The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-20
URGES UTILITY Of
PAR0CHIAL SYSTEM
Catholic Priest Says Church
School Is Bulwark of
the Nation

ShAOTAUQUA, N. Y, July 19.-The
discussion of State VS.. Parocbial
schools" was continued at the assem-
oly today by Father Arthur P. DovIe
Vi the Pauiist Fathers, who presented
the Catholic view of the scbooI c,,os
tIon before large audience. Father
Doyle said:
originally America was a deeply
anu PROFOUNDLY religious country. hut
the day IS fast approaching when that
cannot be said with any truth. Ont
VI Two generations the children bav.
peeh educated without any effort to
strengthen their religious principles
anu IN TACT the whole attitude of the
pupIc school has been to discourao e
ana diminish interest in religious mat
tefS' as secondary to Industrial ar
poii'ical ambition and achievement Az
q iesult we are fast losing our Chris
Tan ldeals and drifting away into
pdsdHlsm. Disaster surely is written
oNer our future unless we do some
.nihs TO inject the life giving principle
mo the blood of our nation.
Inc Catholic church. convinced 90
the danger, has spent $500, 900 900 in
t DIuIilolng up parish schools systems
ms Is her contribution to good citi-
lehsnlp and not one penny of if came
rom pm pubic or private sources
cdtnoilcs are quite content with the
poiIcy OF non-interference with the
fsa'e IN matters of religion. But where
;r state mas existing agencies do
!nS It's work of educating the children
1t Is matter of economical civic I'D
hifllStrat1on to utilize them and tn nav.
Tor approved results The time maS,
come when the state will need more
IMAM the strong and conservative arm,
Oh the Catholic church to Danish the
socialism and suppress the lawlessness
breeding"
In the presence of an audience COM
posed largely of New York state
teachers Rev. Alexander P. Dovle. ed
llof Oh the Catholic World, made a
spirited response to utterances of DR..
andrew 5. Draper, recently the presi
oeIlt OF the University of Illinois and
state of New York.
Father Doyle quoted Dr. Draper's adj
dress to the graduating class at Iui-
no1S last month, in which the latter
said:
You need not expect that people will
stand aside because you have come.
1ney are going to crowd you, and you
ieave You behind unless you leave them
behind
Father Doyle continued:
In other words. the head of the pub
lie school system of this state says
that life is mad, furious race for a
coveted prize, and the competitors can
succeed only by kicking and pounding
and pushing each out of the others
way.
Have men rights, happiness and
Liberties 1,, that must go down before
This doctrine, even though from so
eminent champion of the public
school, is thoroughly un-American and
unchrfstian. 1t sets at naught the idea
of brotherhood and mutual helpfulness,
the reaching out of a strong hand to
the weak and extending the protecting
arm to the fallen.
1T is the gospel which prevailed in
prehistoric jungles when huge mon
sters contended for mastery; it is the
gospel which swayed savage minds; it
is the gospel which We supposed had
been driven from the earth by the COM
ing of the Prince of Peace.
This pagan spirit of selfish greed is
dramatically opposed to the Christian
idea of loving service. This is doc
trine which is working the greatest
harm to our political, industrial and
family life today"