. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. eads of depart-ments and other expertsin the employ of the stores. The course of study included:Commercial correspondence; facility inoral and written expression; store arith-metic; sales slip practice; sources ofmerchandise and its distribution; rawmaterials; textiles; penmanship; colorand design; hygiene; practical talks onthe fundamental principles of success andsalesmanship. These courses were completed in June,1910, at which time advisory committeesof business men
. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. eads of depart-ments and other expertsin the employ of the stores. The course of study included:Commercial correspondence; facility inoral and written expression; store arith-metic; sales slip practice; sources ofmerchandise and its distribution; rawmaterials; textiles; penmanship; colorand design; hygiene; practical talks onthe fundamental principles of success andsalesmanship. These courses were completed in June,1910, at which time advisory committeesof business men expressed to the schoolCommittee their approval of this typeof instruction and requested that similarclasses be opened the following autumn. Courses in these subjects with addi-tional classes were started in October,1910, and have met with the heartyapproval of employers and business mengenerally, as is shown by the followingextracts from letters received duringMay and June, 1911. Thomas F. Anderson, Secretary, New EnglandShoe and Leather Association: I think I expressllic ()i)ini(in of tlie New England Shoe and Leather. THE SHOE AND LEATHER CLASS BOSTON CONTINUATION SCHOOLS 121 Association, and of the shoe and leather tradegenerally, when I say that this innovation in localeducational methods has already proved itself tobe a most valuable addition to our school system. A. W. Donovan, President of E. T. Wright & Co.:I wish to take this occasion to assure you that thework which has been accomplished has been verymuch appreciated by the business men of It has been so successful that it would seemthat there should be more and larger classes formedto take up the studies of the various industries ofthe city. T. B. Fitzpatrick of Brown-Durrell Company:The closing of the term at the ContinuationSchool prompts me to express the hope that theSchool Committee, the business men, and all in-terested will continue to encourage this system. . .Evidences are more and more apparent
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