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DEPARTMENT OFTHE INTERIOR BUREAU OFEDUCATION BULLETIN, 1916,NO. 25 COMMERCIALEDUCATION A REPORTON THE COMMERCIALEDUCATIONSUBSECTION OFTHE SECOND PANAMERICANSCIENTIFICCONGRESS DECEMBER,1915-JANUARY,1916 BY GLEN LEVINSWIGGETT BUREAU OFEDUCATION TRADE COUNCIL MEMBER COMMITTEEON EDUCATION.NATIONAL FOREIGN UNITED STATESCHAMBER OFCOMMERCE A WASHINGTON GOVERNMENTPRINTING OFFICE ei 1916 ..1.6-= ADDIVONAL COPIES OF ITIVI rusucAnom MAT DZ FROCOZZD FROM TAT 5071/11M:NDZ141 or commons oovimundwr PRINTING orms IlLunnworox,D.c. AT 10 CENTS PER COPY v 4 CONTENTS. Pan. Letter of transmittal Second Pan American Scientific Congress 7 Executive committee mid organization officers 7 Committee of Section IV, Education 8 Development of commercial education ,10 -Program of the subsection on commercial education_ 18 FIRST SESSION 17 Introductory remarks by William C. Redfield_ 17 Andrew J. Peters 19 John H. Fahey 21 Edmund J. James 22 Preparation for Trade, Domestic and ForeignEdwin F. Gay 24 SECOND SESSION 24 Is There a Profession of Business Elliot H. Goodwi 25 Proper Use of Business Experts in Class Instruction on ,Domestic and Foreign Commerce (symposium) : Roger W. Babson Edward N. Hurley_ E. -$. Glundlach_ Wallace D. Simmons Harry Erwin Bard B. Olney Hough.. J.F. Crowell John Clausen Tnnio SESSION Commercial Education in Latin America -Edgar B. Brandon nnalercial Education in GermanyF. B. Farrington Commercial Education in EnglandI. L. Handel FouRTH Session ).Modern Business and Commercial EducationIsaac nfeld______ Preparation for a Business Career in Chile: Latin-Ame n Stand- point on Business EducationFrancisco A. Bennett. 41 The Arguments for a Separate or Combined Course of Commercial StudyRoswell C. McCrea 42 How to Procure Adequately Prepare4,.. Instructors for Colleges and UniversitiesJames C. Egbert 48 What Can the Small College Do in Training far Business?--George W. Hoke 45 Firm SESSION 48 Elementary School Commercial EducationF. G. 48 Commercial Education in Secondary Schools ( Paul Monroe 47 David Bnedden 48 Entrance Requirements to Colleges of Commerce David Ifinisso____ 49 Discussion : By W. F. Gephart 50 8 1111111MtreL CONTENTS. lira Sims SESSION 51 The Teaching of Special Subjects in the CollegiateCourse of Study for Business, Domestic and Foreign: Languages - ,-Glen Levin Swiggett 51 GeographyJ. Paul Goode 52 History--William R. Shepherd_ 53 GovernmentJesse S. Reeves 54 liddthematicsEverett W. Lord .55 Banking and FinanceCharles Lee Raper se StatisticsE. Dana Durand 57 Accounting Donald F. Grass John B. Geijsbeek_ Business LawWard W.Pierson. Business Ethics and PsychologyJames E. Lough Business Organization and AdministrationArthurE. Stcanson_ SEVENTH SESSION Address of William Jennings Bryan. Special Schools of Secondary Grade: ?Commercial High SchoolWilliam Fair ley 67 Young Men's Christian AssociationEdward L. Wertheim 68 EIGHTH SESSION 69 Special Schools of Commerclai Education of Collegeand University Grade: Tulane UniversityMorton,A. Aldrich 69 70 University of OregonHarry B. Miller 72 New York University--Jeremiah W. Jenks 73 Amos Tuck School of Administration and FinanceH.S. Per- son 74 Harvard Grilduate School of Business AdministrationEdwinF. Gay Nurrn Ssaston Special Courses for Commercial Study: International Correspondence SchoolsT. J. Fester 76 Natibnal Associgted Schools of Scientific BusinessRhertoir. Cody 77 University Extension Work for Men In BusinessSamuelMac- Clintock 78 Alexander Hamilton InstituteJoseph French Johnson 80 Commerc' 1 Museum of PhiladelphiaW. P. Wilson_ 81 The National City Bank of New YorkF. C. Schtoedtman_. 83 National Association of Corporation SchoolsLee Galloway_ 83 Bureau of Commercial EconomicsFranois Holley. 85 Taira SESSION .87. Discussion of the Pan American TopicPreparation ofYoung Men for a Business Career at Home or Abroad: Pranoitoo A. Bennett 87 A. Astbert_ M. Dailey Santiago H. Fitseinson &stook L. Valverde Agatha T. Whilar- 92 A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF EDUCATION, Washington, August 28, 1916. Sin: The program of the subsection oncommercial education of the education section of the PanAmerican Scientific Congress, held in Washington City December 27,1915, to January 8, 1916, was so comprehensive and the papers of such valuethat I requested Dr. Glen Levin Swiggett, assistant secretarygeneral of the congress and chair- man of the committee oncommercial education, to prepareawe papers for publication as abulletin of the Bureau of Education. This he has done in such Way as to preservethe best of the substance of these papers with as little repetitionas possible.Because of the increasing general interest in commercialeducation in all parts of the country, and especially in the centersof urban population, I recommend that the manuscript transmittedherewith be published as a bulletin of thisbureau. Respectfully submitted. P. P. CLAarmN, Commissioner. The SECRETARY OF THD.INTERIOR. a COMMERCIAL EDUCATION. The Second Pan American Scientific Congress convenedin Wash- ington, D. C., DeCember 27, 1915, and'adjourned January8, 1916. The congress was held under the-Vuspices of theGovernment of the United States an:] was recognized officially by the 21Governments constituting the Pan .kreerican Union, all of which were repre- sented by 111 official delegates. This congress had its origin ithe Latin-American Scientific Con- gress that was held in BuenosAt es iii 1898 under the auspices of the Government of Argentina, ope occasion of the celebration-of the Silver Jubilee of the distinguished SociedadScientifica Argen- tina.Subsequent' congresses were held in Montevideo, 1901; Rio de gJaneiro, 1905; and Santiago de Chile, 1908.The last-named was called the First Pan Anietican Congress owing tothe generous invitation extended to the United States and that Nation'sparticipa- tion in the congress. There has been a remarkable growth of interest inthis organiza- tion on the part of the Governments and scientificand learned socie- ties of the Western Hemisphere. The first congressemphasized a relatively -larger degree of interest in pure science than havethe subsequent ones, which have placed an increasinglylarger emphasis upon questions bearing on thepractical application of science. -The latter received a preponderant attention in the Second PanAmerican Scientific Congress.There were 868'lapers presented before this congress. The total membership was2,566; from the United States, 1,899; from Latin America, 667. The following personsconstituted the executive committel and officers of organization ., 1 Exectilitke Committee. Willassi PHILLIPS, Third AssIMant Secretary of State, chairman ex officio. Dams BROWN Scorr, Secretory Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, vice chairman. Wu.t.uii H. WICLOH, President National Academy of Sciences, honorary vice chairman. Joaa BAaurr, Director General Pan American Union. W. B. Bast, Brigadier General United States Army, retired. PpriArrota P. Cr Arrow, Conimisstoner of Hidutation. COMMERCIAL EDUCATION. WILLIAM C. G0IOAS, Surgeon General United States Army. WILLIAM H. HOLMES, Head Curator Smithsonian Institution. MENNEN JENNINGS, former President London Institution Mining and Metal- lurgy.. Grottos M. Rom mitt, Chief Animal Husbandry Division, Bureau ofAnimal Industry, Departtaent of Agriculture. L S. Rows, President American Academy of Political and SocialScience. ROBBIST S. WOODWARD, President Carnegie Institution of Washington. OrgatzationOfficera. Joy's; Realm-Tr, LL.D, secretary general. GLEN Lgvira SWIOOETT, Ph. D., assistant secretary general. The program of the congresswas divided into nine main sections, which were in turn subdivided into 45 subsections.The program of each subsection was in charge ofan officially appointed committee. ' The Commissioner of Education of the United Stateswas the chair- man of Section IV, Education.This section was one 6f 'the largest of the congress.Section IV and the 10 subsections, with theirrespec- tive committees, were as follows: Stenos IV--,EDUCATION. Ohairman.P. P. CrArrow, Commissioner of Education of the United States. Was chairman.S. P. CAPEN, Specialist in Higher Education, Bureauof Educa- tion, Washington, D. C. Streszartan 1.Elementary Education. Joni.; Et. Fiticsy, Commissioner of Education, Stateof New York, Albany, N. Y., chairman. PAUL Moslem Teachers' College, Mumble University,New York, N. Y. ERNEST CARROLL Moon, Departinent of Education,Harvard University, Cam- bridge, Mass. Id. P. SHAWKEY, State Superintendent of Schools, Chnrlestbn,W. Va. Suassons 2.Secondary Education. Elm= E. Blows, Chancellor New York Utilversity,.New York,N. Y.; *hairline. 'Just &maim DAVIS, Principal Central High School,Grand Rapids, Mich. Auxis F. Lamm Head of the Department of Education,University of Cali- fornia, Berkeley, Cal. BRUCE R. PAYNE, President George Peabody College for Teatrs, Nashville. Tenn. SUBSECTION 3. University Eaucation. EDMUND hams 1.kliF.s, President University of Illknols, Urbana,Ill., cbairman. JOHN GRIER RUMEN, President Princeton University, Princeton, IS.J. BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER, President University of California,Berkeley, Cal. Maar Bustle Hurcums, President University of Michigan, AnnArbor, Mich. WILLIAM OXLEY THOMPSON, President Ohio State University, Columbus,Ohio. COMM:MIA RDUCATIOS. 81:118MOTION 4Education of Women. Ssaen Lorin ARNOLD, Dean Simmons College, Boston, Mass., chairman. MARGARET SCHALLENBERGER, Commissioner of Elementary Education, State De- partment of Education, Sacramento, Cal. MARION TALBOT, Dean of Women, University of Chicago,