Kamis, 05 April 2012

Jones' Commercial College (St. Louis, Mo)

The 1854 Circular in addition to Catalogue of Jones' Commercial College inwards St. Louis, MO is available through Google Books.  The establishment was incorporated inwards 1849 in addition to offered teaching inwards bookkeeping, commercial law, commercial calculations, in addition to penmanship.  A item emphasis inwards the publication is placed on the training of bookkeepers for the steamboat industry.

The tuition is listed every mo $30 for a total plan amongst an additional accuse for nighttime pupils of $1 to encompass the toll of gas for lighting.

Enrollments are provided for a 5 twelvemonth period:


       Year # of Book-keeping Students
1849 163
1850 191
1851 216
1852 250
1853 258


The names in addition to source of students enrolled inwards 1852 are likewise provided in addition to a summary is copied below:

St. Louis 75%
Outstate MO 10%
Illinois 7%
Iowa 2%
Kentucky 1%
Louisiana 1%
Massachusetts 0.4%
Mississippi 0.4%
Montana 0.4%
New York 0.4%
Ohio 1%
Tennessee 1%
Wisconsin 1%


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