7 ' 3:fi;l, ' A Diploma From the w i /te\ School of Commerce rjgn I 1' Itf I Helen Tobias 1 That Opens the Door of Opportunity Which Leads f/ A 9 gi| „H?a to the Highest and Best Paying Positions iX ap/ f : ;A ; Education is something rather intangible you cannot compare it as you can articles JS}# of merchandise. Buying an education, therefore, is a much more difficult problem than vfljljfl ■ // f wßr^ buying merchandise. You only buy a business education once in a lifetime. The differ- i. ■ n ||j|s,i' : ' I/ ence between the cost of good and bad instruction is small, but the difference in results is F Mecbi C rucsbur^ V pa° n |( i * 11 great. Good training will bring you success and happiness; poor training, failure and dis- clvn n °sen!fie yras|(f J|p J! appointment. How, then, is the selection of a school to be made when a business career is WASHINGTON, D. C. P|| YOU CAN JUDGE A SCHOOL BY THE SUCCESS OF ITS GRADU- slll ipi , ATES JUST AS YOU JUDGE A MILL BY ITS PRODUCT . /f |™ avTVervdeThe young men and women whose portraits appear on this page represent hundreds of our gradu- | ,1 | ijl|£j ,vSj WASHINGTON, D. c. ates who say that the thorough (raining received at the School of Commerce has proved invaluable to them U -IsEL II * a^ ta^ t^ie^r Us^ness success> The School of Commerce considers its hundreds of graduates School of Commerce graduates succeed because its courses of study are thorough and complete with t^szs==s&s!:^ an efficient, experienced teacher at the head of each department. The courses of study comprise Bookkeep- . HBSi ing, Stenotypy, Shorthand, Typewriting and Penmanship, togetlwr with tVis- correlative subjects. Ed'th N b" fsßSgfl P (Cflp)' CIVIL SERVICE -lif, I • S Our graduates always pass the Civil Service examination; but in order to stand high on the list, which | | Mxfll insures quick appointment, we have a special coaching course for stenographers. Those who have taken this L?? '^b^w Mm\ course, made general averages varying from 85 to 90%, all securing appointments at SI,OOO and $1,200 a fMiw BpMjH ii i| year. It did not only make them confident of passing, but it was the direct cause for a high grade which BEfc?:'; Mabel C. Wyght resulted in a beginning salary at SIOO.OO to $300.00 a year more than is generally paid beginners. The ma- llfv'Mjt? stenographer jority of the persons whose pictures appear in the margin have taken the examination within two months. // jKHHpipKSn \\ ffiajre ] civil service Some of them have just left for Washington, while others have received their appointments and will leave SHEKIIf Hml Washington, D. C. . J , .. . P ll // tK*9Ss Kfl in the very near future for their new work. \\ . J|ff // ■ frvjrae | OUR EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT is known to the business men of Harrisburg and its sub- HfpJr | | urban towns as a reliable source of obtaining thoroughly trained, efficient office assistants; for we will not 'fflffija recommend any one who has not first made thorough preparation. P ((\% 1 THE FALL TERM FOR DAY AND NIGHT W P V J SCHOOL BEGINS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd . | J IP? School of Commerce Harrisburg Business College IP Mechanicsburg, Pa. Central Pennsylvania 1 s Leading Business College / I WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARRISBUR.G TELEGRAPH AUGUST' 29, 1917:'