Word: growth
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...even now a real and terrible force; to the writer of an editorial on the recent Haverhill riots in this very number of the Monthly; to our philosophers, who after centuries of free discussion are still seeking the truth; to the students of history who have attributed the growth of toleration to many causes besides the rationalism of Castellio, Montaigne, and Socinus...
...outstanding facts about the Department of Economics are that it is of comparatively recent origin, and that its growth has been extremely rapid. The first chair of Political Economy was not established until 1871, and prior to that time the only instruction offered in the subject was one short course given by the Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity. The growth of the Department during the last half century can best be shown by the following statistics: Year. No. of Teachers. No. of Courses. Hours of Instruction per Week. Students...
...Growth Reflected Spirit...
...rapid growth of the Department indicated by these figures is due, of course, to the great interest in economic problems during the last thirty or forty years. The familiar statistics showing the number of students now concentrating in the Department of Economics also reflect the spirit of the age. Whether we would have it so or not, the Department is under the necessity of doing a very large part of the teaching both in Harvard College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences...
...number of graduate students in Economics. In 1902 the number of such students was 16; by 1907 it had increased to 33; by 1912, to 38; and by 1914, to 48. During the present year the enrolment of graduate students has risen to 53. As already pointed out, the growth in the number of graduate students has enabled the Department to secure better assistants and instructors in the undergraduate courses than ever before. But it has also increased materially the work of the professors who have to do with graduate students. Such work is largely of an individual character...