The picture shows the economics department of Swarthmore ca. 1942:
Standing: John W. Seybold (1916-2004), Frank Pierson (1911-1996)
Seated: Wolfgang F. Stolper (1912-2002), Clair Wilcox (1898-1970), Herbert F. Fraser (1890-1953).
One can read about them and others in One Hundred Years of Economics at Swarthmore by Joshua Hausman (Swarthmore, Class of 2005)
Below is the course record of the first author of the classic paper “Protection and Real Wages,” Review of Economic Studies, 1941. The second author was the economist seen in center of this blog’s rear-view mirror.
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
24 UNIVERSITY HALL, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
May 23, 1938
Transcript of the record of Mr. Friedrich Wolfgang Stolper
|
Course |
1934-35 |
GRADE |
| Economics 11 [Economic theory] |
(1 course) |
Excused |
| Economics 51 [Business cycles and economic forecasting] |
(1 course) |
A |
| Economics 1a1 [Introduction to economic statistics] |
(½ course) |
A |
| Economics 10a1 [History of commerce, 1450-1750] |
(½ course) |
A |
| Economics 10b2 [History of industry and agriculture, 1450-1750] |
(½ course) |
A minus |
| Economics 31b2 [Theory of economic statistics] |
(½ course) |
Excused |
|
1935-36 |
||
| Mathematics A |
(1 course) |
C plus |
| Economics 121 [Monopolistic competition and allied problems in value theory] |
(½ course) |
A minus |
| Economics 20 [Economic research] |
(1 course) Mason |
A |
|
1936-37 |
||
| Economics 20 [Economic research] |
(1½ courses) |
A |
| Economics 147a hf [Seminar: Selected problems in money and banking] |
(½ course) |
A |
Mr. Stolper received the degree of Master of Arts in June, 1935.
The established grades are A, B, C, D, and E.
A grade of A, B, Credit, Satisfactory, or Excused indicates that the course was passed with distinction. Only courses passed with distinction may be counted toward a higher degree.
*Courses marked with an asterisk are elementary and therefore may not be counted toward a higher degree.
[signed] Lawrence S. Mayo
Assistant Dean
Source: Wolfgang F. Stolper papers. Duke University, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Box 23 c. 1.
Image Source: p. 15 of The Halcyon 1943 (Swarthmore Yearbook).