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Gem City Business College 1911-1912

Quincy, Adams County, Illinois

 

cover

 

page 1

tribute to "America's Greatest Commercial School"

 

page 2

D.L. Musselman, V.G. Musselman, T.E. Musselman

 

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D.L. Musselman Sr., D.L. Musselman, V.G. Musselman, T.E. Musselman

 

page 4

(3 photo's)

 

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D.L. Musselman, V.G. Musselman, Thomas Edgar Musselman

 

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D.L. Musselman, V.G. Musselman, T.E. Musselman, J.H. Crafton, H.P. Behrensmeyer, Thomas T. Goff

Charles I. Smith, Bertrand Capps, Geo. W. Blair, John A. Hall, Miss nellie V. Seiller, Charles E. Lane

 

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Walford W. Lewis, Paul G. Duncan, Miss Daisy Jellison, Miss Nellie Domino, Mrs. Helen W. Heim, Mrs. Geo. W. Blair

Miss Pearl E. Yount, Miss Veneta Shumate, Miss Minnie B. Frye, Miss Sophia Wassmann, Miss Ruby Breder, Miss Hedwig Schleinecke

 

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D.L. Musselman Sr.

 

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General Information

Prof. Otto L. Langhanke

 

page 10

(photo- 6 people at the bank in the College Office)

V.G. Musselman

 

page 11

General Information cont.

 

page 12

(photo- College Lecture Room)

 

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General Information cont.

Wabash Railroad; Hotel Quincy; Moecker; Wood Hotel

 

page 14

Board and Lodging, Books and Stationary, Pens

D.L. Musselman

 

page 15

Courses and Tution

 

page 16

(2- photo's, Introductory and Advanced Bookkeeping Dept's)

 

page 17

Importance of Commercial Studies

Prof. Behrensmeyer

 

page 18

(photo- Business and Banking Dept)

 

page 19

Actual Business and Banking Department

Professor J.H. Crafton

 

page 20

(4 photo's- Business and Banking Dept)

 

page 21

Miss Lois E. Nash, Waldo O. Hough, Miss F. J. Lubbe, Theo. Wand, T.L. Tushaus, J.t. Prickard, Miss Kate Mulcahy

Edgar Schanz, Edith Duker, A.H. Vandenboom, Theo. F. Awercamp, H.B. Broemmel, E.J. Luegering, Ferd J. Sohm

Robt. Heintz, W.T. Duker, G.G. Arends, Simon Duker, D.L. Musselman, John L. Duker, Henry Damhorst, Robt. Albright

John Soebbing, Harvey G. Riggs, W.L. Jansen, John H. Sieckmann, Robt. J. Soebbing, Robt. W. Hagenbruch

Mrs. Pauline Waldin, Henry G. Sprick, Walter A. Heidbreder, Harry E. Heidbreder, Harry Schaefer, Geo. Bauman

Ada Lohmeyer, W.J. Singleton, J.H. Crafton, Will Heintz, Wm. V. Martin, Nellie Mulcahy, Ruby A. Johntz

 

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(photo- 21 students of Actual Business Dept, see page 23)

W.H. Allen, John P. Cook, O.N. Shaw, F.M. Young, L.E. Brewbaker, Geo. W. Ward, F.M. McBurney, Martha Oberly, J.H.Hamel

 

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Prof. J.H. Crafton, Wilbur H. Allen, R.E. Dresser, Leo Dohogne, Emil G. Oleson, John P. Cook

Col. John Murphy, J.B. Horney, O.N. Shaw, Miss Lida Hanna, True Vancil, W.F. Holt, F.M. Young

L.E. Brewbaker, Geo. W. Ward, F.M. McBurney, Miss Martha L. Oberly, J.H. Hamel

 

page 24

(2 photo's - Introductory Shorthand Dept and Advanced Chorthand Dept)

 

page 25

Shorthand

 

page 26

(3 photo's- Intro Typewriting, Intro Dictation, Advanced Typewriting)

 

page 27

Stenographers and Shorthand

(2 photo's w/ career bio's- O.L. Schaumburg, Miss Paula E. Werning)

 

page 28

(photo- Normal Penmanship Dept)

 

page 29

(photo of medals awarded for penmanship to the Gem City College)

Normal Penmanship Dept

Professor Behrensmeyer

 

page 30

Students Specimens of penmanship and drawings

Hettie DeWalt, R.A. Cepek, F.R. Brown

 

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Floyd R. Brown, A.F. Tull, R.D. Dennis, Carl Wise, Miss Hettie DeWalt, Miss Josephine Gardiner, J.C. Henninger, H.W. Garr

Charlton V. Howe, George F. bennett, R.A. Cepek, C.W. Edmondson, Claude Eyster, B.O. McAdams, E.G. Bruns, A.M. Wonnell

George Lauterbach, John W. Rohlfing, A.R. Punke, D.L. Musselman, Edward G. Bruns, Arthur S. Gill, L.H. Maus

 

page 32

(photo of 'Students from Illinois')

H.E. Welbourne, Mr. Musselman

 

page 33

D.L. Musselman

 

page 34

(photo of 'Students from Missouri')

Miss Etta M. Power, Prof. D. L. Musselman

 

page 35

Claude I. Depuy, S.N. Lancaster, Miss Mary Schwab

 

page 36

(3 photo's- 'Kansas Students', 'Iowa Students', Actual Business Girls)

 

page 37

Lloyd Bertschi, Mr. Musselman, E.U. Graff, G.W. Fisher, C.G. Linn, Bessie B. Barry, Maurice P. Rice, Frances M. Stephens

 

page 38

(4 photo's- 'Colorado Students', 'Nauvoo, Ill. Students', 'Wyoming Students', 'Oklahoma Students')

 

page 39

E.W. Downen, D.C. Downen (father and son), E.R. Downen, Miss Minnette Dorothy, Robert Henning

 

page 40

(photo- States Represented by Students in Attendance)

J.O. Webb, H.R. Riley, J.B. Wolston, Claude Ratcliff, S.C. Wilcynski, J.G. Bostack, H.H. Lacy, K.M. Browne, Ada M. Riford

Nora J. Dickerson, W.J. Greenough, Louis Krielow, R.R. Halstead, L.C. Valentine, Mrs. Edith Dean, Maude L. Secrest

Cloyce J. Irwin, Blaine Quayle, C.H. Gentry, Richardo Fuentes, D.C. Yegen, Elva M. Shutts, Genevieve Ingersoll

Mathilda Heideman, E.T. Housley, J.L. Hansen, Maye Stevenson

 

page 41

D.L. Musselman, O.J. Morris, Guy McComb, E.E. Hudiburg, Miss Verna S. Hertzler, G.W. Glover, Claude Depuy, Mrs. C.E. Cowman

 

page 42

(photo's- Public School Teachers and Miss Lulu March)

D.L. Musselman

 

page 43

L.L. Turpin, G.W. O'Roke, A.M. DeLapp, Chas. F. Schlatter, W.M. Valentine/Valentin

 

page 44

(photo of Former University and College Students)

Dr. David Kinley, Judge Perry

 

page 45

J.L. Hansen, W.P. Martin, J. Flynt, Peter Phillipi, C.G. Bates, F.B. Finley, Jas. Rodgers

 

page 46

Josephine M. Bickford, Claude F. Fitch, Olivia R. Buhrman, Ray S. Jordan

Linda M. Buhrman, Basil Widner, Mary F. Bain, Ethel M. Oldaker, Alvin Gerdemann

 

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Prof. C.C. Windsor, F.H. Thompson

 

page 48

Arthur H. Davisson, A.M. Rinarman, C.M. Nash, Cyrus McCormick, John C. Naylor

Victor Penn, H.E. Belden, K.M. Browne, Miss Dora Peters, Miss Annabel Rupert, L.L. Turpin

 

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D.L. Musselman, Elmer C. Buelteman, Walter E. Ryniker, Harry L. Shiner, W.T. Landrum, W.H. Trudgen

 

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(21 photo's, see page 51)

 

page 51

W.W. Adams, W.J. Wilson, W.R. Lamb, C.M. Hornbaker, B.A. McDonald, O.H. Bardill, R.L. Seaman, Lee L. Travis

W.H. Kiehne, C.P. Eresch, Eugene D. Lujan, R.A. Alquist, Wm. Byrant Smith, Foster G. Compton, Wm. V. Cupp

W.C. Rowland, Charles W. Morgan, Cloyce J. Irwin, Norton D. Smith, W.H. Coppedge, J.I. Wernette, H.D. Martin

 

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Miss Eddith Maichel, John B. Hughes, Clara A. Bacus, D.L. Musselamn

 

page 53

Mr. Musselman, E.C. Hudiburg, Ruth Berghofer, Thos. Hair

Sidney Brown (brother of Floyd), Floyd R. Brown, Mrs. F.R. Brown, Alma Brown (sister of Sidney and Floyd)

 

page 54

(photo of the Girls Edition Editorial Staff)

Ethel P. Griffith, Claude McLaughlin, Lola Cowling, Mr. Musselman, John A. Hall

 

page 55

Quincy Churches

Lulu M. Felt

 

page 56

(6 photo's, 2 each- Football, Orchestra, Baseball (see page 57))

 

page 57

(photo of trainload of students traveling to a football game)

Prof. Fisher, D.L. Hogan, J.D. Eyman, W.A. Howard, J.E. Hutmacher, Harry Fields, Richard McCormick, Ray Penny

C.L. Claus, Roy Athey, Reuben Carlson, J.A. Higginbotham, Charles Peeler, J.A. Hall, Clarence Jones, J.R. McWilliams

W.A. Howard, Ralph Kirtley, C.L. Willett, M.A. Dunn, R.B. Barron, Merle Schaffner, Charles Becker, F.C. Beumer

Charles Malone, James D. Robey, Frank Kruse, Wayne Robinson, Geo McKinney, C. McClure, T.E. Musselman

 

page 58

D.L.M. Baker, Miss Lulu March, Grover T. Laurence, Lee L. Travis, Burleigh Lee Coombs

W.H. Bussell, Miss Oma E. Moffitt, Leo J. Munday, J.T. Nelms, Ernest V. Seggelke, Frank B. Carey

Herbert H. Hunziker, Bert S. Nixon, Guy Goodson Williams, Ralph U. Woodcock

 

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W.H. Bussell, Burleigh Lee Coombs, Frank B. Carey, A.A. Eaton, Herbert H. Hunziker, Grover T. Laurence, Lulu March

Oma E. Moffitt, Leo J. Munday, Bert S. Nixon, J.H. Nelms, Dwight L.M. Raker, Ernest V. Seggelke, Lee L. Travis

Guy Goodson Williams, Ralph U. Woodcock, Herman M. Allen, Ida K. Brauner, Earl E. Bonsteel, David E. Bishop

Herbert Wray Brown, E.G. Bruns, Chas. M. Becker, H. Marguerite Boekenhoff, Harry E. Callaway, Eddie E. Childers

Edward E. Dent, Felix N.P. Eisenbeis, George Frank Eresch, John W. Franey, Raymond Lee Forquer, James A. Fullerton

Wm. P. Gregory, Milo E. Grimes, Clarence T. Hewitt, Richard Roy Halstead, Shelby E. Hood, P.J. Harder, W.A. Howard

J. Wm. Jennings, Edward H. Jaspering, Walter Kennedy, J.L. Kermeen, Lawrence E. Kiefer, George H. King, Louis Krielow

George Forrest Knipe, Robert C. Kiehne, John E. Loiseau, Ralph H. Lawson, Flora A. Litherland, J. Luther Laffoon, Lewis L. Leum

Wm. V. McIntire, Orlan LaTour McBride, Clifford E. McCleery, Willie D. McGee, J. Richard McGowan, Chas. W. Morgan

Leo L. Noonan, Howard B. Paul, M. Elma Poole, Glenn L. Quaintance, Julian G. Rieger, Othmar N. Raeber, Samuel W. Rapp Jr.

Argus L. Russell, Cinda Swilley, Fred E. Shaw, J.C.  Shriver, Chas. H. Shaw, Ernest H. Sauer, Rozelia F. Teskey

Leslie C. Valentine, Estella F. Wachter, George Estil Wells, Harry J. Wible, Karl W. Weigl, Luther F. Walter, Lancie L. Watts

W.D. Witter, C.R. Alderson, Lester Allen, T.H. Baker, J.G. Bostick, Eugene J. Bruens, C.S. Burkhart, J.J. Brown, Chas. Blender

Ida K. Brauner, H.L. Bonham, W.H. Bussell, F.R. Brown, Thomas Walton Baker, Joseph R. Brown, C.E. Cline, Maud Clow

W.R. Cadwallader, Emerson Caudle, L.W. Cox, H.L. Dean, C.A. Dewey, Edward E. Dent, Reuben Davis, Daniel C. Downen

Merle A. Dunn, Mrs. Ethel Dean, G.F. Eresch, Roy J. Fletcher, C.O. Frazier, Rosa Goeke, Richard R. Halstead, L.P. Hottenstein

C.M. Houtchins, C.T. Hewitt, P.J. Harder, E.W. Hilles, James Roy Hale, S.E. Hood, C.A. Jones, R.H. Jeffries, Floyd H. Kilgore

F.G. Knipe, Walter Kennedy, Vernon L. Kennedy, L.E. Kiefer, F.B. Kruse, E.C. Lefmann, L.L. Leum, D.S. Ledbetter, C.A. Lewis

W.M. Langdon, G. Emerson Limb, V.J. McDivitt, W.V. McIntire, Nicholas Malambri, Augusta Maas, Lulu March, Will J. Nelson

L.L. Noonan, Arthur C. Pehrson, C.W. Phillips, M. Elma Poole, Ray Penney, J.E. Quigley, G.L. Quaintance, J.G. Rieger

Saul Rubinstein, J.E. Roby, Samuel W. Rapp Jr., Orin Rogers, E.H. Sauer, Ray H. Simpson, Cinda Swilley, E.V. Seggelke

Beulah Stevenson, M.C. Shaner, Chas. H. Shaw Jr., A.J. Tolliver, Rozelia Teskey, C.G. Vaughn, L.C. Valentine

Virgil H. Wood, Luther F. Walter, M. H. Walker, Darrell C. White, G.G. Williams, Arthur C. Wise, H.H. Williams

 

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(1/2 photo of Group photo)

Lester Allen, Maymie E. Anderson, Dorothy V. Agee, Edna E. Ahern, E. K. Allensworth, John W. Ashby, Herman W. Allen

Ida K. Brauner, Julius A. Brown, Grace A. Branard, Oscar H. Bardill, E. Minerva Baxter, Agnes M. Bolinger, David E. Bishop

Roswell C. Black, Herbert Wray Brown, E.G. Bruns, Cham. M. Becker, Delbert Bensing, Harry E. Bailey, Henry F. Buss

Fred L. Baumann, Otto C. Bernhard, Alma Brown, F.R. Brown, Josephine M. Bickford, Olivia R. Buhrman, Harry T. Bixby

Robert H. Bertram, Harley L. Bonham, W.H. Bussell, Daniel W. Bell, Elmer C. Buelteman, Adah Banks, Leta Verniece Brumagin

Mayme Bailey, H. Marguerite Boekenhoff, Floyd R. Brown, Thos. H. Baker, J. Eugene Bruens, E. Bareither, Burleigh Lee Coombes

Emerson Caudle, Ethel Calfee, Wm. Ray Cadwallader, Ira S. Cox, Harry E. Callaway, Kenneth O. Carmer, Morris P. Clarke

Eddie E. Childers, Chas. L. Clote, Francis K. Chapin, Keith K. Clark, Frank B. Crawford, Frank B. Carey, I. Howe Crawford

Charles Carl Carey, Robert C. Dinsmore, Mollie M. Dobbs, Thane E. Dickinson, Edward E. Dent, Arthue Julius Dick

Archie Elmer Dickerson, Martha W. Danhaus, Minnette L.V. Dorothy, Reuben A. Davis, Anna Augusta Doerr, Claude A. Dewey

Felix N.P. Eisenbels, Carl C. Eberhardt, George Frank Eresch, Chas. E. Edmonds, A.A. Eaton, Moss Earhart, T.E. Fisher

John W. Franey, Selma Marie Frese, Henry S. Faulkner, Waldo R. Frazee, Harry Erman Field, Eva M. Feith, Ross L. Fulkerson

John K. Friedebach, William H. Fox, Raymond Lee Forquer, Thomas E. Fitzgerald, Claude T. Frazier, Russell Fletcher

Mary Foster, Raymond A. Foster, Agnes E. Fitzpatrick, James A. Fullerton, Loren E. Gillhouse, Joel H. Gloyd, Otto F. Greim

Wm. P. Gregory, George W. Glover, Lucy Graff, Ina M. Graham, James L. Gaddo, Mabel Gier, Milo E. Grimes, Ralph W. Gill

Roy E. Gill, Harry A. Galbraith, Rose Goeke, Esther E. Georgens, Archie C. Hanson, Elbridge B. Heberling, Monta C. Heininger

W.R. Hartford, Harry Hillje, Ella M. Hawn, Elmer L. Hastings, Louis E. Hoag, Ruth M. Hurley, Ethel Hill, Clifford E. Hertenstein

C.M. Houchins, Katherine M. Harre, Katharina E. Holtschlag, Estella E. Hering, Clarence T. Hewitt, Richard Roy Halstead

Edmund Warner Hilles, Rolla Henry, Ward E. Harris, James Roy Hale, Shelby E. Hood, P.J. Harder, Matilda M. Heidemann

Carl L. Harman, Chas. Wesley Henninger, Edward E. Hankins, Walter H. Hartman, Wayne E. Hart, Lonnie P. Hottenstein

W.A. Howard, Anna Laura Hayton, Herbert H. Hunziker, Herbert Heinze, Cloyce J. Irwin, Ray S. Jordan, Lawrence L.A. Jones

Angeline A. Jung, Blanche B. Johnson, J. Wm. Jennings, Dora E. Johnston, W. Wesley Jones, Ruby A. Johntz, Pete E. Jepson

Edward H. Jaspering, Arthur Johnston, Clarence A. Jones, J.L. Kermeen, Walter Kennedy

 

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(other 1/2 photo of Group photo)

Lawrence E. Kiefer, Ralph Oris Kirtley, Wayne P.T. Kibler, Dana G. Kurfman, George H. King, Frank D. Kruse, Vernor Kennedy

Louis Krielow, Fred X. Kendall, Maurice Katzenberger, George Forrest Knipe, Robert C. Kiehne, John E. Loiseau, Alma Lewman

Emerson Limb, Ralph H. Lawson, Elmer C. Lee, B.F. Little, W.M. Langdon, Flora A. Litherland, MaBelle C. Ladd, Robert Russell Lee

W.Ross Lamb, J. Luther Laffoon, Clarence A. Lewis, Minnie  F. Loss, Emil C. Lefmann, Myretta C. Larrison, Lewis L. Leum

William Marshall, Oma E. moffitt, Clare V. Mercer, Lulu March, Clarence W. Metzler, Maude E. Meneley, Margaret B. Morgan

Wm. J. McIntire, Orlan LaTour McBride, Nellie M. McDonald, Clifford E. McCleery, Willie D. McGee, Leo J. Munday, Chas. E. Mains

Leila V. Mattern, Frances K. Manning, Chas. F. Morris, B.C. Miller, Carson K. Maxwell, Harry G. Marlin, J. Richard McGowan

Florence W. Mitchell, Carl Aldrich Medberry, Chas. W. Morgan, Edna B. Mathews, Frank E. Nelson, Bert S. Nixon, Grover Novinger

Leo L. Nonnan,  J.H. Nelms, Cordelia Naxera, Amanda E.B. Ogle, Samuel E. Osgood, Victor Emanuel Penn, Eva M. Phelps

Mary Elizabeth Purdy, Raymond Penney, Robert E. Palmer, Howard B. Paul, J. Irving Pool, Arthur C. Pehrson, M. Elma Poole

Dora B. Peters, Ethel Pohl, A.A. Phillips, Glennie Piatte, Glenn L. Quaintance, J. Blaine Quayle, Julian G. Rieger, Othmar N. Raeber

Dwight L.M. Raker, Samuel W. Rapp Jr., James E. Roby, James W. Robertson, Horace T. Robinson, M. Houston Roosa

Theresa Rickenberg, Ila Orin Rauer, Jas. D. Rodgers, Argus L. Russell, Louis C. Rupp, D. Katherine Rogers, Melville W. Shaner

Elmer H. Sapp, Ernest V. Seggelke, Lydia E. Schieli, Lester V. Senevey, Roland L. Seaman, C.C. Stone, John F. Sly

Beulah Stevenson, Cinda Swilley, D.E. Sowers, Forest O. Sears, Leo V. Skeffington, Ida Virginia Smith, Theodore B. Satory

Fred E. Shaw, J.C. Shriver, Lois Sinnock, Elva M. Shutts, Hedwig F. Schleinecke, Helen M. Schaffer, Alta Sterling

Gladys G. Schneider, Floyd Sanderson, Jennie V. Shannon, Allen L. Sharp, Chas. H. Shaw Jr., Ernest V. Sauer, Edward L. Smith

Henry L. Stuart, H.E. Showalter, Maye Stevenson, Lee L. Travis, Sallie Thomas, Rozelia F. Teskey, John Arthur Tolliver

Ignacio Flores Trevino, Helen J. Thomas, Earle R. Underhill, Nina Vinzant, Cary L. Venghaus, Leslie C. Valentine

John H. Voorvaart, Clarence I. Waters, Ralph D. Wilson, Elmer Wiebrock, Estella F. Wachter, George Estil Wells, Dorsie Wine

Harry J. Wible, Guy Goodson Williams, Otto Wolf, Karl W. Weigl, Ralph U. Woodcock, M.H. Walker, Luther F. Walter

Mary C. Westhoff, Florence E. Wattman, Lancie L. Watts, W.D. Witter, Thos. M. Wilcoxen, Virgil H. Wood

 

page 62

(2 photo's- shipment of typwriters, student demonstration)

Gus Trefzger, Mr. Richard Schliebner

 

page 63

Our College Home

 

page 64

(drawing of the Musselman Building)

 

 

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