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Service-learning has become an integral component of American education, and scholars continue to debate its definition, purposes, and outcomes. Service-learning in the classroom is not without critics at present, however. This article provides an introductory examination of Irving Babbitt's critiques of the service-learning ethic at its inception in the beginning of the 20th century, particularly of the ideas espoused by John Dewey. This consideration offers an incisive perspective on the service-learning ethic (and its critiques) in our own time.

The article discusses the impact of loss of leisure in the school cafeteria at lunch on education. Topics discussed include time allotted to school lunch, use of the cafeteria during lunch for educative purposes in the 20th century and impact of school meal on the health and education of children. It is stated that cafeteria is the most obvious place to start leisure in school.