Core Curriculm May Lose Course In Historical Study

Alfred C. Chandler Jr., House Professor of Business History, said yesterday he will probably not teach Historical Study A-16, "The Development of Managerial Capitalism," next year.

The course examines the rise of labor unions, government bureaus, and large-scale business enterprise, studying their effects on economic policy and performance in Europe, the United States, and Japan.

Chandler, an expert in American capitalist development, said he cannot offer the course unless he finds someone to lecture on the European topics it discusses because he himself is "unqualified to teach the European side."

Chandler said he originally suggested two professors should teach the course and asked colleagues both at the Business School and in Europe to share the teaching duties with him. They said they had other obligations for next year, Chandler added.

Bernard Bailyn, Winthrop Professor of History and chairman of the Core program's Subcommittee on History, said yesterday he would consider restructuring the course if it cannot be taught in its present form.

Glen W. Bowersock '57, associate dean of the Faculty for undergraduate education and a member of the sub-committee, said yesterday the sub-committee would continue to search for the needed professor.

Chandler said he likes the course's global perspective and hopes to offer it in the future, if not next year.