Evening star., 1932-11-20
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Adult Education.

| The following list on adult education
has been prepared by the sociology divi-
| sion of the Public Library to meet the
demand for a list of books on the possi-
bilities. opportunities. and achievements
! in the field of education for adults at a
| time when many persons have more
| leisure than ever before, when the trend
| in industry and the professions is toward
the creation of longer periods Of leisure
| time, and science has demonstrated that
| the ability to learn easily is not CHAR
acteristic Of youth alone, but extends
well into the years of maturity and mid
die age.
A Select List of Recent Books.
Libraries and Adult Education. The
American Library Association. 1926.
ZP83.Am.36 /.
"The result of two years study OF the
conception and practice OF adult educa-
ton in this country, emphasizing the
opportunity of the libraries to associate
their work closely with adult education
Of all types"
The Making of Adult Minds in Met
ropolitan Area. Brooklyn Conference
on Adult Education. 1881! IL.Z79.
Account is taken of organized courses
of study attendance at museums ana
libraries. reading of newspapers, radio
programs, and community center activl-
ties"
Why Stop Learning? BY Dorothy Can
field. 1927. IL.C 164w.
DISTINGUISHES between universal Ut
eracy and universal education ana as
cusses various types Of adult education
as efforts in the direction OF an eou-
Gated citizen"
Unemployment and Adult Education.
Ed. by M. A. Cartwright. 1881.
HFW.C25.
Presents opinions of employer. edu-
Gator. employe, philosopher. economist,
statesman, in their search Tor eHectlve
Ways in which education can function 10
relieve unemployment"
Educational Opportunities for Young
Workers. BY o. d. Evans. lszo'
ILEv 16.
IDEALS mainly with continuation and
evening high schools. These schools
stress vocational training, social-clvlc
relations, health and culture in the
order named"
Adult Education. BY ]. K. Hart. 1927
ILH258.
"a plea for adult education as an ac-
tivity of the whole community and III
particular for concentration upon young
adults in the manner of the panlsn
Peoples High Schools"
The Education Of the Whole Man. BY
L. P. Jacks. 1881. IK.J IA.
Twelve short essays demonstrating
the validity of DR.. Jacks thesis: skill
is knowledge in action. He recommends
that sound physical culture be maoe ac-
cessible along with mental culture 10
produce coeducation OF MIND ana
body"
Education for Adults. BY F. p. Keppel.
1926. IL.K442.
-Four essays by the president OF the
Carnegie Corporation Of New York Mr..
Keppel urges that adult education be
interpreted in terms of the complete life,
not of vocation only"
The Meaning of Adult Education. BY
E. C. Linderman. 1925. 1LL64m.
Education as the development and
enrichment of the individual and
stimulus to changes which may make
for a new and better society"
Education of Adult Prisoners. BY A.
H. MacCormick. 1881. IzK.M IA.
"A survey of a program for the edu-
cational system Of American prisons and
reformatories."
Educational Experiments in Industry.
BY Nathaniel PETER. 1882. IKT.P34.
Deals with the education Of men and
women in industrial and commercial
enterprises for their work and at their
work"
New Schools for Older Students. BY
Nathaniel PETER. 1926. IL.P34.
Points out that greater than the
problems of education for the working
classes is that of enlightening the great,
sodden, middle class.
Life Begins at 40. BY w. B. Pitkin.
1882. IL.P68.
A stimulating little book on the prob
lens of adult reorientation. For many
life never begins at all; they spend their
days grubbing for bread and butter. The
author holds that many could advance
to intelligent leisure and fruitful days
simply by learning how to live, and how
to make the most Of opportunities with
In reach.
Adult Learning. BY E. L. Thorndike and
others. 1928. ILT396.
"A significant contribution to adult
education which reports facts concern
ing the ability Of adults to learn"
Education Tunes In. BY Lvering Ty-
son. 1880. IPR. .T98.
Discusses, among other topics. the
educational broadcasting now being done
in the United States, the attitude of
commercial broadcasters toward edu-
cational programs, the attitude of edu-
Gators toward broadcasters, and the
broadcasting conditions in the United