Imperial Valley press., 1921-07-22
To
Be TAUGHT
IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS
Illustrated Lectures Explain
ing Methods and Systems
of Finance to Be Given by
Local Bank Officers.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, JULY %
Plans of the American Bankers AS
banking in the public thought by TAX
ing the bank to the public school this
Fall were outlined to the American
Institute of Banking here today by
John H. Puelicher of Milwaukee.
Mr.. Puelicher is chairman of the as
sociation's committee on public ed
ucation.
By showing that they occupy use
full place in society, the bankers
hope to cut the foundation from under
a radcalism that thrives on ignorance
of the services of the banking bust
ness, he said.
"Ten lectures on banking have been
carefully prepared, one for each month
of the school year, starting with next
September" Mr.. Puelicher 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 illustrations and incidents far1il-
lar to the children.
"He will show them specifically
what banking is, telling them about its
origin and its purpose in our'commer-
cial scheme. Then, after two or three
visits, the banker will invite the chill
dren to the bank and permit them TO
visualize that which has been talked
about.
"The lecture outlines have been sent
to the superintendent OF public III
SEDUCTION of all of our states and to
many others in the teaching profess
sion. Scores of letters have been re-
ceived from educators approving the
plan and promising active cooperu-
ton.
"Many financial magazines have
agreed to publish each month the lee
ture to be delivered the following
month. Text book publishers are plan
ming to enlarge chapters on banks and
banking in the treatises on economics
School boards have agreed to endorse
the work."
'Super-system titles that cause
heartburn and overdone statistics We're
gently castigated here. by d. G. Wills.
chairman of the board of the Fedora.
Reserve bank of Cleveland, O., in a
practical business talk to future bank
executives.
"Going through the motions of Do
ing business without really getting
down to business" was the theme The
Cleveland banker expounded. He
summed it up in the title of his ad-
dress, "Knowledge VS.. WISDOM" and
here are some of the bits of business
wisdom he gave the young bankers
"Full credit must be given to or
ganizaton and machinery. since order
is Heavens first law What | want
to get across is kick against the
pyramiding of system that finally
leads to bureaucracy. | do not think
it is the duty Of the public to conduct
continuous audit of concern with
which it trades.
"Frequently in o bank organization
the question of titles receives more
consideration than it deserves, prin-
cipally because super-system has Gre
ated so many wheels within wheels
and so many cogs in the wheels that
the ordinary vocabulary of bank titles
doesn't suffice. Frequently titles
cause lot of heart burning in an or
ganization 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 we'll if
we paw less attention to titles, lest
in our zeal to create and exalt titles
we nut the emphasis where it does
not belong. 1t is not a question OF
what YOUR position is. The question
is: What are you, yourself, doing in
lit and with it?