The original version of this post only provided a transcription of hand-written notes by John Bates Clark that appears to be an incomplete draft of part of an “teaching activities report” for the annual Dean’s report. The two semester course Economics 14, Seminar in Political Economy and Finance, alternated every other week between Clark and E.R.A. Seligman. The next post will provide information about Seligman’s seminar schedule.
This post is another exercise in establishing the identities of students who attended advanced economics courses. I feel confident that I have identified eight of the seventeen paper-presenters. That information follows the schedule.
The participants of the Harvard Economics Seminary for 1897-98 have been tracked down for an earlier post, as have the Radcliffe women who signed a letter requesting permission to attend the Harvard Economics Seminary in 1926.
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Seminar in Political Economy and Finance
Professor Clark. 2 hours fortnightly. 16 members.
The following papers were presented:
Municipal Activities. Ray McClintock
Municipal Activities in England. Frank F. Nalder
Municipal Activities in the United States. Ray W. Thompson
Socialism. James A. McQueen
Socialism in the Southwest. Wallace E. Miller
The Theory of Monopolies. Henry R. Mussey
Governmental Monopolies. Yoshimasa Ishikawa
Laws Concerning Monopolies. George B. Keeler
Theories of Protection. Arthur J. Boynton
Modern Aspects of the Tariff. Harry B. Bennett
Theories of Wages. Isaac R. Henderson
The Bargain Theory of Wages. John S. Hershey
Von Böhm-Bawerk’s Theory of Interest. Robert B. Olsen
Over-Production. Samuel Peskin
European Trusts. Everett B. Stackpole
The Value of Money. Joseph C. Freehoff
Child Labor in the United States. Anna M. Cordley
Source: Columbia University. Annual Reports of the President and Treasurer to the Trustees for the Year Ending June 30, 1902, p. 155.
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Handwritten note of John Bates Clark
[no date]
1—The seminar in Political Economy and Finance has held 14 meetings under my direction and the same number under the direction of Professor Seligman. The following papers have been presented:—
by Mr. F. F. Nalder, on Municipal activities in England;
by Mr. J. C. Frihoff [sic], on The Value of Money;
by Mr. Ray McClintock on Municipal Activities.
by Mr. H. Thompson on Municipal Activities in the United States;
by Miss. A. M. Cordley on Anarchism Child [Labor] in U.S.
by Mr. A. J. Boynton on Theories of Protection:—
by Mr. J. S. Hershey on The Bargain Theory of Wages:—
by Mr. I.R. Henderson on Theories of Wages:—
by Mr. H. B. Bennett on Modern Aspects of the Tariff:—
by Mr. Y. Ishikawa on Governmental Monopolies:—
by Mr. H.A. Keeler on Present Laws Concerning Monopolies:—
Source: Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. John Bates Clark Papers (MS #1419). Box 9, Folder 1. Series II.4.
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Frank Fielding Nalder
Frank Fielding Nalder was born on November 5, 1876 in Penhurst, Providence of Victoria, Australia, and brought to the United States in 1884. He received his B. A. from the State College of Washington in 1901, his M.A. from Columbia in 1902, and his Ph. D. from the University of California in 1916. He was Registrar and instructor in history at the State College of Washington from 1903-1908, superintendent of schools in Tekoa, Washington from 1908-1909, with the department of state public instruction in Washington from 1909-1911, director of education for the Washington State Reformatory from 1912-1913, with the extension division of the University of California 1914-1919, and professor of social science and director of the college extension at the State College of Washington from 1919. He died on January 17, 1937.
Source: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State Libraries. Guide to the Frank Fielding Nalder Photographs 1913-1914.
Note: According to the Columbia University alumni register, Nadler was awarded an A.M. in 1904.
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Joseph C. Freehoff
Cornell College.-Mr. Joseph C. Freehoff has been appointed Professor of Economics in Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa. He was born on December 25, 1869, near La Crosse, Wis., attended the public schools of this region and the State Normal School at River Falls. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with the degree of B.S. in 1897 [sic], where he also pursued graduate work in Sociology and Political Economy. In 1898 he became Acting Professor of Political Economy at Cornell College. In 1899 he declined an election as Fellow at the University of Chicago, to accept a similar election at the University of Wisconsin, but resigned this fellowship upon receiving the permanent appointment at Cornell College.
Source: Personal Notes. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 14, Issue 3, 1899. p. 349.
(INSP.) Ph.D., 04; B.S., 91, Univ. Wis.
b. La Crosse, Wis.; River Falls (Wis.) Normal Schedule., 89; Univ. Wis., 89-91; N.Y.U. Grad. Sch., 02-4; fellow of sociol. and pol. econ., Univ. Chicago, 96-98; actg. prof. pol. econ., Cornell Coll., Ia., 98-01; sanitary inspector, N.Y.C.; publ.: Value of Money.
Source: New York University. General Alumni Catalogue, v. 2 (1905), p. 176.
Joseph C. Freehoff, formerly of New York University, was recently appointed statistician for the Public Service Commission of New York, first district.
Source: The Economic Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Dec. 1908), p. 285.
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Holland McTyeire Thompson
Thompson, Holland A.M. 1900, PhD 1906, College of City of NY, NYC, coll prof.
See: Biographical entry “Holland Thompson, 1873-1940” in Dictionary of North Carolina Biography.
Published dissertation: From the Cotton Field to the Cotton Mill: A Study of the Industrial Transition in North Carolina. New York: Macmillan, 1906.
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Annie Minto Cordley
Born September 26, 1863 in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Cordley, Annie Minto. Glen Ridge, N.J.
Lawrence; 82 [non-graduate of Mount Holyoke]; B.S. Wellesely Coll. 87, M.A. Columbia Univ. 03; teacher New York N.Y. 87-05, Briarcliff Manor N.Y. 05-10.
Source: General Catalogue of Officers and Students of Mount Holyoke College 1837-1911., p. 167.
Annie Minto Cordley. AM 1903, d. Jan 1, 1915.
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Arthur Jerome Boynton
Arthur Jerome Boynton–Emerald Grove, Wis.
Ph.B., Beloit College, 1896;
A.B., Harvard University, 1901
Major subject: Political economy and finance
Minor subjects: Sociology and Statistics; International Law
Essay: The philosophy of the single tax.
Source: Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Minutes of the Faculty of Political Science, 1902, p. 93.
Arthur Jerome Boynton, A.B., 1901, (Harvard); A.M., 1902, (Columbia). Associate Professor of Economics, 1910; 1903 [first appointment at the University of Kansas]
Source: Annual Catalogue of the University of Kansas, 1912-1913, p. 13.
Professor Arthur Jerome Boynton. Lawrence Kan., March 18 (AP). Arthur Jerome Boynton, Professor of Economics at the University of Kansas, died here today.
Source: The New York Times, March 19, 1928 (p. 16).
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J. S. Hershey
J. S. Hershey, School of Law [graduate], 1904.
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Yoshimasa Ishikawa
Ishikawa, Yoshimasa. A.M. 1903, 584 Omori Iriarai-Machi Tokyo Japan, coll prof.
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Howard Allan Keeler
Columbia College class of 1903. Intercollegiate chess player for Columbia
Source: Columbia Spectator (January 23, 1903).
Worked as an advertising manager, living in New York City according to the 1920 U.S. Census.
… at an advertising agency, living in Great Neck Estates in New York according to the 1930 U.S. Census.
….as an agent for casulty insurance in Great Neck Estates in New York according to the 1940 U.S. Census
Born January 23, 1883 in Manhattan, died November 1963.
Image Source: John Bates Clark portrait from the webpage “Famous Carleton Economists“.