The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-29
MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1929
AMERIcANIsM NEEDED IN COLLEGES

Recent conventions of college secret societies in Washington and the tone of many of the addresses made by some of the representatives indicates the need of more Amercanlsm m our colleges and universities Most of the propaganda in favor of free trade and the cancellation of the debts owing us from Eur ope as well as an entrance of the United States into the League of Nations, albeit through the back door, comes from our col leges and universities
 What is the reason for this? Are the pro- fessors and instructors in the institutions Of learning less patriotic than the citizens else where? Have the professors and instructors a different view and understanding of the institutions and the mission of America, from what the average citizen entertains? Do they possess superior knowledge?
 The true explanation lies in the fact that most professors and intructors teach theo- retically and from a cosmic point of view. They make themselves believe that they are looking after the welfare of the United States by teaching the doctrine that the whole world is a unit, and that the United States should act universally not nationally. This IS the theory of science and physics.
 IT is immateriaI what college and university instructors or professors think about these matters; but it is very material what they teach the young mon and women. 1t IS a great pity. if not peril, that so many young mon and women in our educational institutions are boin~ hcreft of their real Amel1canlSn hv t],c un-Amprican ideas taught them by cer- tain instructors tinctmcd with foreign notions and ,,eylaps influenced by insdlous propa- canda distributed for a purpose.
 Nc1r.l, every instructor in political economy in tho r0llcoes and universities teaches from inc tpxt books of pronounced free traders and iqro,nationaists, Perhaps many of these ine4>,-cto1s are c0mnc7lcd to so teach, because th~,- gre influenced bv some wealthy nhilan- throrist. who has what might be called "the international bug" It is amazing how power frl an endowment may be on the thought and toac]in@ of some instructors, not to say ot some h;oIt and learned professors.
 Nor is it difficult to teach mn-Amerlcan doc trines and traditions when so many of our 7oodcrr text books and histories are rewritten with a)l historic heroes and heroic events eith- or cmaeculated or omitted altogether. Foreign 7octurars aYo getting into our colleges and uni versi';os. telling the students how far beh1nd America is, and how mistaken all the writers of American history have been throughout these many years.
 Not a few of the products of these theoretl~ cal teachers and instructors are established ln the Government departments, promoting their un-American ideas and principles. Thus the deeds of the college and university instructors live or after them, to plague the country.
 Al a recent debate on the question of pro- lection or free trade, at Harrisburg, Pa, the only address to receive favorable comment was from Princeton College professor He talked straight free trade and the doctrine that each country should do only what it can do most economically and advantagcous7v Under this ancient free trade dogma the United States would today be purely an agri- cultural nation.
 Wby not establish chair of protection and American patriotism in every college and university in the land?