The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-12-16
The Schools i'm the City.

matter.
The Schools i'm the City.
As far as we know there are the Pub
lie Schools, the Catholic Schools and ons
or two other private Schools. As the
State undertakes to provide for the Edu
cation Of the Children of the State, ",
think as general rule, the children of tn.
people should be educated in the School,
provided by the people through ths
State The State does not undertake tc
instruct in religious dogmas. Or the con
trary, there is express prohibition Of the
establishment of any system of religion
and all the people are left free to reject
all systems Of religion, or to receive, EN-.
brace and inculcate any system in which
they have faith and confidence provided
they do no wrong to the rights Of others.
| There mry be circumstances making
private Schools necessary, but these cir
cumstances should never be of religious
character. That is: There should never
be anything Of IA religious character allow
ed in the Public Schools which is often
sive to the religious belief and sentiment
of the parents of any of the scholars All
are taxed alike for the support of the
Public Schools, and all are placed upon
an equality in relation to their religious
dogmas. And the introduction and incul-
cation ofa any religious dogmas in the Pub
lie Schools are out of place and should
never be tolerated. If the Protestants are
in the ascendancy to-day, the Catholics
may be tomorrow. If the Catholics are
in the ascendancy tomorrow, the Infidels
may be the next day. And if the Infdels
are in the ascendancy the next day, the
Spiritualists may be the next day after
And if one of them, when in the ascen-
dancy, has the right to introduce and IL
culcate theirdogmas in the Public Schools,
each of the others has an equal right. The
truth is, however, no one of them has any
such right, but whenever they attempt to
do it, they attempt al invasion of the
rights of each and all of the others. And
it behooyes all the people to look we'll to
it that there is no invasion of the rights
of any one. Equal and exact justice to
each aud all should be the watch-word
and the motto of every one. a,s d
We have been led to the making Of
these remarks from what we observed
when visiting the Catholic Schools and
the High School. and not from anything
we have heard said in relation to them
We say Catholic Schools, for we know
not what else to call to them. We think
they are under the control of the Catilo-
lies and that both Teachers and Scholars
are Catholics. And there must be some
reason why the Catholics thus establish
Schools of their own What the reason
is we are not fully informed 1t may be
o justifahle reason or it may not be. If
it is, the offending cause should be remov-
ed Ii it is not, they should reconsider
their action and return to the Public
Schools. Economy and the saving of ex-
penditures should have due consideration
in Educational matters as well as in 9TH
ers The unnecessary multiplication of
Schools must increase expenditures and
prove detrimental to the Educational in
terests Of the city and the people. And
it becomes both city and people to avoid
everything likely to prove detrimental,
and to look well to the Educational inter
tcrests Of the present and future. genera