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susiness training, can the pupil be fitted in any true sense to receive the 
business inheritance that awaits him. 
In addition to the studies of commercial ethics, bookkeeping, arith- 
metic, penmanship, commercial law, correspondence, orthography, stenog- 
raphy, typewriting, etc., a thorough training in political economy and 
civil government should be given in every business college, and, :f 
possible, instruction in commercial geography and commercial history; 
shus preseribing a course of study requiring from one to two years to 
complete. I understand that some business colleges are working in this 
Jirection already, and are not only meeting with great success, but are 
dignifying and elevating business education. All that is required is for a 
number of the more prominent colleges to take the lead in these matters, 
and others will of necessity follow. 
The public expect the business college graduates to perform a leading 
part in the drama of life, and they will not be disappointed. TReinforce- 
ments are needed in the ranks of those struggling for the elevation of 
-he human race, whether in society, business, or politics, and the quota from 
the business college will be equal to the task. Tt will send out well-trained 
young men and women tor the real work of life; will send out those 
who have the power to apply their knowledge, not merely those who 
possess an array of facts, and no ability with which to make use of 
mowledge. But they will grandly meet the demands made upon them 
n all departments of business life. 
STENOGRAPHY AND TYPEWRITING AS BRANCHES OF 
BUSINESS EDUCATION. 
ABSTRACT OF A PAPER BY ISAAC S. DEMENT. CHICAGO, ILL. 
We have but to glance into the office of any business concern, whose 
ransactions are of any particular moment, to find one prooi that these 
sranches of learning are of value. Not only are they of value, but their 
special value lies in the assistance which they furnish the progressive and 
hurried business man. 
There is, perhaps, no study which so trains the mind to a clear percep- 
jon and a quick analysis as shorthand. Typewriting, too, cultivates 
‘hese habits of mind, and the other important ones of a full knowledge of 
sur language and its presentation in properly constructed periods and 
paragraphs. Both studies, when properly taught, lead the student to 
habits of neatness in handwriting and typewriting. 
To go more into detail. The committing of principles and word signs 
necessarily leads to meditation ; while the necessity of quickly reducing to 
shorthand the rapid utterances of speakers, the raging conflicts between