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I don't know the details, Laurence, but here is where to find them:
Education and Democracy: The Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn, 1872-1964. By
Adam R. Nelson. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, 2001. 416 pp.
$34.95 hardbound.
President of Amherst from 1912 to 1924, Meiklejohn was a figure known for
his strong ideals. This extensively researched book, the first full-length
study of Meiklejohn, tells, among other things, the story of his
influential and controversial tenure at Amherst, which ended with his
dismissal in 1924. Meiklejohn crusaded for democratic government and
rigorous, moral, classically-based education. He served as dean of Brown
University before coming to Amherst and afterwards was director of the
Experimental College at the University of Wisconsin, which he designed as a
small, undergraduate program with a core curriculum that shifted away from
students' vocational training. He received the Presidential Medal of
Freedom in 1963 as a defender of the First Amendment during the McCarthy era.
The excerpt above was found at:
http://www.amherst.edu/magazine/issues/99to01/authors_99to01/au_sum01_collegebooks.html
Bruce Larson
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