OF A WORLD-WIDE WAR INTEL- THE LIVING AGE INDISPENSABLE. IT IS THE ONLY AMER- SUBSCRIPTIONS SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. THREE DOLLARS FOR SIX MONTHS SPECIMEN COPIES SENT FREE ON REQUEST THE LIVING AGE COMPANY 6 BEACON STREET BOSTON In order to arouse an interest in the study of topics relating to commerce and industry, and to stimulate those who have a college training to consider the problems of a business career, a committee composed of Professor J. Laurence Laughlin, University of Chicago, chairman, Professor Henry C. Adams, University of Michigan, Professor Edwin F. Gay, Harvard University, has been enabled, through the generosity of Messrs. Hart, Schaffner & Marx, of Chicago, to offer in 1916 four prizes for the best studies in the economic field. In addition to the subjects printed below, a list of available subjects proposed in past years may be had on request. Attention is expressly called to the rule that a competitor is not confined to topics proposed in the announcements of this committee, but any other subject chosen must first be approved by it. 1. The Effect of the European War on the Future Rate of Interest. 2. The Relations of Credit and Exchange between the United States and South American Countries. 3. The Economic Effects of the Entrance of Japan Upon the Chinese Mainland. 4. A Critical Study of the Appropriations for Rivers and Harbors of the United States, 1895-1915. 5. A Critical Examination of the Recent Fiscal Policy of the United States, 1913-15. 6. The Needs and Future of American Shipping. Class B includes only those who, at the time the papers are sent in, are undergraduates of any American college. Class A includes any other Americans without restriction; the possession of a degree is not required of any contestant in this class, nor is any age limit set. A FIRST PRIZE OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND are offered to contestants in Class A. DOLLARS A FIRST PRIZE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS, AND are offered to contestants in Class B. The committee reserves to itself the right to award the two prizes of $1000 and $500 of Class A to undergraduates in Class B, if the merits of the papers demand it. The committee also reserves the privilege of dividing the prizes offered, if justice can be best obtained thereby. The winner of a prize shall not receive the amount designated until he has prepared his manuscript for the printer to the satisfaction of the committee. The ownership of the copyright of successful studies will vest in the donors, and it is expected that, without precluding the use of these papers as theses for higher degrees, they will cause them to be issued in some permanent form. Competitors are advised that the studies should be thorough, expressed in good English, and although not limited as to length, they should not be needlessly expanded. They should be inscribed with an assumed name, the class in which they are presented, and accompanied by a sealed envelope giving the real name and address of the competitor. No paper is eligible which shall have been printed or published in a form to disclose the identity of the author before the award shall have been made. If the competitor is in CLASS B, the sealed envelope should contain the name of the institution in which he is studying. The papers should be sent on or before June 1, 1916, to J. Laurence Laughlin, Esq. The University of Chicago COURSES IN HISTORY, GOVERNMENT, AND ECONOMICS FOR 1915-16 [The following are full courses running through the year, unless otherwise stated. Brackets indicate that the course is omitted in 1915-16. Courses omitted in one year are usually given in the year following.] HISTORY Primarily for Undergraduates 1. European History from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the Present Time (introductory course). Professor HASKINS and others. 2. European History from the Close of the Middle Ages to the Outbreak of the French Revolution. Asst. Professor MERRIMAN. 30a. Continental Europe since 1815. Half-course. Dr. LORD. 306. The Expansion of Europe since 1815. Half-course. Professor CoOLIDGE. 32a. American History: The Formation of the Union, 1760-1829. Professor CHANNING. Half-course. 326. American History: The Development of the Nation, 1830 to the Present Time. Half-course. Professor TURNER. For Undergraduates and Graduates 3a. History of the Roman Republic. Half-course. Professor FERGUSON. 36. History of the Roman Empire. Half-course. Professor FERGUSON. [4. History of Greece to the Roman Conquest. Professor FERGUSON.] [5. The Church in the Middle Ages from Charlemagne to Dante. Professor EMERTON.] 7. The Era of the Reformation in Europe from the Rise of Italian Humanism to the close of the Council of Trent (1350-1563). Professor EMERTON. 8. History of France to the Accession of Francis I. Half-course. Professor HASKINS. 9. Constitutional History of England to the Sixteenth Century. MCILWAIN. 10a. American History to 1760. Half-course. Dr. MORISON. Asst. Professor 11. History of England during the Tudor and Stuart Periods. Asst. Professor MER RIMAN. 12. The History of England from 1688 to the Present. Asst. Professor JOHNSTON. 14. The French Revolution and Napoleon I. Asst. Professor JOHNSTON. [15. History of Russia. Dr. LORD.] [16. History of Spain and Portugal and of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires. Half course. Professor MERRIMAN.] [17a. The History of the West to 1840. Half-course. Professor TURNER.] 176. The History of the West, 1840-1915. Half-course. Professor TURNER. [18. History of the Far East in the Nineteenth Century. Half-course. Professor COOLIDGE.] 19. The Eastern Question. Half-course. Professor COOLIDGE. 24. The History of the Christian Church in Europe in the Nineteenth Century, and of the Expansion of Christendom, with the naturalization of Christianity in the East in the same period. Professor EDWARD C. MOORE. 28. History of Modern Germany. Dr. LORD. [33. History of Italy from 1789 to 1870. Half-course. Asst. Professor JOHNSTON.] [34. The Political Geography of Europe. Half-course. Asst. Professor JOHNSTON.] [37. Character and Spread of Hellenistic Culture. Half-course. Professor FERGUSON.] 40. History of France in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Half-course. Dr. LORD. [42. The Age of the Renaissance in Europe.] 55. Introduction to Military History. Half-course. Asst. Professor JOHNSTON. 56. Latin America. Half-course. Professor M. de OLIVEIRA LIMA and Asst. Professor P. A. MARTIN (Leland Stanford Jr. University). 57. Recent Commercial History of Latin America. Half-course. Dr. KLEIN. [58. The Social History of England to 1750. Half-course.] Primarily for Graduates [6. The First Eight Christian Centuries. Professor EMERTON.] 21. Introduction to the Sources of Mediaeval History. Half-course. Professor HASKINS. 22. The Elements of Latin Palaeography, with reference to the use of historical sources. Half-course. Professor HASKINS. 23a. Selected Topics in the Historical Development of American Institutions. Halfcourse. Professor CHANNING. 236. Selected Topics in the Foreign Relations of the United States from 1789 to 1800. Half-course. Dr. MORISON. [23c. The Literature of American History. Half-course. Professor CHANNING.] 25. Historical Bibliography and Criticism. Half-course. Professor HASKINS. [26. History of Christian Thought. First half-year. Professor EMERTON.] [27. The Historical Literature of France and England since the Close of the Eighteenth Century. Half-course. Asst. Professor JOHNSTON.] 29. Selected Topics in the History of the Nineteenth Century. Professor COOLIDGE. [31. Selected Topics from the History of Continental Europe in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Half-course. Asst. Professor MERRIMAN.] [35. Roman Constitutional History. Professor FERGUSON.] 36. Greek Political Institutions. Professor FERGUSON. 38. Byzantine History. Half-course. Professor FERGUSON. [39. Comparative Studies in the Institutions of Western Europe, 1300-1600 (England, France, Spain). Half-course. Asst. Professor MERRIMAN.] [41. Early Mediaeval Institutions. Half-course. Professor HASKINS.] 44. Selected Topics in American History, 1880-1895. [45. Diplomatics. Half-course. Professor HASKINS.] Professor TURNER. 46. Manuscript Materials of American History. Half-course. Mr. W. C. FORD. [47. Introduction to the Sources of Modern European History. LORD.] Half-course. Dr. 48. General History of Russia (advanced course). Dr. LORD. [50. Studies in the Political Literature of the Revolutionary Period in France and Italy. Half-course. Asst. Professor JOHNSTON.] [52. European Diplomacy since 1814. Half-course. Asst. Professor JOHNSTON.] [History of Religions 1. The Origin and Development of Religion. First half-year. Professor G. F. MOORE. History of Religions 3. Germanic and Celtic Religions. Half-course. KITTREDGE and F. N. ROBINSON. [History of Religions 6. Professors The Religion of Israel. Professor G. F. MOORE.] History of Religions 7. The Religion of the Roman Empire at the Beginning of the Christian Era. Half-course. Professor LAKE. History of the Church in Outline. Professor PLATNER.] Half-course. Professor PLATNER. History of the Church in America. Half-course. Professor PLATNER.] History of Early Christian Literature. Professor PLATNER. COURSES OF RESEARCH 20a. Readings from the Historical Literature of the Reformation Period. Professor EMERTON. 206. Topics in the History of English Legal Institutions. Asst. Professor McILWAIN. 20c. Mediaeval Institutions. Professor HASKINS. 20d. History of Continental Europe and of Asia in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Professor COOLIDGE, Asst. Professor JOHNSTON, and Dr. LORD. 20e. American History. First half-year. Professor CHANNING. 20f. English Institutions in the Tudor and Stuart Periods. RIMAN. Asst. Professor MER 20g. Topics in the History of Spain in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. Asst. Professor MERRIMAN. 20h. Topics in the History and Present Conditions of Latin America. First half-year, Professor M. de ŎLIVEIRA LIMA and Asst. Professor P. A. MARTIN (Leland Stanford Jr. University); second half-year, Dr. KLEIN. 201. Topics in Greek and Roman History. Professor FERGUSON. 20k. American History. Professor TURNER. 20m. Topics in Military History. Asst. Professor JOHNSTON. 20n. Selected Topics in American Colonial History. Second half-year. Dr. MORISON. History of Religions 20. Professor G. F. MOORE. Primarily for Undergraduates 1. Constitutional Government. Professor MUNRO and assistants. For Undergraduates and Graduates Half-course. Asst. Professor McILWAIN. [3. Party Government. Asst. Professor HOLCOMBE.] 4. Elements of International Law. Professor WILSON. 5a. The Development of Roman Law. 56. The Development of English Law. 66. Political Theories of Modern Times. Half-course. Asst. Professor HOLCOMBE. 8. Government of the French Republic and of the German Empire. Half-course. Asst. Professor YEOMANS. 86. Comparative Political Institutions in Europe. Half-course. Professor DUPRIEZ (University of Louvain). 9. [10. Government of American States. Asst. Professor HOLCOMBE. The Government of England. Half-course.] 13. Constitutional Development of the United States (1775-1914). Professor HART. 14. American Diplomacy: Treaties; Foreign Policy. Professor Hart. [16. Tendencies of American Legislation. Professor STIMSON.] 17. Municipal Government. Professor MUNRO and an assistant. 18. State and City Government in Massachusetts. Half-course. Mr. L. A. FROTH INGHAM. [21. Colonial Governments.] 286. Elements and Applications of Roman Law. Professor DUPRIEZ (University of Louvain). 31. Municipal Administration. Professor WHIPPLE and Professor MUNRO. Primarily for Graduates 6a. History of Political Theories. Half-course. Asst. Professor HOLCOMBE. [11. Federal Government: History, Theory, and Systems. Professor HART.] [12. American Political System, National, State, and Municipal. Professor HARt.] [15. International Law as administered by the Courts, and as observed in International Negotiations. Professor WILSON.] [19. American Constitutional Law: A study of constitutional principles and limitations throughout the United States.] [23. Selected Cases in International Law. Professor WILSON.] COURSES OF RESEARCH 20a. Selected Topics in Municipal Government. Professor MUNRO. 20c. International Law. Professor WILSON. 20d. Selected Topics in State Government. Asst. Professor HOLCOMBE. 20e. American Institutions - National, State, Municipal and Insular. Professor ᎻᎪᎡᎢ . ECONOMICS Primarily for Undergraduates A. Principles of Economics. Asst. Professor DAY and Dr. DAVIS. For Undergraduates and Graduates la. Statistics. Half-course. Asst. Professor Day. 16. Accounting. Half-course. Dr. J. S. DAVIS. 2a. European Industry and Commerce in the Nineteenth Century. Professor GAY. 26. Economic and Financial History of the United States. GAY. 3. Money, Banking, and Commercial Crises. Asst. Professor ANDERSON. BULLOCK. Professor RIPLEY. 6a. Trade-Unionism and Allied Problems. Half-course. Professor RIPLEY. [66. The Labor Movement in Europe. Half-course.] 7a. Economic Theory. Half-course. Professor TAUSSIG. Professor [7b. The Single Tax, Socialism, Anarchism. Half-course. Professor CARVER.] 8. Principles of Sociology. Half-course. Professor CARVER. 9. Economics of Agriculture. Half-course. Professor CARVER. |