New-York tribune., 1919-04-14


4 sents the first account of the
teachings II, the Socialist "Sundnu
schools" that are being conducted IN
Ne,r York City.
Fifteen such schools ore holding
regular sessions. Soon there ariU be
ut least one school for each Assem-
blp district.
The distractions airen by teachers
were reported stenogro phicuUy.
Fifteen hundred boys and girls, rang
ing from five to seventeen years of age.
are being Systematically trained in
Socialist Sunday schools" throughout
New York to abhor national institu-
IONS to dolze Lenino, Trotzky, Rosa
iuxemburg and others of their kind;
TO live up to the motto eve Ourselves"
and to regard as heroes men whom the
United States government has seen fit
TO send to prison.
in one Of those classes yesterday the
'eacher told his pupils that Theodore
Roosevelt was not great man, but
that Jean Jaures was that the great
war was an unrighteous war of CON
Quest but that revolutionary wars were
right and democratic
In the same class children of tender
years talked precociously Of mani
iestoes, proietarians, the bourgeoisie
and division Of labor.
fney quoted Karl Marx as eliblv as
ne normal child speaks of "The Swiss
Family Robinson or little Women"
Sympathetic Toward Anarchy
They betrayed an acquaintance With
and sympathy for the forces of Bolshe-
ism and anarchy
Hhlie IN the junior classes much ri
ine 'eachlng #a4 being repeated par
fo'- ron. among toc moro adyanccd
h9oiis tendency ~as SHOWN to think
org inc limos trawu hy fuc teacher
~ sofar eases ~ nu'dis'anct rim
few of these sunday schools'
'H hecr in operation FOR tegtta4
ar hu' tnc maioritv are ~ tnfsA
1hm rfowtf, anH afe jusf getting irt6
f'rf uq~, trHtf TIE Hittctbfahib ~
trr SlavsRy @Hueaii i6hai adtfsef
're Wil}famfbnfr tbtt4ta tentfe
H Soef5tis. Sti4as Seh8b. ~ 49,
rffrfNs ittie.
W. aaa sissses y. fte RaHa scpqqi
'tty " sAAesAes titHi var tf9sfeeiee
fnets. te majority II the tlaeters
afe 9qi4nteers. They are svawed 81
eeiists and h9lsheFiki Some of than
rte hNs m. ite children in The fsu-
by seheoisN are Russian, German md
if@ish Tor the most part
saFsky Considered Mild"
As ,iavshy, who is considered by his
ocidies mild IN his views, out
Ine6 the movement as "libertarian.
tec from prcjudices and designed TO
,74htefacf he sinister Influences
brought 70 bear on the children in
'aurch and school,
4 matter Of personal experience"
ne says, Il have found that the major
'iy of teachers not only do not feel
ne Importance of their profession, but
'7en detest their work
Everything done in our Sunday
aehools Is devoid Of narrow academi-
esm' spirit Of bieness, OF the cos
.aic, IS brought into the atmospherc.
Freedom q expression is subSti-
'tef 5oJ the impressive and constrain-
~ influences brought 10 bear on chill
tfeh y the e14a.ing educational sys-
L". ne teachers are unbias s!d and
ns children are learning to be like
Certainly, am Bolshevist. 1
'7eu 70 be an oNoluNonist, but when
ID" no" wonderfully succcssful the
';Nssian revolution va became a Boil
Neither my fellow workers nor
s@fc any fear that socialism will fail.
"eH try 20 keep the sun from shin
Ns as 10 keep socialism from spread
'"s al over the world
All Monarchics to Co
So how i has inlamca Europc
~ the 'nonafchies viii 20 soon. The
:. os}'t ltec press Is sun Of lies about
No. lnip2A, O0t we get the truth from
ps'pie "no have actually been in Rus
20 ne revolution there was AN en-
and absolute success"
LVeH more emphatic in his views ia
nc dIfector u large Sunday school'
ne Bronx WHICH has been running
'f tne last eight years and which has
im,,embership Of 200 pupils He SAYS:
ne gre teaching socialism pure and
,'inp's I" our pupils mere. We don't
osleFe IN scientific and theoretical so
'a4l.fns but IN the practical brand
5@re come from Russia. where | suf-
red 2reatig Rnow THAT am talk
at>N'. The Children who come t.
~ eissses gct nc ruth without any
-ias''tration. We takc up current
+eft'nHt ~ifn 'Ncm, and ~ aoon ~
10y Yradua,e from the kindergarten
- fain them TO oe good sociaiists.v
How School Is Conducted
soilo~ing Is a etenographic report Of
sezsion - the most advanced clasg :
me school At 1853 Boston Road
yssterday: '''""
-. IIAcHER: "Lszt Sunday ne TOOK IN
s. ~ olvIsion Of labor and saw how work
- ~ nscoming more and more uninter.
ssMnz 70 the workingman because Of
sast aiv's'on Which allows 10 man %
i1epste ore piece If work BY him
VI. ,,sow, - 10 back to The Atudy og
AZ sfi Aafx, woo has written on the
~ s's'zl'n x of labor, uhst do We find about
#'t 1smily relations r
sss,,s -: Fame psrenta like other
sas.pss children and not their own.
~ ne s was good 10 his own"
,ua aahaeHER; Yes, the profexejona,
VIZ. sh - apt 10 give oil his time 10 hjs
~--..'...s.s ~e sno therefore nsglects his chill
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