Lee O. BROWN
"Among the educational institutions of Oklahoma which are preparing workers for the strenuous struggles of competition in modern business life, one which has come rapidly into public favor by reason of results attained is Brown's Practical Business College, at Tulsa. The president and general manager of this institution, Lee O. BROWN, was born at Eureka Springs, Arkansas, February 21, 1882, and is a son of Green W. and Martha C. (POYNER) BROWN, both born in the same vicinity, the father March 27, 1856, and the mother May 9, 1856.
Green W. Brown received his education in the public schools of Arkansas, and as a youth learned the trade of cabinet making, which he followed for some years, gradually developing into a contractor and builder. He came to Oklahoma in 1902 and located at Tahlequah , where for two years he was engaged in contracting and building, and in 1904 located at Tulsa, where he followed the same lines for four years more. In 1908 he engaged in the furniture business, and was successfully identified with that line until 1912, since which time he has been retired. He is a democrat in politics.
The only child of his parents, Lee O. BROWN enjoyed excellent educational advantages in his youth, attending the public schools of Eureka Springs, Green Forest High School and Green Forest Commercial School, from which latter he was graduated with the class of 1902. In that year he came to Tahlequah and secured a position as teacher in the government school. In 1911 he was made principal of the Droughon Business College, at Tahlequah, and in 1912 became proprietor of that college, the name of which he changed to the Brown Business College. On March 17, 1913, he changed his headquarters to Tulsa, and here founded Brown's Practical Business College, of which he has since been president and general manager. Mr. Brown is a member of Tulsa Lodge No. 71, A.F.&A.M; Tulsa Chapter No. 52, R.A.M.; Aurora Lodge No. 36, I.O.O.F. and the Knights of Pythias. He is a democrat in politics. On August 20, 1912, Mr. Brown was married to Miss Jessie D. FRENCH, who was born at Harrison, Arkansas, a daughter of Jess and Lou FRENCH
Brown's Practical Business College, as its name suggests, teaches everything that may be practical to those about to enter business life. The commercial course includes instruction in bookkeeping, banking, business arithmetic, spelling, show card writing, salesmanship, commercial geography, rapid calculation, business English, business letter writing, business penmanship, commercial law, parliamentary law, mimeographing, civil service, office filing and multigraphing; the shorthand and typewriting course includes instruction in shorthand, touch typewriting, punctuation, dictation, manifolding, parliamentary law, mimeographing, penmanship, civil service, commercial geography, business English, business correspondence, office practice, multigraphing, commercial law, spelling, show card writing, court reporting and rapid calculation. One of the features of this institution is what is known as the Home Study Course, a department which is under the direct supervision of expert and experienced instructors. Students are placed in positions as soon as competent and many former pupils are now holding responsible positions in Tulsa and other cities. The college is located at No. 510 South Main Street, where it occupies the entire second floor (7,200 feet of floor space) of a new building near the courthouse, with all rooms well lighted and well ventilated, and with the latest equipment of every kind.
The credit for the success of this institution must be given to its energetic and capable directing head, who while still a young man is nevertheless possessed of broad and practical experience. It is his belief, as expressed in one of his school's mottoes, that "A Business Education s a Cash Capital for Life." At any rate, Mr. Brown seems to have furnished himself with a cash capital of this kind, and it is evident also that he is in position to be able to furnish others with the same start in life."