A Toast to John Dewey, November 15, 1929

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John Dewey and Social Welfare, October 19, 1929

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, October 29, 1929

Alice Hamilton to Jane Addams, November 18, 1929

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Addams, Jane

Date

1929-10-19

1929-11-15

Description

Addams offers praise of John Dewey' and his work for social welfare, criminal justice reform, education, and peace. The speech was given on October 19, as part of a seventieth birthday celebration in New York and published in the Survey.

Source

Jane Addams, A Toast to John Dewey, The Survey, November 15, 1929, pp. 203-204.

Editor’s Notes

An editorial note follows an image of Dewey in the center bottom of the page: [Sketch of John Dewey] Courtesy The Columbia Varsity The luncheon given in New York by a National Committee to Honor John Dewey on the seventieth birthday of America’s outstanding philosopher and teacher brought together two thousand friends and former students from all parts of the country. To them, Jane Addams, going back to Hull-House beginning and reviewing an old friendship, offered this tribute which we are privileged to publish in part.

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Hull-House, aims

child welfare

child welfare reforms

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J-SG - Survey

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Public domain

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JAPM-48-1252

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Easy

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Published document

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Addams, Jane, “A Toast to John Dewey, November 15, 1929,” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed April 18, 2026, https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/33035.

A Toast to John Dewey, November 15, 1929

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John Dewey and Social Welfare, October 19, 1929

John Dewey and Social Welfare, October 19, 1929

Addams, Jane (1860-1935)

Angell, James Burrill (1829-1916)

Angell, James Rowland (1869-1949)

Chicago Daily Tribune

Chicago Juvenile Court

Confucius (ca. 551-479 B.C.E.)

Dewey, Alice Chipman (1858-1927)

Dewey, John (1859-1952)

Dewey, John (1859-1952)

Eddy, Mary Baker (1821-1910)

Government of the United States

Hennessy, Charles O'Connor (1860-1936)

Hull-House

Hull-House Plato Club

Juvenile Psychopathic Institute (Chicago)

Lathrop, Julia Clifford (1858-1932)

Mead, George Herbert (1863-1931)

Russell, Bertrand (1872-1970)

Sáenz, Moisés (1888-1941)

Tufts, James Hayden (1862-1942)

University of Chicago

University of Michigan

University of Nanjing

University of Nanking

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Vasconcelos Calderón, José (1882-1959)

The Survey

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, October 29, 1929

Alice Hamilton to Jane Addams, November 18, 1929

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