Source: Smith College, Classbook 1920, p. 238.
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The following pages come from the 1919-20 catalogue of Smith College. It was the last year that Charles Franklin Emerick (Columbia economics Ph.D., 1897), the subject of the previous post, taught at Smith. This post provides lists of faculty and courses in economics and sociology.
The above quote from Professor Chapin comes from the chapter “Jokes and Cartoons” in the Smith yearbook of 1920. Sounds like a funny statistics class and I don’t mean ha-ha funny.
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ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY
[FACULTY]
Charles Franklin Emerick, Ph. D., Professor of Economics and Sociology on the Robert A. Woods Foundation
F. Stuart Chapin, Ph. D., Professor of Economics and Sociology on the Mary Huggins Gamble Foundation [Absent for first semester.]
Esther Lowenthal, Ph. D., Associate Professor
Chase Going Woodhouse, A. M., Assistant Professor
Julius Drachsler, A. M., Assistant Professor
Ella Lauchner Smith, A. M., Instructor
Ruth Wedgewood Doggett, A. B., Instructor
COURSES OF STUDY
The grade of each course is indicated by the first digit of the number. Grade I courses (primarily for Freshmen and Sophomores) have numbers beginning with 1; Grade II courses (primarily for Sophomores and Juniors) have numbers beginning with 2; and so on.
A. Economics
21. Outlines of Economics.A survey of Economic principles and such problems as trusts, railway rates, trade unions, the tariff, and money. Three hours, through the year. M. T. W. at 9 in S. 16; Th. F. S. at 9 in C. H. 1. Professor Emerick, Associate Professor Lowenthal.
311. Economic History of England.The history of English forms of industrial organization as a background for the critical study of modern capitalism. Three hours, through the year. Th. F. S. at 10 in S. 17. Miss Smith.
[312a. American Industrial Development.Special treatment of the agricultural, manufacturing, and commercial expansion of the United States. Three hours, first semester. Omitted in 1919-1920.]
[31a. History and Theories of Economic Control.The relations of the state and the individual in matters of trade and industry based on English history. For students who have taken one course in the Department. Three hours, first semester. M. T. W. at 10 in Lib. 9. Associate Professor Lowenthal. Omitted in 1919-1920.]
[31b. The Labor Movement. The wage system, trade unions, labor legislation. For students who have taken one course in the Department. Three hours, second semester. M. T. W. at 10 in Lib. 9. Associate Professor Lowenthal. Omitted in 1919-1920.]
32a. Money, Banking, Credit, and Foreign Exchange. For students who have taken 21 or 31a. Three hours, first semester. Th. F. S. at 11 in S. 26. Professor Emerick.
32b. Corporation Finance and the Railway Problem. For students who have taken 21 or 31a. Three hours, second semester. Th. F. S. at 11 in S. 26. Professor Emerick.
33a. Economic Theory and Theory of Socialism, 1776-1875. The classical economists, Adam Smith to Cairnes. The Ricardian Socialists and Karl Marx. For students who have taken 21 or 31a, or by special permission. Three hours, first semester. Associate Professor Lowenthal.
36. Economic Theory and Theory of Socialism from 1875. A critical study of the changes in economic thought since the time of John Stuart Mill and in socialist theory since Karl Marx. For students who have taken 21 or 31a, or by special permission. Three hours, second semester. Assistant Professor Woodhouse.
34a. Economics of Consumption. A study in the cost of living and the retail market. Three hours, first semester. M. at 10 in B. H. 6 T. W. at 10 in G. H. Assistant Professor Woodhouse.
34b. The Elements of Public Finance. Governmental revenues and expenditures, with special emphasis upon modern forms of taxation. For students who have taken 21 or 31a. Three hours, second semester. M. T. W. at 10 in Lib. 9. Associate Professor Lowenthal.
35b. Economic Aspects of Reconstruction.Three hours, second semester. M. T. W. at 9 in Lib. 9. Assistant Professor Woodhouse.
B. Sociology
26a. The Principles of Sociology. Three hours, first semester. M. T. W. at 10 in G. H. at 11 in C. H. 1; Th. F. S. at 12 in S. 17. Professor Chapin, Assistant Professors Woodhouse and Drachsler, Miss Smith.
26b. Social Economy. The problem of poverty, its causes, relief, and prevention. Methods of dealing with the defective and delinquent classes. For students who have taken 26a. Three hours, second semester. M. T. W. at 10 in G. H. and B. H. 6; at 11 in C. H. 1; Th. F. S. at 12 in S. 17. Professor Chapin, Assistant Professors Woodhouse and Drachsler, Miss Smith.
[36a. The Social, Economic, and Political Status of Women: A comparative and historical study. For students who have taken 21 or 26. Three hours, first semester. Th. F. S. at 10 in S. 17. Omitted in 1919-1920.]
[36b. The Family and Child Problems. For students who have taken 21 or 26. Three hours, second semester. Th. F. S. at 10 in S. 17. Omitted in 1919-1920.]
[37a. Methods of Social Research. A critical study of the Social Survey in England and America, and a study of the methods of investigation used by commissions of the Federal and State Governments. For students who have taken one course in Economics and one course in Sociology. Three hours, first semester. M. T. W. at 11 in Lib. 9. Professor Chapin. Omitted in 1919-1920.]
37b. Social and Economic Statistics. Population problems, the standard of living, and problems of human inheritance statistically treated, Variation and correlation. Methods of charting and graphic portrayal. For students who have taken one course in Economics and one course in Sociology. Three hours, second semester. M. T. W. at 11 in Lib. 9. Professor Chapin.
39a. History of Social Theories: Beginnings of Sociological Thought. A comparative study of some basic contributions of primitive, ancient and medieval society to modern social theories. For students who have taken Economics 21, Sociology 26, or Philosophy 31 or 32. Three hours, first semester. M. T. W. at 9 in C. 6. Assistant Professor Drachsler.
39b. History of Social Theories: Modern Sociological Thought. A comparative study of leading modern social theories with reference to the development of a comprehensive social science. For students who have taken Economics 21, Sociology 26, or Philosophy 31 or 32. Three hours, second semester. M. T. W. at 9 in C. 6. Assistant Professor Drachsler.
The Majors
Economics
Based on 21.
Essential Courses: Three courses in Economics above Grade II, including 32a.
Optional Courses: Sociology 26 and any course in Economics or Sociology above Grade II.
Mathematics 23 (Recommended with Sociology 37 for students preparing for economic or social investigation.)
History—any course above Grade II.
Sociology
Based on 26.
Essential Courses: 21, and two Grade III courses in Sociology.
Optional Courses: Economics—any courses.
History 342, 343,347.
Mathematics 23.
Philosophy 32, 314, 315, 317, 318.
Zoology 21, 31, 35, 41.
Source: Catalogue of Smith College 1919-1920 (October, 1919), pp. 62-64. Another copy of the 1919-20 Catalogue at www.archive.org.
Image Source: Faculty picture of F. Stuart Chapin in the Smith College Classbook 1920, p. 19.