The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-26
EVERY COUNCIL. \ WILL TAKE PART IN SCHOOL PLAN Educational System Will
 Include Trade and Pro
 fessional Courses. STRONG WEAPON TO
 COMBAT BOLSHEVISM Opportunity for All to
 Study Any Subject They May Choose.

The Knights of Columbus as a rec | suit of their recent convention at Buffalo, plan to put into immediate l operation their educational plan Every one of the 1S0O councils of the order will be invited to take part | Where these councils can be con- verted into supplementary schools l without overlapping the efforts of schools of this character already es- | abolished and well patronized. this | conversion will be quickly wrought. | and local educators will be enlisted l to supervise the courses that will bet | controlled by a central bureau. to be | opearted at k. of c. headquarters in | New Haven. Where it is decided that sufficent opportunity for sup | plementary education already exists, | the Knights will advise all applicants | who desire special courses at a reas- l enable investment of money and time. | Each K. of c. council will provide | instant information to the enquirer.
 '"The object of this work the Knights | have undertaken" says Rev. John J. 1 Wynne, s. J., head of the K. of C. | educational conference lis to see that | the person taking advantage of the i courses is provided with a means | of earning a good living; secondly to see that he Is given the opportu- nifty to enjoy that living once ho | earns it.
 "The courses we shall offer are de- signed to give practical instruction | in trades and professions and cul- tural instruction in the humanities and the arts. We realize that many | excellent suplementary courses are | offered by large institutions through out the country, but quite often stip- | ulations exist which include many | hundreds of ambitious persons who would otherwise gladly avail them selves of the opportunity for self-im- provement.
 Tuition Cost Will Be Low.
 "The Knights of Columbus schools will offer no impediments; they will have no eye on profits. While they will not be wholly free, for some small amount will be necessarily re- quired of each student to provide for overhead expense, the Knights have shown their intentions in the matter by voting $5O,OO0 out of their own. pockets to finance the opening Of their educational system.
 Every school opened will be To- cated within easy reach of the largest population of the locality, so that a person working by day and learning by night will spend a minimum of energy and time in reaching tho | school. We shall cooperate every where with local and state education al authorities, and obtain and eXer- else the privilege of issuing diplomas to those successfully completing the different courses, which will be pre- scribed by specialists, and given through the best and cheapest text books available"
 fo {p1 I,1-+ hn Knights in their scheme comprise ac- counting, banking and finance; marketing, foreign trade, manage met business, law, commercial correspondence and private sec | retaryship; junior clerkship, filing | and personal development. Languages ! occupy a prominent place in the cur riclum and will include Spanish, French, Italian and German, beside | Greek and Latin.
 In selecting industrial courses tho Knights invited and received the ad- vice of weI-known labor leaders. They will offer tuition in airship con- struction, automechanics, motion pie ture operating, electrical trades, jew elry making, plumbing, industrial re- lations, employment management, printing. lithography, decorating, well ding, ventilation and heating. They will also conduct a course in civil service.
 Beside operating for the economic advancement of those taking these courses" Father Wynne continued this supplementary schooling will by stressing applied patriotism and prac- | tical citizenship, be strong weapon against the philosophy of Bolshe- vism."
 Bishop Turner of Buffalo has de- scribed the K. of C. scheme as ono to bring about Nationwide thinking along right channels Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty of the K. of C. has i expressed it tersely in these words "Our aim is to combat the radicals who preach the gospel of knock the country by not only preaching. but by showing people how to take stock in the country. We want to felp every body to be a shareholder in the Con- stitution of the United States"
 The Knights began their work of Americanism some years ago by es- , tablishing a chair of American history at the Catholic University in Wash ington. The present scheme is an ex- tension and intensihcation of their ed ucational work, which also includes a S5OO,O endowment of the Catholic University.
 Above all, one of the chief ideas anirnating the Knights, who, in their program. have combined the advice of such educators as James Byrne, Arthur Somers, Gustave Streubenmul- Ter and Thomas w. Churchill Is to in- terest young people in mercantile pur- suits instead of unprohtable art and 7 other aspirations.
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