1911-1912 Academic Catalog

COURSES lN EcoNOM !CS and Jenk's Trust Problem. Elective for all who have not taken the course as a part of the required work in social science. Three hours a week, one semester. 17. LABOR PROllLEMS-Trades unions, employers' associations, strikes, arbitration, child labor, and similar topics are considered. The text is Adams and Sumner's. Elective for all who have not taken the course as a part of the required work in social science. Three hours a week, one semester. 18. FINANCE AND BANKJNG-This course includes a dis– cussion of the nature and origin of money, the principles of finance, and the theory and practice of banking. The text is White's Money and Banking. Elective for all who have not taken the course as a part of the required work in social science. Three hours a week, one semester. 19. ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES-This course describes the economic evolution of the United States from the agricultural stage in colonial times to the highly complex industrial society of the present time. The text is Bogart's. Elective for all who have not taken the course as a part of the required work in social science. Three hours a week, one semester. 20. INDUSTRIAL HISTORY o~- ENGLAND--This course consists of a study of the evolution of industrial forms, especially of vil– leinage, gilds, domestic manufacture, the factory system, capitalist farming, and modern commerce. The text is Gheyney's. Elective for all who have not taken the course as a part of the required work in social science. Three hours a week, one semester. 21. CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES-This course involves a con– sideration of the wastes involved in the exploitation of forests, min– eral resources, soil and water power, and the means proposed for scientific conservation. The text is Van Hise's. Elective for all who have not taken the course as a part of the required work in social science. Three hours a week, one semester. 22. TRANSPORTATION-The topics studied are the general prin– ciples of railway transportation, the history of American railroads, the development of organization, management, consolidations, and control, railway finance and rate making, state and federal legisla– tion, and the Interstate Commerce Commission. The text is John- 43