The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-19
WANT GERMAN OUT
Of SCHOOLS HERE
meetIno of Citizens Last Night En-.
dorses Resolution to Not Teach
Language In Public
Schools.
SENTIMENT EXPRESSED
several Speakers Lambast German
and Say They Think It
! is Spreading
Propaganda.

resolution against the teaching
nf German in the public schools OF
Weokuk was passed unanimously at
! public meeting at the court house
last night, which was attended Dy
isss than fifty citizens. The assemD'
lage. before it adjourned, on the mo-
tinn of Major Collins, discussed the
taaching of German, voted to give
tho committee which was appointed
some years ago to call meetings TO
nominate directors, vote OF thanAs,
and to discharge it, since Its func-
tion was taken care OF now by the
law which provides for nomination
,etitions, and voted to ask the school
directors to be sure that the lire
drill is gone through with each week
in the schools.
The meeting was called to order by
C. f. Mcfarland who read the call for
the meeting. w. B. Collins moved
that Mr.. McFarand be made the chair
man of the meeting, and +. g.. Smith
served as secretary. Mr. Mcfarland
announced that the meaning was
open for discussion, and Dr.. G. Walter
Barr moved that a vote of thanks pc
rendered the committee which had
been appointed several years ago to
call school meetings, and that 1T be
discharged. He spoke of the change
In law. making nominations for school
directors done by petition, and SAID
for this reason there was no need
for such a committee There was
second to the motion, when DR.. s. NJ.
CASTOR entered protest. He charg-
ed that there had been tendency to
select school directors to suit a GER
H. lo 6Sd n a
meeting could not talk school direc-
tors, nasmuch as ii was called for
the purpose only of discussing Ger.
man in the schools.
Chairman Mcfarland outlined the
directors, and said there was no in
tention of keeping good men out OF
the board and that by filing petitions
with the proper number Of signatures
candidates could get on the ballot.
He said any nominations made by the
meeting would be void unless follow
ed up by petitions. Major Collins
corroborated his statements. and said
that the meeting could nominate the
outgoing directors, Mr.. Skirvin AMI
Mr.. Dunlap, which he thought would
be a good thing to do, and that their
petitions could then be prepared and
signed.
The motion to discharge the COM
mittee and give it vote of thanks
was unanimously carried.
Wants German Out.
John R. Dimond said he wanted
German taken out of the schools. He
said there was no more. reason to
teach German than there was OF
teaching Swede or Irish. He said
that old brute that rules over there
IN Germany has taught them all that
ne is God Almighty's chosen ruler"
he urged that German come out OF
the schools, and said if people insist
ed on hanging on to German they
either ought to go back to Germany
Or be sent back there
Major Collins then offered the fol-
lowing resolution, which was second
ed:
resolved, That it is the sense of the
people of the city of Keokuk, in pub
NC meeting assembled. the German
language be not taught in the public
schools.
Dr. s. M. CASTOR thought that the
study should not be taken out until
me close of the school year. He said
.hae when the war was over and we
mad licked the kaiser. we would
rant to know something about Ger
.ah language. and he thought 1t
'ouid De good plan to know some