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Show SCHOOLS AND BUSINESS. Considerable criticism Has arisen in certain quarters of late because of the cooperation of groups of business men with schools and colleges in the matter mat-ter of text-book revision. The critics assume that the interest of business men in this matter is entirely en-tirely selfish and actuated by a desire to direct the thought of students along lines in conformity with big business. The business men declare that they only seek to bring the textbooks text-books up to date. The subject is one of great importance impor-tance and one concerning which it is not safe to jump at conclusions. Certainly Cer-tainly it is in the interest of the students, stu-dents, as well as in the interest of the public, that they should have accurate information in their text-books. The United States bureau of education, edu-cation, in an official statement some time ago, said: "In the past many text-books for commercial subjects have been prepared pre-pared by authors whose business experience, ex-perience, if any, was not sufficient to enable them to record accurately the practices in business. As a result of research 4,560 corrections were made and reported to 26 publishers of the text. The responses from the authors and publishers have proved the worthiness worth-iness of business men's efforts to put commercial education on a fact basis." No reasonable person could object to such cooperation between business men and the schools. It is only when attempts are made, from whatever source, to inject prejudiced matter into school books that a halt should be called. Each case should be considered con-sidered on its merits, and wholesale criticism, without discrimination as to the real purposes sought, is unwarranted unwar-ranted and unjust. |