The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-08-31

ne DsaaA Catholics $50 0sssa's College,
R>assssus Tyraasy IL EAssaAsso.

,rrt.clsss university education within reach
OF the youth OF southern ireland. is q truly re-
gal establishment To the visitor exploring
the many remarkable modern edihces embel-
fishing tho picturesque heights on the north OF
the city the long Gothic front and beautiful
she nsw essRsa most pleasing
stretching away to the south and west. and the
Intensely. green meadows and oyerhanging
masses OF elm and sycamore. The three spires
Se IN IN G themselves ' beautiiu object il their
height were not SO alsurdly disproportionAte
!, tho sss 81 H Il "a. esc
two western towers IL 1870 feet whereas the
total interior longth Of the building Is only i63
n.a. % sSs sp& oo viii thus
ne e aas ~ parish
e like very small man with very tall nat hst.
6asehsd s tosstRef. and the sdiiiss produces the
painful impression Of a hunchback struggling
q hs tn. site
q the cathedral built BY st. Finbsr the n i6t
Bishop q Cork In s2a round Snnsb tower snl hUe
watch and ward over the old Catholic cemetery.
in whlchtho holy Bishop slept amid so many
round tower disSppe.red when ,CrSmwell,s
jewellers had y al .heiE NTp WAY In M1 L, ,sas
tsmporeneopsly with the school Of Seville. the
pso%Gsl founded q. IL Spain BY 81
which his brother. St. Isidore. made SO famous
By his learning and his eloquence. few
separating the Protestant cathedral from the
OT he M
dent. Dr. Sullivan. and from the ancient monks
they have dug Ss
lection in the museum Of the college.
Can your readers wonder II the descendants
should ufd View With feelings Of III. restrained in:
riace OF these yenerated teachers Of long ago :
that the e. II eis
AVERSION p9Ss suspicion at the modsrn university
school and it's attractive grounds. when they
know that the religion for which they and their
Al a9 shs mo- TSnI Kasa Par ARIA Com
cosss y and s In me@oabe DEBATE IN the
House Of Commons last wee the Irish NOM
Sss 9d Ssss nd belfast h hsa ns ss
governed BY Presbyierians. and for The eduOa:
Galway 10 handed over to the Catholic hier::
shs soSsh ana jan
20 bsb the T
and nomina.y. the trustees and controlling
They have a frankly avowed fear Of episcopal
laymen will ere long be the sole managers OF
these establishments. Is my firm CONVICTION.
olic professors themselves do not conceal their
fears that these colleges are about to pass into
the hnnds Of the PsP;ss And sash fears are
Government protesting to BE- the most liberal
freshmen should receive q beginning q equal
justice in matter 80 vital as that Of public cd:
GALWAY with thin more s' smpls subsidies than those
at present granted by Parliament. to be given
over 70 they wGvd a. Pin b far behind
stitutionsl. in affiuence and all the means Of
ne. revenue derived from the Crown 81 ssI.-
ss7. q .iiS isS that Is. total ne. revenue 81
$500 1856. Again. this total does not include
cs g. nor rental shs Ct xns
sSs tHsIs & Al
priated to endowed schools. from which the
Catholic Formulation derive no advantage;
because. even when thrown open to Catholics
shsss i9ok upon them as unsafe or covertly
The system OF national schools inaueurated
aord S the catheiic Children Of ft the sborins
ss:es like Ss to IT,
shs e cSsreR
The Of this sSsism WIS the
praise DO 1t said. he really meant to carry out
faithfully the recommendation OF the Selec,
Parliamentary Committee Of 1928. and bestow
on % hs a rsh passb
and Il separate religious education" But from
the very beginning. as is now q matter Of his
torsal evidence. the men to whom the
Debating the LIBERAL Gsi parSoss
only Of the Board Of Comm ssioners who were
controlling authority in the system beionsot
to the Catholic religion. Even this was looked
Gsursh pa sna the uns
sioisntiy asnounesd for thus truckiins to Ii.
PapIsts But the sole management Of the ma
nas sspGR Re Es esres Dnssa 'et
the Church ot Scotland: AND an qrdainet5
ier his Chief help%sto . Mr.. fho%a. Af +
Kelly ,s.I barrsteE and and "a Protestant Q!
Himself For master 81 the model 81 sehooi asd
S:; 5srils ssiss5sa Dr. tS MssT,$as sso'sS
ns 70 he SstonsI Board in l ssao' ns%Ssr
az tsano Ths nga o tSs
Catholic prelstes PLACED their schools under
the authority Of this Board. hoping that this
q fuller would be forthcoming. Meanwhile
they took every possible precaution to secure
to the children attending these schools the
benefit Of q a thorough religious instruction
minority Of the Bishops. however following
the lead OF DIR. Mac Hale refused to have any.
thing to do with these national schools.
They had more than sufficient reason tc
Justify their course. Tho National Board
adopted from the beginning the school books
Of the Kildare Place Society. which was &C;
knowledged to he q proselytizing body. and
whose books were devised to serve its pur.
pose. They also adopted the publications
after certain alterations" Of tho Cathoi |.
that Mr.. Garlic and Archbishop Whatey put
their heads together, and not content with
altering the Catholic books and the extrncts
from tho Douay Bible to bs read in the schools
they introduced the works OF Archbishop
Whately himself. in which every tenet. doc
Church was broadly condemned" as 1t was
affirmed before the House Of Lords.