Copyright, 1921, by Alexander Hamilton Institute


CONTENTS

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Foreword—The Law of Success[7]
CHAPTER
IThe Modern Business Course and Service[9]
IIThe Danger of Specializing Too Early[30]
IIIPushing Beyond the Half-way Mark[35]
IVA Personal Problem[43]
VThe Question Before You[69]
VIDescriptive Outline of the Course[72]
VIIAdvisory Council, Lecturers and Staff[97]
Advertisements[121]

Organization of the Alexander Hamilton Institute

Advisory Council

Joseph French Johnson, D.C.S., LL.D.Dean, New York University School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance Frank A. Vanderlip, A.M., LL.D.Financier T. Coleman duPont, D.C.S.Business Executive John Hays Hammond, D.Sc., LL.D.Consulting Engineer Jeremiah W. Jenks, Ph.D., LL.D.Research Professor of Government and Public Administration, New York University

Special Lecturers

Erastus W. Bulkley, Member of the firm, Spencer Trask and Company Herbert S. Collins, Vice-President, United Cigar Stores Company Henry M. Edwards, Auditor, New York Edison Company Harrington Emerson, Efficiency Engineer Charles Ernest Forsdick, Controller, Union Oil Company Orlando C. Harn, Chairman of Sales, National Lead Company A. Barton Hepburn, Chairman, Advisory Board, Chase National Bank, New York Frederic H. Hurdman, Certified Public Accountant Lawrence M. Jacobs, Vice-President, International Banking Corporation Jackson Johnson, Chairman, International Shoe Company, St. Louis Fowler Manning, Director of Sales, Diamond Match Company Finley H. McAdow, Past President, National Association of Credit Men General Charles Miller, Former Chairman of the Board, Galena-Signal Oil Company Melville W. Mix, President, Dodge Manufacturing Company Emmett H. Naylor, Secretary-Treasurer, Writing Paper Manufacturers' Association Holbrook F. J. Porter, Consulting Engineer Welding Ring, Exporter Arthur W. Thompson, President, The Philadelphia Company of Pittsburgh Frederick S. Todman, General Manager, Hirsch, Lillienthal & Company John C. Traphagen, Treasurer, Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company of New York John Wanamaker, Merchant Walter N. Whitney, Vice-President, Continental Grocery Stores, Inc.