Harvard University - Red Book Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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I are is i : Ei • ' ■ [ ) Associate Professors Emerson and Hopper, Dr. Fainsod, and Dr. Gordon. This places a greater burden on the remaining men, for undergraduates, realizing the value of studying government, have crowded into the field. HISTORY This study of the documentary evidence of events is a popular one at Harvard. Outstanding is the large and famous faculty, who teach many courses, to large and crowded classes. With History 1, given this year by Professor Karpovich, instead of Frisky Merri- man, the history concentrator can go on to a large and glittering array of courses dealing with periods, peoples, or geographic areas. With the notables of Classics and Semitic Languages, he can learn the his- tory of ancient times, while mediaeval Europe, and modern Europe each have their corps of learned men. Professor Morison, tracer of Columbian voyages, gives an insight into the history of America, and Professor Haring treats Latin America and her problems, a subject now increasing in popularity. Asia and Africa are given in connection with the departments teaching the languages of those continents. Professors Mcllwain, LaPiana, Fay, and Nock as well as Associate Professor Taylor, aid the others who teach the methodology of his- torical research. The concentrator has the opportunity of learning the historical progress of religions, philosophy, and sciences, as well as collaborating in courses offered in the sister-fields of Economics, and Government. They may also take complementary courses in Fine Arts, Anthropology, and other adjacent fields. Specialization is wel- comed in this broad field, and ample opportunities are offered to the concentrator for individual initiative under noted historians. HISTORY OF SCIENCE, RELIGION, LEARNING These Background courses provide a viewpoint often missed by concentrators within the fields, who often fail to know about the men behind the discoveries and theories they use in everyday courses. History of Science, covering the earlier discoveries, and the Stevens combines electronii I and psychology i»} M. B. LAMBIE Professor of Government. C. H. McILWAIN ISaton Professor of the Seienee of Government ROSCOE POUND University Professor P. S. WILD Assoeiate Professor of Government B. F. WRIGHT Associate Professor of Governrni ' iit H. A. YEOMANS Professor of Government R. P. BLAKE Proftmof of History C. C. BRINTON Professor of History P. H. BUCK Pr»f«wor of History P. P. CRAM Karulty Instruetor in History STERLING DOW Asoriel ProfsssOl of History 8. B. PAY Professor of 1 I

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A. E. MONROE Lecturer on Economics J. A. SCHUMPETER Baker Professor of Economies S. H. SLICHTER Lamont University Professor P. M. SWEEZY Faculty Instructor in Economies O, H. TAYLOR A. P. USHER Lecturer on Economics Professor of Economics Lot If Much attention is given to labot problems, as they loom large in the national picture. Concentrators gain a basic knowledge in History and Government to complete their training in Economics, while cooperation with the Graduate School of Public Administration and the Business School allows undergraduates to use their facilities. Frequently Ec men go on to these schools and are able to complete much of the first year ' s training during their undergraduate career. The number of courses are still a mystery, as faculty men have to relinquish teaching for war-time work. Probable consolidation and reduction in the number of courses, and increased practicality of those that remain will be marked in this department, where the promptness of the lecturers at class depends on the plane from Washington. GOVERNMENT The Government Department has grown rapidly since its founding in 1911. Then it had three professors and three assistants; now it boasts eight professors, four associate professors and a large staff of instructors, who teach 23 half courses, and five full courses, covering every phase of the field, both theory and practice. Such courses as Principles of Politics, Party Government, Modern Im- perialism, and Government Regulation of Industry have proved very popular because of world conditions. Nineteen hundred and forty-two is very Government minded; 14 per cent are in this field, the largest percentage of any class to date. This year it is the largest field, with nearly an even hundred concen- trators, half of whom are candidates for honors. The faculty is outstanding, for Professors Yeomans, Hol- combe, and Mcllwain are well-liked veterans in the department. Professor Holcombe, chairman of the department for 19 years, relin- quished the post to Associate Professor B. F. Wright in February. Professors Elliott, Friedrich, Lambie, Bruening and Hanford are as well known in the national scene as they are in the scholastic. The war emergency is causing a slight reduction in the number of courses, for five instructors are already contributing their experience and knowledge to the nation ' s war effort. They are Professor Elliott, HEINRICH BRUENING Littauer Professor of Government W. Y. ELLIOTT Professor of Government C. J. FRIEDRICH Professor of Government E. P. HERRING Lecturer on Government Historian hanger, another migrant to Washington {24} A. N. HOLCOMBE Professor of Govern ment B. C. HOPPER Associate Professor of Government

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W. S. FERGUSON c H - HARING McLean Professor of Ancient BUM Professor of Latin American ami Modem History History and Economics. MICHAEL KARPOVICH Associate Professor of History W. L. LANGER Coolidge Professor of History D. C. McKAY Associate Professor of History FREDERICK MERK Professor of History R. B. MERRIMAN Gurney Professor of History and Political Science. S. E. MORISON Professor of History D. E. OWEN Assistant Professor of History ELLIOTT PERKINS Lecturer on Ilistory work of the last two centuries, is frequently taken by Humanities concentrators who want to take a look at the scientific forest, without studying the individual scholastic trees. Similarly, the two courses in the History of Learning describe the development and status of universities, and the history of science and learning in the Middle Ages for those desiring a survey course. Graduates and concentrators can do advanced work in historical methods, or on the history of a particular science, country, or period. History of Religions, and Philosophy of Religions combine the courses given by many departments into a plan, by which a student may get a quick look at the religions and philosophies of historical or present times, or delve deeply into the non-material aspects of cul- tures. Courses range from the Religions of Primitive Peoples — given by the Anthropology department, to contemporary irreligiousness. The religions of all peoples are represented, while the philosophies of these beliefs and the social and psychological causes behind them are adequately treated. Brilliant Professors from the Divinity School, Philosophy, Sociology, Anthropology, Semitics, and Celtic Depart- ments help to explain the history of man ' s ideas about God. PSYCHOLOGY The Department of Psychology presents the various problems in dealing with the human mind, its quirks, and foibles. Plenty of opportunity is given to the undergraduate concentrator to work out problems, case histories, and research, for many of the courses de- mand personal study of the problems dealt with in the lectures. Cooperating with hospitals and welfare organizations, students may observe clinical work at closer ange, or choose to watch any one of the many experiments carried on at the Psychological Clinic on Plympton Street. Associate Professor Murray ' s course on Dynamic Psychology, for example, requires an extended case-history of one person, while on the other hand, Psychology 30, on Public Opinion, deals with large groups and mass action. The same freedom of action is reflected in Boring psychoanalyzes a dictaph one GAETANO SALVEMINI Lauro de Bosis Lecturer on the History of Italian Civilization R. B. SCHLATTER Instructor in History {26}