The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1916-02-05
Mayor Mitchell a Menace

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Mayor Mitchell a Menace
The New York Ansrioan. Dcsembsr 10.
called attention 10 the method u Mayor
Mitchell of New York City ty uhich hc
Il 90 gain absolute control u the city
schools. lie Is determined that the pub.
he schools of hts city shall not he adc.
quatc nor efficient and is opposed %
necessary appropriations. To his Romish
desire 70 bring discTcdit upon the schools
be h meeting with the opposition OF the
Board Of Education which has stood
solidly against reduction Of facilitiss
To overcome that opposition be has
appointed eleven new members 90 the
Board which gives him a majority Of
members Who will stand with him in
whatever overt acts he may attempt HE
Is A CAR IN EDUCATIONAL NAT.
TIERS SINCE THESE APPOINT.
MENTS WERE MADE.
John Purroy Mitchell is Roman
Catholic. A deyotco ~ the pope. and.
consequently, opposed 90 any educational
institutions not owned and controlled by
the Roman Catholic church. The pope
claims the right 90 dictate in matters OF
education and the Roman Catholic church
claims 20 have all authority over iis
children. 1T CAN COMMAND OBEDI.
ENCE AND THE CHILDREN MUST
OBEY.
No We say John Purroy Mitchell. the
Roman Catholic MAYOR Of New York
City, is a menace 10 the public schools
Of that city. Being an influential Ro.
man Catholic he must also b. an ohcdient
child Of the church, and as such will
appoint Catholics 90 important positions
- far a. may he without arousing too
great opposition.
Knowing the attitudS Of Rome toward
our public school system, which has been
branded as school Of iniquity" and
"sink Of immortality by Catholic pre-
lates and press, we can well imagine the
deadly effect Catholic control may have
upon the system in New York City.
There Is something radically wrong
when men eonspirc against 20 great and
necessary an institution as the public
school, yet Rome has set her cunning
minds az work with Jesuit skill 10 under.
mine and destroy the one thing that has
made the United States one Of the most
hterate Of nations. And 90 place in the
hands Of one man the absolute control
Of city's schools Is 90 court disaster
THAT DISASTER Is MADE MEN.
ACEINGLY IMMINENT WHEN
THAT ONE MAN Is A ROMAN
CATHOLIC, WITH LOYAL ALLIE
GLANCE TO A FOREIGN POTEN.
TATE.
We can well forsee the outcome Of
Mitehell's plan. New York City will
revert TO the plane Of Portugal and Peru
IL Catholics are allowed 90 convert the
public schools into eatechism cramming
institutions in which froeked priests and
habited nuns parade their pious hypoc.
risy and empty imagery. A sinister
power is elutehing az the throat Of edu-
cation in this nation and New York City
is feeling the pinch even now. With the
arrogance of a despot Mitchell has de.
posed capable men only 20 replace them
with others who will listen 20 his com
mhnd-obey him, even as he is obedient
10 the voice Of Rome. But he Is meeting
a just and determined opposition.
President Churchill Of the Board Of
Education, one Of those Mitchell would
supercede with more traetable timber for
his purpose Of control, has gathered a
mass Of data bearing upon the question
Of administration Of schools which places
the mayor and his plan in rather q bad
light. This data will he arrayed against
Mitchell when be asks the legislature for
change Of system which will give the
City Hall direction Of the school funds.
In the matter OF school board control
these statistics show that in only six OF
twenty three OF the most important cities
outside Of New York is the school board
appointed. In sixteen the voters elect.
In eighteen the board is paid and in four
unpaid. In seventeen there is no control
by either mayor or city council. The
board is entirely separate from the city
government in nineteen cities.
Already New York is beginning to sec
the folly, the expense and danger Of in.
augurating the Gary System, though that
is one Of the pct foibles Of Mayor Nit.
chell, and il is all too apparent that the
Gary System will give Rome just the
opening she has long desired to get con.
troll of the children for 4 portion Of the
time that she may instill into their young
and plastic minds the hlighting dogmas
and supcrstitious practices Of the Romish
church.
viii New York City allow Rome 10
plant the seeds Of destruction in its
school system in this manneri Surely
she has seen enough Of the workings Of
papal politics to know that where there
Is a true Roman Catholic there will the
interests Of the Papaey and the church
have right Of way regardless Of the
rights and desires Of the people.
DOES NEW YORK KNOW THE
NATURE OF THE TRAP THAT
ROME Is RAITINGi