Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-11
STATE AND SCHOOL.
Is a Union Between Them
Impossible?
Archbishop Ireland's Views on
the Question.
He Reads Paper Before the Ma
tiOnal Educational Convention.
Other Interesting Papers and Addresses.
Officers of the Educational Asso-
citation Chosen.
Associated Press Dispatches. |

ST. PAUL, July 1O.--The third days
session of the Educational Association
was called to order promptly. Another
immense crowd was present. The COM
mittee on nominations reported in favor
of William R. Garrett, OF Nashville, tor
president. Among the vice-presidents
are J. M. Baker, of Denver; E. B. Nc
Elroy, of Salem, Oregon. The secretary
is T. H. Cook, of New Brunswick, N. j.
A director from each state represented
in the convention was chosen.
Archbishop Ireland, of st. Paul, read
the first paper on the topic estate and
School: Is a Union Between Them I'm
possible" ?" In opening his speech he
declared his loyalty to the constitution,
and said he would uphold the parish
schools, but would have all schools
state schools. The imparting of in
struction to child is primarily the
function of the parent. The state should
intervene whenever a family can or will
not do the work needed.
He unreservedly favored state laws
struction is so much needed by each cit
izen for his own sake and for that of
society, that the father who neglects to
provide for his child's instruction sins
against society, and it should behoove
tie state to punish him. Of course, he
said, the parent should enjoy the right
to educate his child in manner suit
able to himself, provided always that
QH frix
feed for the ulterior duties of the child
toward himself and society. The COM
pulsory laws recently enacted in certain
states of the union were Objectionable only
in few of their individual clauses.
The state school, he said, tended
toward elimination OF religion from the
minds and hearts of the youth of the
country. This, he said, was his griev-
ance against the state schools of today.
There could be no religious teaching
where the principle of non-scctarianism
exists. It followed then that the child
would grow up in the belief that religion
is of minor Importance, and religious in
difference would be his creed.
The state need not teach religion, but
for the sake of its people and for it's own
sake it should facilitate and permit the
action of the church, but if it hindered
this action, as solution of the difficulty
he would permit the regular state school,
with the religion of the majority OF the
children of the land, be it as Protestant
as it could be, and would do as they
do in England--pay for secular instruc-
ton given in denominational schools
according to the results; that is, each
pupil passes an examination before state
officials, and if full accordance with the
state programme is found, secure to his
school the cost of the tuition of pupil
in the state school.
In conclusion, the archbishop pro-
tested against the charge that the
schools of the nation have their enemies
among Catholics. The Catholics are
loyal to the country, and demand
Christian state schools.
Oscar II. Cooper, state superintendent
OF schools of Texas, read the next paper
on the same general subject. Cooper
held that compulsory education laws
contravene fundamental principle
which is dominant in American institu-
tiOns, viz, minimum of law, thor
oughly enforced, with maximum Of
freedom. Rather than compulsory laws
he favored better schools.
The general discussion on the subject
of compulsory laws was participated in
by Hon. Aaron Cove, of Denver; Hon.
James 0. Pierce, of Minneapolis; Super
intendent McElroy, of Oregon, and
State Superintendent Thayer, of Wis
consin.
This afternoon Commissioner of Educa-
tion Paris delivered an address to the
normal department.
The art department elected Mrs. Han
nah d. Johnson Carter, of New York,
president for the coming year; Miss Lii
liam Jacobs, Rockford, Illinois, vice
president, and Professor Collins, OF Den
yer. secretary
Prof. Alexander Winchell, of Michi-
gan University, advocated early educa-
tion in geology before the department.
on elementary education. Gustav
Guttenburg followed with a paper on
"Science Training in the Primary and
Grammar Departments" while Miss
Lutwiler, of Alabama, told of prison
schools in the mining camps.
The main topic at the evening session
was 'The Place and Function OF the
Agricultural College," Papers were
read by d. l.. Keihle, of Minnesota, and
Lewis McClouth, of South Dakota.
While this meeting was in session the
alumni of many colleges and universities
were meeting in social reunion.