New office in Brooklyn;Systems conference;

              88 HASKINS & SELLS November
New Office in Brooklyn
The firm announces, as of December 1,
the opening of a practice office in Brooklyn,
New York. It is hoped that this, our third
New York office, will bring us into closer
contact with our Brooklyn clients. The
office will be located at 187 Joralemon
Street. Mr. H . S. Frost, who for many
years has been associated with our New
York Broad Street office as a member of
the staff and later as manager, will be
manager of the Brooklyn office.
Systems Conference
A CONFERENCE of those in charge
of system work representing a num­ber
of the practice offices in the East was
held in the executive offices on October 22,
23, and 24, during the annual business show
in New York. The conference was led
by Mr. C. M . Doiseau, of the systems
division of the technical procedure de­partment.
Considerable time was devoted to dis­cussion
of the fundamental principles
underlying the devising and installing of
accounting systems. Stress was placed on
the duty which we have to our clients to
draw their attention to defects in their
accounting systems or schemes of organi­zation
and internal control which will
permit dishonest employes to perpetrate
and conceal irregularities.
Approximately half of the time was
spent in visiting the business show, and
in attending demonstrations of the opera­tion
of various mechanical devices avail­able
for use in connection with accounting
systems. The participants were impressed
with the fact that while it is of prime im­portance
to keep fully informed as to the
continuous developments in this field,
mechanical devices are to be regarded
merely as means to an end, not the end
itself.
A similar conference of representatives
from practice offices in the Middle West
will be held in Chicago on November 19,
20, and 21, at the time of the annual
business show there.
PRESS OF WILLIAM GREEN, NEW YORK