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 TYPEWRITING '^«3B-241 MAR 9 189 
 

 WASHINGTON. 
 
 OFFICERS: 
 
 J. W. McKINLEY, LL. M., President and 
 
 Manager. 
 D. OLIN LEECH, M. D., Vice-President. 
 I. S. JOHNSON, A. M., Ph. D., Secretary. 
 MORRIS BIEN, Pii. B., Treasurer. 
 ,,* 
 References— BY PERMISSION : 
 Second National Bank, 
 
 National Capital Bank, 
 
 and Capital Trust Co. of this city. 
 
 INCORPORATED. 
 
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
 
 DEPARTMENTS — 
 
 BOOK-KEEPING AND BUSINESS, 
 ♦SHORTHAND AND TYPEWRITING, 
 CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS, 
 ENGINEERING, 
 JOURNALISM, 
 SQENCE. 
 
 CONSIDER THIS : You can take a complete course in any of the above departments at your home for one-fourth what it would cost you 
 to go to a college, and at the same time cont-cue your present employment. 
 
 OUR GUARANTEE — FIVE YEARS OF SUCCESS. 
 
 Communications for all Departments should be addressed lo YHF. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE INSTITUTE, 
 
 Second National Bank Building, Washington, D. C. 
 
 (Copyright, 1S9S, by the National Correspondence Institute. All rights reserved. j 
 
.. FACULTY.. , 
 
 OF THE 
 
 NaiioNSL (Correspondence Institute, 
 
 J. W. McKINLEY, President and Manager. 
 
 BALL, CHARLES B., P/i. B. (Sheffield Scieutific School, 
 Yale University). 
 
 EIEN, MORRIS, Ph. B. (University of California). 
 
 BLISS, LOUIS D., President Bliss School of Electricity, 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 BROWNE, C. W. H., B. M . E. (University of Maine). 
 
 COOPE, HARRY, M. Acd. (Eastman National Business 
 College, Poughkeepsie, New York). 
 
 COLEMAN, WILLIA.M MACON, A. M. (University of North 
 Carolina). 
 
 DONN, EDWARD W., Jr., B. S. (Mass. Institute of Tech- 
 nology). 
 
 FARWELL, ELMER S., C. E. (Rensselaer Polytechnic In- 
 stitute), l\f. S. (Columbian University). 
 
 GIES, EDWARD L., A. B., A M. (Western Maryland Col- 
 lege), LL. B. (National University). 
 
 TTINSDALE, T. R., C. E. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute). 
 
 JOHNSON, JOHN SCOTT, B. 5., A. M., I h. D. (Columbian 
 Universityi. 
 
 JUDSON, CARROLL D., LL. B. (National University). 
 
 LEECH, D. OLIN, M.D. (Columbian University). 
 
 LONG, E. McL., C. E. (University of Virginia). 
 
 McFARLAND, W. A., M. E. (Lehigh University). 
 
 MENAUGH, WALTER L., Expert Printer and Proofreader 
 of twenty years' experience. 
 
 ROBINSON, C. BARNWELL, V. S., Dean of United States 
 College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
 
 SCHWARTZ, GEO. W., Author of " Office Routine and Book- 
 keeping." 
 
 THOMPSON, GEO. G., Instructor in (Pitman sjstetts) 
 Stenography and Typewriting. 
 
 WEST, HENRY LITCHFIELD, Fornieily Managing Editor 
 Washhig/on Post. 
 
51?is fl990tJ9e?fi\ei}t is D(?uot(?d to tl?? Ii7t(^rQsts cf tl?e . . . 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF 
 
 ^HORTHae^D awD TYPEWRITING. 
 
 SHORTHAND . . . TYPEWRITING . . . 
 
 lu cbarge of Harry CoopK, M. Acct., Expert Stenog- la charge of George G. Thomson, Graduate of the 
 
 rapher and Reporter, and Teacher of the Benu Pitman Ontario (Canada) Shorthand Academy, Expert Stenog- 
 
 System. Mr. Coope was taught Shorthand at the Pho- rapher, and Teacher of the Isaac Pitman System. Mr. 
 
 nographic Institute, of Cincinnati, Ohio, the headquarters Thomson has, for several years, made the Teaching of 
 
 of the Beun Pitman System. Typewriting by mail a specialty. 
 
 This Auuouncemeut is divided into tliree parts as follows : ^ 
 
 PART I.— SUOUTHAM) Pages 4- 12 
 
 PAKT II.— TYPEWRITIXG . ... " 13-18 
 
 PART TIT.— EXGI>1SH "ID 
 
 The iustrnction outlined in the several courses is thorough, practical, viiich of it original, and in every way complete. 
 
 To the young man or woman wishing to make shorthand and typewriting a means of earning a livelihood this may be the 
 opportuuity of a lifetime. 
 
 Clergymen, lawyers, doctors, business men and women, as well as college students, who wish a knowledge of shorthand and 
 typewriting to assist them in their work or study will uow be enabled to acquire this knowledge iu their spate lime. 
 
 No Vacations, No Cr.AssES, No Time Limit. For Rates See Application Blank Enclosed. 
 
 One great advantage of our correspondence work is the individual iiistt uclion given each student who is practically in a class 
 by himself. The instruction can. therefore, be takeu as rapidly or slowly as desired. There is no specified time for completing the 
 course. The tuition is for a specified course, and is not based upon the lime required to complete the course. 
 
 Scholar.sllips, non-forfeitable and transferable, are given all who enroll for any regnlar course, as soon as the fee, or first 
 installment thereon, is paid. 
 
 Communications for this Department should be addressed : 
 
 NATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE INSTITUTE, 
 
 Department of Shorthand and Typewriting. Second National Bank Building. Washington, D. C. 
 
 (Further information furnished on application.) 
 
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 HORTHAND AS AN 
 ACCOMPLISHMENT. 
 
 The acquisition of the art 
 of Shorthand writing is as 
 essential to the complete edu- 
 cation of young men and 
 - - women as the simple rules of 
 
 orthography. To the young 
 man mounting the steps of a successful career there 
 is no qualification more helpful to rapid advancement 
 than shorthand. To the young woman dependent 
 upon her own efforts, no acquirement has more in- 
 iluence in securing for her a desirable, remunerative, 
 honorable position than the valuable art of short- 
 hand. To the business man it has become a factor 
 almost as indispensable as the telegraph. For the 
 journalist it possesses an importance equalled only by 
 that of the ability to express his views in clear 
 language ; to the physician, to the lawyer, to the 
 clergyman, it is becoming more and more a requisite 
 of the highest practical value. 
 
 Rightly conducted, the study of shorthand embraces 
 more than mere mechanical practice. It gives the 
 student a thorough training in the most advanced prin- 
 ciples of orthography, a clear understanding of the use of 
 words and of the art of correct expression. It develops 
 the intellect by making the student familiar with the 
 
 best thoughts of others, b}' stimulating the memory 
 and by teaching him to think. It is a stud}' of the 
 greatest interest, an accomplishment of the utmost 
 importance to every ambitious man and woman. 
 
 rHICH WAY FOR YOU? 
 
 There are two ways of 
 beginning the study of 
 shorthand. There is only 
 one way of becoming a 
 master of the art. 
 
 The self-taught short- 
 hand writer lacks a thor- 
 ough understanding of the 
 most vital principles. His 
 accomplishments are proportioned to his ability to ana- 
 lyze the meaning of the author of his text books ; to 
 adapt to his own needs an arbitrary set of general rules 
 for which he knows no reason ; to acquire skill with a 
 hundred obstacles confronting him. It is this class of 
 writers who fill the mediocre position of the shorthand 
 world or who are ever seeking work without success. 
 They are the victims of a wrong beginning. 
 
 The fundamental factor in the successful mastery of 
 shorthand is "right direction" — the comprehensive 
 guidance of an instructor who is not only a thorough 
 master of the art he teaches but is competent to 
 successfully direct others ; to understand the individu- 
 
Depart/Tierjt of Sl^orttparjd. 
 
 alitj' of a student and shape his methods of teaching to 
 the requirements of that student. With such direction, 
 an}' young man or woman with reasonable diligence 
 and intelligence can become a thorough master of the 
 practice of stenography, more helpful to themselves 
 and more valuable to others. 
 
 HE RIGHT WAY. 
 
 Until recent j'ears the 
 right way of acquiring an 
 education in shorthand 
 was accessible only to 
 those who had ample time 
 and money to attend a 
 regular institute of sten- 
 ography. Young men and 
 young women who had to depend upon their own 
 efforts for support, business men whose commercial in- 
 terests demanded their constant attention, professional 
 men whose duties could not be abandoned, were com- 
 pelled, through lack of opportunity, to be satisfied 
 with the meager results of self-instruction or to go 
 without the helpful aid of shorthand. To-day, the 
 modern development of Correspondence Instruc- 
 tion makes it possible for all, no matter where 
 they live, no matter what iheir vocation, no matter 
 what their hours of employment or their financial 
 
 condition, to obtain by mail the benefi s of the most 
 approved methods of .shorthand in.struction under the 
 personal direction of instructors of the highest 
 competency. 
 
 OT A "FEEDER/ 
 
 jBtaLgBB' Most courses by mail in short- 
 
 PH^Ji^^Bf hand are designed for the pur- 
 
 poses of serving as "feeders" 
 to the instructor's school or 
 college. The student is stajied 
 with lessons by mail, and then, 
 as soon as he reaches a certain 
 degree of proficienc}', representations are made to 
 him to induce him to " come to our college to finish ;^' 
 and every student is procured for the mail department 
 mainly with a view of getting him soon to attend 
 personally the school or college in which the alleged 
 teacher by mail is interested. Hence, special rates are 
 made for suck students, and, since every student is a 
 possible prospective pupil in the school, and cau, when 
 \\& goes to the school, be charged a high rate for perso7ial 
 tuition, the terms for the mail lessons given by such 
 teachers are frequently much lower than is really 
 profitable to the teacher. 
 
 As perfected at the National Correspondence In- 
 stitute the method of teaching shorthand by mail 
 
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 reaches its highest development. It is not used as a7i 
 inducemeyit to secure students for a college, as is often 
 the object of so-called correspondence courses, but as 
 a means of giving a complete course of instruction 
 without the necessity of the student leaving home or 
 neglecting his business for an hour from the time he 
 receives the first lesson until he secures his Diploma or 
 Certificate of Proficiency. The National Corre- 
 spondence Institute has no visiting students, no 
 boarding students, no class instruction. It is pre- 
 eminently an institution for the promotion of individual 
 instiuction by mea?is of correspondence, and to that end 
 devotes all its facilities 
 ..^^ and resources that have 
 
 been acquired in six 
 years' growth. 
 
 Do not luisuuderstand the at- 
 titude of the National Corres- 
 pondence Institute toward the 
 good shorthand aud typewriting 
 schools. With all such it is work- 
 ing hand in hand. It is opposed 
 only to the schcols that make 
 correspondence instruction a 
 "feeder," and to the hundreds of 
 small schools conducted bv poorly 
 taught and inexperienced sten- 
 ographers who conduct alleged 
 schools to the injury and loss of 
 the students who, nnfortunately, 
 are unable to go to a good school, 
 and are compelled to attend 
 them. 
 
 "^HE ADVANTAGES OF 
 CORRESPONDENCE 
 INSTRUCTION. 
 
 In the correspondence courses 
 of the National Correspond- 
 ence Institute, each student is 
 a class in himself, so that the 
 instruction is absolutely individ- 
 ual The student may progress 
 as rapidly or as slowly as he finds it personallj'- advan- 
 tageous. He may select his own time for studying 
 and can change his place of study to suit his own 
 convenience. He can carry his material for study 
 wherever he goes and have it at hand for use in such 
 spare moments as may at any time arise, and, as all his 
 instruction is in writing, he may review it or refer 
 to it over and over again, thus gaining an advantage 
 not afforded by class or school instruction. Whether 
 he is at home, in office, at the .shop or the store, he 
 can, as leisure moments occur, take up his shorthand 
 lessons, review previous instructions, write out new 
 matter for revision by his correspondence instructor, or 
 put into actual writing-practice the principles he has 
 already acquired. No time need be lost in travel from 
 his permanent home to a school, or from his temporary 
 residence to the instruction rooms. Correspondence 
 instruction interferes in no wa}^ with such social 
 
Depart:/T\f r)tr of Stportfjarjd. 
 
 engagements or arrangements, or with such business 
 plans or opportunities as he may have already made 
 or may make in the fijture. The student may sus- 
 pend his stud}' at any time, when other matters are 
 urgent, and resume at any time that sufficient leisure 
 is afforded to him ; a few minutes, now and then, 
 serving to keep him in touch with the work. 
 
 A very important feature of correspondence in- 
 struction is that the student's work is done C07ifide7i- 
 iialfy hei\M^e.n himself and his instructor, and there is 
 no danger that the student will have to expose his 
 short- comings to any one else ; and so the fear of ridi- 
 cule that haunts many students at shorthand schools, 
 where the ages of pupils vary from fifteen to fifty 
 years — is entirely removed 
 from the learner's path. 
 Meantime the student is ac- 
 quiring habits of self-depend- 
 ence, since he is obliged to put 
 forth all his powers and must 
 rely entirely upon his own 
 work, without the injurious 
 assistance of the more ad- 
 vanced pupils who would al- 
 ways be around him at a short- 
 hand school. Moreover, the 
 student who studies shorthand 
 by mail gets much more actual 
 atte7ition and much more indi- 
 vidual instruction than if he 
 were a mere unit in a large 
 cla.ss where personal direction 
 is impossible. 
 
 C^^^i^^erjj,. 
 
 HE BEST SYSTEM. 
 
 Next in importance to the 
 best method of acquiring an 
 education in shorthand is the 
 best .system of shorthand to 
 be adopted. It has been 
 well said that "The seeker 
 after stenographic skill finds 
 himself at the outset of his 
 search assailed \^ a host of persons, each claiming 
 superiority for his particular system ; reminding one 
 of a group of cabmen awaiting the stranger upon 
 his entrance into a city, each hoping to be chosen 
 because of his vociferousness." 
 
 To the beginner, the question of the best system is 
 of great importance. It is well, before expending time, 
 money and labor, to settle this point. It will cost no 
 more to acquire the best than to acquire something 
 that may prove utterly worthless, and which must be 
 unlearned before beginning to study that which time 
 and experience have demonstrated to be the best. 
 There is possibly some merit in every system, but the 
 difficulty with the beginner is to know what system, on 
 the whole, is the best. There are really but few sys- 
 tems of shorthand, the greater number of these so- 
 called systems being, as a matter of fact, simply adap- 
 tations or variations of the Pitman phonography. The 
 
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 other systems that possess any merit at all are based 
 on the Pitman system. The name of some " new sys- 
 tem " sometimes attracts persons who know nothing 
 of shorthand, and thej^ imagine they arj getting an 
 improvement. 
 
 PITMAN In selecting a system for the Depart- 
 
 SYSTEM. rnent of Shorthand of the National 
 Correspondence Institute, with a 
 choice of all the systems at our command, we selected 
 that which we considered would be the best, and 
 with which there would be no experiments. The 
 system adopted is the Pitman System of Phono- 
 graphy. Concerning this system, the United States 
 Commissioner of Educa- 
 tion, in his report for 1887- 
 88, says: "A number of 
 systems are taicght, hut that 
 of Beiin Pitman is more 
 ■ generally used than aiiy other 
 in this cou7itiy, and may 
 be called the ' Amei ican 
 System.' " The Pitman is 
 the simplest ; it is the most 
 legible ; it is the easiest to 
 learn ; it is the most rapid ; 
 and it is best adapted to all 
 classes of shorthand work. 
 It is used by the reporters in 
 
 the United States Senate and House of Representatives 
 (reporting of the most difficult character), which 
 shows that it meets fully the requirements of the 
 highest class of shorthand work. The reporters in 
 the Senate and House receive the highest salaries 
 paid for stenographic work in the United States. 
 
 In going into a new country where several languages 
 are spoken, one would naturally learn the language 
 which was most universally used, particularly if it were 
 used by the best people. In entering the shorthand 
 world, those who learn the Pitman system learn that 
 which is most universally used, and used by the 
 best Stenographers. These facts should not be over- 
 looked by the beginner. When one studies the Pitman 
 system of phonography there is no risk. The young 
 stenographer knows that he is studying the system 
 which is used by the best stenographers and a majority 
 of the stenographers in the United States. 
 
 OUR At the head of the Department 
 
 INSTRUCTORS. °f Shorthand of the National 
 
 Correspondence Institute we 
 
 have a teacher who was instructed at the Phonographic 
 Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, the headquarters of the 
 Benn Pitman System. His extensive experience in the 
 different branches of actual work further qualifies him to 
 give the best instructions in this, the verj' best system. 
 We also have instructors, expert stenographers, who 
 have studied and are capable of giving instructions iu 
 any of the other systeras, if desired. 
 
Depart/T\ei7t of §\)orti)ar)d. 
 
 ETHOD OF TEACHING. 
 
 Our methods of teaching may 
 be explained in a few words. 
 The pupil, as soon as he has 
 made application and has been 
 enrolled, is instructed by corre- 
 spondence as to the preliminaries 
 of the study. He is informed as to the materials to be 
 used and the way to begin. At the same time, his 
 first lesson and exercise are forwarded to him, and 
 precise instructions are furnished as to the way in 
 which the le.>ison is to be studied and the exercise 
 performed. As soon as the student has learned this 
 Jirsi lesson and written out the exercise (which 
 exercise is from the very start an exercise both in 
 reading and writing shorthand^ he forwards the 
 written matter for correction and special suggestions. 
 This exercise is then examined by the instructor, 
 the necessary revisions are made, the appropriate 
 suggestions are furnished, and such general advice 
 as is prompted by a consideration of the i^idi- 
 vidual pupil's work is supplied. The revised exer- 
 cise and the teacher's suggestions and advice are 
 now forwarded to the pupil, and the latter is 
 instructed to re-write his first exercise in as perfect 
 a manner as is then possible for him and submit it 
 again for further examination. At the same time, 
 
 new matter for his second exercise is furnished, unless 
 it should appear from the imperfect way in which 
 the preceding exercise has been executed that the 
 whole of the pupil's time for bis second lesson should 
 be devoted to a repetition of his first exercise. There 
 is no regular set of exactly similar les.sons or exercLses 
 for all pupils in this instruction, because it is a fimda- 
 viental principle of shorthand teaching by mail that 
 
 the inslrnclion must be 
 
 \ thoroughly individual . 
 
 Each student must be sup- 
 
 •• plied according to ///i- or //^^ 
 
 especial needs, otherwise, 
 
 ,>>v:.. , ^ , correspondence instruction 
 
 "'' * would not be so extremely 
 
 more valuable ihan study from text- 
 
 1 - books or class instruction, in which 
 
 f' ■ study every student is furnished 
 
 with pref-i-sely the same lesson, the 
 
 same instruction, and the same general assistance. 
 
 COURSES OF 
 INSTRUCTION. 
 
 We give three courses of in- 
 struction in Stenography, either 
 of which may be selected. 
 Complete Course. — The Complete Course t\\X\\\^^ to 
 instruction sufficient to carry the student through the 
 entire sj'stem of shorthand, and to give a thorough 
 preparation for .stenographic work and all classes of 
 verbatim repotiyig. 
 
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 A Diploma, under seal, is given all who finish the 
 Complete Course. As soon as enrolled in this course, 
 the student is given a Scholarship, which is non- 
 forfeitable, and transferable on payment of one ($i) 
 dollar at any time to any other pupil who will take up 
 the course at the same lesson at which the original 
 purchaser suspends the course. 
 
 Elementary Course. — 
 The Elementary Course 
 comprises the first twenty 
 lessons of the Complete 
 Course, and is usually suffi- 
 cient to carry the pupil 
 more than halfway through 
 the study of shorthand, and 
 places him in a position 
 where he can pursue the 
 study alone, if he prefers ; 
 or, he can take the re- 
 mainder of the mail lessons 
 of the Complete Course on 
 payment of the additional 
 amount. 
 
 Tijr Court- 
 
 The Elementary Course, however, fits the student 
 for all classes of amanuensis (writing from dictation) 
 or clerical work, and is sufiBcient for all ordinary office 
 purposes. A Certificate of Proficiency is given all 
 who complete this course. 
 
 A Scholarship, nonforfeitable and transferable, as 
 previously explained, is also given to all who take the 
 Elenienta7y Course. 
 
 Trial Course. — The Trial Course is designed to 
 allow a prospective student to investigate for himself, 
 at a very low figure, our method of instruction by mail 
 and the system of Stenography. This course consists 
 of the first six lessons of the other courses. 
 
 For rates of tuition see application blank en- 
 closed If lost, send for atiother. 
 
 STENOGRAPHERS Shorthand is coming to be 
 ITnT demand more and more an absolutely 
 
 necessary clerical qualification. 
 lu the largest business houses it is now the settled 
 policy to have all of the members of the clerical force 
 thoroughly proficient in the art of stenography. 
 
 " The art of shorthand writing has become an invaluable promolion of 
 general business activity, and has opened up a pleasant field of work for 
 youno^ men and young women. There is a constant demand for those pos- 
 sessing a knowledge of shorthand writing and a facility with the type- 
 writer." (From Johnson's Universal Cyclopizdia, latest edition, 1S96.) 
 
 An eminent journalist, in a letter written a few 
 months ago and widely published in a number of the 
 leading weekly papers of the country, made the follow- 
 ing statement of his convictions as to the pecuniary 
 value of a knowledge of shorthand : 
 
 " I would advise any young man who is looking for a career to study 
 shorthand ai\d typewriting. * * * When a man wants to find work, I 
 know nothing so sure of commanding employment as a knowledge of 
 shorthand." * * * 
 
Department of Stjortl^ar^d. 
 
 " If you look in the New York newspapers, you will see few advertise- 
 meuts of stenographers in want of occupation. The condition which exists 
 there can be found all over the country, the Civil Service Commissioners 
 tell me." 
 
 " In these days, when labor-saving machinery is driving so many men 
 out of employment and cheapening labor through undue competition, it is 
 refreshing to find one branch of work in which the demand is greater than the 
 supply." 
 
 The report of U- S. Civil Service Commission for 
 1S96 says : " The supply of male eligibks in stenogr aphy 
 and typewriting is barely equal to the demand, and the 
 prospects of promotion after appointment from this 
 register are better than after appointment from the other 
 registers. ' ' 
 
 Of the thirty-nine competitors who passed in i8g6, 
 thirty five were appointed at salaries ranging from $50 
 to $100 per month. 
 
 MONEY VALUE 
 
 alue of shorthand 
 already abundantly illustrated in con- 
 OF SHORTHAND. nectlou with congressional and all other 
 legislative n'ork in the couuti y. the 
 administration of our national, State, and municipal courts, and in the 
 conduct of all extensive correspondence whether official or private. 
 In the year 1890 over 7,000 (seven thousand) persons in the United States 
 studied short-hand by 7naii." (Report United States Commissioner of 
 Kducation.) 
 
 I advise parents to have all their boys and girls taught shorthand 
 writing and typewriting A shorthand writer who can typewrite his notes 
 would be safer from poverty than a great Greek scholar, — Chas. Reade. on 
 " The Coming Man.'* 
 
 SHORTHAND Women employed as stenog- 
 
 FOR WOMEN. raphers are now found in ever}^ 
 department of commercial, liter- 
 ary, and legislative life ; they have penetrated 
 
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 even the courts of law, and the official court re- 
 porter in many States of the Union is a woman 
 stenographer with a yearly salary of $2,000 or $3,000 
 or more. There is nothing surprising in the complete 
 success of so many women in the stenographic pro- 
 fession ; the fingers are naturally nimble and dex- 
 terous, the brain is alert 
 to grasp and apply the 
 principles of stenography ; 
 and, when you add to these 
 the many other qualifica- 
 tions they bring to the 
 study and practi^ of short- 
 hand, you have a combijia- 
 tioti that must succeed. 
 
 Shorthand b)- mail ap- 
 peals even more strongly to 
 women students than to 
 men, for the reason that 
 women find it much harder, 
 as a rule, to attend short- 
 hand schools, to leave their 
 home, and to pay the large 
 
 amount of money charged for personal instruction, 
 board, traveling, and the other numerous expenses 
 incident to the study of stenography at a shorthand 
 school or college. Besides, shorthand is peculiarly and 
 distinctively a spare-time study — an at-home study, and 
 women have much more spare time and are much 
 
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 more constantly at home than their brothers, husbands 
 or fathers. Hence, ever3'thing that is stated iu ihis 
 Annmncement applies as fully and as truly to zvomen as 
 to men. 
 
 OSITIONS FOR STUDENTS. 
 
 We positively do not "guar- 
 antee ' ' positions for our students. 
 No reliable school, to our knowl- 
 edge, makes such a guarantee. 
 We think, however, we have 
 ■ • '' ' advantages in assisting our 
 
 students not equalled by any other institution. 
 There are very, very few first-class shorthand col- 
 leges outside of the largest cities, and they are not so 
 numerous even in cities. Business men in the imme- 
 diate vicinity of such schools can call on them for sten- 
 ographers and typewriiists, bookkeepers, and oifice 
 assistants. Not so with the grtat army of business 
 men out=ide the largest cities. These business men 
 can write to us from any part of the United Stales, and, 
 as our students are scattered from Maine to California, 
 we may be able to give them the names of competent 
 studeuts right in their vicinity. 
 
 Another advantage we have, and one that is recog- 
 nized by business men at once, is that a great majority 
 of our students have had office experience — book- 
 keepers who are taking shorthand and typewriting. 
 
 or stenographers who are taking bookkeeping. The 
 majority of students in business or shorthand colleges 
 are boys and girls who have failed to get a high school 
 education and are being sent to a business or shorthand 
 school by their parents or guardians. Our students 
 are bread winners. They are studying because they 
 want to team ; not to pass away the time ; not because 
 they are compelled to do so by parents or guardians ; 
 not for an accomplishment alone. When graduated 
 they are thoroughly equipped. 
 
 Business men know this and would rather select 
 from our students than to take some boj' or girl out 
 of a business college who is entirely without experience. 
 The business man has no time for kindergarten work. 
 
 We are the most extensive advertisers in the 
 country, and are therefore most widely known. 
 The advantage of this is obvious to everyone. 
 
 Bookkeepers, Stenographers, or Typewriiists en- 
 rolled with us, who are taking some other course of 
 work, can have their names entered on our OiSce 
 Assistant's Register, and we will take pleasure in 
 helping them to better situation.s. It will not interfere 
 with their course with us, which is \h.e spare-time study 
 course. 
 
 No charge for this service will be made to those who 
 finish our Complete or Elementary Course, but a small 
 fee will be charged all other students whom we assist to 
 a positioji. No fee will be required for registration. 
 There will be no fee to pay until a position through our 
 assistance has been secured. Full particulars will be 
 sent on requcbt. 
 

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 OUR SEAL. '^'^^ ^^^^ °f '^'^^ National Corre- 
 spondence Institute, when affixed 
 to the Diploma given the students who finish (.lie 
 Complele Course in the Department of Short- 
 hand and Typewriting, is a guarantee that the 
 graduate is thoroughly equipped and a competent 
 Ste7iographe'\ Our requirements before giving Di- 
 
 plomas demand of the students a thorough knowledge 
 of Stenography and sufficient speed which, with prac- 
 tice, will fit them to do all classes of stenographic work. 
 Students who thus complete the course will possess a 
 practical letter of recommendation, which can not 
 fail to command great weight in the business world. 
 The Certificate of Proficiency also is given under 
 seal to all who finish the Elemeiitaiy Course, 
 
 PART 1 1. —TYPEWRITING. 
 
 HE IMPORTANCE OF 
 TYPEWRITING. 
 
 The importance of type- 
 writing as an art is not 
 appreciated bj' those who 
 are, or who desire to be- 
 come, stenographers, and 
 is not realized at all by the 
 general public. Typewriting is rarely thought of as 
 being co-ordinate with shorthand and of equal impor- 
 tance. It is regarded, by beginners especially, as a 
 kind of annex to .shorthand and as subordinate to it. 
 It is almost the universal idea that the art of type- 
 writing can be acquired and perfection reached simply 
 by procuring a machine and practising thereon until 
 one becomes familiar with the keyboard. This is a 
 great mistake. The mere fact that the keys can be 
 manipulated at a given speed does not indicate in the 
 least degree that the operator is a good typewritist. 
 It is true that the mechanical arrangement of the 
 machine is such that so>ne kind of work can be done on 
 it at the first attempt, but, simply on this ace- nut, the 
 conclusion should not be hastily reached that a very 
 little practice to attain speed is all that reraair.s to be 
 accomplished. 
 
 The secret o^ good typcivriting does not lie primarily 
 
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 in speed. There are 
 many other things to be 
 considered — not the least 
 among them is accuracy. 
 To be able to attain ac- 
 curacy, one must be fa- 
 miliar with the machine 
 in all its parts and under- 
 stand their functions ; 
 must be thoroughly fa- 
 miliar with the matter of 
 
 H punctuation, capitaliza 
 
 I tr!^^ tion and spelling; and 
 
 Tsleonph 
 
 must understand the 
 general construction of 
 the letter or other matter 
 to be written. 
 
 written all over everything they did, not with the 
 pen, but ivith the typewriter. The business man adver- 
 tising for help quite often decides, favorably or un- 
 favorably, on an application as much by the appear- 
 ance as by the contents of the letter of application. No 
 firm will consider an application that shows on its face 
 that the writer — possibly well educated in a general 
 way and able to take dictation and transcribe rapidly — 
 does not know how to construct the letter properly, is 
 ignorant of the rules of punctuation, except as to the 
 commonest use of the period and comma, and knows 
 only that proper names begin with capital letters. 
 Business men will not tolerate work that bristles with 
 Imperfections ; neither will they tolerate the person 
 who does imperfect work. Business men are not con- 
 ducting typewriting schools. They are paying for 
 good work and they will have it. 
 
 ^^ There is a tendency among 
 
 'EXPERTS" NEED stenographers who have had 
 INSTRUCTION. two or three years' office ex- 
 
 perience to style themselves ' ' expert stenographers " — 
 and as for typewriting : " tliat' s too easy to talk about." 
 They forget the advertisements for office help they have 
 answered and never heard from. They forget the posi- 
 tions they have held for a few brief weeks, or possibly 
 only days, and were then given some excuse for 
 being no longer needed. It never occurred to them 
 that they were incompetent and that incompetency was 
 
 BE A GOOD 
 ONE. 
 
 If you are a typewritist (or thiirk 
 you are) be sure you are a good one. 
 When the "reduction of force" — 
 the easy way to get rid of the least competent clerks — 
 comes to your office, be one of the best. If it hap- 
 pens to be a bona fide reduction of force and you 
 are competent, you will have no time to wait for 
 another situation. Good typewritist s are in demand! 
 Poor ones are looking for employment ! Be a good 
 one. 
 
Di?part/T\er)t of Jyp<!u;ritir)ij. 
 
 COURSE OF The art of typewriting consists 
 
 INSTRUCTION. °f ^ great number of branches, 
 each complete in itself, and each 
 requiring a different line of study. Fingering, Plain 
 Copying, Punctuatio7i, Capitalisation, Construction of 
 Speech, Letter- Writing, Copying from Rough Draft, 
 Writing frofit Dictation, Writing frofn the Graphophone, 
 Tabular Work, etc., are, by us, each taken up in turn. 
 We send the student a variety of exercises on each 
 branch, and, upon their return, point out the errors and 
 imperfections and show how to correct them. It is then 
 our endeavor to strengthen the weak points by giving a 
 thorough course of drilling upon them until they dis- 
 appear. Each detail of the work is taken up in 
 turn with the closest possible attention and, finally, a 
 thorough review is had. 
 
 The great benefit to be derived is obvious. The 
 beginner is thereby placed on the right track from the 
 start and quickly becomes a practical and efficient 
 typewritist. To the typewritist who has had con- 
 siderable office practice, but who all the time has been 
 sadly deficient in nearly every branch of the art, our 
 instructions come as a revelation. It has never before 
 been realized that so much was to be learned, and that 
 when learned it helped in such a large degree to make 
 the typewritist almost invaluable to his employer. 
 
 Of course, it would be impossible to analyze all the 
 features of typewriting in detail here, but to illustrate 
 the value of a course with us, and to show, in part, the 
 
 method of teaching by mail, we reprint on page i6 a 
 fac simile of a letter presumably written by a novice, 
 who had been given the following exercise : 
 
 " Write a letter, dating it May 27, 1891, from your 
 city, to Mr. John C. Smith, 1224 Mansing Place, 
 Cincinnati, Ohio (Mr. 
 Smith, supposedly, being 
 well known to you), ac- 
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 April 21, 1891, in which - 
 
 he makes inquii^ regard- 
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 blanks are supposed to 
 contain reprints of photo- 
 graphs which have been 
 destroyed, and as no 
 blanks are in stock you 
 can not comply with his 
 request. Tell him you 
 are sorry, but you do not 
 see what can be done, un- 
 less .some of the missing 
 photos are found. The 
 
 letter to be signed by you as general manager. The 
 
 letter to contain at least no words." 
 
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 OO MANY POOR 
 OPERATORS. 
 
 It can not be denied that 
 the country is now over- 
 run with so called stenog- 
 raphers and typewritists, 
 who, as a matter of fact, 
 are nearly, if not quite, 
 worthless; and who rarely, 
 if ever, command a salary exceeding $3.50 or $5.00 
 per week. Business men are "snowed under" 
 with letters of application from incompetent stenog- 
 raphers and typewritists. These are the ones who 
 have " picked up " the art unaided, and the degree of 
 success attained is manifested by the very small com- 
 pensation received. On the other hand, first-class 
 operators are invariably graduates of some good school 
 or college where the subject of typewriting is given 
 careful consideration^ and where competent instructors 
 are employed. There is no denying the fact that 
 the 7tiajoriiy of schools give this important subject 
 too little attention, and give full charge of typewriting 
 instruction to one or two of the advanced scholars , or, per- 
 haps, to some of the pupils who have just graduated, 
 and who have never had any competent instruction 
 themselves. 
 
 OUR STRONG 
 POINT. 
 
 The instructors ot the National 
 Correspondence Institute have 
 had maiiy years of ptactical experi- 
 ence, and are thoroughl)' competent and skilled in every 
 particular, and have given the subject of teaching 
 
 TYPEWRITING BY MAIL THE CLOSEST ATTENTION. 
 
 They have stood the test of many years in all branches 
 of the art, and have prepared and taught others who 
 have been equally successful. 
 
 IS IT DimCULT Experience has demonstrated 
 T/-^ T r^Ao^^T^ that almost as much time and fully 
 
 as intelligent practice are required 
 to become a good t3'pewritist as to obtain the requisite 
 manual skill in taking 
 shorthand notes. 
 
 It must be borne in mind 
 that an operator's work con- 
 sists of the greatest possible 
 variety, and that each of the 
 different features of the art 
 is almost a complete study 
 in itself. The ever increas- 
 ing use of the Graphophone 
 by business houses, the' 
 practice of many profess- 
 ional and business men of 
 dictating direct to the type- 
 writ i s t , the necessity of 
 transcribing from the tele- 
 
 
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 OFFICE 
 PRACTICE. 
 
 graph instrument direct has brought us to the point 
 where good and rapid t3'pewriting is an absohite 
 requisite in every-day business. We claim, however, 
 that by following the method of fingering we teach, the 
 highest degree of proficiency in speed can be attained. 
 All zve require is practiee aceordiiig to our instructions. 
 Throughout our course in Type- 
 writing we give the matter of regu- 
 lar office practice the closest atten- 
 tion. We require all work to be done in a business-like 
 manner, which, of course, is of great benefit, in that the 
 student is securing a practical business education at 
 the same time that he is learning typewriting. 
 
 *^HE MACHINE TO USE. 
 
 Our instructions are 
 adapted to all standard 
 makes of typewriting ma- 
 chines. We merelj' inqu're 
 of the student the partic- 
 ular kind he intends adopt- 
 ing, and then immediately 
 begin the course. If, how- 
 ever, a student desires our advice as to the best 
 machine to use, we will cheerfully give an opinion, 
 based on our experience. 
 
 PART 1 1 1. -ENGLISH FOR SHORTHAND 
 AND TYPEWRITING STUDENTS. 
 
 It is very necessary thai the shorthand writer should be easily 
 master of the details of good English ; his grammar should be 
 above reproach, his spelling should be faultless, and he should be 
 able to construct a letter in perfect form according to the 
 best present usage, having it corrt- ctly lieaded and closed, 
 properly punctuated from beginning to end, properly 
 marg-iued, etc. Those who take any of our courses in short- 
 hand or typewriting will necessarily receive some drill in these 
 matters, though only incidentally. For the benefit of those 
 students in shorthand who need more thorough work in Eng- 
 lish, we have prepared special courses in grammar, spelling, 
 punctuation, and lette*writing. 
 
 The course in grammar includes the essentials of good lan- 
 guage, giving sufficient drill in the construction of sentences to 
 enable the student to think grammatically, and then there 
 should be no trouble in writing grammatically. Grammar is 
 not taught by the old text-book system, which is dry and unin- 
 teresting. It is taught in an attractive, interesting, up-to-date 
 manner, with all superfluous work eliminated. It is JHSt 
 what everyone should know. 
 
 The course in spelling covers all ordinary needs of an amanu- 
 ensis, enabling the student to dispense with the dictionary for 
 common, every day words. In punctuation and letter-writing 
 the student is drilled upon the correct u?e of the period, comma, 
 semicolon, colon, dash, etc., until he does not have to stop to 
 think whether some punctuation point is needed, or what one 
 should be used, but will punctuate properU- almost mechanic- 
 all}' ; and he is shown the correct form in which to cast a 
 letter, a thing which so many persons do not know. These 
 courses are adapted especially to the needs of the students in 
 shorthand and typewriting. They may be taken up at the 
 same time as the course in shorthand, or they may precede the 
 shorthand course. 
 
 For rates of tuition see application blank. If lost, send for another. 
 
The - (^STioN^L - (Correspondence - Institute. 
 
 EINDORSED AND COMMENDED BY STANDARD JOURNALS. 
 
 THE WASHINGTON PRESS. 
 
 Correspondence education is a field tliat is being rapidly filled. 
 All educational branches are being as successfully taught by mall as 
 in the colleges. To many this may be news, but it is not an experi- 
 ment, as it has been in existence in this country for the pust twenty 
 years. Our city, which we proudly call the political and educational 
 center of the Nation, has not been behind in this, as the National Corres- 
 pondence Institute, with its coi-ps of specialists, has been furnishing 
 to the homes of the young men and women Instruction which they 
 possibly could never have obtained in any other way.— Tlie Stni-, 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 The National Correspondence Institute of this city offers a striking 
 example of what is being done by correspondence in an educational 
 line. A few years ago such a thing was almost unheard of, although it 
 had its origin in this country in 1873. At first it was confined to courses 
 of reading, and no attempt was made to give instrnotion. Of recent 
 years correspondence schools of law, languages, sciences, business, 
 shorthand, and in fact the teaciiing of ah subjects of an educational 
 nature, has met with flattering results, and thousands of young men 
 and women have received an education at home that otherwise would 
 have been beyond their reach. — riie tost, Washington, D. C. 
 
 The National Correspondence Institute of this city is one of the best 
 in the country. The instructors are all specialists in their respective 
 branches and of high standing in educational circles. — Tlie Capital, 
 Washington, U. C. 
 
 The National Correspondence Institute of this city is meeting with 
 deserved success. Ably managed, and conscientiousl.y conducted by a 
 faculty of our best educators, it is in the front rank of correspondence 
 schools. ^' =>- * — National Democrat, Washington, 1>. C. 
 
 The National Correspondence Institute of this city is one of the best 
 correspondence schools in the country. It is managed and operated 
 by a corps of our best educators and citizens. * * * — Kepublic, 
 Washington, D. C 
 
 * * * This is a high-class school on the correspondence plan 
 located in our city, and the men connected with it are of high standing 
 in educational circles. The Institute is thoroughly reliable and has 
 met with deserved success. — Fourth-Class Fostnaaster, w ashiugion, 
 D. C. 
 
 * * * This institution has, by five years' successful work, estab- 
 lished a reputation for stability, honesty and fair dealing, and we t-tke 
 pleasure in reconrraending the Institute to our readers. — National 
 Tribnne, Washington, U. C. 
 
 * * * The National Correspondence Institute is a regular incor- 
 porated company. It has been doing business for five years, which 
 is a suflicient guaranty of its standing and reliability.— National 
 Binietallist, Wasliington, £>. C. 
 
 * * * After a careful Investigation of the busine.ss methods of the 
 National Correspondence Institute and mode of teaching, the Inventive 
 Age is pleased to announce that we are satisfied that this school is in 
 every way thoroughly reliable.— Inventive Age, Waoliington, U.C. 
 
 THE RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL PRESS. 
 
 * * * This is a reliable concern.— Christian Worfc, New York 
 City. 
 
 * * * For five years the National Correspondence Institute, 
 Washington, D C, has been before the public and made for itself a 
 high character for square and honest dealings with its correspondents. 
 — Kpwortli Herald, Cliicago, 111., and Neiv Yorlc City. 
 
 The National Correspondence Institute, Washington, D. C, has 
 won fairly by honest work the reputation it now enjoys as one of the 
 established and reliable institutions of the country.— Cliristian En- 
 deavor World (furmerly Golden Kule), Boston, 31ass., and Chicago, 
 111. 
 
 Stands in the first class for ability, industry, progressive methods, 
 success and reliabiiity. - Congregational Work, Fhiladelpliia, Fa.; 
 Boston, iVlass. ; Chicago, 111., and New Yorfc City. 
 
 -.;-■ s: * This Institute now issues a very handsome Announcement 
 containing much valuable information. — Interior, Chicago, 111. 
 
 * * * It is j ustly entitled to its widespread reputation and success 
 in educating.— Baptist Union, Chicago, 111. 
 
 * * * It has been truthfully stated that "confidence is a jjlant of 
 slow growth." The National Correspondence Institute, Washington, 
 D. C, has made this growth, and now ranks among the best in the 
 country for trustworthiness and reliability.— Advance, Chicago, 111. 
 
 * * * We can recommend the National Correspondence Institute, 
 Washington, D. C. as being thoroughly reliable in every respect and 
 entitled to public confidence.— Kam's Horn, Cliicago, 111. 
 
 * * * The National Correspondence Institute, Washington, D. C., 
 has been incorporated and in successful operation for five years, and 
 has demonstrated its high character and useftilness by the first-class 
 work which it has done. — Teachers' Institute, New Yorli City. 
 
 * * * It is noted for lis honorable dealings and straightforward 
 methods.— American School and College Journal, at. Louis, ivio. 
 
 * * * There is no better correspondence school iu the country.— 
 Popular Kducalor, Boston, Mass. 
 
 * * * Its instructors stand high in educational circles.— Ameri- 
 can School Board Journal, Milwaukee, Wis. 
 
 * * * Has already reached a degree of efficiency rarely attained 
 under a decade. — National Stenographer, Cliicago, 111. 
 
DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM. 
 
 In Charge of MR. HENRY LITCHFIELD WEST, Formerly Managing Editor Washington Post. 
 
 OURNAUSH 
 
 students 
 Assisted to 
 Positions. 
 
 Among all modem professions Journalism 
 is tlie most powerful, tlie most fascinating, the 
 most remunerative. Tlie steadily-increasing 
 demand for well equipped writers has led the 
 National Correspondence Institute to 
 provide a new and attractive plan for preparing 
 students in journalistic work, the most beneficial 
 returns being assured for the least expenditure 
 of time and money. 
 
 All the great authors of to-day first entered 
 the journalistic field. The path which they 
 have trod to fame and financial success is 
 open to thousands of men and women who need 
 only to have their latent talents developed and 
 directed. The Schools of Journalism in the large cities, which 
 compel the actual attendance of the pupil, do not meet the require- 
 ments of the situation. They are unsatisfactory and expensive. 
 In teaching Journalism by Mail we have solved the problem 
 of imparting complete knowledge of the journalistic art to each 
 individual student. Your Spare Moments are the rounds 
 of the ladder upon which you can mount to success. The plan is 
 endorsed by ptactical journalists. 
 
 Mr. West, who has personal charge of the Department of 
 Journalism of the National Correspondence Insiituto, is one of the 
 most accomplished, successful and versatile journalists at the Na- 
 tional Capital. Mr. West has had locg experience in training 
 journalises, and many of the most noterl members of the pi'ofession 
 have graduated from under his instruction. He is commended by 
 the most distinguislied of the brilliant corps of Washington corre- 
 spondents and has himself achieved a high reputation as a maga- 
 zine writer. He is admirably capable of imparting the results of 
 his long experience and knowledge to the students of the National 
 Correspondence Institute. He will be assisted in his work by a 
 corps of specially-selected assistants. 
 
 Courses of Instruction. 
 
 The courses are divided as follows : 
 
 Practical Course.— Acquaints the student with everv detail 
 of Journalistic Work ; this includes Rhetoric and Stvle; How to 
 begin work as a Reporter or Correspondent ; Methods'of Journalis- 
 tic Work ; The Art of Interviewing; Editorial Writing, etc. 
 
 Complete Course.— Embraces all of the Prac'Jcal Course and 
 in addition Book Reviewing; Dramatic Criticism ; Essay AVriting ; 
 Short Story Writing; City and Managing Editors' Work, etc. 
 
 Select Course.— Embraces subjects selected from the Practical 
 and Complete Cnurfes and designed for Teachers, Lawyers, Doctors — 
 in fact, all professional and business men and women who desire 
 instruction in composition and literary work as an accomplishment 
 and who do not wish tofollow journalism as a profession. 
 
 Special Course. -^or those who have endeavored to secure 
 acceptance of literary work, but have failed to gain a foothold in 
 the ranks of successful authors. Publishers have neither the time 
 nor inclination to criticise the manuscripts which they find 
 unavailable. Our Department of Rejected Manuscripts in this 
 course, supplies this need, making story vjriling a lucrative employ- 
 ment. 
 
 The system which we have adopted is thorough, practical and 
 successful. It teaches Journalism by methods which are easy 
 to understand and certain in their results. There is no time-limit 
 to the courses, but each pupil is given ample opportunity to become 
 proficient without interfering with the regular work in which he 
 or she may be otherwise engaged. 
 
 The Diploma Mdiich will be finally awarded will be of value 
 in securing employment. Students with adaptability and talent 
 can easily make their expenses by journalistic work while engaged 
 in acquiring a complete knowledge of all the details of the profession. 
 
 Our Plans provide practical assistance in securing employment. 
 
 Tuition, $20 and upward ; cash or installments. 
 
 Write for our announcement of the Department of Journal- 
 ism. Xatioiial Correspondence Institute, Second Na- 
 tional IJaiik liitildiug', Washingrtou, D. C. 
 
 Stntj'ri i: on. /■< ijiiest. 
 
In Charge of JOHN SCOTT JOHNSON, B. S., A. M., Ph. D. 
 
 CIENCE 
 
 TAUGHX 
 
 BY 
 
 MAIL. 
 
 Are you included in one of these three 
 classes ? 
 
 1. Those who, on account of youth or of 
 being needed at home, are unable to leave 
 home or business to attend college. 
 
 2. Those who have been compelled, for 
 any reason whatsoevei', to give up a college 
 course after they have begun it. 
 
 3. Those older ones who wish to supply 
 the omissions of their earlier education. 
 
 If you are one of those, this page is in- 
 tended for you. We are not offering to give 
 students all of the advantages of a course in 
 college ; we rather advise all who can do so, to .enter some goud 
 university and to complete their courses there. But to those who, 
 for some reason, are not able to attend a university during the four 
 years necessary for a degree, we offer a substitute which has much 
 to commend it. This is a tlioroiigli education by corre- 
 spondence, witli a degree at its close to attest it. 
 
 The chief advantages of a course by correspondence may be 
 summed up as follows : 
 
 Money is Saved. — Expenses of travel and of board away 
 from home are cut off, and the expense of tuition is reduced. 
 
 Time is Saved. — The student does not have to attend lectures 
 at certain specified hour^, with the consequent loss of time owing 
 to preparations to leave his boarding house, the tramp to the college, 
 the tramp back (or expense of carfare), the resuming of his house 
 coat and slippers for work again and the taking up again of the 
 train of thought which was interrupted a couple of hours before. 
 
 Business is Saved. — The student may study at home, mak- 
 ing his study hours suit his convenience, which enables him to 
 maintain his business while he pursues his studies. 
 
 The Student Gains a more personal, individual attention 
 than is possible to instruction in classes. 
 
 The Student Progresses more rapidly, because he is not 
 held back by the one or two dull or lazy or negligent pupils, who 
 are nearly always present in every class. 
 
 Special Courses are given in Astronomy, Botany, Chemistry, 
 Geodesy, Geology, Meteorology, Mineralogy, Physics and Zoology. 
 
 Graduation Courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of 
 Science (B. S.) consist of elective studies from the above with 
 certain required studies in English, Modern Languages (French and 
 German), History, Mathematics, Drawing and Philosphy. Those 
 who enter for a degree must pass satisfactory examinations at the 
 completion of every subject, and must, at the close of the course, 
 pass a satisfactory examination on all of the subjects of the course. 
 
 Our method is different from those built upon the University 
 Extension, Cosmopolitan or Chautauqua plans. Our assistance is 
 not limited to outlice, suggestion, and "keeping tab" on the 
 student, but it includes, also", active, personal iustruotit n wherever 
 the stude it needs it. It differs from the regular college work in 
 that ours is written, while the class recitation is oral. 
 
 Our Faculty is a collection of bright, brainy, college men, who 
 know what students need and how to supply those needs. We in- 
 vite cori-espondence from all who have a desire for academic 
 honors or who wish to pui sue some special line of study. 
 
 Address — 
 
 National Correspondence Institxite, 
 
 Second National Bank Buikling-, 
 
 "Washington, D. C. 
 Department of Science. 
 
, ♦ . . IDepartment of ^Bookkeeping and ^Business* 
 
 In Charge of GEO. W. SCHWARTZ, 
 
 Ice Routine and Bookkeeping 
 
 Bookkeeper, Expert Accouutaiit and Teacher of wide experience in Public Schools 
 and Business Colleges. 
 
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 TAUGHT 
 BY 
 
 MAIL. 
 
 Have yon thought seriously of the ad- 
 visability of taking a course of instruction 
 in Bookkeeiiing and Business Practice? 
 Lot us call your attention briefly to its 
 advantases. 
 
 There is Money in It. — It pays the 
 larizes'r premium on the cost, time, money 
 and stndy devoted to it of any investment 
 that you can make. The cost of a thor- 
 ouglily good course in our Business De- 
 paitment, books included, is so very low 
 that any one can easily atibrd 1o take it. 
 The real fact is, that one cannot afford to 
 neglei t it — such negligence is exceedingly 
 expensive. 
 
 Spare-Time Study.— By devoting your spare time, odd 
 hours, long evenings, rainy days, etc., to it, a few months will be 
 suiBcientto give you a good, practical drill in our business course, 
 including Bookkeeping by single and double entry. Business Arith- 
 metic, Commercial Law, Letter writing, Penmanship, etc., and pre- 
 pare you for the business eslablishment or the counting-house. 
 
 Onr Department of Bookkeeping' and. Business is 
 thorough, jiractical, up-to-date, and conducted in the most satis- 
 factory way by a Principal of wide experience. The course is our 
 own, and excels all others, hav'ng been specially prepared at great 
 expense for instruction by mail. It is easier to learn, more practi- 
 cal in method, and better adapted than any mail course extant. 
 
 Degrees. — Graduates of this Department receive the degrees 
 of B. .\c('ts. and M. Accts. This Institute is incorporated by law, 
 with power to confer degrees the same as the leading Colleges and 
 
 Universities of the country, and in this has a decided advantage 
 over the ordinary Business College. 
 
 Not a " Feeder."— Thisinstructionin this Department is com- 
 plete in itself and exchislvdy Uj correspondence. A student in Cali- 
 fornia is instructed in the same manner as one in Baltimore or 
 this city. This Department is not a side issue and a " feeder " for 
 a business college run io connection, with the object of securing 
 students ostensibly for correspondence instruction, and then draw- 
 ing them to the College to " tinish the course." 
 
 Securing Situations. — Our advantages for securing situations 
 for our students are unequalled. 
 
 The Young- Man^n make no mistake in taking this course 
 nor have any possible regret except that he did not make such de- 
 cision earlier. No man ever wished for less business qualification 
 and training, but for more. Steady drains and heavy losses result 
 in nine cases out often from inability, incompetency and lack of 
 proper preparation. The discreet man fortifies himself against 
 them by a thorougli drill, and reaps a rich reward. 
 
 Young Woman, if you have not been thinking of this mat- 
 ter and recognize the profit and advantage of such a course, let us 
 earnestly urge you to do so at once. Do not delay, but settle the 
 question ; take up the C'liirse and be prepared at the earliest date 
 to secure the great benefit it confers. Double or treble your in- 
 come, and at the same time lessen your labor. 
 
 The Man of Business who has never had a thorough 
 training in bookkeeping and business will find in this spare- 
 time study course what he has long wished for. 
 
 Tuition, $15 and upward, cash or installments. Full 
 particulars fi'ee. Address — 
 
 National Correspondence Institute, 
 Second National Bank Building, 
 Department of Washington, D. C. 
 
 Bookkeeping and Business. 
 
DE^PARTMENT OF KNGINKERING. 
 
 MORRIS BIEN, Ph. B., Principal, 
 Assisted by a Corps of Specialists and Experts in their several lines. 
 
 NGINEERIN 
 
 I Spare 
 Time 
 
 Taught 
 
 by 
 Mail. 
 
 In this Department we offer eighteen 
 complete courses iu the different branches 
 of (Jivil Engineering. 
 
 In the preparation of these courses it has 
 been the constant aim to secure thoroughness 
 and to avoid all unnecessary theoretical 
 matter, so that the student may acquire the 
 knowledge to enable him to meet all the or- 
 dinary requirements of his profession, and at 
 the same time to qualify him to n;ieet any 
 ^TUnY a conditions that require the deeper study of 
 I >^?.*"'*^ theory. He thus avoids the loss of time neces- 
 tsary to master theoretical matters which are 
 not needed in regular practice. 
 Plan of AVoiic— The student is not plunged at once into the 
 bewildering mass of technical subjects; but is started in the very 
 elements of Arithmetic, carried on step by step, studying and com- 
 prehending one lesson after another, gradually reaching, conquer- 
 ing and passing many subjects that at first seemed to him almost 
 impossible of comprehension. 
 
 Our courses combine the work of the ordinary school and col- 
 lege ; but because the student is earnest, because the instruction is 
 individual and not hampered by the dragging of class work ; be- 
 cause he advances as ra jidly as he learns ; because he avoids all 
 unnecessai-y study of theory ; because he loses no time by long 
 vacations which he does not need ; because ho can study when and 
 where and how he pleases; because, in short, the instruction ac- 
 commodates itself fully to hi^ particular needs and conditions he 
 can without difficulty do the work covered by thes'.x or eight years 
 of school and college in a fraction of that liuie. 
 
 The Faculty.— Our instructors are thoroughly eauipped for this 
 work; not only theoretically but practically. They are 
 graduates of the leading colleges of the country — Yale Univer- 
 
 sity, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic 
 Institute (Troy), Columbian University, Lehigh University, Uni- 
 versity of California, University of Maine, University of Virginia; 
 thus bringing- to this Institute the best methods of all 
 these colleges. They are further qualified by extensive expe- 
 rience in the best grades of public and private Engineering work,, 
 based upon their studies in these colleges and upon their individ- 
 ual investigations ia their own specialties. 
 
 Courses. —The instruction in this department includes all 
 branches of Technical Engineering and Drawing, as 
 follows: Surveyi'ifi, Mupping, Higher Surveying; llailroad, Electri- 
 cal, Straclur.il, Hydraulic, Saidlary, Municipal, Mechanical, and 
 Steam Engineering; ArchitcctVA'e, Archiieclural Drawing and Design- 
 ing, Mechanical and Topographical Drawing, Higher Mathematics and 
 Advanced Mechanics. 
 
 Degrees.— Our separate courses are complete and qualify our 
 graduates to follow successfully the line of professional work taught 
 in them. Where, however, the student defires to study several 
 branches of Engineering we have c'ombinations of courses, upon 
 the graduates in wliich we confer the regular Academic Degrees 
 by authority of law, as follows: Civil Engineer (C. E.), Me- 
 chanical Engineer (i\Iech. E.), Electrical Engineer 
 (E. E.) aud Bachelor of Philosophy (Ph. B.). Those who- 
 prefer, may select a combination of courses, subject to our approval 
 for the Degree of Ph. B. 
 
 Our Scholarships in the different courses are Non -Forfeitable, 
 except for failure in payment or improper use of the instruction 
 papers, aud are Transferable. 
 
 Tuition $20 and upward, cash or installments. 
 
 Our illustrated Annouucemeni , giving full pirticulars of all courses, 
 costs, etc., mailed free on request. Address — 
 
 National Correspondence Institute, 
 
 Second National Bank Building, 
 
 Department of Engineering. 
 
 Wa.shington, D. C. 
 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
 
 029 944 138 6