Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19
COMMERCIAL
DEPARTMENT
StriUiRg To Develop Eff
cient Office Workers.

There are three main Objectives
for commercial education in our
high school. A preparatory course
for higher education, to prepare
students for Americas greatest pro-
-Business-upon graduation
from high school, and to teach them
to do common things" uncommon
ly well. For this last objective we
are indebted to Mr.. John D. Rookie
feller, Jr., who when asked by boy
How do men succeed?" answered:
ut seems to me that success comes
to men because they learn to do
common things uncommonly WELL"
There are two instructors in this
department who teach shorthand,
(2-year course); typewriting 2
year course); bookkeeping Q-year
course).
There are so different individuals
enrolled in these subjects and a
daily class enrolment of one hun
dred and twenty-five pupils.
Both Junior and Senior short
hand are taught one hour each day.
The first years work is spent on
mastery of the manual theory, read
ing stories, letters and articles in
shorthand, and also attaining
speed of fifty words a minute for
transcription. The second years
work begins with a review of the
Junior years. work and gradually
works UP to the higher skills which
are developed from reading the
more advanced stories, taking speed
drills, writing model shorthand let
ters and transcribing shorthand
notes which were taken at the rate
of ninety words a minute. This re-
quirement must be met for gradu-
alton. e:.,
The first step taken up in type
writing is position both of the body
and hands and learning the parts of
the machine. Repeated drills are
given each day to learn the key
board which are typed from Ra-
tional Rhythm records. Music in
typing develops accuracy, even
touch and speed.
In the second year most all work |
is directed toward advanced speed |
and placement of various kinds of |
assignments on paper A net speed |
of forty-five words a minute is re-
quired for graduation.
The bookkeeping course includes !
a study of all business forms to be |
found in actual bookkeeping prac-
tice. During the year both single /
proprietorship and partnership |
practice sets are completed. Only |
work of the highest grade is ac-
cepted and a passing grade of 500
must be made before credit is given
for the years work.
The above paragraphs explain
our first and second objectives-pre-
pairing for higher education or train
ing for actual business work. The
third involves these things; a well
desk (Which is one evil
dence of a good secretary a neat
erasure in transcription, a set of
books free from unsightly ink blots,
a legibly written report and num-
erous other things might we'll be
termed common things" but in
many instances have been the rea-
son why one particular person was
to fill a position for which
here was long list of applicants.
When graduated from the COM
nercial course students are prepar-
ed to fill positions. AS the course
vas not organized until September,
1927, there have been but two grad
lating classes in which there were
commercial students; they number
I'd 25. A number of others took on
y typewriting or bookkeeping.
Of the 25 who took the complete
course nine furthered their educa-
ion at Business College, nine stay
ID at home or chose some other
and seven were employ
ID by the following business men or
irms after completing the high
chool commercial course: Milford
Erust Company, ]. H. Mulholland
company, Milford Board of Educa-
ion, c. D. Holzmueller, T. C. Col;
ins, L. D. Caulk Company, and the
state House at Dover.
Elizabeth Truitt '34
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