Sinclair Lewis: Main Street

22. CHAPTER XXII (continued)

"I'm glad. And I'm ashamed I haven't had any part in getting it. But---- Please don't think I'm unsympathetic if I ask one question: Will the teachers in the hygienic new building go on informing the children that Persia is a yellow spot on the map, and `Caesar' the title of a book of grammatical puzzles?"