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: THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1923. is founded. Ho chargel that the|and history devoted too littie space i¢ have ne the revolutionary war, that ft slurred iy o0 = American courts and Judges, and JOOU ‘o fakc ls pluce raid Mr. wound up by cxpressing the h‘;ve it & book at the present time s in| “It would seem that the chairman | bmitted that it will not become necessary for the process of being prepared to take |of the education commitiee of the | Congress to wll[hs]rnw Muzzsey's book | 1he fleld of American history, when !Pmey Branch Citizens’ fromn the Washington high schools. the books now in use are swept -ny.p.u a huge burden. " Russell Joins Attack. “1t the fight of the Piney Branch|charges and therefore must prove the | the Muszey Investigating committee, |at 8:30 am. Tuesday at the Civil Serv- Charles Edward Rumsell of the|Jitizens” Association succeasful, | charges made. who presided, anounced at the close |ice Commission, 1724 F street north- | = l"ef 5 vath ¢ Amer- | Which I cannot imagine, it will de- Mr. Jones submitted to the school of the meeting that the committes west. L e e e Mo Comoron's | LTOY & Arong course in Amerlcan board's committee & comprehensive | would consider the svidence supmit: Not more than 2,500 application Biatomente by dosctibing the book as | istory thet has Bren built up by the briel which refuted the charges made | tod fn un unprejudiced manner and |blanks Wil be distributed, and non th eachers after a decade of construc- against Dr. Muzzey's volume, an - uld make its report to the boar ¢ g s “a_grave public menace” and de-|tive work. The American DIstory tnined. statements of Gen. wo will be sent by matfl, it was announced nd squarely behind it. heard a suggestion of “I|been an uninter. on another tex! poke in defense of 8. Parks of the Sons and the Sons of the Toome that Bt Tound tha events of the SEEKS UNSKILLED LABOR Distribution of application blanks for .positions of unskilled laborer (male) and charwoman in the gov- ernment departments here will begin the boo! 'of the Revolution Amerfcan Revolution, position to it on the man; EDUCATORS COME TO DEFENSE OF MUZZEY AND HIS HISTORY Author of Work Answers His Critics at + Hearing Heie—Local Professors Main 431 Prepar Produces Much Proof. iqz LAUTOS rican yllmgor!nn €| Ame revolution. Assoclation | “Taniel J. Callghan, vice president He makes the of the school board and an of 1 o e i Shriners We're headquarters for: Gas Ranges, Electric Light- ing, Hot Water Heaters, Pershing that manner. . 1l Y clared that the achool children In|course iw a library course bullt up relating fo the book and the reports| ™ oele Mol beath bes et anca W 0u Cooking Stoves, etc., etc. = T . | the heart of China are being taught |about Muzzey's text. Hundreds of of committees in New York and Bos- —_— e t au merican ext. . a more accurate aocount of the Amer- | dollars have been {nvested in library ton which made thorough Investiga- - C. A. MUDDIMAN CO. Heating aod Lighting Equipment 709 13th St.—1 door above G St. the An earthwork and palisade of palm ' These age limits do not apply to eaves !8 being built to save the rich | persons entitled to preference hecause dnte-growing oasis of the Dierld of |of military or naval service, but such Baira, | T trom the gredual encroachment |applicants must not have reached the of of the sands of the dosert. retirement »ge of seventy years, ican revolution than those in | Washington schools, | Backed by Instructors. i i i ey | ing the defense was George A stinging denunciation of the critics Muzzey's remarks, and then Supt.| Lead of his American history textbook was Of Sciools Frank W. Ballou fur-|J. Jones, head of the history depart- administered by Dr. David Saville 1ished the surprising climax of the!izent of the Washington high schools. meeting by unqualifiedly indorsing | .. v Muzzey at a public hearing at the|the history text-hook. pointing ous|SUPPOFLNE him were Dr. Georgo M. Franklin School last night, conducted books as reference material. In my opinlon the book has no equal as a| high school text in history. The | adoption of this text about ten years ago put life and interest in what had tion of the history. |l Backed by Admiral. Admiral ‘Georme IW. president of the board Rear former that it {s better adapted to the course | Churchill, professor of American by the special committee of the board | history at George Washington Unl- versity; Elmer L. Kayser, also a profeseor of American history at | that institution; Dr. Charles E. Hill, of education appointed to investigate; the charges that the book is unpatri- otlc, partisan and Inaccurate in many of history in the Washington high schools than any other similar book now in use. Cameron, who spoke as @ repres- entative of the Piney Branch and professor of political sclence at the {same unlversity, and Dr. Ieco . citing ! geock, professor of history at Catho- fmportant details. More than 100 persons, including, school officials, teachers, civic leaders and interested students, jammed their ‘way into the school board's chamber and uswened atientively o the argu- ments pro and con which continued for nearly four hours. Some of them alternately laughed and applauded as Dr. Muzzey answered the charges made against his textbook and unflinchingly attacked his eritics. Dr. Muzsey Open: Dr. Muzzey was the “curtain num- ber on the program. Throughout the entire proceedings he had ab- Brightwood Citizens’ assocatiims. | gave ® review of the book, varlous statements endeavoring to )y, Univereity. show that the volume by inuendo, ' ‘ao Juens smphasized that from the distortion, modification and suppres- | peginning the Agrt against Muzzey alon of historical facts, falsifies Las been of a destructive nature, and Amerlcan history, robs it of patriotio ' pointed out that all of the teachers ingpiration and” cbscures the great of American history In the local ! principles upon which our repub!i- “‘'eh sch h for {ts patriotism Fire. There’s Only One Experience With “Murco” Liquid Paint i No matter who uses “Murco”—upon what it is i appiied, how severe the wear and exposure—you'll “No colors are too black for my | (i Anic et critics to paint me,” he declared. | always hear the same verdict “They ¢ determined to put me in) Wrong. | sorbed the criticisms and the lauda- éory remarks heaped upon his book Y a number of speakers. As the pointed to the hour of to his feet, took posi- mt of the audience and dramatically launched into the attack attackers. in Then facing S. T. Cameron of th Pirey Branch Citizens' who ‘at the outset of taken m Srom, of che! “ Murco ”” Liquid Paint is the Best he meeting had | re than an hour in an ef- — “Life-] 2 int— fort to substantlate the charges he | the “Life long Paint had made against the book in the past two years, Dr. Muzzey said: “Mr. Cameron you have garbled the facts and twisted phrases in a way which is absolutely unfair. The way fn_which you have taken certain words and sentences and read them without the complete section, which fn many cases puts an entirely dif- ferent aspect upon them, is the mean- | eat kind of a thing which can be done to a man. Applause Greets Reply. “Mr. Cameron, you have no business to treat men like that in public. Why do you misrepresent me? Isn't that a mean thing to do? That's t way 1 am treated by people who want to get me. 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