Commercial Education: A Report on the Commercial Education Subsection of the Second Pan American Scientific Congress, December, 1915-January, 1916, Issues 24-32U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 - 96 pages |
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... figure accurately and rapidly , and ( 3 ) a thorough knowledge of geography both of our own country and of the world at large . Through the cooperation of business men , it may be possible for the edu- cators of the country to impress ...
... figure accurately and rapidly , and ( 3 ) a thorough knowledge of geography both of our own country and of the world at large . Through the cooperation of business men , it may be possible for the edu- cators of the country to impress ...
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... figures express quite definitely the demand for commercial education in the United States . They do not clearly measure the extent to which occupations of a commercial character finally require or absorb all these young people ; but ...
... figures express quite definitely the demand for commercial education in the United States . They do not clearly measure the extent to which occupations of a commercial character finally require or absorb all these young people ; but ...
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... figures show very clearly that commercial education is in demand very nearly in proportion to the business activity of the several sections . The aim of the private school is largely confined to the lower ranges of commercial work . The ...
... figures show very clearly that commercial education is in demand very nearly in proportion to the business activity of the several sections . The aim of the private school is largely confined to the lower ranges of commercial work . The ...
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... figures are given to show that the office school is a profitable investment . In order to economize effort and expense , the National Commercial Gas Association is standardizing commercial courses for the men in the gas business . The ...
... figures are given to show that the office school is a profitable investment . In order to economize effort and expense , the National Commercial Gas Association is standardizing commercial courses for the men in the gas business . The ...
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... figures should allay the apprehension of those citizens who have believed that Washington is unduly extravagant in its support of higher education . The increased demands in the budgets of the different institutions correspond in the ...
... figures should allay the apprehension of those citizens who have believed that Washington is unduly extravagant in its support of higher education . The increased demands in the budgets of the different institutions correspond in the ...
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Page 38 - That in order to aid in acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to promote scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science...
Page 82 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts...
Page 83 - That cooperative agricultural extension work shall consist of the giving of instruction and practical demonstrations in agriculture and home economics to persons not attending or resident in said colleges in the several communities, and imparting to such persons information on said subjects through field demonstrations, publications, and otherwise ; and this work shall be carried on in such manner as may be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of Agriculture and the State agricultural college or...
Page 39 - No portion of said fund nor the interest thereon, shall be applied directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings.
Page 179 - ... for the establishment and maintenance of a system of public schools which shall be open to all children of the state of North Dakota and free from sectarian control.
Page 38 - Territory shall be twenty-five thousand dollars, to be applied only to instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life, and to the facilities for such instruction...
Page 60 - ... reports; corporation finance; accountancy of investments ; and cost accounting. BUSINESS LAW. By WABD W. PIERSON. An Investigation recently completed by the business law department of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania...
Page 82 - ... the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner, as the legislatures of the states may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.
Page 83 - AN ACT To establish agricultural experiment stations In connection with the colleges established In the several States under the provisions of an act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the acts supplementary thereto...
Page 83 - That in order to aid in diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture and home economics, and to encourage the application of the same...