The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28

Topics 20 Be Dtseussea ~ Catholic Tenehers
and CterE, men Th,s week.

A chlld-study congress will meet In Column
bus Hall tonight at 3 o'clock. In this day OF
change and discussion IL Is important that
those engaged In tho training OF chiiuroh
should know what others engaged in the same
work are doing. At tho Champlain summer
school n number of Catholic teachers ana VA
rents enjoyed nm exchange OF opinion. some
expressed the hope that Il convention might ne
held In one Of the largo cities during the Chris-
mas holidays 10 discuss practical questions re-
iating TO the work of teachers and 10 gather
suggestions, especially from c~lorgynien in
chargc of schools, who bn 30 devoted time 20
the study Of subjects pertaining 10 the moral
and spiritual development of childhood and
manhood. The Paulist Fathers took the mat
ter in hand and the result is the coming con-
gress.
In speaking OF II tho Row. A. p, Doyle, Us
r., said. The central idea of this Child-StudH
congress Is tho discussion Of spiritual growth
and tho dcsignsof tho congress Ia TO emphasize
tho fact that in standardization there Is devel'
opment defined by scientific law as in mind or
body cultivation. With that idea in view at
tho. opening session on Tuesday evening the
Rov. Thomas Mcmillan, c. $. r., will present
as the subject for discussion Spiritual Develop.
ment w. Socialism, The Rov. Morgan NJ.
Sheedy, one o. the principal educators of west
Vih Chhos wanna Will discus tHC uORCICTutO
tendencies Of the day. which manifest them.
selves In a growing generation without rever-
ence for authority. tendencies that ultimately
load to a rabid socialism. The remedy for this
is the cultivation of an ethical instinct in chill
dren and tho development Of the same That
same evening the Rev. Daniel j.. OSullivan OF
81. Adams, Vt, will discuss in the same spirit.
INCENTIVES to Patriotism,
will preside at the 10 o'clock session on Wednes-
day loren, on and the Rev. Joseph II. Conroy
the II of Esy' the boI Rev. and ID F. pos MSMan nsbsr D. w iii
talk on these SUBJECTS:
Relation Of tho Catholic child to the parish school;
adviser; practical instrustions in virtues and vices;
chudren's secrets; manifestations OF conscience In
Altruistic tendencies; heart areas faliow as well as
brain areas; environment; relations to the family
Kindness. patriotism cultivated.
Mrs. J: H. Baird of Poughkcepsie will have
charge Of the afternoon. meeting: when Miss
Miss Kate q. RodcricE, Miss Marcelia Reilly
Of tho Chicago Normal School; the Rev. Mich.
Thom mas a 5. Miete SI o Of RoGh asss' % Sfd make anS e's re-
Of, Countrywide and city life, large schools, mixed
Stanley Hall of Clarke University Viii have
study. Mgr. Conaty viii be in the C6air. '.'
full t af i5 5sss.ef on Al th hS T o.e5ock m %isi Ka snogid r IF
preside and Miss Frances A. Holmes of Sara.
toga, Miss Matilda da Cummins and Miss Mar.
Raret Hogarty will take up tho subject of de-
fective children, exchanging. opinions about
various defects in seeing, hearing, talking. mem.
DRY. imagination, i~atellect, bashfulness. and
boldness. At IL A. M. a big mothers meeting
is down on the programme. The Rev. John F,
and MIS-. Elizabeth G. Martin viii be the main
speakers.
for discussion at the first thursday aftsTno9n
Of the Normal College. Miss Susan Reilly OF
Trenton, and Mrs. Baird will do tho talking,
The congress will close with tho 4 o'clock SEES.
sion, the Rev. William J. Fitzgerald presiding
Dr.. McCabe of Ottawa, Canada; Miss Reilly
ara, Miss X. NJ. Mckinley of Boston. and Miss
Katharine Gorman OF. Pennsylvania will dis
cuss various educational subjects. For example,
they will take mp the value of music in the
kindergarten. drawing. composition, mathe'
mates. literature, taking into consideration
tects, and also place as regards years. in school
life or development of child.
This congress is entirely educational" con-
cluded Father Doyle. ut Is not for the public
at large. but for men and women interested in
educational matters and for fathers and moth.
teachers institute work. The movement start.
ed two years ago, under the direction of Mrs.
B. Ellen Burke. and 1t is looking to the devel-
opment OF up-to-date normal methods among
parish schools. Under the influence of this
movement summer after summer bodies of
parish teachers have been gathered together in
our principal cities. They have given their
entire vacations to the study of the best edu-
cational methods. This work bids fair to be
gether are indications of the far.reaching edu.
Cational movements in the Catholic Church."