| Show I I NOTES AND AND COMMENTS By Frank Connor Humanity Uprooted Three weeks ago t the e following appeared in this column minus its I I last and most important para para para-I graph It is therefore reprinted today as it should have appeared then Maurice Hindus' Hindus Humanity Uprooted is a literary treat the like of which Is too rare an Mr Hindus tells of the new Russia and tells his story well wen The book presents a vivid picture of the new in contrast with the old in that land which baffles the inhabitants of the United States of America The author neither condemns condemns' nor approves I he writes without bias Published in 1929 the book presents a a. a complete complete com corn picture of the new Russia to that date wIth date with many interesting interesting interest interest- ing things about the old Interest Interest-I Russia The book contains an ideal In Introduction Introduction Introduction In- In I by hy Professor John Dew Dew 1 I ey eYe Indeed it is the only introduction intro intro- in iii recent literature this writer has read which compares I favorably with Salvador de Mad 1 ariga's Introduction to Miguel deUnamuno's deUnamuno's de deUnamuno's Tragic Sense of Life But what Salvador de Madariga does in a formidable essay John Dewey accomplishes in six pages the the preparation of the mind of the reader for that which follows In the text of the volume In these days wherein we hear so much about the new Russia and so many contradictory interpretations interpretations interprets of the experiment in government government government govern govern- ment being carried on over there it is fitting to call attention n to this portion of the To take sides to find something some some- thing to praise or to blame and then follow the purpose of blame or pr praise ise to control all all' allones ones one's ideas of ot a social situation is almost as natural to humanity as it is to I breathe The idler idle on the bank I of a stream can with difficulty observe two chips floating downwards downwards down down- wards near each other without thinking of them as engaged Ina in ina a struggle and identifying himself with one against the other When the conflict is actual and is human human human hu hu- hu- hu man when it includes within Itself it itself itself It- It self forces and Interests the spectator is already Committed commit Commit- ted by education prejudice and aspiration impartiality of observation tion and report is well nigh be be yond human power Dr John Dewey Who Vho is this man John Dewey Dewey Dew Dew- ey This questin is asked frequently frequently frequently fre fre- fre- fre because Dr Deweys Dewey's name appears in connection with so many things and in all of ot them he is equally versed As chairman of the League for Independent Political Action he has led a movement of liberal political thought that embraces a large I number of the leading thinkers of the nation I wis 1115 influence as an educator Is ia greater than that any other man Inthe inthe In the United States His conception concep concep- tion of education as life and growth Is taught to prospective teachers in the colleges and uni uni- as gospel truth He is tre treated ted with utmost respect respect res res- res In the gatherings of psychologists and nobody who who knows philosophy makes males up his mind on matters pertaining thereto until he carefully weighs what Dr Dewey Dewey Dewey Dew Dew- ey has said But do not think that this man manIs manIs Is given over exclusively to abstraction abstraction abstraction ab ab- ab- ab and scholarly The welfare of humanity is the mater master of greatest Importance importance Import import- ance in Dr Deweys Dewey's mind He knows the problems of the laborer a. a as well as he knows the philosophy of or Leibnitz upon which he has written a book boot And he is conversant conversant conversant con con- versant with present day problems of Ameri America Amenia a in particular and the world In general In regard to much talk that Is flowing through the land about the possibilities of revolution If I the administration now enthroned in Washington does not live up to what the people expect of it Dr Dewey In a recent tion wrote I do not see any intellectual intellectual in- in or moral preparation for a successful revolt We Va may l' l have riots lots but If so I think they 1 are more likely to produce a Fa Fa- I cist reaction which will suppress them ruthlessly than to l a-l- pUsh anything constructive 7 I have written this so that the tho the readers of The Record will know something about Dr Dewey And now that I have said what I have 0 said I am certain that the readers read read- ers ens of ot The Record will wat watch h for r. r Dr Deweys Dewey's article Restoring I Faith in Democracy which we we- we hope will soon appear In this pa- pa 1 t per |
