56 HќќѠіђџȱ юћјђџ ђѐђњяђџȱ2016 When a lady has something to ¢ǰȱȱ¢ȱęȱȱ ¢ȱ to say it, but not many will go to the extremes to which Miss Forba McDaniel went back in 1916. In those days cars were “machines,” and bank robbers were “yeggs,” patriotism meant honest- ȬȱęǰȱȱȃȄȱ meant all kinds of good things, mostly conservatism. Thrift was the word of the hour and became ever so important as the United States plunged into the “world holocaust.” Forgers were learning their art well and practicing it brazenly and another type of thief, the bank robber, was terrorizing bankers all over the country. And people, especially Indiana bankers, were about to learn that they were going to have to begin depending upon one another. The crime of robbery or forgery was too terrible for a lone banker to struggle against; the war was too big for the ȱ ȱȱęȱ ȱ its limited ready reserves; banking legislation was too important to ignore and government too big to hear a lone man’s voice. A petite lady, who looks as much at home behind a big oak desk as she ȱȱȱĴ¢ȱǰȱȱȱȱ the early part of the twentieth century ȱȱĜȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ Association. With so much going on ȱǰȱȱȱȱȱěȱ bankers, Forba McDaniel decided it was high time for Indiana bankers to be thoroughly informed of all of these events. And so a young lady with only six years’ experience in the business world promoted publication of one of the most profound “bulletins” of ȱȱȱȱǯȱ ȱȱęȱ issue of Hoosier Banker appeared in January, 1916. A Magazine Is Born Andrew Smith was at this time secretary of the Indiana Bankers Association. In his report to the Association membership at the 1916 convention, Mr. Smith stated that it had become necessary to send out “warning notices and important information regarding the activities of Congress along banking lines, that it was deemed advisable to send out When Hoosier Banker celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1966, the magazine ran an article about Forba McDaniel, founder of the publication. She had joined the Indiana Bankers Association in 1910 and would later ȱȱȱȱȱěȱȱ position, under the title of secretary. McDaniel eventually left the IBA and worked under another former IBA employee: Herman B Wells of Indiana University. McDaniel, long retired by the time of the 50th anniversary edition, was contacted for her remembrances of Hoosier Banker. “It is the one thing I am most proud of in my whole ǰȄȱȱĚǯȱ ȱȱ¡- cerpts from the article. ȁ ȱȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢Ȃ Forba McDaniel IBA chief executive 1924-1933 Hoosier Banker founder
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