Sir John Adams, University Professor of Education, Emeritus, at the University of London, distinguished student of educational theory, returns next week to Harvard, having been appointed visiting lecturer in the Graduate School of Education for the second half of the current academic year. Professor Adams, who served in the same capacity last year, will give three courses, beginning Monday, designed to meet the need of those who seek a broader basis for their thinking on problems of educational theory and practice.

These courses will be given in Lawrence Hall, and application for enrollment should be made as early as possible to the Registrar of the Graduate School of Education at 6 Lawrence Hall.

Was Knighted in 1925

Professor Adams is a graduate of Glasgow University, Scotland, and was knighted by King George in 1925 for his service to education. He is Examiner in all the universities of England, a Fellow of the College of Preceptors, London, and Principal of the London Day Training College, a school of the University of London. He has been principal of Aberdeen and Glasgow Training Colleges, and 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 1902 Dr. Adams was named University Professor of Education in the University of London, becoming Emeritus in 1922.

Since 1922 Professor Adams has traveled around the world on a lecturing tour that included all the universities of New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa. He has lectured in many American universities and has been a lecturer this year in the southern branch of the University of California. Last summer he served as lecturer at the Summer School of the University of California at Berkeley.

Wrote Books on Teaching

Professor Adams' publications include "Herbartian Psychology Applied to Education" "Exposition and Illustration in Teaching"; "The Evolution of Educational Theory"; "The New Teaching"; "The Student's Guide"; "Modern Developments of Educational Practice."

The three courses to be given by Professor Admas are "Comparative Education" on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 4 P. M. "Recent Developments in Educational Theory and Practice", on Saturdays from 10 A. M. to 12 noon, and an advanced seminary course on Wednesday evenings, from 7.30 to 9.30, "The Philosophical Bases of Education."

Course Deals With Comparisons

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 various countries, the tendency toward world uniformity in education, and the problem of national individuality as affected by education.

The second course considers the "New Education" in its various aspects, its claim to novelty, and its basic principles. Recent developments in psychology are reviewed. Modern experiments in individual 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.