Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-26

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lutte unity and hxity Of essential purpose
with a fexibillty of program as great as
that which obtains In any other system;
which is national In Its organization and
at the same time diocesan; which unites
In the administration OF each school three
widely. separated elements OF authority,
the bishop, the parish priest and the
teacher; a system that does all this and
does 1t effectively, without friction, or
noise, represents a great social. religious
Here there is presented a school system
the very inception of which is the result
OF practical conviction, which has about 1t
not the. glamour and excitement of a
financial investment. but q fixed and firm
belief or persuasion based on a religious
spirit which has produced character ready
for sacrifice.
Newark, comprising rs schools for a
Catholic population of 1851, 900, Is o not
unimportant part Of this system. These
rSn : s anim Stimulated sg & lspd t Z ns sRIr,s Ct Ct
their origin, spare no effort to equip their
pupils for commercial and civic life in
general by developing those admirable
patriotism, devotedness, obedience, rev.
erence ana truth, but being ina sense
local schools as well as national. they
same time general direction, local needs
and home demands.
As Old ss Christianity Itself.
The p~arochial school is as old as Chris
tianity. aud in its present form is the
outcome of the various Views on educa-
ton that have sprung up In the course
or Christian centuries. As such it fully
o ctthbssre5 be anal now 'po one necessity, now an
cording to the circumstances of the day
some one characteristic virtue is more
called Tor thar another, and It is always
citizenship. 1t realizes that in every we'll
ordered ciyil community there Is a ten
aencg making for progress and a tendency
external and instrumental element in the
well-being Of a civil community; civiliza-
ton Is Its intrinsic complement, the goal
wealth, the agencies that most effectually
produce. wealth, what wealth can procure,
material comfort, conveniences of life and
ton denotes intellectual and moral quail
ties that make community of life agree
able, sanitary finished and ennobling.
d anS | e Sirsue esF the siv fHmaere'al demands ana IL,
something more, A people may for @
time be progressive in a high degree and
may, possess a spurious refinement. de-
ceptiye by Its appearance. without being
highly. civilized, and a people may be, ad-
vanced In civilization. though lacking in
progress. The measure Of a peoples CIV
flization is their practise-not merely their
profession-of the virtues which liberalize
ideals and conduct; the measure Of their
progress is the skill and industry with
Whit1 laCy use tlt 1nl6lleCludl DOWclE
to control and adapt to human needs the
forces of nature, says Father ~Brosnahan,
s. J., iii THE Educational Fact"
far as It regards the present life, is to
form citizens; that is to say, men and
women capable Of promoting progress 2
enriching civilization; But undoubtedly Us
civilization; that is to say. for life IN a
observe the law from one OF three mo-
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steal force or love of righteousness. And
unless observance of law springs from
this last as the dominant motive, we may
r who are no elearesig a9e f enopush to e see thst
their business enterprises are more secure
under the reign of law, and that 1t is to
their advantage to avoid mourning the
risk of legal penalties, but not men pos
sessing the moral attributes of citizen
ship"
After discussing the relation of edu-
cation to pauperism, delinquency and
crime, Father Dillon ended his adj
dress by saying:
Therefore. when we add to all the means
this most forceful one-religion--it is our
opinion that nothing more can be done
for the child to turn him away from
crime. or, rather, to make him turn him
which make for right citizenship have
been impressed on his mind negatively,
by erecting an instructive horror or sin.
and, positively. by placing before the child
the best and noblest ideal In Christ Him
self, who lived in our own nature the life
we should live; that ideal has been
stamped into his mind In the concrete
form of sound principles, and the attempt
has been made to establish so firmly in
him the habit of acting according to these
principles that they will naturally last for
the rest of his life.
The parochial school, therefore, making
for character, builds up solid citizenship
and surrounds it with an impregnable
fortress of religious aspirations and ideals
against the evils of ~pauperism, DELHI
quency and crime.
Professor William S. Monroe, of the
New Jersey State Normal School, at
Upper Montclair, who was another
speaker at last nights session, deplored
the fact that subjects Of study are
foisted upon the schools today without
proper consideration as to their educa-
tional value.
DR.. Talcott Williams, of Philadelphia,
made a strong plea for things that will
make education at~tractive-to make the
dry bones of education blossom forth
into real life. He said that there should
be instruction in instrumental music
and predicted that the time is near
when the motion pictures will be used
for history, and recommended the type
writer instruction parallel the lessons
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