FOOTNOTES:
[918] Report of the Committee of Five on American History Textbooks Now in Use in California High Schools (Sacramento, 1922).
C. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ... HISTORY TEXTBOOKS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,[919] 1922
General Principles
The formulation of aims and standards by the Commissioner of Education denies, by necessary implication, that the writer of a textbook for use in the public schools has absolute freedom in the selection or in the interpretation of historical material. Predetermined aims and standards predetermine selection and interpretation.
The textbook must contain no statement in derogation or in disparagement of the achievements of American heroes. It must not question the sincerity of the aims and purposes of the founders of the Republic or of those who have guided its destinies.
The textbook must contain no material which tends to arouse political, racial, or religious controversy, misunderstanding or hatred.
The textbook must contain no material tending to arouse misunderstanding or hatred between the United States and any other nation.
The selection of material must be restricted to that which contributes most directly and essentially to the attainment of the legitimate objectives of the public school system as formulated by the State Commissioner of Education.
The writer must be prepared at all times to “come out in the open and cheerfully and unhesitatingly stand up and make known to the entire community,” the aims and the ideals, the purposes and the motives, which actuated him in the selection of his material and in his interpretation thereof.