The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-24

agreed to pay for the tuition and for the
buildings Children of Catholic parentage
received religious teaching at other times
than public school hours. and the children
OF other parents were not taught anything
but what was purely secular
This was viewed by Archbishop Con-
RIGAN and others of his school as opposed
to the Catholic idea of education, aud the
pope, being appealed to. sent two delegates
from Rome to attend the conference and
aid in settling the difficulty.
After three days session the assembled
dignitaries adopted the following resolu-
tons:
Flrst-Resolved, To promote the erection OF
Catholic schools. SO that tnere may be accomo-
daIion IN them, If possible, foe all our Catholic
children, according to the DEGREES OF the third
Plenary council OF Baltimore and the decision
of the Holy See.
Secoud-Resolved. That as to children who
at present do not attend Catholic schools, we
direct, in addition, that provision be made for
Sunday schools, and. also, by instruction, on
some other day or days of the week and by
urging parents to teach their children the
Christian doctrine at their homes
Sunday and weekday schools should be
under the direct supervision of the clergy,
aided by the Intelligent lay teachers, and,
when possible, by the members OF religious
teaching orders
This is considered victory for the IRE
LAND and GIBBONS methods, aud a step to-
wards reconclltng the secular and the
religious elements in education. Catholic
children will not be forbidden to attend
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be permitted to teach in public schools
where they can gain permission aud
abstain from all religious references. At
the same time, the system of church
schools will be encouraged and also religi-
Gus instruction to Catholic children on
Sundays aud at other convenient seasons.
The general tenor of Catholic teaching
in this country has been hostile to the
public school system, and seliing chill
dren TO the public schools has been de-
uounced as deadly sin. The great en-
deavor of the Catholic church has been
to obtain q portion of the pubic
school funds for use in the parochial
school system. All this has received a
set back in the result of the conference.
1t is not at all probable that the idea of
dividing up the public school money among
the various denominations according to
numbers, will ever prevail in the United
States. The public school system has
become so firmly established that it is not
likely to be shaken or radically changed.
Neither will any doctrinal or sectarian in
struction be permitted in schools which
are attended by children of various faiths
and societies. The public schools will have
to be kept secular, so far as tenets are
concerned, but that ought not to exclude
moral training.
The various religious denominations need
not leave their children without religious
instruction. They might follow the Catno
lie example with much propriety. With
out opposing or seeking to cripple in any
way the public schools, 10 which the
children OF ell citizens may be sent with
out paying tuition fees. the churches can
have their own religious classes. which,
with the Sunday schools and other Juvenile
institutions, will supply the lack in the
common schools. Ia any event. the Guilt
yation of the moral faculties and incentives
to honor, self restraint, and obedience to
the highest laws of existence should form
part of the system of public education, and
this can be effected without bringing any
dogma or creed into the schools supported
out of the public funds. Both systems can
exist and flourish without conflict and
for the culture and education of mankind