Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-12-23
EDUCATIONAL INTEREST.
President Read, of the City School
Board, Chats with the Den
yer News.

President L. G. Read, of the Santa Fe
city school board, has been i'll Denver for
the past week examining Denvers pub
lie school system. In the course of an
extended interview with the Denver
News Mr.. Read says, among other things
SANTA FE's NEW SYSTEM.
"Our teachers have Gccom plishtd a
great deal of good in the last fonr months.
Under the new system the youth OF Santa
Fe have derived more benefit than ever
before. 1t is quite true that we have had
to contend with serious and persistent
opposition to our common schools from
tie Catholic clergy. Their position will,
however, am sure, be much modified by
the recent decision of the council in New
York. The position taken by Mgr Sa-
TOLL is similar to that taken by our board.
His stand was sustained by the pope, and
| think this settles the school question
in New Mexico. l am a Catholic, but
am also an American, and 1 think a man
can be good Catholic and a good citl-
zen at the same time. In fact, think n
man can not be good Catholic without
being good citizen. | think the com
mon schools Of the United States the
glorious inheritance of the rising gen
Grafton"
MINGLING OF TIE SEXES.
VI believe that the bringing of thes sexes
together in our common schools, and, as
they pass from grade TO grade, respect
ing and emulating each other, is bound
to bring to the front better men and
women. They become good husbands
and good wives and above all good citi-
zens. Our perfected public school sys-
TEN tends to secure the permanence of
our institutions. 1t makes it possible
for the Catholic and the Presby yterian.
the Baptist and the Episcopalian, the
American born child and the adopted
child, to breathe the free air of liberty. Any
system of schools must be good that
has produced such men as Grant. Gar
field, Lincoln and a myriad of others
who have helped to make this country
what it is. We're it not for the generosi-
ty of our American institutions no denom-
The air we breathe in the United States
is too free for any mental slave to live
in."
EDUCATION PUBLIC CONCERN
Religion is the concern of the indi
vidual. Education is a public concern to
which tho oororoI ,,ovornr,oo+ :, oo,i.
y
tou' ~ 10 'lle oeSlre ol our legislators 10
have the people rise to the exigencies of
'lo ninoteeh1h century l regard school
moneys as sacred IT. Is true IL comes
itoiii = VhoSe Ioiuihs all sortS ot oelleiS'
out we Shoulu hot forget that IL comes
rom the sweat OF the prov OF Americans
i iou can no' separate TINS luhd' no more
tl"h you cou,u separate IDEAS ana expect
10 nave an american people helglon
snoulo > De IN the bosom OF every man. IN
ms nome ana the sacred recesses OF the
I'M inner temple put education belongs to
a! an people D! rlgn'' De 'heir fellgioh what
IL may
NE" MEXICO AS STATE
Il can see no reason why New Mexico
should not be admitted at this time, All
dosiroit +bi,I, .bo4 ,a1i.;o,
'1'''A '""' P0'''-''
Shouid be secondary matter when the
welfare OF l6o'ooo people IS at heart
congress shouia not stop TO ask what our
P1ilslcal @ situation m @ Is, out now well ntted
OluerWlSe we are. Our natural resources /