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'''Scott Nearing''' was a radical's radical, a professor who was dismissed from his position at University for indoctrinating his students.<ref name=dismissed>[https://books.google.com/books?id=F5FGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA619 Progressive Professor Dismissed]</ref> He was also a lecturer at the [[Rand School of Social Science]] and a member of the [[League for Industrial Democracy]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=fKREAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA29 Irrepressible America], by Scott Nearing</ref>
==Dismissal==
On June 17th, 1915, Provost Edgar F. Smith of the [[University of Pennsylvania]] sent the following notice to Professor Scott Nearing:
<blockquote>My Dear Mr Nearing, as the term of your appointment as assistant professor of economics for 1914-15 is about to expire, I am directed by the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to inform you that it will not be renewed.<ref name=dismissed /></blockquote>
==Landlord's Game==
Nearing was fond of the ''Landlord's Game'', the predecessor to [[Monopoly]]. The ''Landlord's Game'' was based on the ideals of [[Henry George]]. Nearing would teach the game to his students.<ref name=game>[http://harpers.org/blog/2012/10/monopoly-is-theft/?single=1 Monopoly Is Theft]</ref> As the popularity of the game grew, it colloquially came to be known among the students as "''Monopoly''".<ref name=game />
==References==
<references />
[[Category:Socialists]]
==Dismissal==
On June 17th, 1915, Provost Edgar F. Smith of the [[University of Pennsylvania]] sent the following notice to Professor Scott Nearing:
<blockquote>My Dear Mr Nearing, as the term of your appointment as assistant professor of economics for 1914-15 is about to expire, I am directed by the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to inform you that it will not be renewed.<ref name=dismissed /></blockquote>
==Landlord's Game==
Nearing was fond of the ''Landlord's Game'', the predecessor to [[Monopoly]]. The ''Landlord's Game'' was based on the ideals of [[Henry George]]. Nearing would teach the game to his students.<ref name=game>[http://harpers.org/blog/2012/10/monopoly-is-theft/?single=1 Monopoly Is Theft]</ref> As the popularity of the game grew, it colloquially came to be known among the students as "''Monopoly''".<ref name=game />
==References==
<references />
[[Category:Socialists]]