Shorthand

New Class Monday, March 2nd

At the School of Shorthand. 707 North University Ave.

Those who contemplate taking a course in Shorthand and Typewriting this year should arrange to enter the school on the above date, as the class to be organized at that time will be the last one to begin before our regular Summer School, which opens the last Monday in June.

Those who begin now and apply themselves diligently will be able to fit themselves for positions as Amanuenses by October or earlier. That is the best season in the year to secure employment. 

There is no more pleasant and profitable occupation for ladies. In no work is there a greater demand for the services of ladies. Ambitious young men who desire to attain successful business careers can find no better stepping-stone to success than that of a first-class shorthand amanuensis. In such a position they learn more about a business it is possible than in any other way. They are also brought into personal contact with men who do the promotions when there are promotions to be made. Chauncey Depew, who is, doubtless the best informed railroad man in the world, says that of the 250,000 railroad officials in this country the men who draw salaries of from two thousand to fifty thousand dollars per year, over one-half of them were poor boys who, only a few years ago, began their careers as stenographers. There can be no question that the opportunities offered young men as stenographers are today far greater than any other field. We will gladly mail to any young man who wishes it a pamphlet explaining this feature more fully. 

TEACHERS OF SHORTHAND 

The remarkable increase in the demand for first-class stenographers, and the realization, on the part of the public school men, that High Schools should fit young men and women to fill stenographic positions has caused thousands of High Schools to introduce the study of stenography as a regular course. There are thousands of other High Schools in this country which will introduce this subject within a year. High Schools, as a rule, will not employ teachers in any line unless they have special training for their work. As a result many schools desiring to introduce courses in shorthand were unable to do so last year because properly trained teachers could not be had. To supply this demand the SchooL of Shorthand is offering normal courses in shorthand to fit young men and women to fill positions as teachers of Shorthand in High Schools. This is the only School in the United States that is making a special feature of this work. As a result the school received many calls last year for such trained teachers but was unable to supply one-tenth of the demands made upon it. The salaries offered for such teachers ranged all the way from $800 to $1,500 per year, averaging nearly 30 per cent higher than the schools seeking such teachers paid their teachers for the ordinary High School branches Those  interested in this line of work or those who wish to take up the study with a view to becoming amanuenses are invited to cali at the 707 North University Ave. Ann Arbor, Mich