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Looking at the young educator in front of him, who was less than forty years old, John said with a smile: "Mr. Lowell is already seriously considering our invitation to be the principal of the school...... Believe me, he'll be a qualified principal! ”

"Uh......"

Listened to the young man opposite, John? Dewey's face was dazed.

As chair of the Department of Philosophy, Psychology, and Education at the University of Chicago, John? Dewey's reputation was not very good at this time, but that Mr. Lowell was even more famous. At least Dewey searched his memory, and it seemed that he had never heard of this gentleman's name.

And......

"Why did this Mr. Huntelaar suddenly come to Chicago to invite him?"

Blink, John? Dewey couldn't help but think about it secretly.

"Dewey's appearance is much more delicate than Lowell's."

While patiently waiting for the other party's response, John quietly observed the change in the other party's expression.

A few days ago John was a thousand miles away in Cambridge, but a few days later he came to Chicago in the Great Lakes and found him at the University of Chicago? John Dewey invited him to New York to serve as Dean of the School of Education at Huntelaar University......

To be honest, John himself found it a little strange.

But thinking about the identity of the great god opposite, John felt that his hard work for a few days was nothing. If there is anyone who has the greatest influence in the history of American education, I am afraid it belongs to the great god in front of him. Like 1949 John? On Dewey's 90th birthday, the American magazine "New Republic" said: "There is not a single modern American educator who can escape John? Dewey's influence. ”

In fact, it is.

And Lowell, whom John invited before, was influenced by Dewey to some extent. The time when Lowell was president of Harvard University was also a time when Dewey's ideas were rapidly expanding their influence. It was precisely because he saw this when he occasionally read an article in his previous life, so after sending an invitation to Lowell, and the other party promised that he would consider it seriously, John took the train to Chicago on a whim and officially said to John? Dewey extended the invitation.

"Mr. Dewey, we will give you the highest authority!"

After waiting for a while, John couldn't help but speak: "In addition to Huntelaar University, I have invested in building a primary school, and I will also build a secondary school, covering all stages from primary school to university, I hope you can go to New York and thoroughly implement your educational philosophy!" There will be a blank sheet of paper on which you can paint the view you want! And I can assure you that I will definitely not interfere with anything other than providing adequate funding! ”

"Sizzle......"

When did you hear this, John? Dewey finally couldn't help but gasp!

Psychologists, philosophers and educators, this is all John? Dewey's identity, but when it comes to what interests him most, of course, it is pedagogy. So when he left Chicago eight years later and went to Columbia University in New York, he basically gave up on the study of psychology and applied it to other fields of his own.

Actually, John? Dewey had planned to build a middle school in Chicago to implement his educational philosophy, but unfortunately he did not have enough funds for it. And those who are willing to contribute money to him are not fully cooperative in some things, just like the elementary school built two years ago, and the final result is that Dewey left gloomily......

One can imagine how much of a temptation John's words had for him!

"Mr. Huntelaar, tell me to calm down."

Shake your head vigorously, John? Dewey smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest, I am very impressed by the conditions you give, but ...... It's not a trivial matter after all, so allow me to think about it......"

……

Until John left Chicago, John? Dewey also did not give his own decision.

John was not surprised by this, nor was he in a hurry, but calmly prepared to go back to New York and wait for news slowly. Both Lowell and Dewey now have their own well-developed careers. Lowell was born in a Boston family, donated to Harvard University many times in history, and was worth a lot of money, and he couldn't impress the other party with a high salary alone, and what John could give was the card to implement the other party's school philosophy. As for John? Dewey's words will definitely not be short of money, you must know that although the University of Chicago was established at the same time as the Heinz Medical School, the investor is the famous oil king Rockefeller, who is definitely not bad for money. Therefore, what John can impress the other party can only be the absolute support of the concept.

It can be said that John gave the two of them the most heart-warming things, but it is difficult to get elsewhere.

Maybe in a dozen or twenty years, Lowell's position as president of Harvard will allow him to do it, John? Dewey's prestige can influence the whole country, but at this time, only the seer John? Huntelaar can give them everything they want!

So in any case, John was 80% sure that they would agree!

"The next thing to do is to poach people everywhere."

On the train back to New York, John carefully considered the preparations for Huntelaar University.

If you want to build a top university, excellent professors and talents in all aspects are undoubtedly the most important, just like Huntelaar Medical School, if there is no Osler and Ehrlich and others, if there are no professors from Europe, if there are no doctors from Heinz General Hospital, no matter how much precision equipment John customizes from Europe, no matter how beautifully the school's teaching buildings are built, they are just empty shelves after all. The soul of a university is, in the final analysis, the teachers it has.

But John was never worried about that.

After so many years of rebirth, John also understood that in the United States, as long as there are yellow dollars, there is nothing that cannot be done, and building a university is no exception.

That's true of Hopkins, that's true of Stanford, and so is the University of Chicago!

These universities, which have been completed in the last decade, will undoubtedly become among the top universities in the United States, and what they all have in common is the abundant funding provided by the wealthy. Hopkins is a multimillion-dollar legacy, Stanford University is a $20 million gift from the Stanfords, and the University of Chicago is backed by the oil magnate Rockefeller! So in just a few years after its establishment, they have developed rapidly.

Compared to these rich people, is the Huntelaar consortium worse?

Although in terms of financial resources, John may not be able to catch up with the old rich Rockefeller in a short time, but don't forget that the preparation of the school is not a matter of one or two years. John gave a five-year plan for the build, and if it is spread out, the annual investment required is not too exaggerated, and he can definitely afford it.

So......

"When they get back, let them start digging people!"

Narrowing his eyes slightly, a strange smile appeared on the corner of John's mouth: "First dig people in, provide funds for them to start their own research, and by the way, let Lowell and Dewey study various reform systems, and when the school is completed, they can start recruiting ......" (To be continued.) )