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Programs: 1905-1924

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Date

Speaker

Topic

1905
January 9th Linton Satterthwaite
Counsellor at Law
Divorce
 
February 13thFoster C. Griffith
 
The Negro Problem
 
March 13thAlfred W. Wishart
Pastor, Central Baptist Church
The Charity Problem
 
April 10thHenry McBride
Director, Trenton School of Industrial Art
s
Municipal Art
 
May 8thJames M. Green, Ph.D, LL.D
Principal, State Normal School at Trenton
The Relation of the State to Higher Education
 
October 9thWilliam M. Lanning, LL.D
Judge, United States Circuit Court
The Place of Religion in the State
 
November 13thHenry Collin Minton, D.D., LL.D
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church
Samuel Taylor Coleridge - A Study
 
December 11thHamilton Schuyler
Rector, Trinity Church
Romanism and American Institutions
 
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1906
January 15th Garret D. W. Vroom
Judge, New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
Sidelights on Early New Jersey History
 
February 12th William A. Clark, M.D.
 
Is the Criminal Morally Responsible?
 
March 12thLawson Purdy
Secretary, the New York Tax Reform Association
The Single Tax
 
April 9thAdam Strohm
Librarian, Trenton Free Public Library
The Services of the Trenton Public Library
 
May 14thHugh H. Hamill
President, Trenton Trust & Safe Deposit Company
Seismic Disturbances
 
September 24th
Special Meeting
James Morris Whiton, Ph.D
Editorial Staff, The Outlook
The Ethics of Money
 
October 8thFrederick H. Clark
NJ Artist
The Indifference of Americans to Art
 
November 12thNeil Robert Montgomery
 
Richard Wagner
 
December 10thWilliam Cloke
Correspondent, New York Herald
The Ethics of Journalism
 
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1907
January 14th Linton Satterthwaite
Counsellor at Law
The Fundamental Injustice of our Primary Election Law
 
February 11th Lucien Hugh Alexander, Ph.D.
Author, "Life of James Wilson"
James Wilson, the Nation Builder
 
March 11thJames B. Dill
Judge, New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
The Corporation Laws of New Jersey, Past and Present
 
April 8thWilliam J. Ghent
 
Socialism
 
May 13thWilliam Libbey, D.Sc.
Professor of Physical Geography, Princeton University
The Panama Canal
 
October 14thFrank Forrest Frederick
Director, Trenton School of Industrial Arts
A Plain Talk on Art
 
November 11thWashington A. Roebling, C.E.
President, John A. Roebling;s Sons Co.

(with S. H. Hamilton)
Minerals
 
December 8thJames M. Green, Ph.D., LL.D.
Principal, State Normal School at Trenton
The Function of a Normal School
 
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1908
January 6thNo Meeting
 
February 10thHamilton Schuyler
Rector, Trinity Church
Sunday Observance Considered Historically and Practically
 
March 9thWilliam M. Reed
 
The Moon
 
April 13hHenry Collin Minton, D.D., LL.D
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church
The Pope's Recent Encyclical on Modernism
 
May 11thWilliam M. Lanning, LL.D
Judge, United States Circuit Court
Our National Altruism
 
October 12thWilliam Cloke
Correspondent, New York Herald
An International Government
 
November 2ndNo Meeting
 
December 14thAdam Strohm
Librarian, Trenton Free Public Library
The Old and the New
 
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1909
January 11th Henry A. Cotton, M.D.
Medical Director, NJ State Hospital at Trenton
Mental Hygiene
 
February 18thEdward C. Stokes, LL.D.
Former Governor, State of New Jersey
Railroad Taxation
 
March 8thWilliam Libbey, D.Sc.
Professor of Physical Geography, Princeton University
A Glimpse of Spain
 
April 12thScott Scammell
Counsellor at Law
New Jersey's Railroad Commission
 
May 24thHenry Jones Ford
Professor of Politics, Princeton University
Direct Primaries
 
October 11thHardin Craig, Ph.D.
Preceptor in English, Princeton University
Modern Theories of Prose Style
 
November 8thHamilton Schuyler
Rector, Trinity Church
The Religions Census, With Some Observations Upon the Same
 
December 13thGarret D. W. Vroom
Judge, New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
Is Change in the Present Mode of Electing U.S. Senators Called For?
 
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1910
January 10thFoster C. Griffith
 
The Autobiography of the Late Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, Naturalist and Humanist
 
February 14thHenry H. Goddard, Ph.D.
Vineland Training School for Feeble-Minded Children
A New Method of Studying the Causes of Dependency and Crime
 
March 14thScott Scammel
Counsellor at Law
The Recent Expansion of Federal Power
 
April 11thEdward R. Johnstone
Superintendent, Vineland Traning School for Feeble-Minded Children
The Hundredth Child
 
May 3rdWinthrop M. Daniels
Professor of Political Economy, Princeton University
The Social Bearings of the Law of Natural Selection
 
October 10thEdward C. Stokes, LL.D.
Former Governor, State of New Jersey
A State's Crisis
 
November 14thFrederick H. Clark
NJ Artist
Impressionism in Art
 
December 12thHenry A. Cotton, M.D.
Medical Director, NJ State Hospital at Trenton
Modern Conceptions of Psychic Reactions
 
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1911
January 9thWilliam Libbey, D.Sc
Professor of Physical Geography, Princeton University
Astronomical Climate
 
February 13thJames M. Green, Ph.D., LL.D.
Principal, State Normal School at Princeton
Is Our Education Fundamental?
 
March 13thLInton Satterthwaite
Counsellor at Law
Why Any Primaries?
 
April 10thWilliam M. Lanning, LL.D.
Judge, United States Circuit Court
The American Division of Governmental Powers
 
May 1stHenry Jones Ford
Professor of Politics, Princeton university
City Government
 
October 2ndNo Meeting
 
November 14thHamilton Schuyler
Rector, Trinity Churchy
The Origin and Evolution of Hebrew Theism
 
December 11thWilliam Libbey, D.Sc
Professor of Physical Geography, Princeton University
Modern Archeology and the Hexateuch
 
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1912
January 8thJohn A. Campbell
President, Trenton Potteries Company
Personal Experience With a Modern Labor Union
 
February 12thHenry Collin Minton, D.D., LL.D.
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church
John Calvin, Lawyer
 
March 11thEvan M. Johnson, Jr.
Major, US Infantry
The Philosophy of War
 
April 8thWilliam A. Clark, MD
 
Medical Problems and Progress
 
May 13thWinthrop M. Daniels, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Economy, Princeton University
The Regulation of Public Utilities
 
October 14thEvan M. Johnson, Jr.
Major, US Infantry
The Military Policy of the United States
 
November 11thHenry A. Cotton, MD
Medical Director, NJ State Hospital at Trenton
Practical Eugenics
 
December 9thEdward C. Stokes, LL.D.
Former Governor, State of New Jersey
Some Reflections on the Campaign
 
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1913
January 13thSamuel T. Dutton, LL.D.
Professor of School Administration, Teachers' College
The Peace Movement
 
February 10thFrederick W. Gnichtel
Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County
Workmen's Compensation
 
March 10thJohn J. Cleary
Editorial Writer, Trenton Times-Advertiser
New Journalism
 
April 14thHenry C. Moore
Vice President, Mercer Hospital Association
Hospital Management
 
May 12thEdwin Grant Conklin, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Professor of Biology, Princeton University
Responsibility
 
October 13thFrank Forrest Frederick
Director, Trenton School of Industrial Arts
What is the Matter with the Public Schools?
 
November 10thHenry A. Cotton, MD
Medical Director, NJ State Hospital at Trenton
Criminal Responsibility of the Insane
 
December 8thHenry W. Green
Member, Board of Trustees of Princeton University
The Graduate School, Princeton University
 
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1914
January 12thHoward C. Warren, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, Princeton University
The Mental and Physical
 
February 9thRobert McElroy, Ph.D.
Professor of American History, Princeton University
Andrew Jackson and the Annexation of Texas
 
March 9thHamilton Schuyler
Rector, Trinity Church
Commercialized Vice
 
April 13thHerbert Adams Gibbons, Ph.D.
Sometime Professor in Robert College, Constantinople
The Present Situation in the Balkan States
 
May 11thLinton Satterthwaite
Counsellor at Law
Our Obsolescent Representative System
 
October 12thHenry Clinton Minton, D.D., LL.D.
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church
The War in Europe
 
November 9thScott Scammell
Counsellor at Law
A New Federal Power
 
December 14thCharles E. Hewitt, C.E.
American Society of Civil Engineers
Economic Waste as Related to Hard Times
 
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1915
January 11thEdward C. Stokes, LL.D.
Former Governor, State of New Jersey
Peace
 
February 8thWilliam Libbey, D.Sc
Professor of Physical Geography, Princeton University
A Scientific Discussion of the Dayton Flood of 1913
 
March 8thAlfred Reed
Former Justice, Supreme Court of New Jersey
A Lawyer's Reminiscences
 
April 12thHenry B. Kummel, Ph.D.
State Geologist of New Jersey
Geological Factors Which Have Affected the Development of Trenton
 
May 3rdEdward W. Kemmerer, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics and Finance, Princeton University
The Federal Reserve Banking System
 
October 11thEdward L. Katzenbach
Counsellor at Law
Present Day Thought as Interpreted in Verse
 
November 8thJohn P. Dullard
State Librarian of New Jersey
Some Phases of Taxation
 
December 13thJohn Schoonover
Colonel, Eleventh New Jersey Volunteers
Some Untold Happenings in the Campaign at Appomattox
 
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1916
January 10thRaymond B. Fitz Randolph, MD
Assistant Director, NJ Department of Health
Some New Aspects of Public Health Work
 
February 14rhJames M. Green, Ph.D. LL.D.
Principal, State Normal School at Trenton
Some Features of the New Jersey Public School System and Their Significance
 
March 13thOtto Kinkeldey, Ph.D.
Chief of the Music Division, New York Public Library
Modern Song Music with a Special Reference to Hugo Wolf
 
April 12thGeorge Madison Priest, Ph.D.
Professor of Germanic Languages and Literature, Princeton University>
The Rise of the Modern German Political Parties
 
May 8thFrank Weitenkampf, L.H.D.
Curator of Prints, New York Public Library
The Appeal of the Etching
 
October 2ndNo Meeting
 
November 13thAlfred Reed
Informal Discussion by the Members of the Future of the Society
 
December 11thLinton Satterthwaite
Counsellor at Law
The League to Inforce Peace
 
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1917
January 8thGeorge W. Goethals, LL.D.
Major General, US Army and Chief Engineer of the Panama Canal
Slides of the Panama Canal
 
February 12thJohn J. Cleary
Editorial Writer, Trenton Times-Advertiser
What Shall We Do With Our Murderers?
 
March 12thEdward C. Stokes, LL.D.
Former Governor, State of New Jersey
Banks and Banking
 
April 9thHenry A. Cotton, MD
Medical Director, NJ State Hospital at Trenton
The Relation of Focal Infections to the Helath of the Individual
 
May 14thCharles W. Barber
Adjutant General of New Jersey
Conscription
 
October 15thFrederick W. Gnichtel
Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County
Municipal Home Rule
 
November 12thHoward L. Hughes
Librarian, Trenton Free Public Library
To What Extent Shall Public Libraries Direct or Censor the Reading of Fiction?
 
December 10thLinton Satterthwaite
Councellor at Law
Free Speech in War Time
 
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1918
January 14thHamilton Schuyler
Rector, Trinity Church
Is Ware a Necessary Factor in Civilization?
 
February 11thFrank Forrest Frederick
Director, Trenton School of Industrial Arts
Development of Citizenship Though the Manual Arts
 
March 11thHerman C. Mueller
President, Mueller Mosaic Company
Industrial School Training from the Standpoint of a Worker
 
April 8thJoseph L. Bodine
Judge, United States District Court
Current War Legislation
 
May 13thMax Reich
Minister, Society of Friends
Zionism
 
October 7thNo Meeting
 
November 11thJerohn J. Savits, Ph.D.
Principal, State Normal School at Trenton
What is the Matter With Our Schools?
 
December 9thGeorge N. J. Summer, MD
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Advances in Surgery Resulting from the Great War
 
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1919
January 13thAlfred N. Barber
Secretary, NJ Department of Public Utility
Recent Problems of Public Utility Regulation
 
February 10thJames Kerney
Editor, Trenton Times
My Recent Experience in France
 
March 10thFrederick E. Stockwell
Pastor, Third Presbyterian Church
The Missing Link in Modern Education
 
April 14thW. H. Vail, MD
How to Live
 
May 12thWilliam Libbey, Dr.S.
Professor of Physical Geography, Princeton University
A Year With Uncle Sam
 
October 13thAlbert J. Collison
The Individual and Social Evolution of Man and His Body
 
November 10thJohn A. Campbell
President, Trenton Potteries Company
Selective Service From Personal Observation
 
December 8thEdward M. Hunt
Counsellor at Law
Some Incidents of Red Cross Work in France
 
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1920
January 12thEdward L. Katzenbach
Counsellor at Law
A Modern Political Influence
 
February 9thJohn J. Cleary
Editorial Writer, Trenton Times-Advertiser
America's Interest in the Irish Question
 
March 8thFrank Forrest Frederick
Director, Trenton School of Industrial Arts
Color
 
April 12thHamilton Schuyler
Rector, Trinity Church
Some Reasons for the Unpopularity of the Church
 
May 10thAlfred K. Leukel
President, Mercer County Board of Assessment
Taxation and the County Tax Board
 
October 11thPeter K. Emmons
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church
The Place of the Church in the Community
 
November 8thHerman C. Mueller
President, Mueller Mosaic Company
Development and Influence of Ornament
 
December 13thA. W. Perelstrous
Russia, Past and Present
 
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1921
January 10thLinton Satterthwaite
Counsellor at Law
The Betrayal of Constitutional Government by Its Avowed Friends
 
February 14thJoseph L. Bodine
Judge, United States District Court
Some Facts and Figures Concerning the Nationalities of Persons Appearing Before the US District Court
 
March 14thGeorge N. J. Sommer, MD
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Radium
 
April 11thFrederick C. Carstarphen, E.M.
Civil, Mechanical and Mining Engineer
The Genesis of Ore Deposits with Comments on Carnotite
 
May 9thHoward C. Butler
Professor of History of Architecture, Princeton University
The Deserted Cities of the Syrian Desert
 
October 10thHamilton Schuyler
Rector, Trinity Church
The Religion of the Future: A Forecast
 
November 14thEdward Capps, Ph.D., LL.D., Litt.D.
Professor of Classics, Princeton University
Recent Political History in Greece
 
December 12thHenry A. Cotton, MD
Medical Director, NJ State Hospital at Trenton
Cause and Treatment of Mental Disorders
 
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1922
January 9thFrederick C. Carstarphen, E.M.
Civil, Mechanical and Mining Engineer
Coal and its Derivatives
 
February 13thFrank Forrest Frederick
Director, Trenton School of Industrial Arts

with George A. Bradshaw
Modern Reproductive Processes in Art, Particularly Etching
 
March 13thJohn B. W.Gardiner
Civil Engineer, Military Expert for the NY Times
Present and Future Results of the Washington Conference
 
April 10thWilliam J. Bickett
Superintendent of Schools, Trenton
The Essentials of Public School Education
 
May 22ndRoland S. Morris, LL.D.
Former US Ambassador to Japan
Some Aspects of the Russian Situation
 
October 2ndNo Meeting
 
November 13thJames C. R. Ewing, C.I.E., D.D., LL.D.
Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Punjab
Political Unrest in India
 
December 11thHerman Adams Gibbons, Ph.D.
Sometime Professor in Robert College, Constantinople
Political Conditions in Europe with Particular Reference to the Problems of the Near East
 
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1923
January 8thA. J. Skean
The Work of the Near East Relief
 
February 12thFrederick C. Carstarphen, E.M.
Civil, Mechanical and Mining Engineer
My Recent Trip to South America
 
March 12thHenry A. Cotton, MD
Medical Director, NJ State Hospital at Trenton
Book Plates
 
April 9thHerman C. Mueller
President, Mueller Mosaic Company
The Psychology of Modern Labor
 
May 21stDavid Lawrence
President, Consolidated Press Association
National Politics
 
October 15thHenry Collin Minton, Jr.
Counsellor at Law
The Philosophy of the Common Law
 
November 12thEdgar M. Hunt
Counsellor at Law
What I Saw in Germany
 
December 17thJames Kerney
Editor, Trenton Times
The Liberal Press, A Constructive Force in America
 
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1924
January 14thWilliam John Ellis
Psychologist, NJ Department of Institutions and Agencies
Mental Measurement
 
February 11thMalcolm G. Buchanan
Vice Chancellor of New Jersey
The Court of Chancery
 
March 10thEdward R. Johnstone, M.Sc.
Superintendent, Vineland Training School for Feeble-Minded Children
What Normal People May Learn from the Feeble-Minded
 
April 14thFrederick C. Carstarphen, E.M.
Civil, Mechanical and Mining Engineer
The Zoning of Municipalities with Particular Reference to Trenton
 
May 12thClifford M. Holland, B.S. in C.E.
Chief Engineer of the New and New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission
The Building of the Interstate Vehicular Tunnel
 
October 13thAlphonso Arbib-Costa
Asst. Professor of Romance Languages, College of the City of New York
The Present Crisis in Italy
 
November 10thEdward H. Rockwell, C.E.
Dean of Engineering, Rutgers University
The History of Engineering
 
December 15thHenry A. Cotton, MD
Medical Director, NJ State Hospital at Trenton
Pscho-Analysis: What It Is, What It Claims, and What It Is Not
 
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