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7. Nature and function of money. (Ely, Outlines of Economics, chapter xiv; Fetter, Modern Economic Problems, chapter iii.)
8. Functions of a bank. (White, Money and Banking, part iii, chapter i; Fetter, Modern Economic Problems, chapter vii; Fiske, The Modern Bank, chapter iv.)
9. The bank statement. (White, Money and Banking, part iii, chapter ii.)
10. The clearing house. (White, Money and Banking, part iii, chapter iii; Fiske, The Modern Bank, chapter x.)
11. The credit department of a modern bank. (Fiske, The Modern Bank, chapter xvii.)
12. Bank reserves. (Fiske, The Modern Bank, chapter xxii.)
13. Greenbacks. (White, Money and Banking, part ii, chapter iii.)
14. The check system. (Dunbar, Theory and History of Banking, chapter iv.)
15. Colonial finance. (Dewey, Financial History of the United States, chapter i.)
16. The First United States Bank. (White, Money and Banking, part iii, chapter vi.)
17. The Second United States Bank. (White, Money and Banking, part iii. chapter vii.)
18. The national banking system. (White, Money and Banking, part iii, chapter xiv; Dewey, Financial History of the United States, chapter iv; Fetter, Modern Economic Problems, chapter viii.)
19. The panic of 1907. (Coman, Industrial History of the United States, pages 335-337; Noyes, Forty Years of American Finance, chapter xv; White, Money and Banking, part iii, chapter xviii.)
20. The Bank of England. (Dunbar. Theory and History of Banking, chapter viii.)
21. The Bank of France. (Dunbar, Theory and History of Banking, chapter ix.)
22. The German bank. (Dunbar, Theory and History of Banking, chapter x.)
23. Organization of the Federal Reserve System. (Annals, vol. lxiii, pages 88-97.)
24. The Federal Reserve act and foreign trade. (Annals, vol. lxiii, pages 132-141; Kemmerer, The A B C of the Federal Reserve System, chapter ix.)
FOR CLASSROOM DISCUSSION
25. Should we adopt a centralized banking system such as exists in England, France and Germany? (See the Debaters' Handbook Series.)
26. Should all State banks and trust companies be required by law to become members of the Federal Reserve System?
27. What would be the best method of acquainting the general public with the fundamental principles of banking?