The Standard (Vol. IX No. 9 - May 1923): Published to Promote Ethical Thinking & to Encourage Better Ways of Living (Magazine)

New York, NY: The American Ethical Union. Offered is the May 1923 issue (Vol. IX No. 9) of "The Standard: Published to Promote Ethical Thinking & to Encourage Better Ways of Living" edited by Felix Adler and published by The American Ethical Union out of New York City. A stapled magazine measuring 6-3/4" by 10" and containing 36 pages including front and rear covers. Small, round, faint clear-embossed stamp of the Colorado College Library to mid-right edge area of front cover. Containing articles and Ethical Movement news, the articles are: A New Faith for a New Age: Moral Progress as Historical Fact and Practical Ideal by J.H. Muirhead; The Problem of Straight Thinking by Harry Allen Overstreet (conclusion); Forces Beneath the Surface in the Lives of Working People by John Lovejoy Elliott; The Unemployed Problem in England by H. Snell; Psychoanalysis and Freudism by James H. Leuba (conclusion); Our Recent Presidents - A Review by David Saville Muzzey. J. H. (John Henry) Muirhead (1855-1940) was a Scottish philosopher and author; H. A. (Harry Allen) Overstreet (1875-1970) was a popular author on modern psychology and sociology, including "The Strange Tactics of Extremism" and "The Mature Mind"; John Lovejoy Elliott (1868-1942) was highly involved in the Settlement Movement and founder of the Hudson Guild Settlement House in 1897; H. (Harry) Snell (1865-1944) was a British politician, socialist, and member of the National Secular Society who served in government under Ramsay MacDonald and Winston Churchill, and as the Labour Party's leader in the House of Lords in the late 1930s; James H. (Henry) Leuba (1868-1946) was an American psychologist best known for his contributions to the psychology of religion; David Saville Muzzey (1870-1965) was an American historian whose history textbooks were widely used; accused of being a "Bolshevik" by the Better America Federation, he served as senior leader of the New York Society for Ethical Culture. . Near Fine. Magazine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1923.