The School and Society
John Dewey
- The
- three
- lectures
- presented
- in
- the
- following
- pages
- were
- delivered
- before
- an
- audience
- of
- parents
- and
- others
- interested
- in
- the
- University
- Elementary
- School,
- in
- the
- month
- of
- April
- of
- the
- year
- 1899.
- Mr.
- Dewey
- revised
- them
- in
- part
- from
- a
- stenographic
- report,
- and
- unimportant
- changes
- and
- the
- slight
- adaptations
- necessary
- for
- the
- press
- have
- been
- made
- in
- his
- absence.
- The
- lectures
- retain
- therefore
- the
- unstudied
- character
- as
- well
- as
- the
- power
- of
- the
- spoken
- word.
- As
- they
- imply
- more
- or
- less
- familiarity
- with
- the
- work
- of
- the
- Elementary
- School,
- Mr.
- Dewey's
- supplementary
- statement
- of
- this
- has
- been
- added.
- This
- edition
- affords
- a
- grateful
- opportunity
- for
- recalling
- that
- this
- little
- book
- is
- a
- sign
- of
- the
- coöperating
- thoughts
- and
- sympathies
- of
- many
- persons.
- Its
- indebtedness
- to
- Mrs.
- Emmons
- Blaine
- is
- partly
- indicated
- in
- the
- dedication.
- From
- my
- friends,
- Mr.
- and
- Mrs.
- George
- Herbert
- Mead,
- came
- that
- interest,
- unflagging
- attention
- to
- detail,
- and
- artistic
- taste
- which,
- in
- my
- absence,
- remade
- colloquial
- remarks
- until
- they
- were
- fit
- to
- print,
- and
- then
- saw
- the
- results
- through
- the
- press
- with
- the
- present
- attractive
- result—a
- mode
- of
- authorship
- made
- easy,
- which
- I
- recommend
- to
- others
- fortunate
- enough
- to
- possess
- such
- friends.
- It
- would
- be
- an
- extended
- paragraph
- which
- should
- list
- all
- the
- friends
- whose
- timely
- and
- persisting
- generosity
- has
- made
- possible
- the
- school
- which
- inspired
- and
- defined
- the
- ideas
- of
- these
- pages.
- These
- friends,
- I
- am
- sure,
- would
- be
- the
- first
- to
- recognize
- the
- peculiar
- appropriateness
- of
- especial
- mention
- of
- the
- names
- of
- Mrs.
- Charles
- R.
- Crane
- and
- Mrs.
- William
- R.
- Linn.
- And
- the
- school
- itself
- in
- its
- educational
- work
- is
- a
- joint
- undertaking.
- Many
- have
- engaged
- in
- shaping
- it.
- The
- clear
- and
- experienced
- intelligence
- of
- my
- wife
- is
- wrought
- everywhere
- into
- its
- IItexture.
- The
- wisdom,
- tact
- and
- devotion
- of
- its
- instructors
- have
- brought
- about
- a
- transformation
- of
- its
- original
- amorphous
- plans
- into
- articulate
- form
- and
- substance
- with
- life
- and
- movement
- of
- their own.
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