The economic seminary schedule for the following years have also been posted:
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THE ECONOMIC SEMINARY, 1903-1904.
Edited by Associate Professor J. H. Hollander.
During the current academic year, the Economic Seminary has continued its investigation into the history, activities and influence of labor organizations in the United States. Its membership has been more narrowly limited to advanced students preparing for a scientific career in economic study, and its primary design has been the development of sound method in economic research. The regular fortnightly evening sessions have been supplemented by briefer morning sessions in alternate weeks. The material resources necessary for the inquiry have been supplied by the continued generosity of the citizen of Baltimore, whose original gift made its inception possible.
“A Trial Bibliography of American Trade Union Publications,” in the preparation of which the Seminary has been engaged since October, 1902, has been completed and issued as a brochure of 110 pages under the editorship of Dr. Barnett, in the Johns Hopkins Studies in Historical and Political Science (January-February, 1904). Appreciable progress has also been made by individual members of the Seminary in the study of specific aspects of the several questions assigned for investigation. Daring the summer, field work was carried on in various carefully selected localities, and the data thus collected have since been supplemented and corrected by documentary study and personal interview. It is hoped that during the next academic year, a cooperative volume of studies in American trade unionism can be issued by the Seminary, embodying the preliminary results of the various investigation now in progress and ultimately designed for monographic publication.
The record of the proceedings of the Seminary, and abstracts of certain of the papers there presented, are appended:
| October 14. | Reports of the summer’s field work, by Associate Prof. Hollander, Dr. Barnett, Messrs. Hilbert, Kirk, Motley, Ranft and Sakolski. |
| October 20. | “Collections of American Trade Union Publications,” by Dr. George E. Barnett. |
| October 28. | “Shop Rules of the International Typographical Union,” by Dr. George E. Barnett. |
| November 3. | “Opportunities for Social Work in Baltimore,” by Dr. Walter S. Ufford, General Secretary of the Charity Organization Society of Baltimore. |
| November 11. | “The Development of the Knights of Labor Movement,” by William Kirk. |
| November 17. | “The Condition of Women and Children in the Factories of Baltimore,” by Charles F. Ranft. |
| November 23. | “The Finances of Representative Trade Unions,” by A. M. Sakolski. |
| December 1. | Plan of a monographic study of “The Printing Trade,” by Dr. George E. Barnett. |
| December 8. | “Employers’ Associations in the United States,” by F. W. Hilbert. |
| December 15. | Reports on local labor conditions, by Messrs. Blum, Hilbert and Motley. |
| January 6. | (a) “The Apprentice in the Building Trades,” by J. M. Motley.
(b) “The Future of the Trusts,” by L. G. McPherson. |
| January 12. | (a) Preface to “A Trial Bibliography of American Trade Union Publications,” by Dr. George E. Barnett. (b) The New Orleans meeting of the Economic Association, by Associate Professor Hollander. |
| January 20. | “The Structure of the International Cigar Makers’ Union,” by T. W. Glocker. |
| January 26. | “Evolution of Railroad Rates,” by L. G. McPherson. |
| February 3. | “Shop Rules in the Building Trades,” by S. Blum. |
| February 17. | (a) “Beneficiary Features of the Cigar Makers’ International Union,” by J. B. Kennedy.
(b) “High License in Baltimore,” by H. S. Hanna. |
| February 23. | A review of recent French and German works on Sociology, by W. H. Buckler. |
| March 2. | “The Beneficiary Departments of Transportation and Mining Corporations,” by L. G. McPherson. |
| March 8. | “Oyster Legislation in Maryland,” by M. O. Shriver, Jr. |
| March 16. | “The Theory of a Standard Rate of Wages,” by William H. Buckler. |
| March 22. | “Labor Unionism and Industrial Efficiency,” by Mr. Henry White, General Secretary of the United Garment Workers of America. |
| March 28. | “A Comparison of the Functions of the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor,” by William Kirk. |
| April 12. | Plan of a monographic study of “The Structure of American Trade Unions,” by T. W. Glocker. |
| April 13. | “The Cost of Strikes to Trade Unions,” by A. M. Sakolski. |
| April 19. | Plan of a monographic study of “The Shop Regulations of American Trade Unions,” by S. Blum. |
| April 27. | “Trade Agreements in the Iron Molders’ Union,” by F. W. Hilbert. |
| May 3. | Plan of a monographic study of “The Beneficiary Features of American Trade Unions,” by J. B. Kennedy. |
| May 11. | “Trade Union Membership in the Building Trades,” by J. M. Motley. |
| May 17. | Plan of a monographic study of “Trade Unionism and the Standard Wage,” by W. H. Buckler. |
| May 25. | “Collective Bargaining in the Printing Trade,” by Dr. George E. Barnett. |
Source: Johns Hopkins University Circular. New Series, 1904. No. 3. (May, 1904), pp. 1-3. Also available at the Internet Archive.
Image Source: Johns Hopkins University ca. 1903. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Online Catalogue.