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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 3,

W a r " and "War Finance and Taxation" was approved, subject to the usual condition that any additional expense involved shall be approved by the President of the University. 2. The Department of Business Organization and Operation recommends that courses in office practise, including stenography and typewriting, be offered next year. The recommendation accompanies this report. 3. In the absence of Professor E. R. Dewsnup, Head of the Department of Transportation, only a part of the work of the Department is being carried on by Mr. G. B. McMillen as Instructor. After consideration it seems inadvisable to undertake anything further in this line at the present time. Yours very truly,

N . A. WESTON

Acting Bean Proposed New Courses in Business Organization and Operation In view of the request of about 200 women of the University, including practically all women enrolled in the College of Commerce and Business Administration, and in view of the suggestions of the War Committee concerning war courses, the Department of Business Organization and Operation recommends the following courses, to be given as a part of the regular work of the Department, if approved for credit toward the B. S. degree in Commerce and Business Administration; but as temporary war courses, if not approved for credit toward the degree. 40a-40b. Stenography and Office Practise.—In addition to the presentation of the principles of shorthand writing (Gregg or Isaac Pitman System), the course includes instruction in general secretarial and stenographic duties, methods of displaying the subject matter of a letter and its different parts and forms, common business abbreviations, information about mails, writing telegrams and cablegrams, the method of taking dictation, the meeting of office callers, office reference books, filing systems, etc. Credit is allowed for the courses only when taken in connection with B, 0, & 0, 45a-45b (Typewriting). First and second semesters. Five periods a week. Four hours credit. Prerequisite: Rhetoric 1 and 2; credit for or concurrent registration in Rhetoric 10. 45a-45b. Typewriting.—In addition to instruction in the touch method of typewriting and the development of speed in typing from direct dictation, from manuscript and from stenographic notes, the course includes practical information for typists, the use and care of the typewriter, the mimeograph, the stenograph, the dictograph, and adding and tabulating machines, the assembling and binding of reports and documents. First and second semesters. Six periods a week. Two hours credit. Special Fee: $3.00 a semester. Prerequisite: Registration in B. O. & O. 40a-40b. It is the opinion of the Department that instruction in office practise including stenography and typewriting is of sufficient importance in the training of commerce students to be made a part of the regular work of the Department and to be allowed to count for a reasonable amount of credit towards the degree. The Department is,