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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1938
Page
8
M. I. Mathis praises the northeast Louisiana region for a business school and recognizes local talent. He urges support for a forward looking plan to raise educational standards and attract men who can help Monroe grow into a thriving city worthy of its citizens.
Louie Mathis, active in Monroe civic groups, joins the Chamber of Commerce membership committee and the Lions Club. He leads Ouachita unit growth, becomes secretary, and directs publicity for a membership drive at Monroe B M I, which has expanded to over 350 members. His work boosts B M I’s reputation as a major state institution.
A historic ad urged men to become secretaries, arguing male secretaries are scarce and highly capable. It claims men excel in field work and confidential duties, noting employers prefer male stenos, with a call to prepare for lucrative office roles and professional standing. It concludes with a remark on England's clerical workforce.
An efficient candidate with over three years of practical experience joins Monroe B M I as secretary to L. E. Mathis directing manager. She also leads the office training department and studied in Waco Texas schools gaining secretarial and abstract experience.
Miss Jean Maclin oversees the shorthand dictation department at Monroe B M I. A graduate of Longview B M I she is noted as an intelligent and charming young teacher whose exceptional student record and personal qualities earned her the current post.
An outstanding Longview B M L student with straight A grades was chosen by Monroe B M to head the shorthand and literary department. After graduation she understudied Ruth Olcott Mathis at Longview, pursued advance study, and recently earned a teaching certificate from the Gregg School of Shorthand in Chicago.
Donald Quinn formerly at Monroe B. M. I. now works for Wasted Wholesale Grocery in Jonesville. He serves as treasurer of Sigma Phi of Beta Mu Iota Bish Mathis institute student organization.
Government employee Miss Henrietta Cullom of Monroe, a graduate of B. M. I., is now employed in the farm security office at Little Rock Arkansas, reflecting career advancement within public service.
Editor notes Alvin Arledge and a Monroe student with a unique record excel in a demanding curriculum. The piece argues job scarcity is myth with proper training, highlighting Bish Mathis Institutes in Longview Texas and Monroe Louisiana as paths to skilled office work and advancement. Delegates from 600 Mixtec villages totaling 200,000 Mixtec Indians plan a Tlaxiaco Oaxaca assembly to address tribal issues.
Miss Estelle Blair, a graduate of eneview B. M. S, becomes instructor in Monroe B. M. I typing department. Chosen for her outstanding student record and about two years of practical business experience before teaching.
H D Mathis brother of Bish S Mathis appointed manager for the Monroe agency handling distribution and service of Woodstock typewriters. Bish Mathis relinquishes the east Texas territory with headquarters in Longview.
Shirley Braddock of this city writes from Shreveport that Monroe B M I offers an ideal business school atmosphere. She praises the faculty, teachers cooperation, and the friendly attendee attitude that kept her motivated and hopeful. She congratulates Louie Mathis and wishes continued success for the institution.
Wayne Anderson of Presott Arkansas, a Monroe B M I staff member and CPA candidate, offers a view on accounting as a synthesis of reading, arithmetic, writing, law, economics, administration, and finance. He notes yesterday’s bookkeeping as an occupation evolved into a science and profession requiring broad knowledge to inform today’s business decisions.
Incomplete clipping notes that the accounting department head must shoulder the remaining duties as the full scope of duties and responsibilities is not fully detailed in the fragment, with a continuation promised on the eleventh page.
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