The Washington herald., 1909-08-30
CENSUS AIDS NAMED
Director Durand Appoints
College Professors.
WILL FORMULATE SCHEDULES
Experts in Sciences OF Economics
md Agriculture VIII Prepare
sheets for the EnumerntorA TO Use
In Collecting Manufacturing and
Important Industrial Statistics.

E. Dana Durand. the Director OF the
Census. yesterday announced the appoint
ment OF experts In statistics. economics.
agriculture manufacture. &c. TO cooper
ate with him In the formulation OF the
census schedules upon which the enumer-
ators viii enter the information they OBJ
tain next April
Director Durand said that the formula
ton Of these schedules was one Of the
most important subjects before the Cen
sus Bureau.
Nearly all these experts are college pro
fessors, and those who are not are con-
nected with teaching or are graduates OF
Cornell. where Director Durand was a
professor before coming to Washington.
several years ago. In the formulation Of
the agricultural schedule four OF these
experts, J. L. Coulter. H. c. Taylor. G. F.
Warren, jr., and Thomas NJ. Carver, will
act as conferees.
Mr.. Coulter IS instructor in agricultural
economics in the University Of Minnesota.
He is also a special agent OF the State
board OF health. He received the degree
Of A. B. from the University Of North
Dakota, 1904. and Ph. d. from the Uni
I
mist. statistician. and lawyer, and resides
in Minneapolis.
Mr. Taylor Is professor OF agricultural
! economics in the University Of Wisconsin.
He has the degrees Of NJ. S. (agriculture)
from the Iowa Agricultural College. and
Ph. D. from the University Of Wisconsin,
and finished his academic career at the
iLondon School Of Economies and the Uni
versity Of Berlin. He is a specialist in
| economic problems In agriculture.
Mr.. Warren is professor Of farm man.
agement and farm crops in Cornell Uni
verslty He is a B. S. Of the University
OF Nebraska; a 3. s. A, an NJ. s. A., and
Ph. D., Of Cornell He lives in Ithaca,
n. Y.
Mr.. Carver Is a professor Of economics
IN Harvard University, Ph. d. OF Cor
nell. and was formerly assistant editor
Of the Economic Bulletin. He Is writer
on economic subjects in various reviews.
Those at work on the manufactures
schedule are Spurgeon Bell. Arthur J..
Boynton, c. W. Doten, f. d. Howard
Emil P. Seeker, w M. Persons. Horace
Secrist, A. II. Willett, and Alvin S.
( Johnson.
Mr.. Bell was formerly assistant editor
Of the Economist. He Is a 3. s. Of the
University OF Texas. He was also in
graduate work in economics in the Uni
versity Of Chicago. His home is In
Chicago.
Mr.. Boynton is assistant professor OF
economics in the University OF Kansas.
| He is a Harvard A. B.. and A. NJ. OF
/ Columbia. He resides at Lawrence,
Kans.
Mr.. Doten IS assistant professor Of
/ economies in the Massachusetts, In
stitute OF Technology He holds the
| degrees OF A. NJ. and Ph. d. from the
University OF Vermont, and also A. NJ.
from Harvard.
Mr. Howard is assistant professor Of
! economics in Northwestern University.
The degrees OF Ph. B.. Ph. NJ. and
Phi. d. have been conferred upon him by
the University OF Chicago He lives at
Evanston, III.
Mr.. Seeker is an expert on manufac-
turing industries and resides in St.
Louis. Mo.
Mr. Persons is assistant professor OF
( finance in Dartmouth College. He. is
a B. s. Of the University of Wisconsin.
and has performed expert statistical
work for the Department Of Commerce
and Labor.
Mr.. Secrist is instructor Of economies
In the University OF Wisconsin, For a
time ne was a special agent of the
Bureau OF Corporations, Department Of
Commerce and Labor. He lives in Madi-
son. Wis.
Mr. Wiilett is professor Of economics
IN the Carnegie Technical School BE
holds the degree OF A. B. from Brown
University, and Ph. D. from Columbia.
He Is aa authority on political economy.
His home is In Shales. Pa.
Mr.. Johnson is an a. NJ. and A. 3. OF
the University OF Nebraska, and a Ph. D.
OF Columbia He is statisticisn Of
wide experience. He resides In Chicago.
On the schedule for population, W. B.