The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1916-08-17
BUSINESS COLLEGE DEPARTMENT
POSITIONS GUARANTEED ALL GRADUATES.
REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION RAISED


The institution that renders the greatest service to the
section of country which is located is one that sue
cessuy educates the youth of that locality for the work
in which that section is specializing.
This East Tennessee section is becoming a manuIac-
+rno center rapidly possible The day is not lar
off when this whole section will be an urban CENTER ana
manufacturing and intensive farming VIII De the cllel
The MaryvIe Polytechnic School always has been
interested the education Of our own boys and girls Tor
usefulness in their section There may nave peen
time when the West offered better opportunities TO the
have also about doubled and the Maryyle Po!ytecnlc
youth than this section but II such was e case II Is past
now No other section has bright future before 1t as
East Tennessee and the youths who leave East tennessee
today may expect to be somewhat like the FFodlgal
They will return and find the boys and girls who remad
at home and secured education enjoying life filing u-
cratve positions, and rendering valuable service as c
zens; while they who have away will have to start
at the bottom and work Instead OF nearing go west
and Grow up with the Country East Tennessee ought to
have as her slogan Stay at Home, BE Useful Citizens
There is greater demand for COMPETENT book
keepers and stenographers than before This de
partment has ten calls today for office help where i've
years ago it had The salaries offered are almost
double those offered live years ago. OUT the requirements
This School is not in the GREEN GOODS BUSINESS
nor does it advocate the GET RICH QUICK scheme con-
sequenty always have been and always expect to be
honest in our advertising well in other things There
is no such thing fifteen hundred ($l500) dollar sal
airy for three hundred dollar bookkeeper or senogTaph
err not bit than there is three hundred dollar
price for thirty dollar mule. Business today managed
by experts who pay their employees according to their
ability The Commercial Department OF TINS school has
some graduates who are getting about twenty-five hundred
(S25O0) dollars year, and they worth It, 1t also has
some graduates who getting about three hundred
$4,000 year, and they getting just about all they are
worth.
Because student has had his training in parc1
uar school does always insure his in the bust
ness world The personality and characteristics OF the
Individual well his knowledge OF the subjects, deter
mine his The Business World is demanding oce
help that is honest honorable gentee prompt accurate
skilled courteous and pansakng The school should do
all in its power to develop all OF these qualities, but some
of them inherited characteristics and readily
developed in some individuals than in others.
No one should attempt to specialize in the Commercial
branches until he has had at least two years or high
school training and is willing to spend full school year
in studying bookkeeping, shorthand typeTrng comm@J
cal law, business English, including letter writing spe*
= puilttuaH1h, etf ana business arithmetic.
The youth who is looking for something easy and
after spending three months school expects to step into
a position that pays large salary for small amount OF
work. should by undertake office work But the
youth has had at least two years high school or col
ege preparatory training and desires to prepare himself
successful bo0kkeeper and stenOgrapher and is will
ing work MONTHS If necessary to obtain this pre-
paratiOn will be guaranteed position on graduation from
this department soon thereafter IL Tor any reason
this school does not him the offer OF position with
in five weeks after graduation it agrees to refund to him
her ten $4,000 dollars provided the student took
both the Commercial and Stenographic Courses. :
Principal Henry will have direct oversight of this de-
partment and will spend all OF his time during school
hours in this department except two and half hours
day. when it will be in charge of another instructor.
The tuition charged for the completion of the full
Commercial Course including bookkeeping text and sup
plies is $4,000
The tuition charged for the completion of the full
Stenographic Course including textbook is $4,000.