Behnke-Walker Business College
Behnke-Walker Business College was a business college in Portland, Oregon. Established in 1902, it trained students for jobs including bookkeeper, shipping clerk, and paying teller. Courses offered included shorthand.[1][2] Students included men and women.[3]
History[edit]
The school was -founded between 1900[4] and 1902[2] by H.W. Behnke, who served as its first president [5] and Isaac M. Walker, who served as principal and later also served as president. By 1905 the school had between 200 and 300 pupils.[4] The school taught Pernin shorthand and was one of the few schools west of the Mississippi River to have an adding machine as well as a typewriter in each of its office classrooms.[4]
A postcard showing students in its short hand room was issued.[6] It advertised that its students won a Remington Typewriter Company typewriting contest.[7] It advertised itself as the largest business college in the Pacific Northwest and printed a 1920 songbook. It also issued tokens.[8] School officials sued Multnomah County seeking a tax exemption.[9]
It was in the Elks Building in Portland. Geo. S. Johnson was principal. In May 1943, the school's president Charles F. Walker spoke at the Hermiston High School graduation.[10]
Alumni included Alaska civil servant Katie Hurley.[11] Kathryn Hall Bogle was denied admission because she was African-American.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ↑ "The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, July 28, 1912, SECTION FIVE, Page 4, Image 60 « Historic Oregon Newspapers". oregonnews.uoregon.edu.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "College and Private School Directory of the United States". Educational Aid Society. June 12, 1937 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Oregon Teachers' Monthly". June 12, 1915 – via Google Books.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Douthit, Mary Osborn (1905). The Souvenir of Western Women. Presses of Anderson & Duniway Company. p. 85. Retrieved 30 October 2020. Search this book on
- ↑ http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042400/1908-05-05/ed-1/seq-8.pdf
- ↑ "Business College Photos".
- ↑ "Oregon Voter: Magazine of Citizenship--for Busy Men and Women". June 12, 1922 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "BEHNKE-WALKER / BUSINESS / COLLEGE / PORTLAND, ORE. (TC-1081)". tokencatalog.com.
- ↑ "Behnke-Walker v. Multnomah County, 146 P.2d 614, 173 Or. 510 – CourtListener.com". CourtListener.
- ↑ Business College Photos
- ↑ "Committee/Member Information". www.akleg.gov.
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