Note 180 — Chapter III · The Society of Jesus.—Religious as Educators.

Political influence has repeatedly been pointed out as another cause that deters able men in this country from school work. “It seems to be true that high schools have not been able to attract the best men into their service, because appointments in them must be sought usually through avenues of political influence.” Educational Review, May, 1902, p. 506. See also President Draper, in Education in the United States, vol. I, pp. 13, 16, 29; and Mr. Anderson’s article “Politics in the Public Schools,” Atlantic Monthly, April, 1901.