BUSINESS COLLEGE 



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BUSINESS COLLEGE 



HOW THE BUSHMEN LIVE 

 A native village in the "Bush." 



civilized people, leading a wandering life and 

 living by hunting. Cultivation of the land has 

 never appealed to them. They appear to be of 

 separate stock and are not in any way kin to 

 the milder Hottentots. Their skin is a dirty, 

 yellowish-white and their language harsh and 

 guttural, with many curious clicking sounds 

 somewhat similar to those in the Zulu tongues. 

 Their caves show some signs of art, being cov- 

 ered with carvings and rude drawings. They 

 still use poisoned weapons, which make them 

 greatly feared by the neighboring tribes. Their 

 numbers are steadily decreasing, and they have 

 in recent years shown an inclination to accept 

 a few of the advantages of civilization. Little 

 is known about their social affairs, except that 

 each family apparently constitutes a com- 

 munity unto itself. They are nominally sub- 

 ject to the laws of the Union of South Africa, 

 but are left to their own devices as long as 

 they do not indulge in robbery. 



BUSINESS, biz' ness, COLLEGE, a school 

 for the training of persons for commercial posi- 

 tions such as those of clerk, bookkeeper or 

 stenographer. The first business instruction of 

 any kind, so far as known, was given by Mr. 

 R. M. Bartlett of Philadelphia, who, in 1846, 

 began to give instruction to a few private 

 pupils in bookkeeping and other commercial 

 subjects. The business college was the out- 

 growth of his work, and by 1860 all leading 

 cities of the country had one or more of these 



commercial schools. Since that time their 

 number has greatly increased and commercial 

 departments have been established in many of 

 the public high schools. For a number of years 

 these schools gave only elementary instruction 

 in arithmetic, bookkeeping and penmanship, 

 and had no special text-books, but as they grew 

 in number and patronage a wider range of 

 subjects and special texts were provided. 



The growth of commerce and manufactures 

 and the extension of railways, steamship lines, 

 the telegraph and the telephone not only in- 

 creased the volume of business, but also made 

 commercial transactions much more complex 

 than formerly. From these conditions arose a 

 demand for a more extended business training 

 for youth, and to meet this demand the courses 

 of study in business colleges have been ex- 

 tended until now in the best schools they in- 

 clude commercial arithmetic; a thorough sys- 

 tem of accounting, including banking and com- 

 mission; shorthand and typewriting; commer- 

 cial law; at least one modern language, usually 

 German or Spanish; political economy, and 

 commercial geography. Many high schools 

 provide commercial courses of one to two 

 years. Schools of commerce having four-year 

 courses of college grade are maintained in many 

 universities and their number is constantly 

 increasing. Most of the other commercial 

 schools are conducted as private enterprises. 



Nearly every city of 5,000 people and up- 



