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'TKXT KOOKS I'LVJ) WAY INTO WASTK BASKETS AS CLASS ASSE.MBI.ES TODAY[EXPECT PROTESTlt; •IWILL BE HEEDED•Js Hut One of Scrips of Incidents Which -lists .Marked Liberty IVeek In City—Seo Possibility of Cutting Out That Study Here.A protest against the teaching of .German in the Musoallnc high school was Triadc in a demonstration which ihuri the school as Us scene today. A» [the members of the senior class nicrl into the recitation room presided over by -Miss Huffman this morning tho students dropped their text books into waste baskets and on tho Hour. They •declared themselves to bo “through*' iwith the study of that language. SoTUDENTSmm booksattempt Wfyi made to continue the class session. A majority of the class members wore prevailed upon however tp reclaim their books. Some of the studcifis declare Unit they do not care for any credits for Uic study of German and make the declaration |hat~ they wilt not take llnal examinations. Others who plan further scholastic work however feel that the abandonment of the study juTght prevent the!* entrance to otbor schools because of tho loss of tho language Imvo been denied by the class as a whole. The members feel that the study has no place in the school curriculum and are hopeful that their protest will result in the dropping of tho study.To jlo Abolished.George Wise principal or the school this afternoon expressed the opinionthat the study of German would bo dropped at the close of the present term. lie declared that ho has - been in correspondence with tho state superintendent and has boon governed by tho advices from tljat office.'Oilier Juu!denlTho High school demonstration of today was but one of a series of Incidents marking Liberty w£ck in Muscatine. Earlier in tho wook tho Ger-j man American Hank changed its name j eliminating tho German prefix. Later j a group oC boysDeutscherremoved Home whichthe sign hung ini front, of tho Gorman ITomo on iMulber--ry avenue. Henry Heinz president'of the society stated today that on Mou-duy jovening the organization voted to taking down the offending sign but through ncglodt it was not doue.
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Muscatine Journal
Muscatine, Iowa, US
Fri, Apr 12, 1918
Page 2
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Musser P.
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