ften called simply "the Program" or "the New Program" at St. John's) was developed at the University of Chicago by Stringfellow Barr, Scott Buchanan,Robert Hutchins, and Mortimer Adler in the mid-1930s as an alternative form of education to the then rapidly changing undergraduate curriculum. St. John's adopted t

y of Chicago <http://wiki/University_of_Chicago> by Stringfellow Barr <http://wiki/String=ellow_Barr> , Scott Buchanan <http://wiki/Scott_=uchanan> ,Robert Hutchins <http://wiki/Robert_Hutchins> , and <http://wiki/Mortimer_Adler> in the mid-1930s as an alternative form of education =o the then rapidly changing