Culture, Discipline and Democracy

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. It is, after all, the fundamental changes which the last hundred years have made in the every-day experience of the masses that are responsible for the educational readjustment Of which we are just becoming fully conscious. Not only democracy, but the transformation of industrial life, increas ing leisure, a higher standard Of living, the broadening of social service, and the almost inconceivable extension Of the domain of human knowledge are compelling a different kind Of education. More than this, as Slowly but surely the com pulsion of scientific determination is added to that Of social readjustment, individual Opinion in educational practice must yield to the truth laid bare by analysis, research, and experimentation, as tradition is yielding to changing life and civilization.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. It is, after all, the fundamental changes which the last hundred years have made in the every-day experience of the masses that are responsible for the educational readjustment Of which we are just becoming fully conscious. Not only democracy, but the transformation of industrial life, increas ing leisure, a higher standard Of living, the broadening of social service, and the almost inconceivable extension Of the domain of human knowledge are compelling a different kind Of education. More than this, as Slowly but surely the com pulsion of scientific determination is added to that Of social readjustment, individual Opinion in educational practice must yield to the truth laid bare by analysis, research, and experimentation, as tradition is yielding to changing life and civilization.