Word: economists
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Coal Mine Situation in Great Britain" will be the subject of a speech by R. H. Tawney, the noted British economist and author, in Emerson D tonight at 8 o'clock. Through his recent service on the Sankey Coal Commission in England, appointed to investigate the coal situation and the general unrest among the workers, and his training as an economist, Mr. Tawney is thoroughly conversant with his topic. He comes to the University at the invitation of the Department of Economics. The lecture will be open to the public...
...Tawney, British economist and author, who has recently served on the Sankey Coal Commission in England, will speak on "The Coal Mine Situation in Great Britain" at 8 o'clock Wednesday, May 19, in Emerson...
...Tawney comes to the University at the invitation of the Department of Economics, to lecture on a subject about which his recent experience, as well as his training as an economist, makes him peculiarly fitted to speak with authority. In order to give those outside the University an opportunity to hear Mr. Tawney, the lecture is to be open to the public...
...international reputation as a banker and a business man. He was born at Aurora, Illinois, in 1964; studied at the University of Illinois and University of Chicago; began work as a reporter on the Chicago "Tribune"; served later as financial editor of the "Tribune", as associate editor of the "Economist", as private secretary to Secretary of the Treasury Gage, and finally, under President McKinley, as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury...
...Vanderlip, when it became necessary for him to make his own way in life, started in by working in a machine shop; later joining the staff of the Chicago Tribune, first as a reporter, and later, as financial editor. "The Economist", a weekly financial paper, was the next step in his career; he was part owner and associate editor. Politics then drew his attention, and he entered this absorbing game modestly, taking the po- sition of private secretary to the Secretary of the Treasury, Lyman Judson Gage; three months later, however, he became an assistant secretary of the treasury...