The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-25
CHRISTMAS CAROLS CUT OUT.
Much Dissatisfaction Thereat-P

tests from lewis People.
 Much regret is expressed among res idents in the Gamer street school dis trict that by orders of School Superin- tendent Beede the programme of Christmas songs was cut off from the tots in the kindergarten because of the protests of two Hebrews in the school. Parents of many of the children have expressed their sorrow that the repress- i've policy should have been pursued, and it was said by many that a better way would have been for the parents of thetwo children who did not agree with the songs and the legeneds to have withdrawn for this particular oc- casion instead of spelling the entire department of the school.
 That the matter will go to the board of education for discussion and for ac- ton which will prevent such action in the future seems likely, as many of the parents of the children in the dis trict say that they wish the full facts aired.
 The carol which was censored by Su- perintendent Beede was the famous Martin Luther Hymn, used in kinder gartens all over the civilized world as the "cradle hymn" Its words are:
 Away in manager
 No crib for His bsd, The little Lord Jesus Lay down His sweet head.
 The stars in the heavens Looked down where He lay The little Lord Jesus
 Asleep on the hay.
 The two Hebrew children in the kin dergarten are the little sons of R. F. steinert, and of Samuel Thalhelmer, of Orange street. It was the son of MT. Thalheimer who sank the Christmas carols at his home and whose mother hearing them caused the protest. Always liberal, generous and charit- ably minded on every question, espe- cially those affecting the interests of
 this city, MT. Asher expressed a cath
 olic view of the event which has stir red up the Gamer street school par ents. He said: x
 T am a good Hebrew, I was born CllCS pUS AetfV -t4lC ISSpSCtE1OE other religions. I do not think that ! there Is any wrong in singing those
 Christmas carols in the schools. In fact I like to hear their ring. They sound to me like the holiday spirit which we are all striving to catch, not for it's sectarlan, It's religious aspect, but for it's broadening influence
 The Hebrews of New Haven are eel ebrating Christmas more and more. They are exchanging presents, and they are wishing each Other merry Christi sectarian spirit. Y,
 ''Both my children go to the Gamer street school, but they are not in the kindergarten. Both come home and tell their mother and myself the songs and the carols of Christmas that they have learned, but they do not under- stand them as religious teachings, sim- ply as the holiday spirit"
 Superintendent Beede of the public schools last night made the following statement regarding the matter "At various times complaints have come to me that the Christmas exer- cises in our schools are of too religious a nature. The complaint has been fre- quently directed against the kinder gartens. After one of these complaints short time ago. feeling that it was
 my duty to give attention to the matt ter, l spoke with several of our sI- pervising principals, requesting them to look into the matter, to caution the teachers in regard to the nature of their exercises, and to insist that the observances both songs and recita- tions, be strictly non-rellgious, "A day or two later the principal of
 the Lowell district reported to me that
 he had talked with several of his
 teachers about the matter and that
 some of the songs would be omitted