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William Schultz Princeton History Lecturer on The Freedom School

The Freedom School was located in Colorado, United States, offering a series of lectures by libertarian theorist Robert LeFevre from 1957 to 1968. LeFevre extended this work to the related Rampart College, an unaccredited four-year school, in 1963. Both shared the same campus. In 1965, a flood devastated the campus, and the school and college were moved to Santa Ana, California, where they lasted until at late 1975. They were succeeded by the Rampart Institute. LeFevre stepped down as president in 1973, succeeded by Sy Leon. A new Freedom School was established in January 2010 to carry on in the LeFevre tradition William Schultz is a historian of the modern United States, with a particular interest in the intersection of religion and politics. His book project, Jesus Springs: How Colorado Springs Became the Capital of the Culture Wars (under contract with UNC Press), examines how the confluence of Christianity, capitalism, and the military transformed Colorado Springs into “Jesus Springs,” a city that was home to dozens of evangelical Christian institutions and which became a key battleground in conflicts over gay rights and abortion at the end of the twentieth century. FROM A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON ROBERT LEFEVRE AND THE FREEDOM SCHOOL AS DISCUSSED BY SCHULTZ IN HIS TALK “The undersigned wish to express our appreciation for the generosity of the Chamber that made our session at the Freedom School ‘this summer possible; however, because of the peculiar circumstances involved, we believe that something more than the conventional ‘thank you’ is required. We believe that someone has misled the Chamber as to the nature of the Freedom School and the principles it teaches. “Bluntly, we believe that the Freedom School is a very clever racket. It is hardly a school at all in the accepted sense of the word. In the mid-August session, for example, there were a total of five enrolled in the entire school, a little less than half the number of the school employees. The mid-July class had but seven, and the largest class had only sixteen. Two of these left before the end of the session because they were in violent disagreement with the teaching of the school. One of these was so aroused that he returned the graduation certificate stating that he wanted no part of the school on his record. “Of the five enrolled in the mid-August session, three were people who had been enrolled in earlier courses and were already disciples. The other two were revolted by the school philosophy and rejected it. A total of eight Rockford people attended four sessions of the school this summer. In all these courses 41 people enrolled, two of them withdrew before the end of the session. Of the remaining 39, nearly half were opposed to what they were taught, some bitterly opposed. Of the remainder, some were repeaters so there was little real gain. “The Freedom School is making few converts and these few are at a great expense. Obviously it is not paying its way. Someone is picking up the tab for thousands of dollars and is being told that a great work is being conducted. “The president of the school, Robert LeFevre, is a handsome man I and has great personal charm. It is our belief that he is cashing in on that charm to the extent of an excellent income and control of some valuable property. Moreover, there are plans to sharply increase the facilities for students although, as has been noted, the school is not overcrowded. It did not escape our attention that the school lends it- self admirably to use as a dude ranch if the time should come when the subsidies that keep the school in operation dry up. During the mid-August session there were more horses in the barn than there were students in the classroom. Hashtags: Gordon Tullock. Charles Koch. Libertarian.