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Mr. Nixon on the Schools

At Yeshiva University last December, the Vice President of the United States made the first sound remarks on education that have come from the Executive Branch of the federal government since the time of Mr. Herbert Hoover. Mr. Truman, in particular, was in the clutch of the educationists. Mr. Eisenhower, both during his presidency of Columbia University and his presidency of the United States, just hasn’t known what’s what in education. An officer who had served under him, having acquired after retirement from active duty some knowledge of colleges of pedagogy, went straight to the president of Columbia and inquired, “General Eisenhower, do you know what goes on in our teachers’ colleges?” Mr. Eisenhower was genial. “Yes,” said he, “I’ve looked into that, and it’s just good Americanism.”

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Mr. Nixon on the Schools

At Yeshiva University last December, the Vice President of the United States made the first sound remarks on education that have come from the Executive Branch of the federal government since the time of Mr. Herbert Hoover. Mr. Truman, in particular, was in the clutch of the educationists. Mr. Eisenhower, both during his presidency of Columbia University and his presidency of the United States, just hasn’t known what’s what in education. An officer who had served under him, having acquired after retirement from active duty some knowledge of colleges of pedagogy, went straight to the president of Columbia and inquired, “General Eisenhower, do you know what goes on in our teachers’ colleges?” Mr. Eisenhower was genial. “Yes,” said he, “I’ve looked into that, and it’s just good Americanism.”