As early as 1891, respecting the man in each man, he called
for the creation of a workers university education; in
1906 he founded the «Société des sports
populaires» (Society of Popular Sports); in 1921,
he edited a work concerning workers’ universities;
he brought out in 1922 a study entitled: «Between
two battles: from Olympism to the Workers’ University»;
in 1923 followed a thesis concerning «higher education
of manual workers and the organization of workers’
Universities», after 1925 he had established the
regulations for the workers’ University through the
work of the «Universal Pedagogical Union»,
concerning secondary education.
Already, at Lausanne in 1917, he had called for the creation
in each agglomeration of a «Popular University»,
consecrated to the general culture to the exclusion of
all professional training. During his stay in this city,
the «Maison du Peuple» (Peoples’s House)
was stimulated by his presence and manifested a great
intellectual activity. One understands, thus, the fervor
which animated the reflection of Pierre de Coubertin:
«One is not in this world to live one’s life,
but that of others.
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