in the window." Dewey’s "pragmatism" would throw overboard mankind's labori ously-acquired body of knowledge, students to learn by a sort of intell ectual osmosis rather than by the dogmatic statement that two plus two is four. Stripped of the fancy talk, j this boils down to learning the hard way Students would discover that fire is hot. not by being told but by having their fingers burned. Finally, Dewey h e I a that no moral values are absolute; hence the churches are reactionary insti tutions which ought to be swept away The Mosaic Law thunders Thou shalt not;" Dewey says. “It all depends on the situation.” Such is the "progressive" philoso phy which has made it necessary :n many eighth-grade classrooms to display the alphabet for students who cannot yet read and write. "By their fruits ye shall know them." de

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