The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-27
NO SECT NOW BARRED OUT.
CATHOLIC Academies BECOME PART
OF The STATE SYSTEM.

An Important DeeIsIon By tho Board OF
Regents OF tho State Uhiversity-The
First Step Toward the Establishment OF
n single Educational Standard.
The Board Of Regents OF the state Univer-
sity has decided to issue charters to five Cath
ollie institutions which have applied for men,
bership In the institution. The law requires
that academies. in order to become members
OF the State system Of education and to share
In the distribution OF the academic fund OF
100000 annually. must hold certain amount
Of property. and have library and GER
tain apparatus The decision OF the Board Of
Regents admitting Roman Catholic academies
is OF q good deal OF Importance. committee
OF the Regents considered the matter OF the
application OF the ST. Johns Roman Catholic
Academy Of Syracuse. st. Johns Church and
the Roman Catholic Bishop OF that see finally
agreed to Issue to the Board OF Trustees OF
that school an absolute lease OF the property
for fifty years. The committee OF the Board
reported that the lease perfectly met all the
legal conditions md requirements. and tho
charter Was thereupon issued The appica-
ton OF five other oman Catholic schools in
various parts of the State for charters was cub.
such schools in this State will become mem
bers OF the state University by tho operation
Mr.. st Clair McKelway Of the State Board OF
cision Of the Board said yesterday in the ESse:
The inn ortance OF this step 10 marked. 1t
enables the roman Catholic schools o become
members of the state University the same as
any other schools. Il nnliies tue state system
ofhigher education. The schools referred to be:
come subject To the same rules, inspection and
examinations. and constantly measure their
WORK by the same standards OF other schools
Of liz Srah9 in the Stae; Their usses aud
schools in tho convocatton and 10 the various
other eAucationa gatherings of the state. and
law law in al all privilege. duties and ohIisatioHs
predicabe OF the component members Of the
State University.
The ep is not so much new procedure
as aronf"rmiy y. to 4 uni u OF EFFORT and rel-
Iesentatlon which Roman Catholic and non
past. OF the Regents convention the Roman
Catholic colleges have been members IT tho
same sense that, the governing and teaching
boards II all other institutions of that grade
have been. At every convocation for >ears.
and especially at the last one. one there here were no;
professors, but quit number OF Roman
Catholic women, belongng 10 sisterhoods Of
of enrnestness and cooperation Will, h they
showed WAS eKac ~ the same as that shown by
%etbods nna for Was Se
same from the cooperation OF he teachers
Of all faiths and Of none in the conv"cation to
the method unanimously reached by the Board
OF Regents for the chartering oil Roman Cathollc
academies: In exart keepinR with the letter
The step has been taken. 1t Is greatly a
wonder and somewhat OF u shame that 1t was
not taken before.
Only the DISPOSITION. with certain amount
OF patient effort on both sides. was required
for the two divisions OF religious orinion to
educational plane Such coming together there
presages tho ability to come together on COM
mon school llane. as soon as the uisnosit tSn
policy OF the State concerning education and
taxation is well known; Its innexibIiity and
it elf A harmony Of procedure within school
hours can be easily agreed on between tho
and the conductors Of the parochIai schools OF |
the Roman Catholic Church at any time when I
both sides really address themselves to tho /
!" it was the idea Of Samuel ]. Tilden that the
local Boa DIS of Education should lease the pa-
parishes and commission their teachers, for |
I he period Of public school hours each school |
day In the year hat DUNG those hours the
in the public schools, and that. before or after
those hours. such catecheticql OF, religious
by Roman Catholic teachers to such pupils as
might gather to receive It on their own desire
ecclesiastical authority. credentialitd directly
from the Pope, came to these States some
years ngo to arrange aatp matters In that way
which have n It been since resumed. Their re-
sumption at any lime should render a settle
Of the common school, among al! the contrhn
tary parties. by plan agreeable to The we'll
known ana nncha'ReaDle polcy ol mo State.
matter that could be reached as easily as the
sub ect has been dealt with. and
iealt with unanimou.l y on an academic plane.
by the Regents ut their last meeting.
The subject is not one OF rtnciVle. but only
one OF procedure. The PROCEDURE III ,uld not
oe long deferred. The late action OF the Regents
S an ausricious one. 1t should point the way
o results which were entirely possible when
sincere effort to attain them WAS made on he
Iall Of the people Of the state by Gov TIlden.
md met in, the same shirt by. the chieT au-
hority, OF the Oldest form OF Christianity In the
world"