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Stenographers. However, the business course was the school's main program, providing instruction in advanced bookkeeping, banking and finance, business correspondence, business penmanship, commercial law, corporate accounting, general office work, mechanical accounting, practical bookkeeping, and the use of office equipment.
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Advertising Managers, Auditors, Billing Clerks, Bookkeepers, Chief Accountants, Chief Clerks, Collection Clerks, Comptometer Managers, Correspondents, Office Managers, Private Secretaries, Sales Managers, and
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Department offered a one or two-year commercial teacher's training course, qualifying students to teach the commercial sciences at high schools and colleges. In 1918, the institute added French, Spanish, public speaking, psychology, and oratory to its offerings.
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Institute had competitive men's and women's basketball teams. The teams, known as the Hoisers, organized in October 1919 and chose purple and white as their colors. Its coach was R. K. Waters. By January 1929, the school played against schools such as
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January 1941, Ted B. Erick, Thomas V. Happer, Paul A. Hultin, and agent Thomas V. Happer incorporated the Anthony Wayne Institute, Inc. with plans to operate a commercial school in Fort Wayne. However, there is no evidence that the institute was revived.
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Institute offered a variety of activities for its students, including social functions, clubs, and bowling teams. Dances for students included live music provided by a jazz orchestra. Students elected class officers and created a yearbook.
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program included accounting, analyzing yourself, developing character, executive talks, finance, mental ability, organization, physical fitness, selling, management, utilizing time, working with others, and producing, buying, and shipping.
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woodwork, and an indirect lighting system. Its first floor included the president's office and classrooms. The second floor included more classrooms and an assembly room that could accommodate the entire student body for
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Commercial Basketball League, playing corporate teams formed in Fort Wayne. In 1921, the institute's team was the league champion and won the city's championship.
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social fraternity, started by students
Herbert R. Carter, Homer H. Iden, Alfred C. Keoneke, and Dale R. Odneal in 1922. The fraternity had a chapter house and operated until the institute closed in 1933.
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Anthony Wayne Institute's campus was located in a 7,000 square feet (650 m) building at 226 West Wayne Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This new building featured
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Anthony Wayne Institute was a two-year commercial school that focused on business education for men and women. The school was named for General
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In August 1919, E. J. Goddard took charge of the institute's residence department and taught classes in commercial law. Goddard graduated from the
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