The Standard (Vol. XI No. 5 - January 1925): Published to Promote Ethical Thinking & to Encourage Better Ways of Living (Magazine)

The American Ethical Union - Percival Chubb; John M. Mecklin; John H. Randall Jr.; Irving Fisher; Horace J. Bridges; James W. Wise; David Saville Muzzey (Contributors)

Verlag: The American Ethical Union, New York, NY, 1925

Beschreibung

Offered is the January 1925 issue (Vol. XI No. 5) of "The Standard: Published to Promote Ethical Thinking & to Encourage Better Ways of Living" edited by Felix Adler and published by The American Ethical Union out of New York City. A stapled magazine measuring 6-3/4" by 10" and containing 36 pages including front and rear covers. Small, round, faint clear-embossed stamp of the Colorado College Library to front cover; previously but lightly folded. Containing articles and Ethical Movement news, the articles are: A Gospel for Days of Disillusion by Percival Chubb; Why Men Join the Klan by John M. Mecklin; E. D. [Edmund Dene] Morel by John Murphy; Samuel Gompers - Business Unionist by John H. Randall Jr.; Ethics in the Monetary System by Irving Fisher; George Fox 1624-1691 by Horace J. Bridges; Modern Uses of the Bible by James W. Wise; From Priest to Prophet by David S. Muzzey (a book review of "The Last of the Heretics" by Algernon Sidney Crapsey). Percival Ashley Chubb (1860-1959) was a founding member of the Fabian Society in 1884, associate leader of the Society for Ethical Culture from 1897-1910, and President of the American Ethical Union from 1934-39; John M. (Moffatt) Mecklin (1871-1956) is best known for his 1925 study entitled "The Ku Klux Klan: A Study of the American Mind"; John H. (Herman) Randall Jr. (1899-1980) was an American philosopher and member of the Department of Philosophy at Columbia University; Irving Fisher (1867-1947) was an American economist, statistician, inventor, eugenicist, progressive social campaigner, and Professor of Political Economy at Yale University; Horace J. (James) Bridges (1880-1955) was a British author, lecturer, and leader of the Chicago Ethical Society; James Waterman Wise (1901-1983) was a leader of the Jewish Community Center in White Plains, N.Y. and author of "Swastika: The Nazi Terror" in 1933; David Saville Muzzey (1870-1965) was an American historian whose history textbooks were widely used; accused of being a "bolshevik" by the Better America Federation, he served as senior leader of the New York Society for Ethical Culture. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 015184

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Standard (Vol. XI No. 5 - January 1925):...

Verlag: The American Ethical Union, New York, NY

Erscheinungsdatum: 1925

Einband: Magazine

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition