▁critic ▁and ▁founder ▁of ▁Por ter ▁S argent ▁Publish ers ▁in ▁Boston ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 5 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁he ▁was ▁described ▁as ▁" pro bably ▁the ▁most ▁out standing ▁and ▁consistent ▁critic ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁educational ▁scene ." ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁youth , ▁S argent ' s ▁family ▁moved ▁to ▁a ▁ran ch ▁in ▁San ▁Bernard ino , ▁California . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 2 , ▁he ▁became ▁principal ▁of ▁a ▁San ▁Bernard ino ▁grammar ▁school . ▁The ▁next ▁year ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁study ▁at ▁Harvard ▁University , ▁where ▁he ▁obtained ▁his ▁b ach elor ' s ▁( 1 8 9 6 ) ▁and ▁master s ▁( 1 8 9 7 ). ▁Among ▁the ▁profess ors ▁who ▁influenced ▁him ▁were ▁William ▁James , ▁Nathan iel ▁Sh aler , ▁Charles ▁Eli ot ▁N orton , ▁and ▁William ▁Gil son ▁Far low . ▁After ▁gradu ation , ▁S argent ▁taught ▁school ▁in ▁Cambridge , ▁and ▁did ▁gradu ate ▁research ▁on ▁ne uro log y , ▁publishing ▁ 1 0 ▁scientific ▁papers , ▁but ▁qu itting ▁before ▁he ▁received ▁his ▁doctor ate . ▁For ▁a ▁de cade ▁beginning ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 4 , ▁S argent ▁ran ▁a ▁travel ▁school ▁for ▁boys , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁led ▁t ours ▁to ▁Europe ▁and ▁other ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁Publishing ▁and ▁educational ▁criticism ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 5 , ▁S argent ▁began ▁publishing ▁the ▁Hand book ▁of ▁Private ▁School s .