The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1916-01-15
Mitchell and NY. Schools

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New York City is in a fair Way
10 Sc its public schools made ths
puppet Of a politician-a Roman
Catholic politician. The inaugura'
tion Of the Gary plan in the New
York City public schools Is Gear q
the heart Of Mayor Mitchell and h,
is determined 70 effect its adoption
Being a Catholic and knowing the
desire Of his church 10 instill the
superstitious beliefs Of the Catholic
faith into the young minds in order
10 better bring them into a condition
Of subjection 10 the will Of the
church-to train them in obedience
10 church and priest in all things
Mayor Mitchell sees in the Gary
plan an opening through which his
church will spring with cunning
agility TO grasp and shape the chill
dren into the form most acceptable
TO the despotic purpose Of the pa
pacy.
A glance at the things most de-
sired by Mitchell will reveal dan
gerous program which, il adopted,
will jeopardize the welfare Of the
public schools Of his city and tend
to bring them into the shadow Of
destruction-at the hands Of Rome.
Note the changes Mitchell would
force on the city:
/. Election Of William G.. Will
cox TO the presidency Of the Board
Of Education TO succeed Mr..
Churchill.
Wilcox is reported to have been
one Of the heaviest contributors TO
MitehelPs campaign fund and is a
personal friend Of men close to
Mitchell in a political way.
2. Appointment Of William A.
Writ to supplant Vim. II. Maxwell
as city superintendent.
8. Immediate adoption Of the
Gary system in all the schools.
This alone will bring more
trouble and embarrassment 10 the
cause and means Of education than
any other one thing, as it will
bring greater expense, having al
ready forced the closing Of night
schools for lack Of funds in some
instances. II will also give the
Roman Catholic church the open
ing it has long desired-to bring
its influence into close contact with
the public school.
4. Revision of the curriculum so
that it will include military in
struction.
8. Provision for a smaller Board
Of Education.
ANY Of the FIVE numbers on
Mitcheli's program for gaining con-
troll of the New York City schools,
taken separately, is sufficient to
arouse a suspicion that the mayor
is not actuated by a desire to con-
serve the welfare Of the people and
the schools.
HE is PROTECTING HIS
OWN SELFISH INTERESTS
AND PROMOTING THE SELF
ISL INTERESTS OF HIS
CHURCH.
he would pay a political debt
and guarantee his future success by
the removal Of Churchill and the
election Of Wilcox in all probabil-
ity. To enhance the probability of
success in that direction he has re-
Gently appointed eleven new men,
bers to the Board of Education who
will no doubt remember him in the
way he would be remembered.
Another fr' nd is to be given the
Office Of superintendent, and so fur
ther his purpose to control.
The immediate adoption of the
Gary system his church desires and
as an obedient Catholic it is his
duty to gain that point, whether the
patrons Of the school, other than
Catholics, wish it OF not-and in
dications and reports are that they
do not want it.
The introduction of military in
struction into the schools is not
American and not necessary in any
sense. Our schools were not inst-
tuted for the purpose of training
boys to fight and kill and DESTROY
but to become thinking, honest,
capable and industrious citizens of
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