The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-12-15
Public Schools in Savannah


-. sun.r;,tendent of Public Schools 10 tic,
$3.50 "a. with the 9TH Annual Report bel
f the institution under his cnarso, '" not
or the wear ls7l.72. One OF 'no tur
,otioeable features in it is conta'no"
following paragraph found In tho I' tn,
dents report: schools ITO
The system by which the Casnon ana charge tn
~eIS pn.ra hos nroyed most satisfactory ~ wv
ali concerned, and has not been Jsf'S" - n
:; .,,t..t d;.cord. th
Th;a ia highly satisfactory inform a'o a
va,, worthy of being pondered in tnls 'o in
,.rn;tv. In the first place it will DO ne"s' 81
,robab,v to many of our citizens that tnoio d.
- rcb combination of Schools IN saVa. il
-, and few items of Information as - Il
how it came about might not be a"'sS' b
Tn March. 1869, Bishop Verot ana o'"e, d
c.tho,ics sent to the Common CoN
- Savannah a communication on tho ~"
;ect Of the disposal of the Educat'on ".N'
in behalf of the Catholic Free oc"oo'
.oe;.t;on of the place. Tbis was III ~
| ,u.nce Of a former petition for Pa.''
az the School fund. That petition Ia.
..e.r,.od hv the Council to the Board OF h'"
...;,r and reported ON adversely oy '"~
800 1t will be remembered tha' ~oo1
r.. the same time o petition to the same en-.
g an tn the Common Council OF tn's
r. C;.v and icuomin;ously rejected by . oosfe
of Aldermen, all of whom put QUO :.
themselves Catholics. Iheif oo"
happily offset oy that Of the iio, =.
gentleman of the Georgia Mesiop'
! will be seen in the sequel.
R;.hop Yerot continued his pursuit. VI VIZ,
lie ob;ect. backed by the Catholic Free oono''
O. As.o.;ation and all the Catholics OF Sasan-
,o,i ~, mill finally, on the 10th OF May 'o'o'
,,,s Roard Of Education and TIE Sa'a"n""
r,.,o,ics agreed upon tue following com
his ,,,ss which was, no doubt, the one
I6, actually adopted by the council ana no"
re- in operation. ,.a nm
der the control of the Board Oh Ia shaII he il
. .rsaohers in the Catholic schools sDaIt ~ 'I I
III cases members of the Catholic Chn9ct, w
5. to be snBjectt exami nation an" app''Des-
by the noalu used in these schools shai
la the same as are used in the otner pun ,,h.
ehnnIa exeept books history, geography
OF ana TSesa schools shall be opened with Ieae
heir inc the Scriptures and the Loro 40 ~
= Such versions of Scripture may NC "'o'
teaceS he saSepi buildings shall be under IL
{ at con. roll of the Board of Educatiou. 1T,
& Tbe Trustees OF the Catholic scnooi W. VII
, are o. sha,i nave power 10 Withdraw them fro
ths Board of education at the e5a .. e.
school year, Whenever ,,-on;Sed that they sh
s""' We thee months notice OF such W'na.H "
come !. In case of such wthdrawa sn1 POO boo
quare movable fixtures, and fnrnstnEo Whi'h u
rov have furnished for these schools. 8
The Boayd OF Education shall nave
,l# .ro nc Of the discipline, ipstructio9, and
49, ond oo.I ~ a,agement Of these schools the same
of the other schools under sheiE 90. So IAN n,
II EN- S,@ also the lengths of sessions the atran
nately ment of school, courses of study, VOTE, anu
over. ties and ali the interests Of the eehoois
# Fast The teae tneS me mestings of the Nor
pee. a the " same as the teachers of other pul
schools. They will give IesPeotIal S' tbs
rvScr tn the suggestions and INSTRUCTIONS OF tn1 10
NhNe W n and are expected TO exert On
meet Eel YES to carry out his views IN tne n'"n'
even mont and iuskcnetion 81 their usr,
lowing 10. The holiday snail NO H"'A
~ given 10 Catholic SCHOOLS. ..s-
; W. H. i've see the result of this compron''s
ley, Re- the extract found at tue head Oh ''Is "a
Finan- and taken from the report OF the ffes''
:; Thos Of the Board of Education: I" 1t mas pr
rgeant- ..;sr,otorv to all. Not the slgi
discord." ~
,rrho great difficulty in the way OF
so iar orrangement, was the Theoretical
no Sow. Of many good cirizens, that Pnoiic ec'
oen..A, 80 necessarily be unsectarian. An
'' of their first reports, the Board OF II
Flynn, ton put the thought in this for"
- The following principles seem to y0pr
Elizazdi, mitiee sufficiently evident "i'D'"'
,,,,,,,a Pnb1io Schools, schools for all the p
"li'A" and supported by taxation must 10 VI
A. ONE ran an a. the City Council should not 81
FROM public funds any denomina'. avn rasne
Cunning tartan schools as s1ch iHa and the Boz
,orsrra Ehaea!ion to the people and taxpayers
same. ... f,,
r he reason is afserwa ards given 'i0'
as follows:
mas J. D. because if such arpropri wero
would necessarily be- with the CONT" nf =
lurray, L. there should be no lei vinr such
I. Byrues, ptiation. ~ Of using the public me
further SSi err a particular form of religion