This is a letter from Herbert J. Metcalf to H. L. Avery who has been called to attention about a German school starting up in Sanborn, Iowa where nothing but German is being taught. He has asked Avery to investigate more into the situation secretly.…
This is a letter from Herbert J. Metcalf to John W. Behm in regards to closing German schools at Yorktown, Iowa and Clarinda, Iowa. He mentioned to Behm that he or the State Council of National Defense had no authority to prevent German ministers…
The Milwaukee Journal was interested to see what the Iowa Council of Defense was doing in term of dealing with the issue of German within schools. They ask how they Iowa dealing with German teachers, textbooks, and also propaganda within public…
This letter to L. Leo Bush from Herbert J. Metcalf responding to their questions in regarding the studying of German and picking up a different language to study. He informs them that it is not the State Council of Defense to work a hardship on…
This is a letter sent from Herbert J. Metcalf responding to the elimination of German Scientific course in public schools. States that the elimination of German in public school is growing. Not only the German language but of everything which…
This is a letter from HJM to a Dr. H.L. Avery, detailing a school at which German was being taught in Sanborn. HJM instructs Avery to investigate the school and determine whether it was operating purely as a religious institution. If not, HJM asserts…