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XI. COMMERCE! OF SWEDEN.
and two one-year’s courses. For those entering the first class in the
ttco-years’ course, it is necessary to show a remove-certificate from the fifth
class on the scientific line of a State College in the subjects taught in
that class which enter into the curriculum of the Commercial College, or
failing such certificate, , to display, on examination, corresponding
acquirements. To gain entrance to the one-year’s courses, candidates to
the higher one must have passed the university entrance examination
(with English as one subject), and the lower one have obtained a pass
certificate in the upper sixth class on the scientific line in those subjects
taught in the class which enter into the curriculum of the Commercial
College.
The subjects taught are the same as in Gothenburg, but Russian iä also
included in the curriculum for those who desire to learn it The school session
lasts from September 1 to May 31, with the customary recess at Christmas and
Easter. The staff of teachers includes one head-master and 19 assistant masters.
The number of pupils is 111, 13 of them being in the higher one-year’s conrse
and 28 in the lower one-year’s course. Of women there are 37. The annual fee
is 225 kronor for each class; there are at present 22 scholars at the institute
exempt from fee, while 24 pay the reduced fee of 100 kronor only. — The
College possesses a building of its own; arrangements are made for the boarding of
pupils under the supervision of a teacher.
Besides the two higher commercial colleges just mentioned, there
are two other commercial schools of importance, one at Gefle and one
at Sundsvall: The Gefle Burgher school (Borgarskola) and the
Sundsvall Commercial College (Handelsinstitut). The former is under the
care and superintendence of the Gefle Town Council and has a very
extensive programme of studies embracing a two-years’ course in
commercial education; the endowment of the school amounts to one million
kronor. The latter, being situated in a district abounding in sawmills,
devotes special attention to book-keeping and office-work required in the
timber trade.
Besides the schools above mentioned, there are, natnrally, in all larger towns
Writing and book-keeping schools in greater or lesser numbers, that give
instruction to qualify for entering business life. Characteristic of them all is, first, the
low standard of attainment necessary for entrance (the Common school conrse)
and, secondly, the perfect freedom allowed in choice of subjects. As a rule, pupils
can enter these schools at any time. Some of these institutions have been in
existence for a long period of time and have obtained a certain degree of stability. This is
the case with the Writing and Commercial School kept by P&tdman Brothers and
the Smedman Commercial Schools, both in Stockholm; and with Ft lip Holmqvist’t
Writing and Commercial School in Gothenburg, and others. In many of these, »
tolerably complete commercial education is given, embracing foreign languages,
commercial law, etc.
Finally there are a number of Sunday and Evening Schools with a more
or less mercantile curriculum, principally intended for those who have already
entered business life. Foremost among these is the Stockholm Burgher school
(Borgarskola) with about 1,500 pupils annually. The choice of subjects is entirely
open-Instruction is given here in such subjects as: Book-keeping for retail and whole-
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