ABSTRACT
In 1904, the year that a carefully cultivated scandal involving Thorstein Veblen and Mrs. Triggs erupted and President Harper gave Veblen his cordial get-lost message, The Theory of Business Enterprise was published. Oscar L. Triggs was among the first batch of instructors hired at the opening of the university in 1892. He taught to overflowing classes there for twelve years. Veblen and Triggs also differed on the relevance of the Arts and Crafts movement. Since his disappointing visit to Morris in England in 1896, Veblen was doubly disdainful of any arty activities. Oscar Triggs was secretary of the Industrial Arts League in Chicago and had written a book on the subject. Thorstein reviewed it for the Journal of Political Economy and treated it rather gently. The Arts and Crafts movement must fall in line or otherwise "hang as an anemic fad upon the fringe of modern industry".
