Chales Waldo Haskins Institute;Professional training conference;

              Bulletin HASKINS & SELLS 75
Charles Waldo Haskins Institute
P U B L I C announcement was recently
made of the establishment of Charles
Waldo Haskins Institute. Founded by
Mr. Sells, as a memorial to his late co­worker,
the purpose of the Institute is to
train men for accountancy.
Beginning September fifteen next,
courses will be offered to students who pos­sess
fitness to enter the profession as evi­denced
by their character, personality,
mentality and technical ability. Each ap­plicant
for admission will be examined in
these respects before entrance.
The professional section of the course
will extend over a calendar year consisting
of three forms of fifteen weeks each. The
first form will be devoted to formal class
room lectures. The second and third terms
will be given over to laboratory work on
practice engagements carried out under
the conditions which prevail in practice.
Those who are unable to meet the tech­nical
requirements of the professional sec­tion
will find a senior preparatory section
which will prepare them for the profes­sional
course. The principal subjects cov­ered
in this section will be theory of ac­counting,
accounting practice, economics,
business law, finance, organization, cost
accounting, fiduciary accounting, foreign
exchange accounting, accountancy English,
business administration, etc. The senior