The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-05-10

SUNDAY, NAY 10, 1868,
s :s.s sss j. the s ;ss
s1 are tssI nnisssians :sd ths xay should
advsntagc1"sTho JovSo W0uadq only have to
give up one or two usages, the relics Of . bar.
barops sge; the Unitsrians would mensly be
simpler, and adopt part of an ancient ritual
The Calvinistio sects, too, Why should they keep
apartf It looks to . reflective Catholic priest
suffice to reduce the churches in ali our villages
one half in the next six, months. tiosft-
Our Roman Catholic brsth1en count uponim-
pSFtant accsssio9s th5pagh their convent
by other orders, male and female. These
schools are numerous, important, increasing;
and think that one fourth, perbaps one third,
Protestant parents Few persons are compe-
teat 70 judge Of an instituti6nswho hsve never
bean tnIaates of it, because nothing il easier
s shese sehoes hsxs
sonue advantages over most Of ours, which catch
the cye md captivate the Imagination. iWs arc
T. &. sss %;sss %
piine and subordination. We arc apt to forget
thst children wore not included In. the Afst
sentence of the Declaration of Independence.
and too little in others. The teachers OF
Protestant private schools have seldom any
vantage-ground of rank of . nature to aid them
pal Is often an anxious aud dependant man;
often he is grossly ignorant and valgs1; while
the subordinate teachers are poor and over
proper ascendenoy over their pupils. Many of
them, in these commercial cities, wAege nothing
| is sincerely honored except the bank account,
Soys and who live sseh se s1d
who have no conception Of anything higher or
more desirable than to live in m0ck-paIace.
Have not I myself seen tho insolent unlicked
making the lives of gentlemen of learning and
eminent worth bitter to them by their notous
contempt Of authority and decency, and no
which justified his telling the young sayages
to the Aoorf Have not seen the principal of
a boarding.scheol running an annual revival"
the poor dyspeptics under his charge to receive
the visits OF their parents on Sunday after
noonsf
Certainly, these convent schools, which are
now so popular, are free from some of the OBJ
jechOns and difficulties that lessen the useful
ness of many Of our fashionable private acade-
mics. Among the traditions" Of the Catholic
Church, there is one to the effect that children
are children, and have right to be kept from
doing themselves irreparable harnl-peaceably
# they can, forcibly if they must. The teachers
ers-are sufficiently Independent of the good
will of the pupils, without being too much SO for
their own good. The convent possesses prop
erty, guards and maintains it's inmates i'm their
own home, and yet in . great degree it depends
upon the income derived from the school. The
gafb of the nun, of the Christian Brother, of
the Sister of Charity, ss well IA The. saren.ty
and dignity of their demeaner, hold impudence
in check, and teach the Young victims of sue
| cessful speculation that there are distinctions
other than those indicated by marble fronts
ining influence, too, which comes ofacoznpelling
the minute observance of, tho etiquette Of each
aEsftanent sua ,eesh sispatiop. ain 1919 ~
IL was present once when tho Young ladies
attending tho principal convent school upon
tbs Island Of Manhattan entered their chapel,
ON Sunday afternoon, to ses four five of their
convent, baptized. It was q truly exquisite
| scene No manager of theatre ever arranged
anything more effective for the stage; and yet
it was we'll adapted at once to Impress the
minds and tame the bodies Of three hundred
romping girls who took part in it. Perhaps in
no other way can better show the render what
doing to attract the children of wealthy
Protestants into their schools, than by briefly
describing what saw on that pleasant Sunday
afternoon in May. $3.50.
On the summit of gentle slope surrounded
by trees and shrubbery, in part of the island
where the ancient, renowned loveliness of Man
haitian has not been obliterated, and command
ing. view of the Hudson. the Harlem and the
Sound-the Palisades bounding the view on
the west, the arches of the High Bridge visible
In the north, the Sound stretching away to the
northeast, and the city of New York spreading
over all the southern half of the island-stands
the group of solid, but not uninviting struc-
lures which form the establishment, chief
among them the chapel. On this warm spring
day all the doors stood open; and it was evi-
dent, as soon as we alghted under the covered
entrance that something joyful was going for
ward. The parlors were full of happy parents,
eonversing with happy daughters, and q joyous
spacious, elegant, and very lofty and it is
adorned with the usual large altar-piece, as
well as with many smaller pictures. Nearly
the whole space upon the floor is covered with
plain black-walnut pews, without doors or
cushions. These are for the young ladies'
visitors sit near the entrance, in pews raised a
little from the floor; the nuns have raised seats
along the sides of the chapel-each sister having
q little harSa1f o;f I. 60