The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-07-18
NATIONAL EDUCATORS.

BCtsory E0uCatfOn.
ST. PAUL Mimi, July 1.-THE thru
days session of the National Educa
tional Association was attended by an
other immense crowd. The committed
on nominations reported in favor of the
following officers: President, William
r. Garrett, of Nashville, Tenn; vice.
presidents, James Fl. Garfield, of Law
renee, Kan; w. F. Beadle, of Madison,
S. D.; Mrs. d. L. Williams, of Della
ware, o.; j. NJ Baker. of Denver, Col
T. Fulare, of Marion, KY; John
Buchanan, of Kansas City, Mo-; III.
Jones' of Erie, Pa; Mary E. Nicholson,
of Indianapolis; ]. p. Preston, of Jack
son, Miss; E B. McElroy, of Salem,
Ore; NJ C. Fernald. of Orono. Me-, and
Solomon Palmer, of Montgomery, Ala.
secretary, E Ii. Cook, of New Bruins.
wick, n. j.; treasurer, j. M. Green
wood, of Kansas City, No., and di.
rector from each State represented in
the convention.
The report was adopted after an I'M
successful attempt of Mr.. Vail, of ILL
nois, to substitute DR.. E. w. Hewitt, of
Ohio, for president.
The first subject of the morning was
Compulsory Laws and Their Enforce
ment" Archbishop ireland, of St Paul,
read the first paper on the topic, THE
State School and the Parish School; Is
Union Between Them Impossible?"
Archbishop Ireland said in substances:
will be permitted TO make at once my
profession of faith. declare moe un-
bounded loyalty to the Constitution Sf my
country. ! desire no favors. l claAh no
rights that are not in consonance with Its
letter and fits spirit. The rights which the
Constitution allows do claim and in so do
ing am but the truer and more loyal Amer.
lean.
unreservedIy favor State laws making
instruction compulsory. Instruction is so
much needed by each citizen for his own
sake and for that of society that the father
who neglects to provide for his child's in
struction sins against the child and against
society, and It behooves the State to punish
him. OF course, first principles must not be
forgotten, and, since instruction is primarily
the function of the parent, the parent en-
joys the right to educate his child in the
manner suitable to himself, provided al
ways that the education given in this man.
ner suffices for the Interior duties of the
child toward himself and society. Com
pulsory education implies attendance at
state only when there Is no attendance In
other schools known to be competent to i'm
part instruction in the required degree. The
compulsory laws recently enacted in GER
tain States of the Union are, to my judg-
ment, Objectionable in a few incidental
clauses. These, am confident will readily
be altered in approaching legislative ses-
sions. With the body of the laws and their
general intent in the direction of Fastening
amongst us universal instruction, / am in
most hearty accord. -.
The secular instruction in the State
schools is our pride and our glory, and re-
greet that there is a necessity for the exist
ence of the parish school The spirit of the
parish school, If not the school ITSELF is
widespread among American Protestants,
and is made manifest by their determined
opposition to the exclusion of Scripture
reading and other devotional exercises from
The school room
There is dissatisfaction with the State
school as at present organized. The State
school, it is said, tends to the elimination Of
religion from the minds ard hearts of the
youth of the country. This is my grievance
against the State school of day. Believe
me, my Protestant fellow citizens that am
absolutely sincere when now declare that
am speaking for the veal of Professionalism as
well as for that of Catholicism. i am a Catho-
lie, OF course, to the tiniest fiber of my |
heart, unfinching and uncompromisng in |
my faith But God forbid that / desire to
see in America the ground which Protest |
antism occupies, exposed to the chilling |
and devastating blast of unbelief. Let me |
he your ally in stemming the swelling tide |
of irreligion, the death kneIl of Christian |
life and of Christian civilization, the fatal |
foe of souls and of country.
The Stste school is non religious. 1t liz. 1
nores religion. There is and there can be |
no positive religious TEACHING where the
principle of non -sectarianism rules. 1t fol-
lows, then. that the child will grow up in
the belief that religion is of minor impor-
tance, and religious Indifference will be his
creed L. great mass of children receive |
no tireside lessons and attend no Sun
day school. and the great mass of
the children of America are growing up
with ut religion. Toe State need not teach
religion, but for the sake of its people and
for its own sake it should permit and facili-
tate the action Of ths Church; but it binders |
this action Let the state look to itself. The
mind which it polishes is two edged
sword an instrument for good or an instru-
ment for evil 1t were fatal to polish it
without the assurance that in all lik elihood
II shall be an instrument for good
You say the State school teaches morals.
but morals without religious principles do
not exist Secularists and unbeIIevers will
interpose their gifts. 1 do not impose nv
relig on on them, nor should they impose
their religion OF secularism on US. Again,
there are differences among Christians and
Iatholcs would not infiict their belief upon
non Catholics, nor should Professionalism be
inn .cted upon Catholics. Some compromise
becomes necessary Taxation without rep
resentation is wrong, and while the minori-
ty pay school taxes their beliefs should be
respected. America is trying to divorce re-
ligion and the school although religion per-
yades our systems and the school was origin
ally relig Gus, through and through As
solution of the difficulty, l would permeate
the regular State school with the religion OF
the majority of the children of the land, be
t as Protestant as it can be and would, |
as they do in England, pay for the secular
instruction given an UNCONVENTIONAL school
according to results-that is, each pupil
passing the examination before State off, |
clais and in full accordance with the State
programme would secure to his school the | /
cost or the tuition OF pupil in tie State ,
school Another plan: 1 would do as Prot
'estants and Catholi.s in Poughkeepsie
md other places in our own country have {
agreed TO do, 60 the great satisfaction of all !
'ont erned and the great advancement OF ,
interests. N Poughk eepsie the
'ity school boatd rents the but ding former 5
y used as parish schools and IRON the hour {
II nine a. IN. to hat of thre D. m the school 7
$ IN every particu ar a State school, no re-
igioGss instruction coming between the
hours named and the school being in charge Z
# the city school boari. e
In concinsfon, protest against the charge 5
hat the schools of the Nation have their :
nemies aInc-g Catholics. The Catholics
re loyal 90 the country and demand the e
'hriSt an State school. 9
Murderer Hanged. r
FoRT, SMITH, Ark, July 1L-John
tansberry was hanged here yesterday n
nd IL e T.
ountry last October He displayed re- o