To the Editor of the Indianapolis Star:
A letter to the editor by Edwin T. Sandberg, chairman National Campaign for Federal Aid to Teachers, quotes Aristotle to support his argument for Federal aid. Aristotle also taught that "politics ordains which of the sciences should be studied in a state, and which each class of citizens should learn, and up to what point they should learn the," (Ethics, chapter one.)
This is exactly what is wrong with Federal aid to education. The United States will do well to avoid Aristotle and all other totalitarian leaders. There is too much social and political propaganda in the schools now. We don't want, I hope we don't want a system where the state ordains what courses are to be taught and up to what point they may be taught and which students may take which courses.
G. H. Clark
3429 Guilford Avenue.
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