The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-27
BANK employees
. TO HEAR VREELAND
Will Appear With Treasurer Nc
Chung at Annual Dinner
of Institute.

Remarkable success in securing
speakers of note has been tic lot of
the committee on arrang cnicnts for the
annual dinner of the Richmond chap
ter Of the American institute OF Bank-
Ing. which will be held Il. the JEFFERSON
Hotel on Friday, April 4 The speak
ers on that occasion Will. in addition
TO Lee McClung. treasurer OF the
United states. include Congressman e.
3D. Vrceland. of New York; Governor
William Hodges Mann and former
Governor Andrew Jack son Montague
while John Garland Pollard vii! act as
toastmaster.
Mr.. McClung is a Southerncr. hem.
native Of Knoxville, Tenn. and fci
n number OF years was with TIM
Southern Railway as assistant to Thu;
second vice president later bccominn
the assistant freight traffic manag CT
until 1901, when he was elected treas
urcr Of Yale University. He continued
with Yale until 1909. when he became
the nations treasurer. he Is president
OF the Yale Alumni OF Washington. y.
c. ana thousands Of people through
out the country recall him as the star
half back on the Yale eleven OF 1891.
MIR. McClung will speak on phases or
the United states Treasury operations
rs associated with the banks through-
out the country.
Mr.. Nrecland, Congressman from New
York state for the past two sessions
OF Congress. has been one OF the most
reform. and is member or the Mon
ctary Commission. Mr.. Nrecland's
subject will lie Banking Problems OF
the Day" which. Of course. VIII give
the local financiers an insight into the
various measures to come before the
extra session OF Congress.
Seeking Advancement.
The more active membership OF the
Richmond Chapter Of tie america
Institute Of Banking Is composed or
the clerks ana junior officers Of the
banks. who are banded together for
the purpose Of educating themselves
along lines Of banking. 1t is inter
csting to know that the American In
stitute OF Banking had its birth IN
Richmond in 1901 at a convention IF
the American Bankers Association.
4 few Of the delegates conceived the
idea that such an organization would
be Of inestimablc value to both the
hanks and their employees. shortly
afterwards the American Bankers
Association organized tho American
Institute OF Bank Clerks. which was a
section or the A. r. a. 1t grew SO
rapidly that In a few years the Amer
lean Bankers Association deemed 1t
advisable to allow il to govern Itself
entirely. The association then as
sumed the name OF tho American In
stitutc of Banking. and to-day consists
OF chapters scattered from the Atlantic
to the Pacific coast and from the Gulf
OF Mexico to the Lakes on the North.
with total membership of something
like $4,000 The banks OF the coun-
try from the start favored the insti-
tute. and realized that II is the school
for making the men who are to be QUIZ
bankers Of the future. While all the
bank clerks are interested in the In
stitute and gain great deal Of lenowi-
edge by attending It's meetings, vet
it is not these alone who are benefited,
hut also the officers. who find their
duties much lighter when the men un-
der them are thoroughly competent and
well versed on banking.
The success OF the Richmond Chap
ter to n great extent is due to the at
tendance ut the regular meetings OF n
number of officers Of the different In
StitutionS of the city.