The age-herald., 1901-04-13
Ask for Protection Against So-
 Called IIiberality
A WARNING TO CHRISTIAN PEOPLE
Monsignor conoty Says Catholics Re. fuse to Bend Their Knee to Such PaternaIism-calls it Arro-
 sance and Tyranny.

Chicago, April 12.-A declaration of the Catholic position on education in the Uni ted States was adopted today at the clos ing session of the national conference of the Association of Catholic Colleges. The resolutions comprising the declaration re- ceived the unanimous assent of the repre- sentatives of the seventy different col leges in the collegiate system of the Cath ollie church in America. The declaration adopted was as follows:
 "First-That this association of Catho- lie colleges require it's president, Right Rev. Thomas J. Conaty, respectfully to call the attention of the bishops of the United States al their annual meeting to the work of this conference in regard to our collegiate conditions, and especially to the importance of the high school movement.
 "Second-That the tendency of educa- tional legislation forces us to warn our Catholic people of the systematic and well defined effort in certain quarters toward absolute state control in education, there by threatening and crippling all private educational efforts, thus depriving a large class of the citizens of the liberty of maintaining schools in which their re- ligion shall be a prominent element.
 '.Third-That we remind Legislators of the rights of conscience guaranteed 10 US by our American citizenship and call their attention to the system of schools which our people have maintained at great expense and sacrifice.
 "Fourth-That we protest against the unfair and unjust determinations result ing from much of the educational legs- lation, and we appeal to the fair-ninded- ness and sense of justice of the American people to protect us from such illiberal- ity.N
 .Fifth-That this conference of Catho- lie colleges conyinces us that We are jus tifed in asserting that our college sys- tenn deserves the generous cooperation of all interested in higher Catholic educa- tion, and we pledge ourselves to use ev- cry effort to perfect still more our collegi- ate conditions.
 "Sixth-That we call upon all Catholics to recognize the imperative needs Of a more perfect organization of our educa- tional system, and we assure them that with a fuller development of the Catholic High School we shall have complete system, with Its headship In the univer- sity and thus we shall continue to main- 
 congratuIatlon From Pope.
 The following cablegram of congratula- tion came from Pope Leo:
 Rome April 12
 ..Monsignor Thomas J. Conaty, Presi- dent of the Conference of Catholic Col 1eges:
 "The holy father thanks you for the rood wishes expressed by you in the name of the conference of Catholic colleges and
 1oor rttlx f an al N diction.
 (Signed) CARDINAL RAMPOLlA.
 The cablegram was in answer to mes- sage which the convention sent to the Pope when it convened. The following of- hcers were chosen to serve during the ensuing year:
 President-Rev. Thomas J. Conaty, D. D.. Rector of the Catholic University Washington:
 Eecretary-Treasurer- John Con- way. St. Gonaga College, Washington.
 Members of the Standing Committee Augustinians: Rev. Lawrence A. De Lu- rey, villanave College, Villanave. Pa. Benedictines, Rev Vincent Huber, St Bedes College, Peru, Ill: Fathers of the Holy Cross: Rev. James French, Notre Dame University. Notre Dame, Ind; Dio- oesan, Rev. William l.. O'Hara Mount St. Mary's College, Emmettsburg. Mary land; Jesuits, Rev John Conway, Con- gaza College, Washington.
 Among the speakers during the days proceedings was Condo Fallen of St. Louis, who spoke as a layman of the widespread interest of the laity in the work of the conference.
 It was decided to hold the next confer ence in 1902 on the first Tuesday. We'd nesday and Thursday. after July in Chi cago
 In his closing address Monsignor Co., naty, after reviewing the works, of the conference, said:
 we are citizens 'as we'll as Christians and we refuse to bend the knee to the fetich of state paternalism, and claim by virtue of our citizenship the right to edu- cate our people in schools which our con- science approves. We warn a Christian peopIe that Christianity is in danger from inc arrogance and tyranny of legislation, which not only deprives positive religion from state schools, but also aims to crush the private schools in which religion dwells as its very soul"