The San Francisco call., 1904-08-11
New Courses Offered in the
College of Commerce>
at University.

BERKELEY, Aug. 10.-In response
to the rapidly increasing enrolment
in the college of commerce of the Uni
versity of California the work of the
department of economics has been
completely reorganized for the next
term. Announcement was made to-
day of many new courses in economies
with direct and practical application
TO the needs of modern industrial life.
These courses Will be of great inter-
est, however, not only to students who
are fitting themselves for banking, in
surance, commerce, manufacturing
and exploitation of natural resources,
but also to the theoretical student.
Professor Carl c. Plehn, dean of
the college of commerce, will offer
during the year new course in the
History and Theory of Prices in
which he will discuss the methods of
scientific investigation applicable to a
study of prices and the causes of their
fluctuations. In addition he will give
courses in American agriculture, the
economics of industry, public finance,
statistics and railway transportation.
The course which he gave last year
in the history of economic science viii
this year be given by Professor
Adolph c. Miller, who has arranged
that Professor Plehn shall take his
course in railway transportation.
The work in economics will be
completed by the highly important
courses to be given by the head of
the department Professor Miller of
the chair of political economy and
commerce. Besides the course in the
history of economics he will offer a
new elementary course in the intro
duction of economics and will repeat
his old courses in the principles of
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| United States, and advanced econom-
| les.
Assistant Professor Wesley C.
Mitchell will offer a new course in
international Exchanges" in which
| he will consider foreign bills, prices,
international trades, foreign invest
ments and shipments. Professor
Mitchell will also assist Professor
Miller in the course on the principles
of economics, and repeat his lectures
on bankingA money, the labor prob
lem and economic origins.
DIR. Simon Litman, instructor in
| commercial practice, will offer two
new courses, one touching upon busi-
ness forms and practice and the other
upon customs tariffs and regulations
| His other courses will be discussions
of modern Industrial processes, the
technique of trade and transporta-
ton.
The department has been greatly
strengthened by the addition of Pro
fessor Henry Rand Hatfield and Pro
fessor Jessica B. Peixotto to the
teaching staff Professor Hatfield's
courses will deal with commercial
geography, the geography of interna-
tional trade, the history of commerce
practical banking, the principles ol
accounting and the investment mar
ket. Professor Hatfield is an au.
thority on the subject of commercial
accounting and was lately called froB1
the University of Chicago to accept
the post of associate professor of ac
counting.
DR.. Peixotto will lecture on con
temporary socialism and the history
of socialism, in which he will review
the methods of contemporary social
istic parties and examine the antece
dents of contemporary socialism. Th.
instruction in the department will III
clude. finally, lectures on agriculture
by Professor Elwood Mead of the irri
cation department, on the commerc,
of China and Japan by Professor JONI
Fryer, on the methods of moderr
charities and corrections by Professo
Ernest c. Moore and on insurance b.
Albert w. Whitney.