ABSTRACT
The clash between Nicholas Murray Butler and James McKeen Cattell at Columbia University over academic freedom has been well documented. This chapter examines how Butler used the Educational Review to advance his ideas and build his reputation as well as the journal's demise through its treatment and coverage of the National Education Association. Educators aware of the Butler–Cattell feud could not miss the symbolism of Cattell's School and Society, due to its "educational leadership", absorbing Butler's brain child. Cattell ran in effect an obituary entitled "The Educational Review and School and Society". Butler founded the Educational Review to bring about the scientific study of education, establish a relationship between Teachers College and Columbia University, refine college examinations, and enrich educational literature. The immediate success of the publication sprang from Butler's established reputation in education, his insistence on quality, and his emerging business skills.
