New-York tribune., 1893-12-29
cprc1v OF TIE PUBIC SCHOOLS.
oUTGRowTH OF PROTESTANT lNSA"'
THE sECULtEIZATION shOUho

orrcpowTu OF PROTESTANT INSTEC CIlON~
THE SEOUL >EIZATIoN SHOULD
NOT BE REVERSED.
To the Editor Of The Tribune ,...o.,or
st. r,hosa who discuss the educatlonai si'"a.'o"
sbo,l1 first Of all read the history OF 'he io"'u"9
of the present school system IL IL olie's 9o,os a.
,a,,. rho schoos were in the hands OF the rroavs
49,, ro protestant parochih schools Inc
n, ,.,a,,o ,alinn,shed their hold for the sahe VI
rrd.r,r, them truly public schools PUBIC op
ion after about nfty years of trial Is
inqlv against connecting the state VIII" o"' " '
religion. - ,oo hes,,n
In England the same struggle mas pee" 49,,
that was begun here htty years de'' ~, uh,,c
- england has had control of the so-caileu puD"
.,hoo,s. E, breads 10 let go. Mr. Joseph X D'ss''
,,rr,o, of the London School Boaru' !" ~
~inetaenth Century" says: the oc"oo' :,
stands to the child in the place VI ''' h,r
This is only partially true. The pare"' ,'"s 80
,h. child in this city the teacher IL ho' , -.
,rh, narent must not look to the School Doair "
-. nt 1oryhtors in the care of chilareh'
.,,h rt.rbert Spencer says this should oe 'aus'''
IT. American idea is that the teacher sithP'S "a"
from, the uarents the task Of teaching iea''"7' ~
heca,isc ha Is better qualified to DO ~ 49,
..The duty Of the School Board Is ~ ''.aa ,ro1
children as the parents would nave '"'' 49, -,
1 ,.licton, ANY attempt to rob parents u '
rght Is foredoomed to failure lhelr u"', -. =,
-, ,h narants attend 10 their own duty II '''e'
utah their children taught TO De 'e"'' ~
Catholics or Protestants let them Hfiu 'le -,
Mr. Dlggle writes In the interest Oh '''e -,
rrOand Nine-tenths OF the chllureh ""'' .
| ,r tho hands OF that church. 1t - "iii'"s Nv" 80
IT,, ,ha LOUIS etc one dollar and get nine tor itsei
| put as all who know the situation III I|'e'" 49,.
| -, tho schools are becoming secuiarHeu Ju''
! M ,b American schools were. No power can "e'i
II II was once thought that the chiei pus''e :,
! rho state was TO attend to the rehsio" Vi Wv ;,
Tho horrors that have ATTENDED tue a''''''
- .,, ,to, idea have shown the erroneoushe7
OF the conception. But II was ye' "a
,ov who was studying grammar must aiSo oe nc mo
.,1,. tho religious creed OF his parents A"'e'
| , ,.os tho first TO say TO such parent H''''
! uhot religious creed you prefer teach Soui ~ ~,
| that creed IL you wish; but don't can o'i .'l' -
30 holn" In other words. The child solely come
under the care Of the state ior ms" "". "
tain studies such reading. etc ..
The writer at this time has no ch'iu'e" ~ 81
, .,,,ol They are all too old. Shal he nave
school tax levied on him OF $40. for example.
which the Presbytcrians get 81; the koihah rnisrC
r, :, G. the I'nitarans ten c,nts, the rp'' ~
il,,i % o. 's'vantvnve cents the Reformed Dutch m ~
Teen cents. the Methodlsis q -, - a.d viii prot
Niioi'',' 49, g, claim for a share The inJustl9e
pt,.rrnt suppose have just eit tne Mp..TT ReTorme
nn. I'm ~. -s,iau. still / must pay bigger sum
this =, d,nonination / don't Ike tnan TO the o'e
p,rnts send their children to school 10 6op pe al y
sructed in readng etc The qnesIe' tbe f'4' writ
shnv this Meeting good lriSh woman schooi uh 'n
~k"I her How IL John getting along AZ sooot ods
, r,'hiane;' 'Ohl he be- doing splendld ne ,,sar o
, - ,si,,i re,aer and ne writes that nIe, =, -
, ,,h, h,s h.en said by the Roman Catnoc ere, rp
would be found that rine-ienths o t aamltt
Ill h r.rr.ctly willing to have reiisloii ol'it t
woGn w. ,bn r,roch1i schools When this was sa,u
'n .nineut Roman Catholic clergyHan hV az" fmr =
, ! . 49,, o'iIei They don't know what Is 10, , -
H. Gu' ~ tbar children in Jersey C1ty some st yfc
ago a Prcshyteran teacher opsaega g preading al
snsne Of hymns ETC. PrsSytsahm ,lr aherc TeSsi wsre
q sen III, ~, .xarcisos and explained L by sayhE,
r. s n, best teacher van, o,,on ny goy ymPpref ri
Y coilr-'. 80, American idea. The Roman SaiIl
- M II M the la; to maintain schools W''n .h seias n,b
' ~, IL hro1ler-minied ones see that the ~ Pu :,
r H"' schoni Is the that meets the wants vi
= n.,re best: they see that they 49, az W. ~ Tea
g. t"."e,arts must make vigorous efforts 70 '1a e.,
u ,ii,,,,n in the Young at other places ~ ''' II
u, W9w.York Dee. 3. 1893.