The new assistant professor of economics at Harvard in 1903 hired from Williams College, Charles Jesse Bullock, was given responsibility for courses on the early history of economics and public finance.
I could only find the year-end examination in the collection of economics examinations at the Harvard archive for Bullock’s two semester course “History and Literature of Economics to the opening of the Nineteenth Century” offered in 1903-04. It is transcribed and posted below.
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Short biography from the Williams College Yearbook, 1902
Charles Jesse Bullock, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science
Graduated from Boston University, 1889, with commencement appointment, and received the degree of Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1895. He taught in high schools from 1889 to 1893, was Traveling Fellow in Boston University in 1893-94, and was Fellow and Assistant in the University of Wisconsin, 1894-95 From 1895 to 1899, he was Instructor in Economics at Cornell University. Dr. Bullock has written: “The Finances of the United States, 1775-1789,” (Madison, 1895); “Introduction to the Study of Economics,” (Boston, 1897, second edition, 1900); and “Essays on the Monetary History of the United States,” (New York, 1900). Editor of “Discourse Concerning the Currencies of the British Plantations in America” (Am. Economic Assoc., New York, 1897), and contributor of various articles to the economic and statistical magazines. He is a member of the American Economic Association and of the American Statistical Association, an associate member of the National Institute of Art, Science, and Letters, and a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. Dr. Bullock is a member of the society of ΦΒΚ and of the ΘΔΧ Fraternity.
Source: Williams College, The Gulielmensian 1902, Vol. 45, p. 26.
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Bullock appointed assistant professor of economics
At a special meeting of the Board of Overseers held yesterday it was voted to concur with the President and Fellows in their votes as follows: …appointing Charles Jesse Bullock, Ph.D., assistant professor of economics for five years from September 1, 1903…
Source: The Harvard Crimson, May 21, 1903.
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Course Enrollment
Economics 15, 1903-04
Economics 15. Asst. Professor Bullock. The History and Literature of Economics to the opening of the Nineteenth Century.
Total 5: 5 Graduates.
Source: Harvard University. Report of the President of Harvard College, 1903-1904, p. 67.
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ECONOMICS 15
Year-End Examination. 1903-04
- What trace of the influence of Aristotle can be found in modern economic thought?
- What were the chief characteristics of English, French, German, and Spanish mercantilism?
- Give a brief account of the writings of any three of the following men: Child, Montchrétien, Forbonnais, Seckendorff, Justi, Genovesi, Ustariz.
- Give a critical account of the economic doctrines of Thomas Mun.
- Give an account of the economic opinions of Sir Dudley North.
- Characterize the economic doctrines of Gournay.
- Name and characterize the principal works that treat of the Physiocratic School.
- Describe the development of Adam Smith’s economic opinions prior to 1764.
- What is your opinion of Smith’s criticism upon the mercantilists?
- Describe the progress of Smith’s doctrines in France and Germany.
Source: Harvard University Archives. Harvard University, Examination Papers 1873-1915. Box 7, Bound volume: Examination Papers, 1904-05; Papers Set for Final Examinations in History, Government, Economics, … in Harvard College, pp. 36-37.
Image Source: Williams College, The Gulielmensian 1902, Vol. 45, p. 26. Colorized by Economics in the Rear-view Mirror.