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Wisconsin. Programmes of Political Economy, Political Science, and History. 1904-1905.

A few posts ago Economics in the Rear-view Mirror added the programme of the Department of Political Economy at the University of Chicago for 1904-05 to its collection of artifacts. The printed copy that I transcribed for Chicago was filed with an analogous publication of the University of Wisconsin from the same year. Both rest quietly in an archival box at Harvard containing records of the Division of History, Government, and Economics (the exact archival coordinates are provided at the end of this post).

Fun Fact: the text-book used for the graduate course on modern economic theory in 1904-05 was Gustav von Schmoller’s Grundriss der Allgemeinen Volkswirtschaftslehre. Erster Teil, (Leipzig, 1900.) Zweiter Teil (Leipzig, 1904). 

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Research Tip

Lampman, Robert J. (ed.). Economists at Wisconsin: 1892-1992. (Madison: University of Wisconsin, Department of Economics) 1993. A total of 380 pages of information on a century’s worth of insruction and research in the department of political economy/economics at the University of Wisconsin.

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University of Wisconsin
1904-1905

POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, AND HISTORY.

Contents

Staff of Instruction
General Statement

Outline of Courses:

Political Economy
Political Science
History

Special Training Courses:

Statistics
Practical Sociology
Public Service
Journalism

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Staff of Instruction.

Van Hise, Charles R., Ph.D., LL.D., President of the University.

Birge, Edward A., Ph.D., Sc. D., LL.D., Dean of the College of Letters and Science.

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Commons, John R., A.M., Professor of Political Economy.

Ely, Richard T., Ph.D., LL.D., Professor of Political Economy.

Meyer, Balthasar H., Ph.D., Professor of Institutes of Commerce.

Munro, Dana C., A.M., Professor of European History.

Parkinson, John B., A.M., Vice-President of the University. Professor of Constitutional and International Law.

Reinsch, Paul S., Ph.D., Professor of Political Science.

Scott, William A., Ph.D., Director of the Course in Commerce. Professor of Political Economy.

Turner, Frederick T., Ph.D., Professor of American History.

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Adams, Thomas S., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Statistics and Economics.

Burchell, D. Earle, Assistant Professor of Accounting and Business Practice.

Coffin, Victor, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of European History.

Fish, Carl R., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of American History.

Sparling, Samuel E., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science.

Blackmar, Frank W., Ph.D., Professor of Sociology and Economics in the University of Kansas. Lecturer in Economics.

Garrison, George P., Ph.D., Professor of History in Texas University. Lecturer in History.

Thwaites, Reuben G., Secretary and Superintendent of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Lecturer in History.

Woodburn, James A., Ph.D., Professor of American History in Indiana University. Lecturer in American History.

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Lorenz, Max O., A.B., Instructor in Economics.

Phillips, Ulrich B., Ph.D., Instructor in History.

Sellery, George C., Ph.D., Instructor in European History.

Taylor, Henry C., Ph.D., Instructor in Commerce.

Dowd, Jerome, A.M., Resident Lecturer in Sociology.

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Barnett, James D., A.B., Assistant in Political Science.

Lyle, Edith K., M.L., Assistant in History.

Putnam, James W., A.M., Assistant in History.

Tuthill, James E., A.M., Assistant in European History.

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Boggess, Arthur C., A.B., Fellow in History.

Field, Arthur S., A.B., Fellow in Economics.

Gannaway, John W., A.B., Fellow in Political Science.

Scholz, Richard F., A.B., Fellow in History.

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Faber, Charlotte A., A.B., Scholar in Economics.

Hockett, Homer C., B.L., Scholar in History

Lloyd-Jones, Chester, B.L., Scholar in Political Science.

Note, —The above lecturers, assistants, fellows, and scholars are members of the instructional staff for 1903-04. Appointments for 1904-05 have not been made as yet.

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General Statement.

                  The departments of Political Economy, Political Science, and History, though separate in organization, have arranged their work so as to coöperate with each other in a systematic attempt to cover the field of the historical and social sciences The undergraduate and graduate courses are so arranged as to furnish a comprehensive general knowledge of political economy, political science, European and American history.

                  Advanced courses and seminaries for special investigations offer an opportunity for detailed work in these allied subjects without sacrificing any to a hard and fast system. The student is thus given an opportunity to gain a sound knowledge of historical method, to secure training and knowledge in contemporary, social and political activities, and to provide for the comparative and analytical study of institutions.

                  The purpose of the department of Political Economy is to afford superior means for systematic and thorough study in economics and social science. The courses are graded and arranged so as to meet the wants of students in the various stages of their progress, beginning with elementary and proceeding to the most advanced work. They are also designed to meet the needs of different classes of students; as, for instance, those who wish to enter the public service, the professions of law, journalism, the ministry, or teaching, and those who wish to supplement their legal, theological or other professional studies with courses in economics or social science.

                  Capable students are encouraged to undertake original investigations, and assistance is given them in the prosecution of such work through seminaries and the personal guidance of instructors. A large fund has been placed at the disposal of the senior professor of the department to defray the expenses of an exhaustive investigation of the history of labor and allied movements in the United States, and special attention will be given to this field of research for several years.

                  The fundamental purpose of the department of History is to develop in the student the power to use critically and constructively the historical method. Familiarity with history and with the historical method of study is an essential element of a liberal education, promotes more intelligent citizenship, and is important in the special training for such professions as law, journalism, and the civil service. The department offers advanced courses leading to the master’s and doctor’s degrees, and prepares students for the teaching of history and for historical investigation. Numerous elementary and advanced courses are offered in the various fields of European history. Training in original research is given by means of seminaries and by special courses in palacography, diplomatics, historiography, editorial technique, and historical bibliography and criticism. In American history the aim is to give a thoroughly continental treatment to the subject. For the study of the interior and the southern states, exceptional opportunity is at. forded by the unique collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and by special courses on western and southern history. Particular attention is given to the study of the evolution of the various sectional groupings — social, economic, and political — in the history of the United States, and to the physiographic factors in American development.

Libraries.

                  The libraries at Madison, all of which are at the service of members of the University, are five in number, viz., the Library of the University of Wisconsin, the Library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, the Library of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, the State Law Library, and the Madison Free Public Library. These libraries duplicate books only to supply exceptional demands, and have an effective strength approximately equal to the total number of volumes possessed by them. The total number of bound volumes and pamphlets exceeds 400,000.

                  The first three libraries above named are all housed in the new library building of the State Historical Society on the Lower Campus of the University. This building, erected by the State of Wisconsin at a cost of $620,000, was occupied in the fall of 1900, and affords exceptional facilities in the way of convenient and commodious quarters to University students. In the planning of the building, the special needs of the University were equally consulted. In the south half of the first floor are located three department libraries of the Historical Society, viz., documents, newspaper files, and maps and manuscripts. In the north end of this floor is a series of five fine seminary rooms, allotted to American history, European history, economics, political science, and mathematics. The greater part of the second or main floor is occupied by the general reading room and the periodical room, which are used in common by the two libraries. In these two reading rooms 275 readers may find ample accommodation at one time. In open cases in the reading room are shelved several thousand reference and “reserved” books. To these, as well as to the large collection of general and engineering periodicals in the adjoining periodical room, all readers have direct access. The main portion of both libraries is stored in the stack wing adjoining the delivery room on the west. Officers of the University have direct access to the shelves in all parts of the library, and students engaged in advanced work, upon recommendation of their instructors, are allowed access to those parts of the collection dealing with their special subjects.

                  In general, the library of the University of Wisconsin aims to be uniformly developed in all fields, but appropriations and gifts in recent years have rendered it especially strong in the lines of European history, economics, political science, and in Germanic and classical philology. During the academic year 1900-1901, the library received two notable gifts, one of $2,000 from three Milwaukee citizens for the purchase of books for the Course in Commerce, and the other of $2,645, contributed by friends of the University in New York City, Milwaukee, and elsewhere, to the departments of Economics and Political Science for the development of the library in those fields. These gifts have greatly increased the library facilities of the two schools mentioned. In December, 1901, the late President Charles Kendall Adams presented to the University his fine private library of 2,000 volumes, especially rich in material on European history. A gift of $500 from Mr. Frederick Vogel, of Milwaukee, in 1902, has been expended for a collection of 600 volumes in the field of political science and modern French legislative history.

                  The library of the State Historical Society is remarkably rich in manuscript and other material for the study of the history of the Mississippi valley. The collections of the late Dr. Lyman C. Draper are included in the library. These manuscripts are particularly useful for the study of the interior of Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia, and of Kentucky, Tennessee, and the Old Northwest. The Society files of newspapers, periodicals and the publications of historical societies are among the most complete in the United States. There is an unusually complete collection of published colonial records and the United States government documents, and the material for the study of American state and local history, western travel, the revolution, slavery, and the civil war, is abundant. Among the sources of English history, the Library possesses the Calendars of State Papers, the Rolls Series, the publications of the Records and Historical Manuscripts Commissions, as well as the journals and debates of Parliament, of almost all the important historical societies, and many works of local history. The Tank collection (Dutch) offers special resources for the study of the Netherlands.

                  More than 500 periodicals are regularly received. The University possesses complete sets of the most important historical, economic, political, and philological journals, and the current publications enable the students to follow the most recent investigations in the various sciences in Europe and America.

                  The State Law Library, of 32,500 volumes, and the especial library of the University College of Law, of 4,000 volumes, furnish an ample law library.

Graduate Work.

                  The graduate work in these departments may lead to the master’s degree in not less than one year, and to the doctor’s degree in not less than three years. Among the subjects offered, any one of the following may constitute a major in the work for a higher degree:

                  Political economy, political science, sociology, European history, or American history.

                  Any one of the following may constitute a minor:

                  Political economy, political science, sociology, statistics, jurisprudence (including public law and historical jurisprudence), administration, European history, or American history.

                  Candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy are required to present in their principal subject the equivalent of at least two full graduate courses during three years; in their first subordinate the equivalent of at least one such course during two years; and in their second subordinate the equivalent of at least one such course during one year.

                  Candidates for the master’s degree must present in their principal subject the equivalent of at least two full graduate courses during one year; and in their subordinate subject the equivalent of at least one such course.

                  Special attention is here called to the fact that graduates who are pursuing the law course may prepare to take their master’s degree at the same time with the degree in law by completing the equivalent of two full studies during one year’s work. Graduates of the College of Law are encouraged to devote an additional year to broadening out their training in economics, polities, and jurisprudence.

                  The University offers each year fourteen fellowships of the annual value of $400, and honorary fellowships and scholarships whose holders are exempt from the payment of fees. One of the University fellowships is permanently assigned to American history, one to European history, and two to economics and political science; applications should be in the hands of the President of the University before May 1. There are also established by the University ten graduate scholarships, two of which are assigned to economics and political science, and one each to American and to European history. They represent an annual value of $225 each; the student pays an incidental fee of ten dollars per semester. For further information concerning the qualifications and duties of fellows see the University Catalogue for 1903-04, or the announcement of the Graduate School.

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OUTLINE OF COURSES.

Department of Political Economy.

Professor Ely, Professor Scott, Professor Meyer,
Professor Commons, Assistant Professor Adams,
Assistant Professor Burchell, Dr. Brauer,
Mr. Dowd, Mr. Lorenz, and Dr. Taylor.
Special lecturers: Professor
Blackmar, Mr. Hunter,
and Dr. Rosewater.

                  The work of this department has the following distinct but related aims:

  1. To provide instruction in economics and sociology for undergraduates in all the courses of the University.
  2. To provide advanced and graduate work in the studies falling within its field.
  3. To assist and encourage the development of these studies.
  4. With the coöperation of other departments, to provide special training courses for various practical pursuits.
  5. To supplement the work of the College of Law.

                  The requirements for an undergraduate major, in addition to the thesis are twenty-one semester hours as a minimum, selected in part from the introductory courses and in part from the advanced courses.

Primarily for Undergraduates.

  1. The Elements of Economic Science. A general survey based upon the study and discussion of a text-book, supplemented by lectures, assigned reading, and exercises. Required of sophomores in the Course in Commerce and of all students beginning the subject of economies. Repeated each semester; M., W., F., at 8, 9, and 10. Mr. Lorenz.
  2. The Elements of Sociology. A study of primitive man, followed by an investigation of the phenomena of civilized societies, leading up to a statement of the general principles of social evolution. First semester; M., W., F., at 10. Mr. Dowd.
  3. Elements of Public Finance. An introductory study of the general principles of public expenditure, public revenue, public indebtedness, and financial administration. First semester; M., W., F., at 9. Assistant Professor Adams.
  4. Agricultural Economics. This course is designed for short-course students in the College of Agriculture. Twelve lectures: December and January; Tu, Th., at Dr. Taylor.
  5. The Elements of Money and Banking. An introductory course, repeated each semester. In the first semester the course will be adapted to the needs of those who expect to continue the subject. In the second semester the needs of those who do not expect to specialize in banking and finance will be chiefly consulted. First semester; M., W., F., at 8; second semester at 9. Professor Scott.
  6. The Economic Functions of the State. This course has special reference to pharmacy. One lecture a week; first semester. Professor Meyer.
  7. Economic Geography. A general survey of the resources, industries, and commerce of the chief countries of the world, followed by a special study of the production and distribution of the staple articles of commerce, with special reference to the foreign trade of the United States. Throughout the year; M., W., F., at 8 and 9. Dr. Taylor.
  8. Business Administration. In this course students are given thorough instruction in bookkeeping, accounting, auditing, and the various other branches of business administration. The work is graded and arranged in three groups, adapted respectively to the attainments of sophomores, juniors, and seniors. In each group a careful study is made of office equipment, business relations, and administrative duties by means of lectures, text-books, and outside reading in trade journals, and this is followed by laboratory practice, each student being appointed to various positions, and promoted through the various branches of administrative work in merchandizing, manufacturing, banking and transportation.
    1. Sophomore Year. The work of this year centers in business forms and correspondence, bookkeeping, and clerical duties.
    2. Junior Year. The special feature of the work of this year is the study of legal forms, credit instruments, funding operations, accounting, and executive duties.
    3. Senior Year. During this year emphasis is placed upon the work of supervision and auditing, especially in connection with passenger transportation, light and power companies, savings institutions, insurance, jobbing, the commission business, brokerage, importing and exporting. Throughout three years; two hours a week. Assistant Professor Burchell.
  9. Commercial Law. The law of contracts, commercial paper, agency, partnership, corporations, sales, bailments, and insurance, treated from the point of view of the business man rather than the lawyer. Three times a week throughout the year. Dr. Brauer.
  1. Senior Seminaries for Thesis Students. Professor Meyer, Professor Scott, Assistant Professor Adams, and Dr. Taylor.

For Graduates and Undergraduates.

  1. Industrial Evolution and its Problems. A general survey of industrial development followed by an examination of special problems such as competition, monopolies and trusts, concentration of wealth, municipal ownership, the inheritance of property, etc. First semester; Tu., Th., at 10. Professor Ely.
  2. History of Economic Thought. The principal topics will be the following: the history of economic thought in classic antiquity; its subsequent development to the time of the mercantilists; the rise and growth of economics as a distinct branch of social science, with a brief discussion of existing schools of economic thought. Second semester; Tu., Th., at 10. Professor Ely.
  3. Modern Socialism. A study of the socialist movement during the nineteenth century, and an examination of the theories of those writers who are usually called socialists. First semester; Tu., Th., at 9. Mr. Lorenz.
  4. Economic Problems. This course is devoted principally to the important labor problems of the day: strikes, trades-unions, employers’ associations, arbitration, immigration, child labor, etc. Second semester; M., W., F., at 9. Assistant Professor Adams.
  5. Problems in Taxation. Comprehends the more concrete problems of the day: mortgage, railroad, insurance, and double taxation, the personal property and inheritance taxes, etc. May be taken by those who have not had course 3. Second semester; M., W., F., at 10. Assistant Professor Adams.
  6. Labor Legislation. Comprehends a study of the labor law of the United States and foreign countries, the practical working of important statutes, and the sphere and function of the labor law in general. First semester; M., W., F., at 10. Assistant Professor Adams.
  7. The Elements of Agricultural Economics. This course treats of the economic principles which underlie the prosperity of the farmer, and of all other classes so far as they are dependent upon agriculture. The subject is divided into two parts. In part one the point of view is that of the farmer, and in part two that of the nation as a whole. First semester; Tu., Th., at 12. Dr. Taylor.
  8. Historical and Comparative Agriculture. This course consists of lectures and assigned readings on the agriculture of the Romans; on the development of agriculture in England and the United States, and on the present status of agriculture in the most important countries, with an attempt to find the explanation of historical changes and geographical differences. Second semester; Tu., Th., at 12. Dr. Taylor.
  9. Agricultural Industries. An investigative course for seniors in the commercial and agricultural courses, and for other advanced students. Second semester; at hours to be arranged. Dr. Taylor
  10. Manufacturing Industries. An investigative course for seniors in the Course in Commerce, and for other advanced students. First semester; at hours to be arranged. Dr. Taylor.
  11. Social Statistics. Includes a study of vital statistics, suicide, crime, pauperism, etc. In this and the following course the laboratory method is followed. Students are required to do a thorough piece of statistical investigation under the immediate guidance of an instructor. This course is specially recommended to students taking thesis work in economics. Two lectures and two hours’ laboratory work a week, for which a credit of three-fifths is given. First semester; Tu., Th., at 12, and M. from 2 to4. Assistant Professor Adams and Mr. Lorenz.
  12. Economic Statistics. Prices, wages, family budgets, labor and financial statistics will be studied. Second semester; Tu., Th., at 12, and M. from 2 to 4. Assistant Professor Adams and Mr. Lorenz.
  13. Government Statistics. A course on public statistical bureaus: their organization, methods, and publications. Second semester; Tu., Th., at 11. Assistant Professor Adams.
  14. Currency History. A systematic presentation of the currency of England, France, Germany, and the United States. Special attention will be given to the history of bimetallism, to the development of the banking system of these countries, and to the chief monetary problems which have arisen in these nations, and the methods which were employed in their solution. An elementary knowledge of money and banking is needed as a preparation for this course. Second semester; M., W., F., at 8. Professor Scott.
  15. Corporation Finance and Securities. A study of the methods of financiering employed in great corporations, with special reference to the various sorts of negotiable securities which they issue, and the circumstances which affect their value. The course includes a study of the stock and produce exchanges, and of their relations to the business of banking. Open to students who have had Money and Banking. Lectures and assigned reading. First semester; Tu., Th., at 12. Professor Meyer.
  16. Transportation and Communication. This is a general introductory course dealing with the most important principles and facts relating to railways, waterways, and the express, telephone, telegraph, and post office services. Repeated each semester; M., W., F., at 9. Professor Meyer.
  17. Special Problems in Transportation. This is an advanced course in which the more important special transportation problems are discussed in detail. Each student pursues an independent line of investigation. Lectures and reports. Open to students who have had course 35 or its equivalent. Second semester; Tu., Th., at 9. Professor Meyer.
  18. Foreign Systems of Railways. This course embraces a study of the railways of the leading countries of the world, historically and economically. Each student may select the railways of a particular country, or read systematically in connection with the lectures on railways in different countries. Open to students who have had course 35 or its equivalent. Second semester; Tu., Th., at 8. Professor Meyer.
  19. This course deals with the general principles of the different forms of personal and property insurance and the main problems connected with each. Lectures and reading. Open to students who have had the Elements of Economic Science. First semester; Tu., Th., at 11. Professor Meyer.
  20. Modern Sociological Thought. A survey of sociological writers, beginning with Bodin and including the principal writers down to Gumplowiez, Schäffle, Giddings, and Small. First semester; M., W., F., at 8. Mr. Dowd.
  21. Charities and Corrections. This course embraces first, a study of the dependent class, with special reference to the slum conditions in London, New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia; second, the defective class and the institutional treatment of this class; the delinquent class, causes and prevention of crime, prison management and discipline. Reformatories and other public institutions will be visited. First semester; M., W., F., at 11. Mr. Dowd.
  22. Public and Private Charity. A comparative study of poor relief in the United States, England, and the principal continental countries. Second semester; M., W., F., at 11. (Omitted in 1905.) Mr. Dowd.
  23. Charity Organizations. A study of poverty in American cities, with special reference to the work of charity organization societies. Second semester; Tu., Th., at 9. (Omitted in 1905.) Mr. Dowd.
  24. Field Work. Students are encouraged to study charitable and correctional institutions in Madison and the vicinity, and opportunity is afforded for continuous work elsewhere during the summer months. During the past years students from the University have engaged in field work, and several of these students have taken up work of this kind as a career. It is believed that this method of continuous study, followed by field work, yields the best results. It is the aim of this department to furnish secretaries of charity organization societies, and other trained workers.

Primarily for Graduates.

  1. Economic History. A study of the development of economic institutions and economic doctrines, and of their influence upon each other and upon the other phases of social life. The period 1776 to 1850 will be studied in 1904-05. An investigative course for advanced students and graduates. Two sessions a week, at hours to be arranged. Credited as a full study. Professor Scott.
  2. Modern Economic Theory. Designed to give students some acquaintance with recent movements in economic theory, and practice in reading German texts. As a point of departure and contrast Schmoller’s Grundriss der Allgemeinen Volkswirtschaftslehre will be used as a text. Second semester; Tu., Th., at 9. Assistant Professor Adams.
  3. The Distribution of Wealth. Part I. This course deals chiefly with the fundamental institutions in the existing social order and their relation to the present distribution of wealth. The principal topics discussed are: private property, contract and its conditions, vested interests, custom, competition, monopoly, authority, and the caritative principle. First semester; M., W., Th., from 2:30 to 4:00. Professor Ely.
  4. Distribution of Wealth. Part II. This course deals with the shares of the various factors in distribution, viz.: rent[,] interests, profits, and wages. May be taken by those who have not had Part I, course 52. First semester; M., W., Th., from 2:30 to 4:00. (Omitted in 1904-05) Professor Ely.
  5. Public Finance. This course deals first with the nature of public finance as a science, and with its history, with the development and working of the public economy, and then proceeds to a discussion of public expenditures and a brief examination of public revenues. Second semester Tu., Th., from2:30 to 4:00. (Omitted in 1904-05.) Professor Ely.
  6. American Public Finance. Part I. The financial history of the United States. A critical and historical discussion of the finances of the federal government. Second semester; Tu., Th., 2:30 to 4:00. Professor Ely.
  7. American Public Finance. Part II. An historical and critical account of the finances of the American commonwealths and local political units. Second semester; Tu., Th., 2:30 to 4:00. (Omitted in 1904-05.) Professor Ely.
  8. The Theory of Taxation. This course covers the general theoretical problems of taxation, equality and uniformity, shifting and incidence, etc. First semester; Tu., Th., at 10. Assistant Professor Adams.
  9. Monopolies and Trusts. This course deals with the theories of monopoly, historically and critically; and examines the tendencies of large-scale business with reference to competition and monopoly. (Omitted in 1904-05.) Professor Ely.
  10. Principles of Transportation. This is a lecture course designed exclusively for graduates who do not desire to specialize in transportation. An endeavor will be made to present the most important facts and principles of railway development as illustrated in the leading countries of the world. Second semester; two-fifths study. (Omitted in 1904-05.) Professor Meyer.
  11. The Psychological Sociologist. This course deals with that group of sociologists who approach sociology from a psychological point of view. First semester; Tu., Th., at 8. (Omitted in 1904-05.) Mr. Dowd.
  12. Seminary in Sociology. Topics in theoretical and practical sociology, selected with reference to the needs and interests of the students, will be investigated. Two hours a week. Mr. Dowd.
  13. Race Elements in American Industry. The unique feature of American industrial and labor problems is the variety of races and nationalities that have participated. In order to prepare a way for the proper understanding of labor history in the United States, this course will include an examination of the industrial qualities of the several races, their capacities as producers, their part in promoting American industrial supremacy, their standards of living, the relative influence of climate, civilization, and heredity on industrial capacities, the sources of immigration, the distribution of races in industries and localities, the competition of races, the influence of industry and labor organizations in the assimilation of races, legislation regulating immigration, etc. The course will be divided into two parts: Part I consisting of lectures, three hours a week; Part II consisting of reports and discussions, two hours a week. First semester; M., Tu., W., Th., F., at 8. Professor Commons.
  14. The History of Labor and Industrial Organization Prior to the Civil War. A survey of labor conditions in colonial times, the beginnings of labor agitations, the origins of labor unions, the communistic, sentimental, and utopian programs and experiments, free labor and slavery, political and civil rights of wage-earners, the rise of manufactures and rapid transportation. This course is divided into two parts like the foregoing. First semester; M., Tu., W., Th., F., at 8. (1905-06.) Professor Commons.
  15. The History of Labor and Industrial Organization since the Civil War. The effects of the Civil War on capital and labor, the rise of the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor, the effects of machinery, inventions, divisions of labor, and large-scale production, the changes in wages, hours of labor, and working conditions, the policies of trade unions, the influence of socialism, radicalism, and conservatism in labor unions, the beginnings of employers’ associations, the concentration of capital, growth of arbitration and trade agreements, and their practical results, labor legislation and judicial decisions, labor and public employment, women’s and children’s work and wages, etc. This course is divided into two parts like the foregoing. First semester; M., Tu., W., Th., F., at 8, (1906-07.) Professor Commons.
  16. Research Course in Labor Problems. This is designed especially for students electing thesis on these subjects. Special attention will be given to thesis work by way of personal and seminary conferences, in which the student will be associated with the instructor in the special investigations of the labor history on which he is engaged. First semester; F., from 2:15 to 4:00. Professor Commons.
  1. Economic Seminary. This is designed for graduate students who wish to carry on special investigations under the guidance which the department affords. A subordinate feature of the seminary work is a review of recent books and important articles published in the periodicals. Tuesday evening, throughout the year, from 7:30 to 9:30. Professor Ely, Professor Commons, Professor Meyer, Assistant Professor Adams, Mr. Dowd, Mr. Lorenz, and Dr. Taylor.

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Department of Political Science.

Professor Parkinson, Professor Reinsch,
Assistant Professor Sparling, and Mr. Barnett.

Arrangement of Courses.

                  The introductory courses are open for election in the sophomore and junior years. As a rule, at least five semester hours of this work should be done before electing any of the advanced courses. The advanced courses are open for election by juniors, seniors, and graduates. Sophomores of advanced standing may make arrangements to take some of these courses (courses 12, 15, and 20). The requirements for an undergraduate major in political science, in addition to the thesis are twenty-one semester hours as a minimum.

Primarily for Undergraduates.

  1. Elements of Political Science. A general survey of the field of political science. First semester; M., W., F., at 8. Assistant Professor Sparling.
  2. Elementary Law. The nature and sources of law, and the methods of its application. First semester; Tu, Th., at 8; M., at 3. Mr. Barnett.
  3. Elements of Administration. The theory of administration, and a survey of the administrative systems of the chief states of modern Europe, and of the United States. First semester; Tu., Th., at 8. Assistant Professor Sparling.
  4. The Constitution of the United States. An outline course of lectures designed, primarily for those who cannot give more time to this subject, but which may be taken with profit in connection with any of the longer courses in constitutional law. Second semester; F., at 10. Professor Parkinson.
  1. Administrative Problems. A survey of the primary administrative activities of the chief states of Europe and the United States. Second semester; Tu., Th., at 8. Assistant Professor Sparling.
  2. Government and Politics in the United States. A general study of the American system of government in its local, state, and federal organs, and their relations to each other, as well as of the methods of political action. Second semester; M., W., F., at 8. Professor Reinsch.

For Undergraduates and Graduates.

  1. Roman Law. a. History of the development of Roman law from the Twelve Tables to the Corpus Juris of Justinian. b. Institutes of Roman law. These divisions are given alternately. First semester; M., W., at 12. Professor Reinsch.
  2. History of English and American Law. Second semester; M., W., at 12. (Omitted in 1905.) Professor Reinsch.
  3. Jurisprudence. Analysis of the main concepts of the science of law on the basis of the juristic classics. Open to students who have had an elementary course in law. Second semester; Tu., Th., at 12. Mr. Barnett.
  4. Constitutional Law. A short course of lectures on the English constitution, followed by a detailed study of the constitution of the United States. Throughout the year; M., W., F., at 9. Professor Parkinson.
  5. Constitutional Law. Designed to follow, or at least to supplement, course 12, with emphasis upon the study of cases; may be taken independently by those of suitable preparation. Open only to graduates and other advanced students. Throughout the year; Tu., Th., at 9. Professor Parkinson.
  6. Seminary in Constitutional Law. A comparative study of the essential features of the leading constitutions of the world. Open to graduates, and to seniors who have had courses 12 and 13, or their equivalent. Second semester; M., W., at 10. Professor Parkinson.
  7. Municipal Government in Europe and the United States. Second semester; M., W., F., at 8. Assistant Professor Sparling.
  8. State Administration. A study of the local and state administrative systems of the United States. First semester; Tu., Th., at 9. Assistant Professor Sparling.
  9. American Administrative Law. This course has in view the needs of the legal profession. Second semester; Tu., Th., at 11. Assistant Professor Sparling.
  10. International Law. First semester; M., W., F., at 10. Professor Parkinson.
  11. Seminary in International Law. Emphasis will be placed upon diplomatic relations, treaties, the rights and obligations of neutrals, and the methods of settling international disputes without resort to war. Open to graduates, and also to others who have had course 18. Second semester; M., W., at 10. (Omitted in 1905.) Professor Parkinson.
  12. Contemporary International Politics. In 1905 the oriental situation will be the special subject of this course. Second semester; M., W., F., at 10. Professor Reinsch.
    In connection with the above course a series of public lectures on problems of international politics will be given.
  13. Colonial Politics. A study of the principal systems of colonial government. First semester; M., W., F., at 10. Professor Reinsch.
  14. Party Government. Special attention will be given to party organization and the methods of legislative bodies. First semester; Tu., Th., at 11. Assistant Professor Sparling.
  15. Federal Administration. A study of the organization and functions of the different branches of our federal service. Second semester; Tu., Th., at 9. Assistant Professor Sparling.
  1. The Law of the Press. The law of copyright, literary property, libel, privileged publications, and other topics relating to the publication of books and newspapers. Designed especially for students preparing for journalism and the law. Second semester; M., at 3. (Omitted in 1905.) Professor Reinsch.

Primarily for Graduates.*

  1. History of Political Thought. The development of political philosophy from the Greeks to the present time, and its connection with political history. (May be taken by seniors of suitable preparation.) First semester; M., W., F., at 11. Professor Reinsch.
  2. Philosophy of the State. A critical study of contemporary political thought and terminology. May be elected by seniors who take their major in political science. Second semester; M., W., at 11. Professor Reinsch.
  3. Juristic Classics. In 1906: Reading of Gaius, with commentaries. Second semester; M., W., at 11. Professor Reinsch.
  1. Seminary in Administration. Some important phases of state administration will be studied. Two hours throughout the year. Assistant Professor Sparling.
  2. Seminary in Politics. For 1904-05: Parliamentary institutions of the present time. A study of parliamentary procedure, legislation, and party development in Germany and Italy during the last quarter century. Throughout the year; W., 7:30 to 9:30. Professor Reinsch.

*Studies given under the heading, “For Undergraduates and Graduates,” may also be taken as graduate work, but in this case special reading will be assigned by the instructor in addition to that required of undergraduate students.

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Department of History.

Professor Turner, Professor Munro,
Assistant Professor Coffin, Assistant Professor Fish,
Dr. Tilton, Dr. Sellery, Dr. Phillips, and Assistants.

Arrangement of Courses.

                  The courses in history are divided into three groups, as follows:

A. Introductory courses 1 to 9 are primarily for undergraduates, and are planned to afford a comprehensive survey of the general field of history. They cannot be counted toward advanced degrees, and graduates are required to have completed an equivalent of sixteen semester hours of these studies as a preparation for graduate work for a degree. It will be noted that a substantial historical basis can be laid for advanced work by such an election as the following: freshman year, Medieval (course 1) and Colonial (course 3) or English (course 6); sophomore year, Modern (course 2) and United States (course 4). The study of Greek and Roman history (courses 8 and 9) is particularly recommended to those who may intend to teach history. It is not recommended that students shall cover all of the introductory courses to the neglect of advanced work.

B. Advanced courses 11 to 45 are designed to continue the work begun in the preliminary courses in the direction of greater specialization. These courses are open to undergraduates and graduates who have taken the necessary preliminary work.

C. Graduate courses 51 to 60 are not open to undergraduates. They consist of courses in the technique of history, and seminaries in American, Medieval, and Modern history, in which the subject of study changes from year to year.

History Major.

                  The requirements for an undergraduate major in history, in addition to the thesis, are twenty-six semester hours as a minimum, selected as follows:

I. One or more introductory courses in both European and American history.

II. Advanced courses to the amount of at least ten semester hours.

For Undergraduates.

  1. Medieval History. A general survey of the history of continental Europe from the barbarian invasions to the close of the fifteenth century. Advanced students will be given special quiz sections and more advanced work. Throughout the year; M., W., at 11, for lectures, and a third hour in sections. Professor Munro, Dr. Tilton, Dr. Sellery, and assistants.
  2. Modern European History. A general survey extending from the close of the fifteenth century to the present day. Not open to freshmen. Throughout the year; Tu., Th., at 11, and a third hour in sections. First semester, Dr. Sellery; second semester, Assistant Professor Coffin.
  3. American Colonial and Revolutionary History. An introduction to the history of the United States, designed to acquaint the student with the beginnings of American institutions. Text-book, lectures, and topics. The class meets in divisions. Throughout the year; Tu., Th., at 9 and 10. Assistant Professor Fish and Dr. Phillips.
  4. History of the United States. A general survey from the Revolutionary era to the present, with emphasis upon political history. Lectures, text-book, collateral reading, and topics. Not open to first year students. This course, or an equivalent, must precede all advanced courses in American history.
    4a. To the presidency of Jackson. First semester; M., W., F., at 11. Assistant Professor Fish.
    4b. From the presidency of Jackson to the present. Second semester; M., W., F., at 11. Assistant Professor Fish.
  5. English History. A general survey with especial reference to economic and social conditions. Text-book, lectures, and topics. Throughout the year; M., W., F., at 9 and 11. Dr. Tilton and Dr. Sellery.
  6. English History. A course with especial reference to social and political conditions, useful for students of English literature, and recommended to those who expect to teach history. Students are not permitted to elect both courses 5 and 6. Throughout the year; Tu, Th., at 9. Assistant Professor Coffin, Dr. Tilton, Dr. Sellery, and Dr. Phillips.
  7. History of Europe in the Nineteenth Century, 1815-1900. Designed for freshmen in the Course in Commerce. Throughout the year; M., W., F., at 11. Assistant Professor Coffin.
  8. Ancient and Greek History. A brief outline of primitive and oriental history and a general course in Greek history. Recommended to all who expect to teach history. First semester; Tu., Th., F., at 11. (Omitted in 1904-05.) Professor Munro and Dr. Tilton.
  9. Roman History. A general survey with especial emphasis on the period of the later Republic and Early Empire. Recommended to all who expect to teach history. Second semester; Tu., Th., F., at 11. (Omitted in 1904-05.) Professor Munro and assistants.

For Undergraduates and Graduates.

  1. The History of the West. Particular attention is paid to the conditions of westward migration and to the economic, political and social aspects of the occupation of the various physiographic provinces of the United States, together with the results upon national development. Lectures, collateral reading, and topics. Throughout the year; M., W., F., at 12. Professor Turner.
  2. History of the South. The course deals with the period since the Revolution, and especial attention is given to the economic and social forces involved in the plantation system, slavery, and the occupation of the Gulf Plains, as a basis for understanding the political history of the South and its place in national history. Throughout the year; Tu., Th. at 3. Dr. Phillips.
  3. History of New England. Special attention will be paid to the colonial period, and to New England expansion. Second semester; M., W., F., at 2. (Omitted in 1904-05.) Assistant Professor Fish.
  4. Economic and Social History of the United States. Designed to treat economic topics in relation to the general movement of national history. Throughout the year; M., W., F., at 12. (Omitted in 1904-05.) Professor Turner.
  5. Diplomatic History of the United States. An historical survey of our foreign relations from the Revolution to the present time. Throughout the year; Tu., Th., at 10. Assistant Professor Fish.
  6. Constitutional and Political History of the United States from the Confederation to the Presidency of Jefferson. First semester; M., W., at 2:15. (Omitted in 1904-05.)
  7. Undergraduate Seminary in American History. Designed to train undergraduates in the use of sources, by studying different problems in different years. The period since the Civil War will probably furnish the field for 1904-05. Elective by semesters to students who have had course 4 or its equivalent. M., W., at 2:15. Assistant Professor Fish.
  1. Roman Imperial Institutions. A study of the organization and government of the Empire, especially in the second century A.D. First semester; Tu., Th, at 10. (Omitted in 1904-05.) Professor Munro.
  1. Medieval Civilization. Designed to supplement course 1 by a more special study of the social and intellectual life of the Middle Ages. First semester; Tu., Th., at 10. Professor Munro.
  2. Feudal Institutions. Tu., Th., at 10. Open to graduate students and seniors of suitable preparation. (Omitted in 1904-05.) Professor Munro.
  3. Constitutional History of the Middle Ages. A comparative study of the governments in Germany and France, especially during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Open to graduate students and seniors of suitable preparation. Second semester; Tu., Th., at 10. Professor Munro.
  1. Period of the Renaissance. An investigation of the chief political problems in the epoch of the foundation of the great European states, 1300-1500. Open to juniors and seniors who have had course 1 or an equivalent. First semester; Tu., Th., at 11. Dr. Sellery.
  2. Age of Louis XIV. A study of the development of the absolute monarchy in continental Europe. Open to juniors and seniors who have had course 1 or 2, or an equivalent. Second semester; Tu., Th., at 11. Dr Sellery.
  1. The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Periods, 1789-1814. Open to those who have had course 2 or its equivalent. Throughout the year; M., W., F., at 10. (Not offered in 1904-05.) Assistant Professor Coffin.
  2. History of Europe in the Nineteenth Century, 1815-1900. Open to those who have had course 2 or its equivalent. The work will be devoted especially to tracing in this period the influence of the French revolutionary ideas in the development of social and political institutions. First semester; M., W., F., at 10. Assistant Professor Coffin.
  1. Constitutional History of England. A study of the growth of English institutions. Throughout the year; Tu., Th., at 12. Open to juniors and seniors who have had course 5 or 6. First semester, Dr. Tilton; second semester, Assistant Professor Coffin.
  2. Economic and Social History of England, 1300-1600. A summary of English civilization in the thirteenth century and a view of the chief economic and intellectual changes from medieval to modern civilization. Open only to students who have had course 1, 5, or 6. Second semester; Tu., Th., at 9. Dr. Tilton.
  1. The Development of Modern Prussia, 1640-1871. This course is intended to explain the development of the Prussian state and trace the Prussianizing of modern Germany. Open to those who have had course 2. First semester; Tu., Th., at 12. Assistant Professor Coffin.
  1. Methods of History Teaching, with special reference to the work of secondary schools. For seniors of suitable preparation and graduates. Throughout the year; F., at 3. Professors Turner and Munro.

For Graduates.

  1. Historical Bibliography. An account of the present state of the materials for historical research, and an examination of the bibliographical tools most essential to the special study of history. First semester; W., at 10. (Omitted in 1904-05.) Professor Munro.
  2. Historical Criticism. An introductory survey of the principal problems of historical method, accompanied by practical exercises. Second semester; W., at 10. Given in alternate years. Professor Munro.
  3. Paleography and Diplomatics. (a) Elements of paleography, with practical exercises in the reading of manuscript facsimiles; (b) Elementary exercises in diplomatics. The first part of the course is identical with the first part of course 18 in Latin, and is arranged for the benefit of advanced students of language as well as for students of history. Second semester; F., 9 to 11. Given in alternate years. Professor Munro.
  1. Seminary in Medieval History. In 1904-05 the First Crusade is studied by special topics, illustrating the causes, the relations of the chiefs with the Greek emperor, and the social conditions in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Th., 4 to 6. Professor Munro.
  2. Seminary in Modern European History. The work will center about the diplomatic revolution of 1756. Throughout the year; S., 11 to 1. Assistant Professor Coffin.
  3. Seminary in American History. For 1904-05, the seminary will study the history of Monroe’s administration. Throughout the year; three hours a week in two sessions. Professor Turner.
  1. Historical Conference. A fortnightly meeting of the instructors and graduate students of the school for conference and consideration of papers. A considerable portion of the time of the conference is devoted to a coöperative study of the work of important historians, so planned as to give in successive years a general view of modern historiography. Throughout the year; alternate Fridays, 4 to 6.

Special Lectures.

                  Besides the regular courses of class instruction described above, two series of lectures were given each year by scholars from without the University. In 1903-04, the following were delivered:

                  Transcontinental Explorations, with especial reference to Lewis and Clark. Four lectures by Reuben Gold Thwaites, Secretary of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

                  The Causes of the Civil War. Four lectures by Professor James A. Woodburn, of Indiana University.

Summer Courses.

                  Elementary and advanced courses in history are offered each year in the Summer Session of the University. For a fuller description see the Summer Session circular, which may be obtained by application to the Registrar of the University.

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Special Training Courses.

Statistics, Practical Sociology, Public Service
and Journalism.

                  In order to offer opportunity for careful and systematic training in practical pursuits, the studies offered by the departments of Political Economy, Political Science, and History, together with a number of allied subjects, have been arranged so as to form four special courses, viz.: in statistics, in practical sociology, in preparation for public service, and in preparation for journalism.

                  The course in statistics will give special training in the use and collection of statistical material, with a view of fitting the student for practical statistical work in connection with public administration or with the business of railway and insurance companies.

                  The course in practical sociology consists of studies in modern social and economics problems, social theory, and practical charity and reform. The class work of the student is to be supplemented by the direct study of social conditions, and reformatory and charitable institutions. The course is primarily intended as a preparation for pastoral work, and the activities connected with organized charity and other ameliorative agencies.

                  The course in public service covers the subjects of politics, administration, diplomacy and modern history. A thorough knowledge of the mechanism and workings of contemporary government is becoming increasingly important with the constantly expanding sphere of political activities. To the training in the general principles of politics and methods of government, there will added in this course specific instruction in the work of the various governmental departments, and the students will be kept informed concerning the various openings for a career in the public service, as well as the requirements and examinations that form a condition for entering thereupon.

                  The course in preparation for journalism does not aim to offer technical instruction in the methods of practical journalism, but to provide a fund of information on social, economic, political, and historical questions, which is indispensable in journalistic work of a high grade.

                  The special training courses cover a period of three years, beginning with the junior year. At the end of the second year the bachelor’s degree is conferred. At the end of the third year the master’s degree. No thesis is required with the latter. Any students in the above courses will be under the special supervision and advice of that member of the instructional force under whom the major part of their work is done. The faculty will keep in close touch with men of experience and representative position in the branches to which these courses relate, and will make use of their aid and suggestions to render the instruction most helpful to the students.

                  Upon the completion of the course of three years the graduate will receive a certificate, stating that he has taken a special course, and indicating to what group of studies he has devoted his attention. No rigid uniformity is required of the students in the matter of selection of their studies. They must, however, select at least ten-fifths a semester from the work recommended, and this work must be taken in the sequence indicated, unless exceptions are made for special cause. Some studies which are absolutely indispensable in a certain course are italicized, and others will be indicated by the special adviser of the student, according to the work for which the latter is pre-paring. Beyond this the students are left free to take electives in other departments.

                  Admission. Students who have completed the sophomore year in any college or university of approved standing are admitted to the special courses, but all such students will be subject to the same conditions as students entering other courses in the junior year. The graduates of any such college or university may arrange to complete any one of the courses in two years. It is presumed that students entering the school have studied ancient, medieval and modern history, as well as the elements of economics and political science. In the absence of such preparation students will be expected to make up their deficiency during the junior year. The language requirements will be adapted to individual needs, but the minimum requirement will be that of the regular course in the College of Letters and Science.

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The Course in Statistics.

[The first numeral following the name of the course indicates the number of hours per week, the Roman numeral the semester.]

Junior.

                  Economic Statistics, 3-II; Social Statistics, 3-I; Analytical Geometry and Calculus, 3; Commercial Geography, 4; Agricultural Industries, 2-II; Economic Problems, 3-II; Money and Banking, 3-I; Elements of Administration, 2-1.

Senior.

                  Railway and Insurance Statistics, 2-I; Government Statistics, 2-II; Theory of Probabilities, 2-II; Expert Accounting, 2-II; Insurance, 2-I; Railways, 2-II; Social and Economic Legislation, 3; State and Federal Administration, 2-II; Markets and Securities, 2-II.

Graduate.

                  Distribution of Wealth, 5-I; Public Finance, 5-II; Economic Seminary; Seminary Administration, 2; Laboratory Work in Statistics, 2; Railway Economies, 2-I; Public Accounting, 2-II.

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The Course in Practical Sociology.

Junior.

                  Charities and Correction, 3-I; Field Work; Elements of Sociology, 3-I; History of Education, 3-I; Municipal Government, 3-II; Physiology, 3-I, 2-II; Psychology, 3-I; Ethics, 3-II; Moral Education, 1-II.

Senior.

                  Social Ethics, 2-I; Social Statistics, 3-I; Psychology and Sociology, 3-I; Modern Sociological Thought, 3-II; Field Work in Charities; Charity Organization, 2-II; Communicable Diseases, 1; Biology of Water Supplies, 5-I; American History, 2.

Graduate.

                  Seminary in Sociology, 2; Advanced Ethics, 3-I; Anthropology, 2-1; Abnormal Psychology, alternating with Comparative Psychology, 2-II; Distribution of Wealth, 5-I; History of Political Thought, 2-I; Labor Legislation, 3-I; Economic and Social History, 3; Laboratory Work in Statistics, 2.

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The Course in Preparation for Public Service.

Junior.

                  Elements of Administration, 2-I; State and Federal Administration, 2-II; Constitutional Law, 3; American History, 2; Elements of Finance, 3-I; Colonial Politics, 2-I; Elementary Law, 3-I; Advanced English, 3; Social and Economic Statistics, 3.

Senior.

                  Federal Services, 2-I (a study of the organization of the various departments of the federal government with methods of work and conditions of entry); International Law, 3-II; Diplomacy, 3-II; Municipal Government, 3-II; Nineteenth Century History, 3; Administrative Law, 2-I; Contemporary Politics, 2; Political Thought, 3; English Constitutional History, 2; Social and Economic History, 3.

Graduate.

                  Seminary in Administration, 2; Administrative Services (relating to state and municipal services), 2-II; Public Finance, 5-II; Seminary in Political Philosophy, 2; American Constitution and Political History, 3; Seminary in Modern European History, 2; Seminary in Public Law, 2; Social Ethics, 2-I; Roman Law, 2-II; Municipal and Sanitary Engineering, 2-I.

                  In order to adapt the course to the special needs in individual cases, the students will be advised to devote a part of the senior and graduate year to more special preparation for some branch of the public service, and will be encouraged to take a group of electives with that end in view. Every student is, moreover, required to take as part of his senior and graduate work one of the following groups of obligatory studies, or one of other groups hereafter to be arranged, intended to form the basis of more special preparation.

a) Financial: Public Finance, 5-II, first half of semester; American Federal Finance, 5-II, second half of semester; Public accounting, 2-II; Money and Banking, 3.

(b) Internal Governments: Agricultural Industries, 2-II; Social and Economic Legislation, 3; Social and Economic Statistics, 3; American Social and Economic History, 3.

(c) State and Municipal Governments: Municipal Government, 3-II; Public Securities, 2; Municipal and Sanitary Engineering 2-I; Public Accounting, 2-II; American State and Municipal Finance, 3-II.

(d) Diplomacy: Diplomacy, 3-II; International Law, 3-I; Contemporary Politics, 2; Nineteenth Century History, 2; Advanced French and a thorough study of another European language (German, Spanish, Italian, Russian or Norse).

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The Course in Preparation for Journalism.

Junior.

                  Economic Problems, 3-II; American History, 2; Constitutional Law, 3; Modern Systems of Education, 2-I; Agricultural Industries; 2-II; Municipal Government, 3-II; Moral Progress and Moral Education, 1-Il; Advanced English, 3; General survey of English Literature (with special reference to the great prose writers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries), 3; American Literature, 2.

Senior.

                  English Constitutional History, 2; Nineteenth Century History, 2; Political Thought, 2-I; Contemporary Polities, 2; History of the West, alternating with Economic and Social History, 3; Colonial Politics, 2-I; Social Ethics, 2-II; Press Laws, 1; State and Federal Administration, 2-II; International Law, 3-I; Advanced English, 2; English Literature (Courses 32, 33, 36, 39, and 43).

Graduate.

                  Advanced English, 2; Seminary in American History, 2; Distribution of Wealth, 5-I; Public Finance, 5-II; Modern Sociological Thought, 2-II; Seminary in Political Philosophy, 2; Seminary in Economics; Diplomacy, 3-II; History of Institutions, 2.
Seminary work in some line will be required.

Source: “University of Wisconsin, Departments of Political Economy, Political Science, and History.” Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin, no. 89 (Madison, Wisconsin: May 1904). Transcription from a copy in the Harvard University Archives, Division of History, Government, and Economics. Ph.D. exams and records of candidates, study plans, lists, etc. pre-1911-1942. Box 2, Unlabeled Folder.

Image Sources: Collage of cropped portraits of Richard T. Ely (left, ca. 1910) and John R. Commons (1904) from University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives and Commons’ autobiography Myself (after p. 94), respectively.

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Kansas. Seminary meeting on “Status of Woman”. Blackmar, 1892

The previous post provided material about the founding of the Seminary of Historical and Political Science in 1889 at the University of Kansas, together with information about the scholarly career of one of its co-founder, Frank Wilson Blackmar. Kansas at that time was fairly progressive with respect to the admission of women to higher education and it was only a few days ago when I learned that “co-educator” was a label once used to denote a male instructor willing/capable of teaching both males and females.

What I found worth sharing here is the report of a new course introduced on the “Status of Woman” for the spring semester of 1892. Also worth the effort of transcription is a summary of a session of Blackmar’s Seminary devoted to “Status of Woman”. I have tracked down the five women participants named in that session as well as the Topeka businessman who donated $100 to acquire books on the topic for the new course on women’s issues.

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“Co-educator”

…[Frank Wilson] Blackmar is married, has had experience as a co-educator, and has served as an assistant here [at Johns Hopkins], as well as a popular lecturer to workingmen…

Source: From a recommendation letter by Johns Hopkins history professor Herbert Baxter Adams, quoted in The University Courier (Lawrence, Kansas), May 10, 1889, p. 2.

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The elective course
“Status of Woman”

A number of inquiries have been made about the new optional [i.e., elective course] introduced by Prof. Canfield, called the Status of Woman in the United States. (See the course description below.) To those interested in this subject it may be said that the optional will be given as advertised. The course is in the program for the second half year, and consequently nothing can yet be said as to the success of the study. An alcove has been set apart for the literature of this subject, and already over half a hundred volumes have been added to the collection.

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  1. The Status of Woman in the United States. Three conferences each week during the second term, on the Status of Woman in all countries and times; with special investigation of the present legal, political, industrial, and professional position of women in the different States of the American Union.

Source: Seminary Notes published by the Seminary of Historical and Political Science, Vol. I, No. 2 (October 1891), pp. 44, 47.

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Donation to buy books for
“Status of Woman”

Shortly before Prof. James H. Canfield left Kansas University to become Chancellor of Nebraska University, he announced that a new course of study would be offered in the ensuing year upon the “Status of Woman.” Considerable interest was taken in this throughout the state, and a gentleman of Topeka, Mr. T. E. Bowman, generously contributed $100 as a nucleus for the purchase of reference books upon the subject. The gift was acknowledged both by Chancellor Snow and by Prof. Canfield, but in the unlooked for resignation of Prof. Canfield, the gift was lost sight of for the moment and has since lain in the Clerk’s office until recently brought to light. The Notes regrets that acknowledgement was not made earlier for this gift. The course “On the Status of Woman” is now being given by Prof. Blackmar, and many reference books have been purchased for the study. Mr. Bowman’s gift is, however, an addition, and more than that such gifts are always an encouragement to the instructors of the Historical department.

Source: Seminary Notes published by the Seminary of Historical and Political Science, Vol. I, No. 7 (April 1892), p. 165.

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Thomas Elliot Bowman was born September 30, 1834 in Westford, Vermont; he died May 25, 1896 in Topeka, Kansas. He and his family moved to Kansas ca. 1879.

“T. E. Bowman is a Vermonter by birth, though prior to coming to Kansas, his business life was spent chiefly in Boston and vicinity, as a partner in the firm name of Seavey, Foster & Bowman silk manufacturers. Ill health caused him to leave New England and brought him to this state 16 years ago, and his residence since that time has been in this city [Topeka]. Upon his coming to Kansas he began loaning his own funds and the funds of a few of his old business associates, upon real estate, and from this beginning developed the successful business which is still existing under the firm name of T. E. Bowman & Co….he was the leading spirit in several philanthropic enterprises; latterly being deeply interested in the kindergarten movement.”

SourceThe Topeka State Journal, May 25, 1896, p. 3.

“It would not be easy to name the different causes which appealed to his sympathies and his practical financial support. Much that he did was done so quietly that very few persons know of all his careful personal touch with the best life of the city.”

Source: Tribute published in The Topeka Daily Capital, May 26, 1896, p. 4.

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“Status of Woman”
Seminary Session
March 22, 1892

The Seminary met on March 22, to listen to papers on the “Status of Woman.”

Miss Nina Bowman read a paper on the “Property Rights of Women.” In primitive times women were thought to have no rights at all. In France no married woman has any property rights and the common law prevails.

In England women have no voice in parliament. A single woman has the same rights of property as a man; has the same protection of law, and is subject to the same taxes. After marriage the husband has absolute power over the wife’s jewels, money and clothes. In 1870 a law was passed which gave women a right to their separate earnings.

In America the common law restrains married women from all custody over their own property, either real or personal. Since 1848 many changes have been made in the property rights of married women. In our own state the wife has full power over her own property and earnings and may dispose of them in any way pleasing to her. After marriage a woman may sue and be sued in the same manner as if not married. A woman may convey or mortgage her own property without her husband’s signature, but the husband in disposing of property must secure his wife’s signature.

Miss Amy Sparr then read a paper on “Woman’s Suffrage.” The woman question is still young in years, but its strength and growth are not to be measured by its age. Those who have taken the practical side of the question are those who have made such remarkable progress. In England women have been admitted to many electoral privileges and to public work involving great responsibility. Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Mill have aided much in changing public opinion in England. Great progress is being made with the general public but is much less assured and rapid in Parliament. In England, Scotland and Ireland women may vote for nearly all elective officers.

In the United States women have with difficulty succeeded in getting the right to vote in municipal elections in a single state, namely Kansas, where they have the right to vote for any city or school officers. Several states have admitted women to the membership of school boards of primary public schools. In Wyoming women vote at all elections and in Kansas they have full local suffrage. All statistics show a gain in women’s votes.

Following this a paper on “Women in the Professions” was read by Miss Maggie Rush. It began with women in the ministry. Once women were not allowed to sing in church choirs because Paul had commanded that they should keep silent. The Universalist church was the first to open the doors of its theological schools to women. About fifty women have been ordained in this church. Theological seminaries for women have been opened in Oberlin, Ohio; Evanston, Illinois, and Boston. As lawyers women in England have been permitted to qualify for and practice as attorneys at law. The first woman admitted to the bar in this country was Arabella Mansfield, of Iowa, in 1869. Seven women have been admitted to practice before the supreme court of the United States. Most law schools now admit women. Some women prefer office practice and others court work. In Wyoming and Washington mixed juries have been tried and found perfectly satisfactory.

Women have taken a stand in medicine which is rapidly growing in favor. Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman physician. She graduated in 1849. The American Medical Association first admitted women to membership in 1876. In 1880 there were 2,432 women registered as physicians in the United States. Teaching is peculiarly adapted to women. Women were recognized as teachers for the first time in 1789. Vassar, Wellesley, and Bryn Mawr all have women among the members of their faculties.

Miss Martha Thompson then read a paper on “Women in Industrial Pursuits.” More than one-half of the human family consists of women and the greater portion of these must earn their own living. As they become more skillful and capable their wages will be brought more on an equality with those of men. Women do not work together as men do, and their political disabilities deprive them of the influence which men often have to control wages. In the largest cities about three hundred different employments are open to women.

Factory work brought women into competition with men. When sewing machines were introduced one woman could do the work for which formerly six had been required. In large cities many homes have been provided for working girls, where they can secure board, protection, and recreation. Many women who are not compelled to work for bread, work for pin money and can work for much less than otherwise; therefore wages are decreased. A great many women will not enter domestic service because they think it more servile and menial than other employments. In Massachusetts 64 per cent, of the women are engaged in housekeeping and laundry work.

Eleanor Blaker, Reporter.

Source: Seminary Notes published by the Seminary of Historical and Political Science, Vol. I, No. 8 (May 1892), pp. 193-194.

A few details about the women participants

Nina Bowman. [became a teacher]

Kansas State Census (March 1, 1895): age 24, born in Ohio, residing in the town of Newton in Harvey County. Parents: C. S. Bowman and Clara Bowman.
University of Kansas, Twenty-Fifth Annual Catalogue, 1890-1891: Nina Claire Bowman of Newton. Member of the Freshman class. L.Sc. (p. 15).
Find a Grave webpage: Nina Clare Bowman (1870-1955) in the Greenwood Cemetery in Newton, Harvey County, Kansas. Parents: Cyrus S. Bowman (1840-1917) and Clara Bates Bowman (1840-1931)
1920 US Census. Single teacher in high school, living in Manhattan, New York City.
University of Kansas Alumni Directory, 1873-1928, p. 27. “Bowman, Nina Claire, ’93, N.Y. City, 527 West 121st St., Teacher.”
1950 US Census. Single, never married.

Amy Sparr [became the wife of a cattleman and banker]

The Eureka Herald and Greenwood County Republican, October 6, 1893: “Cards are out announcing the marriage of Miss Amy Laurene Sparr to Mr. Howard D. Tucker, at the Lutheran church, this city, at 10 o’clock a.m., Wednesday, October 18, 1893.”
Lawrence Daily Record, October 9, 1893. “Miss Amy Starr and Mr. E.[sic] D. Tucker will be married at Eureka on October 18. Mr. Tucker was formerly a Washburn student and Miss Sparr attended Kansas University a year and was a very popular society girl.”
Find a Grave: Born in Iowa (February 1871) and died March 1948 in Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas. Spouse: Howard David Tucker.

Maggie [Margaret] Rush [became a teacher]

Kansas State Census (March 1, 1895): Maggie Rush, age 24, born in Illinois, residing in the city of Lawrence in Douglas County. Parents: J. Rush and E.A. Rush.
The Abilene Monitor, November 30, 1893. “Miss Rush, one of Minneapolis’ charming school teachers, arrived on the Santa Fe last night, and is visiting with Miss Martha Thompson [see below], of the High School.”
US Census 1920: occupation, school teacher.
University of Kansas Alumni Directory, 1873-1928, p. 162. “Rush, Margaret Sarah, ’93, Overland Park, Kan.”
Find a Grave website: Margaret Rush, born  1870 and died 1949. Grave is at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, Kansas. Parents: Jacob Rush and  Eliza Ann Stout Rush.

Martha [Alice] Thompson [became a teacher]

University of Kansas, Twenty-Fifth Annual Catalogue, 1890-1891: Martha Allen [sic] Thompson of Lawrence. Member of the Sophomore class. Cl. (p. 15).  Note: Alumna Martha Alice Thompson, B.D., Class of 1885 (p. 112), same person.
Lawrence Daily Gazette, June 5, 1894. “Miss Martha Thompson and W.W. Brown of the class of ’92 are here attending the exercises in company with their pupils in the Abilene schools.”
Lawrence Daily Gazette, August 3, 1892. W. W. Brown and Miss Martha Thompson, who graduated with the class of ’92, K.S.U., will teach in the High School at Abilene.
Abilene Weekly Chronicle, June 7, 1895. Martha Thompson appointed one of two assistant teachers at the Abilene high school.
Abilene Weekly Chronicle,  July 5, 1895. Parents circulated a petition not to renew her teaching contract. “It has been openly charged that the lady is no disciplinarian, that she is not so patient as she should be and has frequently addressed pupils who were not so bright or quick as she would like in a manner calculated to humiliate them before other scholars.”
Lawrence Daily JournalJuly 12, 1895. “Today [Miss Martha Thompson] sent the superintendent notice that she would not accept the position [i.e., assistant teacher at Abilene high school] and will go elsewhere.”
Abilene Weekly Chronicle, August 23, 1895. “Miss Martha Thompson has been elected to a position as teacher of Greek and Latin in the Lawrence high  school.”
Sigma Xi, Quarter Century Record and History (1886-1911). Sigma Xi (Iota Chapter) of University of Kansas, p. 401: “Martha Alice Thompson, U 1892, Kansas City, Kansas. Instructor in Latin high school”
University of Kansas Alumni Directory, 1873-1928, p. 188.
Thompson, Martha Alice, n’85, ’92, K.C. [Kansas City], Kan., 1044 Barnett St., Teacher.”

Eleanor Blaker [became a pastor’s wife]

University of Kansas, Twenty-Fifth Annual Catalogue, 1890-1891: Eleanor H. Blaker of Pleasanton. Member of the Freshman class. G.Sc. (p. 15).
The Iola Register, May 17, 1901. “…marriage of Rev. Jay Withington, of Humboldt, to Miss Eleanor Blaker, of Pleasanton…Miss Blaker is the daughter of the wealthy miller and lumberman of Pleasanton.”
The Pleasanton Herald, April 5, 1907. Obituary for Eleanor’s mother: her brother “Ernest, now professor of mathematics in Cornell University.” Eleanor B. wife of H.J. Withington of La Cygnet, and William W. of Longville, La.
Find a Grave website: Born September 8, 1872; died December 18, 1945. Grave in Portland, Oregon. Husband Henry Jay Withington (married May 15, 1901 in Linn, Kansas). Parents: Alfred Blaker and Anna H. Blaker.

Image Source:  Faculty Group Photo of the University of Kansas Faculty, 1892/1893. University of Kansas Archives.

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Kansas. Birth of seminary of historical and political science. Blackmar, 1889

 

A 35 year old Johns Hopkins University Ph.D., Frank Wilson Blackmar, was appointed professor of History and Sociology at the University of Kansas starting in the fall semester of 1889. He joined  the history and civics professor James Hulme Canfield to establish a joint seminary of historical and political science in Lawrence, Kansas. The seminary was to serve as a social scientific laboratory following the model of historical seminaries established earlier in German universities and later transferred to North American universities such as Johns Hopkins during the last third of the 19th century. Blackmar’s Ph.D. subjects were History, Political Economy and Literature and he taught a broad range of courses in political economy, sociology, cultural and intellectual history, as well as social policy at Kansas. He wrote textbooks for both economics and sociology but he eventually left economics for what he must have perceived to be the virgin fields of sociology, a career path similar to that taken by Franklin H. Giddings at Columbia. In 1919 he served as president of the American Sociological Association. 

Frank W. Blackmar served his university for forty years until being unceremoniously shown the door to retirement by his department in 1929. He was even forced to suffer the indignity of witnessing his own venerable sociology textbook dropped for a younger competitor.

Still Blackmar is of interest to us as one of the first generation wave of newly minted Ph.D.’s who were in search of their scientific fortune across the vast expanse of the United States at the end of the 19th century. He also serves as a reminder that the disciplinary wall between economics and sociology was then little more than a speed-bump compared to the well-fortified border today.

This is a long post so I provide the following intrapost links for ease of navigation:

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Frank Wilson Blackmar

1854. Born November 3 in West Springfield, Pennsylvania.

1874. Graduated at the Northwestern State Normal School at Edinboro, Erie county, Pennsylvania.

1874-75. Taught at West Mill Creek school at Erie.

1875-78. Taught in California public schools.

1878. Enrolled at the University of the Pacific (San Jose, California).

1881. Ph.B. with honors from the University of the Pacific.

1881-82. Taught mathematics in the San Jose High School.

1882-86. Professor of mathematics in the University of the Pacific

1884. A.M. in mathematics and literature from the University of the Pacific.

1885. Married Mary S. Bowman, daughter of Rev. G.B. Bowman, of San Jose.

1886-89. Graduate student and fellow of Johns Hopkins University.

1887-88. Instructor in history.
1888-89. Fellow in history and politics.
1889. June 13. Awarded Ph.D. Thesis: “Spanish Colonization in the Southwest.” Subjects: History, Political Economy and English.  Source: Johns Hopkins University, University Circulars, July 1889, p. 97.

1889-1929. University of Kansas.

1889-1899. Professor of history and sociology.
1889. Course in political economy. Thirteen students enrolled (University Kansan, September 27, 1889, p. 1)
1890. Course “Elements of Sociology” introduced.
1893. Course “Status of Woman” introduced.
1897. Course “Questions of Practical Sociology” introduced.
1897. Course “Remedial and Corrective Agencies” introduced.
1899-1912. Professor of sociology and economics.
1912-1926. Professor of sociology.
1899-1926. Head of the Department of Sociology.
1896-1922. Dean of the Graduate School
1929. Retirement forced at age 74 after 40 years of service to the University. His request to continue full-teaching and full-salary until June 1930 was denied.

1900-02. President of the Kansas Conference of Social Work.

1919. Ninth president of the American Sociological Society

1931. March 30. Died from influenza in Lawrence, Kansas.

Books, monographs, reports

The Study of History and Sociology. Topeka: Kansas Printing Office, 1890.

Spanish Colonization in the Southwest. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1890.

The History of Federal and State Aid to Higher Education. U.S. Bureau of Education, Circular of Information No. 9, 1890. Contributions to American Educational History, edited by Herbert B. Adams. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1890.

Spanish Institutions in the Southwest. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1891.

The Story of Human Progress, 1896.

Higher Education in Kansas. U.S. Bureau of Education, Circular of Information No. 2, 1890.

Economics. Topeka, Kansas: Crane & Company, 1900.

Spanish Colonial Policy. Publications of the American Economic Association. Vol. 1 (3), 1900, pp. 112-143.

The Study of History, Sociology, and Economics. Topeka, Kansas: Crane & Company, 1901.

The Life of Charles Robinson, the First Governor of Kansas. Topeka, Kansas: Crane & Company, 1902.

The Elements of Sociology. New York: The MacMillan Co., 1905.  [In the Citizen’s Library series ed. by Richard T. Ely]

Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. (2 vols.) edited by Frank W. Blackmar. Chicago: Standard Pub. Co. Volume I;  Volume II.

Economics for High Schools and Academies. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1907.

Report on the Penitentiary to Governor Geo. H. Hodges. Topeka, Kansas: Kansas State Printing Office, 1914.

Outlines of Sociology, with J.G. Gillin. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1915. [Published in series: Social Science Textbooks, edited by Richard T. Ely. Note: Ely’s own contribution to the series bears the analogous title “Outlines of Economics”]

First edition (1915);
Revised edition (1923);
Third edition (1930).

History of the Kansas State Council of Defense. Topeka, Kansas: Kansas State Printing Plant, December 1920.

Lawrence Social Survey (joint with Ernest W. Burgess). Topeka, Kansas: Kansas State Printing Plant, 1917.

Justifiable Individualism. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1922.

History of Human Society. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1926.

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Newspaper accounts regarding Blackmar’s appointment

PROF. BLACKMAR SELECTED.
A Good Man Elected to the New Chair of History and Sociology.

At the last meeting of the board of regents of the University, Prof. James H. Canfield recommended that instead of having an assistant as fixed by the legislature, a new chair be created to be known as History and Sociology. Prof. Canfield laid out the work to be pursued by each chair and two chairs were created by the regents as advised by him and he was allowed to have his choice and he took American History and Civics.

To-day the regents, after careful consideration of all the applicants, selected Prof. Frank W. Blackmar, who is taking an advanced course at Johns Hopkins University. Prof. Blackmar is a man of experience and is a graduate of the University of the Pacific at San Jose, Cal. For several years he has been professor of mathematics at that place. The following letter to the regents bears Mr. Blackmar good recommendations:

 

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY,
Baltimore, Md.

“The best man I can suggest for your purpose is Mr. F. W. Blackmar, our senior fellow in History and Politics. He was for some years professor in a California college before coming here and has just received an offer of $1500 to go to Mills College in that state. He used to receive $2000, but deliberately threw up a good place in mathematics for the sake of studying history. He is a man of fine character and ability with lots of hard sense and good tact, withal a good speaker and writer. I have employed him upon the most important of all the government monographs, the Relation of Federal and State Aid to Higher Education, a work covering the financial history of education in thirty-eight states. His report has just been accepted in Washington and will do Blackmar great honor. In fact he can get almost anything he wants after that report is published. You will be lucky if you catch him early and you will have to give him all the law allows. I shall recommend Blackmar to the vacancy arising at Bryn Mawr, where Woodrow Wilson used to be, if I am asked to nominate. Blackmar is married, has had experience as a co-educator, and has served as an assistant here, as well as a popular lecturer to workingmen. I have just answered three applications for professors, but have given you the best man

Very truly,
H. B. Adams.

 

With Professors Blackmar and Canfield in the political history department of the University, that department is sure to become one of the most attractive in the University.

Prof. Blackmar is a protectionist, a Republican and a member of the M. E. [Methodist Episcopal] church.

The “Athens of Kansas” welcomes Prof. and Mrs. Blackmar to her midst and we trust that they will find Lawrence a pleasant place in which to live. The success of securing such an able man is due largely to Prof. Canfield and Regent Spangler and the University is to be congratulated upon the new accession to the already strong faculty.

Source: The Evening Tribune, Lawrence, Kansas. Wednesday, May 8, 1889, p. 3.

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The New Chairs.

The University has taken so many strides towards the front during the past four or five years, that each step has ceased to attract special notice. But a change has just been made which deserves mention, and which has already attracted wide-spread attention and favorable comment.

For several years Professor Canfield has urged a division of his chair, that broader work might be offered in History and in Citizenship. The Board has never been able to meet the necessary expenses of such enlargement, and the work has been carried or driven toward success under many embarrassments.

But now the Regents find the funds on hand for a new chair, and have determined to establish it in this department. Accordingly a special committee has been in consultation with Professor Canfield, and together they have elaborated courses that are peculiarly attractive.

At his own request Professor Canfield retains the work in American History and Civics, which will hereafter be the title of his chair. American History is the favorite option. “Constitutional and Political History of the United States,” elaborated and given daily instead of three times a week. This work absorbs “Colonial History,” “Finance and Diplomacy of the Revolution,” and the “Federalist.” In addition to this will be offered work in Constitutional Law, Public Finance and Banking, Local Law and Administration, and International Law and Diplomacy.

The second chair will be History and Sociology.

It is not possible to say now who the new Professors will be, nor what work will be offered. But the two chairs will work together—the work of one really preparing for that of the other, and together they will make a strong team.

This division of the old chair gives just twice the latitude in choice of options and elections, and the number of students eager to avail themselves of this opportunity is very large.

LATER.

Prof. Frank W. Blackmar, formerly a Professor in the University of the Pacific, and at present a fellow in Johns Hopkins, has been appointed to the chair of History and Sociology, which was recently created by the division of Prof. Canfield’s work Prof. Blackmar comes with the best of recommendations, and will be a strong addition to the faculty.

Source: University Times, Lawrence, Kansas. Friday, May 10, 1889, p. 2.

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Prof. F. W. Blackmar.

The rumor as to the appointment of Prof. F. W. Blackmar of Johns Hopkins University has been proven true. Through the kindness of Regent Spangler the Journal is enabled to print the following letter concerning Mr. Blackmar:

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY,
BALTIMORE, Md., April 13, 1889.

To the Trustees of Kansas State University—Gentlemen:

Allow me strongly to recommend for your new chair of History and Sociology, Mr. F. W. Blackmar, our Senior Fellow in these subjects. He was for four years Professor of Mathematics in his alma mater, the University of the Pacific, where he proved such a good administrative officer that at one time he served as the deputy of the President. We have thought so highly of his ability as a teacher and as a manager of young men that last year we put him in charge of a large class in History in our undergraduate department. He taught the class to our entire satisfaction. This year as Fellow he has not been allowed to teach, but has given his entire attention to original investigation. Besides writing a scholarly thesis on “Spanish Colonization in the Southwest,” based upon Spanish and other original authorities, he has completed under my direction a most elaborate government report on “The Relation of Federal and State Aid to the Higher Education,” or a financial history of American Colleges and universities in so far as they have been supported or assisted by government appropriations. This report, I am confident, will give Mr. Blackmar a national reputation, for it will meet the needs of every State board of trustees and of all superintendents of education in these United States. In addition to this government and university work, Mr. Blackmar has lent a hand in various popular lecture courses which I have instituted here in Baltimore. I append the printed outlines of one or two of his lectures. He is a man who can go before the people, if necessary, and make himself understood on practical questions. He takes a strong interest in social science, or questions affecting the public health and welfare, such as Sanitation, Charities, the Relation of the State and City to the care of Paupers, the Insane, the Blind, the Deaf and Dumb, etc. If you should see fit to appoint Mr. Blackmar to Historical. Economic and Social Science, it would be wise to encourage him during the coming summer to visit the leading charitable institutions of New York and Massachusetts, and to acquire a practical knowledge of the best methods, from interviews with men like Mr. Brockway, of the Elmira Reformatory, and with Mr. F. S. Sanborn, long secretary of the State Board of Charities in Massachusetts, and at one time lecturer upon these subjects at Cornell University. There is a great field here for a well-trained University man. With knowledge of the best experience of the world he can promote the usefulness and economy of charitable institutions throughout an entire state or city. The Johns Hopkins University is pushing men into this new field. Two of our graduates in succession have served as Secretary of the Organized Charities of Baltimore. Another has similar position in Brooklyn. A fourth has just been made Secretary of the New York State Charities Aid Association, an office which brings him into active relation with all the charitable institutions of both city and state. I emphasize these facts because they show the practical bearings of Social Science when properly represented in a University.

Let me say, in conclusion, that Mr. Blackmar is a young man of excellent moral character, a Christian gentleman, married and in good health, although just now a little overworked while preparing for his degree as Doctor of Philosophy. He is perfectly safe in all economic and social questions and is naturally endowed with a good stock of common sense.

Very respectfully recommended,
H. B. Adams.
In charge of the Department of History and Politics.

Mr. Blackwar is 34 years of age and a native of Erie county, Pa. In 1874 he graduated at the Northwestern State Normal school at Edinboro, Erie county, Pa.; the following year he taught the West Mill Creek school at Erie, at the same time carrying on studies preparatory for college. In the autumn of 1875 he went to California and there engaged in teaching in the public schools for a term of three years; in 1878 entered the University of the Pacific, San Jose, California, and graduated from that institution in 1881 receiving the degree of Ph.B. The following year he engaged in teaching mathematics in the San Jose High School. In 1882 he was called to the chair of mathematics in the University of the Pacific which he filled acceptably for a term of four years. In 1884 he received the degree of A.M. on account of work done in mathematics and literature.

In the following year he was married to Miss Mary S. Bowman, daughter of Rev. G. B. Bowman, of San Jose.

In 1886 he entered Johns Hopkins University, when he was appointed instructor in 1887 and fellow in history and politics in 1888.

Source: Lawrence Daily Journal, Lawrence, Kansas. Friday, May 10, 1889, p. 3.

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Prof. Blackmar Elected.

Tuesday the board of regents after the consideration of all the applicants elected Prof. Frank W. Blackmar, who is now taking an advanced course at John Hopkins, to fill the associate chair in the history department. Prof. Blackmar is a graduate of the University of the Pacific, a republican, a prohibitionist, a Phi [Kappa] Psi. The following letter to the regents bears Prof. Blackmar good recommendations, and the Courier bids him welcome.

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY,
Baltimore, Md.

“The best man I can suggest for your purpose is Mr. F. W. Blackmar, our senior fellow in History and Politics. He was for some years professor in a California college before coming here and has just received an offer of $1500 to go to Mills College in that state. He used to receive $2000, but deliberately threw up a good place in mathematics for the sake of studying history. He is a man of fine character and ability with lots of hard sense and good tact, withal a good speaker and writer. I have employed him upon the most important of all the government monographs, the Relation of Federal and State Aid to Higher Education, a work covering the financial history of education in thirty-eight states. His report has just been accepted in Washington and will do Blackmar great honor. In fact he can get almost anything he wants after that report is published. You will be lucky if you catch him early and you will have to give him all the law allows. I shall recommend Blackmar to the vacancy arising at Bryn Mawr, where Woodrow Wilson used to be, if I am asked to nominate. Blackmar is married, has had experience as a co-educator, and has served as an assistant here, as well as a popular lecturer to workingmen. I have just answered three applications for professors, but have given you the best man

Very truly,
H.B. Adams.

Source: The University Courier, Lawrence, Kansas. Friday, May 10, 1889, p. 2.

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FRANK W. BLACKMAR

An extended sketch of Prof. Blackmar was given in The Courier last Spring, but for the benefit of the new students we reproduce a part of it. Prof. Blackmar is a native of Pa., and graduated from the Northwestern Normal School in 1874. He then went to California and taught a few years in the Public Schools of that State. He then entered the University of the Pacific, and graduated with honors with the class of ’81. He taught in the San Jose High School, and was then called back to the University of the Pacific to fill the chair of mathematics. This position he held until 1886, when he resigned to pursue a post graduate course in Johns Hopkins. During the year 1887-8, he was an instructor in History at that institution, and at the time of his election to the chair of History and Sociology in the University last spring, was a Fellow in History and Politics at Johns Hopkins. He is a member of Phi [Kappa] Psi Fraternity, having joined that organization while a student at the University of the Pacific. He took his degree of Ph.D. last June, at Johns Hopkins, the subjects covered in his course being History, Political Economy and English.

Source: The University Courier, Lawrence, Kansas. Friday, August 16, 1889, p. 2.

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Department of History, Politics and Sociology—A Circular Issued Covering the Work in that Department.

The department of history in the State University has just issued a circular covering the work in that department. By the division of the chair of history and the election of an additional professor in that department the long wished for equalizing of the course was attained and under the name of American History and Civics and History and Sociology the University presents as strong and comprehensive course in that line of college work as any other college in the country. In order that our readers may know for themselves the extent of this course and also the division of the work between Prof. Canfield and Prof. Blackmer we print the circular entire.

HISTORY, POLITICS AND SOCIOLOGY.

The following statement covers the work of the last two years of the University course, and is made in answer to many inquiries received by the instructors in charge of these topics.*

Instruction in History, Polities, and Sociology is given by means of lectures, recitations, discussions, conference, and personal direction in study and research. Special pains are taken to facilitate the use of the University library by students taking these topics; authorities closely connected with the work in hand being withheld from general circulation, and rendered more available by carefully prepared card indexes.

AMERICAN HISTORY AND CIVICS. — JAMES H. CANFIELD.

American History. — Instruction is given daily for two years in American History. The course has been prepared with especial care, with the thought that a thorough knowledge of the origin and development of the Nation is one of the most essential conditions of good citizenship. Marked attention is given to social life and institutional and industrial development; to the financial experiments of the general government, and to diplomatic relations; to the failure of the confederation, the struggle for the constitution, and to the text of the constitution itself; and to the constitutional and political history of the Union from 1789 to the present. For this the library now offers special facilities, in a complete Congressional Record, from the first Continental Congress to the present (including the Secret Journals and Diplomatic Correspondence), a complete set of Niles’ Register, and in a large collection of other public documents.

Local Administration and Law. — Lectures three times each week during the first term,† covering the management of public affairs in districts, townships, counties, cities, and States. This course is intended to increase the sense of the importance of home government, as well as to give instruction in its practical details.

Public Finance and Banking. — Lectures twice each week during the first term, on National, State, and municipal financiering; and on theoretical and practical banking, with the details of bank management.

Constitutional Law. — Lectures three times each week during the second term, on the constitution of the United States; with brief sketches of the institution and events that preceded its adoption, and with special attention to the sources and methods of its interpretation.

International Law and Diplomacy. — Lectures twice each week during the second term on the rise and growth of international law, and on the history of American diplomacy.

In all this work constant effort is made to determine the historic facts (as opposed to mere theorizing), to secure a fair presentation of opposing views, to promote free discussion and inquiry, and to encourage as complete personal investigation of all authorities as the University library permits. This method is thought to furnish the best conditions for sound opinion and individual judgment, while controlling neither.

HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY.
— FRANK W. BLACKMAR.

The aim in the following courses is to give a comprehensive knowledge of the great topics of history, and to investigate general social, political, and economic phenomena and theories — especially those of Europe.

Instruction will be given daily throughout the first term, as follows:

English History. — This course embraces a careful study of the English people and the growth of the English nation, including a general survey of race elements, and of social and political institutions.

The Intellectual Development of Europe. — A course of lectures tracing the history and philosophy of intellectual progress from early Greek society to modern times.
Particular attention is given to the influence of Greek philosophy, the Christian church, the relation of learning to liberal government, and of the rise of modern nationality.

Political Economy. — The fundamental and elementary principles will be discussed, and will be elaborated by descriptive and historical methods. A brief historical sketch of Political Economy may be given at the close of the course.

The second term’s work includes the following courses:

Institutional History. — Lectures three times each week, on Comparative Politics. The history of Germanic institutions will constitute the main body of the course.

The Rise of Democracy. — Lectures twice each week, on the rise of popular power and the growth of political liberty throughout Europe.

Elements of Sociology. — Lectures three times each week, on the evolution of social institutions from the primitive unit, the family; including a discussion of the laws and conditions which tend to organize society. The latter part of the course will be devoted to the elements of modern social science as preliminary to the consideration of the problems of the day.

Land and Land Tenures. — Twice each week. The course will begin with a discussion of the Roman land question and extend to the Feudal land systems of France and England, and thence to the consideration of modern land tenures of Great Britain and of the United States.

Practice Course in Economics. — A full term’s work applied in economics and in the elements of social science; consisting of conferences, discussions, practical ob-servation, and the preparation of a thesis of not less than twenty thousand words on some special topic selected by each student

All general correspondence should be addressed to the Chancellor of the University; special correspondence, to either of the instructors named in this circular.

*During the first two years of the University course, students have the subjects usually required in college courses — though with choice between four lines of work. (See University Catalogue.)

†The University year is divided into two terms, of equal length.

Source: Lawrence Daily Journal (Lawrence, Kansas), Sunday, July 14, 1889, p. 3.

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Seminary of Historical and Political Science.

Announcing the new Seminary

The Political Science Club has been succeeded by the Seminary of Historical and Political Science. This new society has been organized by Profs. J. H. Canfield and F. W. Blackmar. The membership of the society is limited to the department of History and Political Science, students having two or more studies in that department being active members and those having less than two studies being associate members.

This new association will embrace all of the best features of the Political Science Club, besides several new features. From his two years’ experience with the Political Science Club, Prof. Canfield is able to accept only those features that have proven to be practical. Under the new management the Seminary is expected to be even more interesting and valuable an adjunct to the department, in the future, than the Political Science Club has been in the past.

Source: University Kansan (Lawrence, Kansas), Friday, September 27, 1889, p. 2.

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First Annual Symposium of the Seminary of Historic and Political Science of K. S. U.

A short time ago invitations were sent out to the members of the Political Seminary, and last evening a goodly number of both active and corresponding members assembled for the first annual reception and banquet. The guests were received by Prof. J. H. Canfield, director, and Prof. Blackmar, vice-director of the Seminary; and at 8:45 the line of march was taken up for room 15, which served for a banquet hall as well as a lecture room.

Here an excellent repast was served by young lady students of the University, after which Director Canfield announced the Symposium proper. The director spoke at some length of the work accomplished in the past year, giving a list of the more important papers presented, and announced that for next year papers on subjects of interest were promised by Geo. R. Peck, of Topeka; Frank H. Betton, labor commissioner of Kansas; Judge Humphrey, of Junction City; Judge Emery, D. S. Alford, Rev. Ayers, Charlie Scott and Dr. Howland.

Prof. Canfield then introduced Vice-Director Blackmar, and asked him to compare the work done by the seminary here with the same class of work in eastern colleges. Prof. Blackmar gave a short account of the present mode of studying history and political economy, saying that it was of recent date. Comparisons with Yale, Johns Hopkins and the University of Michigan, show that the work here is as thorough as at any of those institutions. The study of the Science of History has risen into prominence, as has the study of the natural sciences, and furnishes as good mental training as do the languages or even mathematics.

At the close of Prof. Blackmar’s speech Prof. Canfield announced the real topic of the occasion, “The University in its Relation to the People,” and called on Gov. Robinson to tell of the early struggle for a university in Kansas. The governor then told in his own happy manner of the early endeavors to secure a university in Kansas, of the first faculty and how it was selected for policy’s sake, of the work that the regents had to do even in the first years of the University. His hope that the present director of the seminary would never leave the University was heartily applauded.

The time having arrived when three minute speeches were in order, Prof.

Canfield called on Mr. H. F. M. Bear to talk on the “Influence of the University in the Community.” Mr. Bear opened with a story, and when that was finished so were his three minutes.

“What a University Course in Worth to the Bar of the State” was responded to by Judge Humphrey; the judge said “That a thorough collegiate education is becoming more and more recognized as a necessity in the lawyer’s profession; that the most important function of a state school is to equip men for good, honest lawyers.”

“The University Man in Politics” was discussed by A. L. Burney, of the class of ’90, “The true duty of the University graduate in politics is to be a leader, following the teachings of the golden rule.”

Colonel O. E. Learnard, in responding to “the University man” in connection with the press, said: “It was not a good plan to mix a University training with newspaper work, but that men should graduate from the University into the newspaper profession.”

Prof. Canfield, introducing the next speaker, congratulated the University in having begun right in the matter of co-education.

Miss Hunnicut, a post-graduate student in Political Science, spoke on “Post-Graduate Work, the link between the University and practical life;” thought the course too short, should be two years instead of one — this was the only opportunity offered the student to do original work.

“University boys’ outing life” was assigned to C. E. Esterley. Mr. Esterley declared that the University boys were always successful after leaving school.

“What the University can and does do for women,” was discussed by Miss Reasoner — class of ’90. Miss Reasoner is a pleasing speaker and was listened to with close attention,

Prof. Blake in speaking on “the University and applied science,” said that everything in K.S.U. depended on the crops in Kansas, and as the crop prospect was good this year, so was the outlook for applied sciences hopeful in our University. The object in giving our young men instruction in the shops was not that they might be laborers, but directors of our great industrial enterprises in the West.”

This closed the program of a most successful meeting, and Prot. Canfield then declared the assembly adjourned for one year.

Those present were: Prof. J. H. Canfield, director; Prof. F. W. Blackmar, vice-director; Misses Lockwood, Dunn, Spencer, Reasoner and Hunnicutt; Judge Humphrey, Gov. Robinson, Dr. Howland, Rev. Mr. Ayres, B. W. Woodward, D. S. Alford, Col. O. E. Learnard, Prof. Blake, and Messrs. Chapman, Esterly, Liddeke, Slosson, Burney, Mushrush, Bear, Roberts, Morse, Hill, Wilmoth.

Source: Lawrence Daily Journal (Lawrence, Kansas), Thursday, June 5, 1890, p. 4.

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Blackmar on place of political economy 

ECONOMIC POLITICS. — One branch of political economy falls directly within the scope of history, and this is what may be termed economic politics, or that part of political economy which has to do with the action of the state concerning economical development. This has been called “Historico-Political Economy,” as treated by the historian. It deals less with economic life as a philosophy, and more with the practical affairs of economic legislation. As such it might assume the German name of “National Economy,” only that it would include more than is here intended. It is a separate study from the science of Political Economy as now constituted. However, in the earlier conditions of the science, and to a certain extent now among some French and German writers, political policies are confused with the science of political economy.

Within the scope of economic politics should be grouped those social and economic movements which have been directly connected with the political changes that have taken place in states. Some of the so-called political institutions have their direct cause of existence, in social or economic movements. The so-called new school, or, what is more explanatory, the “historical school” of political economists, in contradistinction to the old or “deductive” school, base their operations upon historical conditions rather than upon a priori arguments. Consequently, the association of political economy with the study of history has become common. It is true, on the one hand, that science of political economy that struggles with a priori principles, ideal men, ideal nations, and ideal conditions, was released from many of its defects when a careful search into historical conditions was made. On the other hand, there is a politico-economic history of nations which may be incorporated with the study of history proper, and still allow Political Economy to retain its own province undisturbed. It is this phase of political history which should come under the head of economic politics. The study of Political Economy as an independent science will be treated of under that heading.

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Such was the condition of the study of history in the American college up to a recent period, that the dull, dry conning of the facts of universal history with the chief idea of knowing the facts of the world’s history only to forget them, was the recognized process. President Adams tells us that during the first two centuries of the existence of Harvard College, the study of history consisted in spending one hour at eight o’clock on Saturday mornings in the hearing of compositions and the reciting of history, both ancient and modern. In 1839 a special chair for the study of history was endowed for the college, yet it was not until 1870 that there was any real change in the method pursued of conning history. At that time two men were employed, where before one man did all of the work. From this time there was rapid improvement. The condition in Yale and in Columbia was not much better than that in Harvard; in Yale the entire services of one man were not required until after 1868, to teach history, and it was not until 1877 that another man was put into the field.

In 1857 President White, of Cornell, instituted the study of history in the University of Michigan, and used the historic method employed in Germany with some modifications. This method was adopted in Cornell in 1870, and in Johns Hopkins in 1876, at the commencement of its career. With these beginnings a rapid progress has been made towards the treatment of history from a scientific standpoint. From this time the best institutions of America abandoned the old, dull process of memorizing and forgetting the facts of history without making good use of those facts. But this progress is not equal to the progress made in the old-world institutions in the organization and arrangement of courses and the number of separate fields of study. The methods used are somewhat the same.

Modern methods of historical teaching have for their chief points the systematic work of the student under the intelligent direction of the instructor. The process involves an investigation of materials, a search after the truth, a study of particular phases of historical truth, a comparison and classification of material, and an analysis of results. History is to be studied because it is interesting, and to be followed for the truth it will yield. In all of this the facts of history must not be ignored, nor the careful reading of standard authorities neglected. But the instruction works upon the principle that a person engaged in an interesting pursuit of the truth of history will retain by real knowledge of the subject the facts which if learned by rote without understanding would soon leave him.

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The MODERN SEMINARY furnishes a means of bringing together those most interested and most advanced, for the special study of subjects in history or in political and in social economy. This method, now almost universal in the foremost institutions, is of German origin, and constitutes the germ of the modern method. The seminary had its origin with the class taught by Leopold von Ranke, and from that time has been greatly improved in Germany, and extensively adopted in America. The seminary represents the historical laboratory, and each meeting should be a clearing-house of the actual work done. The object of the seminary is to develop individual thought and investigation, and to test the same by criticism and discussion. Another beneficial result will be the development in a practical way of the best methods of study. We have laboratory work in physics, chemistry, and in most of the natural sciences; if history is to be taught as a science, it must not ignore this great means of investigation. Its work may not always be original, for the word original should be used with much care in its application to any study. It must be sufficiently individual and independent that the student may verify truth by his own investigation, and learn to exercise his own judgment concerning the materials before him. The undergraduate courses in chemistry or physics seldom go beyond this in their laboratory work. The seminary is an association of individuals coöperating in the pursuit of historical truth, using scientific methods in study, research, and presentation. It should represent the highest and best work of any department or group of departments working on kindred subjects.

But whatever methods are pursued, it must be kept in mind that there are scientific processes involved, and scientific results must be expected. The chief benefits to be derived from the study of history, or of the different branches of history and sociology, are similar to those of all other sciences.

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Professor R.T. Ely wrote an Introduction to Political Economy which was more or less sociological in its nature, and which assumed that Political Economy was a branch of Sociology. Subsequently a controversy arose as to the relative position of Economics and Sociology, which has been finally settled by Sociology taking and maintaining an independent position in the category of social sciences. While nearly everything relating to society has been called, at different times, Sociology, there is to-day a well-established body of knowledge, well-defined principles, and a distinct boundary of the science of Sociology.

A word must be said about the treatment of what is known as “social science” in a peculiar way, as if the only province of sociology was to care for broken-down and imperfect society; and that sociology has to deal only with social problems, and not with the rational development of human society. It must be acknowledged that the value of the study of charities and corrections cannot be overestimated, and that as representative of the position of a certain phase of social disorganization, the study of these is invaluable. These studies represent the outcrop pings of society, and just as a ledge in the mountains will show by its nature the condition of the original bed, so these parts of disorganized society will show the nature of the true structure. So, also, as it treats chiefly in its scientific methods of the reorganization of society, there is an opportunity offered for the application of the best results of the study of sociology.

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THE STUDY OF ECONOMICS.

INSTRUCTION in economics has been for many years a part of the regular course of nearly every college and university in the land, and has recently been making rapid advancement in the secondary schools. There has been rather more controversy respecting its scope than of the methods employed in study and instruction. Some have contended that as Economics is an abstract science its scope is narrow, comprising only the body of principles and laws that have been drawn from concrete experience. Others have broadened the subject to include much that rightfully belongs to sociology and political science. Others have adopted the historical method to such an extent as to exclude all scientific nature of the subject, reducing it to a mere relation of facts concerning the industrial affairs of the nation. As usual, extremists may be of service in quickening thought, but they seldom hit upon the correct solution of problems that concern a large number of people. While it is proper and unavoidable to hold to the abstract or deductive political economy, it is also necessary to carry on concrete investigations by the inductive method. Nor must industrial history be neglected, for this makes a strong background for the science and enables the student to approach the subject from a new point of view. If a student will observe the following analysis and obtain a thorough knowledge of the subjects enumerated therein, he will have a fair knowledge of the science of Economics from every essential point of view. This analysis represents the essentials of economics; more would be superfluous and less would be insufficient. True, there are many subjects more or less directly related to economics, such as economic statistics, economic ethics, and economic jurisprudence, but they do not make up the body of the subject as a science.

CLASSIFICATION OF ECONOMICS.

  1. Classification according to the nature and logic of the science:
    1. Pure or abstract Political Economy.
      1. Laws, principles, and theories.
    2. Applied economics.
      1. Verification of laws and principles in concrete economic life.
      2. Practical investigation into economic phenomena, general or special, and classification and deduction of the same.
      3. Consideration of ideal standards and the means of approximating them.
    3. History of economic thought.
    4. Industrial history.
    5. Methodology of the science.
  2. Classification according to agencies:
    1. Private or non-political economics.
    2. Public or political economics.
      1. Public control of industries.
      2. Taxation and finance so far as related to economics.

While this outline carefully followed would give a student a fair knowledge of economics, it is not possible for him to have such knowledge with a narrower scope. Every point of the science is carefully fortified with concrete examples of economic life, and the progress of the industries acquaints one with the causes of changes or the process of economic evolution.

METHODS OF STUDY.

The chief difficulty met by the instructor in economics is to separate the principles and laws of economics from theoretical discussion. Theory of economics may have an important place in the class-room, but it is simply discouraging to find in an ordinary economic library that theory occupies so great a place in nearly all books on the subject. If economics is a science, what are its principles, what are its laws, and what the great body of classified knowledge that makes up the real elements of the science? In beginning the subject, then, it is necessary for the instructor to define carefully the boundary of the science. The student wants to know somewhat definitely the scope and purpose of the subject. If there is a science of economics, he wants to know definitely what is comprised in the body of classified knowledge it represents, and what are the laws and principles involved in its scientific processes.

After determining the scope of the science his next difficulty is in the classification of its subject-matter. This in itself is a difficult question; nor is the difficulty confined to economics, for it abounds in all social sciences and extends to considerable extent in the physical sciences. He will find the logical and comprehensive classification of either economic principles or economic phenomena a most difficult process. If the instructor or student can find the above conditions met in a well-arranged text-book the trouble is half over, for the principles of economic science are not difficult. Such a text-book should contain all of the essentials of the science, and should eliminate all controversial points and theories not yet well founded. For the discussion of theories, the elaboration of special topics, and the consideration of the views of economists, the student, like the instructor, must go to the library. For beginning classes this library should consist of a few carefully chosen books, each with a specific purpose. The library method in economics is largely the composition method, or possibly the compilation method. The student gets a re-statement of the principle of the text or lecture, either from a different point of view or in a more extended discourse. Great care should be taken to prevent a rambling course of reading, which is frequently carried on to the confusion of the student.

After the elements have been fairly well mastered the future work of the student should be on one or more of the great topics in economics, such as Money and Monetary Theories; Banking; Taxation and Finance; Industrial History; History and Theory of Economics: or the student may work on special themes, following them to the utmost limit, such as Capital, Wages, Interest, Labor Organization, Prices, etc.

In all this study the instructor and student must not forget to go to the concrete for verification, for illustration, and, so far as possible, for investigation. He must not forget that economic life and economic society are all about him, and the processes of economic practice, change and growth are to be observed at any time he will take the pains to inquire into their operations.

So long as the operations on the farm, the management of the household, the conduct of the factory, the operation of a bank, and the management of a railroad are ever present, the student from the beginning to the end of his course may find by actual study of the concrete the operation of the laws and processes of economics. Some difficulty will be met in teaching beginners to discriminate between the production of wealth in our economic sense and the technology of wealth-getting. In all concrete investigation this is to be carefully considered. For it is the general processes of production and their effects upon the market and upon society as a whole that interest the economist. Economics will not teach a boy how to carry on agriculture, or manufacturing; it will not teach him how to grow wealthy, except that as he studies finance, taxation, money, banking, production and distribution of wealth, he will have developed a tendency of thought, and an intelligence which would make him a better business man, a better financier, if he puts his knowledge to the proper use. The subjects treated in a general way will prepare a man theoretically if not technically for a business life. And without doubt, universities will eventually develop schools of commerce, trade, banking, business, and public service, which will give a professional and technical education in the great lines of industrial life.

The student must keep his eyes turned constantly upon the economic life around him if he would keep his knowledge from becoming visionary and non-vital. By a careful study of the actual operations of society in regard to questions of wealth and well-being, he will develop a practical knowledge of affairs that will be of service to himself personally and to the public at large. He will also find it convenient and profitable to consider the defects of economic life as compared with an ideal standard of justice, and set up a program of action. It is true that here he enters the field of economic ethics. If he then searches for a remedy for existing evils he enters economic politics. Yet economics as a science cannot be said to have worked out its purpose until it has become utilitarian in its attempt to better social conditions. It will not have done its duty until it inquires what ought to be. It should determine how the economic system of the world might bring a larger measure of justice to men, and plan such measures to be acted upon by the public to bring about a better condition of affairs. Every science must in the ultimate be of practical service to humanity if it has a reason to exist, and economics is especially adapted to render great service to humanity if properly studied and wisely taught.

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SELECTED REFERENCES.

[History]

ADAMS, C. K. — On Methods of Teaching History.

ADAMS, C. K. — Recent Historical Work in Colleges and Universities of America.

ADAMS, H. B. — Special Methods of Historical Study.

ADAMS, H. B. — New Methods of Study in History.

ALLEN, W. F. — Grades and Topics in Historical Study.

BLACKMAR, F. W. — The Story of Human Progress.

BERNHEIM, ERNST. — Lehrbuch der Historischen Methode.

BURGESS, J. W. — The Methods of Historical Study in Columbia College.

CALDWELL, H. W. — American History Studies.

DIESTERWEG, G. — Instruction in History.

DROYSEN, JOH., GUS. — Grundriss der Historik.

DROYSEN, JOH., GUS. — Principles of History. (Tr. by ANDREWS.)

EMERTON, E. — The Historical Seminary in American Teaching.

FLINT, ROBERT. — The Philosophy of History.

FLING, CHARLES MORROW. — Studies in European History.

FREEMAN, E. A. — Methods of Historical Study.

GETSCHELL, MERLE S. — The Study of Mediæval History by the Library Method.

HALL, G. STANLEY. — Methods of Teaching and Studying History.

HART, ALBERT BUSHNELL. American History told by Contemporaries.

LORENZ, OTTOKER. — Geschichtswissenschaft.

MACE, WILLIAM H. — Method in History.

MAURENBRECHER, WILHELM. — Geschichte und Politik.

[Sociology]

BLUNTSCHLI, J. K. — The Modern State.

CROOKER, J. H. — Problems in American Society.

DE GREEF, GUILLAUME. — Introduction a la Sociologie.

FAIRBANKS, ARTHUR. — Introduction to the Study of Society.

GIDDINGS, F. H. — Principles of Sociology; Sociology and Political Economy.

COMTE, AUGUST. — The Positive Philosophy.

KELLY, EDMOND. — Government, or Human Evolution.

LOTZE, HERMANN. — Microcosmus.

SEELYE, JULIUS H. — Citizenship.

SMALL, ALBION W. — Introduction to the Study of Society.

SMALL, ALBION W. — Methodology in Sociology.

SMITH, R. M. — Statistics and Sociology.

SPENCER, HERBERT. — Principles of Sociology.

SPENCER, HERBERT. — The Study of Sociology.

WARNER, AMOS G. — American Charities.

WARD, LESTER F. — Dynamic Sociology.

WARD, LESTER F. — Outlines of Sociology.

WILSON, WOODROW. — The State.

WRIGHT, CARROLL D. — Statistics in Colleges.

WRIGHT, CARROLL D. — Practical Sociology.

[Economics]

BLACKMAR, F. W. — Economics.

COSSA, LUIGI. — Introduction to the Study of Political Economy.

ELY, R. T. — Outlines of Economics.

ELY, R. T. — The Past and Present of Political Economy.

GIDDINGS, F. H. — The Sociological Character of Political Economy.

INGRAM, J. K. — The History of Political Economy.

SMITH, R. M. — Statistics and Economics.

Source: Frank W. Blackmar, The Study of History, Sociology, and Economics, pp. 7-8, 30-31, 56-58, 66-67, 83-89. Published in the series Twentieth Century Classics, No. 17 (January 1901). Topeka, Kansas: Crane & Company.

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New Staff, New Names
Rebranding

The New Professors.

The resignation of Prof. James H. Canfield, regretted by all, has led to the reorganization of the work in history and political and social science. The two departments formerly known as those of American History and Civics, and History and Sociology respectively, have been combined into the one department of History and Sociology. This department is in charge of Prof. Frank Wilson Blackmar, Ph.D. To assist in the instruction in this department, the Board has elected F. H. Hodder, Ph.D., to be Associate Professor, and E.D. Adams Ph.D., to be Assistant Professor. Dr. Hodder is taken from the faculty of Cornell University. He has for the last year been pursuing historical studies in the University of Freiburg, Germany. He comes to the University of Kansas with a fine reputation for scholarship and teaching ability. Dr. Adams is a young man, a graduate of the University of Michigan and a brother of Prof. Henry C. Adam’s. Michigan University’s professor of Political Economy and Finance. Dr. Adams comes to the University with many good words from the strong men of eastern institutions.

Source: The Lawrence Gazette (Lawrence, Kansas). Thursday, August 6, 1891, p. 2.

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New name: Department of History and Sociology (1891)

Since the publication of the last number of Seminary Notes, several important changes have taken place. First, Mr. E.D. Adams was elected Assistant in History and Sociology. Soon after this Professor Canfield resigned his professorship to go to Nebraska. Immediately after accepting his resignation, the Regents consolidated the two historical departments, under the title of History and Sociology, and elected Mr. F. H. Hodder Associate Professor. It necessarily follows that the editorial staff of Seminary Notes has two new men in the place of Professor Canfield. The present editors will carry out the original plan of the publication with such improvements as may be made from time to time.

We are glad to learn of the prosperity of the former director of the Seminary, Chancellor James A. Canfield. The number of students enrolled in the University of Nebraska is thirty per cent, greater than last year. A new Law course has been established in the university. Upon the whole the new Chancellor of Nebraska is doing just what his friends predicted — making a great success of his new work. The University of Nebraska is to be congratulated that it was able to secure such an efficient man as Chancellor Canfield.

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The senior professor [Frank W. Blackmar] in the department of History and Sociology is highly gratified that the Regents of the University have again displayed their wisdom in electing two able men to positions in the department. They are young men of scholarly habits and marked ability. Professor Hodder, Associate in American History and Civics, was born at Aurora, Ill., November 6, 1860. He graduated at Michigan University in 1883, having studied history under Prof. C.K. Adams, and political economy under Prof. H.C. Adams. He was principal of the High School at Aurora. Afterwards he went to Cornell University, where he was instructor and later Assistant Professor in Political Economy from 1885 to 1890. During the last year he has been studying at the universities of Göttingen and Freiburg, under Von Hoist, Conrad and others. He is an able instructor.

Mr. E.D. Adams, Assistant in History and Sociology, was born at Decorah, Iowa, in 1865. He was a student in Iowa College, 1883 to 1885; student in the University of Michigan 1885 to 1887, taking the degree of A.B. in 1887, was principal of the High School at McGregor, Iowa, 1887 to 1888, and student of the University of Michigan for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 1888 to 1890. In 1890 he took the degree of Ph.D. Since 1890 he has been connected with the census work on street railways, and since December has held the position of special agent in charge of street railways. He is doing good work in Kansas University.

Source: Seminary Notes published by the Seminary of Historical and Political Science, Vol. I, No. 2 (October 1891), pp. 39-40.

Image Source: Kansas yearbook,The Jayhawker 1901, p. 18. Colorized by Economics in the Rear-view Mirror.
Cf. portrait of Herbert Baxter Adams posted earlier. His master’s look?