Education: Unpedagogic Words

Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn, quondam President of Amherst College, was forced out of that post last Spring (TIME, June 25, July 2), supposedly because of his too-liberal opinions. Whether his opinions are pink, yellow, black or white, it is easy to understand how they can make enemies on account of the manner of their expression. An example of this was furnished last week when Dr. Meiklejohn made an address to the New School for Social Research in Manhattan. His words, if typical, denote a new period in the history of education, as compared...

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