OF

SOCIAL SCIENCE.

CONTAINING THE

TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

NUMBER XXXV.

DECEMBER, 1897.

SARATOGA PAPERS OF 1897.

PAPERS READ IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCA-
TION, HEALTH, JURISPRUDENCE, FINANCE,

AND SOCIAL ECONOMY,

WITH NOTES OF DISCUSSIONS.

PUBLISHED FOR THE

AMERICAN SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION.

DAMRELL & UPHAM AND THE BOSTON BOOK COMPANY, BOSTON, AND
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, NEW YORK.

GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE ASSOCIATION, 84 IRVING PLACE

INTRODUCTION

GENERAL MEETING OF 1897

BUSINESS OF 1897. .

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

CONSTITUTION AND LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS

1. ABSOLUTE POWER AN AMERICAN INSTITUTION. HON. S. E.

BALDWIN, LL.D.

2. REPORT OF THE GENERAL SECRETARY, F. B. SANBORN

PAGE

iv

v-vii

viii-x

xi-xix

xx-xxiv

I-20

21-30

3. THE CAUSES OF THE FALL IN PRICES SINCE 1872. PROF. J. W.

JENKS

31-49

4. OUR PROGRESS IN SOCIAL ECONOMY SINCE 1874. F. B. SAN-

BORN

50-55

5. THE TEXTILE SCHOOL AT LOWELL. Joseph Lee

56-64

6. THE GEORGE JUNIOR REPUBLIC. PROF. J. W. JENKS.

65-68

I. PAPERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

69-119

1. SKETCH OF RECENT MOVEMENTS IN THE EDUCATIONAL

DOMAIN. REV. JOSEPH ANDERSON

69-76

2. THE PERVERSION OF FUNDS IN THE LAND GRANT

COLLEGES. D. G. PORTER

77-98

3. THE EDUCATIONAL FEATURES OF THE DRAMA. REV.

FREDERICK STANLEY ROOT

4. A TRIO OF SUB-ALPINE SCHOLARS. W. D. Mc-

CRACKAN.

112-119

II. PAPERS OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT

120-166

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1. PHYSICAL HEALTH OF THE INSANE. P. M. WISE, M.D., 120-124

4. FEEBLE-MINDED CHILDREN. J. C. CARSON, M.D.

142-148

5. THE IDIOTIC. CHARLES BERNSTEIN, M.D. .

149-154

6. INSANE CONVICTS. H. E. ALLISON, M.D.

155-166

III. PAPERS OF THE JURISPRUDENCE DEPARTMENT

?? 1. DEMOCRACY AND THE LABORING MAN. F. J. STIMSON, 167-196

2. How FAR MAY WE ABOLISH PRISONS? W. M. F.

167-206

ROUND

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197-206