Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-11-26

Of Education Gives Out Some Inter-
esting information.
More than 100000 young men and
women are seeking special training for
foreign trade and general business
careers In public and private schools
and colleges throughout the United
States. according to reports to the
federal bureau of education.
Preparation for business life through
carefully prepared courses of study In
educational institutions specializing
in the work is appealing more each
year TO individuals who hope 10 achieve
lasting success. according To officials
of the federal bureau The number
who attend business schools and col
leges is increasing nj the rate of %
900 students year
Training for Business.
Colleges and schools in all parts Of
the country are extending their courses
to be of greater service in preparation
of students for business life Bankers.
manufacturers and men whose impor-
lance Is large In business circles are
lending their assistance to the federn!
government and To individual institu-
lions To make the courses more prac-
teal
Training In business Is being given In
two.thirdS of the state colleges and
universities. according To the reports
To the bureau of education These
state institutions are those which have
established special schools giving train
Ing exclusively In industrial and husi.
ness pursuits. The number of such
special schools Is increasing each year
With the facilities already in exist
ence II now Is possible for Il youn.
man or woman to specialize In bust
ness training Immediately after leav-
ing the eighth grade and TO continue
the work through college. That
amounts TO eight years Of specialized
training for commercial and manufaC
turing pursuits and is equal To that ac.
corded In the professions like medicine
and law.
Foreign trade offers unusual oppor
tnnlties for success in all lis phases
during the next five or six years in the
foreign trade field. il is believed The
United States. with its enormous war
horn merchant marine. is on the road
To becoming the worlds greatest mari
iinic nation.
In Public Schools
al git-t.
~ state universities are giving special
courses tn industrial ana commercial
subjects \ very large majority Of them
4r- oraaniIcd e. teach no other branch
OF work. Their enrolment is about
ioo.oGU according 10 reports a. tie hu.
rcau Of education. Another group u
100000 students is at work in private
>ch"ois and Institutions. while the
number attending business schupIS
maintained by corporations and re-
ligious organizations IS about iooWD.
Colleges Offering advanced business
courses have an enrolment t"tallmg
iO0eO The enrolment is increasing
each month.
Elementary courses are offered by
public schools. Through business high
schools students who cannot attend
college ARE offered the opportunity
to go to work We'll equipped. by means
Of the schools maintained by private
individuals and by III: concerns these
same students can continue their
studies AZ night and win advancement
while gaining nj first hand knowledge
of conditions In the business world.
Nine Thousand in One College.
Colleges Offering training IN account
ancy and factory administration are
attracting thousands of students In
New York. Philadelphia and Boston.
one New York institution now has
nearly 1880 students enrolled In bust
ness courses another has 3,OD1 and
THIRD 1000.
The growth Of the school specializ-
ing IN business trimming Is shown by
the fact that five years age the mum
BIER Of students taking such subjects In
colleges did not exceed 10000. Nnw
three colleges In New York alone have
an enrolment Of more than that mum
her.
The total If all students attending
universities giving business courses
has increased 900 per cent In five
years, i is pointed out.
Dr. a. :. Swiggert OF the bureau of
education is chairman Of committee
II fifteen to win cooperation Of prac-
teal business men in encouraging eN-
tension of business training. Men of
large affairs In all sections Of the Uni
ted States are enrolled ms an advisory
committees ot l0O.
Use Spseia Course.
The committee devised for students
of foreign trade special course nov
being used in several large colleges.
This course would require ten years
- complete for the student beginning
Il just after leaving the grade schools
II Includes special training in Ian