ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: 17th April, 1961
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9485.1961.tb00160.x |
| Published date | 01 June 1961 |
| Date | 01 June 1961 |
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
17m APRIL, 1961
THE
seventh Annual General Meeting of the Scottish Economic
Society was held in the College Club, University of Glasgow, on
17th April, 1961. There were 46 members present. The meeting
approved the election of Professor A.
K.
Cairncross as a vice-president,
and
Dr.
T.
L.
Johnston was re-elected secretary. In proposing that
Professor Cairncross should be appointed a vice-president, Professor
A.
L.
Macfie thanked him for his work as Editor of the
Journd,
the
success
of
which owed a very great deal to Professor Cairncross’s
efforts. The Society wished him every success in his appointment as
Economic Adviser to
H.M.
Government.
The Editorial Board has appointed Professors Alan
T.
Peacock
and
D.
J.
Robertson as joint Editors
of
the
Journal
in succession to
Professor Cairncross.
Membership of the Society remained stable in 1960.
A
further
increase in sales
to
non-members and the larger subscriptions of the
Scottish banks helped to reduce the deficit to be met by the University
Courts from €139 to €112. The audited Accounts
of
the Society
for
the year ending 31st December, 1961, were approved by the General
Meeting, and are printed on pp. 168 and 169
of
this issue.
The local branches of the Society all arranged meetings on a
variety
of
subjects during the winter, and in some branches there was
a welcome attendance
of
non-members. It is hoped
to
develop further
the interchange
of
visiting speakers between branches.
After the business meeting Professor
A.
K.
Cairncross gave
a
paper
on ‘The Teaching
of
Economics’, in which he particularly stressed
the problems of specialist and general degrees in the subject, examined
teaching methods, and cunsidered the relative
importance
of
theory
and empiricism in teaching economics.
The
meeting concluded
with
an extended and stimulating discussion.
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