New-York tribune., 1922-01-16
U. 5. Facing
'Czal'ist' Rule,
Says Butler
CONTINUED from raoe cne

eral government held these movements
In cheek so far as tho national govern
ment itself was concerned. When, how
ever, tho ingenious discovery was made
that tho national government might aid
the statcs 10 do what lay within their
province but WAS denied to the national
government itself. the door was opened
to H host Of schemes These have fol
lowed each other in rapid succession.
all urged with q certain amount Of
plauslbillty and with an appeal to kind
" sentiment, usually supported by Wig
orous propaganda and Jealous paid
agents
TOO Many Precise Laws
80 FAR AZ education is concerned,
there has been Recommendation for
long time past. Too many persons SIC
engaged III supervising, IN inspecting
and in recording the work Of other per
sons. There is too much machinery
and IN consequence q steady temptation
to lay more stress upon the form Of
education than upon its content. Sta
flstlcs dlsplace scholarship. There arc.
IN addition. too many laws and too pre-
clse laws, and not enough opportunity
for those mistakes and failures, due to
individual initiative and experiment.
which arc the foundation for great and
lasting success.
"It is now proposed to bureaucratizc
and to bring into uniformity tho cduca-
tlonal system Of the whole United
States, while making the most solemn
assurance that nothing Of the kind &
intended Tho glory and the successes
Of education in the United States are
due to its freedom. to it's unevenness.
to its reflection of the needs and ambi
tons and capacities of local communi-
ties and to its being kept IN close and
constant touch with the people them
selves.
"Thcrc T. not money enough IN the
United Stats even if cverv dollar Of
IT, wcrc cxnondad on ed,c.t;or o.
"I.v ,.ha, oS rco'ra' au1n0r''T' or through
tween tbo rcderaI ',,," vrr, a.'o', DE-.
several States cdncst;onal rnsn1a l,"' S
would be at all comnar;,hle ,vitl .tnfa ,,'Ns
that have already been reached undcr
tho free and natural system that haa
grown up among us. If tax-s,nnortod
education be first cncouraped ana IN
Spected and then little bv littlc cam.
pletcly controlled hv central authorit,,
European cxperienco shove cvactl,
what Will hanpon In so far as ~
schools of France arc control}ed h., ~.
Ministry Of Education in paris ,bov
tend to harden into rniforr l,;.oe
and il is onl, ,vbon froodo,
TO difYc, nj tvncs of school or ta d,f
fercnt localities that an,, roal ,ro1,,o.
is made. Anvthino worse tban ~
tenn which has nrova;Ied ~ p,uss;a
would be djficult n ,,na,,i,,o - !"
universally acknovledoed tb., +,o 49,,
happy decline in German ,''', nniyers;t,,
freedom and effectiveness ard tSo
culallv unhannv su,iec,,on oe ~
Gated claSsos r. ~ l;c,a. ~ '"e '.u ~
political and ni,,ta~,. r',I;r, ~ ~.
were tho dircc, ros,,rt of ~ IL;uhIpt'
and oflicjcn, contro, '',5n,S f,or,
porlin of fine ration.. s,,+oois .',,d 49,. ,n'''
vcrsi,ics anu o''-
uvo. "'',' ~ ''' q III ''ess'"
sight and diroct;on ,f - a:.ep. oNer
norted schools a,,d o.,.Ioo
ington would n,o., a., /. w. " "s"-
claroN, "tbat tho,. -, '"T l'po'1 oe-
ono Of tho nlainos. '''ap an t." ,''. ne' ~ ia In
lessons Of tbc yea, 'lli1 lli;,an 'm's. MH,sm%
be sonsibl, d;,,,;,';., 1'',.lneE WIZ no.