Success in accountancy;

              ATLANTA HASKINS & SELLS PHILADELPHIA
BBOASLTTOIMNO RE CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS PPOITRTSTLBAUNRDG H
BUFFALO SAINT LOUIS
CHICAGO SALT LAKE CITY
CINCINNATI BULLETIN SAN FRANCISCO
CLEVELAND SEATTLE
DALLAS TULSA
DENVER WATERTOWN
DETROIT KANSAS CITY
LOS ANGELES
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LONDON
PARIS
NEW ORLEANS EXECUTIVE OFFICES SHANGHAI
NEW YORK HASKINS & SELLS BUILDING
37 WEST 39TH ST., NEW YORK
VOL. V NEW YORK, JULY 15, 1922 No. 7
Success in Accountancy
A MAN who was homely and ill-formed;
whose teeth were crooked and hair
falling out, said, "What chance is there for
me to achieve success in accountancy along­side
of these fellows who are young and
good-looking and have pleasing personali­ties?"
"Your chances are indeed slim," replied
the optimist. "You may only keep clean
physically and morally; be neat in your
appearance; cordial and courteous in your
manner; punctual in your appointments;
faithful, accurate, intelligent, thoughtful
and painstaking in your work; honest in
your contact with clients and associates;
willing, ready and eager to do everything
which is asked of you; look after your
health by eating proper food at regular
hours, taking adequate rest as well as
exercise; qualify for the professional de­grees
which will stamp you with approval;
become a member of the representative
societies in your profession."
Success in accountancy is not restricted
to the good-looking, but it will never be
won by the faint-hearted. Perseverance
along proper lines is bound to be attended
by the fruits of victory.
Studying in an evening school of ac­countancy,
and a repairer of sewing ma­chines
during the day, a boy who appeared
absolutely unfitted to aspire even to the
work of bookkeeping took an oath that he
would become a public accountant. And
he did. The way was hard and the time
was long. But in the end he overcame the
obstacles of deficient education, social en­vironment,
and religious prejudice.
An accountant of outstanding ability
determined that the C. P. A. certificate
granted by the state in which he lived and
worked was essential to his professional
peace of mind and personal satisfaction.
Before he might be admitted to the ex­amination
it was necessary for him to do
work equivalent to a four-year high school
course. With what struggle and anguish
the work was attended no one but the man
himself fully knows. But he finished the
work to the great pride of his associates
and with that sense of satisfaction which
follows a difficult task completed at last.
Success in accountancy is only achieved
when one has taken advantage of every
opportunity to acquire the attributes and
marks of attainment which the profession
imposes as essential and confers upon those
who work for them.