PAGE 52 WEBER ACADEMY Bookkeeping e.This is an elective course which includes the working out of a set in modern corporation accounting and a modern banking set that covers thoroughly the accounts used in our national banks. The student becomes familiar with most of the business carried on in a bank, including collections, discounts and loans. Ten periods per week during the first or second semester. One-half unit credit. Shorthand a, 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 in Phonographic Amanuensis by Pitman and Howard. Daily throughout the year. One unit credit. Shorthand c, 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., transcripts of the dictation being made on the typewriter. Aa course in actual office training is introduced, the student performing the various duties found in the daily business routine of an office. Daily throughout the year. One unit credit. Typewriting a, 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. The touch system is used exclusively. Daily throughout the year. One-half unit credit. Typewriting c, d.For advanced students writing from copy and dictation for the acquirement of a high WEBER ACADEMY PAGE 53 rate of speed is practiced. Thorough drill is given in writing legal documents, telegrams, cablegrams, invoices, freight bills, statements; also in billing, manifolding, mimeographing, etc. Daily throughout the year. One-half unit credit. Commercial Law.This course comprises a study of those matters of law that have constant application to business lifecontracts, negotiable instruments, liens, guaranty and suretyship, interest and usury, sale of personal and real property, warranty, bailment, agency, partnership, joint stock companies and corporations, insurance, common carriers, attachments, stoppage in transit, real estate, banking, taxes, distribution after death, property rights, etc. Text: Commercial Law, by Gano. Daily, first semester. One-half unit credit. High School or College. Political Economy.This course consists of a study of the underlying principles governing production, consumption, exchange and distribution of wealth. The relation of capital and labor and other present-day economic problems are discussed with some emphasis upon industrial and political ethics. Text: Introduction to the Study of Economics, Bullock. Daily, second semester. One-half unit high school or three hours college credit. Domestic Art. High School. Domestic Art a.Students are taught the fundamental principles of hand and machine sewing. Practice is given in the drafting of apron and underwear patterns; and in the use and care of machines. Each student makes an apron and a suit of underwear. Three double periods per week, first semester.