JAMES WILSON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS.
Professor Thomas Walker Page.
Adjunct Professor Bardin.
Adjunct Professor Rogers.
Mr. Hyde.
Mr. Graves.
Mr. N. E. Oglesby.
Students are advised not to take Economics B1, Commercial Law B1,
or Commercial Geography B2, before their second year in college.
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.
For Undergraduates and Graduates.
Economics C1: The Growth of American Industry and Commerce:
Economics B1 or the equivalent, prerequisite.—Economic principles as illustrated
by American experience, with a study of the influence of economic
conditions upon American social and political development. The work is
mainly topical and the topics receiving chief emphasis vary from year to
year. Professor Page. Offered in alternate years with Economics C2.
Omitted in 1916-1917.
Economics C2: Public Finance, Money and Banking: Economics B1
or the equivalent, prerequisite.—First and second terms: The general principles
of public finance, with a detailed investigation of state and local
taxation. Third term: The financial institutions and methods of the Federal
Government. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11-12. Professor Page.
Government C1: Municipal Government: Government B1 or the equivalent,
prerequisite.—The causes and characteristics of urban growth and the
various forms of municipal government that have been tried in the United
States and in Europe, with special attention to the question of home rule,
the newer forms of city government, and problems of municipal administration.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 12-1. Cabell Hall. Adjunct Professor
Rogers.
Only one of the following courses will be given in 1916-1917.
Government C2: Recent State Constitutions: Government B1 or the
equivalent, prerequisite.—The problems of reconstructing state government,
and the trend of constitutional development, with a study of the political
theories involved, such as the short ballot, the bi-cameral legislature, legislative
responsibility, budgetary control, suffrage qualifications, limitations
on legislative action, direct government, and judicial review. Monday,
Wednesday, Friday, 1-2. Cabell Hall. Adjunct Professor Rogers.
Government C3: Politics and Jurisprudence: Government B1 or the
equivalent, prerequisite.—Various concepts of the state, of sovereignty, and
of political obligation, the reconciliation of government and liberty, and
principles of state interference; the nature, sources, and forms of law, its
philosophical and sociological aspects, and problems of social legislation.
This course is of especial value for those intending to take up the study of
law. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1-2. Cabell Hall. Adjunct Professor
Rogers.
For Graduates.
The following are courses of research. Competent students are guided
in the intensive and methodical investigation of selected topics, and the
results are presented for discussion. The members of the teaching staff of
the School will combine to give guidance and instruction.
Economics D1.—Hours by appointment. Professor Page.
Government D1.—Hours by appointment. Adjunct Professor Rogers.
Commercial Geography D1.—Hours by appointment. Adjunct Professor
Bardin.
