The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-14

Legion and the National Educa
propaganda trying to justify the
big business.
For many years the exploits
minds of the children attending
using education week to spread
false definitions of education so
that the workers will think the
lying propaganda taught in the
schools by the employers is real
education.
Foreigners to the Truth.
The profiteers controlling the
schools have shown by the propaganda
already distributed for education
week" that their definition Of educa-
ton has nothing to do with teaching
the truth.
For example, the bureau Of educa-
ton has issued an article for "edu-
cation week" advising the teachers
how to teach history. They do not
say teach the true facts of history"
They advise a glorification Of the
profit system now prevailing in the
United States. Back of every project
in history should be our ultimate pur-
pose" say the article issued to the
teachers by ]. ]. Tigert, commissioner
of education, Ito instill into the
minds Of our pupils the great prin-
ciples of democracy upon which our
republic rests. Where in the annals Of
another country might be found rec
ord so convincing with which to teach
the principles of our democracy?
Compare Puritan ascetisism to In
dian barbarism, show all the homely
virtues intensified in land of wanton
practices"
Show coIonists cheaters.
Tigerts article does not mention
how the colonists of Bucks county,
Pennsylvania, stole the whole county
away from the Indians by means of
trickery. This occurred after the
death of William Penn. The Indians
agreed to sell all the land that
white man could walk around in
day, in return for a few trinkets. But
the white men broke faith with the
Indians, imported the fastest marathon
runners, who ran in relays for twenty
four hours, on trails that the white
men blazed beforehand. This is the
authentic history of the origin of
Bucks county-one of the richest
dairy farming counties in the country.
But Tigert would prefer to keep the
cheating, browbeating practices of the
colonists out of our glorious" early
history. The founding of Bucks coun-
ty was re-enacted many hundreds of
of times by the colonists in stealing
the Indians land from under them.
But Tigert says: "Show how much
better our morals were than the In
dams. The school children will learn
to sing our national hymns, to recite
our national odes,. and to salute our
flag with a reverent and contrite
heart. THE TEACHERS WILL RE-
ALIZE THAT THEY MUST SOW
THE SEEDS OF PATRIOTISM IN
THE EARLY YEARS"
Pick Their Bones Clean.
Tne big business interests who are
promoting education week are trying
to cash in" on the school children.
The bones of our children are to be
picked clean, and every extra dollar
that can be wrung from the workers
thru control of the schools is regarded
as fair game. The American Book
company and CHM and company.
which exert a great influence over the
National Education Association, are
frankly using our educational system
as a means Of increasing profits They
have induced the National Education
Association to have the histories of
the public schools revised, with the
double purpose Of perverting history
to meet the needs Of the profit sys-
tenn, and Of selling the public schools
new set Of books.
Booksellers Very Much Interested.
The Publishers Weekly for Nov. /,
1924. reveals the reason why the
booksellers are interested in the edu.
cational system. This year, since
education week occurs the week after
children's book week, an opportunity
Is offered booksellers to cooperate"
says the Publishers Weekly. There
will be quite an amount of publicity