The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-11-17
compulsory Education

~ Il, n.to,ar number of tho Untuersssy d,
published IN New xokk' .he'e IT
m aceount given of the twelfth annuai r,
meeting, lately held in Boston, Oh s"0 p
Nat;onal Education Association, teachers h
from nearly every one of the States oeiDe 2
Several parties advocated n sys- q
tenn of Compulsory Education amo's
them q Mr.. Batemap, sub-Superinsenaea'l
of Illinois, who read paper on sna'' Sa'
iect which is reported as follows:
The speaker said that were comPnisG;ry Nv Nv
tendance to be made matter OF ieg,s. TO- sscnre
tho educational rights Of children rasn nSiIrsn
" An act IS compel the attendance OF cni,aten
at school % He proceeded to treat ms .ne% %e
s unds1 sys shoaid
it is within the legitimate ProvaGee; o, acsssary
lican government; and, because It IS nscess son.
struotion and repair of highways and BRIGGS,
although manifestly to the adyantaHe. OF ' h1
people generally, have 70 DO rega, nsS that
this same principle Of oompulsion must be a hs
| nIief even to q matter 80 eminently desIaDse
to those Immediately concerned as inc Se.eh
| once of their children at school. VI
than this, the various objects for wnicn .nS
people are taxed and legislated we're tes W "e
and compared in Importance WIN INA. at
curine the attendance of the cniidie ata ~
Schnnsf Laws are made to clothe the naked
to feed the hungry. to shelter the homeaess'
but the control OF school attenasno ,s,,ov;sions.
has been entirely neglected. ComPuissio", .rv
7. thouoht was the bedrock on winch 800 "a
human government f ss a aS;,j;oarors, With
ont this investure Of force, and the righ. W ~
appeal to it in emergencies, every olsann go
tha lat resort it meets the culprit with
,e clenehed fist and not with moral precep..s ~.
:, the matter in question, the com puiso ,onan n,
l. tan5ance would be infinitely less repugnan
"a thar countless laws which have been s~allo%
or ed and digested. law was introduced ~ IN, hi
" illinois legislature last winter iookat ;hs mea
On end. He Concluded by showing tnat INC n s
snrs ha advocated was not only just oue a ca
ned;ent and argued its necessity III e'ioA
i'll and unmistakable Language. "a.
YES Later on in the proceedings Mr.. aodssoi
We State Superintendent of Education -
Ve Alabama, stated that 'the isI An'o
nu the common people in the South was gem
:. raj and lamentably great" He was favo
-. ~ able to the idea of Compulsory Educat'o
' believing that if the government has q
10" right to tax the people to educate u
"a masses. it has an equal right to make tho
mo masses receive the benefit of the levy"
no "The Educational rights of Children"
nd a pretty conceit. 1t is a peculiarly OF
sharpness of this age that all rascal
dresses itself in the garb Of philanthropy
s. avarv huge monopoly for private emol
-. ment OF sectarian Advancement ID disgu's
we under the most poetical and innocent r
man tense the wolf has become more skl'
,elp, and more pertinacious than ever before
ser wearing s'sheeps' clothing" If you ~
To secure the whole job of butehering 10
city, You fret get unaecountabiy lnteres
It we in its, " sanitary" condition and II you
the tend to monopolize the entire control OF
fish market you-will have to throw
,o;.. radiance Of science over your pso1ec
80, dedjoating it to the intellectual wei
, and of the public. Fish diet, you know
florida the maximum Of brain nourlshm
Thus even with education. p. A desl
at st' prince OF majority is determined 70 c''
Grace, ..;ar.ea of the rising genera
II Ton and suddenly he or it becomes "on
follv exercised about the eoacat
49, RIGHTS of children" .Er --@ -t-t.
W o +. 10 true that the children have T
1,;o.or rvh;ab narents must respect. fhus
10 ~ n,,st not be murdered or barbarousiy
f,eansl +reated. They have q right to not
,spuss, n,ant and clothing, and the law pro
Patrick that their parent shall be forced to
uber of them alimony II ne will not dc, it Fl
oted to Ia the same way no doubt every Oh
nN' OF entitled to q certain amount OF lnstru
nae Me' sns Bot heretofore it has never been
~ Nn necessary to pass laws fixing the
's'"T amount of clothing, food, or instr
81 which a child should have. That ha'
eased to left to parental control, the law
b. F .: suppOsing that the instinct OF pa a
sras0ns love needed no special guide in such
~ ~ A. ters. The general principle OF hnt
nat the however, is no longer to be the ss'
Sunday, in auch matters IL Seen =: ana.+
sass viii lies are to be fixed, at least IN quest
t of the education. IF the State is to req
ntroitas,n she uarent a; certain hxed amount
IS Of AID. struetion for the child, we cannot
ed one of it should not be equally anxious ao
BY Paies- amount. and quality of his food OIL
zco gen ment. If the little fellow must
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