Evening star., 1922-04-11
CITIZENS renew
WAR ON HISTORIES
Piney Branch Speaker OBJ
jects to Statement "PatriCk
Henry Was Gay"

Dissatisfied with explanations given
for the presence of certain passages
and elimination of stirring revolu-
tionary war items in Muzzey's Amer
lean history, textbook used in the
high schools of the District, the
Piney Branch Citizens Association
not only voted to continue it's fight
against the work, but went or record
as favoring a rigid examina ton Of
every history used in the local
schools. at a meeting of the organ
ization last night.
Following a report read by Clinton
X. Thompson, chairman of the COM
mittee on schools and SchoolhouSeS
in which he stated that DIR. Frank w.
Ballou, superintendent of schools.
had called his attention to the fact
that the Objectionable volume was of
an early date and had been replaced
by later edition, several members
of the association demanded more de-
tails of the correspondence that had
passed between Mr.. Thompson and
the board of education.
Promises Funds for Fight.
1t was during the reading of list
of reference books on history for
teachers that the organization re-
solved to investigate the matter fur
ther. Mr.. Thompson had just quoted
from one of these. a volume by Nc
Laughlin and Van Tyne, in which
Patrick Henry was characterized as
"a gay, unprosperous and hitherto
unknown lawyer" that S. T. Cameron
jumped to his feet and shouted:
Il for one am not satisfied with let
ting this matter drop so easily. If
1T is a question of money to get to
the bottom of this business it will be
supplied.
business or is misinforming US. l do not
think it is the latter. | would be in
favor Of letting him know what we
showed the Commissioners about the
tuberculosis school. This is not a body
that passes Resolutions only" and now
that this question of school books has
been started let's see it to the finish.''
Great applause greeted Mr.. Cam
eron's remarks, and it was voted
unanimously to appoint committee
of three to investigate every history
used in the schools of the District
Details Work Done to Date.
Mr.. Thompson detailed the work
that had been done to date by the as
sociation in it's fight against the erec-
ton of the tuberculosis school on the
Upshur street tract. stating that about
$500 had been spent by the organiZa-
ton to defray expenses of counsel,
etc.
The association voted to send rep
resentatives to a meeting of the Amer
fcan Society for the Prevention of
Cancer. to be held at LIS NJ street
April 25.
Edgar B. Henderson appealed for
subscriptions for the $4,000 bronze
bust to be erected to the memory of
former District Commissioner H. B. +.
Mcfarland
A. G. Hamilton, chairman of the en-
tertainment committee, announced an
entertainment to be given for the la
dies of the organization, April 19,
when a special program will be pre-
sented.
Makes Appeal for Aid.
Preceding the business session Miss
Jennie Hedrick, director of the clinic
at Georgetown University Hospital
for the benefit of those whose speech
is affected. appealed for support from
the association for the fight to be
made to install more teachers for such
purposes in the public schools of the
District.
Miss Hedrick gave interesting dem