The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-11
RELIGION ALONE A
''PANACEA FOR CRIME. /"
Bishop Conaty of Catholic Uniyer-
sity Says Intellectual Out
lawry Increases.
SCIENCE NO CURE FOR EVIL.
instruction in Divine Things, He
Asserts, Should Be Made Part
of Warp and WOof of
Mental Development.

Chicago. July lo.-The National Confer
ence OF representatives OF Catholic Colleges
closed its sessions tonight at POwers's The
| ater, the feature OF the final session being
striking address by Bishop CoHaty. rec
tor OF the Catholic University. Washington,
u. c.
As the official head Of the Catholic edu-
cstional system in America, as well as
because of his polished eloQuence, Doctor
Conaty was well received. He said, in
part:
education would remedy all existing evils and les
sen. II not abolish. crime.
fully developed. would be the pAnaeeG tOr all
suffering
promise faIhIed' int-iIsctusi eriize-If sach a
Term may be used-has certainly increased Re
Where Is ths fault? feel satiEned that Il
cation: the evil IL in the divorce OF education
frgm positive religion.
sentlal factor IN education and you have. ss a
result mental refinement without balancing pow
er Of will and Of heart properly instructed
Religion an Elective study"
Religion in many systems OF education has
forms no part part o Of te presefSe course o. = As re-
suit. the youthful zint comes 70 The concl0sioa
ters at all into such systems OF instruction it IS
and ss oT a. ssTf' s oin SGrn SO Of lie
No man who values social Improvement along
Z
results Of our educational efforts. Bank defsiez-
uons. Senate bribsries. postal frauds. stock gam
bnng. divorce Increase. stage incecencies, uter-
ary degenerscy-surely those are not the result
Of ilhteracy. They are the crimes OF educated
people.
The empty churches owing to which 50 much
sn,azinsiy in our large csnteTs. are the results q
an education watch has minimiEsd religion a
prsctioaliy banished il rom The p schoSiro5Ta
Religion evidently has lost It's hold upon sucn
people. and II We seek FOR reasons We viii GER
tainly md one in the fact that religion has not
necessary TO develop mind and heart In manhood
At to-day's session the conference heard
an address on the Methods OF Teaching
History in College" by the Reverend BOni-
face Neryeyen Of ST; Benedict's College. At
Gibson. Kas. Considerable discussion fol-
lowed. after which Professor John n
Reiner OF St Thomas College, Viilanova,
Pa. read a paper on the Teaching OF So
cial and Political Science in Colleges"
Delegates Discussed High Schools.
The delegates entered upon a general
conference OF Catholic high schools intro
duced by a statement from the chairman,
Bishop Conaty. TO the effect that the con-
ference Of last year. having discussed the
question Of Catholic high schools. he had
presented the matter before the annual |
meeting Of the Archbishopx. and IL was
their desire that this conference make some
suggestions relative TO a plan OF incor- |
porating high-school work in the Catholic
system Of education.
Election Of officers for the ensuing year |
resulted: President. the Right Reverend |
Thomas J. Conaty. Washington. d. c.;
Se, refary-treasurer. Doctor Thomas I.
OHara. Emmetsburg Nd
1t was decided that the next conference
N America be held at Philadelphia on July |
10 and IL 1So3