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SCHOOL OF BIISINEIS
PITTSBURGH SCHOOL of ACCOUNTANCY * Division
APPLIED BUSINESS and SECRETARIAL SCIENCE; Division
Day and Evening Instruction
CO-EDUCATIONAL
A Professional School of Modern Business Practice
COLLET3E GRADE
LAW AND FINANCE BUILDING, 429 FOURTH AVENUE
PHONE ATLANTIC 0923 -PITTSBURGH, PA.
Copyright 193G Robert Morris School of Business ROBERT MORRIS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Dedication No roll of honor, bearing the names of leading patriots during the Revolutionary period of our national development, can be complete without including Robert Morris. Although born an Englishman, nearly six decades of his life were spent in America, first as a Colonial business man of promi nence, then as a peerless revolutionary leader, and finally as a citizen in whose heart the cause of his adopted country always came first. Modestly and efficiently he served that country, not only as its financial bulwark during its long endeavor to cast off the British yoke, but also as its first superintendent of finance. An other cabinet post was also his: agent of marine. Robert Morris gave unsparingly of his time and energy in the conflict which would probably have been unsuccessful with out him. Aptly termed the most versatile American save Ben jamin Franklin, Robert Morris served in the Philadelphia com mittee of safety, the Continental Congress, the Pennsylvania Legislature, and the United States Senate. In none of these capacities did he fail to leave the impress of both his consum mate ability and his practical personality. It is to this unique individual, the father of public finance in America and the savior of the Revolution, that this Bulletin is dedicated by an institution which hopes to hold aloft the business ideals and imaginative practicality for which Robert Morris struggled during an entire lifetime. (NOTE: Since the publication of the preceding Bulletin, Robert Morris School of Business has divided its activities into two distinct parts for purposes of more efficient administration. These activities are handled through the Pittsburgh School of Accountancy division and the Applied Business and Secretarial Science division. A more detailed account of the Applied Busi ness and Secretarial Science Division is contained in the follow ing pages. The Pittsburgh School of Accountancy Division Bulletin is available on request. 2 1, APPLIED BUSINESS AND SECRETARIAL SCIENCE DIVISION
.Contents
DEDICATION Page 2
ROBJERT MORRIS SCHOPL 05 BUSINESS
Purpose and Ideal of the School - 4
Entrance Requirements - .- 5 Location and Equipment • -^ 5 Luncheon - - 6
Social Life - - - - 6
Placement Service ... - 7
Practical Work Assignments - 13
Students' Organizations - 15
Periodicals - 16
Aids to Out-of-Town Students - - 16
Living .Quarters - - - 16
Inspection" Invited .- - 18
Faculty and Administrative Staff 18
APPLIED BUSINESS AND SECRETARIAL SCIENCE DIVISION
Course of Study ------30 ROBERT MORRIS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Purpose and Ideal of the School
To maintain one complete and entire plan of training for business. To offer such training on the University level. Good Business schools, Secondary or High, are available for those who wish to acquire business training on a lower level. (3) To offer such University training in an intensive course. Applied Business ancTSecretarial Science division of Robert ~*"-^j Morris offers approximately fifteen hundred (1500) hours o\^ instruction in the ten (10) month complete plan. The stand ard University demands only four hundred and eighty" (480) hours of "instruction as a full year's work. Calculated on this hourly basis Applied Business and Secre tarial Science division of Robert Morris o.ffers in the 10 month course the equivalent of approximately three (3) years of stand ard University training. (4) To merit the attendance of the earnest intelligent high school or college graduate who believes himself to have pro gressed beyond the point where he would be benefitted by the high school level training afforded in so-called busi ness or "secretarial schools." (5> To provide the very best and most modern equipment available for the teaching of the various courses. Many have selected Robert Morris as their school immedi ately upon seeing the facilities'and equipment. (6) To provide a faculty qualified by education, professional training and experience to carry out the program and high f purpose of this exceptional school. Approximately forty-five in number, the Faculty is made up of specialists in his' or her field. Practicing Cer- 4 . APPLIED BUSINESS AND SECRETARIAL SCIENCE DIVISION
tified Public Accountants, members of the Pennsylvania ! Bar Association (some >are former United States District Attorneys), economists, statisticians, and distinguished educators compose this group. Successful business or pro fessional experience, in addition to their many other quali fications, degrees, and honors,-render them outstanding as instructors. (See page 18 to 28 inc.) (7) To so train students as to enable them to meet the most exacting requirements of employers. (See list of employ ers Qf Robert Morris graduates.) ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS GRADUATES of first-class high schools and colleges are admitted to the School without examination. Applicants for admission who have had three years' business experience, of a kind deemed satisfactory to the administrative staff, may also be admitted without examination. LOCATION AND EQUIPMENT ROBERT MORRIS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS has found that a central location is an absolute essential to the proper understanding of business methods and psychology. For the day-school student, such a location means contact with actual business influences throughout the entire day. The evening school student too, ex periences less lost time between his place of employment, his school, and his home. ALSO, AS PART OF THE TRAINING PLAN AT ROBERT MOR- \ RIS.~PACH"s~TUbENT IS SENT OUT TO AN 6uTST^DrJf"?~,~WSI-,^K JNESS ORGANIZATION .IN PITTSBURGH TO^AIN^^ETaENCE*. ^ Consequently Robert Morris must be located close to the em ploying firms, many of the best being located within five min utes walk of the school.""" ~ The Robert. Morris School of Rnsinpss. however, realizing .thatj^virimnienJLihojridbe pleasant, safe, wholesome, clean and modern, as well as central^maintains ample offices and classrooms ROBERT MORRIS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS on three adjoining floors of the Law and Finance Building, a modern fireproof office building on Fourth Avenue, in Pitts burgh. Thus the activities of Robert Morris School-of'Business students are conducted in the- legal and financial heart of the tenth largest city in the United States. In keeping with its location, Robert Morris School of Busi ness equipment is the most up-to-date available, consideration having been given to both efficiency and appearance. Desks, chairs, office machines, typewriters,, rest rooms, and restaurant leave nothing to be desired. The Sthool is particularly proud of .its model indirect lighting, provided by the latest type of fixtures. It has been described as the most modern system of illumination in any school in the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania. \. J j& LUNCHEON In good weather you may prefer occasionally to dine outside the building. In bad weather youneed not go out and get cold or wet in order to .have lunch, an important health point. Those- who choose to dine in the building may do so at very modest cost. 1A JiW^ (** SOCIAL LIFE ^%tfP*^g ALTHOUGH Robert Morris School of Business is a strictly pro fessional school and is therefore dedicated primarily to earnest preparation for practical, successful careers in business, it_ recog nizes the need for cultivating the students' social accomplish ments. Three ma ior •social functions are given every scholastic year, supplemented fiy less- formal club and fraternity affairs. These* takTtTTeToIrm of adequately chaperoned dancing parties in either the^c*BenIey or William PennTTotels, atTeast two In"tT"Fa"utrtffflii and at least one iff the spring. These affairs are held under the sponsorship of the Students' Council and the Alumni Asso ciation of the School. APPLIED BUSINESS AND SECRETARIAL SCIENCE DIVISION
In addition, the Alumni Association maintains monthly meetings, teaZ'^ldg'esT'lec'ruresr and varied programs*"*!or "tEe socbl^evelopmen^_^^tlie^ucJent^who choose to attend. /t> PLACEMENT SERVICE ~*~ ¥ i AT the time of goin£J:a-prpss,_niilY._lwo living holders of the A certificate granted by Robert Morns Jkhool of BusTness""are~ known to be"^em"pToyicfr' Such^a^ summary statement goes far to vouch for the effectiveness of the RoheTTTvTorrTs"pTace- ment service, a bureau operating -directly under the personal supervision of the School's president. There is, of course, no charge to students or employers for this service. This efficient go-between work (between employable stu dents and understaffed employers) is the consequence of many years' effort in building up "a real system of job-getting and personnel counselling. Students are trained along practical lines; they are taught the technique of finding employment; they are helped, by advice after becoming employed, not only to retain their positions, but also to procure promotion; and, finally, dissatisfied gradu ates are replaced in positions more suitable to their require ments. This plan—plus constant school contact with prospec tive employers of trained workers—presents in outline fashion the methods pursued by Robert Morris School of Business— methods so practical that, from July 1, 1935 until the date of this publication, July 30, 1936, an average of one student per day had procured new or better employment. While Robert Morris School of Business, under no circum stances, promises to obtain positions for its students, all persons interested are invited to examine the employment files of this institution to satisfy themselves of the authenticity of the fore going information. For additional information on employment, see the follow ing pages. ROBERT MORRIS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Employment
Subsequently there begins an impressive list of those business concerns which have, in the past, taken into their organizations graduates of Robert "Morris,. School of Business.
Over five hundred^n^ejrjp^^Sj^jajrlnirjhjpj^nd corporations are enumerated in this list, which includes practically every well- known ^business- lu-nTjn the' districjL^iea^cLlajLJiobert Morris_ School of Business. In the majority -of cases, these concerns have employed more than one of the school's students]
Although arranged alphabetically for purposes of quick ref erence, this list is significant in. another respect; a review of it will show that almost every field of endeavor is represented.
Industrial companies, public accounting and other profes- J sion^rTnn Jr^nhltc'*ujiUdesJ, governmental serviceTTanks^bjrok*- ers, "and other financial organlzations^jailrj3aiis,1..educatj:orial in stitutions? muftjdpalfoie&^nd, a, host__of ."miscellaneous -fields— all-these have put Robert, Morris School of Business training to the crucial test of practical trial. That training has not been found wanting.
Robert Morris School of Business is proud of this four-page list because it is proof positive that 'preparation in its work fits its students fdr any. of the major fields in which men and women are useful today. RjUnirnj?lr^nc&^]&^J^ of Rob- jejMjMpjuds-Sx^oLxifJBd^ employment, on the average, evgrxJ'geni&ifour hours. 8 APPLIED BUSINESS AND SECRETARIAL SCIENCE DIVISION
The following list speaks for itself: Employers of Robert Morris School of Business Students . ABBOTT PACKING COMPANY BRADFORD TRANSIT COMPANY B ABDOU PRESS, INC. BRAEBURN ALLOY STEEL CORP. AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ADMINIS- BRAUN BROTHERS AND COMPANY TRATION . BROADWAY DRY GOODS COMPANY ALIQUIPPA NATIONAL IBANK BUCKEYE SODA PRODUCTS CO. ALIQUIPPA SCHOOL DISTRICT BUHL OPTICAL COMPANY ALLEGHENY COUNTY EMERGENCY RE BUSCH JEWELRY COMPANY LIEF BOARD BUTLER BATTERY COMPANY ALLEGHENY MEMORIAL PARK BUTLER BROTHERS ALLEGHENY PITTSBURGH COAL CO. I ALLEGHENY STEEL COMPANY BYLLESBY ENGINEERING & MANAGE ALLEGHENY TRUST COMPANY MENT CO. ALLEMANNIA FIRE-INSURANCE CO. CALIFORNIA NORMAL SCHOOL , ALLIS-CHALMERS MANUFACTURING CO. CAPITAL SAVINGS PLAN, INC. ' ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA CARMAN, ROBERTS CO., INC. AMALGAMATED REALTY COMPANY CARNEGIE-ILLINOIS STEEL CO. AMERICAN BRIDGE COMPANY CARNEGIE MAYTAG COMPANY t, AMERICAN CAR & FOUNDRY CO. CARROLL, W. A. COMPANY AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY CASTALIA PORTLAND CEMENT CO. ^AMERICAN CLEANING & REPAIRING CO. CLARK BROTHERS CHEWING GUM CO. AMERICAN CYANAMID & CHEMICAL CORCLEVELAND GRAPHITE & BRONZE CO. PORATION CLOVER FARM STORES AMERICAN FRUIT GROWERS. INC. COCOA-COLA CO. AMERICAN METAL COMPANY COLE, R. -C. CO. AMERICAN OIL COMPANY COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE'S [^AMERICAN ROLLING MILLS CO. OFFICE AMERICAN SHEET & TIN PLATE CO. COLONIAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY AMERICAN STEEL FOUNDRIES COLONIAL STEEL COMPANY AMSLER MORTON ENGINEERING CO. COLONIAL TRUST COMPANY APOLLO STEEL COMPANY COLONNADE LUNCH APPLIANCE SALES CO. COLUMBIA GAS & ELECTRIC CO. . ARMOUR AND COMPANY COLUMBIA STEEL-SHAFTING CO. ARMSTRONG CORK COMPANY COMMERCE BUILDING COMPANY ARROW ELECTRIC COMPANY COMMERCIAL ENVELOPE CO. ARROW PRESS CORP. COMMONWEALTH CASUALTY CO. ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO. COMMONWEALTH TRUST COMPANY OF ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY PITTSBURGH BACHMAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY CONCRETE PRODUCTS COMPANY OF BACHRACH SANDERBECK & COMPANY AMERICA BAER FOOD PRODUCTS COMPANY CONSUMER CHEMICAL COMPANY BANKART, JOHN & SONS CONTINENTAL CAN COMPANY BARDS DAIRY COMPANY • • CONTINENTAL COAL COMPANY BAUR BAKING COMPANY CONTINENTAL SUPPLY CO. BAUMAN BROTHERS COPPERWELD STEEL COMPANY BEADLING MOTOR COMPANY COURSON-BURSON MOTORS, INC. BEATTY AUTO ELECTRIC COMPANY CREW-LEVICK COMPANY BEAVEH FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT CRUCIBLE STEEL COMPANY OF AMERICA BECKMAN MOTOR COMPANY CROWTHER AND COMPANY BELLEVUE AUTO SALES & SERVICE CO. CUMMING AND COMPANY BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY CYPHERS AND COMPANY ««BENDIX-WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE CO. DANIEL BOONE HOTEL BESSEMER & LAKE ERIE RAILROAD CO. DAVHJSON COKE AND IRON COMPANY BEST FOODS, INC. DECKMAN, E. COMPANY BETTIS AIRPORT DELAWARE CLAY PRODUCTS CO. • BIELAU, 0. T. & CO. DIAMOND ALKALI COMPANY -BIG LAKE OIL COMPANY DINARDO'S ^BLAW-KNOX COMPANY DOLLAR SAVINGS & TRUST CO. > BOYLE, JOHN & CO., INC. DOLLAR SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OF LAW BHACKENRIDGE BREWING CO. RENCE COUNTY BRADDOCK NATIONAL BANK DOUBLEDAY HILL ELECTRIC COMPANY 9 ROBERT MORRIS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
DOUGLAS BROTHERS GRUSKIN'S DEPT. STORE DRAVO CONTRACTING'CO. GULF REFINING COMPANY DRAVO-DOYLE COMPANY DUFF, P. & SONS HAGAN, I. N. ICE CREAM CO. DUQUESNE CLUB HALLER BAKING COMPANY DUQUESNE LIGHT CO.- HAMILTON STANDARD STEEL PROPEL- LOR CO. E. A. MOTOR COMPANY HANRATTY DOMESTIC FUEL & SUPPLY EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY CO. EDGEWATER STEEL COMPANY HARBISON-WALKER REFRACTORIES CO. EDLIS, INC. HARDING HIGH SCHOOL HARRISBURG STATE HOSPITAL ELECTRIC! VACUUM CLEANER CO. HARRIS PUMP COMPANY ELLIOTT COMPANY HARTMAN HARDWARE CO. ELLSWORTH COLLIERIES HARTMANN'S DAIRY CO. ENDICOTT JOHNSTON SHOE CO. HASKINS AND SELLS EPSTEIN, A. J. & COMPANY HECKLER BROTHERS EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY' HEINZ, H. J. CO. ERNST AND ERNST HENRY HOTEL FAIRMONT BAKING COMPANY HERCULES POWDER CO. FARM CREDIT ADMHTISTRATION HEYL AND PATTERSON, INC. FARMERS NATIONAL BANK HICKS. MOTOR CO. FARRELL BROTHERS HIGHWAY SERVICE CO. FAUNCE MOTOR CO. HOFERT, J. COMPANY FEDERAL COLD STORAGE HOME OWNERS LOAN CORP. - FEDERAL LABORATORIES HOMMEL, O. COMPANY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK, Pittsburgh "HOPE NATURAL GAS CO. Branch HOOKLESS FASTENER CO. F. E. I. CORPORATION - HORNE, JOSEPH & CO. FELT AND TARRANT MANUFACTURING HOSACK, SPECHT, CONNIFF & WOOD COMPANY HOUSEHOLD PAPER PRODUCTS CO. FIDELITY TRUST COMPANY HUBBARD AND COMPANY FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER CO. HUSSEY, C. G. CO. FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN COM PANY OF-PITTSBURGH INDEPENDENT BRHJGE COMPANY FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF AMBRIDGE INDIANA NORMAL SCHOOL FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CANONSBUKGINTERNATIONA L BUSINESS MACHINE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MONONGA- . CORP. HELA • INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PITTSBURGH INTERSTATE TRUCKING COMPANY FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SEWICKLEY IRON & GLASS DOLLAR SAVINGS BANK " FIRST. NATIONAL BANK OF TARENTUM - IRON INDUSTRIAL CLEANING COMPANY- FIRTH-STERLING STEEL CO. ISALY DAIRY COMPANY FORD MOTOR COMPANY FORT PITT BEDDING COMPANY JARRETT AND COMPANY FOSTER, L. B. COMPANY JEANNETTE THRD7T CORP. FOX GROCERY COMPANY JEFFERSON MEMORIAL PARK FRANK AND SEDER JEWEL-TEA COMPANY FREEDOM' OIL .WORKS JOHNSON BRONZE CO. FRICK-REID* SUPPLY CORP. JOHNSON AND JOHNSON JONES AND LAUGHLm STEEL CORP. GARDNER AND COMPANY GARFIELD DAIRY STORE KAPPEL BROTHERS GEARING LUMBER COMPANY KAUFMANN'S GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION- KAY RICHARDS CO. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY KELLEY DRUG COMPANY GENERAL ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO. KELLY SPRINGFIELD TIRE & RUBBER CO. _ GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORP. KEROTEST COMPANY ' ^ GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION KEYSTONE BAKERY GILLESPIE COMPANY KEYSTONE DRILLER CO.- GILMORE DRUG CO. KEYSTONE SAND * SUPPLY CO. GIMBEL BROTHERS KEYSTONE TRAFFIC BUREAU GLOEKLER, BERNARD CO. KIM, J. H. COMPANY GOODRICH, B. F., INC. KNAEBEL PRODUCE CO. GRANT! BUILDING KNIGHTS LIFE INSURANCE CO. GRENOBLE HOTELS CORP. KNOUFF HARDWARE CO. GROVE CITY COLLEGE KOPPERS BUILDING COMPANY 10 APPLIED BUSINESS AND SECRETARIAL .SCIENCE DIVISION Hv KOPPERS COAL COMPANY NEVILLE CHEMICAL CO. KOPPERS COMPANY NEW CASTLE REFRACTORIES CO. KOPPERS GAS & COKE CO. NEWFIELD BY-PRODUCTS COMPANY KOPPERS STORES COMPANY NORRISH, CHARLES R. COMPANY KRESS BOX COMPANY KROGER GROCERY & BAKING CO. OCHILTREE ELECTRIC COMPANY • DPEL- OHIO SANITARY BAKERY CO. LAW AND FINANCE BUILDING OHIO VALLEY DAIRY CO. PPLY LAWRENCE PAINT COMPANY OIL WELL SUPPLY CO. LEGGETT. WM. T. CO. OLIVER IRON & STEEL CO. 3 CO. LEUIN. M. L. & CO. OPPENHEIM COLLINS & CO. LEWIS-BALDWIN AUDIT CO. OTTO SUBURBAN DAIRY CO. LIBERTY CAFE LIBERTY DAIRY PRODUCTS CORP. PACE INSTITUTE LIGONIER, CITY OF PALACE CREDIT CLOTHING CO. LINDE AIR PRODUCTS CO. PANAGULIAS, C. J. AND COMPANY LIPSIT2, B. COMPANY PEAT MARWICK AND MITCHELL LLOYD, JOHN R. CO. PELLEGRINI TRADING CO. LOOSE-WILES BISCUIT CO. PENN CHAMP OIL COMPANY LOREY, HENRY COMPANY PENN DRAKE HOTEL LOVE, P. A. ANJD CO. , PENN-ERHS FREIGHT CO. LYBRAND, ROSS BROS & MONTGOMERY PENN GRAND HOTEL PENN THEATRE McCAUSLAND. T. E., INC. PENNSYLVANIA CONLEY TANK CAR CO. McCANN'S PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGH McCLURE, W. S. AGENCY WAYS TacCRADY-RODGEHS COMPANY PENNSYLVANIA LIQUOR CONTROL McCRORY AND COMPANY BOARD McKAY COMPANY PENNSYLVANIA MILK CONTROL BOARD MeKEESPORT TIN ELATE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD McKEES ROCKS MOTOR CO. PENNSYLVANIA RUBBER CO. tMACBETH-EVANS GLASS CO. PENNSYLVANIA STATE TEACHERS COL MACINTOSH-HEMPHILL COMPANY LEGE MAIN AND COMPANY PENNSYLVANIA STATE WATER CORP. MASTEN, A.. E. COMPANY PENNSYLVANIA WATER COMPANY MATTHEWS CONVEYOR CO. PEOPLES NATURAL GAS CO. MELLBANK CORPORATION PEOPLES PITTSBURGH TRUST CO. MELLON NATIONAL BANK PERSONAL ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION MENZIE DAD3Y COMPANY PHILADELPHIA COMPANY NY MERCY HOSPITAL PHOENIX GLASS CO. FK ' MESTA MACHINE CO. PILLSBURY FLOUR CO. NY- METROPOLITAN CLUB PITTSBURGH & LAKE ERIE RAILROAD METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. PITTSBURGH BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCA MILLER MOTOR COMPANY TION MONESSEN, CITY OF PITTSBURGH BREWING COMPANY MONONGAHELA -SCHOOL DISTRICT PITTSBURGH, CITY OF - MONTOUR RAJLROAD PITTSBURGH COAL CO. MOON TOWNSHIP TAX COLLECTOR PITTSBURGH DES MOINES STEEL CO. MOORE, LEE C. & COMPANY PITTSBURGH ENGINEERING COMPANY MOORE, LEONARD & LYNCH PITTSBURGH EQUITABLE METER CO. MOORHEAD KNITTING MILLS PITTSBURGH FIELD CLUB MORRISON & BAILEY STEEL CO. PITTSBURGH FORGING CO. MOSES, ERIC AND COMPANY PITTSBURGH GAGE & SUPPLY CO. MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH HARDWOOD-LUMBER CO. BALTIMORE PITTSBURGH MERCANTILE COMPANY PITTSBURGH MUSIC SCHOOLS NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY PITTSBURGH OUTDOOR ADVERTISING CO. -NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO. PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE NATIONAL CASKET COMPANY PITTSBURGH PRESS NATIONAL ELECTRIC PRODUCTS CO. PITTSBURGH PROVISION CO. NATIONAL SALES BOOK COMPANY PITTSBURGH REFLECTOR CO. NATIONAL STEEL COMPANY PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY NATIONAL SUPPLY CO. PITTSBURGH SCREW AND BOLT CORP. ^NATIONAL TUBE CO. PITTSBURGH STANDARD ENVELOPE CO. •xf- NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE CO. PITTSBURGH SUN-TELEGRAPH COMPANY I NATRONA STORES COMPANY PITTSBURGH TESTING LABORATORIES I NEUVO COMPANY PITTSBURGH TUBE COMPANY 11 ROBERT MORRIS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
PITTSBURGH WHEEL CORP. . STATE AUTO INSURANCE CO. PITTSBURGH WHEELING CORP. STATE CAPITOL SAVINGS & LOAN CO. PITTSBURGH WHITE METAL CO. STATE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY PITTSBURGHER HOTEL • - STEPHENSON, GEORGE K. & CO. POLITHANIA STATE BANK STERLING OIL COMPANY PORTABLE LAMP & EQUIPMENT CO. STEVENSON AND FOSTER CO. PORTER, RHODES AND KELLY • STEWART, J. L. CO. POWER PIPING COMPANY ST. JOSEPH'S PROTECTORY PRINTING PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL DEPT. PRICE, WATERHOUSE & CO. STRATMAN AUDIT COMPANY PROCTER AND GAMBLE SUBURBAN ELECTRIC CO. PROVDDENT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE SUPERIOR STEEL CO. CO. SUPERIOR FIRE INSURANCE CO. PULLMAN COMPANY SUTTON AND COMPANY PYRAMID OIL CO. SUTTON CONFECTIONERY SWIFT AND COMPANY REAL ESTATE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH RECORD, THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY REED & CO. THOMPSON COMPANY. REED J M -CO THOMPSON HARDWOOD CO. REILING MANUFACTURING CO. TODD, K. W. & COMPANY REIZENSTEIN, C. COMPANY TORRANCE STATE HOSPITAL RELIANCE LIFE INSURANCE CO. TRIANGLE OIL AND GAS CO. RELIANCE STEEL CASTING COMPANY TRIANGLE OPTICAL COMPANY REPUBLIC IRON AND STEEL CORP. TUBERCULOSIS LEAGUE REPUBLIC STEEL CASTING COMPANY TURTLE CREEK SAVINGS & TRUST CO. ^ | REPUBLIC OIL COMPANY RICHTER AND COMPANY UNDERWOOD-ELLIOTT-FISHER COMPANY RIECK-McJUNKIN DAIRY COMPANY UNION NATIONAL BANK (PITTSBURGH) ROGERS, J. W. AND COMPANY UNION RAILROAD COMPANY ROM'S GROCERY COMPANY UNION SAVINGS BANK ROOSEVELT- HOTEL UNION SWITCH & SIGNAL CO. ROSEN, CHAS. C. CO. UNION TRUST COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH• f , ROSENBAUM COMPANY. UNITED DAIRY COMPANY ROSS INDEPENDENT OIL CO. UNITED ENGINEERING & FOUNDRY CO. , ROYAL BISCUIT COMPANY UNITED LAUNDRIES * RUSSELL, BURDSALL & WARD NUT & UNITED MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. BOLT CO. UNITED SOCIETY "l RUST ENGINEERING COMPANY - UNITED STATES ARMY ~° REMINGTON RAND, INC. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUS TICE 4 SABEL, GEO. J. & CO. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR SCAIFE, WM. B. & SONS CO. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF WAR SCULLY'S UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING SCHIETINGEK & CO. OFFICE ? SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY SEBRING AND COMPANY UNITED STATES POST OFFICE - SEVEN BAKER BROTHERS UNITED STATES REVENUE AGENT SHAMBLEN FURNACE • PARTS CO. UNITED STATES TREASURY DEPART SHENANGO FURNACE COMPANY MENT SHEPPARD, C. a & CO. UNITED STATES VETERANS' BUREAU SINGER SEWING MACHINE CO. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SIPE. JAMES B. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SLATER.' HARRY MANUFACTURING CO. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SMITH BROTHERS COMPANY U. S. GLASS COMPANY SOCONY-VACUUM OIL CO. SOUTH PENN' OIL CO. VALLEY MOULD & IRON CO. y SPANG-CHALFANT & CO. • SPEAR AND COMPANY VANADIUM-ALLOYS STEEL CO. ' SPROAT AND COMPANY VESTA COAL AND COKE CO. SPROUL, ROBT. C. & SONS.,-, VULCAN DETTNNING CO. STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE CO. WALL, P. MANUFACTURING CO. STANDARD OIL COMPANY. WANNER SERVICE COMPANY STANDARD SANITARY SUPPLY CO. WARD, EDGAR T. STANDARD STEEL SPRING COMPANY WASHINGTON. COUNTY OF STANDARD TIN PLATE COMPANY WEBSTER HALL HOTEL STAR MARBLE AND TILE CO. WEEKLY STANDARD 12 ^ APPLIED BUSINESS AND SECRETARIAL SCIENCE DIVISION
t1? WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA BREWERS WILLISON AUDIT & SYSTEM CO. ASSOCIATION WISE MOTOR SUPPLY COMPANY WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY WOLF AND COMPANY WESTINGHOUSE AIRBRAKE COMPANY WOOD PRESERVING CORP. WESTTNGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MANUFACWOODS, EDWARD A. COMPANY TURING CO. WRIGHT CHEVROLET COMPANY WESTTNGHOUSE NUTTAL COMPANY WYCKOFF DRAWN STEEL COMPANY WEST LEECHBURG STEEL COMPANY WESTMINSTER COLLEGE WEST PENN POWER COMPANY YELLOW CAB COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH WETTACH PAINT & CHEMICAL CO. Y. M. AND W. H. A. WHITE TOWER MANAGEMENT CORP. Y. M. C. A. OF PITTSBURGH WILKINSBURG HIGH SCHOOL Y. M. C. A. OF WILMERDING WILKINSBURG IRON & METAL CO. YOUNG, ARTHUR AND COMPANY WILLIAM PENN HOTEL YOUNGSTOWN SHEET & TUBE CO.
PRACTICAL WORK ASSIGNMENTS AFTER the fundamentals have been mastered by Day School students in either the Applied Business and Secretarial Science division or Pittsburgh School of Accountancy division, they have the option of being assigned to a husiness organization to gain experience and to obtain,the right to a satisfactory busi ness reference. Before taking advantage of these .arrangements, :i" * however, students' class work must have been completed. The actual work is usually performed in downtown busi ness offices, and is done under the friendly supervision of one of the firm's executives and under the regulations and general rules of that organization. Usually the student works without com i pensation, but substantial salaries are sometimes' paid for this practice. k During this trial period, the student's conduct, demeanor, interest, and efficiency are carefully observed by school .officials and exhaustively reviewed by them in conference with the executives concerned, every possible effort being made .to en courage the student to improve along specific lines indicated by the executive's reports. IM Students of Pittsburgh School of Accountancy division are eligible for this phase of the work after completion of their Freshman year, but no pressure is exerted upon them to avail 13 . ROBERT MORRIS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
themselves of the service should they prefer straight classroom work. However, students in the Applied Business and Secre tarial Science division are strongly' urged to accept these prac tical work assignments for part, at'least, of the two months fol lowing the completion of. their regular, day-school course of •study to get experience and to secure, a good business reference. The" results obtained by this laboratory method of learning business have more than justified the pains taken with indi vidual students, for it is rare that a student who has taken this kind of training has failed to "make good" in his first position. Some of the companies co-operating with Robert Morris School of Business in .these practical-work assignments are: ARROW PRESS CORP. A. M.-BYERS COMPANY. CASTALIA- PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY* CHARIS OF PITTSBURGH. COLONIAL TRUST COMPANY. CROWTHER AND SEBRING, Certified Public-Accountants. DIAMOND ALKALI COMPANY. ECONOMY PAINT AND WALL PAPER CO. A. J. EPSTEIN 8 COMPANY, Certified Public Accountants. FAIRFAX HOTEL. GENERAL ELECTRIC SUPPLY CORPORATION. GIMBEL BROTHERS. GRAYBAR ELECTRIC COMPANY. THE WILLIAM G. JOHNSTON CO. JOSEPH HORNE COMPANY. LAW-AND FINANCE BUILDING, INC. LIBERTY DAIRY PRODUCTS COMPANY. MACBETH-EVANS GLASS COMPANY. MCKINNEV MANUFACTURING COMPANY. ERIC MOSES' & COMPANY,. Certified Public Accountants. ORPHEUS BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION. 14 fAPPLIED BUSINESS AND SECRETARIAL SCIENCE DIVISION
PALACE CREDIT CLOTHING COMEANY. PENN TROUSER .COMPANY. PITTSBURGHER HOTEL. PITTSBURGH STEEL COMPANY. PITTSBURGH VALVE, FOUNDRY 8 CONSTRUCTION CO, PITTSBURGH WHOLESALE GROWERS ASSOCIATION. REILING MANUFACTURING COMPANY. RELIANCE LIFE INSURANCE CO. ROGERS AND COMPANY, Accountants and Auditors. ROSENBAUM COMPANY. SEA-BREEZE LABORATORIES, INC. STANDARD SANITARY MANUFACTURING COMPANY. STEPHENS & COMPANY, Certified Public Accountants. STEVENSON-FOSTER COMPANY. TABULATING MACHINE COMPANY. J. SCOTT THORNTON, Certified Public Accountant. K. W. TODD & Co., Ii*c. TUBERCULOSIS LEAGUE OF PITTSBURGH. .21st WARD BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION. UNION SWITCH & SIGNAL COMPANY. UNITED ENGINEERING & FOUNDRY COMPANY. WEINER PRINTING COMPANY. WELFARE FUND OF PITTSBURGH. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
STUDENTS' ORGANIZATIONS
A STUDENTS' Council has Jbeen organized by the students of "the schocL^'his Councu~"promotes social ah^~*^u^ationirt*~--* M activities.
Alpha Phi Alpha, a scholarship fraternity, recognizes -indi- viduld'acEcI^ in both the day and evening divisions. 15 T
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Upon graduation, aH Robert Morris students automatic ally-become, members of the School's active Alumni Associa tion,-whose functions have been set forth on Page 6.
.. .PERIODICALS UPON enrollment, each student becomes a subscriber, without charge, to The. Pittsburgh .Accountant, a publication issued regularly by the School. The Pittsburgh Accountant is designed to- present news items concerning students, -secretaries, accountants, business or ganizations of this district, and members of. the Faculty of the School. In each issue there also appear articles on business topics of general interests. This free subscription continues after the student's gradua tion, and he then receives, "gratis, the regular releases of the Alumni Association's Bulletin, as well.
In addition, arrangements :have been concluded with cer tain professional and technical magazines, allowing preferential "rates to students at Robert Morris School of Business. Similar reductions in the price" of books are possible through various publishers.
AIDS TO OUT-OF-TOWN STUDENTS IN OBTAINING DESIRABLE LIVING QUARTERS
ROBERT MORRIS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS maintains, for the benefit of out-of-town students, "a register of desirable living quarters. Each student is given individual counsel when it is needed or desired. Particular care will be given to the wishes of a parent or -guardian in selecting living accommoda tions. Robert Morris School of. Business, however, maintains-no dormitories and does not undertake to supervise the conduct 16 IMPLIED BUSINESS AND SECRETARIAL SCIENCE DIVISION
| of students when not in attendance upon sessions of the School. The cost of living in Pittsburgh, subject to a certain mini mum, varies with -the desires and means of ^ the individual student. A room in a desirable neighborhood/
INSPECTION INVITED THOSE desiring to inspect the School, or to visit a class "session," are welcome at all times. Appointments may be made to meet members of the staff either during the day or during- the evening, at.any time of the yean
THE FACULTY
AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF 0- ERNEST CROWTHER, C.P.A. (Pa. and Ohio) CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD f Senior "Partner, Crowther S Sebring, Certified Public Accountants. Member of the American Institute of Accountants; Council Member, 1918- ,1926. " * Member of the American Society of Certified Public Accountants; Director, 1932-1933. Member of the Pennsylvania.Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Presi dent, 193-1-S-1932"; Council Member and Chairman of Committee- on Education, 1932-1934. Member of the Pittsburgh Chapter, National Association of Cost Accountants. •Chairman of the.Pittsburgh Chapter, Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public "Accountants. State Representative of the American Society of Certified- Public Accountants.: GUY F. CUSTER, £.P.A. (Pa.) " DEAN Ftfrmefly of the Audit Company of Pittsburgh. Formerly of Scott; Boschert 8 Gompany, Certified Public Accountants. Formerly partner of Sproat, Custer 8 Company, .Certified Public Accountants. Member of American Society of Certified Public Accountants. Member of the Pittsburgh Chapter, Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Member of-American Accounting Association. RICHARD KHUEN, III, A.B. PRESIDENT Graduate of University of Michigan. Formerly Director, Pittsburgh Chapter, National Association of Cost Ac countants.- Vice-President, Pennsylvania Association of Private Business Schools. Member of'Personnel Association. Member of Commercial Education Association. 18 t
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WJLLIAM J. AIKEN, A.B.vLL.B, SECRETARY .-Graduate of Allegheny College. Graduate of University of. Pittsburgh, fmber of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. |!Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. i;Fotmerly Assistant United States District Attorney. Member of the Pennsylvania Bar.
WlNFIELD M. MQALISTER, B.S. Graduate of the Wharton School of Finance -arid Commerce „Qf jthe, University of"P.ennsylvania. Formerly of the Graduate Schools of University jof Pittsburgh and University of Pennsylvania. . Formerly of-the Securities Department, Peoples-Pittsburgh "Trust Company. • Formerly Statistician, K. W. Todd S Company, Investment' Bankers. Formerly "Instructor in Finance at Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania. • >. ALBERTA E. BAUMAN . Robert Morris School of Business and University of Pittsburgh. ALEXANDER I. HARTMAN Graduate* Robert Morris .School of Business. Duquesne University. * Formerly of General Office Equipment Company. Formerly of'Armour and Company. Member" of National Association of Cost Accountants, Pittsburgh Chapter, and Tri-State Commercial Education Association.
RUTH C. BLACK, B.C.S. f x Graduate of Grove City College. » r v Formerly Instructor, Harding High School? ^ ^ Formerly Secretary to the head, University of Pittsburgh, Erie Sentec. tr*? A. ROY CARSON * " " " . Manager, Vulcan Detinning Co. Formerly Controller of-Pittsburgh Valve, Foundry and Construction Co. Member of the Pittsburgh Chapter, National Association-of, Cost Accountants. Formerly President of the Pittsburgh Chapter, National Association of Cost Accountants. 23 ""3
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~ JAMES M. CUMMING, C.P.A. (Pa.) * James M. Cumming and Company, Certified Public Accountants. F_onnerly of-.£rnsrand Ernst, Public Accountants. Formerly of Cumming and Walton, Gertified Public Accountants. •Formerly partner in Richter and Company," Certified Public Accountants.
- RUTH B. DENNISON, B.S. Com. Ed. LECTURER ON SECRETARIAL SCIENCE Graduate* of Syracuse University. .. Formerly Instructor, Tarenttim High School.
ROBERT M. GRIFFITHS, C.P"A. (Pa.) Graduate of the_ Post.Graduate Class at Pittsburgh School of _Acc6untancy - division,_JR.*qbert Morris School T>fBusiness._ " ,u University 6f_Pittsburgh. % 'Meiaber of. the American Institute of Accountants". ' Sta*fi" Accountant, Price, Waterhouse 6$-Co., Accountants and- Auditors. * \ JPormerly employed by Jones-8 Taughlhi'SleerCorpofatipn. _ %
~~ *-*"_ . "ROBERT-M. HAYES, C.P.A. (Pa.) __ ~~ ~ Graduate of Grove "City College. - „" Graduate of tEe "Post-Graduaft Class at Pittsburgh School of Accountancy:" Division," Robert ^Morris S"hool-6"f Business. "*« *' Formerly of ift.rtbur Young B Co; •Rogers Company. ^Accountant).
_- -. ._.- ""JOHN HEPBURN; C.A. (Scotland-). ..Graduate of Glasgow University. -* -Assisr-mt^&liditor.'Pittsburgh-Steel Co. ."'"*" ,*MeAJ5ef_of-the*4nstitute of Accountants and Actuaries jn,Glasgow, iScotland. MernBer^"f^fi& Pittsburgh CEapter, National-Association- of "Cosf Ac'couhtanls. :Formerly.member"jof the staff ,of-Peat, Marwick, Mitchell 8J" Company,- Ac- Z, •S? "coiiriTSnts and Auditors. ."'.""" "
*"*:-•• HENRY J"). JORDAN, M'.D:^ - ' -* _- „ _-—; * w "SCHO(3L"PHYSipiAN: " .— ' GraduateJ-^nivers'ity of ^Pittsburgh. " ., „ - "- T *2"P ** - ^APPLIED-BUSINESS AND SECRETARIAL SCIENCE^DIVISION;
REGIS T. .KEMPER ,
Graduate. Robert Mqrris School _pf Businessv ^ ,' Member of the Pittsburgh Chapter, National Association. oXj^ost Accountants'.- Formerly Staff Accountant', Price, Waterhouse 6J Co., Accountants' and 'Audi-C tors.-- , » * 1 Formerly-Staff Accountant, Haskins fi* Sells, Certified Public Accountants; • Staff Accountant, Crowther 1i Sebring, Certified Public Accountants.- - -
JOHN A. McCANN, B.A., LL.B. Graduate of University of Colorado and Columbia University., — Member of the Bar of Supreme Court of the United States. Formerly. Special Assistant to the Attorney-General of the United-States. < Formerly^Ajsistant United States Attorney, Denver, Cola. Formerix-Instructor in.Modern European History, University "of Colorado. Formeriyrlnstrucjorin Public Speaking, University of Denver. " _ Formerly Instructor in Commercial Law, Army Educational Center, Coblenz, - Germany. »• « ' *" _j * £• Mimber of the Pennsylvania Bar.-
VICTOR A.*MCNALLY St. Vincent's Preparatory School. '""**• Georgetown University. . FormerJ-y of Fjrst National Barik jof Pittsburgh: „ Formerlyof-Wm. M.Drr Company,. « Formerly- of"Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company.
RALPH S. RENO COUNSELOR Formerly-Secretary-Manager, Reno Business College. - • ' -
C. W. SALMOND, <"",A. (Scotland) PRESIDENT OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY DIVISION Member-of. the Society of Accountants "ifi Edinburgh? Scotland. Secretary, Treasurer, and Director of-the. Castalia Portland*Cement.Co. Secretary and Treasurer of Sea-Breeze Laboratories,, Inc. •- - .-..*• Formerly Auditor of the National Car Wheel Co. • ~ • ,. . -Formerly Auditor of the Pennsylvania Casting and Machine Works. -: Formerly,-member.of the staff of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell "-J Co*, Accountants and Auditors. 25 "ROBERX MORRIS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
WALTER L-. SEBRING, C.P.A. (Pa.) Formerly Staff Accountant, Scott, Boschert 8 Co., Certified Public Accountants. Formerly^Partner, Whittaker, Sebring 8 Co., Certified Public Accountants. Partner, Crowther-8 Sebring, Certified Public Accountants^
MI-PAUL SCOLLINS, B.A., LLB., MrP.L-' Graduate of Pennsylvania State College and Georgetown University. Member-of. the Pennsylvania Bar.
ANDREW E. SHERIDAN, B.S., LL.B. Graduate of Grove City College and Duquesne Law .School. Member of Pennsylvania Bar. $ Formerly Instructor in Crafton and Schenley. High Schools.
MYRA B. -SHOEMAKER INSTRUCTOR IN PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT Graduate, Morse School of Expression, St. Ma"ry's College, Washington Uni versityr and New School of'Social Research. Formerly'Instructor at St. Mary's^College, Nazareth "Academy, St. Teresa's Academy, and Morse School of Expression. Formerly" member, Woodward "Stock Company. Formerly Editor, John B, Drinkwater's Play, 'Abraham Lincoln. Formerly Social Director, Hotel St. George (world's largest residential hotel). Formerly Social "Director, Lookout Hotel, Ogunquit, Me., and Skytop Lodge, P6cono Mt»r* *
D. Sv THOMAS, A.B., LL.B. Member oOhe Allegheny County Board.bf" Law. Examiners. Graduate of-University of Pittsburgh "and Allegheny College. Member of the Pennsylvania Bar. - « Borough Solicitor for BlaWHox. Member of the firm oT Campbell, Wick, "Houck and Thomas. 26 .- G
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J. SCOTT THORNTON, A.B., C.P.A. (Pa.) DIRECTOR " Certified Public Accountant. Graduate, School of Business Administration, University of Michigan, and ,of Pace Institute, New York City. Formerly of'the-Executive Staff of- Dfo.nKmd~Alkali Co._ Formerjy Treasurer and Assistant to* the .President of the Union ElectricjCom- pany. Formerly Accountant for the "Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania. Formerly Traveling Auditor of the General" Electric Company. * * ' Graduate, *P6st-Graduate Class, Pittsburgh School of Accountancy division, Robert Morris School of Business. C. E. VOGEL, A.B., LL.B. Graduate of Allegheny College and University of Pennsylvania. ^ *^ Member'of the Pennsylvania Bar. K. G. WOLFE, C.P.A. (Pa.) DIRECTOR ~j .... . , Graduate, Robert Morris School of "Business. Secretary of the L. B. Foster'Co. Formerly, of the staff of Main S Co., Certified Public Accountants.- Graduate, Post-Graduate" Class, Pittsburgh School of Accountancy'division; Robert Morris School of Business. WILLIAM J. TURLEY, A*B., M. Ed., LL.B. • • • Graduate of Duquesne University. Graduate of the "University of Pittsburgh. Formerly of Jones £J Laughlih Steel*Corporation. Formerly of National Surety Corporation. Formerly of National Union Fire Insurance Company. Formerly of Union Indemnity Company. Formerly of Union Labor Life Insurance Company. ,-% Former Instructor in Central High School. Former Instructor in Eeabody High Schopl. Member of the faculty of the-School of Education, Duquesne University. Member of the Tri-State Commercial Teachers Association. Member of the National Education -Association.
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.-„ .: 7 "* * *"*' CATHERINE D." DODSON, ASB. •UrriversityofT'ittsburgh. *r ** . .„ Quondam. GomnKrcialJDep'armtent Head, McKees Rocks Public.Schools. ; Eorm«lyinstrictpr"Carrick-High School. *- '
: -^ * JOHN G. LEHEW, A.B., LLrB.. . ., jj * - _ . "***__•' ' -ISSTRUCTORTSHORTHAND REPORTJNG - *• I *GraduatJ*P«flBsylv^nia State College' . - ::, " 1 Duqlfesne University Lawf-Schbol. 1. . •' • - ij MembeKof.Pennsylvania Bar. - " r - - 3 Reporter for, Grartd Jury ,attache8 to. District .Attorney's Office, Allegheny i • County:;- _ ' i -*u _* —' ' ^ . ..*• r !!
-.- - JOSEPH S.*MQDONA£D,T#A.B., M.A. - j - ""Jnivftslty of Pittsburgh. - * , ,,..«•. ...„ '" k dttquesfle-University.. *~ -- - ^ e& -Quondam Instructor, Pittsburgh Normal Schbol. *, 'Formerly of the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company. "l Qupndam Instructor, Duquesne University Preparatory School. "jj -Quondam Department* Head, Sharpsburg High ^School, Sharpsburg, Pa. Member, Pa. StateJEducationaf Association;^ _ <;- -* •*.•>.-.• ~ --.I^ATTIIEW J. MALLOY, B.S.- LL.B.AM.SC. of'Ed. f Boston 'College. *. , „ ., " , . -"*-.,< - • - - :UniVersity-of;Pittsburgh\ - Dnqpesne University. Harvard Graduate School of Education^- ^University-of Michigan. - , • , Quondam Department Head, Sharpsburg High- SchooC Sharpsburg, Pav Member, Pa. State Educational Association. . -- - ~ .SPECIAL LECTURERS^ . ALLEN S. CHRISTNER^ A.B., LL.B. JAMES CLARK, C.P.A.* „ »•- * -• J .M. L. LEUIN, C.P,A... . - » - •••'.-» - ~~ ~ _ JAMES MULVIHILL; C.Pj.A.. * - „*.""".. . '" DUJSCDAS PEACOCK, C.P. A. _ •"""-" v - — - . EBWA"RD SCHIETINGER~.G*P.*A.* -..""" " '- — " - J.-B. STURl3£i|P.A. -." .", -, • ' - ~ •- • ^ • " - 28 *" ' •' ", APPLIED BUSINESS AND SECRETARIAL SCIENCE DIVISION
TRAINING PLAN OF APPLIED BUSINESS AND SECRETARIAL SCIENCE DIVISION To those individuals who are adequately prepared to render a specific service, business, the largest and most lucrative of'pro fessions, today offers greater opportunities' than ever fcefore. Here is a comprehensive, scientifically devised plan by which one may expect to enter that field. Applied Business and Secj^tariaJ-Seieflee-Dmsirin of Robert Morris School of Business prep.axejLin^n^ai»L^oineji_fQr^e.c.re- tarial, stenographic, and related positions, the entrance positions to business. Mojre"_specificafly,'" it pro^*ides_ technical prepara tion" f orthe^work p^rfmrm&d~^MtKT]p^ate secretary, the lit erary secretary, the social secretaryTthe secretarial) assistant, the "omce assistant, the office manager, the gen^r30rsterT6grapherT_.the \> stenographer-clerk, and the report jd^pj£tment'__stenographer: '\ It provides the technical basis for ultimate advancement to general office positions of'executive character. This preparation, which constitutes Secretarial Science Di vision's plan for success, opening as it does, practically every avenue of entrance into business, cannot fail. Experience shows it does not fail. By adopting this plan, the student may become a secretary, an office assistant or perhaps one of the other choices mentioned, but more than that, by this training, competence so complete and so thorough is acquired that, to the employer's question, "What can you do?", the student can return a confident answer.
Two methods of completing the plan -of study are offered
and extends over a TEN-MONTH PERIOD. Two additional J J •—-••• . . •••••— ,.,., nnin,..,|IWMi,|u mn iniwm UJBJI.JIIIII n mi ••••miinnr—rrm—-—r—-—=—•••<=•**•-r lin ni-j|»#nitfiHnilMitiir-r-'i 'irfirt ij'imrt, months of instruction are, permitted without charge, providing individual needs require them. The other method is afforded by jhe^y^niagschool division and extendi over" a periodof from 29 ROBERT "MORRIS SCHOOL- OF BUSINESS ^ „ * "" "~ M TWENTY TO TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS,, depending on individual -needs. -What are -the details of this plan of preparation which promises to yield so much to the competent? -Ai.4 Today four things are essential if one is. to be able to get a desirable position "in business: 1. Specific abilities. 2. Desirable, personal qualities. 5- 3. Experience gained in a, .firm actually engaged in business, preferably in Pittsburgh. 4. A satisfactory business reference from a reputable- firm.. (1) .We give you all four. These twenty-two (22) SUB &4 JECTS designed to develop in you specific abilities "and desirable personal qualities are all part .of the course: 1. Shorthand 2. Transcription 3. Typewriting 4. Business Correspondence" 5". Secretarial Accounting 6. Business Law -""">" 7. Advertising" ^ -6-. Psychology of "Sales ftp 9. Business Organization 10. Business Science Laboratory 11. Secretarial English 12. 'Everyday Finance 13. Filing and Indexing 14. Orientation for Business 15. Secretarial Projects 1 qualities you already possess, and perhaps_,to develop fur ther those which in-the past you have neglected to develop, .we.teach you in five (5) absolutely necessary"subjects, each part of the course: -(18) •Business Etiquette u (19) Fashion in BusinessV '> (20) Poise and .Posture (21) Voice and Diction \ (22} Personal Efficiency The time allotted* each subject averages slightly more than 65 hours with several getting much more and a few proportionately less, according to the relative;difficulty of 1 learning the subject. All are equally important. * One who understands that these four things: 1. Ability 2. Personality •3. Experience 4. A reference from a reputable firm are essential, can readily understand .why Robert Morris offers but one plan of training, the complete -and entire plan. Less training would be insufficient for a-desirable job. More training would be specialization. For those who would like to know more about the subjects taught as part of this complete course, a descrip tion of each follows. (3) To give you .the actual business experience in a going concern, the only kind of experience on which a business man places any value, we have carried on for twenty years our plan of practical work assignments described in this bulletin on pages 13 to 15. t 1* (4) At the satisfactory completion of your practical work as signment, you are entitled-to refer to the company to which 31 ROBERT MORRIS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS you had been* sent for experience, as to the type of work you dicfc *• A partial list of firms co-operating with Robert Morris School of Business is given elsewhere in this bul letin on*pages 14 and 15. COURSE OF STUDY (1) SHORTHAND-STENOGRAPHY ABILITY to take rapid dictation is an absolute essential to one entering business, as an office or secretarial assistant, stenog rapher, stenographer-clerk, or private secretary. However, it is frequently .even more useful to the busy executive. For ex ample, it" is said that* former President Wilson lightened the harden of-.a tempestuous administration by drafting all plans and speeches in the-shorthand he learned as a youth* Great emphasis is_ accordingly placed on this training where the aim is to achieve not a mere so-many-words-per-niinute skill but an ability to take dictation automatically, fearlessly, confidently, Jrapidly, and ^tirelessly. This training, in the Gregg system, as taught at Robert Morris School of Business, supplementing stenography, inculcates only the most modern methods, usages, and practices in transcription, co-ordinated with activities of a professional and executive nature. Students who have already studied Gregg shorthand begin according to individual ability and skill. (2) TRANSCRIPTION This subject affords an opportunity to apply knowledge ac- -quired in typewriting and other courses as well as shorthand. The work includes letters based on standard and technical dicta tion and emphasizes projects in tabulation and material, p'ertain- ing to legal,-medical, chemical, and other business and profes sional activities. (3) TYPEWRITING Absolute accuracy is the objective of this indispensable train ing. The highest speed attainable is the result, s'ince surenes^ 32 [dEED BUSINESS AND SECRETARIAL SCIENCE DIVISION W evenness of touch result from the most advanced and most |«jmpletely efficient methods which are employed in developing Ithis skill. The Robert Morris student has at least three ad ditional superior advantages because: (a) while every type of machine is available and taught in the office-experience courses, noiseless typewriters are, gen erally used in typing instruction rooms; (b) each student occupies a beautiful and serviceable individual drop-head desk. The resulting increase in com fort and efficiency is highly gratifying; (c) Robert Morris students transcribe in completely sound=pro6fed rooms which so deaden -sound as to make it scarcely audible. The advantages of these points are obvious. . (4) BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE |4 This is related to Secretarial English and gives the student a knowledge of the various types of communication requisite in disposing of divers situations in business. Conspicuous among these are the types of correspondence, appropriate to sales, adjustment, credit, collections, advertising analysis, reports, and business research. Through study and- criticism of actual specimens from office correspondence files, in conjunction with thorough training and practice in writing such letters and compiling reports, students are assured a high degree of proficiency in this field. (5) SECRETARIAL ACCOUNTING This course is designed for all students, whether or not they have had bookkeeping. The latter subject is not a prerequisite.* If is not the purpose of this subject to develop professional bookkeepers or accountants. Ability in this work is acquired through the study and establishment of the financial records of private individuals, 33 rrym ROBERT MORRIS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS lawyers,.doctors", afld other professional men, eleemosynary and business organizations, and small firms. Here again Robert Morris students are .particularly favored, not only in the course of instruction offered, but in the fact that the instruction ;is given by the same faculty members who teach in the Pittsburgh School of Accountancy division, the same group of teacher-accountants which has made, that divi- "sioii the outstanding unit it is recognized to be. "Si (,6) BUSINESS-LAW An "understanding of the basic principles of law' ^and the practical application of these principles to the problems of busi ness are the aims of this subject". Included is- a study of con tracts, partnership, negotiable, instruments, indorsements, per sonal and real property, corporations, investments, trusts, and other-important phases of the legal aspect of business. ^ (7) ADVERTISING This study is undertaken, not from- the standpoint of the advertising expert but rather from the business man's point -of view, focusing on principles of advertising and selling, adver tising copy, selection^ of media and preparation of campaigns. The place of advertising managers and agencies, their function and practices, are analyzed. Chief consideration is given to the relationship of advertising to other departments of business management and promotion. N* (8). PSYCHOLOGY OF SALES Robert Morris is not training salesmen or sales girls. How ever, inasmuch as the psychol6gy of sales is chiefly the applica tion1 of simple psychology to ordinary situations, every student profits daily from this knowledge. Employers emphasize that this knowledge makes mole effective the relations of the em ployee with customer; "client or patient. Employers generally extol the merits of. this subject. 34 IPPMED BUSINESS AND .SECRETARIAL SCIENCE DIVISION V (9) BUSINESS ORGANIZATION This subject is designed to enable the student to get a proper perspective of himself or herself upon entrance to the business world. While great attention is paid to the managerial point of view, chief interest is centered in those aspects likely to in terest particularly the novice in business. It is an unexcelled aid to the proper guidance of the young men or women just be ginning the climb to success in the commercial world who are thus enabled to understand just what their places and possibili ties in the whole scheme are, or may become. The course deals with the structure of the various types of organization and the problems of administration peculiar to each. It includes a_ con sideration of. policies and methods of typical firms, concluding with a solution of selected organization problems of a practical nature. (10) BUSINESS SCIENCE LABORATORY The business science laboratory supplements the work of the instruction periods by providing opportunities to learn the physical aspects of the daily problems of office routine. V£{Y (11) SECRETARIAL ENGLISH Clarity, conciseness and forcefulness of language (both spoken and written) mark the junior as well as the-senior execu tive. Lack of these qualities constitutes an almost insurmount able barrier to true success in business. To be at ease while speaking with or before others, there must be a realization and a confidence that the forms employed are technically correct. To establish this confidence, a review of high-school grammar, punctuation, and. sentence structure is .followed by more diffi cult work and constant drilling in essentials. (12) EVERYDAY FINANCE This course includes, first, a rapid reiew of the fundamen tals of arithmetic. Particular emphasis is then laid upon their 35 ROBERT MORRIS SCHOOL TJF BUSINESS application to such business problems as .percentage, interest, in surance, and'btldgets. This course is intended to supplement the course in Secretarial Accounting. *(13) FILING AND INDEXING Thorough and adequate comprehension of the technique of operating the best modern-type systems of filing and indexing, coupled with an understanding of their relation and application to.various types of business offices, commercial houses and banks, are the objectives of this course. (14) ORIENTATION FOR BUSINESS Blind flying is'sometimes forced upon aerial pilots, but the men and women responsible, for the guidance of business or ganizations "have always at their disposal the information and the aids necessary to accomplish their purpose -successfully. This knowledge is achieved through an understanding of the principles of marketing, trade production, and finance as well as the technique of effective personnel management, ele ments considered in this subject. (15) SECRETARIAL PROJECTS Typical duties characterize individuals in business. Typical problems confront -them, practical problems requiring practical solutions. Adequate and appropriate modes of behavior are developed by this subject to the extent that a wealth of back ground and experience result to make proper behavior inevitable when later the.student enters upon the job. (16) WORD STUDY This subject" is a specialized" unit of the training in Secre tarial English Technique affording additional opportunities to emphasize spelling, syllabication, derivations, and definitions ofc words with particular attention to vocabularies compiled from" various commercial and professional activities. 3*6 APPLIED BUSINESS-AND SECRETARIAL- SCIENCE^ DiyiSION" (17) OFFICE MACHINES AND' APPLIANCES -In order to'be equipped completely to handle any business situation, knowledge that will enable the worl£e*r "to"pperate, or to teach a subordinate how to'operate, AJSTT-type of office "appli ance, is. indispensable. Consequently, the student is trained in the "use of all the "various machines, of any importance whatever. Some of the machines, the.-manipulation"of whTch"is taught at Robert Morris, include: (1) Comptometer (2) Burroughs Calculating Machine (3) -Sundstrand Calculating Machine (4) Monroe Calculating Machine (5) Ditto, (6) Mimeograph (7) Multigraph (8) Addressograph Graphotype (9) Automatic Typewriter (10) Dictaphone (11) Ediphone (12) P.B.X. or manual telephone switchboard (13) Various less important machines. It is not the aim of the School to train office machine work ers. Our students rnust know the operation of all. of these ma chines, however, because such machines contribute much to the efficiency of any bffice, and "a lack of ability to operate any one of them has prevented otherwise excellent people from getting desirable positions. vr (18) BUSINESS ETIQUETTE Those who are familiar with business and people in busi n ness, are cognizant of the existence of an etiquette which be longs peculiarly to business. Good breeding will ordinarily prompt the average • individual to the observance of-the appro priate manners or forms of social life. But just as there is a 37 -ROBERT MORRIS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS specialized code in military and-diplomatic circles, and-various other specialized fields of endeavor, so it is in business. The aim of this subject is to enable the student to set up a workable personal code, originating in the strict conventions of business, for observance as a worker in business. -;*"" This subject co-ordinates with those in Diction and Poise in establishing those personal qualities requisite to an effective personality. (19) FASHION IN BUSINESS Employment, personnel, and placement directors everywhere concur in the opinion that jobs are frequently lost to otherwise eligible candidates simply because the candidate lacks the es sential knowledge of what dress is appropriate to business. Em ployment experts of national reputation point this" out repeat- edly. The matter is far too vital to be left to chance; "Positive knowledge is obligatory. In' the matter of expense, much is to *4 be considered also. Obviously, almost anyone, with unlimited funds at his or her disposal can be attired properly for all oc casions. It is both an art and a science to achieve the same re sult on the comparatively modest-budget of most young people in business. Such is one aim of the course. Etiquette, good taste, proper form, propriety and suitability, as they pertain to dress, are other proper objectives of study in this very important training. (20) POISE AND POSTURE This subject is designed to build up those personal qualities which are unquestionably of equal importance with technical proficiency in getting a job. Today, business—and men and women of business—demand a confident carriage, erect bearing, dignified demeanor, an ability to walk well, to stand properly, \ to control the hands properly—not because these things in-them- seles are so important, but because they are the marks of the calm capability, the dignity, the culture, and the breeding which 38