“The condemnation of Mr Shannon’s method lies in the obscurity of his own conclusions.”
+ − The Times [London] Lit Sup p134 F 26 ’20 760w
SHARP, DALLAS LORE. Patrons of democracy. 80c (8c) Atlantic monthly press 379
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Professor Sharp of the English department of Boston university, holds that the true end of American education is not life or the getting of a living, but “living together,” “getting-on-together.” For this purpose the higher schools and colleges are negligible and the secondary schools are everything; for all the fundamental things of life are learned by the time a person reaches his eighteenth year. The spirit of democracy is one of these fundamental things and it is a matter of education. The book, therefore, is a plea for the common school and an arraignment of the private, parochial and vocational school.
Booklist 16:263 My ’20
“The book is a witty and idealistic appeal for a truer democracy.”
+ Boston Transcript p4 Mr 17 ’20 120w + Dial 68:668 My ’20 80w
“Dallas Lore Sharp’s belief in democracy is a tonic for us all. Moreover, he has a simple and, within limits, entirely practical prescription for democracy.”