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future citizen. but she also recognizes
in him a child OF heaven who must
grow to maturity n live out a brief
span with his fellows in h Industrial,
social and civic environments Of his
day and country. She accepts as per-
fectiy valid such educational aims as
social efficiency" industrial efi-
cheney" complete living" and h rec
ognizes the Indispensable necessity OF
educating for citizenship. but she does
not and she cannot accept any o these
aims as ultimate, because her vision OF
life In 10; bounded bv the -aI". In
her G, es the brief span Of this life Is
but a preparation for q richer AMI
fuller life with God which will endure
throughout an endless eternity.
The Church and the State do not,
and from the very nature OF the case
they never can, meet in the educational
field on equal terms They are not
competitors in any strict n OF that
word. or rivals. but neither can they
be Indifferent to each other. Each has
vital interests in the child which must
be safeguarded. The State must see
to II that the child is properly trained
for citizenship, and the Church must
see to 1t that her children are adc-
Quately trained for membership In the
kingdom OF God.
The ultimate aim Of the Church in
education does not lie within the scope
Of the State schools The State has.
in fact. neither the authority nor the
means OF attaining this end, hence the
schools created and maintained by the
State cannot be accepted by the
Church as competent to educate her
children.
The convcrsc OF this situation. how
ever is very far from being true. The
Church does include in her scheme OF
education every legitimate aim Of the
State. She not only includes educating
for citizenship among the legitimate
aims to he pursued in her schools. but
she insists that this aim be always
maintained and from the abundance
Of her treasures, she enables her
teachers TO secure this aim far moro
efficiently than It ever n be attained
in any merely secular system OF .du-
cation, no matter by whom such a
system may " supported.
However clearly drawn the issues
may be between the Church and the
State in the field OF education. and
however evident II may b that the
Church in her schools meets every
legitimate demand Of tho State, the
practical outcome Of the apparent con-
ffict Of aims between the State schools
and the Catholic schools Is that. while
all the taxpayers. Catholic and nom
Catholic alike, support the State
schools the Catholic taxpayer. in order
to attain for his children over and
above what may be obtained in the
public schools. the higher aims for
which tho Church Of Jesus Christ
must increasingly strive. Il called upon
10 build up and support a Catholic
school system.
II Is not the purpose Of this paper
to discuss tho Justice or the injustice
Of the outcome We are concerned
hero with a single phase Of the prob
lem. namely. with the efficiency OF the
Catholic schools in meeting the de-
mands Of the State by educating for
worthy citizenship as compared with
the efficiency Of the public schools in
tho attainment Of the Same object. II.
upon examination. II should be found
that the Catholic school Is incapable OF
educating for citizenship or that II
uCSieStS us ObNiOuS outy III the attain
ment Of this aim. II would become the
duty Of the State to interfere. On the
other hand. II the Catholic school
should prove itself capable and show
that II does, in fact, attain the ultimate
aim Of State education as we'll or even
better than the State system. then It Is
obvious that the State should not only
tolerate the Catholic school but II
should as far as possible free the por.
ton Of the population who support and
attend the Catholic school from thu
burden of supporting public schools
which. while less efficient In attaining
the aim OF the State, prove themselves
wholly inadequate for the attainment
Of tho higher aims maintained by the
Church and cherished by the Catholic
population.
In educating for citizenship what 1.
n that the school should aim 10 accom-
plisA1. She should aim to send forth
from her doors men and women wht
are possessed OF certain we'll defined
qualities which are essential Is worthy
citizenship and which for our con,
venience We pay group Under tive
heads. In the hrst OF these should b,
placed knowledge and skin. The mar
who has been trained for worthy clti
zenship should possess skill in hi.
chosen vocation whether this b,
manual labor. . mechanical art or
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