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Show leaders must come. Therefore, it is this group that naturally has the highest priority on the Communist list for penetration. tl looking AHEAD r GEORGE S.BENSON 1 Start). Attinsu I v.:, ... . formed largely through "cultural conditioning." Dr. Hobbs cites other controversial contro-versial conclusions which he contends con-tends are fostered by the most widely used sociology textbooks. In his work he analyzed the content of 83 widely used texts which he considered as constituting the "heart" of college and high school sociology the most swiftly expanding ex-panding course of study in American Ameri-can education. His book is-entitled: "The Claims of Sociology: A Critique Cri-tique of Textbooks." The publisher is the Stackpole Company, Har-risburg, Har-risburg, Pa. The Danger Attention is directed to this comprehensive analysis of sociology sociol-ogy textbooks because if sufficient suffic-ient numbers of today's generation genera-tion of youth are weaned away from the basic elements in our American way of life faith in God, our Constitutional Republic, and our private enterprise economic econ-omic system some form of Socialism Soc-ialism will be established. This would be playing richt into the hands of the Communists and Socialists when, as a matter of fact, this nation's best hope for continuing freedom and progress lies in our on-coming generation's gaining a clear enr-uP"h understanding under-standing of the value of these basic American elements not to be astray by doctrines which would destroy them. America has an unusually un-usually large percentage of its population in high school and college col-lege more, in numbers, than all the other nations combined. It is this group from which our nation's A DISTURBING TEXTBOOK ANALYSIS There has just come to my attention at-tention a highly professional analysis an-alysis of sociology textbooks which should be read by every school teacher, college professor and parent par-ent in America. It brings to light shocking facts about some textbooks text-books now widely used in high schools and colleges of the country. The author, Dr. A. H. Hobbs, professor pro-fessor of sociology at the University Univer-sity of Pennsylvania, says some of the most widely used sociology textbooks are distorting facts, using us-ing devious and subtle techniques to convince high school and college youth 1. That religion should discard mysticism, supernaturalism, ritual, rit-ual, and tradition and "adjust to conditions of modern society" by concentrating on crusades against certain economic and social conditions; con-ditions; 2. That educational practices and principles which involve discipline dis-cipline or drill, and the teaching of traditional beliefs about the government, gov-ernment, the family, or the economic econ-omic system are inefficient and harmful; 3. That the government should actively provide people with security, secur-ity, equality, happiness, and developed de-veloped personalities; that increased increas-ed governmental control over business bus-iness and industry is the most important im-portant step toward attainment of the desired goals, but that such controls constitute only one phase of broader social planning; Claims Without Foundation 4. That maldistribution of the wealth and income, and unemployment, unemploy-ment, are the outstanding characteristics charac-teristics of our private enterprise economic system; and that government govern-ment control of business and nlan-ning nlan-ning by "social engineers" will eliminate el-iminate maldistribution and will provide people with security; 5. That social controls which operate in relation to the family, religion, and traditional forms of education are irrational and give rise to "cultural lag;" and that rationality should be the criterion of Social control; 6. That social controls in America Amer-ica are no better or worse than those in other countries which j include Communist Russia and Socialist Europe; 83 Texts Studied 7. That the rising divorce rate may be a good sign it is more nearly a harbinger of family reorganization re-organization than an index of disorganization; dis-organization; and that "companionate" "compan-ionate" marriages are desirable; 8. That heredity and inate tendencies ten-dencies are relatively "unimportant in personality formation and motivation; mo-tivation; and that personality is |