The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-02-26

absence of, from 10 to rs per cent of
these pupils. In, many instances pu
pills are Kept away from Catholic serv,
Ices under various pretenaea.. Cath
olics are not prohibited from Joining
the Y. M, c. A. and other Organiza-
lions whose meetings they are allowed
to attend if they desire. In fact, at
present Catholic pupils are permitted
on Sunday evenings to absent them
selves from the Catholic meeting and
attend a " meeting. On the other
hand non-Catholics while they are per.
united to miss their own meetings are
not allowed to attend any Catholic
gathering whatsoever. Father Cor
don has Instituted a lecture course
similar to the lecture courses given
by the Y. M. C. A. Recently when
he announced lecture on the Chero-
KEGS, large number Of the Cherokee
pupils (non-C Catholics lined up to at
tend the meeting, but they were not
allowed to do so. On the other hand,
all the Catholic pupils would have
been permitted to attend a similar
meeting of the Y. M. C. A. While
a priest is not asking for the attend
ance OF any one except Catholics at.
Catholic meetings, he insists that if
Protestants are prevented from attend
ing Catholic lecture courses and So
clal gatherings, Catholics must be pre-
vented from attending non-Catholic
meetings.
When Catholic children go to Holy
Communion they are deprived of their
| breakfasts, and have to fast until the
| noon meal. They are willing to serve
themselves and only ask for cup of
coffee and a piece of bread, but SUI
perintendent Wise says he can not eX-
tend SO great a courtesy to so small a
number OF pupils. While the Cath
| Ollie pupils number around 200, of
course not nearly so many attend Com
muniOn in a body.
Recently when four Catholic girls
who had received Holy Communion,
went to a certain employee of the
school to ask for a late breakfast they
were told their breakfast was in the
slop barrel.
Another employee is kept in the serv-
ice, although on one occasion when
the boys were assembled for confess
sion he cast aspersions in a public
manner on the Catholic doctrine of
Confession.
Still another employee of the school
carries on active missionary work
amongst the pupils. Through her eff
forts two foreign Protestant mission
aries, one in Africa and one in China,
receive assistance from the pupils,
Catholics included, OF Haskell Insti-
| tute.
In all the schools it was the GUS
tom of former years for the boys and
girls to meet at social gatherings.
Now in Haskell and also in Chilocco
Ca large government school in Okla
homa), the Catholics have organized
societies of their own. What is the
rule now? The boys and girls must
meet separately. The object of this
is to defeat the aims of the Catholic
organizations. The government Off
Gals at first stated that if priests
were set aside who would devote
themselves exclusively to the work,
full opportunity would be allowed
them to safeguard the faith, and so
care for the religious wants of the
Catholic pupils. Now when priests
have been set aside for the work, one
to each school, regulations are made
which would render it necessary to
have two or three priests for each
institution. Separate meetings are
demanded, and of course the schools
out of their numerous employees will
not provide some responsible persons
Ito be present with the children and
preserve order during the separate
meetings. The priest cannot be in
two places at the same time, and
hence the working of the societies is
rendered impossible because suddenly
the officials have reached the deter
mination that boys and girls can not
meet together.
''The superintendent of Haskell also
contends that the Catholic meetings
must he of a strictly religious char.
acter. This, of course, makes it i'm
possible for Father Gordon and his
earnest co-workers to provide the
social opportunities and the lecture
courses which are needed to offset
the enticements of the Y. NJ. G. A.
''These are only few of the many
outrages proceedings of Haskell In
stitute and other schools. Whenever,
these abuses have been corrected the
Catholic public win be duly notified
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