Evening star., 1919-12-09
PRIZES TO BE GIVEN
BANKING STUDENTS
C.. J. Bell, Donor, to Present
Theme. M. Noble Wins
First H0norS.

The Washington Chapter Of the
American Institute Of Banking will
hold meeting of it's advanced class
on Thursday night at the New will
lard Hotel. when presentation of cash
prizes to the graduates making The
highes: marks for the year l9lS-19
and an address on Credit viii BE-
the features
The prizes will be presented bv
Charles J. Bell. president of the
Amer lean Security and Trust Com
pany. who has personally contributed
them to the chapter for number OF
years. clyde NJ. Noble is to get the
first price. SO. and ". NJ. Galloway
will receive the second prize. SIS. w.
II. Mitchell and J. Frank Rice were
tied for third prize. $40. and it will
be divided between them.
The lecture on credit will be given
by II. ii. Mckee. president of the Ma
tional Capital Bank. An invitation To
all the officers of the Washington
banks to attend the meeting has been
extended by Victor b. Deyber. presi-
dent of the chapter. Credit men OF
many of the department stores and
other business establishments also
have been invited.
Members of the graduating class
of the Washington Chapter include
i. r. Cheseldine. K. c. Calvo, William
$. Cavender. Volberg Costello. 4
Booth Bland, George c. Barnes Al
bert L. Fisher. r. NJ Golladay. II. b
Grubbs, Marie II. Heath. FAME
Holmes. w. w. Johnston. John Fl.
ketner. Edna kostmayer. Josephine
L. LalIy, w. II. Mitchell, Clyde NJ.
Noble. Tillie l.. Posey. William NJ.
Rankin, jr.: J. Frank Rice, /. j. Rob-
erts, John H. Roe. Norman E. Towsen
and l.. J. Tavenner.
The class in elementary banking
will meet tonight in the chapter hall,
1914 f. street Phillip NJ. Garnett, re
ceiying teller of the Riggs National.
will discuss the duties of receiving
teller.
Council to Meet.
A meeting of the council of admin
istration of the Bankers Association
will hold a meeting at the stock ex-
change rooms on Friday afternoon at
O'Clock.
Hibbs Branches Ont.
Members of the firm OF w. e. Hibbs
| g. GO. have Just been elected TO tn"
stock exchanges of Boston and Phila-
delphia. which gives the firm repre-
sentation on six different exchanges.
namely. New York Stock Exchange.
New York Cotton Exchange. Phlla
delphia Stock Exchange. Boston STOCK
Exchange. Washington Stock Ek-
change and Chicago Board or Irade-
w. c. LOCKER on Vacation.
Assistant Cashier W. G LOCKER OF
the District National Bank. left Mon
day for a weeks Inspection VI ms
farm in Maryland.
/ In order to comply with banking
regulations that ali national bankS
must have a capital of not less than
s25O.0OO the Liberty Savings Bank
which will shortly become a nationa
bank. has completed the doubling OF
| its stock from S125.000 to s25o.O0"
The announcement was listed on the
exchange yesterday.
| Market Is Brisk.
| Trading on the Washington stock
Exchange was rather brisk today.
dealings being mostly in Washington
Railway and Electric preferred and
IS. one sale of 500 shares Capital
| Traction 5s and some scattering
Itrades in Potomac Electric Power
Company and Lanston Monotype.
Four lots of Washington Railway
and Electric preferred, two Of five
shares each, one of fifteen shares and
one of twenty-five shares. sold at 56h,
56h and 56%. respectively.
There was one sale OF 500 shares OF
Capital Traction at "a. three sales
of 1 600 shares each of Potomac Elec-
trio Power general mortgage IS at
i91L. and one sale of twenty shares
of Lanston Monotype at 50.
After call there were three sales OF
| five shares each of Washington Rail
way and Electric preferred at Sc.