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...sense that the bill was now virtually gutted of all logic, he was dead right. In rushed Missouri's Dewey Short to make the most of the opportunity. "Mr. Chairman," said Short, "we have just witnessed a complete somersault, a total handspring and an absolute about-face . . . We were told all during the hearings, by the proponents of this measure, that we must get U.M.T. started now in order to be able to build up this reserve, and as we built up this reserve gradually, then we would reduce gradually the number in the active service under the draft...
Carl Vinson's amendment carried 126-19, but-as Dewey Short had divined-it was more a sign of defeat than of victory. By a roll call of 236-162, the House voted to send the whole U.M.T. bill back to committee, i.e., to bury...
Lighting educational fuses is his specialty. He started as an undergraduate at Columbia over 30 years ago. Professor John Dewey, then the Jove of Morningside Heights, once came to a meeting of the university philosophy club to hear one of his students read a paper. As the thin, intense young man warmed to his subject, the great philosopher's face grew red. Finally, when young Adler quoted a passage from Dewey and commented, "There is certainly nothing of the love of God in this utterance," Dewey could take no more. He jumped to his feet, shouting, "Nobody is going...
...class Mortimer Adler harassed the eminent professor by sending him long, learned letters pointing out how his lectures contradicted his earlier lectures. For a time, Pragmatist Dewey read the letters in class, but eventually he called Adler to his office and suggested he lay off. Adler did not lay off. He has continued to take intellectual potshots at Dewey and his disciples...
Tide Turning? The first U.S. answer, helped along by John Dewey, was free colleges and the elective system, with heavy emphasis on "useful" subjects like science. Most U.S. educators today agree that the elective system leads generally to an aimless nibbling at knowledge, or to excessive specialization. But there is bitter disagreement as to what should be done. Most Deweyites insist that 20th century students must combine the liberal arts with "useful" studies, and that the learning of the past must be "reconstructed" to fit present needs. Adler feels that this view has led to totally inadequate half measures...