[844] This bill is discussed on page 104.
[845] “Patriotic Organizations Appeal for School History Bill,” The New Jersey Unit, The Patriot League (Newark, New Jersey, February 22, 1924), p. 12. This pamphlet sets forth the criticisms commonly raised against the histories.
[846] The Des Moines Register, April 24, 1923.
[847] The Christian Science Monitor, June 27, 1923.
[848] The New York Times, December 3, 1921. Charles Grant Miller at this time is reported by the Times to have said that Hart’s history contained nothing objectionable to Americans, but that the preface was bad.
[849] Ibid., December 10, 1921. In this section not all the places in which history investigations have been carried on have been mentioned. Only typical and outstanding cases are given. See pages 253, 259, 265, 273.
[850] Report on History Text-Books used in the Public Schools of the City of New York, p. 6. An abbreviated form of this report was published in The Historical Outlook, Vol. XIII (October, 1922), pp. 250-255.
[851] Report, op. cit., p. 14. The “General Principles” are set forth in more detail in the Appendix of this study.
[852] Ibid., p. 20.
[853] Ibid., p. 25.