, 1875-07-06

f1nftH IN ELuHQf Du1lHS III AVfes HatA q tIoHhsA |
greater than bars OF iron and ribs Of atoel. L..
THE IRISH NATIONAL SCHOOLS.
Thorc WAS debate In tho Drissh-1rlsh pArlta-
1nent on tho night OF Jnns 10 on the condition
Of tho Irish national schools. Tho London Times
Of tho 10Th Of June thus colnBlouts OH the sub
ject:
Tho irish systcm Of national education falls
far shoss ef what It might DO, because tue teach
err III tho national schools arc themselves ".
them arc trained, and this small proportion
DOES not seem to bc increasing. Tho atntat1cs
Of tho National Board show that 3,B42 teachers
ato trained, nga.nst Gl15 who arc untrainad.
3cs.dos tlla, aud not wholly disconnected with
II, Tho salaries Of thoBo teachets aro
naiserably ANAL, willis their position III
RouoralIy ono Of complete dependence uPon
tho parish p1iost, who ts himself, III wo know,
completely depoudent upon tho favor Of hts
BtsEop. How can tho education OF Irish cHl-
dren DO good whsn It Ia intrussed to men who
receive less pa7 than tho constabu!nry, arc mnch
icsa assured In thcsr position, and have mover
boon properly qualified for tho duties thoy a.
foet to dtscbnrg02 The problem Of obtaining
good sesults Uut OF such materials is 90 hope
leas that wo know at onco tloro mist bo sotno
powerful reason to explain why 1t has not lons
ejucp bcou abandoned. When wo look into tho
matter tho 1aason becomes only too plain. Iake
| tho matter Of pay, This was prosaed upon tho
| iato Government with great forco throo or four
years ago. and .hoy resolved to do eonlothing to
| a,noud it, md It not nnnaturaly occurred
to than that they might ntlengthon the position
| OF tcachots at the sano tlme that thoy "ern
about to iucroase their eu,oumerts. Accord.
| ingly, Iutcs wore dsawn up by tho National
/ board, after recoiving communications tr1I tue
Irish o[I!co, whereby 1t MAS provided thnt III tho
cases wlote tho increased pay camo into opera
| ton "th0 managers OF schoos should cutter lnto
ngreomsnts with tteIs several toachosB specify
| Ing tho duties and e1uoluments Of tenclors, with
q proyiso that tho ougagomcns should only DO
tes1nipable at threo months notice: ard, II a
teacllor were sumuarl!y disMlsaeds no should 10
entitled to three montha aanry. nueBs the man
ayers produced eyldonca to satisfy tho National
l,oa,d of Education that tIe dismissal sroso
from sufficient osnse." These conditions
inust A. lrht sight DO Judged fashionable;
tLoy would give sono security TO the soashes.
yot tho priest would always be able to di4a.iss
lin at tho cost Of thEoe monsha SALARY, aud this
pouaIty would not 10 incurred II B'letent oau,o
could be shown for tho Dismissal. Aot theso
conditions woro ropndiated, and-stran0o to eny
by tic toacherss The State was about TO ralSo
tic salaries OF tho class 10 that 81 per cont Or
their Eny would 10 defsnYcd out Of tho conaolI.
dccaroa that, though tho increase wau rnHci
needed. aud they would gladly recntvo It, tho5
must protest againss its boing csoggod with pro-
visions securing themselves agaloBt arbitrary
l,oarA havo not, to our knowledge, boon
) adopted in single instance, aud II, rs Lord
Salisbury says, ria ls tho Average salary Of All
, Irish teacher, we onnnot forget how 1t has come
to re.nan 10 low. Let US turn to tho utnot
point tho training Of teachcrs-about which
, | loid Oranmoro ahd Lord Handon "ero 30 VII!
pleased yestorday. There are excellent training
colleges III Irosnnd: with model schools TO guide
losoB, which would sufiico to supply all the
tnachars that prs wanted, arc not full. because
; tho BfeAops will mt accept The toncl'ots th"y
educate. These training colleges and thels
no{1p IL Al
tons, and the bishops have an intolliBible tGel
iug TINT tic teachers they train nigh. not ho the
: bet fitted to condtct what aro in tho majority
OF caseu donu.nnatouas schools. Thoy -,
they must train the.r tenchcrs themselves y
tuov arc to slayo confidence in thcir teachtng o'
children, md tho kind Of trniniug tho Dinllopi
wonld approve mar DO gathered from Cnrdina
Cnllon's defamation that 1t "ouli haVo NO fola
: .tion 10 examinations and ceIlislcates fio" i
9 tic difficulty to 10 autmountc12 Goyosumens
I aud tho National board try 70 do what they can
bnt tho Bolnt,ou OF tho problem heesns ~ far Of
. ~ over. Ono Of tho last nnEReatohe y thAs ~
allowed to live in separate detached boarding
&, hos,sea under the supervision Of tholr priest
u md pastors, subject to no ether regulation tina
j. that .hcs sl,al! como aud work together duru
< tic training hours in tho schools which ar
! common to all: aDd II this auggestion hha
. cl,anCs Of uolng adoptod BY tho Roma
. Catholic Hierarchy 1t would bo approse
It by every ono. Uut It Is p,acstoalty condemno
% before It IL fairly formulated. Tho Mshopa bc
nG ulla. they arc 1t could ncarcelY bc otnerwnt
=. Those who refuse to allow. students to as:on
q college, c!aases In tho Quoens colleges. with tn
:, offered safeguard Of houting them IN balls {
81 thur own under tho doulosto care Ut priests NJ
70 rointed by themselves, must fatnao with eq,ls
y steadiness to allow pnpil-toachels to work tt
y. gether tp training college upon The security
tho guarantee that thoy should come and 80 frol
- n homes llceuBed BY tho bishops. Nothing but O.
ID elusive training will satiafy them. Denomination
~ trs!pinR-trainiug BY religious osders-ls I'll
o oirl aimed At By tho Cardinal Archbishop {
y dublin, and to this tho majority. OF tt
IL; IL; National Board have bsen practically reco'
hd oiIiug themselves. Their tessohlng IL 6tmp!
N IN Tha bulk OF tho elementary schools are noI
Oh ysstod and as such arc compiesoly under Il
management Of tho priest. aud tho teaching
N them is entirely deuomnatonal, subject TO I!
o1 operation OF . t.mo-table conacetace clhs
e4 Why should there not be non-vcated traint1
H. cologoH also Teachers would Indeed bo traln
10 in them by prlostb and Christian nrothcrs, but
q q conBcouco clause might allow Students ol
ne denominations to come In to be trained. Mo-
gu would III effect como In, and tho denomination
w. uou-vested training cullcG0B would soon cmp
'ur any non n.denoualustionai training college now
~ 10 o1iBonce and the last security OF unit
'.'' y. education would disappear. Wo might tolgra
~ this result IL couid bo assured TINT the lrl
.oa e. in consequence, but the presumption Is ~ y
~ they you'd bs worse instead Of better. Ili
IT.. would 10 trained in nsno. but they would
~ wanting in Ill real educational requirements
ion nrass hIs cnrtnmnt And whnt has Lord Ha!isb
lb- T. asy ~ TIA nn.ttcr7 Tbare il uenaraliy no n
no taking h1a meaning, but, ~ no road hls b!ief \
bio onas, - snnrrve ANYTHING nhort al subyett1
IT. sEa .,,at;nr t,lIcso.. trhov NAV he ailouod
Dur ur.nd snd 5ereya s,1ch ul,pila a. they can ne
- but, somehow or otller, the ptnc1plo Of ''
t9 1aent by results might bo adopted 70 ~ to
and cu1o tho necessary teachers without tho assi
a. auee OF these tralning institutions. u t
!. means anything dsinlte. aud We are By
~ means sure that 1t does, 1t ia invitation 10
TITO T-;xh lIIars rchv n set IN training cDlfeues
M Msna their own, the expenses Of which will be rep
The n,, ia rnu,lit,on. ~ nI1inapny ioIpr. perha
the n,al hiot, cnntuh At frnt. bnt liabo to 10 br
Of ~. sc,.'a T., ~. ratwd nttrttion In vich n,