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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
Judge Hylan S Charge
Churchill, Not Rockefeller oundatlon
Fathered Gary Schools

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir. Now that Judge Hylan has tathered
the absurd charge that the public schools OF
Now York have been surrendered to the IN
suence Of the Rockefeller Foundation, 1t IS
perhaps time for brief statement OF the
actual facts. in order that the schools snail
NOT be made football OF partisan politics.
The charges are presumably based upon the
appointment Of DR.. Abraham FleXner and MI
RAYMOND Fosdick as members OF the Board OF
Education. DR.. Flexner is one OF the secre-
taries of the General Education Board. FOR
marty = teacher himself, he has made life
study Of educational problems and is recog-
nized authority in educational subjects. DR.
Flexner was appointed member OF the
BOARD Of Education by Mayor Kline IN 1913
He had never even met Mayor Mitchell until
after his appointment He served until 1917
,vben he resigned because his other engage
ments and frequent absences from New York
made il impossible for him to give the neces-
sarv attention to his duties as member OF
the Board Of Education.
DR.. Flexner never took any active part in
the administrative work of the board, but ne
did stand emphatically and consistently for
two thinqs-the selection Of the best qualified
men and women for all appointments, with
out fear or favor and some effective means
Of Diminishing inefficient teachers. So far as
he manifested any interest in the educational
policies of the board, it was in the direction
Of the high schools rather than OF the ele-
mentary and vocational schools. II was his
theory. however, that the Board OF Education
sbould concern itself chiefly with the selec-
tion and appointment OF we'll qualified super
irtendeuts and teachers and leave mainly 10
them the determination Of educational poll
cies.
Mr.. Fosdick was never connected with the
Rockefeller Foundation or the General Edu-
cation Board. He was. however, secretary OF
the Bureau OF Social Hygiene, supported By
Mr.. John d. Rockefeller, jr He was ap-
pointed BY Mayor Mitchell a member OF the
Board Of Education in 1914. but resigned in
1916 owing to pressure of other engagements
He was absent from New York so frequently
that ne was very irregular in his attendance
at meetings Of the Board Of Education.
Neither DR.. Flexner nor Mr.. Fosdick was
in the least responsible for the introduction
of the so-csled Gary schools" in New York
This movement was the outerowth Of a trip
made b. Mr.. Thomas ". Churchill, then pres
ident of the Board Of Education. with the
Mayor and other city officials and representa-
tyes of the Department Of Education, who
visited Cincinnati Chicago, Milwaukee and
Gary, Ind, in June, 1914, in search Of sug.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
Enemies Within
The Tribunc's Campaign Against
Sedition Approved and Supported

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The management Of The Tribune Is
greatly to be congratulated upon the ener-
getic campaign il has been wagIng IN
its columns under the caption Enemies
within" against the dsloyal press. The Gus
tomary courtesy and forbenrance which are
the fashion for newspapers to exercise
toward one another have been grossly abused
in this respect. Until rebuked by great
majority Of the press, few newspapers have
dared to place the patriotism OF the vast
majority Of Americans at defiance and 10
print disoyal, untruthful and seditious news
stories unrebuked.
In the campaign against this portion OF
the press The Tribune has been one OF the
pioneers, and the news dispatches OF TINS
morning carry an account OF the tardy action
Of the Department of Justice in suppressing
the "Tageblatt" in Philadelphia, and the ar
rest Of the editor and business manager
should be an encouraging sign that It's cam
pairn has not been conducted in vain. II
will interest you to learn that, while Inc
Tribune has been engaged in this patnouc
work, the American Defence Society has ap-
pealed TO the various news agencies OF tne
cities to reject all seditious and unpatrouc
newspapers and periodicals offered them Tor
sale on their stands. At the same time the
society has communicated with every railroad
in the United States. asking 1t TO take
similar action in regard TO the newsstands
along its route.
In conclusion, beg to inform The Tribune
that no more patriotic work than the sup
preston Of the seditious spoken or written
word can be undertaken at this time.
II. C. QUINBY,
Chairman, Executive Committee, American
Defence Society.
New York, Sept. II, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
Landlubber Fiction
tocrat.

II is not granted TO every short story
writer to be born Eat sea off Cape Horn
as Mr.. Lincoln Colcord announces OF HIM
self in who's Who" With such a head
start, he might have been a little longsuf-
fering and gentle in his estimate of Amer
lean landlubber fiction. But the truth will
ont and in an article on the shipping situa-
ton and the war in Golfers" he pays his
RESPECTS to the typewriting-chai fleet OF
deep-sea authors. His point is sound one:
1.-TWO Years Before the Mast" struck the
KEYNOTE for all the landlubber nautical fc-
ton that has followed. The thing to do,
our writer's saw. was TO play up the bru-
tally and injustice of sea life trick with
in the range Of any landlubber; and this
they have done with great industry and
unanimity. They have not held themselves
under obligations TO any other of Dana's
attributes-to his sincerity, for instance,
or his accuracy. They have felt that they
could safely disregard these if they played
up the sensationalism strongly enough.
beg leave TO submit that this is not
partisan criticism; | know whereof | speak.
Stephen Crane would have written true sea
stories did write the truth of what he
knew Of the sea. Jack London's sea stories
are all fase-and rot besides. Joseph Con-
rad Of course, has written truly of the sea.
but am speaking of America. do not at
the moment recall single American writer
of nautical fiction who has attempted to
draw picture true TO type, or who has
known what the type really was.
We all shall want an exception or two.
How about Moran Of the Lady Lefty"
for instance? Whether Frank Norris ever
lived at sea or not, few books by anybody
show a more definite or intense feeling for
a ship and her ways. There may be
others. But the general truth lies with
Mr.. Colcord. His estimate of Jack Lon
don's sea stuff is all too accurate. That
stern realist's affection for the fee-fi-fo-
FUN of literature quite spoiled his efforts
70 portray life at sea. He was never
happy till his deck was smeared with
blood. If the sea and its ships are any
thing. they are subtle in values and possess
thousand shades. Their colors were
never on Jack London's CORY palette.
When Mr.. Colcord moves on to the eco
nomic effects of our landlubber fiction he
is more open to criticism. We think it was
chiefly economic causes that took our
masts from the sea rather than any black
name that seafaring received from books.
It was ships that failed America, not men.
Now that we are looking seward again,
and feet for traffic as well as war is
seen to be a national necessity, we predict
that not all the landlubber authors in
"Who's Who" typewriting blood-curdlingy
every week in the year, will be able to
scare American boys off the sea.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
Cheering Our Finest

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: With all due respect honor and praise
for those who have done such valiant service
for America in times past, firmly believe
that neither our land nor any other in the
worlds history has seen an army of the
same high type as that now gathering. Fine.
outstanding men and boYs-for many are de-
cdedly boysh in the most manly way. Per-
feet physically, many Of them cultured and
brany, their faces kind, thoughtful but de-
termincd.
| see many at the hotels and other public
places who are quite evidently, and in some
cases frankly lonely and little homesick.
Fine fellows all. and worthy handshake and
few words of greeting. which are, find,
we'll received and appreciated il rendered
wisely Greet and cheer them as our de-
tenders c. A. 2.
New York Sept 0, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
Self-Destroyed
partlcuIarI

The fact that we are at war with Ger
MANY must not beDumb our sense Of JUS
,ico + sbouId he cbeerfullv recognized
Lo. =, .bo Loot tbroo voars the Father
- H.. r,,,l,.od 90 c;,ili1stion one Of
49, ,,raa.os, sor,.ices +, the history of man.
- Uo~l.;,,, rrsc+;csIIv alone. save for
snorol a.. efforts an the mart Of her allies.
and With q concentration at which future
,.ouoro+io,,e win marvel Germany has
I'D tho World safe from Kultur.
We are accustomed to credit France
with this achievement or Great Britain,
which is q SANDER upon the German ma
t;o, Franco and Great Britain merely
nroyertod decision by the Kaiser's mill
tarv machine. II is Germanv's own meth
ODDS bar cro,csouelv improbable but au-
,bcrfc barba~it;cs her systematic ruff
farisro and selected obscenities which have
rrovod the snecjfic for the disease of Ger
rarism. And the irony of it is that had
not Germany pcrDetrated the war, with
its CHASTITY revelation of symptoms, in
twenty wears the whole world might have
been writing in the throes Of kultur.
Consider the period before the war-the
period of peaceful penetration" Our
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
To the Pacihsts

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: II your anti-war spirit is mighty and
should prevail, prove it, even IL need be by
martyrdom, as great ideals have ever been
proved and made TO prevail. Go between the
armies and demand that they abandon their
warfare.
You are objects Of scorn and only pave the
way 10 hell with your good intentions, -
while you sit in safety and infict martyrdom
upon your brethren, who believe themselves
to be struggling riGhteously for human free
dom. by talk which puts weapons into the
hand OF the enemy.
You yourself indeed are o. those who shoot
OUT their arrows. even bitter words" against
the defenders Of your country and Of man
kind. and those who send them forth, with
tears and prayers. ERNTNG WINSLOW.
Boston, Mass, Sept. Q, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12

PHILADELPHIA, and from the canvas city on
Hampstead Plains, where, with Irish per
versity. the green is prominent in the
Rainbow Division. Oldsters to whom the
name Paddy Diver" is still the utter
most anathema renewed friendships con-
ceived in the throne room on Centre Street
and indurated in many sanguinary prl-
mary.
The names of them-the ODays, the
O'Sheas, the O'Shaughnessys, the Sulli-
vans. the Donovans and the Callahans-
we're potent with a magic more stirring
than the resonant but somnolent roll I'M
mortalized by the late Diedrich knicker-
hocker-the Van Bummels, the Van Vlo-
tens, the Van Pelts, the Suy Dams and the
Van Dams.
As brave as though Big Toms victory
over Paddy Diver was but yesterday was
the showing of the old Fourth Warders.
They defed cockcrow and stayed till the
whistles blew. But now and then there
was n sombre undertone to the gayety, and
the grips from which Big Toms fingers
doubtless still ache told of foreboding OF
mortality in the spell which had material
lied a throng already almost as much a
part of the past as the many-breeched
army of New Amsterdams peg-legged au-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12

gestions for the benefit Of the New York
schools. Mr. Churchll's enthusiastic article
in "The Journal Of Education" October Is,
1914, entitled The Amazing Schools Saw at
Gary" indicates his impression at that time.
This article closed with the following state
ment:
The more think Of it the frmer is the gertrude
that the adoption Of the Gary idea anywhere 8,
practicable and easy That it is highly desirable
almost goes without saying.
And in June, 1915, when the Churchill ad-
ministraton voted to introduce the Gary sys-
TEN into twelve schools in The Bronx, "The
New York Globe" actively supporting the
Churchill administration, made the following
editorial comment:
By unanimously voting 20 apply the
Gary system 10 twelve schools in The Bronx the
Board OF Education has launched the biggest expert
ment in popular education since the experiment OF
popular education itself was launched What is
proposed is epocha and points in the direction Of
complete revolution in common school education.
The records clearly show that it was the
Churchill administration which was response
Die for introducing the Gary schools and
that neither DR.. FleXner nor Mr.. Fosdick
took any active part in promoting this action
of the Board of Education.
While Mr.. Churchill seems at present dis
inclined to recognize his offspring, | venture
10 predict that at no distant day he will be
proud to claim the introduction Of the Gary
schools the most notable achievement Of
his administration; but certainly no one
familiar with the facts can believe that the
Rockefeller Foundation had even the re-
hottest influence in this result. People who
think for themselves are not likely to be
fooled by any such vote-catching claptrap.
The Rockefeller Foundation can no more con-
troll the public schools than it can control the
wind or the weather. and there is not the
slightest reason to suppose that it has ever
attempted or desired to attempt il.
WILLIAM G. WILCOX,
President. Board OF Education.
New York, Sept. 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
Maine as Expected

The defeat of the woman suffrage
amendment in Maine proves nothing eN-
cent that the unexpected does not happen
even in wartime. 1t is surprise ana a
disappointment only to those opumis's
who believed that public thought had been
so accelerated by the swift moving events
of tho last six months that the suffrage
question would be swept TO an easy victory
everywhere. without regard to local con-
ditions or particular forces. The mistake
these dreamers made was in assuming that
woman suffrage was free to float on the
world tide of democracy even across rock
bound Maine. The veteran campaignerS
knew better. They knew the ways OF the
masculine mind, especially the conserva-
tive Maine mind, and they feared, with rea-
son that ancient prejudice would hold the
good ship Suffrage fast, however hlgh the
tide should rise.
zone campaign for education; the sec
ond for victory" This is an axiom OF the
suffrage veterans, which was wrought OF
the campaigns in many Western states
and the lesson of the Maine campaign Is
that the old prejudices still remain IN
mems minds. To offset those prejudices
the women Of Maine had scarcely fight
ing chance They had only few months
in which to work. The stormy spring IN
terfered with their campaign in the rural
districts. The war, which might have
belped the cause to victory in later and
longer campaign, worked against It,
Women felt their first duty to be to the
nation, and gave their time and their
money to war relief work. 1t was inevl-
table in the first hours Of the war that few
could serve two great causes, 1t was the
tragedy of the Maine campaign that they
were still. in the public mind, two causes,
It is the confident hope Of the New York
campaign that the two causes are here
one. With an incomparably better founca-
ton Of public information on the suffrage
question, it ought not to be impossible or
difficult for the women Of this state to
convince the voters that woman suffrage
and world democracy form part OF the
same great cause.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
Free Nautical Training

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Again | beg the courtesy OF space in
behalf Of the United States Power Squad
ron's Free Nautical School for all men who
desire to help the United States in this war.
We have given instructions to hundreds who
are now using this knowledge in the navy,
and because they have gone on duty we have
room for more pupils. We teach navigation.
internal combustion engine. deck seamanship.
first aid, signalling, etc.
Don't let the fact that we accept no fees
from any one stand in your way. We are
doing this for our country, the same as You
are. Don't let the fact that you have little
time keep you out. You can learn in one
lesson how you may save your life from a
hemorrhage, for instance, that might kill you
in few moments otherwise.
The signalling and first aid classes are as
useful TO men drafted in the army as to the
navy men. All are welcome. Our school is
a night school, open every evening, except
Saturday and Sunday.
This school will close at the close Of the
war and this chance for free instructions in
these branches will cease. Come personally,
if possible. Don't write. Answering queries
is work. and our instructors are busy men,
whose time is wholly taken up now. Apply
at the Hudson River Yacht Club, Ninety
second Street and Hudson River, across the
bridge over tracks from Riverside Park, di-
rectly to the clubhouse.
ALBERT c. KNIGHT,
Secretary II. X. P. s.
New York. Sept g. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
For English Seamen
Lord Davenport Appeals for Aid for
the Greenwich Hospital
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In face Of mines, submarines ard
every hostile device, the men of our ner.
chant services are maintaining the transport
Of troops, of munitions OF war snd OF the
foodstuffs essential TO victory with un'
daunted courage and gsllantry. feel sure
| shall not appeal in vain 20 the citizens Of
the United States, our last and greatest slI
to help IN giving every possible care ana
comfort 10 these brave fellows who ne"
with wounds, accident or disease.
The Seamen's Hospital at Greenwich ha
cared for them during nearly hundr"
years, and many of your countrymen have
there found relief from suffering and re-
newed health when i'll and frendess in
strange country Unfortunately is ehof"
are severely handicapped By lack OF fuha"
and the strain OF war has added 70 the di'n.
Guilty as well as the necessity OF proUd.as
increased accommodation and more scientn'
equipment Lifts, isolation wards, modem
electrical department and adequate nurses
quarters are an essential part Of every ~
stitution Of the kind, but they are still lse''
ing at Greenwich
Ny efforts to remedy this lamsntable 't's
Of affairs have met with a generous respohN
on this side Of the Atlantic, as we'll as u, 10
Canada, and am confident that there WIZ
be a no less ready desire 90 help IN VIC
United States, where sympathy and gsner.
osity toward deserving causes have been
often manifested. DEFONPOE|
London. England. Aug. q. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
Corn Is Grass
New York, Sept s. 1917.


From The Minneapolis Journal
Corn belongs TO the grass family, but it i,
grass that has taken full course and has
also done postgraduate work in Natures
agricultural college. Other grasses develop
seed at their tops. Even kaffr corn and
broomcorn follow this plan But Indian corn,
or maize, broke away from the grass tradi-
ton and started developing its seed in ear.
coming from the joints.
When corn developed this habit il rang
the bell of civilization and started new era.
For corn was unknown 10 the civilized world
until America was discovered. Here the
Indians were found cutivating the strange
cereal in their primitive way
when the white man acknowledged the
corn, and took up its cultivation, he ploughed
the ground deep with his metal ploughs and
cultivated il carefully. The corn. astonished
at this attention. waded in 20 show what II,
could do in return. The results are seen to
day in the three billion bushel crop the
United States produces.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
In the Name Of Conscience
le Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor o. The Tribune
Sir: Mr Henry Kelly, in Challenge
tone, asks: "Is it honest. j. it moral, TO l0'''
men into it VINO do not believe IN this or any
other war;" Then he says Of himself tna' - =
is concerned with the humanitarian Sno =
opposed to all wars, offensive or deien'n'
and yet that he has no sympathy win 80,
hypocritical conscientious objector. now
would like to know how il any one 10 A"O,
which is the honest and which the di'h0Hs''
conscientious objector.
And, again, how can Mr.. Kelly synPa'''-.'
as he says he does, with the man who opPo'',,
defensive war as ne does an offensive V"I !,
There must be something very crooAe' -
that kind Of logic. Al
How can we think OF any but a demen''-'
a paralyzed or dead man who would no. "a
ert himself in defence Of his life or o. NJ NO,
he loves? Oh Conscience! Oh, Moral'y
What incomprehensible rhetoric is uttered
your names and supposedly in your d,is rS
N. {. R0BERLs' .
New York, Sept 10, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12
The Dutch Situation

Elsewhere on this page to-day The Trib-
une prints a letter from a well informed cit
izen of Holland emphasizing certain aspects
of the Dutch question which have claimed
too little attention in this country. The
Tribune believes that this letter deserves
careful consideration at this time and IN
view Of the general situation in Europe,
particularly in neutral countries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12

where shuddered and fought TO avoid con-
tact. The infection was checked. What
ever happens, there will be no return to
the status quo ante with its peaceful
penetration"
And now we get word that the atrocious
bronze statuary of Berlin is being melted
down for cannon. Surely Kultur is slid
ing back into the metallic scum from which
it was brewed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-12

miums as occasion may direct lnstea' Va -
~ all nrovidinc for internal needs at hxed
maximum price. raise the cost OF living 70
,L ,,roir;ro mint twith.tanding the fact
-. $4,000, b., ,.ksn many important
vi,n,r nrice and dis
,r;bu,.. them in an inaccountably inefficient
manner
second-As the most efficient and restfui
flank cover on the north Of German opera
uor, n ReIoipm. There is no need for Ger
can, % nrotect her lines Of communication
-, poloiu,o IN Flanders and France er-
-, I'll, ra,d,,,,rr, bordcr notice. who with
-. ,onco. q. the border prevent too
p.rrior. from eating across 20 where
n""' % .boir brothers on the other
''ue Vi '"' 49,. ..r. c,r-
Let US examine '"eoe Nv"
didly and IN the hght OF very re''"'
merits.
Hollands Necessary Terms
n;,. w;Isor,s a,rnarQo proclamation
90 :. t. =, ob.,oo ,bipos The
Oh husu'' or,i,, % .bis
Ne'herIaHuS Oo'"'"'
country to STRIKE inc pe'I Oa's"'" -,
We presume that export TO hoIiahu wiz ""''
be permitted by the United States OF America
- ,rarantee, such as the Netherlands Over
600 Trust Company provides. / suggest the
ord conditions.
nv ,r, II, ox,or, If Agricultural
va l"a' We oOp o. IN orr su-rlu. ~
produce W 49,,
England or the otner A'iie'' AMI,
(b) That we provide some OF the hiHeu
needs in shipping room.
(c) The Allies are going to work a grave
i,iustics N thu inhabitants, also create a
..r.o - ,r;u,v very dangerous IN an al
IL oro1, r..ionoo ropula.,or. unless
y.,,. t., a. .o.I .,d iron
~ - .;o-
! II heeu'' '"''eOE -
! herman means OF ehert'hs pieS'uIe y"
hoiiahd government aiSo 'neieo! D
Holland economically independent u 'ei''"''
raw materials.
Holland has up TIL no" SOLO its asrAcuitui" al
products to Germany because she could ger
coal and iron from her. Germany Is now
after series Of restrictions and regulations
Of obligations assumed by actual contracts
falling down on the latter 10 sucn an extent
that the agricultural trump card OF hol.aha
does not amount to much any more ana tha'
the country is racing shortage OF coai Gur
ing next winter which spells misery ana loss
of life II not alleviated and shortage OF
steel and iron winch spels disaster 70 nor
land shlpyards ana industries hol'ahu mine
about 80 70 ~ per cent OF us own coa' Heeu'
but OF iron she mas none
Therefore condition C should be: Inc
Allies, in return for the agreeing TO condi-
tions "a" and 3D." will provide as large a
percentage of coal and iron for Holland as