b. Courses in 1921-'22.
It is also planned to offer in 1921-22 one or more of the following
courses, depending upon the number of registrants:
A full year course in Transportation, including railroads, inland waterways,
and ocean systems, with particular reference to freight rates and
traffic problems from the points of view both of the general business
community and of those who plan to enter transportation as a vocation.
A full year course in Insurance, devoting one term each to property
insurance, life insurance, and social insurance.
A full year course in Labor Supply and Organization, involving a discussion
of immigration and the working class population, the extent and
character of employment and unemployment, the movement for standards
of labor legislation, trade unions and their policies, employment
management and wage systems, labor disputes and agencies of industrial
conciliation.
A full year course in the Economics of Agriculture, approaching the
problems of farm management from the point of view of the farm as a
business enterprise as well as considering the relation of agriculture to
the whole industrial system. Among the topics to be investigated are:
the changing social conditions of rural life, the forms of land tenure,
large farms vs. small farms, intensive vs. extensive farming, specialized
as compared with diversified farming, the status and wages of farm labor,
the influence of farm machinery, farmers' business organizations,
agricultural credit, the marketing and distribution of farm products.
