The division of labor among the three professors jointly responsible for this course appears to be according to topic. The accounting business clearly fell to Crum. Why Mason is listed ahead of Chamberlin (seniority? or order of topic within the course) is not explicit. For now I’ll just conjecture that Mason taught the Dewing (i.e. Finance) part of the course and Chamberlin then taught the Berle and Means material. The enrollment numbers indicate it was a popular course (maybe as pre-law or pre-MBA preparation for economics majors?).
More recently added: the final examination questions for the course.
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[From the Course Catalogue]
Economics 4a 1hf. The Corporation and its Regulation
Half-course (first half-year). Tu., Th., Sat., at 11. Professor Crum, Associate Professor Mason, and Associate Professor Chamberlin.
Source: Announcement of the Courses of Instruction Offered by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences during 1934—35 (second edition). Official Register of Harvard University, Vol. 31, No. 38 (September 20, 1934), p.126.
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[Course Enrollment]
4a 1hf. Professor Crum, Associate Professors Mason and Chamberlin.—The Corporation and its Regulation.
161 Total: 1 Graduate, 52 Seniors, 86 Juniors, 11 Sophomores, 11 Others.
Source: Harvard University Archives, Report of the President of Harvard College and the departments for 1934-35, p. 81.
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Economics 4a
The Corporation and its Regulation
Reading Assignments, 1934–1935
BOOKS:
S. Baldwin, Modern Political Institutions
Paton and Stevenson, Accounting Principles
A. S. Dewing, Financial Policy of Corporations (1934 edition) [link to 1926 edition]
Berle and Means, The Modern Corporation and Private Property
Bonbright and Means, The Holding Company
Seager and Gulick, Trust and Corporation Problems
J. B. Hubbard, ed., Current Economic Policies
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| October 1-6: | Baldwin, Ch. 6. |
| October 8-13: | Paton and Stevenson, pp. 1-207 (Omit Ch. 5) |
| October 15-20: | Paton and Stevenson, Ch. 22. |
| October 22-17: | Dewing, Book IV, Chs. 7, 8,9. |
| October 29-November 3: | Dewing, Book III, Chs. 3, 4. |
| November 5-10: | Dewing, Book I, Chs. 3, 4, 5. |
| November 12-17: | Dewing, Book V, Ch. 3 and pp. 730-736. |
| November 19-24: | Berle and Means, Book II, Chs. 1, 2, 3. |
| November 26-December 1 | Berle and Means, Book II, Chs. 5-8, Book IV (complete). |
| December 3-8: | Bonbright and Means, Chs. 1, 2, 3, 6 (omit Supplment), 13. |
| December 10-15: | Berle and Means, Book III (complete). Hubbard, pp. 575-610. |
| December 17-22: | Seager and Gulick, Chs. 25, 27. Hubbard, pp. 110-126. |
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| Reading Period: | Dewing, Book V, Chs. 9, 11, 12; Book VI, Ch. 5. Berle and Means, Book I, Chs. 3, 4. Hubbard, pp. 610-636. |
Source: Harvard University Archives. Syllabi, course outlines and reading lists in Economics, 1895-2003 (HUC8522.2.1). Box 2, Folder “1934-1935”.
Image Source: Crum, Mason and Chamberlin from Harvard Album 1934.