Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1907 — CALLED WASHINGTON TRAITOR. [ARTICLE]

CALLED WASHINGTON TRAITOR.

Ensliah Girl Start* a Riot in an OniahaHlghSchool. In Omaha the other day a school girl started a riot bydescribing George Washington as a traitor. The girl is a pupil at the high school. She was born in England and still sees history through British eyes. In the course of the history class recitation the teacher unsuspectingly made laudatory remarks regarding the “Father of his Country,” which were more than this English-bred miss could brook, and she broke forth vehemently with "George Washington was a

base traitor. He abandoned the mother country and raised arms against her. He was the real Benedict Arnold of the revolution.” Instantly the class was in an uproar, but the English girl held her ground and it was several minutes before quiet was restored