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Show SCHOOLS AND BUSINESS . Considerable criticism has arisen in m certain quarters quartersof of late because of the cooperation of groups of busmess business busmessmen businessmen businessmen men with W'Ith ' schools and colleges in m the matter of text-bookrevision text bookrevision text-book text book textbookrevision textbookrevision - - revision . The critics assume that the interest of business businessmen businessmen businessmen men in m this matter is entirely selfish and actuated by a adesire adesire adesire desire to direct the thought of students along lines in inconformIty inconformity inconformity conformIty with big business busmess . The business men declare de- de declare de declare - clare that they only seek to bring the text-books text books - up todate to todate todate date . The subject is one of great importance and one con con- concermng concermng concerning - cerning cermng which it is not safe to jump at conclusions . Cer Cer- Certainly Cer- Cer Certainly Certainly - - tainly it is in ithe the interest of the students , as well as in inthe inthe inthe the accurateinformation interest mterest of the public pubhc , that they should have accurate information in 'In 2n ' their text-books text books - . The Vnied lJ'nied lJnied ' , Jnied States Bureau of Education in an officialstatement official officialstatement officialstatement statement some time ago said : J d J"In d"In "In In " the past many text-books text books - - for commercial subjects sub- sub subJects sub subjects - jects have been prepared by authors whose business ex- ex experience experience ex experience - - perience perience , if any , was not sufficient to enable them to re- re ref record record re record - f ' cord accurately the practices practlces in business . As a result ofreseaich of ofreseal ofresearch reseal research ch 4560 4560 560 corrections were made and reported to 26pubhsheis 26 26pubhsheis authorsi pubhshels pubhsheis of the text te t . The responses from the authors authorsand authorsand i and publishers have proved the worthiness of business businessmen's businessmen's businessmen's businessmens men's mens ' efforts effortc ) to put commercial education on a fact , basis factbasis . " No icasonable leasonable reasonable person could object to such coopera coopera- - - tion cooperation onlywhen between business men and the schools schoolq . It is only when inject attempts are made , fiom flom from whatever source , to in inject in- in inject - ject prejudiced matter into school books that a halt haltshould haltshould haltshould should be called . Each case should be considered on its itsments itsmerits itsmerits ments merits , and wholesale criticism , without discrimination discriminationas A unA as to the real purposes sought , is unwarranted and un- un - unJust Un-JUSt Un JUSt - Just . unjust . |