The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-02-09
Secretarial Help Available for
Business Men From List
of Spring Graduates.

CThis is the seventh in a series OF
articles on the activities Of school dis
trict No. I'D
Ely business men who are IN the
market for competent stenegraphers or
bookkeepers need look no further than
the Commerce department OF the Ely
Junior College. The department, created
two years ago, will graduate Its first
group of students this spring.
Trained in the art of using machines,
from typewriters to calculators. and
proficient in methods Of filing and
office practice, accounting, business cor
respondence, shorthand, and other sub
jects Necessary in their work, secre-
tarial students receive all the training
that a good business college would give
them and besides have the advantage Of
acquiring their education amid cultural
surroundings offered by college life.
Members of the pre- business section
of the commerce department have also
received the education necessary for adj
mittance to colleges Of higher learning
if they care to continue their studies
for degree.
Started in 1887, the department now
has rs students from the total college
enrolment of 1T taking some form of
business training. q
Many students enrolled in pre-engin-
eering and other work are taking some
courses in the commerce department
realizing its importance and applica-
ton to everyday living.
Here are some subjects that are in
Guided in the pre-businsss or secre-
tarial courses:
Observation-Disclosures economic history
of Europe and its effect upon our pro-
duction process, production Of and dis
tribution of goods, etc.
Money and Banking -Basie principles
Of money and functions of the various.
types of financial institutions. Is
Elements of accounting and principles
of accounting.
MachineS-Practice on adding ma.
chimes, calculators, and duplicating ma.
chimes, such as mimeograph, ditto. and,
D.
wide variety of machines with which
the students may work. The scaiculat-
ing machines are mathematical wizards
that add, subtract, multiply and divide.
Filing and office practtce-Pr Principles
Of filing, including the alpflabetic, num-
eric, etc.; and use and application of
forms, such as shipping documents.
orders, acceptances, requisitions,S and
others. 81.
Business correspondence.
Elements of statistics-Elementary
concepts in statistical method. averages.
ratios errors, sampling, index numbers.
graphic representation, etc.
Shorthand and tipping
subjects. Students must have had eie-
mentary training in high school or take
this work without credit. =
Besides the above subjects there are
courses in mathematics, history, public
speaking, rhetoric, American govern
ment, and others.
For his freshman year the pre-
business student has a curriculum like
this: Economics, rhetoric, modern world
history and sociology, natural science
or mathematics, money and banking,
and the ever-present physical education.
Strong bodies and good minds go hand
in hand. During his second year he
takes advanced work in economics,
elements of accounting, psychology.
American government, elements Of stat
istics, and public speaking. He also has
a number of electives from which to
choose.
Secretarial course enrollees during
their first year must study rhetoric,
economies, public speaking, modern
world history, elements of accounting.
sociology, and for their sophomore year,
principles of economics, machines,
shorthand, typewriting, business cores
pondence, filing and office practice,
PHYSIOLOGY. They also may choose