Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04
GEUMAN SCHOOLS
BREED SEDTT1ON
tormer u. S. Senator De-
I scribes Startling Condi-
tions in Northwest
rAIsER is EXTOLLED
,neutschland Ueber Allies
eung Daily and "Star Span
cled Banner" Unknown
Washington. April 1

Washington, April 4.
~. of German as an educatlonai
linn, in the schools OF thls coull-
was condemned IN resolutions
un,s by the Americanlzatlon con
adop' NTH the recommendation that
fefehce o,ica he stopped by legisla
me pf.sr former United States Sen.
pon' Safs Young. of Des Moines, had
AZ, ~ conference that there are 1000
ioiu .n .cbools in the Northwest where
|plI..,ue hut German is used and the
nin,s nolti are closed each day with the
ssss,os ssss of deutschland Uber Allies y
slnna,ns Ill., enclosures by Mr.. Young and
~ Metcalfe, former Lieutenant
|rarnor of Nebraska, as to the edu.
1o,enai conditions in the Northwest
Nosa shock to the representatives
etate councils of defense and Gov
ol from other sections of the
ss,I,ad states taking part in the meet
avd their words served as an in.
ss,,Ts 10 insure the adoption uf the
e,mmttees report,
What Speakers Charged
s,,sstional statements made by the
t,ro speakers were:
adding the legislative halls Of the
,o,,ntry of men like La toilette
-nuld be as beneficial to the cause
:, America as the defeat of an en-
flre German division.
ninety per cent of the teachers in
,hase German schools are traitors.
Tbsre are 100 schools in Nebraska
Y -hara the children have never sung
rs "tSar Spangled Banner"
Three counties in Nebraska where
IKE school children sing the national
arthem of Germany each day
Investigation in Nebraska showed
rnhl,c school with an attendance
n only two children, while a Ger
NAV school within a stones throw
hsd an enrolment of thirty-three.
Former Senator Young said
Sin the Northwest this education
A. The children in these German
.rbools has enabled the politicians
a control the elections and make
heir influence felt everywhere We
r,isf get rid of this state of affairs
n he legislative chambers of this
no,ntrV we're freed of men like La
. FoTette It would be of as much bene-
Al as driving back an entire division
front
German Papers Help
nTbe newspapers printed in German
A are supporting and abetting this in
sI6ious propaganda. and if l had my
way every publication in that tongue
4 would be abolished Immediately. Not
. ohly are they preaching the gospe
. Of the Kaiser but they are doing
4 their share in enabling the natural
. ised politician to keep his control over
4 the voters. In this respect Canada
4 has been much wiser than this Coun
try. There no German, whether
4 naturalized or not, has the right oi
4 suffrage in any election. I am speak.
4 ng as a wild-eyed patriot now. fol
4 he great majority of the inhabitants
4 Of this country are being CamouflageC
4 through the freedom which the propa
4 eandists have In my opinion go PEI
4 cent Of the teachers in these German
1 schools in the Northwest are traitors
4 and my platform al this time is one
I language. one flag, one country ant
d one God"
\ Conditions fully AS startling wer,
4 placed before the conference by Mr.
. Metcalfe, who supported the Cours,
{ taken by Mr.. Young. So complet,
r had the educational control of th,
4 Germans become, lie stated. that :
. BIN passed by the Nebraska Legisla
\ fhre several years ago permitte,
the majority Of the parents of TN
children attending any school to de
termine the language in which Tn,
scholars should be taught, and all eff
forts to repeal it had been in val,
until this very day
= The influence of the Germa,
E schools and the support which ha
been given them by the pro.German
has made our public schools almos
negligible" said Mr.. Metsalfe. wv
havs Just recently completed a thor
oush investigation of the subject. an,
ne conditions which we found ar
positively appalling There are eieh
districts in the State where the &c
man schools-and by this I mea
Eenools where German is the languas 2
eseo In all courses of instructio
py the scholars and the teachers
nave driven the public schools out c
s1lslence through lack Of suppor
mere are as many as twelve elite
vne,e there are only four or fiv
paplls IN the public schools, while TN
eusnuance at the German schools
eeserai hundred per cent greater,
Another attack on the German pres
1S voiced by Gustavus Oehlinge
PRESIDENT OF the Toledo Chamber OF Con
ce come from the black belt,
salu' oy which ! mean that Ohio
ohs the States which. on Germa
.snool maps is marked as German tel
nao'y, and It is my belief that we mu!
70 stamp out the conditions ths
~ exist Germans who have live
ana still retain their love for Il
~ oi their birth must take the pur