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...Smith was educated as a mechanical engineer. He built the Race Rock lighthouse off New London and laid the foundation for the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. He is also well known as an artist and an author. His landscape work in water-colors and charcoal have been awarded medals at several expositions and by many art societies. Mr. Smith has written some delightful short stories, the best known of which are "The Under Dog," "The Wood Fire in No. 3" and "Colonel Carter of Cartersville...
...Hirst, editor of "The Economist," London, delivered a very interesting lecture on "The Political Economy of War" last night in Emerson D. He began by upholding Adam Smith's view that war is waste, which is contrary to the popular view. The idea that a battleship is a godsend to the community where it is built, because it employs so many men was shown to have no relation to the economic question in hand. The employment of too many soldiers is also a great evil, because it prevents these men from being productive laborers and makes them consumers of public...
...Francis W. Hirst, editor of the "London Economist," who delivered a lecture on "The London Money Market" yesterday afternoon, will speak on "The Political Economy of War" in Emerson D this evening at 8 o'clock. He will take up the effect of war on labor and industry, its economic consequences, and the best method of financing it: and he will describe the modern competitions in armament and will discuss the naval rivalry of nations. The lecture will be open to the public...
...Francis W. Hirst, editor of "The Economist," London, one of the foremost economic journals of the world, will deliver a lecture on "The London Money Market," in University 23, this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. Mr. Hirst is a writer of considerable note and a well-known authority on the technicalities of economics and business. The lecture, although designed especially for advanced students in the Seminary of Economics and in the Graduate School of Business Administration, will be open to all members of the University. Tomorrow evening Mr. Hirst will give a lecture on "The Political Economy...
...SEMINARY OF ECONOMICS. "The London Money Market." Mr. Francis W. Hirst, Editor of The Economist, London. University...