THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF BUSINESS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1208, 24 July 1884, Page 3

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF BUSINESS.

Hon. Eustace C. Bitz, President of the Boston Board of Trade, delivered the closing address on the ‘‘High School in its Relations to Business Life,” at a recent annual meeting of the Classical High School Teachers. In educating for business the aim should bo to produce the very highest of the class, high-minded men, who will be an honor to the community. A graduate of a high school who proposes to adopt this calling should know how to read, spell, write, and cipher well, something of history, geography, algebra, grammar, literature, and the sciences, and if he has some knowledge of Latin, all the better. Specially he should have a fair understanding of bookkeeping, exchange, hanking, and such knowledge of other business matters as can be given him by abstract. I hesitate not to say that the demands of business on our high schools are not fairly well. It may not be practicable to have a course of mercantile science, but doubtless it would be possible to give more attention to this subject than is given at present. In some way or other pupils ought to be taught the ten commandments of business. 1. Thou shall have no other occupations before me. 2. Thou shalt not make unto thyself aws, for the laws are written and unchangeable, but thou shalt [give diligent iioc.i iu my laws, and keep and obey them. 3. Remember thy promises and keep them punctually. 4. Six days thou shalt labor and do all thy work. 5. Thou shall not speculate. 6. Thou shall not lie or steal. 7. Thou shall not be extravagant. 8. Thou shalt not be avaricious. 9. Thou shalt not put rum into thy mouth to steal away thy brains. 10. Thou shalt covet. _ Thou shalt covet earnestly the best gifts, sagacity, prudence, foresight, perseverance, alertness, order, accuracy, thoroughness, and whatever is honorable and above reproach.