For Undergraduates.
Economics B1: The Principles of Economics.—A survey of the
principles of economics in the first and second terms is followed in the
third term by a study of the bearing of these principles upon present
American conditions. Instruction will be given by lectures, assigned readings,
reports, and discussions. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours).
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10-11. Cabell Hall. Professir Page, Mr.
Graves.
Government B1: United States Government.—This course begins with
a brief discussion of fundamental political concepts so far as is necessary
for an understanding of the American system. Then follows a description of
the departments of the government, their organization and work, the
relation of the states to the federal government, constitutional limitations,
and political parties. The third term includes a survey of political tendencies
in the United States. Discussion of comparative government runs
through the course. Instruction is given by lectures, text-book study,
assigned readings, and written reports. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 1-2. Cabell Hall. Adjunct Professor
Rogers and Mr. N. E. Oglesby.
Commercial Geography B1: General Survey.—The agricultural, industrial
and artistic production of the various nations of the world, the
conditions governing the markets, the laws of international exchange, the
development of trade relations and a summary of the history of commerce
and the shifting, with time, of trade routes. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours
of electives-at-large.) Adjunct Professor Babdin. Omitted in 19161917.
Commercial Geography B2; Economic Geography of Latin-America.—
A general survey of the civilizations, past and present, of the Republics
of South and Central America and Mexico. First term: a study of the
physical geography and climate of the region, with map-making and parallel
reading; the history and ethnology of the native races. Second term:
the Spanish Conquest and Colonial Empire, and the South American Revolution;
the growth of the modern states, the origins of republicanism,
and the consequences of the economic and political anarchy of this epoch.
Third term: the economic and racial status of the present-day republics,
and the tendencies of their growth and development, as predicated by
history and economic conditions. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours of
electives-at-large.) Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 3:30-4:30. Rotunda, S. E.
Adjunct Professor Bardin.
Commercial Law B1: A detailed study of the fundamental and important,
rather than the technical, principles of those subjects of which
some knowledge is necessary in ordinary commercial transactions, including
Contracts, Negotiable Instruments, Agency, Partnership, Bailments and
Carriers, Sales of Personal Property, Insurance. Instruction is given in
the practical drafting of business documents, such as, Simple Contracts,
Powers of Attorney, Articles of Co-Partnership. Mortgages, Deeds of
Trust and Bills of Sale. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours of electives-at-large.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1-2. Minor Hall. Mr. Hyde.
