Edith Rosenfels Nash’s scientific contributions

Philleo Nash and Edith Rosenfels Nash at Georgetown Day School;Philleo's work in starting Georgetown Day School;Philleo's description of his life at Meiklejohn's College;Experimental College design - comparative study of cultures, with the educational objective of examining social problems and their solutions;comparison of cultures with scientific objectives - the subject matter of cultural anthropology;lessons of the Experimental College really began to come home - the self designed school had to be cooperatively organized and operated;Philleo's work - anthropology at the University of Chicago;Philleo much involved in applying social science techniques - to keep track of rumors, to measure racial confrontations, and to monitor the black press;Philleo being fascinated by how the government works - spent a lot of time finding out where he might be needed and for what