EDUCATION 1 



Educational theorists have never been lacking in France, 

 as names like RABELAIS, MONTAIGNE, and ROUSSEAU 

 easily indicate. In French educational history during 

 the nineteenth century, names like GUIZOT, DURUY, 

 FERRY, PECAUT, GREARD, BUISSON, COMPAYRE, and 

 LIARD, come most readily to mind. Of these, all save 

 Pecaut and Compayre will go down in history as or- 

 ganizers or administrators. PECAUT, of sweet spirit, 

 is the only one who lives pre-eminently as a teacher. 

 COMPAYRE enjoys relatively greater renown outside 

 France than in his native country. BUISSON, encyclo- 

 pedist, administrator, professor in the University of 

 Paris, and for many years an active and influential mem- 

 ber of the Chamber of Deputies, still lives in Paris. 

 Buisson worked hand and glove with Jules Ferry in 

 effecting the great reforms of the early '8o's which 

 veritably made the present system of primary educa- 

 tion in France. LIARD, of eloquent speech and true 

 pedagogical insight, the worthy successor of Greard as 

 vice-rector of the University of Paris, has long wielded 

 a powerful influence in university and secondary circles 

 at the French capital. 



DUPANLOUP, QUINET and MICHELET, Jules SIMON 

 and Michel BREAL, MARION, LAVISSE, FOUILLEE, GUYAU 

 and PEREZ, Madame PAPE-CARPENTIER and Madame 



1 [Drafting Committee: JOHN DEWEY, Columbia University; 

 FREDERIC E. FARRINGTON, U. S. Bureau of Education; PAUL H. 

 HANUS, Harvard University; CHARLES H. JUDD, University of 

 Chicago.] 



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