The graduate economic seminary at Johns Hopkins University kept good records of the weekly sessions so that we know the names of all the presenters and their topics. I have added the academic backgrounds from the published Johns Hopkins Circular for all the graduate students either attending or presenting.
The economic seminary schedule for the following years have also been posted:
1922-1923
1923-1924
1924-1925
1925-1926
1926-1927
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POLITICAL ECONOMY
…The Economic Seminary
“The students following Political Economy as a principal subject for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy met weekly under the direction of Professors Hollander and Barnett. The work of the year centered in the investigation of representative forms of industrial development in the United States, and in the analysis of significant activities of American labor organizations…”
Source: The Johns Hopkins University Circular, Annual Report of the President of the Johns Hopkins University 1925-1926, (October 1926, Vol. 45, No. 375), pp. 106.
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MEMBERS OF THE ECONOMIC SEMINARY
1925-1926
Students and visitors
[G = Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; SE = Social Economics; T = Teachers College. The small “s” following a capital letter indicates a special student. Roman numeral indicates year of residence.]
Fonaroff, Frank Israel. (Gs) I. S.B. Eng. Johns Hopkins University 1918; M.B.A. Harvard University 1924. Political Economy.
[Froehlich, Wolfgang. (G) I. Graduate, St. Elisabeth Real-Gymnasium, Breslau 1924. Political Economy.]
Fulton, Maria Kent. (SE) (G) II. A.B. Hollins College 1924. Political Economy.
Hart, William Sebastian. (Gs) II. A.B. Johns Hopkins University 1924. Political Economy.
Helbing, Albert Theodore.(G) II. Ph.B. Denison University 1923. Political Economy.
Hilberg, Mildred Edith.(SE) (G) II. A.B. Goucher College 1923. Political Economy.
Hoops, Walther Dietrich. (G) I. Ph.D. Heidelberg University 1923. Political Economy.
Howard, Charles Harold. (G) II. S.B. Gettysburg College 1923. Political Economy.
Mitchell, Elizabeth W. (SE) (G) II. A.B. Goucher College 1924. Political Economy.
Mitchell, George Sinclair. (G) III. A.B. University of Richmond 1922. Political Economy.
Newman, Andrew J. (G) II. A.B. Washington University 1910. A.M. University of Missouri 1911. Political Economy.
Northcutt, Elizabeth. (SE) (G) I. S.B. in Education, University of Missouri 1924. S.B. in Business and Public Administration 1925. Political Economy.
Powlison, Keith Eon. (G) II. A.B. Columbia College 1922. Political Economy.
Rea, Leonard Owens. (G) II. A.B. Johns Hopkins University 1924. Political Economy.
Richardson, Ellen L. (SE) (G) II. A.B. Wellesley College 1919. Political Economy.
Richardson, Hayes Ayres. (Ts) (G) I. A. B. Randolph-Macon College 1922. Political Economy.
Robinson, Carolyn A. (G) I. A.B. Wellesley College 1924. Political Economy.
Schneider, David M. (G) II. E.E. University of Kieff [sic, Kyiv?] 1921. Political Economy.
Townsend, Clarissa L. (SE) (Gs) III. A.B. Goucher College 1923. Political Economy.
Faculty
Professor Jacob H. Hollander, Professor of Political Economy
Professor George E. Barnett, Professor of Statistics
Dr. William O. Weyforth, Associate Professor of Political Economy
Dr. Broadus Mitchell, Associate in Political Economy
Miss Theo Jacobs, Associate in Social Economics
Dr. George Heberton Evans, Jr., Instructor in Political Economy
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Seminar Presentations 1925-26
October 7, 1925
The session’s opening meeting of the Seminary was held in the Seminary Room, 315 Gilman Hall, at 2 o’clock. Accounts were given of summer experiences. The list of the members of the Seminary is given on another page [see above].
October 14, 1925
Professor Hollander read a paper on “The History of the Manuscript of Ricardo’s ‘Notes on Malthus’.”
October 21, 1925
Professor Barnett read a paper on “The Introduction of Machinery and the Displacement of Skill”.
October 28, 1925
Dr. Weyforth read a paper on “The ‘Current Rate of Wages’ in Baltimore”.
November 4, 1925
Dr. Mitchell read a paper on “Simon Newcomb and Simon N. Patten”.
November 11, 1925
Mr. Mitchell read a paper on “The Progress of the Unions in the Southern Textile Industry. (1900-1925).”
November 18, 1925
Mr. Powlinson read a paper on “Historical Sketch of the Hours of Labor Movement.”
November 25, 1925
Mr. Rea read a paper on “The Development of Uniform Municipal Accounting.”
December 2, 1925
Mr. Newman read a paper on “Definition of Income.”
December 9, 1925
Mr. Schneider read a paper on “The Workers’ Party in the Machinists’ Union”.
December 16, 1925
Mr. Helbing read a paper on “Structure and Function of the Building Trades Department of the A. F. of L.
Christmas Recess.
January 6, 1926
Mr. Howard read a paper on “Promotion and Tenure in the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.”
January 13, 1926
Professor Hollander read a paper on “Introduction to Ricardo’s Notes on Malthus”.
January 20, 1926
Professor Barnett read a paper on “The Introduction of Machinery and Trade Union Policy”.
January 27, 1926
Dr. Mitchell read a paper on “The Economic Opinions of William Gregg and J. H. Hammond”.
February 3, 1926
Miss Townsend read a paper on “Sight-Saving Classes in Baltimore”.
February 10, 1926
Miss Jacobs read a paper on “The Attitude of Trade Unions toward Social Work.”.
February 17, 1926
Mr. Mitchell read a paper on “Trade Unions in the Southern Textile Field”.
February 24, 1926
Miss Richardson read a paper on “The Shriners’ Hospitals for Crippled Children”.
March 3, 1926
Mr. Schneider read a paper on “Union Cooperative Management Plans”.
March 10, 1926
Dr. Hoops read a paper on “The German Iron Industry.
March 17, 1926
Mr. McDaniel read a paper on “The Leather Workers”.
March 24, 1926
Mr. Froehlich read a paper on “The Reconstruction of German Finances”.
March 31, 1926
Miss Mitchell read a paper on “The Intake of the Henry Watson Children’s Aid Society”.
April 14, 1926
Professor Barnett read a paper on “Family Endowments”.
April 21, 1926
Professor Hollander read a paper on “Differences between Ricardo and Malthus as to Rent”.
April 28, 1926
Miss Hilberg read a paper on “Public Welfare in Maryland”.
May 5, 1926
Miss Northcutt read a paper on “The Housing of Common Laborers in Baltimore”.
May 12, 1926
Mr. Richardson read a paper on “Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness”.
May 19, 1926
Mr. Newman read a paper on “The Distinction between Capital and Income as Revealed by the Income Tax”. This was the last meeting of the seminary for the session 1925-26.
Sources:
Johns Hopkins University. Eisenhower Library, Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr. Archives. Department of Political Economy, Series 1. Minutes of the Economic Seminary, 1892-1951. Folder “1922-1940”.
The Johns Hopkins University Circular, University Register, 1925-26, (November 1925, Vol. 44, No. 365).
The Johns Hopkins University Circular, Annual Report of the President of the Johns Hopkins University 1925-1926, (October 1926, Vol. 45, No. 375), pp. 106-107. Also lists names and topics for seminar speakers.
Image Source: Gilman Hall, Johns Hopkins University from the Johns Hopkins’ yearbook Hullabaloo (1924) .