Education: New York Fight

William L. Ettinger is Superintendent of Schools for New York City. Mayor Hylan does not like him. His term expires in a few months. It is believed that only the "fight of his life" will get the Mayor to reappoint him.

A prelude to the fight was a luncheon of the Citizens' Union. Olive M. Jones, head of the National Educational Association and Principal of Public School 120, New York, bitterly denounced politics in education. She said the merit system should prevail, even in the appointment of principals and higher-ups.

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