Education and Democracy: The Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn, 1872–1964

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403 Index Abrams, Jacob, 269 Abrams v. United States, 269 Adams, Henry: and The Education of Henry Adams, 158–160 Adler, Mortimer: Great Books curriculum and, 249 Admission to college: Meiklejohn’s views of, 37, 38, 39, 147, 206–207; College Entrance Examination Board and, 38; and financial aid, 39, 40, 41, 208; and discrimination, 112, 113 Adult education, 195, 196, 199, 201– 205, 207, 210, 211, 215, 227, 258; in rural areas, 222, 223; and radio, 223 Agard, Walter, 75; controversy surrounding appointment at Amherst, 109–110; resignation from Amherst, 119; at St. John’s College, 136; Experimental College faculty, 145– 146; and Athens curriculum in Experimental College, 154, 162; reflects on Hitler’s aggression in Europe , 225–226; and closing of San Francisco School of Social Studies, 228; reviews Meiklejohn’s work, 243 Agnosticism, xiv, xvi, 259; and Immanuel Kant, 20; Meiklejohn’s criticism of, 64–65, 91; in modern higher education, 139, 234; in Henry Adams, 159; Meiklejohn’s own, 182, 319 Allen, Raymond: and Communists at University of Washington, 277 All-University Study Committee: at University of Wisconsin, 139, 140, 141, 142 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 228, 301, 311; and defense of David Gordon at Experimental College, 169; northern California chapter of, 210; reaction to Smith Act, 229–230; and loyalty oath crisis at University of California, 279; barred from Communist Party members, 283, 284; and book-banning, 305 American Legion, 217, 224 Amherst College, xiii, 124, 129, 135, 139, 144–145, 147, 155, 161, 172, 183, 185, 186, 190, 191, 194, 196, 204, 205, 211, 213, 228, 234, 236, 267, 271, 278, 280, 290, 319, 329; intercollegiate athletics at, 48; invites Meiklejohn to presidency of, 55–57; Meiklejohn’s inauguration as president of, 61–65; Meiklejohn’s inaugural address at, 63–65; historical background of, 67, 69; Meiklejohn ’s curricular reforms at, 67, 71–72, 73, 75–76; Meiklejohn’s relations with faculty at, 69, 71, 74, 75, 106–108; World War I and, 77, 79–96; preparedness movement at, 79–81; civil liberties at, 86–88; Student Army Training Corps at, 91; Amherst College (cont.) student strikebreakers at, 98–99, 102; workers’ education at, 99–101, 102; Meiklejohn’s financial troubles at, 102–103; Meiklejohn’s confrontation with trustees at, 109–110; inclusion of black students at, 113; Meiklejohn’s resignation from, 114–119; commentary on Meiklejohn’s departure from, 119–123; denies Meiklejohn a pension , 221; Meiklejohn’s presidential portrait installed at, 302–303 Anarchism, 11, 98, 101, 174–175, 179, 207, 216–217, 228, 265; of elective curriculum, 17 Andrews, Elisha Benjamin, 25, 27; Brown University president, 15, 16; professor of moral philosophy, 17, 18; hires Meiklejohn at Brown, 29; chancellor of University of Nebraska , 65; comments on Meiklejohn ’s inauguration at Amherst, 65– 66; Meiklejohn compared to, 331 Anti-Communism: during Red Scare, 99; during Great Depression, 209–210, 217–218; during Cold War, 263, 264, 273, 278, 279, 280–281, 282, 283, 284, 292 Antioch College, 101 Aquinas, Thomas, 18, 24, 154 Arnold, Matthew, 153 Athens-America curriculum: Meiklejohn ’s initial description of, 134; at Experimental College, 140, 154–157, 159, 170, 171 Athletics, intercollegiate: prominence in universities, 14, 29; unsportsmanlike conduct in, 43; injuries in, 43, 46; controversy at Brown over, 43–49; corruption in, 44, 45, 46, 47; summer baseball, 44–48; commercialization of, 45, 46, 47; amateurism vs. professionalism in, 45, 46, 48, 49 Atlanta University, 133 Authority: role in liberal education, xiv, xv, 87, 163, 172, 179, 188, 228, 231, 234, 238–243, 244, 247, 248, 250, 272, 280, 318, 321, 322, 324, 331–333; legitimacy in democracy, 13, 48, 91, 236, 237, 271, 299, 305; morality and, 17, 44, 51; authoritarianism , 120, 232, 246; freedom of speech and, 266, 286–287; group membership and, 283–284 Ayres, Clarence: Amherst College faculty , 75; concern for Meiklejohn’s fate at Amherst, 110; resignation from Amherst, 119; view of science as folklore, 161; criticizes Meiklejohn ’s educational theories, 248; on Meiklejohn’s dispute with John Dewey, 256; and threat of Communism , 280–281; disagrees with Meiklejohn’s interpretation of Dennis case, 287 Baldwin, James: Meiklejohn pictured with, 323 Baldwin, Roger, 233; longshoreman’s strike and, 210; excludes Communists from ACLU, 230, 284; on Japanese internment, 236; and Meiklejohn’s Presidential Medal of Freedom, 315; attends Meiklejohn memorial service, 330 Barenblatt, Lloyd, 305–306 Barenblatt v. United States, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310 Barr, Stringfellow: at St. John’s College , 250–251; comments on Eisenhower ’s election...