HADLEY, Arthur Twining, American college president: b. New Haven, Conn., 23 April 1856. A son of James Hadley (q.v.), he was graduated from Yale in 1876, and took graduate studies in political science at Yale and the University of Berlin. In 1879-83 he was a tutor at Yale, and during that time wrote for several journals, including the Railway Gazette and the Financial Chronicle. He was commis sioner of labor statistics for Connecticut (1885 87), and was in 1885 a witness before the Cul lom State committee which prepared the Inter state Commerce Law. In 1886 he became pro fessor of political science at Yale, and in 1899 was made president of the university. He was president of the American Economic Associa tion for two years. In 1885 he published 'Rail road Tfansportation: Its History and Laws,' which is everywhere recognized as one of the chief authorities on the subject and has been translated into French and Russian; his other works include 'Report on the Labor Question' (1885) • 'Economics, an Account of the Rela tions between Private Property and Public Wel (1896), presenting the theories of political economy in accordance with the most modern research and thought; 'The Education of the American Citizen' (1901) •, 'Freedom and (1903); 'Baccalaureate Ad dresses) (1907) ; 'Standards of Public Morality> (1907); 'Some Influences in Modern Philo sophic Thought' (1913) •, 'Undercurrents in American Politics) (1915). He also acted as
chairman of the Railroad Securities Commis sion, which was appointed under the Act of Congress of June 1910 and published its 'Report> in 1911. In all his books he has endeavored to utilize the results of economic and political his, tory as a basis for a working system of ethic%' for a democracy like that of the United States. His writings show him to be not only a scholar, but also a man of affairs well acquainted with the business world, and in this regard he is one of the best representatives of the modern type of university presidents.