CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
Introductory[ix]-x
I.Land of Orange-Groves and Jails[1]
II.The Adventure of the University Club[8]
III.In Which I Get Arrested[13]
IV.The Empire of the Black Hand[19]
V.The Schools of the “Times”[22]
VI.The Teachers’ Soviets[26]
VII.A Prayer for Freedom[32]
VIII.The Price of Independence[36]
IX.The Regime of Reciprocity[40]
X.The Spy System[44]
XI.Lies for Children[50]
XII.The Schools of Mammon[54]
XIII.The Tammany Tiger[59]
XIV.God and Mammon[62]
XV.Honest Graft[66]
XVI.A Letter to Woodrow Wilson[72]
XVII.An Arrangement of Little Bits[77]
XVIII.The Luskers[81]
XIX.To Henrietta Rodman[87]
XX.Melodrama in Chicago[94]
XXI.Continuous Performance[98]
XXII.The Incorporate Tax-Dodging Creatures[102]
XXIII.The Superintendent of Trombones[109]
XXIV.The City of French Restaurants[113]
XXV.The University Gang[119]
XXVI.The Ward Leader[125]
XXVII.The Romeo and Juliet Stunt[130]
XXVIII.The Inventor of Five Sciences[135]
XXIX.The Land of Lumber[140]
XXX.The Anaconda’s Lair[146]
XXXI.The Little Anacondas[151]
XXXII.Colorado Culture[154]
XXXIII.The Domain of King Coal[159]
XXXIV.The Homestead of the Free[164]
XXXV.Is a Teacher a Citizen?[167]
XXXVI.Introducing Comrade Thompson[173]
XXXVII.Millers and Militarism[179]
XXXVIII.Newberry Pie[184]
XXXIX.Beets and Celery[186]
XL.Boston in Bondage[191]
XLI.The Open Shop for Culture[195]
XLII.Corrupt and Contented[203]
XLIII.The Scenes of My Childhood[209]
XLIV.The Brewer’s Daughter-in-Law[212]
XLV.An Autocracy of Politicians[216]
XLVI.The Calibre of Congressmen[221]
XLVII.The Local Machines[224]
XLVIII.The Steam Roller[228]
XLIX.The Dispensers of Prominence[234]
L.A Plot Against Democracy[240]
LI.The Plot Fails[244]
LII.Mormon Magic[249]
LIII.The Funeral of Democracy[253]
LIV.The Fruits of the Sowing[258]
LV.Teachers to the Rear[263]
LVI.Bread and Circuses[269]
LVII.Schools for Strike-Breakers[275]
LVIII.The National Spies’ Association[279]
LIX.Babbitts and Bolsheviks[284]
LX.The Schools of Socony[290]
LXI.The Riot Department[296]
LXII.The Blindfold School of Patriotism[301]
LXIII.Professor Facing Both-Ways[307]
LXIV.Poison Pictures[312]
LXV.The Book Business[315]
LXVI.Ten Per Cent Commissions[320]
LXVII.The Superintendent-Makers[324]
LXVIII.The Church Conspiracy[330]
LXIX.Catholicism and the Schools[334]
LXX.The Practical Church Administrator[341]
LXXI.Faith and Modern Thought[344]
LXXII.The Schools of Steel[349]
LXXIII.The Schools of Oil[353]
LXXIV.The Country Geese[357]
LXXV.The Schools of Snobbery[362]
LXXVI.A School Survey[369]
LXXVII.The Educational Mills[377]
LXXVIII.Descensus Averno[381]
LXXIX.The Teacher’s Job[385]
LXXX.Teachers’ Terror[389]
LXXXI.The School Serfs[395]
LXXXII.The Teachers’ Union[402]
LXXXIII.The Teachers’ Magna Charta[406]
LXXXIV.Workers’ Education[410]
LXXXV.The Goose-step March[417]
LXXXVI.The Goose-step Advance[423]
LXXXVII.The Goose-step Double-quick[428]
LXXXVIII.The Goose-step Review[432]
LXXXIX.The Call to Action[440]