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“Education >a titr Cheap Defense of Nations.” 
EABTMAN ? 8 
State and National Business College, 
POUGHKEEPSIE 5 N. Y.. 
On the Huilxon /liver. 
A MODEL COMMERCIAL COLLEGE 
The Most Practical Institution of the Age, 
founded on the great motto of agesilaus, 
king OF SPARTA, “ TEACH TOUR HOTS 
THAT WHICH THEY WILL PRACTICE 
WHEN THEY BECOME MEN.” 
The Riglit Kind of Education for 
/Pitting? them in the he.el manner, in the ehorttnl 
poeeiitle time, anti at the tenet e.rpenee, to 
ineure eurceen in the Jtuetneee tiutiee 
and Entploi/inenle of /. tt'e. 
FOUR HUNDRED IN REGULAR ATTENDANCE 
From the different State.*, Canada, Cuba, South America, 
and Great Britain. 
Course of Instruction and Plan of Operation, 
Prosperity of the InMJtntlon an Eminent sucoc** of 
the Novel, Original, and Pre-eminent mode of 
Instruction, combining 
THEORY ./-AVI V/UICT/CE. 
,w ashiwo tv 
CONDUCTED ON THE LONDON "CORN EXCHANGE 
PRINCIPLE. 
GIVING THE ENGLISH BRANCHES 
Tho attention their importance demands. 
U.vtt’ LCH.Iilll MILL MM .O' rtr 
Superiority of this System 
Over all other* jut for the correct find rapid 
acquisition of IIiimIiicm KuUvs LliWtS 
<'uh(4iuih and Opcrutlonn. 
KASTMAN'S IV AS. I'FONAL HTJSINKSS CO 1,1. ICO 1C, l’OLTO-HTvICJCl’SI IC 
A 0 Tl.' A I, BUSINESS BUILDING, WASHINGTON STUB E T, 
FITTED WITH OFFICES AND ESTABLISHMENTS OF VAltlOUS KINDS, KXOMTHI VKt.Y FOR ACTUAL BUSINESS FURPOSBS IN CARRYING OUT T1IK NOVEL ORII 
INSTRUCTION, COMBINING THEORY AND PRACTICE. CONNECTED WITH THE THEORY BUILDING ON VASSAR ST.. BY KKlilH.AU TVi.urm a .... 
has received the bODOlits Of vour Institution, 1 at. thn same 
time cheerfully recommend it* superior advantages and 
vour practical mode Of instruction to those who have nuns 
to educate. J. BOWNIC, Mayor of Poughkeeptuo. 
Letter from tho Clergy of Poughkeepsie. 
PouoilKEKPBnt, N Y , July 1, ISfia, 
H- fit tj'* A ATMAN, F>l: Hear Air Being personal ly ac 
inimoteivwilli your institution, wears grahlhd lo indorse 
tui! above; and having witnessed Hie jmic.tlcai operationof 
teachwti and pupils, we iinhositutiunify (loniliirnd its supe¬ 
rior advantage* to young men at home and abroad, 
G. M. M'ECKRUN, Pastor 1st Kcl'm-iuod Dutch Idiureli. 
MOSES TYLER, Pastor Coogrrsalioualist Church. 
Cl IAS. (LI I Ai ; KM A S|, I’axiorSd HeOirmed Mu tel i Church 
J. L. G. M hOWNt Pastor Methodist Church. 
SAMUEL MUKLi Pastor Episcopal Church. 
C- N. CHANDLER, Pastor 1st Baptist Church. 
Letter from M. Vassar, Jr„ and M. Vimsar, Esq., 
Founder of Vassar I'Umale College. 
» POmiJIKERI'SIF, Jail. 21, 18t!.'S. 
H. G. Eastman, Ew| ; Date Sir — Having visited your 
School of Bu-rni’** fieiiuftiliy •!:■ ji.itf two years with 
gloat pleasure and Niljwactioii. ami coming ill enotiiei, at 
linuio and abroad. with dm i ,1 ho Lad fjuidhod the 
Cdrttso of lu.riruuUuo, from tie- t c a pressed -alinfuction, 
ami my own observation of your plan of Practical La¬ 
st icttririuN, 1 would lecmumcuti any young mini, who is 
desirous ol preyiu Ing himself for |hu active duties of life 
a null os Mercantile, Commercial, .Minufhut tiring, Banking, 
or.night olse, wherein the upright, honest, Industrious 
man la engaged — to plane himself under your instruction, 
ami thus reap Uie advantage which your Institution pos- 
eesHOS. Yours, M VASSAIt, Jit, 
I have read the above, and fully concur in the renOm- 
mondatimi. Yours, M. VASSAIt. 
Letter from the Rev, JamcB Cuyler, 
PrtinjUiELi’iiiA, Pa., Juno 2 d, ISC2. 
Prof. II, G. Kastman:-- My ll hit Sir Since my return 
from Kiicnpe, | have not, until now, found time to express 
to you my thunks Tor the attention shown my nous, and for 
the hODt*flu they derived while attending your excellent 
School of llusilies:;. I am grijtllied with their Improvement 
in the very important, amt Deeming tome, most rnripER, 
studies t.h«y pursued; and, although I Intend thmu to fol¬ 
low agricultural pursuit*. Ill* leiiclliVil training II ny havo 
received at your hands will l.e equally valuable to them 
through life. 
Thanking you again, I remain, very truly yours, 
JAMES CUYLER, M. Id. Church. 
Letter from Graduates who were Assisted to 
Business Positions, 
A. T Stewart h Co.’s, Bhoauway, J 
Now York City, December iOth, lhfe \ 
Prof, Eastman. National Bohinkna College, 
Poughkeepsie, N, Y 
Dear Sir:—W q accept of our first, feign to lime, to return 
our sincere thanks lo yomacdf and your jirofeworv, for the 
valuable practical ioUnic.Uno we received while members 
of the College, and morn especially to you am wc greatly 
Indebted, tor your iiillm nca m ;oe,iitinguA at the comple¬ 
tion of our course to the positions we now hold in this 
well-known establishment. 
Wishing tho Institution the success it merits, wo remain 
Yours very Truiv, 
11. W! SHAW 
d. s. Moray. 
ACTUAL BUSINESS PURPOSES, 
in carrying out the original and pre-eminent 
inode of business instruction, combining 
THEORY AND PRACTICE, 
and is fitted with the following offices for officers’ 
business:—Eastman’s College Bank and National 
Bank, Unlou Store, In uranro Office, Express 
Office, Rail-rood ing, Steamship and Boating 
Departments. Post-Ofiice, Custom-House, and 
Stationery Department. Telegraph Office, Job¬ 
bing and Forwarding and Commission Depart- 
monte, and Exchange Office and Collection 
Agency, while the Vassar street building is 
devoted to theory in preparing the pupii to 
enter upon the actual business course. 
A GLANCE AT TIIE ARMY OF GENTLEMEN 
^Receiving instruction here is certainly very sug¬ 
gestive. There are representatives from nearly 
every part of the East, West, North, and loyal 
South, and also from the Canadas, South Amer¬ 
ica, (Julia, and Great Britain, and a more respect¬ 
able, Intelligent body of young men are seldom 
seen together. 
I cannot say all that I would, in a newspaper 
letter, of the advantages of this institution. 
II Is not expected that al I w ho graduate here will 
become merchants or bankers; lor it is equally 
essential that farmers, mechanics, and all others 
should have such knowledge as is hero imparted. 
A very interesting and important feature in the 
course here, is a Series op Lectures by our 
most distinguished Literary and Business Men. 
In conclusion 1 would suggest that young men 
who desire to succeed in life, whether they be 
merchants, farmers, professional men or 
mechanics, 
cannot afford to lose the ail vantages of this school. 
PARENTS AND GUARDIANS 
should be interested in this system of practical 
business instruction. Here your boys are taught 
that which they will use when they become men, 
and the whole course is taken up in such an 
interesting manner that the student never fails 
to apply himself with an energy satisfactory to 
teacher and patent. 
I will add that tho student is also taught the 
Graces of Polite Learning and Belles Lettres 
literature, and that the physical and moral wel¬ 
fare of the student are watched over with paren¬ 
tal care and solicitude. 
But I must close by again making the sugges¬ 
tion that the young man who wishes to excel as a 
MERCHANT, FARMER, MECHANIC, TEACHER, LAW¬ 
YER, OR PHYSICIAN, 
will find that a short time spout at this Institution 
will be of incalculable advantage through life. 
Uu*lnr«H PiMltloiM unit Situation* no llouklttH-pcn nntl 
Accountant,- furnished those dcriroti* of Employ¬ 
ment on completion of the course- 
LETTEltS AND REPORTS 
From KLUIU BURRITT, MATTHEW VASSAR. MAYOR 
BOWNE, GEO. W. BUNGAY, ami other Eminent 
Gentlemen, indorsing tht Institution and tho 
metical and Inhtrnsting manner pursued 
in Teaching, Term* of Tuition, 
Sketch of the Oik? of Poughkeepsie, hr., hr., hr. 
struction, combining theory and practice, by 
means of certain counting-room, banking-house, 
office, and actual business operations, described 
and copyrighted by law to the college, and in use 
in no other. It was presented to the world two 
years ago, with the lull belief that it would stand 
the most rigid oxaminaiion j mid that it. has been 
a gratifying success is fully substantinted by llio 
testimony in recent reports from some of (lie best 
educators and business men of the country, who 
havo witnessed tho operations of teachers and 
pupils, as well as from graduates who, thro’ its 
benefits, havo risen above the trammels of want, 
ami are filling lucrative and honorable positions. 
The system of practical instruction in founded 
on principles 80 simple and self-evident, that it 
requires only an examination, to lie admitted and 
understood j and a personal examination of tho 
institution, in all its appointments is sufficient, to 
fully demonstrate the practicability oftke system. 
A Brief Synopsis of the Course of Instruction 
and General Plan of Operation. 
The Pcpii, is first instructed in the elements of 
Penmanship, Book-Keeping, Accounts, Business 
Forms, Better Writing, and Business Arithmetic. 
The time occupied in the preparatory is usually 
four weeks, depending altogether on his previous 
attainments and natural capacity. (There are 
regular Professors and daily recitations in the 
Academic Branches, and the student may devote 
any length of time he desires to this department.) 
lie is Uteri assigned his official desk in the Busi¬ 
ness Department, and furnished with a capital 
consisting of Cush, Real Estate, Merchandise and 
Stocks, corresponding with the business ill which 
he is to lir.-W, engage, and opens books according¬ 
ly; lie receives his Bank and Check Books at the 
I tank, and from the Stationer his Blank forms of 
Drafts, Notes, Manifests, Bills of Lading, Insur¬ 
ance Policies, Letters of Credit, Deeds, Bonds, 
Mortgages, Railroad Reports, Summary State¬ 
ments, Abstracts, Powers of Attorney, Articles 
of Copartnership, Assignment, Ac., Ac., and then 
commences business operations, buys and sells 
merchandise, real estate, stocks, Ac., imports and 
forwards goods, pit rchases and ships goods on hip. 
own and joint account, gets insured and makes 
out insurance policies, makes regular deposits at 
the bank, gives and receives cheeks, receipts, or¬ 
ders, note,*, drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances, 
accouut sales, receives and manages estates, holds 
correspondence with differeut firms and individ¬ 
uals through the post-offices, sends and receives 
telegraph messages, computes ail interest and 
calculations connected with bin transactions, and 
finally balances his books weekly. 
From this he becomes Merchant in the Union 
Store, and then, in regular turn, Freight Agent, 
insurance Agent, Forwarder, Grain Dealer, Im¬ 
porting Merchant, Commission Merchant, with 
one or two ami thro© partners, Auctioneer, Ex¬ 
change Bruker, Jobber, Real Estate Agent or 
Operator, Steamboat owner, Shipper, Consignee, 
It. R. and Steamship Agent, Postmaster, Manufac¬ 
turer. Nurseryman, and finally as Banker, when 
the prescribed Businesss Course is completed. 
The College Banks, two in number, are 
actual Banks of deposit, Discount and Circula¬ 
tion, us complete in every appointment as regu¬ 
lar Chartered City Institutions, provided with 
their own Bills, Specie, checks, Notes, Bills of' Ex- 
h an gee, Ac., furnished with full sets of books, and 
tho business done with as miich accuracy and dex¬ 
terity as in tho flourishing Temples of Mammon 
LETTERS AND REPORTS 
From Kmlnrnt Genilvtiirn ImlorwiR^ (lie Oourio of 
Study and l*rncUpiil Plan of Operation, Kxlrnctcd 
from fupera and fuiuphlctN Published l>y the 
C O J j JO G-E. 
study pursued ut this institution. The Spencer¬ 
ian system was long ago adopted, believing it to 
possess rill the excellencies which are so essen¬ 
tial for business purposes, and taught as it. is by 
two of the ablest teachers in tho country, with 
the advantage of the Penman’s Assistant, it 
becomes a most desirable feature of tho course. 
General Information to Applicants. 
Note. This is solely and purely a Business 
College, as ite rmiiie purports, as distinct in its 
design and purpose ns a Law College or a Medi¬ 
cal School, and every branch of study, with 
every facility In Buildings, Arrangements, and 
Professorships, is adopted to that end. 
it is essentially different from the so-called 
Commercial Colleges, tho Course of Instruction 
being more thorough amlextetisive, ami conduct¬ 
ed entirely on Practical Philosophical Principles. 
What, they term a Business Education (:) is 
not accepted here as neither is the partial 
course pursued in Academies and Seminaries in 
connection with regular Collegiate Studies. 
Young Men desiring admission must lie of 
good moral character and industrious business 
habits. Their age and previous education, is not 
considered. 
Students uro admitted and enter upon the 
Course of Study any week day yin the year. 
Each person occupies a HOparahwdosk and is 
instructed individually, tlius avoiding being 
drawn airing by a class faster than his ability 
and previous education will admit, or being 
retarded by a class that cannot progress as rap¬ 
idly as himself. 
The prescribed Business Course can be com¬ 
pleted in from Ten to Sixteen Weeks. 
The Importance of a Practical Business 
Education 
Is now f ully conceded, for iri this age of llio world 
only educated labor is sure of success. 
That the nation grows more practical as it 
grows in prosperity, is seen and acknowledged; 
and that it requires men practically educated— 
educated for business and the times—to meet its 
demands, is apparont to every observer of human 
nature. Henry Clay was never more truthful 
than when he said:— u 1’ounr; man, qualify your- 
sdffor buxines*. The professions are full , and 
thn aye deniantl* U. Mucate. yourself for business 
—a business man for the farm., counting-room , and 
commercial pursuits -and you will succeed now 
and hereafter.” 
This being so, and the world understanding it, 
schools and studies commensurate with tho ago 
were long ago tbit, to be a necessity. Honco tho 
establishment of this Business College ton years 
since, founded on the grout motto of Ages*ilium. 
“Teach your boys that which they will practice 
when they become men.” And tho energies of 
its founder havo since been devoted to perfecting 
a course of study adapted to the large class of 
young men who desire to he educated for llio 
practical business duties and employments of life 
—instructing thorn in those branches that tho 
present day seems to demand, conducting tho 
entire operations in tho most interesting and 
practical manner possible. 
THE INSTITUTION 
has continued to grow in favor, until it is now 
second to no other college of learning in this 
countiy, in point of usefulness and prosperity. 
It has ever ranked as the first Business School in 
T HUMS, Ac. 
Scholarships, giving the ntndont all tho ad vantage of the 
Business Course tin'll graduation, are issued at the office 
ot‘ this Institution for $;ii 
Where two enter at the same time from the same place, 
for $30 each. Clergymen's Sons, $.;<). 
A guarantee signed by the President is appended to each 
Scholarship, pledging to assist young men who desire and 
fully qualify themwiv.’M t/i a situation as teacher and ac¬ 
countant. An agency is established in all the principal 
cities for this purpose. 
The Tuition Fee must, be paid the day of entrance 
THE EXTENDED COUKtlF, 
For those who ean remain iri the Institution six months or 
a year, comprises tin: French and German Languages, 
Higher Mathematics, and more extended Course in Bust 
ness branches. 
THE ORNAMENTAL DKNMAN3HIP COURSE 
t* designed tor those who desire to teach tho brandies. 
1>if!.<>mah and Oi :;tii-ioathb of merit are awarded in 
each Department. - 
Board is M), and $3.00 per week, according 
to place Students hire rooms, anil board out for $1.60 
per week, entire expense. 
Books and Stationery for tho entire course, cost from $2 
to $5, according to quality and ruling. There arc no extra*.. 
Tota i. EXf’K.vsic. Tlu> whole expense in completing tho 
Prescribed Business Course Is from $66 to $70. It may bo 
made less than tiiat by selecting cheap boarding houses. 
Letter from Eliliu Burritt, 
[Learned Blacksmith, | 
In rei;ard to this system of Education. Mr. BiruniTT hag 
leeturcu before this College for three vc.irs past, anil bus 
thus become acquainted with the courdn of study aud the 
plan cl operation. 
Nf.W-IJkitaIN, Conn. 
It. *3. Eastman, I< -i„ My Dear Sir .—I have felt t great 
in tercet in the character and sncceas of your admirable 
hchool or Business. At each visit., niv impression of its 
li zippy lo t if i •: rtfifitA of thjj nivHDot flay* wus 
strengthenedund dcnpro.eil indeed, no institution could 
be more American more charade list I,; of the improve¬ 
ment* oT Uni agn. ^ The practical erlncntiou ItnparUu) I,-o 
itnj pin, vat l«?n, lino utilitarian, that mu/ you inf mutt who 
urkcsa fair and honest advantage of it, mutt be fitted Tor 
any department of basin,whirl, he may ehn.no -for life, 
whether be become a merchant, banket, lo mulaeturei, or 
firmer fo gain thus in a fow mouth*, what would ro«t 
r.-ais of business life to acrpilre without such t course of 
instruction, is a privilege which should commend vour in- 
atuution to Uitt of thu whota Ijmh 5rttftuf coimtiuiii- 
Full Particulars of this Institution, 
Course of study. Novel and Original Plan of Operation, 
View of the College Buildings, and other Information cal 
cu!at.cd t/ be of interest to the Young Men of the Business 
Community, may bo found In 
THIS COI.IJSGK PAPER, 
issued Monthly by tho Institution, and sent free of charge 
to any address, on application, 
TEACHERS, ACCOUNTANTS, and BOOK-KEEPERS, 
will find much valuable information in this Paper. 
Address Tf C, EASTMAN, 
PRESIDENT BUSINESS COLLEGE, 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
Skb “ Note'!.)P erpetual Almanac) on seventh page. 
