The graduate economic seminary at Johns Hopkins University kept good records of the weekly sessions so that we know the names of all the presenters and their topics. I have added the academic backgrounds for graduate students and faculty alike from the published Johns Hopkins Circular.
The economic seminary schedule for the following years have also been posted:
1922-1923
1923-1924
1924-1925
1925-1926
1926-1927
___________________
POLITICAL ECONOMY
GRADUATE COURSES
The graduate instruction in Political Economy is designed primarily to meet the needs of advanced students preparing for a professional career in economic science. The courses afford systematic instruction in general economic principles, intimate acquaintance with special fields of economic activity, and, most important of all, knowledge of and ability to employ sound methods of economic research. The work centres in the Economic Seminary, the membership of which is limited to the most advanced students, and the primary design of which is to develop scientific research in economic study and investigation…
…The Economic Seminary
Two hours weekly through the year.Professors Hollander and Barnett.
The work of the year will be the study of representative forms of industrial development in the United States, and the analysis of significant activities of American labor organizations.
Source: The Johns Hopkins University Circular, Vol. 44 (March 1925), p. 67.
_________________________
MEMBERS OF THE ECONOMIC SEMINARY
1923-1924
Graduate Students
Baugus, Miss Okie
A.B Berea College 1922. 2ndyear Political Economy.
Chen, Chao Ming
Fuhkien Provincial College. A.B., Johns Hopkins University 1922. A.M. 1924. 2ndyear Political Science.
Fedder, Abraham
A.B., Johns Hopkins University, 1921. 3rdyear Political Economy.
Fossum, Paul Robert
A.B. Park Region Luther College 1915; A.M. Johns Hopkins University 1923. 4thyear Political Economy.
Gillies, Robert Carlyle
A.B., Princeton University, 1920. 3rdyear Political Economy
Golden, Miss Helen
A.B., Goucher College 1921. 2ndyear Political Economy.
Hefner, Helen
A.B. Goucher College 1923. 1styear Political Economy.
Levin, Benjamin Szold
A.B. Johns Hopkins University 1922. 2ndyear Political Economy.
Mitchell, George Sinclair
A.B. University of Richmond 1923. 1styear Political Economy.
Morrissy, Miss Elizabeth
A.B. Beloit College 1908; A.M. Johns Hopkins University 1922. 3rdyear Political Economy (part-time).
Seibert, Mrs. Louise Cleret
A.B. Goucher College, 1920. 2ndyear Political Economy (part-time).
Shaw, Albert, Jr.
A.B. Princeton University, 1919. 1styear Political Economy.
Shocket, Louis
A.B. University of Richmond 1923. 1styear Political Economy.
Siegel, Miss Jeanette R.
A.B. Goucher College 1922. 2ndyear Political Economy.
Faculty
George Ernest Barnett, Professor of Statistics [at present rank, 1911-; first appointment, 1901]
A.B., Randolph-Macon College, 1891; Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 1899-1900, and Ph.D., 1901.
George Heberton Evans, Jr., Instructor in Political Economy [first appointment, 1924]
A.B., Johns Hopkins University, 1920.
Jacob H. Hollander, Professor of Political Economy [at present rank, 1904-; first appointment, 1894]
A.B., Johns Hopkins University, 1891, Fellow, 1893-94, and Ph.D., 1894; Treasurer of the Island of Porto Rico, 1900-01; Special Commissioner Plenipotentiary to Santo Domingo, 1905-06; Financial Adviser of the Dominican Republic, 1908-10; Member of the Academic Council.
Broadus Mitchell, Associate in Political Economy [at present rank, 1922-; first appointment, 1919]
A.B., University of South Carolina, 1913; Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 1916-17, and Ph.D., 1918.
William Oswald Weyforth, AssociateProfessor in Political Economy [at present rank, 1922-; first appointment, 1919]
A.B., Johns Hopkins University, 1912, and Ph.D., 1915; Instructor, Western Reserve University, 1915-17.
Seminar Presentations
1923-24
October 10, 1923
The opening meeting of the economic seminary of the session was held in room 315 on Wednesday at 2 o’clock. Professor [George E.] Barnett read a paper on “Collective Bargaining in the Anthracite Industry”.
October 17, 1923
Professor [Jacob H.] Hollander read a paper on “Combination and Profits in the Anthracite Coal Industry”.
October 24, 1923.
Associate Professor [William O.] Weyforth read a paper on “Earnings in the Anthracite Coal Industry as Disclosed by the Annual Corporate Reports.”
October 31, 1923
Professor [George E.] Barnett read a paper on the “Earnings of Anthracite Railways”.
November 7, 1923
Mr. [Abraham] Fedder read a paper on “Occupational Changes in the United States”.
November 14, 1923
Dr. [Broadus] Mitchell read a paper on “Cotton Mills in Southern Civilization”.
November 21, 1923
Mr. [Paul Robert] Fossum read a paper on the “Cooperative Elevator Movement in North Dakota”.
November 28, 1923
Professor [George E.] Barnett read a paper on the “Probable Yield of the Income Tax in Maryland”.
December 5, 1923
Mr. [Albert] Shaw [Jr.] read a paper on the “Cooperative Marketing of Milk”.
December 12, 1923
Mr. [Chao Ming] Chen read a paper on “The Land Tax in China”.
December 19, 1923
Mr. [Benjamin Szold] Levin read a paper on the “Farm Loan Banks”.
January 2, 1924
Mr. [George Heberton] Evans read a paper on “Apartment House Rents in Baltimore”.
January 9, 1924
Mr. [Abraham] Fedder read a paper on “Direct Services in the National Income”.
January 16, 1924
Mr. [Paul Robert] Fossum read a paper on “The Agrarian Movement in North Dakota”.
January 23, 1924
Mrs. [Louise Cleret] Seibert read a paper on the “Eight Hour Law for Letter Carriers”.
January 30, 1924
Mr. [Louis] Shockett read a paper on “Immigrants in the Needle Trades”.
February 6, 1924
Mr. [George Sinclair] Mitchell read a paper on the “Population in the Southern Appalachian Mountains”.
February 13, 1924
Mr. [Robert Carlyle] Gillies read a paper on “Readjustment of Relative Freight Rates”.
February 20, 1924
Mr. [Abraham] Fedder read a paper on “Occupational Changes in the United States”.
February 27, 1924
Mr. [Robert Carlyle] Gillies continued his report on “Readjustment of Relative Freight Rates”.
March 5, 1924
Dr. [Broadus] Mitchell read a paper on “Frederick Law Olmsted, A Critic of the Old South”.
March 12, 1924
Mr. [Chao Ming] Chen read a paper on “The Chinese Land Tax”.
March 19, 1924
Mr. [Abraham] Fedder read a paper on “Trade and Transportation in the National Income”.
March 26, 1924
Mrs. [Louise Cleret] Seibert read a paper on “Trade Unionism in France”.
April 2, 1924
Mr. [George Heberton] Evans read a paper on “The Course of Apartment Rentals in Baltimore”.
April 9, 1924
Mr. [Paul Robert] Fossum read a paper on “The Early Agrarian Movement”.
April 16, 1924
Mr. [Albert] Shaw [Jr.] read a paper on “Organizations Among Milk Producers”.
April 23, 1924
Easter Recess—did not hold seminar.
April 30, 1924
Miss [Helen] Golden read a paper on the “Education of Crippled Children in Baltimore”.
May 7, 1924
Miss [Jeanette R.] Siegel read a paper on the “The Social Implications Involved in Violations in the Marriage Laws Among Immigrants”.
May 14, 1924
Dr. [William O.] Weyforth reviewed Mellon’s book–“Taxation—The People’s Business”.
Seminary ended for the year.
Sources: Johns Hopkins University. Eisenhower Library, Ferdinand Hamburger, Jr. Archives. Department of Political Economy, Series 1. Minutes of the Economic Seminary, 1892-1951. Folder “1922-1940”.
The Johns Hopkins University Circular, Vol. 43 (January 1924).
The Johns Hopkins University Circular, Vol. 43 (November 1924).
Image Source: Webpage “Gilman Hall circa 1920” in the Hopkins Perspective, 1876-Today collection.