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The University of Utopiareviewed by Arthur G. Wirth — 1970One who has faith that man is in some degree rational, though in
greater degree animal, must believe that sooner or later the light
will shine through the murk.
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Utopia (1964, p. IX)
Ours is a tortured time. In education, as in other aspects of
our lives, we hunger for a clear sense of direction, for a firm
knowledge of what ought to be done.
Some thirty years ago the clear and insistent voice of Robert
M-Hutchins announced that the content of the true education was
available. If we would but recognize and adopt it, we would have a
rock upon which to build, no matter how fiercely the winds of
change and doubt might blow. His book, The Higher Learning In
America, was published first in the crisis-ridden Thirties and
then re-issued in paperback in the still troubled Sixties. In 1953
Mr. Hutchins delivered the Charles R. Walgreen Lectures published
under the title, The University of Utopia. Here he returned
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- Arthur Wirth
Washington University
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Title: The University of Utopia
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