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Show 00 FREE SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE MEXICO American Educators Would Cure the Evils in Warring Republic. Cincinnati. Jan. 7. Intervention in Mexico, not with arms, but by free, public nonseetarian schools, was rec-! ommended in a report issued tonight by a self-constituted committee of Americans of national reputation as educators or publicists This committee commit-tee began studying Mexican conditions about a year and a half ago. Its conclusion con-clusion was summarized as follows; "The chaos existing in Mexico is due to variety of racial elements, woeful woe-ful lack of general education, still greater lack of political experience and rapacity and cupidity of the educated edu-cated leaders, and, in a few instances, of Intelligent uneducated." Th- committee recommended establishment estab-lishment of a nonseetarian college modeled after the Roberts college in Constantinople, which would have the backing of the American people The report reads, in part: "The crying need of Mexico is educationa edu-cationa type of education that will lift the common people out of their sloth and ignorance and enlist the better bet-ter classes in a real patriotic service. Problem for Americans. "The problem Is one for the people of the United States as well as the Mexicans. Such a proposal is no more absurd than were similar ones In reference ref-erence to Cuba. Porto Rlro and the Philippines The Mexican natives l have the capacity, and if they ar i given the opportunity, will readily acquire ac-quire industrial education. The higher high-er classes. In spite ofi uie common impression, have a cultural basis that, wisely directed, will enable them to hold their own Intellectually with the other peoples of America. "The present study also reviews. educational ed-ucational work in Mexico since the coming of the Spaniards. Naturally most of the work was carried on under un-der the auspices of the church. The mission is the best known and most i useful of its establishments In addi-' addi-' tlon. the Catholic church gave Mexico Mexi-co its first formal schools and Its universities. But the net result of such work among the lower classses was not preat. "Some of the states, such as Jalisco. Jalis-co. Nuevo Leon and Coahuila, have projected admirable educational establishments." es-tablishments." V Members of Committee. The committee comprises Dr. Nor-, man Bridge, Los Angeles. Frank J. ' Goodnow, president Johns Hopkins' university, David Starr Jordan, chancellor chan-cellor of Leland Stanford, jr., university; univer-sity; Harry Pratt Judson, president1 Universltj Of Chicago; IL my C. King, pn (dent obcrlin college; Samuel C. chell, president University of ela-ware; ela-ware; John Bassett Moore, Columbia university; Arthur W. Page, editor of the World's Work; Theodore .s. Price, writer on economics; Leo S. Rowe, professoi of political econonn at the I'ni versify of Pennsylvania; George B. Winton of Vanderbilt university, formerly for-merly connected with education works mi the republic of Mexico, and Charles William Dabney, president University of Cincinnati, who acted as chairman The committee brought to its assistance as-sistance Senor Andres Gauna, formerly former-ly general director of primary educa lion in uie federal district of .uexico; Senor Ezequiel A. Chavpz. formerly president of the National University 1 1 1 Mexico, and Professor I. J Cox of the University of Cincinnati. |