GIRLS FOR OFFICES

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20993, 21 December 1939, Page 13

GIRLS FOR OFFICES

DEMAND MAINTAINED • TUITION FOR STENOGRAPHERS BRAIN’S COLLEGE SUCCESSES Reviewing the results of a successJ ful year, the principals of Brain's Commercial College stated in their ; annual report that the demand for . girls for office work had been well ■ maintained. During the year many i ; positions referred to the college by l | employers could not be filled owing . , to lack of trained students qualified : ! to fill them. Now that the final ; 1 examinations were completed it ; ! would be somewhat easier to find ap- » | plicants for office vacancies, but no . i difficulty was expected in placing all , j qualified students in suitable positions. One satisfactory feature of the year , had been the increase in the number of young people taking the full year’s course. Parents were evidently realising to a greater degree the obvious advantages of giving their ■ i daughters a thorough grounding in 1 I the essentials of the work they would j have to do, thus enabling them to ■ | accept employment with confidence 1 ! and with the prospect of steady ad--1 | vancement. | Government Examinations ! In the Government examinations for shorthand-typists, senior division, ! students attending the college secured : the first eight places in the total of j ten Hamilton passes. They were:— ! Misses E. M. Lambert, B. M. Waters, B. J. Stewart, K. M. Shallcrass, J. M. Green, E. Gillman, P. M. Harris. I F. W. Marshall. i In the junior division, all candidates presented by the college passed, three of the six Hamilton credit j passes being secured, including first place. Credit passes were:—Misses E. C. Moore, K. M. Shallcrass, E. G. Ward; and passes. Misses H. A. Taylor. D. I. Williams, M. C. Harrod, M. M. James, F. W. Marshall. R. Melrose. B. L. Higginson, A. J. Morrison, I. M. Younie, M. K. Earl, j D. B. Nicholson, B. I. Menzies, I. E. Clow, M. Z. Maisey, M. P. Hill, J. Taylor. Five of these had not . received any previous commercial ■ instruction before entering the college this year, among them being Miss K. M. Shallcrass who, though ; only 14 years of age, secured highly j placed passes in both senior and J junior divisions, and Miss E. C. Moore, who gained the first junior pass. Shorthand and Typing Other certificates have been 1 awarded as follows:—■ S Shorthand.—l4o words a minute, Misses N. R. Hemsley, L. M. Nobes; 130 words, K. M. Shallcrass, M. Wood, K. M. Purcell; 120 words, J. V. Crabb, F. W. Marshall, P. M. Harris, M. M. James; 110 words, E. Gillman, E. C. Moore, D. I. Williams, j J. M. Green, N. E. Gobby, R. A.

M. Shallcrass, L. E. Jones, M. Z. Maisey, I. F. Murphy. M. P. Hill, J. Taylor; 70 words, D. G. Sellar, E. J. HaU, L. F. McKendry, L. J. Harding; 60 words, eight certificates; 50 words, ten certificates. Typewriting.—s 7 words a minute. —K. M. Shallcrass; 51 words, E. C. Moore; 45-49 words, J. E. Wylie, F. W. Marshall, B. I. Menzies; 40-14 words, H. A. Taylor, I. E. Clow, M. M. James, I. M. Younie; 30-34 words, M. L. Evans, J. Perkins. R. Melrose, I. F. Murphy. Book-keeping. Advanced: Miss G. Mole (credit). Elementary: Credit passes, Miss I. M. Younie, B. I. Menzies; passes, Misses G. R. Horn, M. L. Evans, D. I. Williams, J. Blackman, G. Mole, F. W. Mar- | shaU. J. E. Wylie, E. C. Moore, I. i E. Clow, M. J. Webber. I. F. i Murphy, R. J. Catley, O. E. Shine, R. ] Melrose.