Rollo Walter Brown was an American author and lecturer. He graduated from Ohio Northern University in 1903, and received a master's degree from Harvard University in 1905. He taught English at several institutions, including Wabash College and Carleton College. One of his nonfiction works is "The Creative Spirit--An Inquiry Into American Life." This article is a summary of an address he delivered at the 1931 Association for Childhood Education International Study Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. [Excerpts from this article are reprinted from "Childhood Education" v7 n10 1931 in celebration of "Childhood Education's" 125 year anniversary.]