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Columbia. Lecture Series. Seager on Economics. 1907-08.

 

Lectures on Science, Philosophy and Art, 1907-1908 at Columbia University.

A SERIES of twenty-two lectures descriptive in untechnical language of the achievements in Science, Philosophy and Art, and indicating the present status of these subjects as concepts of human knowledge, were delivered at Columbia University, during the academic year 1907-1908, by various professors chosen to represent the several departments of instruction.

The entire lecture series was published by Columbia University Press in book form. These lectures were also published by Columbia University Press separately in pamphlet form, at a price of twenty-five cents each, “carriage extra”. I was able to find most of the individual lectures. In boldface are people who were either members of or regularly taught courses in Columbia’s Faculty of Political Science, which was disproportionately represented in the lecture series.

  1. MATHEMATICS, by Cassius Jackson Keyser, Adrain Professor of Mathematics.
  2. PHYSICS, by Ernest Fox Nichols, Professor of Experimental Physics.
  3. CHEMISTRY, by Charles F. Chandler, Professor of Chemistry.
  4. ASTRONOMY, by Harold Jacoby, Rutherfurd Professor of Astronomy.
  5. GEOLOGY, by James Furman Kemp, Professor of Geology.
  6. BIOLOGY, by Edmund B. Wilson, Professor of Zoology.
  7. PHYSIOLOGY, by Frederic S. Lee, Professor of Physiology.
  8. BOTANY, by Herbert Maule Richards, Professor of Botany.
  9. ZOOLOGY, by Henry E. Crampton, Professor of Zoology.
  10. ANTHROPOLOGY, by Franz Boas, Professor of Anthropology.
  11. ARCHAEOLOGY, by James Rignall Wheeler, Professor of Greek Archaeology and Art.
  12. HISTORY, by James Harvey Robinson, Professor of History.
  13. ECONOMICS, by Henry Rogers Seager, Professor of Political Economy.
  14. POLITICS, by Charles A. Beard, Adjunct Professor of Politics.
  15. JURISPRUDENCE, by Munroe Smith, Professor of Roman Law and Comparative Jurisprudence.
  16. SOCIOLOGY, by Franklin Henry Giddings, Professor of Sociology.
  17. PHILOSOPHY, by Nicholas Murray Butler, President of the University.
  18. PSYCHOLOGY, by Robert S. Woodworth, Adjunct Professor of Psychology.
  19. METAPHYSICS, by Frederick J. E. Woodbridge, Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy.
  20. ETHICS, by John Dewey, Professor of Philosophy.
  21. PHILOLOGY, by A. V. W. Jackson, Professor of Indo-Iranian Languages
  22. LITERATURE, by Harry Thurston Peck, Anthon Professor of the Latin Language and Literature.

Image Source: Roberto Ferrari, Unveiling Alma Mater [Sept 23, 1903]. Columbia University Libraries. July 15, 2104.