PIONEER'S PROGRESS

by Alvin Johnson ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

A fine and mellow autobiography by the father of adult education in this country who in a rare moment of self-adulation says that he has a ""green thumb for education"". His book is alive with anecdotes on everything from life on a remote Nebraska farm to pioneering in the field of the social sciences, and his experiences in the Spanish American war led him to deeper searching in the fields of economic and political science at Columbia. This was probably the turning point in his career and developed his conviction that education and public welfare should join hands. While on the New Republic he wrote vigorously on a variety of topics concerning the public weal, and then established the New School for Social Research. His capacity for exciting all types of people is evidenced by the fact that after an interview with Doris Duke, whom he was quite sure he had not impressed, Miss Duke made him a gift of the building site on which the New School now stands. And with World War II, the plight of European scholars aroused his indignant concern and it is largely through his efforts that American culture has received the enrichment of the best thinkers from European countries..... Education's man of action, in a self-portrait which is permeated with a homespun charm and humor and invigorated by the character of the man and his impressive influence. He will have critical notice and a selective following.

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1952

Categories: NONFICTION