ranks Of these students.
So this is quite an unusual school and
has caused a good deal Of attention
from the citizens Of East Dorset.
The event Is the summer training
school for commercial secretaries con-
Quoted by the American City Bureau
Of New York. Lucius f. Wilson, cam
paign director Of the bureau, is re-
sponsible for the school being held in
the heart of the Green Mountains, as
he has recently come to this beautiful
section to make his home.
Makers of History
Those that are in charge Of the
movement believe this little group Of
men are making history in the COM
mercial organization business Of the
United States. Old commercial organ
izations, which have existed for so
many years without any definite pur-
pose or program Of work, are rapidly
passing out Of existence or reorganiz-
ing along strictly business lines. The
American City Bureau has been a
pioneer in reorganizing chambers of
commerce and has reorganized more
than a score of such boards within the
past two years.
The purpose Of the present school
is to train young men that have Sc
lected this work as their life vocations
in the principles of chamber of COM
merce work, and to teach them some
of the methods of handling men and
developing civic spirit in cities.
OF Business Experience
The men that are going to school
again, many of them having their first
experience in a district school, are all
men of some business experience.
Some of them are secretaries of COM
mercial organizations and desire to
broaden their vision in regard TO the
work in which they are engaged. The
are receiving instructions
from Mr.. Wilson and his associates:
A. ]. Coleman of Elizabeth, N. j.. L.
r. Mabee and Alfred jenkins of De-
troit. Mich, w. H. Hart of Hazelton,
Pa. T. C. Fitzgibbons of Sharon, Pa,
T. ]. Saxton of Toledo, O., Walter X.
Sumner Of Glens Falls, n. y, j. b.
Debnam of Dover, N. j., l.. NJ. Walton
If Reading, PIT, NJ. B. Shouse OF
Nuskogee, Okla, and A. L. Oliger
# Emporia, Kan.
Prominent Educators
The following is a partial list OF '
sneakers that have consented to ad-
lress the school. All of those men
lave become more or less famous IN
hamber Of commerce work or in mat
ers closely allied to that:
Charles A. Beard, Ph. d., NJ. A.,
Professor of politics. Columbia Uni
,ersity, supervisor Of training school
or public service, bureau of municipal
New York. Robert S. Bin
erd, secretary The City Club, New
,ork. Henry Bruere, city chamber
ain, New York. Richard S. Childs, {
ecretary National Short Ballot Or =
anization, New York. Edward 7.
,evine. Ph. d., director New York
ehool of Philanthropy, New York. =
herrard Ewing, secretary chamber OF :,
ommerce. Reading, Pa. H. S. Gil 4
ertson, executive secretary National !
hort Ballot Organization, New York. u
Ienry Gaines Hawn, president The
avn School of Speech Arts, Carnegie a
all, New York. S. C. Mead, seere- u
.ry Merchants Association, New "a
ork: president National Association a
| Commercial Organization Secre- =
Iries. E. +. Pratt, Ph, d., chief bu- : :
.au OF foreign and domestic COM \
cree, Washington, ID. c. Alfred L. n
NTH, instructor in commerce, Amos a.
uck School Of Administration and Fl y y
,nce. Dartmouth College, Hanover, u
H. L. d. Epson, bureau Of muni- = :
nal research, Dayton, o. Richard d. VI
'atrous. secretary American Civic
ssociation, Washington, D. G. sam -
/ Wilson, secretary chamber Of COM y
erce. Johnstown, Pa. Addison l. :, =
inship, civic secretary The City /"
ub. Boston, Mass. Clinton Rogers =
oodruff, secretary National Municip- y I,
League. Philadelphia, Pa. !"
yermontcrs Give Advice y
]. b. Wilbur, retired capitalist OF i
anchestcr, gave the young men some !
,od advice Tuesday morning. James y
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