Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-04
Personalities and Impressions
Woman Edits All Textbooks
For Banking Institute Course
By Jessie Font Evons

All OutStdllOulS llSuIc III Ill
important branch of the adult
education field is Miss Marion
Turner. assistant to the educa-
tional director of the American
Institute of Banking.
She is co-author of Fifty
Years of Banking Education" a
volume reporting progress of the
Institutes educational effort. She
has been editing the Institutes
textbooks for more than rs years
and is the only woman with an
official title in the organization.
This is the golden anniversary
year of the institute, being cele-
brated with dinners and banquets
by its chapters. There are some
100000 members from $50 chap
tiers enrolled in its courses. The
courses provide the education
which helps bank clerks to become
bank officials.
Most prominent bank officials,
Miss Turner points out. were
American Institute of Banking
students. They were awakened to
the possibilities of the profession
through after hours study. She
has never lost the viewpoint of
the ALB student which she
gained at the outset of her career.
She is described as being one Of
the most human, helpful people
in the field Of banking education.
Has Educational Background.
She had brilliant scholastic
attachments at Mount Holyoke
and got her A. B. and B. S. de-
grees at Simmons, specializing in
secretarial science. Because OF
her comprehensive background of
writing and editing and business
service, she was chosen for her
job. She enrolled in a threeyear
evening course with the New York
chapter of the ALB and re-
ceived her certificate. She also
established a record of winning
the Alexander Gilbert scholarship
three years in succession. She
won first prize in the chapters
public speaking contest and rep
resented the District at the insti-
tute's first national speaking
contest in Detroit in 1927.
Since 1887 Miss Turner has de-
voted her entire time to editorial
work and textbook production.
This means providing high-quality
books for the men and women in
courses, written by authors with
thorough knowledge of banking
techniques. They are frequently
revised to be current with chang
ing world conditions. 1t is mat
ter of personal pride with her that
prices for the textbooks compare
favorably with those of CONNER
cial publishers.
Asked for an opinion as to the
opportunity for women in bank
ing, Miss Turner said, 1.-THE Wis
Utility is good and the ceiling un-
limited for those who have the
courage and determination to
climb to new heights, not as
segregated group. but as indi-'
viduals, working with men. There
are no short cuts to success in
any profession for any one.
Women in banking must have
not only the same qualities in
equal measure as men but must
exert themselves considerably
more than man associates to
achieve an equal degree of flnan-
cial security. This, admittedly,
is not as it should be. but it
seems to be the way it is at
present"
Serious Purpose Wins.
She is strongly convinced that
women who approach their work
in the right spirit and seek to
develop the qualities essential to
be successful bankers, will inevi-
tably impress their superiors with
the seriousness OF their purpose.
The entrance of women into
banking began in the Middle
West. she revealed. THE con-
sentative East" she said, was
much slower to give women a
chance in this field, SO were the
banks in the cities. while small
banks in rural areas seemed more
willing to open their doors to
woman clerks"
American Institute of Bank
ing women rose to the emergency
during World War I, during the
depression of the 1930s and dur
ing World War II. in a heart