The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-08-13
Organisation Of an Educational Society In st. Peters
Parish.

L
! Last Sunday q number Of the gentlemen of
| st. Peters congregation met in the school
house, Marigny street, for the purpose Of organ
| izng society to advance the educational in
| terests of the parrish. Rev. Father Flanagan
| presided, and Mr.. George Ducey acted as score
| tary. The report of a Committee on Organize
| ton, appointed at q preliminary meeting held
| Sunday, 30th ult., was read and adopted, and
underits provisions the following named Off
| cerswere elected for the ensuing six months:
P. Elizardi, President; Very Rev. C. Moyni-
han, First Vice President Rev. ]. D. Flanagan,
Second Vice President; George Ducey, Score
tary John Reany, Treasurer.
The following Committee on Constitution
was appointed Messrs NJ. E Garvey, P. Ever
EFT, N. K. ONeill, D. D. O'Brien, P. P. Carroll
and P. Elzardi.
The Society then adjourned to this Sunday
| morning, at IL o'clock.
Ia advance of the adoption of a constitution
it is impossible to say exactly what course will
be adopted by the new society with reference to
the parochisl schools. Judging, however, from
! the opinions of the gentlemen present, as OK
pressed during and after the meeting, we think
it very probable that they will be made FREE
that is, no parent, whether he be rich or poor,
will be charged for the tuition of his child,
bat the funds necessary for maintaining the
schools will be collected by this Society from
all the people of the parish in such manner as
may be decided on in the future. This plan
has worked admirably wherever tried, particu-
larry in Brooklyn and st. Louis.
From the lasl number of the st. Louis Vateh-
man we take the following report, which fur
nishes some valuable information on the sub
ject:
we'll attended meeting of the gentlemen
of the Aununciation Parish was held Sunday
last, for the purpose of hearing the reports of
the Secretary and Treasurer of the Board of
the Treasurer showed the total receipts of the
year to be $2720 "a the total expenditures
S2692 SO, leaving in the treasury, all debts paid
balance of S27 &c.
The report of the Secretary, Rev. P. Morris
sey, was equally encouraging. The number of
boys enrolled during the scholastic year was
255; the number OF girls 297 total number en-
rolled, SOP an Increase of more than 100 over
the number of last year.
There are five grades In the girls department
and six in the boys The course OF study is
very much the same that folio wed in the
public schools, with this exception, however,
that catechism and sacred history are taught.
The teachers employed are as efficient IS those
of any other school, as the progress Of the
pupils, especially those of the girls department,
will testify. The schools are wholly under the
control of a Board of Directors, chosen by the
parisbioners, and are entirely free. The funds
to sustain them are raised by contributions,
egch member of the parish paying his mite,
generally five cents a week, q tax cheerfully
paid for the purpose CT giving the children q
religious we'll as secular education. Thus
large number of children are taught, and in
this enc parish is saved to the State consider
able sum.
Messrs. Quirk, Calvin and Gugerty, whose
term had expired. were reelected, and with
Rev. P. p Brady, President; Rev. 2. Morrissey,
Secretary, and Messrs. Hardy and Ruane, COM
pose the Board.