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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1937
Page
8
The B M I will formally open tomorrow on the eighth floor of the Bernhardt building in Monroe. Open house Monday night from 7 to 10 offers tours and refreshments for the public and visiting ladies. The school, designed for efficiency and comfort, features modern lighting steam heat and specially designed desks and chairs for up to 250 pupils.
B M L in W C Cuberley head of advanced shorthand dictation court reporting and business administration at the Southwest Commercial Schools. His recent election as vice president of the teachers division marks a deserved honor. He studied at the College of Marshall University of Texas and University of Southern California.
Students commend the staff for friendliness and helpfulness. Faculty are chosen for teaching efficiency and cooperative spirit. Instructors offer individual assistance and guidance to students needing extra help. The school emphasizes developing strong positive personalities for business life.
A feature on the Depression era push to train youths for professional paths via the Bureau of Municipal Initiatives and the new course on personality development. It outlines demanded qualifications, the emphasis on personality, and the goal of placing qualified youths into top roles with high earnings potential.
Doris Scripture a New York department store extra employment director. She scans shoes for wear and polish and notes overall impression from dress and hair. Diction grammar voice and a confident smile matter as much as prior work in securing a job.
Bish S. Mathis, president of B. M. I., opens a second school here on the eighth floor of the Bernhardt building. The Monroe B. M. IL aims to be one of the south's most complete educational plants. Mathis is a young, forceful executive with noted success in education.
A popular young business man has been promoted to directing manager of B. M. I. in Monroe after two years as registrar at Longview. He graduated college in 1925 and has held roles as assistant auditor and paymaster for Texas Gulf Sulphur and as division manager of the M System food stores in south Texas.
B M I plans a landmark curriculum addition based on Dale Carnegie's How To Win Friends and Influence People. The course promises high enrollment by teaching six principles to win friends and another twelve to win others to your viewpoint, plus seven tips for a happier home life.
An article urges individuals to audit themselves like a company. It asks if personal work and recreation are balanced, if information needs are current, and if public contacts are ample. It compares personal governance to an annual corporate audit and stresses service and responsibility.
Forrest A. Spurrier joins the B. M. L. I. faculty at Gladewater in western Gregg county Texas after nearly two years with the school. A B M S graduate, he studied under Mr and Mrs Mathis, holds a Gregg School of Shorthand certificate, and is pursuing C P A work while teaching bookkeeping accounting and business mathematics at B. M. I.
B M I adds a course titled Personality Development focusing on business behavior job requirements for women. Frances Maule’s book She Strives To Conquer offers practical guidance for young women entering the workforce, with topics from manners to personal image and career strategy.
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