The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
COMMERCE SCHOOL OPENS OCTOBER 1
L. C. Darlington, the Director, Is In the City---Courses
 In Foreign Trade

l The Birmingham School of Commerce. 1 which is intendeI to prepare young men for taking a part in the growing export
 trade that is developing between Biz | mingham and other countries, especially
 South America, will open in the Cham
 Der of Commerce on October l.
 l.. c. Darlington of Washington, who will be director of the school has had experience in the department of coni-
 merce and has had occasion to thor
 ouehly famliarize himself with export l trade conditions.
 | MT. Darlington has arrived in the city
 and will be at the Chamber of Conl-
 merce from now on from 10 a. m. to l p. m. and from to p. m. for the re-
 oeption of students and for conference l with manufacturers and others inter- ested in the export trade and having employees prepared for their part in this business.
 The school of commerce was conceived by the authorities of Howard College land will be under it's auspices and gea- eral direction. The Chamber of Com
 merce is cordially backing the school and lending all aid in it's scope. General
 Manager Bum has assured the manage ment of the school that as much space as is required will be arranged in the
 chamber quarters.
 The school is to be conducted four eve
 nings each week, the hours being from IT until 9:30 o'clock. The classes are to
 be held in the evening that young
 meIr-and women already employed may
 have the advantages of them, it being
 presumed that those who are already
 employed by corporations doing an ex- i, port business will be especially inter-
 ested and desrous of qualifying thcm- selves to hold responsible and well-pay ing positions.
 The school will be divided into towo semesters of fifteen weeks. each. The general outline of study for the first semester is as follows:
 COURSE OF STUDY i. Monday-Commercal Spanish. docu
 ment technique, staple commodities Of world trade
 | Tuesday--Commercia Spanish, ports and terminal facilities, sales practices | Wednesday-Not filled. This evening | will probably be devoted to lectures on export trade by Birmingham heads of industries who have engaged in export
 business and are now exporting con,- | modities.
 | hursday-Commercia Spanish. docu-
 ment technique, staple commodities Of l world trade
 | Friday-C Commercial spanish, foreign l correspondence, sales practices. | The Spanish that will be taught in this | school will be commercial Spanish such Il as is actually spoken by l-atin-Ameri-
 cans today and such as is actually used J in business correspondence, newspapers and the like.
 II The charges are to be very moderat, II and will be payable in installments. It H is understood that $50 will pay for the II entire course of thirty weeks. II ESTABLISH SCHOLARSHIPS H Several scholarships are to he estan- HI lished. The Chamber of Commerce has III spoken for the first scholarship and au- III thorized MT. Darlington to announce the III same It is believed that concerns en- M <aged in the export business will be glad III to establish number of scholarships. III Those who take this course and make III good at it will not have to eonfine them' III selves to Birmingham for employment in H good positions. There is steady de III mand in New York and all the great H banking, industrial and commercial cen III ters for young men and young women . who have qualified themselves for post \ tions having to do with the export trade especially with South and Centra | America apd Cuba. The greatly increas ing export trade that this district is de Il velopng will necessarily care for large Il number of the qualified.
 Birmingham steel products of one kinH and anotlfer are already being shipped ii II larger and larger quantities. Men whf are qualified to care for the interests ol | Birmingham firms in South America and Cuba will be bid for more and more as time goes on
 pr. C. B. Villains. president Q Howard College. believes he has met [ real necessity by estab-~~ig tnf school of commerce. It begins with tht | double backing of that institution anf the Chamber of Commerce and with 2 II thoroughly competent man in charge.