ABSTRACT
A study of life in a large American city is a study of paradoxes and of opposites. From the time that the rapid growth of industry and technology first created the need for a concentrated labor force, people have been drawn to cities as centers of profitable activity. As populations grew, cities emerged as primary centers of culture, education, and sophisticated society as well as of trade, business, and industry. The lure of the city was opportunity on several levels, and the call was answered by many who wished a better future for themselves and their children. In the Parkway Program, the city is both the campus and curriculum. Instead of studying in a school building, Parkway students learn in the physical resources of the city itself—museums, businesses, libraries, hospitals, churches, stores —wherever they can find out what they want and need to know.
