New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-17
DIFFICULTY IN THE ELIOT SCHOOL
ONE HUNDRED SCHOLARS EXPELLED
WOULD NOT SAY TIE LORD PRAYER.

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Yesterday, . difficulty occurred the Eliot School
for boys on account Of the refa,al Of portion Of the
scbolats whose parents are Catholics, 10 re,ite The
Ten Conmandmenis ssd the Lords Prayer - they
are written in the Pcote,iant version 81 the Bible
The Circumstances are these. as Ne understood then
rom Mr. NJ. y. Cook, SUB master in the school
A custom prevails in the various schools In the city,
upder the cton Of the School Comm ~ reading
from the Bible daily, and Of ,pestiog the Ten Com
mstdu epts and chatting toe Lfds frAysr more OF
less frequently in some e.ses not more often than once
, w,sk az il The case in the Eliot School. Ia accord
srce with this ussee On hotday o. last s,ek Mss
S,epsrd teacher II the school, ws conoucuuS tnm
sx,rcise when she observed several OF mo scholars
vary tie usual form 20 agree ~to tho Doasy OF Az
tsor,zsd hoic version at the Scifiptnrs' Ahnousn
the drerce is very slight 1t sufficient W reuder
the exercise dissopaLt ard coifnsei. va m9uiins
into the csuse of the Change, sue vas y'a W IA
scholars hot their pIrebts we're un~iinnS Icy '.
saw Tie common versior and tclt re- m fepess INC
Catholic. As The matter sss coz nee 10 Two OF s'ieo'
II wss mpronised end passed llshuy over. ieeSi'
day. in attempting 10 60 through the same sier"se'
Ms. Shepard found instead Of tso or hree, me ma
or,y a. her cass utterly refused to comply ~1n the
general ussge IN this respect, although sey were ~
III 10 repeat god chsrt tire Catholic verso9e. ans
reseon assigned that toes 'ney b.d beef
10 do by Father Wiget, of s. Mary's Church, ct
whose parish their parents were members. one
spoke 10 Mr.. Cook, the submast-r, whose room NJ
oiuiDg, concerning the difficulty. He immsiisteiy
he was referred 70 n ember ofthe School Committee,
then present on some business injected with the
bu,ld'rg TIE member OF the & 'mnittse went TO Mss
Stewards room and iuqnired toto the mater moro
cesply He found the boys unyeldiDgly persistent IN
their po.,'ion. Two he o,led TO his aide, one OF
whom Thomas Ward, lad Of th'rtees, trok the
Lead in the tiilculty the week previous. Ato
some time Mr.. Cook, on going INTO the rooul ioun,
matters entirely unchanged, upon which ne remarked
that they mad b-tter he tusned over TO MA ratan
TIE committee gave Young Ward into the haads OF the
suL.msster with direction Ia enforce obedience. MI
Cook Gays be found IL sssIy Ia putlsn the BOY
severely which he I'D with = common rstan, striking
him ppon hs hand but that h. used no more severity
then was absolutely necessary 70 enforce ooed'ehce,
knowing that the boy dlso6eying MS rehsfous ln-
sructcfs in complying with bis demands; nevertheless,
his bspds were 80 much swoler ana ithamad at the
eud of the punishment, that Mr.. Cock bathed them
IN cold water and used other means 10 soothe the
iratiob.
puntg the chsstisemept, which was frequently re-
miited the hoy expressed willingness To comply but
fer explicit Instructions of his father and the priest
lie wac told by Mr.. Mason, who came into the room
At this time that his father had told him he desired
that the boy shoud repeat "a common version. lt
.pusars that there was nisut de andpg in regard
10 this between Mr.. Ward aud Mr.. NJ asonl. He at
length yielded, however
II WAS thonght that this example would deter others
from further disobedis nee but they still renamed
firm. OF course chsstisemebt wss then out OF tho
auestio ard further punishment was Abandoned inc
Committee bad mean = bile found, by going from room
10 ROOM ID at ont OF $50 scholars the entire school,
upward Of 800 had bf en- Instructed in like msnoey.
In the afternoon, Mr.. Dyer, Chairman OF the Dis
trict Committee into the school and sent away
about 100 who sn refused compliance with this rule.
Thirt,six were seut away from Miss Shcpsrds room,
and about thirty each from two otner rooms