The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-07-22
AMERICAN BANKERS
ASSOCIATION PLANS
FOR LECTURE COURSE
In PUBLIC SCHOOLS
(Ry the Associated PrsssJ

Minneapolis, Minn., July 22-Phns
OF. the American Bankers Association
to dispel mystery about banking in
the public thought by taking the bank
to the public school this fall were out
lined to the American Institute Of
Banking here today by John H. Puel-
icher OF Milwaukee. Mr.. Puelicher
is chairman Of the associations COM
mittee on public education.
By showing that they occupy 4
useful place in society the bankers
hope to cut the foundation from un.
der a radicalism that thrives on ig-
norance Of the services OF the bank
ing business, he said.
Ten lectures on banking have
been carefully prepared, one for each
month Of the school year, starting
with next September" Mr.. Puehcher
related. THE banker nearest the
school is TO deliver the lectures to the
7th and sth grades of the common
school, to the high school and the
college. He will simply refer TO the
outlines for Ideas and background,
localizing the story. using illustru
tons and incidents familiar to the
children.
He will show them specifically
what banking Is, telling them about
its origin and its purpose in cur COM
mercial scheme. Then, after two or
three visits. theb anker will invite
the school children to the bank and
permit them to visualize that which
has been talked about
The lecture outlines have been
sent to the superintendents Of public
instruction Of all OF our states and
to many others in the teaching pru
fession. Scores OF letters have been
received from educators approving
the plan and promising active coop.
Grafton.
Many financial magazines have
agreed to publish each month the
lecture to be delivered the following
month. Text book publishers are plan.
ming 10 enlarge chapters on banks and
banking In the treatises on economics.
School boards have agreed to endorse
the work"
Chairman Wills Talks
Super-system. titles that cause
heartburn and overdonc statistics
were gently castigated here today by
d. c. Wills. chairman Of the board OF
the Federal Reserve Bank OF Cleve.
land Ohio, IN q practical business tae
10 future bank executives.
Going through the motions Of do
ing business without really getting
down to business was the theme
the Cleveland banker eypounded. He
summed II up in the title OF his ad.
dress. knowledge VS.. Wisdom" ard
here are some OF the bits OF business
wisdom he gave the young bankers;
Full credit must be given to or.
ganization and machinery. since or
der Is Heavens first law What I
want to get across Is o kick against
the pyramldinr OF system that a.
nally leads to bureaucracy do no.
think II is the duty Of the public to
conduct a continuous audit Of 4 con.
cern with which 1t trades.
Frequently IN hank organizaIon
the question OF titles receives more
consideration than Il deserves. prin-
oipally because supersystem has Gre.
ated 80 many wheels within wheef
and so many cogs In the wheels that
the ordinary vocabulary Of bank titles
doesn't suffice. Frequently titles
cause lot Of heart-butning IN an
organization simply because OF vanity
and false pride
MY observation and judgment con.
vince me that one can function under
any title and that we will do wen II
we pay less attention 20 titles. lest
in our zeal TO create and evalt titles
we put the emphasis where It does
not belong Il is not question OF