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LITTLE OWL, by Reiner Zimnik, illustrated by Hanne Axmann (Atheneum; $3.50), is a translation from German of a tale about a peeping-owl. The illustrations convey with charm and mystery a mocking view of the foolish fears that isolate adults from the pleasant world of children and small animals...
...cannot help shuddering to think what our country would be after 20 years of an educational system such as the one advocated by Mr. Reiner...
...back to this nonsense, there is no doubt in my mind that Russian children will be exploring the moon while Mr. Reiner's children continue to explore Mount Baldy...
...Reiner's "special school" depicts a new low in education. The Midtown "Disneyland" is not a school: it is an excuse for people who want to learn by the made-simple method. It is an example of the chaos and purposelessness that permeates education today...
...Couldn't Go Back." Reiner, a vastly successful manufacturer of women's hair clips (TIME, Aug. 10, 1959), was himself educated at New York's progressive Ethical Culture School and at Purdue. To keep his school running, he contributes about $100,000 a year toward the difference between tuition and costs. The six-acre filled ravine where the school stands and the dazzling buildings cost him a million dollars, and Midtown's impressive array of planned improvements may cost a half-million more...