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Show SMITHSONIAN BUSINESS ' 8 COLLEGE . PROGRESSIVE i I Ogden may be justly proud of its i educational advantages, and Its pcoplo J 'without fear of disappointment, may r justly Invite the Investor to locato in T the city with his family. The school ( system of the city Is in the hands of I experienced schoolmen and from the t lowest grade in the public schools to the last year of the high school course 1 professional tutorship prevails. Young men and young women graduates from 1 the Ogden schools enter life's actlvi- I ties with a training that fits thorn for ! the actual, practical affairs of the com- i morcial and Industrial world. An enviable position In Ogden's I realm of schooldom Is held by the I Smithsonian Business Collego and i Shorthand School, as it is an important ; factor In tho education of a large num- ber of students for the practical af- : fairs of life whose efficiency Is ad- ' vantageously exercised In Ogden and i the mountain country. The young busl- ness men and women of the school are : among the more competent captains of industry in the community; their training train-ing in the school having been for a definite line of action which has to do with the industrial pursuits of the : western section of country. The school was founded In September, Septem-ber, 1891, by Professor James A. Smith, than whom there is no better qualified educator In the business" division di-vision of any school. Mr. Smith has retired from active participation In the teaching of the school and has been succeeded as principal by Professor Pro-fessor C. S. Springer, who Is a young man .of high qualification in commercial commer-cial teaching. Mr. Springer has brought additional, prestige to the school, augmenting the high achievement achieve-ment attained by his predecessor. His aim is to make the college the foremost fore-most institution of its kind in the inter-mountain country and he is well on the way to a successful- accomplishment accomplish-ment of his aim. The Smithsonian Business college opened- Its doors with seven students enrolled. The growth since then has ' been so constant that more than 100 students are now in the school. The course of instruction has been extended ex-tended to cover every subject needed by the young man or young woman who desires to enter into active busl- ! -i less life. The business college make : I 10 pretentions to giving its studonts ' :ollcgiatc education in ancient and k modern languages, surveying, Qnjri ' ' aeerlng, higher mathematics or a tffc choice of thirty or Jorty otripP branches, nor to holding out the hone IS i that the students can secure classical : & education In six months or a year On ' otc the contrary, it is tho aim to take st. '55b. dents who have already acquired at -fla least a fair English education and fit ' e them for actual business life, and only 'Corel such branches as are necessnrv in ' ,1 C reach this end arc taught. " ' ,o3 No time of a student is wasted in : ver theoretical work, or In acquiring any- : wrd, thing that he will never be called Into : I use in practical overy-day life, but the ' rrox aim Is to concentrate all possible effort ' I'ac on Just thoee subjects that every dthe young person must know, and know ' St d well, and be able to use, if he is to sue- Sollc ceod in business. It is also tho aim ; 'Jjtoti of the school to place students In pa- Sita Ing positions upon their graduation hicg the success of this purpose being at.' '-tosted '-tosted by the hundreds of Btudents of c a tho school now holding prominent .' bJ5 ; plnces In business concerns of Ogden : 1ads and other places. That positions will 'fcsls be found Is not guaranteed, but the " tiali management of the institution has sur- ; ceeded iff- securing positions for a ' , tw. greator percentage of its studonts than Ci most any other business school known Wn In the westorn country. The school ' fh never lOBes sight of its graduates and 'JS? nevor falls to assist them when the ' Zt opportunity is afforded. The college home Is a building ol ' !L1 stone and brick with fireproof roof H ' Si is a three-story building containing a j Siu good basement which extends four frrt , j(ir; above tho street grade. From bar n. j tj ment to attic, the building is thorough- f ly equipped for commercial school i j purposes nnd contains in all twent) f jv four rooms, fifteen of which are for ) t2S students or others desiring to occupy ; j. thorn. The school is adjacent to the electric intorurban line terminal, Is within a fow feet of the postofflco frd- jr tjj eral building, only a block and a half i from Washington avenue and two ; rJln blocks and a half away from the union 1 railway dopoL The institution 13 In a LjS quiet spot and yet. It is within a very j short distance of the business cenfrr f of Ogden. j m |