The sun., 1870-02-15
THE BIBLE IS IHE SCHOOLS.
Mrs. II. II. Connolly. Rejoinder TO the Re,.
Dr. Thompson.


10 he Liaor Of The Sun.
SfE Please allow me to correct a mistake Of Your
correspondent, c. II. w, also OF Dr. Thompson. IN
his Kind reply to my article the school question,
viz In the one, that there &, ,0oO in the other
5000 vacant seats 10 our public schools Also, that
nothing but the pnncipos OF the Roman Catholic
religion are taught IN thcir schools ~ whereas IknoW
from good authority that the courses OF studies are
tue same IN public schools and that since isGO
many oil these pupils have received ccrtihcAteu from
the Board Of Education. have tie best authority
Tor asserting that their statements this point are
quite erroneous. The schools in which there Is any
considerable room unoecupied In tho thinly set.
tied districts of the Twelfth Ward, and the eacula
tons made to produce these statements include the
assembly rooms. These assembly rooms were never
intended Us class rooms but were considered essen
ull TO the health and good government Of the scho
as.
In the schools Of the Twenty -r.s, Ward there are
many pupils that many of them are unable to st
into the assembly rooms either a. the opening or
closing exercises.
classes Tor want OF class rooms and the pupi-
obliged TO reci,r Lessons IN different branches)
much 70 the conius.on OF each other. The schools
out OF tins ward are generally iull. know, and
have my authority nom Trustee OF the IwentS.
commodious school house has just been Finished ip
this ward and Ia already nllcd while in the Nine.
tenth and other wards they are OvercTOwded, aud
that demand has been made and urged Tor more ac-
commodatiOn.
regret also to perceive that I am understood 10
take ONLY the Roman Catholic view OF the question,
Shen l see only the liberal side and consite Il a
great mistake to accuse Catholics of wishing create
a separate element In the American community
know Uhom constant eommunication) that
they 10 not wish to be separated, socially
or politically, from the general public but do wlsn
10 train up their children In their aith, to be hon
est and intelligent citizens, instead OF being allowed
10 grow up In Ignorance and wee. and so become NJ
subjects 20 I'll our la!ls aud penitentares. For
sion schools, besides thpse OF st James" ="
St. Dominlck,' and othCrs, each contain some
eight hundred children, and for these (ilny
Of them pick up from the sTeets) there Is neither
room nor welcome in our public schools. The law
so modified, allowing so much, say some so per
head "a small item IN the expenses Of large SCHOOL,
should be allowed 20 stand as It benefits both Cain
olic aud Protestant, and would give satisfaction TO
the former, aud bU end all controversy, In which Is
our only d-ngel. lWoald also ut In the plea that
We need nil these schUOls and that We are so
equally divided, the Catholic prepondefancc
being the children OF our hbOuug and paupor poor
VINO are God's poor, and as such really Charity,
IL This assistance II denied what will become OF the
children oil our yolnntcersr Sial We begrudgc
them this small item toward education and sup
port, when botn Protestant and Ca,holic have done
20 much 70 red rem the promise mnde their fathers
The elyeu Of freedom II so fully Incorporated IN
every Americans brenst, belong he 10 either sect,
that have hO fear that the one wll ever DC aba tO
crush out the liberties OF the other Tor OF this
try, oT rue as sect. The result uf our last
proves tnls. Look at our irish brgades and thslr
achievements, and then 70 their quiet return TO cIv
MRS. r. b. CoNNoLLY
p s.-I wish Il could be understood that the
founders OF tbesc Cathode schools, who pay "A
large amount OF taxes In this city, do not wish
them 70 be supported entirely, but merely the
mOiety Of the fund retained as passed last year, and
received BY many Protestant as well "a Catholic
schools.