A USEFUL SOCIETY.
In another place I have drawn attention to the very useful work, extending over many years, performed by the Chartered Institute of Secretaries,_ and because I believe that high efficiency, whether in trades or professions; is the:great essen- tial for national as well as individual success, I cannot praise too highly the educational work done by the Institute of Secretaries, whereby the standard of excellende• achieved by secretaries of public companies has been raised enormously. This seems to me a matter of particular importance to-day, when most of our big business concerns are in the- form of limited liability companies, and when, in-the interests of the business and of the shareholders, a really highly qualified secretary is Almost as important a functionary as.the chartered accountant. The examination papers set by the Institute of Secretaries are constituting an increasingly severe test, but, as is usually the case when the standard is raised high, the greater interest is displayed by the students. In the iateet copy of the monthly Journal of the Institute, which contains a number of really valuable articles on financial and business problems of the day, I find a poem introduced with apologies to Rudyard Kipling, designed, possibly, to encourage the youthful student in his preparation for the examinations I have referred to. I venture to quote the concluding verse :— If you can force your brain to keep on working,
While other folk have all retired to bed, And burn the midnight oil with perseverance, Perchancri with moistened towel around your head ; If you can fill the whole of your existence With hours of study diligently done, You'll face exams. with coolness and composure, And—what is more—you'll pass first time, my son !
A. W. K.
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