Evening journal., 1918-03-01
GUTT Nc PRO-GERhAN
FROM TEXT BOOKS
" imington Bans I'm Water.
Iand:" Pages Are Cut
From "Glueck Auf''
NEW YORK PUTS
NINE ON SHELVES


Although tint Board Of Public Educa-
tion of New York city has issued orders
forbiddlng the use Of nine certain
German text books in the schools Of
hat city the Wilmington High School
g. using one Of the banned books as
textbook. Those pages Of the book
which were deemed pro-German, how
ever, have been cut from the book
The book Is "Gleuck Auf," by Mueller
and Wenckebach Another book banned
by tho New York school authorities Is
I'm Vaterland, by Paul V Bacon This
book contains a number Of German
songs. 10 was banned here sometime
ago I II Is explained by the local school
authorities that the study of the Ger
man language in the Wilmington High
school is purely elective, three Ian
guages being taught. they being
French, spanish and German.
In speaking Of The use Of the German
text books here Professor 4. II. Berlin.
principal Of the school, said that some
time ago study or The various German
text books was made and at that time
those pages OF "Gleuck Auf.' which
were deemed pro-Gcrman. were cut
from the hook. AZ the same time the
Nolumnes Of I'm Vaterland," about 80
loo number, were shelved.
While Dr. Gustave Struabenmuller.
acting superintendent ~ the New York
public schools. was issuing orders yes
terdsy banning the nine text books.
the American Defense Society demanded
that the teaching Of the German Ian
fuage in the schools there be abandoned
20 once. No such demands have been
made on the school authorities here,
however.
The complaint Of the American De-
fence Society is contained i'm pam
phlot which viii be widely distributed.
insisting that the German Language
teaching IN high schools must. be dis
continued Tho answer that the New
0rk school authorities make TO This
demand is that there is a scholastic
value 20 Gcrmany's best literature that
flo student ought 90 have. The Defence
society answers these objections in
This way:
The time for sentiment about Goethe
md Schiller has gone by We can make
war on the Hun language and we wilt
Any language which produces people
Of ruthless conqDrrors. such as now
exists 10 Germany, Is not flt language
20 teach clean and pure American boys
and girls, aud the most ordinary prin-
ciples Of self-defencc demand that It be
eliminated.
"Already several American cities
such as New York. Hoboken, Cincinnati
and Los Angeles. have taken drastic
action against tho German language. lr
New York the Board Of Education has
thrown 90 ont OF an the elementary
schools and very soon 10 Will, we be
ieve. be dropped out Of the high school,
also.
''Therc is no longer any good reasoI
why in American SCHOOLS the German
lsnEuago should not be treated as Lux
burg proposed for the ships Of friendly
Norway-'spurlos vcrserkt sunk with
out trace. How much longer will an
sslf-respeciing American Board OF Edu
cation stutify itself by permitting tn
useless language of dirty, fighting an'
loaths0mc enemy TO be taught 10 Ameri
can boys and girls IN iis public schools
Beyond a doubt the pro-German influ
ence that put that language into Ameri
can schools Will nght hard 90 6eept
there. That must be expected and pro
,ided for at the outset
The books banned by the New lor
school authorities are.
Aus Vergangener Zeit." by Arnol
Werner Spanhoofd, instructor in mod
ern languages in Washington, %. c
high school.
"lm Vaterland" by Paul V. Bacor
published by Allyn & Bacon.
Deutschland und die Deutsche,' b
w. C. Decker, Of the department Of Ger
man, New York state Normal Colleg'
Albany, and Robert Markisch. obeT
lehrer. at Royal Victoria Gymnasium
POisdam, Germany.
Elm Charakterbild Won Deutschland,
by Prof NJ. B. Evans, state Universit
Of Ohio, and Elizabeth Merchant, q
Leipsic, Germany.
"Wilkommcn in Deutschland pull
lished by d. C. Heath, author, Pro
Noshcr.
"Gucck Auf." by Mueller & Wenck'
bach. published by CHM & Go.
Beginners German" by Waite
Krause. published by Charles Scril
ner's sons.
"Kreuz und Quer durch Deutschland
10y Mezger d Mueller. published by On
American Book Company.