Yearbook Screw-Ups II: The Quotable Fuhrer

In the “Dear God, THINK!” department, I submit to you (via EdWeek) the yearbook from Northport HS in Northport, NY:-----------------------------------

Two high school seniors in Northport, N.Y., picked quotations from Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf to appear under their yearbook pictures, prompting an apology from school officials. “It’s our responsibility, and we failed miserably,” said Northport High School Principal Irene McLaughlin. “The fact that the book went out in the form it did was a grave mistake on our part.” The quotes picked by Christopher Koulermos and Philip Compton, both 18, were attributed to Hitler. Superintendent William Brosnan said the yearbook’s student staff and its adviser saw the quotations before they were published. While the 6,500-student district has no formal policy for reviewing quotations from seniors, he said, common sense dictated that the Hitler quotes should have been run by administrators before they were published.-----------------------------------

I hope that there was some debate among the yearbook staff before this happened; it would bother me if no one looked at those quotes and was given pause.

Update: There's a good opinion piece about the issue in Newsday.