The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
SAY ACCOUNTANCY
GIVES LARGE FIELD
Experts Address Glasses at
Y. N. C. A. School.
PRINCIPAL PACE IS SPEAKER
Census Bureau Official Says that
PrAfessiOn. of the eeA1ic' Ac-
cOuntant Has Big Advantages
with Great Opportunity in
Field Not Yet Overcrowded.

At the formal opening of the Washing
ton School of Accountancy at the Y. NJ
c. A. assembly hall Tuesday night
principal Of the Washington schools. dis
cussed efficiency" with special refer
ence to transportation, public service in
stitutions, and private corporations.
Prof Ernest II. Meyer. of the Bureau
of the Census, commended the profession
Of accountancy. He said:
Il believe that the profession of the
public accountant has certain advantages
I will say, however, that as far as l am
able to tell, the profession of public
accountant is not as yet overcrowded.
There is ample room for everybody who
has the ability. That Is due to many
things. 1t is due, in part. TO the fact
that our governments from the nation
down to the towns and villages arc
awakening to the fact that accounts are
necessary part of public administra-
tion. 1t is due, in part. to the fact that
it has not yet been realized generally
that the profession of public accountant
is an exceedingly attractive and remu-
neratiye one for the man who has mas
tered 1t.
Fascination in Work.
THE profession possesses certain
fascinations that many other profess
sions. as 1 see it, do not possess. You
deal with wonderfully big and vital
things and reach right back behind the
government to the home itself. When
you as a public accountant enter city,
reconstruct its accounting system and
exercise your influence through that
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city. you will feel that you have per
formed a splendid service on oehall
of the people"
Judge w. w. Warwick. OF the Presi-
dents commission on economy and etf1-
cheney, in speaking to the young men
who contemplated the work in account
ancy instruction, said:
I'VE want TO remember, in the first
place, In this work of accounting or in
any other work the Young Mems Chris
tian Association. undertakes, that we must
have the right foundation for II, and
that for success in life we must have the
foundation of getting ourselves right with
God and our fellow-men. Such firm
and lasting foundation is essential to any
real success.
Sees Future in Profession.
IT have been introduced as one who
has been connected with the Panama
Canal. My speciality, II anything, is the
law, and in a business experience extend
ing over twenty-five years 1t Is my i'm
preston that accounting and law are
two subjects OF vital Importance to any
young man who wants to make sue
cess in any line Of business. They are
lines of work that are useful In any
business or profession you may enter"
John T. Kennedy and Charles V. INLAY
OF the District bar, and Charles H.
Schnepfe, C. P. A. Of Baltimore. instruc-
tors In the Washington School OF Ac-
countancy, and ]. B. Muller, e =. A,
of the Presidents efficiency commission,
smoke entertainingly on the subjects OF
accounting and law and their relations.
About 200 men attended the affair,
which was preseided over by NJ. ]. Jones,
director Of education of the Young Mems
Christian Association.