Education: Immortal

That John Dewey is very much alive he showed a fortnight ago when with a stirring, if tardy, utterance he pledged his vote and patriotic gratitude to the Brown Derby (TIME, Nov. 12).

Nor was John Dewey any less alive last week when a bust of John Dewey was unveiled at Columbia University, for he is one of the few mortals to whom immortality of fame is already conceded.

Said Dr. William Heard Kilpatrick at the unveiling, "He is America's greatest living philosopher, and must be included among the greatest thinkers of all times. He has in the minds of many changed almost...

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