Sir John Adams, Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of London, and one of the most distinguished students of educational theory in Great Britain, will come to the University the second half of this year as visiting lecturer in the Graduate School of Education, according to an official announcement made yesterday dealing with the theory and practice of education, in Lawrence Hall starting February 8.

Professor Adams is a graduate of Glasgow University, Scotland, and for 24 years has been University Professor of Education at the University of London. Last year he was knighted by King George for his services in advancing the study of education. He is examiner in all the universities of England, a Fellow of the College of Preceptors, in London, and Principal of the London Day Training College, a school of the University of London.

Has Published Many Works

Previously, Professor Adams was Principal of Aberdeen and Glasgow Training Colleges, lecturer in Education at the University of Glasgow, as well as president of the Educational Institute of Scotland, and of the British Association, Educational Section. In 1922 Dr. Adams became Emeritus, and since that time has been on a world lecture tour which has included the universities of New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa. He has already lectured in several American universities and at present is giving a course in the University of Southern California. Next summer he will return to the Pacific Coast to lecture in the Summer School of the University of California.

Among the important volumes published by Professor Adams on educational theory are included, "Herbartian Psychology Applied to Education," "Exposition and Illustration in Teaching," "The Evolution of Educational Theory," "The New Teaching," "The Students Guide," "Modern Developments of Educational Practice."

Will Give Three Courses

The three courses to be given by Professor Adams are "Comparative Education," on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons, "Recent Developments in Educational Theory and Practice," on Saturdays from 10 to 12 o'clock, and an advanced seminary course on Wednesday evenings, which he calls "The Philosophical Bases of Education."

On the analogy supplied by such subjects as comparative religion and comparative literature, the first course will proceed to develop principles of comparison in the study of education. The course will deal with the fundamental unity of education, the modifying influences of geological, ethnological, social and economic conditions, the actual differences in the educational systems of the various countries, the tendency toward world uniformity in education, and the problem of national individuality as affected by education.

Considers New Education

The second course considers the New Education in its various aspects, its claim to novelty, and its basic principle. Recent developments in psychology will also be reviewed. Modern experiments in individual instruction such as the Dalton plan, administrative schemes such as the Gary plan, the use of tests and scales, and new modes of discipline are considered in the light of the principles developed in the course.

The seminary will consider education as a branch of philosophy; the educational applications of the concepts of organism and development; the mechanis and the antinomies of education.