386 REPORT— 1894. 



Paris . MM. Beauregard, Alglave, and Ducrocq; Fernand Faure (Statistics); Planiol 

 (Industrial Legislation) ; Maroussem (Monographs). 



MM. Rougier, Berthelemy . 



MM. Gide, (rlaise. 



M. Gamier. 



MM. Bussonnet, Petit. 



MM. Turgeon, Charveau. 



M. Arnault. 



There are also at Montpellier lectures on industrial legislation by M. Lahorde. 



(iv.) The position of the Catholic 'universities' has ah-eady been 

 referred to. While following the lead of the State in associating Economics 

 with Law, they have the advantage of recruiting among their students a 

 large number of those who desire to enter the Church with a ti-aining in 

 economic science as an aid to the study of social problems. The respective 

 professors are MM. Jannet (Paris), Baugas (Angers), Bechaud (Lille), 

 Rambaud (Lyons), and Peyron (Marseilles). 



The Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, Paris, directed by M. Boutmy, 

 is perhaps the most hopeful academic institution in France for the promo- 

 tion of economic study. Lectures are given by MM. Cheysson (Economics); 

 Stourm, Dubois de Lestang, Plaffin, Courtin (Finance) ; Levasseur (Sta- 

 tistics) ; Dunoyer (History of Economics since Adam Smith) ; Arnaun^ 

 (Foreign Trade and Customs Laws) ; L^vy (Banking) ; P. Leroy-Beaulieu 

 (Colonial Systems) ; Paulet (Industrial Legislation) ; and Guieysse (In- 

 dustrial Problems). In addition to these lectures, which are well attended 

 by paying students, there are discussions and classes for original work on 

 the seminar plan. Travelling scholarships are also given, and e.xcellent 

 work is done, to which the general scheme of instruction largely contri- 

 butes. The primary function of the school is the thorough intellectual 

 equipment of young officials for the State. Foreign languages, travel, and 

 comparative study of laws and social institutions are encouraged, together 

 with an intelligent interest in history and politics. The personal assist- 

 ance rendered to individual students by the professors, the seminar, and 

 the scholarships, the comprehensive breadth of view, and the rigid impar- 

 tiality of this school are, as yet, unique in France. 



Other economic lectures in Paris which require mention are those of 

 M. Colson, at the £cole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees (where the 

 Government non-military engineers and road surveyors are trained), of 

 M. Cheysson at the Ecole Nationale des Mines (also under Government), 

 of M. F. Passy at the £cole des Hautes lEtudes Commerciales (endowed by 

 the municipality), of M. Emile Chevallier, &e. Lectures (by M. Gu^rin) 

 are organised by the Societe d'£cono7nie Sociale, founded by Le Play. 

 M. Demolins, the leader of a secession from this school, also delivers a 

 •course of lectures. There is, on the whole, too much diffusion of separate 

 economic lectures in Paris. 



An impressive plea has lately been published by M. Chailley-Bert for 

 the recognition of distinct economic faculties, and for such endowments as 

 will spare professors from the need of spending their time and brains upon 

 accessory sources of income. 



