Prime movers behind the school included Charles Waldo Haskins, senior member of Haskins & Sells and President of the State Society of Certified Public Accountants Leon Brummer, Secretary of that Society and Dr. Then the School of Commerce at New York University became the first to offer a degree in a night school in business. At the outset it was uncertain whether a university degree would accompany the diploma offered by the school. Study extended over a two year period, with classes held from 8 to 9 and 9 to 10 o'clock Monday through Friday evenings for eight months a year.
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The official announcement of the School of Commerce stated its objects, "to elevate the standards of business education and to furnish a complete and thorough course of instruction in the higher professional accountancy." At first there was a roster of 62 matriculants. is inevitable, because more and more demanded." It is recognized that a specialized higher education. The October 13th issue of the Post (New York) indicated that the setting up of this school is "generally regarded as one of the most significant signs of the times.
The Financial Record for September 12th asserted that "the new school raises accounting from an avocation to a profession and places the accountant on the same plane as the lawyer and the physician." The school's establishment on October 2nd was directly traceable to forceful insistence on the part of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants for university instruction in the sciences immediately connected with practical life. Henry Mitchell MacCracken, authorized the opening of the new evening School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance on the same basis as the seven other traditional schools and colleges of the university. On July 28, 1900, the Chancellor of New York University, Dr. To meet this double need for higher commercial education and for a college of accountancy, the Council of New York University decided to establish a school on a broad basis of advanced instruction in political economy, accounting, and commercial law. There also developed an important calling known as the profession of administration.
After the passage of the Certified Public Accountants Act of 1896 in New York State, an increasingly urgent demand arose for adequate education in all branches of higher accountancy. The story of Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternity begins at New York University, Washington Square, New York.
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