Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-28
BOOK REVIEWS.

THE EDUCATION OF TOMORROW, the
Adaptation of school Curricuia to
m Economic Democracy. BY Ar
land ID. Weeks. Nj. y, professor OF
education North Dakota Agricul-
fural College New York: Sturgis
e. walton Company
TINKERING at education Is
general practice. A Jealous hap
hazardry of cutting off here. set
ting in there. piecing on almost
ANYWHERE is the familiar spec
,,c,e of an educator at work Not ire
ouent enough to give high hope Is the
man or woman of vision in educa'io'i'
manv-sided constructive, independently
world -ninded. Such. however, appears ~
be the author of this notable STUDY Vi .ie
education of the immediate 1uture-
hook is without question. headed upon
argument and opposition IL is ..
departure therefore to be suspected. II
implies prodigious work of a new oruei'
in Mace of the beloved routine, there-
fo,e IN n. suspended One certain pro-
-, will declare that the author has Tor
tursd facts past use in order TO nidhe
,bsro tally with a theory, that he mas
busi.d himself nightly in the fooIsn
task of crowding square peg lhto
round hole and so on. This may De true
one doubts il. The study looks coh'ihc-
ingly like the plalnest common sense N N
the comnonest of situations Al All
events il is calculated 10 sur up anu
hearten q slack and timid thing. An OUT
line that can only hope to touch the HiaiH
points of the discussion runs hhe .s
III The use of knowledge is to arucu-
late the individual with ms enSifohihen..
co. our present environment Is. In intent
al least a democracy Moreover IL -
fasf becoming a democracy Oh ecohoiliie
fact. in place Of one OF poiiticai 'h '.'',i
,:;t The full content OF democracy Is equdi-
inv Of All before the law. 1he compiete
theory OF economies rests upon the iui
daalentalS OF prodUcuon olslIiou .ioii'
coTisImption al Therefore ii 1oiioWs
that education must be adjusted 10 TINS
economic democracy in order That khoWi-
edge may serve its purpose OF reiaiIhs
the individual efficiently TO ms surrounu
ings This leads, Immediately, 10 d re-
classification OF knowledge, to grouping
il anew this time aruund the basic no
lions OF an economic democracy. me
principles upon which this reorsahiZatoi.
is to be made ioox out at every point OF
this study of economic ana social en-
vironment They control the making OF
a tentative course of study calculated 10
be the che: instrument In this new au-
justment OF the schools 10 real NE IN
This new view the purely traditional fails
away from the schools What remains
becomes tie subject OF a fresh evaiuat1on
in the hgnt OF the major social ana
economic relations. The result is rich.
not arid as some may feel that it might
be- The author opposes the early voca-
tional work of which so much is now be-
ing said. One gathers that the me ad-
iustments laid down here would set aside
the necessity for this early specialization
by supplying an efficient holu on all OF
ones surroundings, and making at the
same time an nComparablE Securer foot
ing on the broad highway of nfc. TINS
is the main line of the discussion. Con-
tnbutory lines support this one from
many directions. SO lar as one recalls,
this study stands alone as u com.'re-
hensive, rational, Independent view of
education in the midst of the realities
about it, and in fact of its requirements
1t is moreover a survey supp orted by
enough OF practical direction anu sIImu-
lating suggestion TO warrant venture IN
tae business of thus giving point. vital
ity- direction and efficiency To the enor-
nous and enormously costly enterprise
OF public education
THE ABYSMAL BRUTE. BY Jack
london. author of THE Can OF the
- Wild etc. New York: The Century
Company
Young Pat Glendon. son of old Pat,
ertswhile prize shter of renown, is the
'tabySmal brute" of this truly London
esqGe tale Young Fat is fighter, too. a
prodicious fellow. with muscles of steel
wrapped in a silken white skin. y prim-
tive giant. reared and trained by old
Pat in the wilds of northern California,
marvel in the science of clean fistic ex-
ploit baby to the tricks of the ring.
This is a story OF the prize ring, a sue
session of fights in which young Pat
played with all antagonists like lion with
mouse. in sort of subconscious mastery
OF the full form and substance of the pu-
giilstic game. Such as have still linger-
ing IN the blood warmth toward the
primal way OF determining which Is the
better man by setting the two Up each
against the other ana making the out
come matter of fists and wind VIII call
TINS real story. with Drawn and muscle
10 it. II has these. too On the other
hand. such as have neither experience
nor language TO guide them through the
real business in hand are not completely
robbed of enjoyment Young Pat is
wonder of animal perfection. Nor is this
all a prize fighter who in the between
WhileS OF the game plies a camera, reads
Browning and courts a young newspaper
interviewer in as customless way
Eden itself could picture is not without
interest 10 one who has travelled along
some distance ahead of the sporting
pleasure Of the prize ring. One stamp OF
Mr. London's handicraft is that ne makes
better fights than he does women. one
always feels tnat he throws the latter
in as sop 10 the women who may
chance TO come upon one of mis- advea-
lures This is a good story-a good Lon
don story.
THE OLD ADAM: n story of Adventure.
BY Arnold Bennett, author of The
old Wives Tale" etc. New York:
George H. Doran Company
II is easily Imaginable that THE Old
Adam" is a direct aftermath of Mr.. Ben
nett's recent visit TO the United States.
Proceeding homeward. sureharged with
a host of new impressions and seeking
instinctively, writerfashion. to embody
these. what more natural than that this
aIthor should draw off from this store
such qualities are needed TO make this
American-hke EnSlishman this double
transcript OF the old Adam. At the
SOLDERING age Of forty. the hero OF this
viyacious tale breaks out in a wholly
new and sensationally successful career
as wizard of the playhouse. He waves
his hand. and in the heart Of London the
foundation Of church building shifts