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