Word: merriams
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...tasks and future of democracy will be the subject of the Godkin Lectures this year, open to the public without charge, to be given next month by Professor Charles K. Merriam, noted authority on modern government, of the University of Chicago...
...Merriam has been a member of the National Resources Planning Board, President of the Social Science Research Council, and President of the American Political Science Association, and has been Chairman of the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago since 1911. In addition to being Godkin Lecturer, he will conduct courses as Visiting Lecturer on Government during the second half of the academic year...
Besides his university work and his services to the national government, Dr. Merriam has entered politics in Chicago, serving as city chairman for six years, running as candidate for mayor, and serving as chairman of the Commission on City Expenditures...
Among Dr. Merriam's many publications in political science are "The New Democracy and the New Despotism," 1939; "Political Power," 1934; "The American Party System," 1922; "American Political Ideas," 1921; and "History of American Political Theories...
Among the visiting scholars will be Professor Rudolf Carnap, of the University of Chicago, noted as one of the most distinguished of modern European Philosophers; Hertrand Russell, noted English philosopher, who will be William James Lecturer on Philosophy; Professor Charles E. Merriam, of the University of Chicago, noted authority on municipal government and American polities, who will be Visiting Lecturer on Government and also Godkin Lecturer; and Professor Kenneth S. Latourette, of Yale, authority on Christian missions and Oriental history, who will be William Belden Noble lecturer...