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THE OBHAWA DAILY TIMES COLLEGIATE AND VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE WE tl, ih Commercial Department Gives Training SOUVENIR EDITION--MAY 17, 1030 in Business Principles New Departures * In Commercial Education Seen By A: M, HENRY Head of Commercial Department, Oshawa Collegi and V " 1 lnstit When the earliest business school of which we have knowledge was formed in the latter half of the cighteenth century in Edinburgh, under the title, "The din burgh Business Academy," the main sub jects of study were hookkeeping and busi ness arithmetic, Since that time numer ous changes have taken place in the world of business, Mass production and division of labour In the factory have made imperative increased skill and divi sion of lahour in the counting-house, This need has been met in several ways, Pitman System The creation of a phonetic system of writing by Sir Isaac Pitman in 1837 and the invention of the typewriter a few years later, gave to business the media through which the ever increasing burden of letter writing could be effectively ear ried, Filing systems have kept pace with business to such an extent that whole factories devote thelr energy to thelr manufacture alone Bookkeeping and Accountancy have heen ealled upon to discover ways and means of recording and analysing the last farthing of expendi tures In order that business managers may have scientific data upon which to hase their plans when meeting increasing ly keen economic competition, The sel ence of economics has come to our rescue with certain well-defined economic prin ciples with which every business man and woman should have at least a bowing nequaintance It has become increasingly impossible for the modern office to provide facilities by which young men and women may mas ter the essentinls of office work, as in former years, when they were appren ticed to business, The private commer cinl school, glving intensive courses in Stenography and Dookkeeping, filled the need admirably for a long time, but as the demands of business became more Handwriting is on the wane {Deplore it though we may, caligraphy is not of this generation, We shirk it whenever possible, and the other Tow balks at reading And, goshallfishhooks, some folks don't write their own names so they can be read, But now there is The Personal Underwood ideal for the home, for traveling, for personal writing anywhere, {Use the handy coupon, or mention this paper, | Uniied Typewriter Co. Lid} 138 Victoria St, Tovente 2 Tell me ll about that Personal Underwood, and how I ean buy it for a few dollars a month, Name Address EERE EEE RR EER EERE COMMERCIAL GRADUATING CLASS OF The above group shows the class of commercial students which Is being graduated from the Oshawa Collegiate and Voea- tional Institute at the end of the present term. This is the largest class in the history of the commercial department of the institution, exacting it was found that the product of these schools, with outstanding excep tions, did not possess sufficient general education to meet modern demands Gradually commercial education has heen transferred to the secondary schools ther helng given in conjunction with English literature, history, economies, sclence and mathematics Beginnings in Oshawa I'he beginnings of Commercial work in the Oshawa High School are not clearly defined but 'as far back as 1902 Book keeping and Stenography were taught in the old school on Centre Street, Since that time the commercial department has grown until It constitutes almost one third of the entire school enrolment re quiring the full time of seven teachers slightly over four years ago the commer clal elasses were organized as a Voea tional Department under the Director of Vocational Education for Ontario Oshawa in Vanguard At the present time the Oshawa Col leginte and Vocational Institute is in the vanguard of modern commercial educa tional practice, It provides a three year commercial course giving training In all the modern business subjects, stenography, typewriting, accounting, business letter writing, penmanship, rapid arithmetic and spelling, combined with a thorough course in the basic citizenship and eultural sub Jects mentioned above, Such courses do two things, namely, prepare the pupil to enter business with some marketable skill, and provide that background of well rounded Ife interest that enables the average citizen to use his leisure time with. pleasure and profit New Departures The department recently has made several important departures in Commer cial education, Falling in line with the policy of making the process of learning interesting, a gramaphone with eighteen suitable records wan installed in the type writing room and now the aspiring world champlons taps the keys to the tune of "Rule Britannia," and other records, The modern office demands of its beginners a knowledge of the latest office machines Hence there have heen added to our equipment an accounting machine, a cal culator, adding machines, and a complete set of dietaphones, Every successful student requires a working knowledge of these appliances, an added skill that helps E.W. Drew Served For 24 Years on Education Body One can hardly think of eduention in tha City of Oshawa without associating with it the name of KB, W, Drew, Fm muny years, Mr, Drew, by virtue of his long period of service, was known as the "Wather of the Board of Bdueation" and when he retired from service on the hoard at the end of 1028, ufter being n member for 24 yours, sincere tributes of praise of his service were voleed by those who had been his eollengues for varying periods of time, During his long nssoe lation with edueational affalrs, Mr, Drew saw the Oshawa school system" expand from a small beginning to hecome one of the best and most modern In the prov ince of Ontario Mr, Drew first became a member of the Board of Education in 1002, when there were only three schools In the town These were the Albert and Mary Ntreet publie schools, and the old Union high and publie school on the glte of the pres ent Centre Htreet school During his term of service on the board, the King Hireet publie school, the first and second sections of the high school, and, later, the collegiate institute on Nimeoe Ntreet North, the present Centre Ntreet school, the Ritson Road school, the Routh Him coe Nireet school, the Cedardale school, and the North Himeoe Street school were built, an well as additions to some of these, The plans for the vocational uwddition to the collegiate Institute were them to serve their empolyers more eof ficiently, ) During the past year, in an effort to correlate the work of the elassroom more closely with actual office conditions, vari ous members of the staff have visited loeal offices and industries for. the pu poses of learning the latest office methods and of aequainting the husiness offices of Oshawa with the work of the school Oshawa's leading business men have shown commendable desire to co-operate with the school in making our commercial department more efficient than ever in training for office work, also mude during the closing years of his service on the board Mr, Drew hid the honor of serving for two yours as the chalrman of the Board of Kdueation, and during his years on the board he was chairman of all the standing committees at one time or an other He was also a member of many of the bullding committees which super vised the construction of all the new wehools and additions When Mr, Drew was frei elected to the bonrd of education, It was un com E. W. DREW bination board with a large membership, some selected by the Town of Oshawa and the others appointed by the County of Ontario, Mr, Drew himself was at one time a member of the hoard repre senting the county, Then, in 1085, it wan made a munieipal board, with nine members elected by vote of the eltigens of Oshawa and one representing the Heparate Nohool Board of the olty, When Mr, Drew decided, at the end of 102K, to retire from the hoard, his deol lon was received with much regret, for all hin colleagues sincerely appreciated the wise Judgment and expert knowledge of educational affairs that he brought to ita deliberations, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO