Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1867-08-14
SCHOOL NIEETMG.


ing Of citizens will be held at the Catholic
Chapel building on East Hill, tomorrow
4 Thursday evening, at halfpast O'Clock, for
the purpose of devising means by which a
school shalfbe established here under the di-
rection of the Catholic Sisters. A full attend
ance is requested. The occasion especially
calls for action on the part Of parents or guar
dams who have children or wards in their
charge. There ought to be established in this
city frst-rate school, in which both the ele-
meDtary and advanced branches of education
could be presided over by most competent
teachers, working upon a thorough, proven,
progressive system. There is, not such an in
stitution Of learning in Idaho. The wantiof
one, in this most populous and important city
of the Territory, ought not any longer to con-
tinue. An opportunity to found thorough
educational institution here is now presented
to our citizens 1t is hoped the occasion may
be advantageously turned There is one
error which some labor under in their esti-
nation of schools taught by the Catholic
Sisters, and which iU may be well enough
here to mention and correct. 1t is that
they are institutions for the propagandism of
the Catholic faith. We can assure readers
that they are nothing Of the kind, and any in
formed Protestant parent, who has placed
children under the educational care of the
Sisters in any Catholic school, will attest what
+ we say. Neither sectarian creeds nor political
preiudices are sought to be inculcated OF tam
pered with in any institution of learning pre-
sided over by the Sisters or the Father Pro-
S fpssors of the Catholic Church, where pupils
of all denominations are received The schools
are devoted purely to the advancement of the
! pupils in the regular and proper walks of learn
ing, without reference to ecclesiastical studies
or party or sectional opinions or bias in any
+ form whatever. ss.6 e1i 9asl d
sl There are many reasons which recommend
these schools to the public in preference to any
other in the country. They are established
upon a system in itself uniform and progress
i've, and which has proven itself to be superior
to any other in the thOroughness and perfection
with which it has furnished its quota of schol-
ars and graduates. The schools presided over
by the Sisters, to which only girls and young
ladies are admitted, have gained az enviable
name for the tender care and protecting Watcf-
fulness they have exercised over their pupils,
and this single feature has attracted to them
the observation and secured to them the pat
ronage Of thousands of Protestant parents and
guardians, who knew and priced the great i'm
portance Of this most beneficial guardianship.
We defer further comments on this subject
3 until after the meeting called for Thursday
evening shall give occasion for saying more,
and will now simply add that, not only those
who have the care of children ought to partic-l
ipate in the meeting, and aid in the establish
ment of the proposed school in this city, but
every citizen who has an interest in the public
welfare, and feels desire to do whatever he
can for the benefit of the rising generation,
ought also to attend, and assist in the good
work
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