TWISTED TEACHING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21997, 5 July 1933, Page 11

TWISTED TEACHING

TO THE EDITOR

Sib.—For several years past the Welfare League has called attention to the steady growth of subversive and antipatriotic influences in our schools and universities. The authorities know what is going on, but appear to be indifferent to the dangers, otherwise they would surely take some steps to preserve our schools and universities as seats of learning instead of allowing them to be used for the propagation of ideas and doctrines which are utterly repugnant to the great majority of those who send their sons and daughters to them. It is now beyond question that this campaign to poison the minds of the rising generation against all that our Western civilisation is based upon has been deliberately planned—planned by organisations working closely with the 3rd International in Moscow. Instructions are given how British and Dominion teachers in schools and universities can give " a little twist" in an anti-British direction to every lesson. Scripture, history, geography, English, and even arithmetic are to be used for this purpose. We have specimen questions to illustrate how this "little twist" to their teaching may b» given.

It is the duty of our educational authorities to see that our children and youth are protected against this poisonous campaign, and all parents should help to make the authorities realise their responsibilities, and not remain inactive, through apathy or want of pluck. Taxpayers' money is being spent to pay teachers who undermine the Empire and to spread doctrines abhorrent to the majority. This must stop. —We are, etc., N.Z. Welfare League. Wellington, June 29.