The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-05
Business Courses Are Taught
in High School,
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.TYPEWRITING is POPULAR
Eo
Students Equip VhemseIyes
for Practical Work.
By>Aletha Barr Taft.

siton the moment they were graduated
At that those pupils were very rare and
far between for not until dire necessity
forced action was girl to think OF
such plcbean a thing for her as business.
Boys Waited.
The boys who were to 60 into bust
ness waited until after finishing school
to prepare themselves and went into an
office to learn through dear experience
the business" whether bookkeeping or
banking or whatnot. Many were the
boys-and what is even more regret
able--the girls, who, needing the bust
ness education, had to give up school
and take business course" In all
these cases the change was very marked
and the new environment much out Of
the ken of those friends remaining "in
school" They instantly were in dif-
ferent sphercs--unfortunately.
1t is different now to Judge by the
busy rooms in the department Of conf
merce in the high school, where be.
tween seven and eight hundred boys and
girls are sandwiching in between the
various classical studies, those Of prac-
teal advantage. Who can say that the
one does not react favorably on the
other and the other on the one'
Equally Divided.
To 20 into the classes. one is in
stantly struck by the fact that the sexes
are about equally divided. The girls
seem to he healthy. happy, normal girls
not masculine creatures, seeking to
create a third sex. Just young girls,
simply dressed. with the occasional dis
sipation Of a bright hair ribbon. And
all are seemingly intensely interested
in the work.
The department. is divided into two
special divisions, for those desiring a
full course; that Of bookkeeping, with
its correlative subjects. banking COM
mercial law, and commercial arithme-
tic: and that OF shorthand. with type
writing. and busine" English as its
correlations. Penmanship and spell
ing are included in both Aside from
these two. the commercial course in
cludes what is known as Office prac.
tice, Spanish and commercial geog
raphy. II is the intention to add in
dustrial history il possible. next year
There are two-year and four yea
courses. The former is for the bene
iii OF the student limited in time ant
resources. The latter is. OF course
the more substantial. t...
II Work Practical
II The work is made most practical
In bookkeeping, the pupil handles al
the various kinds OF incoming and out
going papers he will meet in business
In the practical office work he meet
with the conditions which exist in |
\ business house and becomes acquainted
with the different office apparatus.
l Partnership, corporation, higher &C
cauntancy and banking is embraced
Neatness. accuracy and self-relianee i
the motto.
In the shorthand department tn
work is given in one year. this beinl
made possible BY intensive work will
double periods. Dictation is given iron
the first. The rate Of seventy-fiv'
words a minute is aimed for. The stu
dent trains for alertness. accuracy, ex
ecution and analysis and word con
struction.
Test In May.
An impetus to good work is tn
honor board on which is posted tn
best specimen, And also alack, tn
board works the other way round, to'
the worst are posted also. The Ora
ham Publishing company has offere'
a handsome certificate to the pupil
passing a proficiency test in short
hand, which is to be held in May.
l The final requirements are 100 word
a minute. this. with the correct tran
script, 500 words Of straight matter
1 $50 words in business letter and q
words of transcript. The Graham
Publishing company has Offered I
handsome certificate to the student
! passing q proficiency test in short
, hand, which also will be held in Ma,
- In typewritng the same proficienc
\ is aimed for. The student uses III
touch system with the blAnk keyboar
and shield. lie must pass test Q
fifty words a minute with not MOT
tnan ten errOIs lWs ucVartUteW
equipped with thirty machines, all bus,
/ rypewriting Popular.
i Typewriting Is the most popular.
can be taken without shorthand, Will
shorthand cannot be taken without. !
l The practical Uses Of the typewrits
are many, even for the lavman. M
LA z. Mushrush. head Of the eommei
cial department, thinks that shorthan
can be taught just a. easily IN n
eighth grade as In the high schoo
Also that s,enotyping Is becoming rnos
popular with experience and Is vel
apt to be introduced In school mel
year, a. Il saves time, writing j
words a minute compared to $50 vii
the other.
i A practical feature Of the work Is Il
hank, established in one Of the room
where each pupil takes his turn at =
Bookkeeping, at the teller's window, u
collections and so on, rotating fro
student 10 student until the class rc
has accomplished sll the york. tn
bank may be discontinued 70 provi'
for q higher accounting office VIE
the students handle the cost" set
which each manufacturer keeps tab {
the rornolete cost of an article fro