The Compass, 1942-07-15

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VOLUME 6 BURLINGTON, IOWA, JULY 15, 1942 NUMBER 7
ROCHESTER BUSINESS
INSTITUTE JOINS
Next year will mark the eightieth anni-versary of the Rochester Business Institute, Rochester, New York, it having been estab-lished in 1863. Since 1924 it has been under the management of Ern-est W. Veigel, Jr., the present president of the school, who purchased it from Samuel C. Wil-liams and Dr. John Forbes.
The school is quite a large one, with five to hundred students at-,_»iding both day and ERNEST w. VEIGEL, Jr. night sessions, and a corps of twenty-three teachers, of whom the majority have served the school for more than ten years. Faculty members, have a ten-year service club. The longest period of serv-ice for any one teacher is that attained by Roy O. Cook, accountancy and mathematics in-structor, who has been with the school for 45 years. Other periods of service range in vary-ing lengths-down to one year.
The building in which the college is housed was originally designed for business school purposes, and is located in the heart of downtown Rochester, opposite beautiful Washington Park. The classrooms are large and attractive, and new furniture has just been purchased for the school, along with other up-to-date equipment.
Mr. Veigel is a graduate of the University of Rochester and Harvard University and be-fore making his present connection, was with the Rochester Chamber of Commerce and the Rochester Public School System. He is a member of- the Business Education Associa-tion, Rochester Chamber of Commerce, Na-j^Lial Office Management Association, Na-^ffial Association of Cost Accountants, Ro-tary,Rochester Advertising Club, Zonta Club, Rochester Convention and Publicity Bureau, Knights of Columbus, and other organiza-tions of a civic or service nature.
DEFER CONVENTIONS BY ODT REQUEST
A. A. C. C. July Meeting Cancelled
Under date of June 19, the Office of De-fense Transportation issued a special request that all meetings, conventions, and group tours which are not closely related to the furtherance of the war effort, be deferred for the duration.
In compliance with this request, the Amer-ican Association of Commercial Colleges will forego the annual Middle West get-together in Chicago, scheduled for July each year.
All officers will hold over until such time as a meeting can be arranged and new offi-cers elected and other business transacted.
The reason given for the ODT injunction is that with the volume of passenger traffic on railroads and bus lines, as well as the enormous amount of freight now being han-dled, together with accommodations which must be furnished for the transportation of troops, all good Americans should hold their traveling to the minimum.
Officers of the A. A. C. C. in announcing the cancellation of the July Midwest meeting expressed the hope that after the war is over a convention for all the business colleges in the United States may be organized, includ-ing, of course, those schools now members of the A. A. C. C. outside of the U. S„ A. boundaries.
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KINMAN KORNER
Hope Ranch Park By the Sea, Santa Barbara, Cal.
As the saying goes, seven days without food makes one weak. So when an appeal was made in the June issue of the "Compass," I decided right now that it was about time for some of us to help the loyal hard working editor.
Having been an editor of house organs, weekly bulletins and other publications, I fully understood this request. Every member of the A. A. C. C. wants to help by sending news items, pictures and contributions, but it seems that for some of us our days are just too full. Be that as it may, the "Kin-man Korner by the Sea" is determined to help each and every month.
Many and varied themata will appear in this Kor-ner; some purely provocative, some of a personal nature, some instructive, some just friendly nonsense, and some just as reminders of the things you al-
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MOSES PORRAS RECENT
TYPING WINNER
Winner of the last American Association of Commercial Colleges typewriting contest, was Moses Porras, student at the Kansas City College of Commerce, Kansas City, Missouri, the school operated by Ben H. Henthorn, Pres-ident of the A. A. C. C.
Porras was born at Gonzales, Texas, twenty years ago, but his family moved to Kansas City when he was only a year old, and it was there he received, all of his education in grade school, and graduated from the Argentine High School, in Kansas City, Kansas, in 1941. He enrolled in the commercial school of his choice in September of the same year for a Business Training Course, and at the end of the present sum-mer term will have completed the entire course, having done so in twelve months. The course is usually considered of fifteen months' duration.
Porras is a very popular student, and his grades have been superior and excellent. He is alert and attentive to detail, and shows un-usual aptitude in the commercial field. — A. A. C. C.
COMPASS RECOGNIZED BY GOVERNMENT
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School faculty members and other inter-ested readers of "The Compass" are urged to make eligible young people acquainted with the opportunities of the Civil Service. Eighteen is the minimum age, and there is no maximum age limit.
MOSES PORRAS