Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-13
CATHOLIC STAND
ON EDUCATION.
Pronounces Against Danger Of
State Control,
APPEAL TO IT'S MEMBERS.
church College system, Deserves Gen-
erOus Co-0feration words OF
Cheer from over sea.

Chicago, April ia declaration OF
the Catholic position on education in
the United states was adopted at the
closing session of the national confer
ence Of the Association Of Catholic COL
leges. The resolutions comprising the
declaration received the unanimous as
sent Of the representatives of the sew
enty different colleges-practically the
entire collegiate system Of the Catholic
church In America The declaration
follows,
"First-That this Association Of Cath
Ole Colleges request It's president, the
Rev, Thomas j. Conaty, to respectfully
call the attention of the bishops Of the
United States, a their annual meeting,
to the work of this conference In regard
to our collegiate Institutions especially
TO the In )Jrtance Of the high school
movem IT.
Second THAT the tendency Of edu-
catiOnal legislation forces us TO warn
our Catholic people Of the systematic
and Well-dehned effort In certain quar-
ton, thereby threatening and Gripping
all private educational effort, thus de.
priying large class Of the citizens OF
the liberty Of maintaining schools in
which their religion shall be made an
essential element.
"Thrd-That we remind legislators
Of the rights Of conscience guaranteed
TO us by our American citizenship and
call their attention to the system Of
schools which our people have MAIN
tanned at great expense and sacrifice,
'Fourth-That we protest against the
unfair and unjust determinations re-
sulting from much Of the educational
legislation, and We appeal to the fair
mindedness and sense OF Justice Of
the American people to protect us from
such illiberality.
Fifth That this conference Of Cath
Ollie colleges cOnyinces us that we are
justified In asserting that our college
system deserves the generous co-Opera-
ton Of all interested In higher Cath
Ollie education and we pledge ourselves
TO use every effort to perfect still more
our collegiate conditions.
"Sixth-That we call upon all Cath
ollcs % recognize the imperative need
of more perfect organization Of our
educational system, and we assure
them that with fuller development of
the Catholic high school we shall have q
complete system, with It's headshlp in
the university, and thus we shall con-
tInue to maintain high collegiate
standard"
Words Of cheer from across the sea
were received by the conference in the
form Of a cablegram Of congratulaton
from Pope Leo XIII at Rome. The
message read as follows.
Rome, April 10, 1901
Mgr Thomas j. COnaty President
OF the Conference Of Catholic Colleges:
The holy father thanks you for the
good wishes expressed by YOU in the
name Of the conference Of Catholic
colleges, and bestows most heartily the
apostolic henediction.
(Slgned)
Cardinal RAMPOLLA."
The cablegram was in answer to
message which the convention sent to
the pope when 1t convened.
These officers were chosen: President,
DIR. Conaty; secretary and treasurer,
the Rev. John Conway, Gonzaga coll
lege Washington, ID. c.
II was decided to hold the next con-
ference in Chicago on the first Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday after
July 1901