William Hughes Mearns (1875–1965), better known as Hughes Mearns , was an American educator and poet . A graduate of Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania , Mearns was a professor at the Philadelphia School of Pedagogy from 1905 to 1920. Mearns is remembered now as the author of the poem " Antigonish " (or "The Little Man Who Wasn't There"). However, his ideas about encouraging the natural creativity of children, particularly those age 3 through 8 were novel at the time. It has been written about him that, "He typed notes of their conversations; he learned how to make them forget there was an adult around; never asked them questions and never showed surprise no matter what they did or said."
4-482: Night Goblins may refer to: Night Goblins (1923 book) , a 1923 book by William Hughes Mearns illustrated by Ralph L. Boyer Night Goblins in Orcs and Goblins (Warhammer) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Night Goblins . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
8-508: A fuse" under the teaching of creative writing , influencing a generation of scholars. He also served for a time (starting in 1920) as head of the Lincoln School Teachers College at Columbia University . He was also a proponent of John Dewey 's work in progressive education. Mearns is credited with the well-known rhyme, composed in 1899 as a song for a play he had written, called The Psyco-ed . The play
12-527: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Night_Goblins&oldid=1179974091 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages William Hughes Mearns Mearns wrote two influential books: Creative Youth 1925 and Creative Power 1929. Essayist Gabriel Gudding credits those books with "[lighting]
16-463: Was performed in 1910, and the poem was first published as "Antigonish" in 1922. Mearns also wrote many parodies of this poem, entitled Later Antigonishes , such as "Alibi": William Hughes Mearns was born on 28 September 1875 in Philadelphia , the son of James H Mearns and Lelia Cora (née Evans). On 22 December 1904 he married Mabel Gledhill Fagley at St Mark's Church , Phildalphia. They had
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