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ATLANTA BALTIMORE BIRMINGHAM BOSTON BUFFALO CHARLOTTE CHICAGO CINCINNATI CLEVELAND DALLAS DENVER DETROIT JACKSONVILLE KANSAS CITY LOS ANGELES MINNEAPOLIS NEWARK NEW ORLEANS NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH HASKINS & SELLS CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS BULLETIN EXECUTIVE OFFICES 16 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK PORTLAND PROVIDENCE SAINT LOUIS SALT LAKE CITY SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE TULSA WATERTOWN BERLIN LONDON MANILA PARIS SHANGHAI HAVANA MEXICO CITY MONTREAL VOL. XII N E W Y O R K , APRIL, 1929 No. 4 IN the hall-way of one of New York's historic buildings, now replaced by a modern sky-scraper, stood a bronze statue. The statue was that of the founder of the company to which the building belonged. The pedestal on which the statue rested bore the inscription, "Honesty and truth guard the defenseless." The company, when it was organized some seventy years ago, entered upon a new line of business. It has passed through some stormy periods. At one time it was the victim of mismanagement and was the subject of legislative investigation. Today, it stands at the head of companies in its field, with assets valued at figures too big for the average mind to apprehend. The faith of its founder long since has been justified. There are those who see in accountancy only a humdrum day's work; a means of eking out an existence. There are others who look upon it as a business in which success is measured in terms of "gross" and "net." Still others there are who view accountancy as a profession; who get a sense of satisfaction out of its practice as such, and who believe that service motivated by the desire to make each job a good job, cannot help but bring the reward of increasing practice. The correct concept of accountancy, if but one there be, may represent a horde of bookkeepers out of jobs. It may be a group of technicians, more or less skilled, pursuing financial gain. Again, it may be an assemblage of artisans who delight to do well and faithfully work of which they may be proud. The chances are that accountancy, in its true light, is a combination of technical skill and business ability, bound together with honesty and fearless adherence to truth. Perhaps no one man, in the early days of the profession, had the vision to see that accountancy, as early as the year 1929, would have reached a point involving twenty-five thousand practitioners throughout this country. It is doubtful if any of the pioneers imagined a volume of practice reaching, probably, well-nigh $100,000,000.00. Probably it was never anticipated that a time would arrive when accountants would be certifying to balance sheets carrying figures in billions. But, undoubtedly, those who founded the root-organizations of accountancy in this country saw an image of the growth and development in which that service, guided by honesty and truth, has come to constitute a bulwark on which the great credit operations of the country rest. To see in the mind's eye still greater things for accountancy does not require Imagination
Object Description
Title |
Imagination |
Author |
Anonymous |
Subject |
Accounting as a profession |
Citation |
Haskins & Sells Bulletin, Vol. 12, no. 04 (1929 April), p. 29 |
Date-Issued | 1929 |
Source | Originally published by: Haskins & Sells |
Type | Text |
Collection | Deloitte Digital Collection |
Digital Publisher | University of Mississippi Libraries. Accounting Collection |
Date-Digitally Created | 2009 |
Identifier | HS Bulletin 12-p29 |