New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-05
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE PROPOSED NEW FEATURE OF THE
SCHOOL SYSTEM,

SCHOOL SYSTEM.
A PROTEST AGAINST THE ADMISSION OF THE Pa
RoCHIAL SCHOOLS TO ITS PRIvILEGE5-yIEws
or vICAR-GENETAL QUINN.
A memorial to the Board of Education pro-
testing against the admission Of the parochal schools OF
tls city to the benefit OF tho school system.
has been circulated in public places 10 obtain sgners
1t Is as follows:
Having learned through tn. puhe prints, THE Of the
Catholic PsrochA Schools this proposed Board
s's s Of % . SS Of .. eI SSss s
schools we proe'. against any Arrangement BY which nus e
Aud request your honorable BODY meet the proposal with
the O sss ST e we i.I BY
in.t Of city Ia the world in is completeness thOrOuhts impair
ases to M alike ard possessing nv features that make the system just
H. Tba. children schools in
The same sude under The same o.eh. tends to The eaue Of that
order 10 Republic AMI epssy In s' ely where re The goye, IN
PHI rS,, III. Of ovS, uo,., to III, .u,Do o, III.
si..e entire pU5Hs school system making Necessary
mig have children taught BY Of their
ay lie noble d,mcctas republican system Of equal Advantage
' " s s m pSI ssP .dSaS "a 4. cd
the public money religions into our
to the peace Of he ana s PGn: moment The ,.m
would be he signal for most deter%ned Resistance she pa, Of ali
The friends q religion, liberty and eqGsl rights c,r.
PMochal Schools" prohibited BY the School and also BY the
lSta school Of the ca Of July 1851 declare,
No school shall b. entitled portion Of the school
10 which the religion, doctrines ene'. Of particular
Chr,n other religions shall be taught ncuatei pracicc
which boOs boots used containing oompoo hvsTa.
Christian or religion: @ or which shall teach the doctrines or
The s toe City Charter amended by section 10 Of
chsp ISL Of til. laws Of 1873. .ys,
No money belonging CITY City and County Of EvYork
taxation upon property Of citizens thereof shall be
,pprOraied aid resOus or Sshoc nns,
coun1 Disposed of any such school eIp; the sale thereof
sch .eSsoi hs be the highest bidder upon payment
I'D az I and ssa je sssd to nt
ct, ppery y be a'r private pass asr the same
T.se provision, render ppac:oable vb, tey
are elsoa, or aesc%r,o1s or in which the doc, reid
cas ci sugh which sny book ul containing compost.
more impartial Of the law To which hspO'
VI Ths, PrSTtcrMs or E,paa. Catholic. Methodist
r, ol or i ~ sect 10 mora or c,rce party D5
@ or Of o. 1sGd By ,ny o :, sr
t ho m,r'en them s. Their osO sIyee and Tue 'ppro
pspn Of public for tie purpose would ts wrong to DO re-
,ss psrpocs should DO clydd snopg proportion
tie Of p b, s,es ~ s 80 S one s sa s s sS
svory part Of which the sse to be p.pu
sppiOp be m'de the schools VI one 'c cOnHer.y
viii Mt unisr suanc. Of the Intelligent AMI fh'ul
Io's Of 6.qsq, T ' .0 ~ s1 Tdon ans sai Wh
decidedly protest against the @sei overthrow OF its essential
dety shDed patriotism of your honorable body
people.
reporter Of THE TRIBUNE called uron Vicar General
Quinn Yesterday 90 ascertain lis views concerning tho
protest and memorial It's alleged that the protest Is
being very extensively circulated. and is likely to re-
celyo a very largo number OF signatures. The Wear
General when questioned regarding the protest replied
that le had read H. but too busy to enter upon an
examination OF IL pon. by point just then.
Indeed be dill not tiak it necessary to do 80. BE had
read 1t very carefully and could discover nothing now
in IT. nothing consequently worthy OF any special con-
sheraton 1t was simply compilation Of the cub
STAGE OF articles tins subj ect that Rad appeared 70
the Religious and other journals over aud over again
All ha. IL contained had been sail before and answered
OH tie Other side Ii agumen.6 embodied in 1t were
OF nature that appeared as srong to the 0ne side as
they were weak TO tho other. They would convey
10 new information TO the Board OF Education. In
fact snch protest did not enter into the
nresept question at all. TIE question now
before the Board respecting the admission OF parocha
schools the benefit OF the Common school tycm was
one that was not 10 settled protests the
side or the other. 1t had been placed IN the hands OF
zion and the Trustees Parochia Schools to decide
ON it's own merits, am.caby ana quietly, without inter-
ference from oueidcrs many OF wno,a would oe NEON
icsts II it Tcro TO be decided III that way,
protests might very easily be drawn up on the
contrary side, aud o very respectable array OF
aInes 1lnht be found to swell tho list OF SINNERS At
least some five hundred thousand would sign
contrary protest II called upon TO DO So But thry
Nyod not be called upon it either necessary or
advisable TO call upon them. The whole question was
branch OF the subject OF education and who had
assnredly already thought over every point
y WE5eei in tbs protest. Signatures were easily
procured, and did not always iheIh nlueh: lac
VIcar-teneral emphatic on the point that " pro-
tests were to dece the question. as they were not. they
could made 10 balance pretty evenly no thought
cnoS feeu: ana common-sense of :he gentlemen in
whose hancs 1t had by mutual consent been placed.