Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-11
Campus Asitators

sities-n more than eight OF of these trusted
sstitutons-the history of the United States is not
taught #N. IN N|
Sxty-two per of the colleges and universities do
not require that students entering their classes from high
schools and preparatory schools shall have had ANY
~ INSTRUCTION WHATSOEVER in the subject. 4lN
AS a result" reports the New York Times, which
has brought the dismayng facts to light in country
wide survey, many students go through high school,
college and then professional graduate nstitu-
ton WITHOUT HAVING EXPLORED COURSES IN
HISTORY OF THEIR COUNTRY"
Supporting its findings with complete array OF
figures the Times further reports:
LESS THAN 10 PER CENT of the total under
graduate body enrolled in United States history
classes during the spring semester just ended.
"ONLl PER CENT of the freshman class took
in United States history although 30 PER CENT
enrolled in European world history courses"
THERE is only one way in which. loyal Americans
regard such a condition. and that is with anger.
II is by no too harsh to say that education in
Amerca-higher education especiallyhas been guilty
of great and objectionable betrayal in this matter.
Whether they be privately maintained tax sup
ported downright dsloyaty for schools and colleges
to keep American history out of their mandatory courses
Their attitude in doing is nothing less than
sabotage of our free institutions.
And curious aspect of the whole situation is that
according to the Times survey, SO per cent of the col
leges ACKNOWLEDGE that American history SHOULD
dents attending colleges and universities this country
Of course it should be!
T DUCATION in this democratic republic is than
l. useless when fails to teach youth what their
country and how by its freedom and greatness
through the heroic struggles of its cooniss and patriots
who claimed fields and forests from savagery who
fought and valiant and victorious battles on land
and who constructed cities and created indus
tries by their tolls and their Inventions who proclaimed
Declaration of Independence, and who set up here
under noby conceived Constitution, the best system of
representative government that any people knew.
Gladstone called that immortal charter of liberty the
greatest instrument struck off by the hand and pur
pose of mankind at any given moment in history.
How shameful that this palladium of ours should be
scorned neglected in Wanted halls of learning
Many Americans will, of course, understand how this
dsgracefu condition
IT is due Enthusiastically to the socalistic and CON-
munstic infection of American education
A MINORITY perhaps, in number, an intriguing left
"A wing dominates present methods of education.
Leftw1ngers do not want American history to be
truthfuy taught to be taught at ALL because
they do'not believe in 1.-THE American way of life and do
not want American institutions to survive
The class work of these eft-wingers is subtle
Much of it is carried out under false labels For
example to teach the so-caed social Sciences, they
such subjects cvics economics geography where
with bette established form of government and to
propaganda for an alien form.
And the little history that they do teach is usually
presented in such radical textbooks the writings of
Professor Rugg Charles A. Boards economic inter-
probation of the Constitution.
Any educator who knows anything knows that the
economic Interpretation of history undluted Marxism
phase of "dialectica materialism which ATHEISM
The worst and most blatant of the left-wing "edu
Gators properly not educators at all-they
simply CAMPUS AGTTATORS.
One thing is necessary, and necessary NOW
American history. Loyalty and adequately taught
must be made compulsory throughout the entire educa
ton system prerequisite intelligent citizenship.