Word: cobden
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Cobden club, the largest free trade club of England, has offered a medal to that undergraduate of Yale who shall write the best thesis on one of the following subjects. which were selected by Professors Sumner, Farnum and Hadley of Yale: 1, "The history of Silver since 1878;" 2, "Employer's Liability;" 3, "The Doctrine of 'Virtual' Monopoly;" 4, "International Industrial Exhibitions...
Professors Sumner, Farnam and Hadley of Yale are preparing the questions in political economy to be used in competition for the Cobden club medal...
...possession of a large navy is an incentive to war:- Speech of Oates, Congressional Record, vol. 17, p. 2344; Cobden's speeches...
Prizes to the amount of $300 are offered for excellence in Greek and Latin. In addition there are awarded in the mathematical department prizes to the amount of $400 for excellence in that branch of study. It has been the custom of the Cobden Club of London, to offer annually a medal for the greatest proficiency in the science of political economy. This offer is open to any undergraduate of either the Academic or the Shefflield scientific departments...
Attention is called to the fact that the Cobden Club, of England, offer a silver medal, under the auspices of the Harvard Finance Club, to any present under-graduate of Harvard College for the best essay on some economic subject. For the year 1886-7 the following subjects are suggested: - 1, The duties on wool and woolens; 2, Shall the state assume the control of the railways?; 3, The effect of the legal tender quality on the value of paper money; 4, Profit sharing...