The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-26
PROBLEMS OF SOCIETY
COURSE OF LECTURES TO BE GIVEN
AT THE PROPYLAEUM.
There VIII De Twelve Delivered by
Specialists Chosen from Faculties
OF the Best Colleges.

1t is announced that the course Of lee
lures on Modern Social Problems" will be
delivered by the members of the faculties
OF the following institutions: University of
Michigan, University of Chicago Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, Cornell University,
University of Nebraska and Princeton Uni
versity. The course consists of twelve lee
lures, which will be delivered in Propy-
laeum Hall at weekly intervals, beginning
next Friday, with a lecture on THE Social
Question Of To-day" by DR.. Ira w. Ho-
werth, of the University of Chicago, who
will alternate with the other lecturers
throughout the period of twelve weeks. Dr.
Howerth is a graduate of Harvard Univer-
sity, class OF 1893. and received the degree
Phi. d. from the University of Chicago in
1895 For the past five years his time has
been devoted almost exclusively TO univer-
sity extension work.
The second lecture of the course will be
delivered by Prof Samuel NJ. Lindsay, of
the Unworthy of Pennsylvania, on THE
Economic Foundations of Society" He is
president of the American Academy of Po-
! liticaI and Social Science. In 1892 he was
fppointed special agent of the United
States Senate Finance Commission to re-
| port on wholesale prices in Europe, and in
1899 was made expert agent Of the United
States Industrial Commission to report on
railroad labor. He is editor-in-chief OF the
annals of the American Academy of Polit-
ical and Social Science and has been one
of its most regular and valued contribu-
tors.
Following Professor Lindsay comes Prof.
Edward A. Ross, of the University of Ne
braska, with a lecture on problems of
Taxation" Professor Ross is a young man
but has come prominently before the Amer
lean people in his discussion of modern So
| cial and economic problems. Before going
10 the University of Nebraska he had held
similar positions in Cornell University, the
University of Indiana and Leland Stanford
| University. His two published works are
| Honest Dollars and Social Control"
The next lecturer is Prof. Henry c.
Adams, of the University of Michigan,
who will speak on THE Social Effects of
| Machinery" Since 1887 Professor Adams
has held the position of statistician of the
| Interstate-commerce Commission, and as
| such has edited its numerous reports. He
was president of the American Economic
! Association, 1857, and is author of 1.-THE
State. in NJ its Relations to Industrial Ac,
| tiOn,' Taxation in the United States,
| The Science of Finance" and has also
been leading contributor of articles on
economic subjects to American magazines.
The next lecturer announced is Prof.
/ Walter A. Wyckoff, of Princeton Univer-
| sity, who will speak on THE Social Effects
| of Charity" Professor Wyckoff first came
! prominently before the public with the
/ publication of series of articles in Serb
ners Magazine relating his experience as a
| day laborer. In 1891 he began an expert
ment which consisted of a study of the
| social and economic conditions of wage
! earners in America by becoming a wage
| Garner and for eighteen months living by
| days labor and working his way from
| Connecticut to California. These magazine
articles were later published in book form
under the title of 1.-The Workers East"
and THE Workers West"
The lecture on 1.-THE Ethics of Business
will be given by Prof. Harry II. Powers,
of Cornell University. Professor Powers
is a graduate of the University of Wiscon-
sin and received the degree of Phi. d. from
that institution in 1896. Before going to his
present position he occupied the chair of
economics i'm Smith College and later in
Leland Stanford University.
The last lecture of the course will be de-
livered by Prof. Albion w. Small. of the
University of Chicago, on The New So
cial Method" Professor Small came from
the presidency of Colby College TO the
headship of the department of sociology in
the University of Chicago He is editor in
chief of the American Journal of Sociology
and is one of it's principal contributors.
He is also one OF the joint authors of Small
& Vincent's Introduction TO the Study of
Society
While the full, membership desired has
not vet been secured, a sufficient number
of pledges have been taken to insure ulti-
mate success.