Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-03-14
THE ROCKEFELLER BOARD
lmperils Education, Says Bishop
Warren A. Gambler.
(Published by Renuest,i

of the nation which is involved in
the Rockefeller and Carnegie
Boards. 1t is to be hoped the awak-
ening of the people to this menace is
not too late, says Bishop Warren A.
Gambler in recently published and
signed article.
In the early part of the year 1909,
! printed in the Atlanta Journal a
series of articles pointing out the
dangers which threatened us from
the plans and purposes Of the Rookie
feller Board, commonly known as
THE General Board of Education"
At that time some good people
thought I was unduly alarmed, and
that my criticism of the Carnegie
Board was not we'll founded. But
many now perceive that my fears
were not groundless, and that my
the facts.
At the meeting Of the National Ed
ucational Association held in st.
Paul, Minn., in 1914, the following
resolution was unanimously adopted:
Resolved. That we view with
alarm the activity of the Carnegie
and Rockefeller foundations, agen-
cies not in any way responsible to
the people, in their efforts to control
the policies Of our State educational
institutions; to fashion them after
their own conceptions; to standard
tze our courses Of study; and to
surround the institutions with con-
ditions which menace true academic
freedom and defeat the primary pur-
poses inviolable in our common
schools and universities"
Recently the subject has been
brought forward in the Senate of the
United States. On February 8. when
the bill making appropriations for
the Department Of Agriculture for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1918,
was under discussion. Senator Ken
yon, of Iowa, offered the following
amendment, which was adopted by
the Senate:
provided, That no part of the ap-
prop ration made by this act, whe-
ther for salaries or expenses or any
other purpose connected herewith
shall he used in connection with any
money contributed, or rendered, by
the General Education Board, or any
corporate, or other organization or
individual in any way associated with
it, either directly or indirectly, or
contributed or rendered by any cor
poration or individual other than
such as may be contributed by the
State, county or municipal agencies:
nor shall the Department of Agri-
culture receive any moneys for sala-
ries or any other purpose from the
General Education Board, or any cor
pOrate or other organization or indi-
vidual in any way associated with it,
either directly or indirectly, or con-
tributod or rendered by corpora
ton or individual other than such as
may be contributed by State, county
or municipal agencies, except by act
OF Congress authorizing the same
Nor shall any person paid in whole Or
in part by any such corporation for
services rendered by him be employ
ed by the government or become or
remain an officer Of the government
Any person violating any or either Of
the terms Of this provision shall be
deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction thereof, shall
be punished by fine of not less than
$1,000 or by imprisonment as the
court may determine"
Pending the consideration Of the
amendment Senator Geo. e. Cham
'berlain, Of Oregon, exposed the i'm
proper connection of these boards
with the activities and operations Of
the general government, and had
printed in the Record all my articles
which the Journal published eight
years ago.
Senator Chamberlain put into the
Record also a strong letter from
President ]. w. Crabtree, of the
State Normal School of Wisconsin.
IN the course OF his letter President t
Crabtree used the following lam
guage:
MANY educators throughout the
country are Of the opinion that these
foundations have good deal to do
with the naming Of university presi-
dents and with the naming Of men
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