CONTENTS

CHAPTER   PAGE
 
  Introductory ix-x
 
I. Land of Orange-Groves and Jails 1
II. The Adventure of the University Club 8
III. In Which I Get Arrested 13
IV. The Empire of the Black Hand 19
V. The Schools of the “Times” 22
VI. The Teachers’ Soviets 26
VII. A Prayer for Freedom 32
VIII. The Price of Independence 36
IX. The Regime of Reciprocity 40
X. The Spy System 44
XI. Lies for Children 50
XII. The Schools of Mammon 54
XIII. The Tammany Tiger 59
XIV. God and Mammon 62
XV. Honest Graft 66
XVI. A Letter to Woodrow Wilson 72
XVII. An Arrangement of Little Bits 77
XVIII. The Luskers 81
XIX. To Henrietta Rodman 87
XX. Melodrama in Chicago 94
XXI. Continuous Performance 98
XXII. The Incorporate Tax-Dodging Creatures 102
XXIII. The Superintendent of Trombones 109
XXIV. The City of French Restaurants 113
XXV. The University Gang 119
XXVI. The Ward Leader 125
XXVII. The Romeo and Juliet Stunt 130
XXVIII. The Inventor of Five Sciences 135
XXIX. The Land of Lumber 140
XXX. The Anaconda’s Lair 146
XXXI. The Little Anacondas 151
XXXII. Colorado Culture 154
XXXIII. The Domain of King Coal 159
XXXIV. The Homestead of the Free 164
XXXV. Is a Teacher a Citizen? 167
XXXVI. Introducing Comrade Thompson 173
XXXVII. Millers and Militarism 179
XXXVIII. Newberry Pie 184
XXXIX. Beets and Celery 186
XL. Boston in Bondage 191
XLI. The Open Shop for Culture 195
XLII. Corrupt and Contented 203
XLIII. The Scenes of My Childhood 209
XLIV. The Brewer’s Daughter-in-Law 212
XLV. An Autocracy of Politicians 216
XLVI. The Calibre of Congressmen 221
XLVII. The Local Machines 224
XLVIII. The Steam Roller 228
XLIX. The Dispensers of Prominence 234
L. A Plot Against Democracy 240
LI. The Plot Fails 244
LII. Mormon Magic 249
LIII. The Funeral of Democracy 253
LIV. The Fruits of the Sowing 258
LV. Teachers to the Rear 263
LVI. Bread and Circuses 269
LVII. Schools for Strike-Breakers 275
LVIII. The National Spies’ Association 279
LIX. Babbitts and Bolsheviks 284
LX. The Schools of Socony 290
LXI. The Riot Department 296
LXII. The Blindfold School of Patriotism 301
LXIII. Professor Facing Both-Ways 307
LXIV. Poison Pictures 312
LXV. The Book Business 315
LXVI. Ten Per Cent Commissions 320
LXVII. The Superintendent-Makers 324
LXVIII. The Church Conspiracy 330
LXIX. Catholicism and the Schools 334
LXX. The Practical Church Administrator 341
LXXI. Faith and Modern Thought 344
LXXII. The Schools of Steel 349
LXXIII. The Schools of Oil 353
LXXIV. The Country Geese 357
LXXV. The Schools of Snobbery 362
LXXVI. A School Survey 369
LXXVII. The Educational Mills 377
LXXVIII. Descensus Averno 381
LXXIX. The Teacher’s Job 385
LXXX. Teachers’ Terror 389
LXXXI. The School Serfs 395
LXXXII. The Teachers’ Union 402
LXXXIII. The Teachers’ Magna Charta 406
LXXXIV. Workers’ Education 410
LXXXV. The Goose-step March 417
LXXXVI. The Goose-step Advance 423
LXXXVII. The Goose-step Double-quick 428
LXXXVIII. The Goose-step Review 432
LXXXIX. The Call to Action 440