44 WEBER ACADEMY exchange, stocks and bonds, real estate, and to make transfers of the same. Aside from the routine work a considerable number of supplementary exercises are given in connection with the rendering of loss and gains statements and resources and liability statements, the analyzing of accounts, etc. After having completed the two years of required work in bookekeping, the student is in a position to take up some of the advanced work of accounts. For those students who are desirous of pursuing the work farther, an elective course has been provided, which includes a set in modern corporation accounting and a modern banking set that covers thoroughly the accounts used in our national banks. Upon completion of the last two sets, the student enters the College National Bank, where he occupies from time to time the different positions in the bank, which is furnished with books and forms of the same kind as are used in the largest national banks of this country. He becomes familiar with most of the business carried on in a bank, including collection, discounts and loans. When the student has completed this course he has had experience with such a variety of methods and of different kinds of books that he is prepared to adapt himself readily to any system of accounts employed in actual business. This work, together with the courses offered in English, Commercial Arithmetic, Correspondence, Commercial Law and Economics (production and manufacturing), will insure the prosperity of any young man or woman of average capacity. WEBER ACADEMY 45 Shorthand a and b.The greater part of the year is devoted to the study and complete mastery of the system, practicing for accuracy, legibility and ease in writing and reading. During the remaining time dictation is given, with accuracy still the paramount thought. The text is Phonographic Amenuensis, by Pitman and Howard. Five hours per week throughout the year. Shorthand c and d.After a review of the text the student goes immediately to dictation, practicing for speed as he progresses, takes more difficult matter, including correspondence of great variety, legal forms, circulars, speeches, etc. Five hours per week throughout the year. Typewriting a and b.Each student is taught the use of the machine and its different parts, and is required to clean and oil his own machine from the first day he starts. Speed, accuracy and neatness are the qualifications every student is required to work for; no erasing is allowed, and each lesson must receive the teacher's approval before the student goes to another lesson. He is allowed to go from one lesson to another as rapidly as he is able, so that the more practice a student gets the sooner he will become expert. The Touch system is used exclusively. Five hours per week throughout the year. Typewriting c and d.For advanced students, writing from dictation for the acquirement of a high rate of speed is practiced. Five hours per week throughout the year.