New-York tribune., 1922-02-08

80 tunes. kcad M on IL nave.
II cant say that am always con
~cious OF these wave thoughts from the
Mayor. Tha; Is. actually do not
car 4 voice in my car the voice OF
John I. HvIan telling nc % do this or
that | suppose my ideas Of what the
Mayor would want arc formed through
he process Of what is known as 'un-
conscious cerebration.' Look It up. It's
here Even am learning every day.
e; I'm modest
lust What Mayor Wanted
The Commissioner declared that
mental tolepathy was an Interesting
study. He explained that although he
rad received no actual telephone mes
age from the Mayor. and no lnstruc-
tons from any one who might have re-
eeivcd instructions from the Mayor.
still he knew that what he did while
he Mayor was away was just what the
Mayor would have done had he been
here.
Tho Commissioner added that the
instruction in the reported telephone
conversation to get Mclcncy.' refer
Superintendent Of Schools, who comes
up for recollection to-day. was all
srong He declared that neither the
Mayor nor himself had anything
against Melency. and tiat they didn't
care who was elected Associate Su
porintendcnt Of Schools. What they
were gong 10 investigate, he said. was
the textbook supplies and the trust
- textbook authors and the royalties
they received That would open the
peoples eyes. he thought.
Then. as though under the lash Of
another thought wave from Palm
ID T.
broadside on textbooks This included
criticism of Superintendent William l..
Ettinger, Associate Superintendent Me-
icney and many other associates, prin
cipals and teachers in the schools who
happen 20 have their names on the fly
leaves Of some of the books used in
the schools
MI nirshlield expressed the belief
that IL was the money and power
seeking crowd that have been the most
persistent maligners of Mayor Hylan
and his inistration.' The same
crowd mas the school system by the
throat" nc sad,
There are two things that a four
footed animal Will light for and these
are food and its offspring said Com
missioner Dave. "As IS we'll known,
tho four-footers do not advocate birth
control. Human beings, however.
while they viii fight for their young
ores if they have any and their food,
they ostcner fight the hardest TO sat
isfy their greed. It is this money and
power seeking crowd that have been
the most persistent mallgncrs Of Mayor
Hylan and his administration.
Discourse or Motives
The resistance of Superintendent
Of Schools William l.. Ettinger and his
associates tc an investigation of the
financial conditions in the school sys-
tenn of New York has not been from
patriotic motives. On the contrary,
their persistent objections to an in
stallatiol OF business system in our
school finances and business manage
mont have apparently been actuated BY
selfish motives.
The records in the Department OF
Education show that the superintend-
ent has sanctioned the use Of about
$500 different kinds of books in our
public schools and that about 10 mcn
and women connected with the New
York schools are listed as authors OF
eo-authorS of many Of these books.
These authors and co-authors receive
large royalties from the sale OF these
books to the New York Department of
Education.
at follows that if the text books
were standardized and all the schools
used the same books. instead Of hav-
ing IN some instances fifty to a hun
dred different kinds of textbooks used
in the same grade works, one good
textbook could be selected for use in
each grade. which would mean large
saving of money to the tax and rent
payers Of t.e city. OF course, such
proper business action would cut out
the royalties OF many Of the no
sdthois All, c0-autnors within the
school system and would eliminate
possible graft from certain book pub
usher pf course, the use Of any
book in TIE New York city school
inskes slch book easily salable every
wte'e in tho. whole United States
~hlcn means very large income tc
Textbooks Situation
J. may be Of interest TO learn tha
~ the head OF the list Of the author:
vino have made = good thing OF it il
Superintendent Ettinger, who with
public school teacher. one Mis-,
Georgina Burchall, and Associate Super
intendeut Edgar Dubs Sinner. ha
edited number OF books Superin
tencent Ettlngcr's principal book
known as the Progressive Road I,
Reading. IS said to consist of excerpt,
and extracts OF fantastic nature from
cnildren's books with fairy tales an,
legends culled from many sources an,
designed for primary classes. 1t i
81 d tnat eo,oeo copies of this PRO
grcss'Ve Road to Reading" book arr
used annually ia the schools. TIL,
ROYALTY rom these alone makes quit,
tloS sum annually.
Associate superintendent Charles F
Meieney has his name printed on tn,
tie pages of two books entitled
Selected Words for Spelling" O,
winch they receive royalty. An ex
ANIMATION Of these books does no
show them to be differen from an,
other speiier. However. said book
are extensively used IN the schools
"AssocIate Superintendent John II
y ish has MS name on the front pag
OF series of books which are ex
teuslvely used from the third to eight
grades IN the schools.
Among The many other so-callo,
authors and co-authors Of books. who's
work consists mainly of adapting exist
ing works. writing introductories t.
same and having them copyrighted
and for which they receive royalties
are; Associate Superintendents Will
lam !. O'Shca. Gustave Straubcnmulle
and Edward B. Shallow: Supcrinten
dent Ettinecr'S understudy. Distric
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