The exuberant explosions of old college days have traditionally
been forgiven as somewhat enviable expressions of the high spirits
of exultant youth. Are young intellectuals, now the dominant group
in many colleges, less adolescent and more mature, or do their
immaturities merely manifest themselves in different ways? As
intellectual individualists, students do not usually care for group
explosions unless they are for social causes such as the rights of
minorities. But their adolescence often manifests itself
individually in a superior condescension or in depressive
inferiority complexes.
This book is a fascinating account of the changes that have
taken place in the backgrounds, attitudes, and, temperaments of
students at the so-called prestige colleges. Though Everett Lee
Hunt draws heavily upon his observations and experiences during
more than thirty years as a dean and professor of Swarthmore
College, his book is much more than a case study of one outstanding
college. Hunt presents many concrete examples of student moods,
customs, actions, and expressions of values. With wisdom and warmth
he discusses three successive eras in the college schooling of
American adolescents: guarded education, conformity to accepted
ways, and intellectual individualism.
Teachers, deans, student counselors, personnel workers, and
school psychologists and psychiatrists will find this classic book
of continuing interest in guiding their dealings with adolescent
students. "The Revolt of the College Intellectual" may also
interest students themselves, their parents, alumni, and all who
are in anyway concerned with education as a preparation for life in
a rapidly changing and troubled world.
"Everett Lee Hunt," who died in 1984, taught at Huron,
Swarthmore College, Cornell University, and the Universities of
Illinois and Colorado. His writings include studies of Plato,
Aristotle, and Matthew Arnold. He was the eighth president of the
Eastern Communication Association Committee of Scholars and one of
the founders of the field of communication.
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