The Washington times., 1921-09-18
COLLEG|AN GAN
USE BUSINESS /.
LORE At START
w. g. Poteet Says Knowledge
OF Typewriting and Book
keeping Aids Anyone. I
BY w. G. POTEET.
Washington Business College

There seems TO be no end to the
far-reaching power OF the thorough.
systematic modern business educa-
ton. It gives the student a complete
understanding of business opportuni-
ties and fundamentals that stays with
him and forms the foundation Of his
future success. .., ..f
II has been said by a great many
Of our most prominent men In all
professions that the business college
training they took when they started
their work was the means OF aiding
them IN procuring enough money to-
enable them to acquire more educa.
ton in the profession which they
chose for their life's work. 's'a
II IL true that young man does
not always know what profession he,
acquired a knowledge Of shorthand,
typewriting. bookkeeping. or account.
Ing he has an opportunity to study
the different fields Of endeavor to see
which one he prefers to spend the
rest OF his years in.
Education Perfected. Il
Business college education has been
perfected to q sound and definite
basis. The young man or woman who
expects to succeed in life must have
q good knowledge OF the fundamen-
tails. systems and methods Of business.
The average alert, Woodworking young
person who has q reasonable amount
OF common sense and fair
general education viii succeed. We
say these things because in our TWEEN.
ty years experience we have seen very
many young people succeed-young
people who before coming to US were
not wanted anywhere except in posi-.
lions requiring muscle alone. We say
It also because. we have seen boys and
girls with no business training ex-
cept that secured in q business col
lege rise to positions Of prominence
and responsibility.
We believe that the doctor. the law
year, the minister. or any other profess |
sionai man, would be more successful |
II he were to have q knowledge of &C |
counts and the short methods Of doing |
business.
Shorthand an Advantage.
/ Az q foundation for the business |
career, q person who understands |
shorthand and typewrfting has q
great advantage over the person who
does not know II, simply because he |
can do many, things on the type
writer that must be done when he has |
no one to do the work and II looks |
much heater than II he were to do
II with the pen. Our professional men
an q rule have sadly neglected their
thinking that good writ
ing Is hereditary and that It II not
necessary to write well. |ar
Our late war has shown the ne
cessityof doing some Of the practical
things of life. II It had not been for
all our !. stenosraphers. boolkkeepers |.
and accountants, clerks with q knowl-t
edge Of the various forms and office
surely the work Of our
as well - Of the individ-
uals, would not have gone on SO
under the great pressure
and rush that was thrust upon us.
Those persons who did not have any
Of business were at great
and today In our Govern
ment departments those with Just q
Of business methods won
der why they are not being retained
in their positions, whereas they should
realize that II they were good stenog-
aphers, bookkeepers. or accountants,
their future would be assured.