Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-24
INSPIRING TALKS MADE
TO LOCAL BANK CLERKS
Annual banquet at Jefferson Is
Source OF Interest rs Well
rs Pleasure.
THIRTY-ONE GET DIPLOMAS
Successfully Complete Course In Com
mcrcial LAW - DIR. c. AlphonsO
Smith, OF University, OF Virginia,
Is Among Guests Present.

Forgetting their ledgers for the
timc. members OF the Richmond Chap
ter. American Institute OF Banking. en-
joEed themselves in the auditorium OF
the Jefferson Hotel in their annual
banquet lust night. and listened TO in
spring talks from DR.. Douglas :. Free
man. Ashton Starke and DIR. c.. AL
phonso Smith Edgar Allan Poe pro-
fessor OF English literature at the
University OF Virginia.
DR.. Freeman presided as toast
master. being introduced by James c.
Wheat, president OF the chapter. At
the close OF the festivities Dr. Free
man took occasion to pay tribute to
Congressman Carter Glass. who, he
said. had done more for the banking
system thnr amy man since Villa IN
|. chartered the Bank of England His
remarks received hearty applause.
TiiIRTN-ONE CLERKS
ARE AWARDED DIPLOMAS
Tho banquet WAS made the occasion
OF the presentation of diplomas to
thrty-one bank clerks who have nn-
ished the commercial law class. the
final course in the curriculum Of the
institute. The presentation was made
by George II. Reese
The names OF the graduates follow:
y. l.. Archer. Planters; wilson NJ
Brown. Planters; II. Fl. Augustine.
First: ID. L. Mountcastle. First; II. l.
Morton. First; y. X. Parker First:
l.. Parsons First: w w. wnlthall.
First: W. F. Augustine. Mcrchants': II
H. Harris. Merchants: l.. r. Richie.
Merchants; w. 4. Brown. Jr.. State and
city; w II. Gilman. State and City:
r. p. knightly, State and City: w 6
1o Il
State and City; s. Y. Tyree. State and
City: G s. Barnard, Loan and Savings
Corporation of Richmond; w W. Dill
lard. Federal Reserve: #. H. Norwood
Federal Reserve. G.. b. Gregory. Amer
lean: G. e Talman. Americana: w r
Jerman. Virginia Trust Company: r.
r. Watt, Virginia Trust Company: II
G. Proctor Country Clearing House
Associations: w. ~ Roper Commerce
and Trusts: VI. n. Walker. Richmond
Bank and Trust: j. F. Wood. Richmond
Bank and Trust. and j. G. Wheat. Fred
erick L. Noting Co
Following is - list OF the names or
clerks declared TO have passed cxarni-
nations on elementary banking: r 8
Curry. T. w Harrison, c. l.. Harrison.
Jr, w. II. Michael. c. T. MoHett and
J. c. Rennie. The clerks who have
passed the examination on banking are
c. V Blackburn, r. D. Curtis FL p
Gillespie. T. w. Harrison. r. II Lee
l.. G Miller 7. II. Norwood, T.. Parsons.
L. r. Richie. l.. r. Thomas and f.
Waller Jr.
Jesse T. WOOD. on behalf OF tho
chapter, presented Il token 10 Grayson
pashtell. instructor in banking and
commercial law. and w Meade Addison.
on behalf OF the members. presented "a
loving cup to n r Mountca stle, who
has resigned from the Richmond chap
ter TO take up another position.
MIR. SriRKF, INTERESTS
WITH BRIGHT EPIGRA us
Ashton Starke. director Of the Saw
inGs Rank OF Richmond, was introduced
as tho first speaker Of tho evening He
made an cpieraminatic survey of pres
cnt world-conditions, covering the fields
or finance, sociology. education, the war
in Europe and the relations bete~rn
North and South America from which
he drew hopeful and inspiring lessons
for the emhyro banker and flnancier
Or. Smith, introduced as one of the
invaders OF Virginia, spoke In learned
and inspiring fashion of the relation
between industrialism and literature
saying that the renaissance OF one had
always gone hand in hand with the
renaissance of the other lie stated that
there is "A common impression that
there is antagonists between indus
trialism and literature. and then pro-
cceded to refute the idea by citing facts
in point.
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