On the Dark Side of the Love of Art

1970 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-211
Author(s):  
Philipp Fehl
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Classical Tradition ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
The Arts ◽  
History Of Art ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University

This is a slightly revised version of a contribution to a symposium on the spiritual aspect of creativity in the arts, held at the Reform Synagogue, Durham, North Carolina, in March, 1969. The author, formerly a refugee from Vienna, who received his doctorate from the University of Chicago, is now Professor of the History of Art at the University of Illinois. He is presently engaged in the preparation of a book on the art of Paolo Veronese. His special field of interest is the history of the classical tradition in the arts. He is himself a practicing artist.

Robet F. Burk, Much More than A Game: Players, Owners and American Baseball Since 1921. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2001 xi + 372 pp. $45.00 cloth; $19.95 paper; Charles P. Korr, The End of Baseball as We Knew It: The Players Union, 1960–81. Urbana, IL: The University of Illinois Press, 2002. 336 pp. $34.95 cloth

2004 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 229-232
Author(s):  
Joseph L. Arbena
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Major League Baseball ◽  
University Of North Carolina ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Work Stoppage ◽  
Chapel Hill ◽  
History Of ◽  
National League ◽  
Game Players ◽  
The University

Critics, fans and journalists alike, of the players' role in the prolonged major league baseball work stoppage of 1994–1995, generally ignore two key realities of the history of the national pastime. First, at least since the founding of the National League in 1876, baseball at the highest levels has been primarily a business. Neither owners nor players played mainly for “the love of the game.” For the latter it was a way to make a living; for the former it was a way to make a profit.

John W. Boyer, The University of Chicago: A History (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015), 676pp. ISBN: 9780226242514

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger L. Geiger
Keyword(s):  
Higher Learning ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
Democratic Institution ◽  
American Universities ◽  
American Higher Education ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of The University ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Chicago Press

This chapter reviews the book The University of Chicago: A History (2015), by John W. Boyer. Founded in 1892, the University of Chicago is one of the world’s great institutions of higher learning. However, its past is also littered with myths, especially locally. Furthermore, the university has in significant ways been out of sync with the trends that have shaped other American universities. These issues and much else are examined by Boyer in the first modern history of the University of Chicago. Aside from rectifying myth, Boyer places the university in the broader history of American universities. He suggests that the early University of Chicago, in its combination of openness and quality, may have been the most democratic institution in American higher education. He also examines the reforms that overcame the chronic weaknesses that had plagued the university.

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