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HARVARD COLLEGE

DEC 17 1906

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Copyright 1906
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PREFATORY NOTE

For the purpose of discussing some of the important problems connected with the recent development of higher commercial education a conference was held at Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1903 under the auspices of the Michigan Political Science Association. The success of this conference led to the suggestion on the part of those who participated in it, that other conferences be held from time to time for the purpose of discussing some of the new questions which were bound to come up in regard to different phases of commercial education.

It was thought well, therefore, to hold a second conference on the general subject, at the University of Illinois, in connection with the exercises of the installation of Dr. Edmund J. James as President of the University. The conference met and held four sessions, according to the program below.

PROGRAM

FIRST SESSION: 9:00 A.M., Thursday, October 19

Mr. Andrew McLeish, of Chicago, Presiding

Address of Welcome:

Dean David Kinley.

GENERAL SUBJECT: The Aim and Scope of University Courses in Commerce.
Address: The Essentials of a Course in University Commercial Education:
Professor John Cummings, University of Chicago.

Discussion:

Professor William A. Scott, University of Wisconsin.

Professor Ernest R. Dewsnup, University of Chicago.

Mr. Andrew McLeish, Chicago.

Address: Character of Instruction; Should it be Technical? Professor Harlow S. Person, Dartmouth College; Professor Maurice H. Robinson, University of Illinois.

Discussion: Professor Matthew B. Hammond, University of Ohio.

SECOND SESSION: 3:00 P.M., Thursday, October 19

Professor William A. Scott, University of Wisconsin, Presiding

GENERAL SUBJECT: The Relation of High School Commercial Courses to Uni-
versity Courses.

Address: The Essentials of a High School Course in Commerce: Principal J. S.
Sheppard, N. Y. High School of Commerce.

Address: Correlation of High School and University Courses: Principal James
E. Armstrong, Englewood High School, Chicago.

Discussion:

Principal F. D. Thompson, Galesburg High School.
Professor M. H. Robinson.

Superintendent E. G. Cooley, of Chicago.
Professor G. M. Fisk.

Superintendent T. C. Clendenen, of Cairo.
Professor D. E. Burchell, University of Wisconsin.
Professor M. B. Hammond, State University of Ohio.
Principal J. E. Armstrong, Englewood High School.
President G. W. Brown, of Brown's Business Colleges.

THIRD SESSION: 8:00 P.M., Thursday, October 19
Honorable William B. McKinley, M. C., Presiding

GENERAL SUBJECT: Business Practice.

Address: How Shall We Teach Business Practice? Professor D. E. Burchell,
University of Wisconsin.

Discussion: Mr. G. W. Brown, President and Manager of Brown's Business
Colleges.

Address: What Business Men Want Young Men to Know: Mr. David R.
Forgan, First National Bank, Chicago.

Discussion:

Mr. E. L. Scott, of Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago.
Hon. W. B. McKinley.

Address: Ethics of Business: Rt. Rev. E. W. Osborne, D.D., Bishop Co-
adjutor, Springfield, Ill.

FOURTH SESSION: 9:00 A.M., Friday, October 20

Professor Edward D. Jones, University of Michigan, Presiding
Address: Commercial Museums: Professor W. R. Patterson, University of Iowa.
Discussion:-

Mr. W. H. Schoff, Secretary Philadelphia Commercial Museums.
Professor H. S. Person, Dartmouth College.

Address: Commercial Organization: Professor J. S. Hagerty, University of Ohio.
Discussion: Mr. C. C. Parsons, of the Shaw-Walker Co., Chicago.

Address: Training for Government Service: Dr. E. D. Durand, of the U. S.
Bureau of Corporations.

Discussion:

Dean David Kinley, University of Illinois.

Professor E. D. Jones, University of Michigan.

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