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...Houston, as elsewhere, "controversial" is quite a fighting word. Last year the city's schools banned their annual U.N. essay contest because, in Houston's eyes, the U.N. had become controversial. In 1951 a group of citizens barred Willard Goslin, former superintendent of schools in Pasadena (TIME, Nov. 27, 1950 et seq.), as a guest speaker ("a very controversial figure," said one school-board member, although he added: "I don't know anything about the man.") Last May, when able Deputy Superintendent Ebey's contract was up for renewal by the school board, he too became...
...Willard Goslin, former school superintendent in Pasadena, will speak at a luncheon today sponsored by the Harvard Teachers Association at the Hotel Commander...
...Goslin left his position in Pasadena because of local pressure opposing his introduction of more progressive trends in the public schools. He was a member of the U.S. National Committee on UNESCO, and consultant to the Phi Delta Kappa Commission on Public Education...
...controversy, which ha touched issues ranging from a "satisfactory-unsatisfactory" grading system to the use of sex education films, started in November, 1951, when Dr. Willard Goslin was removed from the superintendency of schools because of his progressive views. This week, Dr. Stuart McComb was named as his successor as a compromise between radical and conservative groups in the city...
Zoll is no mere crackpot. He has a large and powerful organization and ties with other similar groups throughout the country. His literature is being widely circulated, and subscriptions to his periodicals are growing. Among other successful ventures, he helped drive out superintendent of schools Willard Goslin, from Pasadena, California, and encouraged John D. Lynch to propose a Communist Control bill in the Cambridge City Council...