University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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The ability of Professor Smalley early made itself felt in the solution of problems of transportation which puzzled government administrators. His contributions to this field of economics include a volume entitled, State Railway Legislation, published by the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1903. This was followed by an essay on Railway Rate Control, published by the American Economic Association in 1 905, and a large volume on Transportation. Corporation questions came in for a large share of Professor Smalley ' s attention and energies and among the papers left by him is a manu ' script volume entitled The Corporation Problem, which probably will be published in the near future. Throughout his brief career he was a contributor to the North American Review, the Atlantic Monthly and the Independent on economic subjects. As a teacher. Professor Smalley possessed the rare faculty of blend- ing a kindly, sympathetic disposition with a mind capable of presenting difficult and complex situations in the most simplified form. Lucidity and conciseness marked his presentation of his subject. There was nothing mechanical in his manner of conducting a class room. His personality pervaded both lecture and quiz. Nor was his teaching mere exposition. The student felt that Professor Smalley had a message a message bearing on his conduct in future life as a business man, citizen or legislator. That message, he knew how to drive home. All Michigan mourns the loss of Professor Smalley. We mourn him as we have mourned few others. Fate has taken from us one in whose presence we loved to be. We mourn one who inspired us to take up the fight which he began for a better, more intelligent and cleaner business world. We mourn a man who did great things and was glad that we could share his glory. We mourn a man whose greater glory we also might have shared. Our dedication of this book to one who guided its destinies in his undergraduate days is our humble expression of our sadness at his untimely death, but no symbol can give suitable utterance to the sorrow which our hearts alone shall know. J. S. Y.

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- E deaths of some men cast over us the pall of sadness caused by the l oss of those whom we have loved as dear friends those who by daily contact have established a place in our hearts which no one else can fill. The deaths of others leave us to mourn the departure of men who have done great things who have run life ' s course without retarding the progress of another and have at the same time cleared the track of obstacles which might hinder the man behind. Still others leave us to mourn the deaths of those who began to run life ' s course well, but who were stopped by an unrelenting fate when the goal was but a few paces off. In the loss of Professor Smalley, who died in Charlevoix, September 23, 1912, and in loving memory of whom this book is dedicated; we mourn thrice. We mourn a friend whom we loved as we loved few others a great man who did great things and one who was to do more great things. Harrison Standish Smalley was born in Chicago, April 18, 1878. He entered the department of literature, science and the arts of the University of Michigan in 1896, and received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1900. After graduation he spent a year as fellow of political economy at Cornell University, returning to the Michigan graduate school in 1902. He held the position of assistant in political economy in 1 902, and received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in June of the following year. Doctor Smalley then was appointed instructor in political economy and was advanced to an assistant professorship in 1907. He was made professor in 1911, after receiving several important offers from prominent universities. As an economist. Professor Smalley devoted himself particularly to problems bearing on the relation of modern industrial conditions to jurisprudence. As part of his preparation for his work he spent three years as a student in the law department. A pioneer in this field, Professor Smalley applied himself with his remarkable capacity for work and keen powers of analysis to these questions and rapidly rose to the position of an authority. I

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