The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-28
STATE UNIVERSITIES
AND BIBLE COLLEGES
CLOSE CONNECTION BETWEEN
THEM IN SOME INSTANCES
MISSOURI FURNISHES AN Ex-
AMPLE.


The close connection which exists
between some state universities and
certain UNCONVENTIONAL institutions de-
serves the attention of Catholics in
every part of the country The former
are supported by the State out of the
public funds and should not be al
lowed in any instance to swerve from
the supposed principle of absolute
separation of Church and, State on
which they have been founded. They
should not above all be permitted to
degenerate into mere annexes to any
Protestant sect or to contribute in
any way to the spread of doctrinal
ideas. The money which maintains
such institutions is paid into the pub
lie treasury by Catholics as well as
Protestants and non-believers and un-
der the theory on which it is levied
and appropriated should not aid the
educational ventures of any body
holding any particular religious tenets.
An indication of the friendly rela-
lions between Protestant sectarian in
situations and the state universities is
given by the news service of the Uni
versity of Missouri. In a recent issue
a special plea is made, at least by
implication, for prospective students
for the ministry to attend the Univer-
sity. "Many M. U. Students Will Be
Preachers runs the heading of the
article, "Only one other State Uni
versity in the country has as many
studying for this Profession" "The
University of Missouri at Columbia"
it goes on to say, has in it's enroll
ment sixty students who are studying
for the ministry, which number is
equalled by only one other state uni
versity in the United States. In a re-
cent speech at the anniversary of the
Y. M. c. A. of the University, Presi-
dent A. Ross Hill stated that in his
opinion state university was the best
place to study for the ministry. Presi-
dent Hill stated that in university
the student studying for the ministry
came into contact with other students
for Law, Agriculture, Journalism, En-
cheering, Commerce, and Medicine,
while in Theological Schools this was
not the case. He believed that stu
dent who mingled with other students
studying other professions would be
better equipped for the ministry
And then we are informed of
fact which is of particular interest.
1.-THE Bible College of Missouri, which
is located near the University campus,
offers University students an oppor-
tunity to study such courses as Fun
damental Moral and Religious Values,
the Bible as Literature, Hebrew His
tory, Christian Ethics, Social Teach
ing of Jesus and Introduction to Re-
ligious Education. Many students of
the University take advantage of this
opportunity, there being 800 who take
some of the courses lduring the two
semesters of each year. These stu
dents are from all divisions of the
University"
1t is indeed most significant that a
public educational institution such as
Tie university VI MlSSOut1 SuOulu III
one of it's official circulars intended
for the press make such efforts to adj
vertise a private college instructing
pupils in Protestant ideas and in the
Protestant Interpretation of religion.
1t is much akin to the efforts of those
who are seeking to introduce the
reading of the Bible in the public
schools. Catholics should not allow
such things to continue or to spread.
We have great enough handicap at
the present to uphold our ideals in
the support of our own schools, col
leges and universities plus the support
we give to the public institutions
without having the latter use the
means which we have assisted in CIV
ing to them to bolster up the weak
educational systems of the non-Catho-
lie denominations.
c. B. of c. v.