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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May. 31, 2015
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables) [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income |
|  |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Foreign currency translation gain (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 81 |  | $ | 106 |  | $ | 65
| Translation adjustments |  |  | (334) |  |  | (25) |  |  | 41
| Balance at end of period |  |  | (253) |  |  | 81 |  |  | 106
Retirement plans adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Balance at beginning of period |  |  | 425 |  |  | 501 |  |  | 564
| Prior service credit and other arising during period |  |  | 72 |  |  | 1 |  |  | -
| Reclassifications from AOCI |  |  | (72) |  |  | (77) |  |  | (63)
| Balance at end of period |  |  | 425 |  |  | 425 |  |  | 501
Accumulated other comprehensive income at end of period |  | $ | 172 |  | $ | 506 |  | $ | 607
|  |  | Amount Reclassified from |  | Affected Line Item in the |
|  |  | AOCI |  | Income Statement |
|  |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  |  |
Retirement plans: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Amortization of prior service credits |  | $ | 115 |  | $ | 115 |  | $ | 114 |  | Salaries and employee benefits |
Total before tax |  |  | 115 |  |  | 115 |  |  | 114 |  |  |
| Income tax expense |  |  | (43) |  |  | (38) |  |  | (51) |  | Provision for income taxes |
AOCI reclassifications, net of tax |  | $ | 72 |  | $ | 77 |  | $ | 63 |  | Net income |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 14A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=36458714&loc=SL7669686-108580 + Details
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