The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-05-11
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The testimony in the GallitZin school
case as concluded Tuesday and was
argued by Messr>. wilkins Patterson and
Story for appellants, aad Judge Krebs and
O'Connor for defendants. The arguments
of counsel took up about three hours on
each side. A large number of witnesses
were SubOenaed and testified on each side.
and during the hearing a great many spec
tatorS were present in the court room. AT
ter the arguments were concluded Judge
Barker took the papers and will announce
his decision after a careful consideration
of the evidence and the law bearing on the
questions raised.
During the hearing the following letter
of State Superintendent Shaeffer to Mrs.
Laura j. Hysong, one of the complainants,
who had written To him To take steps to
have the nuns removed as teachers from
the schools in Gallitzin, was put in evi-
dence.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania !
Department of Public Instruction,
HARRISBURG, Pa. Decem Der %, 1898. J
Mrs. Laura j. HysOng, Gallitzin, Cam
bria county, Pa.-Dear Madam: | do not
see any thing in the Law TO prevent nuns
from teaching the children to call the
priest father" or a nun sister" L am
Protestant clergyman, and yet | would
consider it a breach Of etiquette and com
mon courtesy if | were tu fail in using the
proper ecclesiastical name in addressing a
priest or a nun. We ProtestaEtS recognize
the early church fathers and | see no rea-
son why in common life we should not
recognize the ecclesiastical names of the
III modern world. The law does not recog-
nj Z ha xubi birh
on entering the stage; yet il would be a
great breach of etiquette and good sense if
| should refuse to call her by the assumed
stage name. | certainly should address a
| nun as sister" using the word in its ec-
| cieSiaStical sense, although | would not
accept a legal document from her unless
| signed in her name.
The point which you raise is not mat
| ter of religion at all, but matter of eti-
| IuetIe. The priests from heather lands
were addressed by their own titles at the
| Chicago congress of religions and believe
| that il argues the spirit of by-gone age
| for anyone to raise objec IiOn to teaching
| the common courtesies of life. Germany
had war of thirty years on religion.
| questions and all parties finally began tC
| respect the religious peculiarities of theiI
| neighbOrS. If we're TO go to "A reception
in the vatican palace, L would, according
TO custom. kneel before the holy father
| and would not consider myself less true &c
my Protestant faith on that account
| Where We are in the majority, Protestant
! directors may order the bible To be read il
| the schools, and the Catholics must submit
| or establish schools of their own. Why
should we object if they insist on the com
mon courtesies of life where they are in tn,
majority? 1t is certainly not wise to rais'
a Iig lat on the ground that IL not tenable.
| do not think that the school board ha:
acted wisely, but the school law does no
vest any power in the state superintendent
or in the county superintendent by which
we can reach the school board ON any @
the grounds which you have named.
Yours truly,
~ 2r1I 4 Son I'D