The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-26
rs RELIGION NECESSARY IN THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS?
View or Public school Teacner--Reiagi @us
Teaching Not q BeDent.


Is that IL is a difficult problem. that II would
t.,d =. t,r, onhools into brsedlnv places for
.omu " w. -. - ~ dia, ,rbr .,a
rehRious hatTed' phat WIN tho "'s.uips e'.
ment allowed In schools. one teacner "ou'u
manage 10 offend this sect, another that sect
and a. on
" ~ ,.,., ,,,,,,, NJ a,or;,a rs,;y
Az 10 tne euuchIiohai V"iue Va u,n.e on@ ,
have of the value of grammar or arithmetic.
ana moreover the right of the pupil 10 be
.ra;no a., =. ,' .,har d,racti,ps a. I'm o,,es.
ua"su !" ''.'O as III V'ne, "a" oos'V .n w ~,
'w'"e' NekN', 's"s - S.,- A., l.,
OF compensation steps III ana ueinnuo WI" III
nlcuoh OF corresponding punishment
Shail Try TO Illustrate
With the right Of children to be taught. by
authority. their duties to God, Cesar, them
- la, ,iLt,.. ,., nl,,i,t ar, II, th,
seNen' .ien he,Snoo'H: opTo "u ~ t ~"
DRY ana denied IN practice. let US see W a1 nap
pens-in theory, j say-for all the manuals or
instructions issued by the Board of Education
in this citv diract tho tsachers though not in
-. V''' wy ~. o"0 ,.''.,'. ~, IT, aL,,
those worus perhaps 10 IMPRESS Oh Vhe ch''-
dren their various duties teacher III sup
posed to seize on Opportunities to incIlcate
.e,bioal ,sssons mt M hest tbev are only,
. g.
opportunities accidents. ihcluefns' ooHe
teachers at all times. oil teachers at some
times will ACTUALLY frtter away whole lesson
In IooLing far tbsse .onnnrt,nities" In incuI
u. .ooNs ~. s,'n'. INV, Io W. NV,
cateIi9ht hotiohs' Mean"hiie the aessoh itseil'
to which the time was allotted, ID neglected. In
practice. however, itsn the ethics" that do and
will, ninety-nine times, fall outside the breast
works or both teachers ana pupils attention.
IL there any one definitely In favor OF giving
pupil three-Quarters Of an educationp There
are perhaps some; then let the rights OF parents
De observed even unto the utternost. Let any
parent who, II his wisdom, wishes no nom
sense tnstilled into his children minds, have
his way Let him teach them, and have others
teach them that they are merely fortuitous
concourses OF atoms and nothing more. But
Tor parents who think that
Dust thou art. to dust returnest
Was not SPOKEN of the soul
school autherties none or Of f Whom take it, IT,
pIttenIs 70 pe other thhh pubic servan,,
N9uid neea d aeinaha ON the people LOT iuil
euucanion iot lheiI chlinlen. ineIe ~ Hotiins
sscrosanCt ABOUT the preseht system OF PUBIC
schools thaI woulu prevent their amehuinent.
Sreat aoditions ana amenumehts nave Deen
introduced within the past half dozen years:
greater ones yet VIII be found advisable. Inc
heads OF the school system are ALMOST exclus;
lively connected with various churches ana all
IecO&niAo the ansur'IiIy OF tne OMISSION Vi al
s to- ths @atter ooes the ore
peated DECLARATION 81 rabbi kadin speaking
1or MS own East side Jewish people, TINT the
city spoiled the Immigrants. not the lnnll-
OF religious instruction can we ascrioe the
need OF the projected jewish Proteotory? The
children OF the Jewish immigrants come to
school. and are never restrained by the warn
ing voice OF any religious authority they re-
spect. Then we hear OF ERgins finding work
for active little minds and wonder ut the In,
nate badness OF those eXiles. rational school
system would have prevented the badness
from developing.
Fifty or sixty years ago multitudes OF Irish
came here under circumstances but one degree
less atroCious than those which brought about
our recent Jewish immigration The schools
then. as now. undertook to educate; there
we're few or no parOchial schools. The city
then. as now, corrupted the immigrant. not
the immigrant the city. rational school
system. Differed by men not afraid to tackle
one kind or difficulty more than another.
would have prevented the corruption OF the
smart folks could. and you may be sure DID.
snd t gu. ,a. sne y, IN, ,ns n,nS
be certain that a school syst EN- which omitted
the greatest single factor OF what goes TO make
right living could have saved lot good ehas ny
th".o uhn sor she hss, intsrssta NJ sncietv
wer" locked m in injis True people then
wondered at the innate badness Of those new
arri' ais of half a century since. put II was the
..lty, ~ rs on,cinl cnpnc,F: nmn by mredsSu oi
The destruct,on bod and soml Of 40 manv
The CITY is doing it to-day, and suppose
things will be worse before they are better.
70 2he RrtGenus t;.dr sHu nhooia ,up y,
sxSv With All The evils az the dav HIT IL will
avert many OF them So as a mere expedient
TO produce results, II not on the ground that
children are eht',ieu 10 iul ahd 'o' iialra
sS VI narspta, tas,s ahoyld he mo-
yided Where there's a will the way IL easy.
and we are amazed to see how really nsRnif-
cant were the dtflculties which, nj me start.
seemed i.Nt'a 10 onrt WI III. na,aa hmar
can principle of three Quarters OF an education
would prove II TO be as substantial AZ, and no
more s4bstanta thal. the cloud-oappeu low
SLS w F0'I(Cei ad ", Sr,Want doIisr.
ara No n, ne foreyer stuck on a fifty-cent edu.
acton, Tha schools are mood. make them
nerfert ROBERT p. GREEN.
PNrw yo,r yrly q, pubiic Schonis
-
.r ,, ro, an Trz g., NJ
10 ihE rpl'pn of ihE oIN ,'" W..
Green. apparently public school teacher.
implies that our public school children arc
|. ,tysrno fror, tho absence nj RELIGIOUS instruc-
ing . ~ o''t Wv w a..,asa
ton; put nc gives no PRECISE eF"ehce U" provo
that ii is so
Now. how do these children compare, In
..sns,t ~ ,h. moral nnnltties desre hlc in tho
v. ,., ,h. Ill ~ o,,,,., ,r,,a ,i,'
citizen. with 'he pnptlh "ho come IRON me
schools for lnsfanoef are they worse and
go. -. ar. Era, ho,,ar md in What w,v9
now Va "'o s'eS "'. 80 49,. Wy
Ketore / inder'sS" v" SdkEest answers 10
ure judice against the Catholic Church but
-. ,oat a,i,,,;,ati,, rc, !, .rons 10
- -, y.in,,s .,,I,,,,, ,b,Is =, 49, 80
est regard. AND give to tire Catholic Church
,reor horor for jrs heavy sacrifices to nai-l-
.nin n. n,r,cnisl schools IA nm ,hIiga,Ion ~
'a,l w. p"t"', - s"'',,' y.
with those schools 20 he able 20 testify that
tbsv din NOT neglect the secular tnetruc,ion
~, .hair nn,,,s So far n. hav. obs.ryaa