ADDRESSES AT CONFERENCE PUBLISHED

The complete proceedings of the conference on scientific management held under the auspices of the Tuck School in October, 1911, have just appeared in book form. The volume., well-bound and printed contains nearly four hundred pages and is edited by the director of the Tuck School, Professor H. S. Person. The introduction, which deals with the principles and applications of scientific management, is by Professor Person, who is now widely recognized as one of the leading experts on this subject. The book is divided into six parts, each dealing with one session of the conference. The scope of the book and hence of the. conference will be seen from the subjects of the sessions. The first chapter deals with the "Principles of Scientific Management", and contains the address of welcome of President Nichols and the address by Mr. Frederick W. Taylor, the originator of the principles of scientific management. The second chapter is devoted to "Scientific Management and the Laborer", with the addresses of Mr. Henry L. Gantt and Mr. Harrington Emerson. The third chapter treats "Scientific Management and the Manager", containing the addresses of Mr. Henry P. Kendall of Norwood. Mass., and Mr. Tames M. Dodge of Philadelphia. The fourth chapter contains the informal round-table discussions on "Machine Manufacture", "Textile Manufacture", "Shoe Manufacture", "Printing and" . Publishing", "Pulp and Paper Manufacture", "Lumbering and the Management of Timber Properties", and "Academic Efficiency". Dartmouth men will read with" especial interest the remarks at the last named discussion by Professors J. K. Lord and E. J. Bartlett. The fifth chapter, dealing with "Scientific Management and Government", contains the introductory remarks of the chairman. Governor Bass, and the address of Mr. Frederick A. Cleveland, chairman of the President's Commission on Economy and Efficiency. The final chapter is devoted to "Phases of Scientific Management", and in it the chairman, Mr. Morris Llewellyn Cooke of Philadelphia, presents a number of experts in various fields in an informal symposium. At the end of the book is the list of delegates to the conference, showing two hundred and ninety-four names. The book may be obtained from the director of the Tuck School for $2.50. It is an exceedingly valuable contribution to the subject of scientific management, as well as being the complete record of the first conference on the subject ever held, and the Tuck School is to be congratulated on its initiative and energy in planning and carrying out the series of meetings of which this book is the record.