Penman's Art Journal . thought and action. It seems that this proposition reeolves itself into two posi-tions for the commercial schools. If they wish to create adifferent condition from tbat now In existence-a very diffi-cult thing to do—to make the work a distinct factor in oureducational system, such ae either the law school or schoolof medicine, let them then raise the standard to wholly sec-ondary work such as it was in its origina ity. This will, nodoubt, lessen the number of schools, not necessitate an exten-sion of time, but will make the bread winning advantagesfor the classes. If. on


Penman's Art Journal . thought and action. It seems that this proposition reeolves itself into two posi-tions for the commercial schools. If they wish to create adifferent condition from tbat now In existence-a very diffi-cult thing to do—to make the work a distinct factor in oureducational system, such ae either the law school or schoolof medicine, let them then raise the standard to wholly sec-ondary work such as it was in its origina ity. This will, nodoubt, lessen the number of schools, not necessitate an exten-sion of time, but will make the bread winning advantagesfor the classes. If. on the other hand, they wish to accepttbe conditions as they now actually exist, to emulate theprinciple tbat they are part and not a separate factor inour educational system, to make their course of study consistof both elementary and secondary work, Itt them, in justiceto the requiring demands, increase tbe course of study, in-3 the tim«, do this fearlessly through concerted ac ?* benefited, the! and tbe work MM(. BY C. H. JENKINS. PORTLAND, ME. Longer Commercial Course. Penmans Art Journal: I have read with interest the letter froniMwhich appeared in Mtrch Journal Ibel A. R. Kip,ip is rightben heVays, Letus arrive with uniformity to arouse a senti-ent in favor of the higher bu^ine9S education, I believehe day of clerk factories is fast passing away, and that the schools that u w II be those who i make our schools e _ J the changes we all <liformly strive to elevate care purely educational * itutic calling E . the business colleges of Americashould take a back seat to similar institution.! in Germanvand even Little Japan, which most of us are inclined to lookupon as a nation hardly emerged from the state of barbar-. yet this same little island kingdom has business colleges worthy of tbeiistituiioDS. MUg bookkeeping ban a large that are certainly :number of our Amerii For a long time we ^ .,v^- k—-—o ^ - too prominent a position. What we need is a perfect correla-t


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