THE SCHOOL AND SOCIETY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Agents THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON AND EDINBURGH THE MARUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISHA TOKYO, OSAKA, KYOTO KARL W. HIERSEMANN LEIPZIG THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _The_ _SCHOOL_ _and_ _SOCIETY_ _BEING THREE LECTURES_ _by_ JOHN DEWEY _SUPPLEMENTED BY_ A STATEMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COPYRIGHT 1900 BY JOHN DEWEY All Rights Reserved FIRST EDITION -–1,000 copies. Printed November, 1899. SECOND IMPRESSION -–1,500 copies. Printed February, 1900. THIRD IMPRESSION -–5,000 copies. Printed July, 1900. FOURTH IMPRESSION -–1,000 copies. Printed June, 1904. FIFTH IMPRESSION -–2,500 copies. Printed February, 1905. SIXTH IMPRESSION -–2,500 copies. Printed August, 1907. SEVENTH IMPRESSION -–1,000 copies. Printed September, 1909. EIGHTH IMPRESSION -–1,000 copies. Printed August, 1910. NINTH IMPRESSION -–1,000 copies. Printed August, 1911. TENTH IMPRESSION -–1,000 copies. Printed March, 1912. ELEVENTH IMPRESSION -–2,000 copies. Printed August, 1913. Composed and Printed By The University of Chicago Press Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TO MRS. EMMONS BLAINE TO WHOSE INTEREST IN EDUCATIONAL REFORM THE APPEARANCE OF THIS BOOK IS DUE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS PAGE I. THE SCHOOL AND SOCIAL PROGRESS 19 II. THE SCHOOL AND THE LIFE OF THE CHILD 47