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...theory on which my friend Snodkins has worked. Here are his notes,- but how do they disclose the principles of Political Economy? The subject itself is not touched upon, but nevertheless I feel in a distinctly political-economical mood; I am led to think of Mill, Cairnes, Walker and Richards, and of their overpowering ideas. But how? At last I find an explanation; I am forced to a realization of the power of the association of abstract ideas and principles with physical, that is, tangible surroundings. The success, then, of Snodkins' method of taking notes is due only to this...
...could not a few lectures on important questions of the day in Political Science be given this year by prominent economists? Boston is very near us, and numbers among its citizens some of the leading authorities in economical matters in this country, as, for example, Gen. Francis A. Walker, Mr. Atkinson and Mr. Bradford. If any one of these gentlemen could be induced to deliver one or more lectures at Harvard, we feel sure that there would be deep gratitude felt on the part of the students...
...whom there are over thirty, gathered from many colleges, and including Harvard A. B's. The corps of professors, instructors, assistants and lecturers, who are charged with the duty of teaching these men, numbers 63, of whom 28 comprise the faculty. At their head is president Francis W. Walker, one of the leading economists of the country, formerly in charge of the U. S. census of 1880; and among the professors are such men as John D. Runkle, Wm. P. Atkinson and Alpheus Hyatt...
...number of men in '87 who have received deturs is twenty-five. They are Furber, Stanton, Brainard, Buckingham, Walker, Currier, Tuthill, Dudley, Herron, Southworth, Craig, Rich, Marvin, Luce, Von Storch, Bailey, Frost, Schofield, Haskell, Stanyan, Stedman, Bowen, Lochman, Peabody...
President Francis A. Walker of the Technology is a candidate for the school committee of Boston and is supported by all parties...