[...]... editor of the Chicago Tribune and brought in the younger man as his assistant During their years of newspaper work together they continued to study and think, and their knowledge of business principles and methods gradually broadened They were fitting themselves almost without knowing it to step forward into positions of leadership Today, the former reporter is the head of a great university school of. .. him into touch with the ideas and methods of some of the foremost business and professional men in the country through a series of Modern Business Lectures 4 To give him facilities for applying and testing his knowledge of business principles through a series of Modern Business Problems 5 To keep him informed on current business events and the trend of future affairs in the commercial world by means... commerce; the assistant foreman became the president of the largest bank in the United States One of these men is Joseph French Johnson, now Dean of the New York University School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance The other is Frank A Vanderlip, the great financier The life histories of most men who have succeeded in a large way are equally simple They have looked ahead, they have planned, they have... special information and advice whenever the occasion requires (b) The Administrative Staff consists of the Senior and Junior Executives who are active in the administrative work of the organization These men are heads of the departments responsible for the successful management of the Alexander Hamilton Institute Subjects covered The Modern Business Course and Service brings to a subscriber the essential... spend a portion of their spare time in reading and thinking about business problems The organization The Modern Business Course and Service is conducted by an organization made up of business and professional men and of university specialists in business subjects Inasmuch as such an institution derives its strength almost wholly from the men who are identified with it, a complete list of these men, with... consists of Frank A Vanderlip, the financier; T Coleman duPont, the business executive; John Hays Hammond, the eminent engineer; Joseph French Johnson, Dean of the New York University School of Commerce; and Jeremiah W Jenks, the statistician and economist The Council has general supervision and direction of the policies and activities of the Institute No important move of any kind is made without the sanction... Accounting Principles Credit and Collections Business Correspondence Cost Finding Advertising Campaigns Corporation Finance Transportation Foreign Trade and Shipping Banking International Exchange Insurance The Stock and Produce 21 22 23 24 Exchanges Accounting Practice and Auditing Financial and Business Statements Investments Business and the Government Simple, elastic, workable The Modern Business... the sanction of this body The Authors and Collaborators are men prominent in educational and business circles As authors, co-authors and collaborators they are responsible for the Modern Business volumes Their writing is done under the guidance and with the cooperation of the Institute's Editorial Board Each one is chosen because of his particular training and ability in the field he covers The Special... reply that the only practical way to study the fundamental principles of business in a systematic manner was to attend the lectures in university schools of commerce At that time the literature of business was scanty and for the most part of doubtful value Working alone, a man could get but little help in his efforts to widen and deepen his knowledge of business principles It became evident that there was... interested in study, especially of financial questions, and he found it a pleasure to guide the reading of the young foreman Many an evening the two friends spent in the discussion of great economic and financial problems Though both men had their ambitions and dreams, it did not occur to either one that he would ever play a big part in solving these problems A few years later the Harvard graduate became financial .