The Irish standard., 1919-11-15
Annual Report Just Issued
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small College Or put it out of existence
altogether. He decries the monetary
standard in education, ana advocates
the formation Of . sound public epin.
ION to Offset dangerous movements
now threatening. all the smaller coli
leges.
A timely paper is that Of Prof. viii.
liam A. McAuliffe on "The Problem of
Americanixation," in which he points
out the various steps to be taken in
this paramount work. There can be
no Americanization, he concludes.
from the top down, or In mass, which
will not come from the court that
grants the citizenship certificate, nor
from the school, nor from speakers
that talk patriotism, nor from the pa
triotic society that prints platitudes.
It will come when fundamental con.
ditions are right, as we shorten the
distance between the Constitution and
the shop, as we square every act with
every utterance in public print, as we
bring God into the lives Of the people:
as we inculcate a love Of justice on
the part of employer and employe and
as we make life livable for the indi-
vidual."
Earnest Pleas for the Classics.
Two papers, the burden Of which
was a plea for the classics, were read
by Rev. William Carey, c. s. c.. and
Rev. James ]. DAILY, s. j., the latter
we'll known as a writer and himself
the wielder of q graceful and scholar
ly pen. Both deprecated latter-day
attacks on the classics and advocated
q united effort to hold these cultural
masterpieces to their proper place IN
educational development.
certification Of Teachers.
Certification of Catholic teachers
was the basic subject of all the papers
presented before the Conference Of
Women's Colleges. Four papers by
Sisters from different congregations,
considered the regulations governing
the certification and licensing Of
teachers in the states of the North
Central division of the United States.
The data presented is brief but COM
plete, and is rounded out by the paper
of DR.. Mary A. Molloy, who gave q
comprehensive outline of "The WI
mona Plan," dtsigned to secure rapid
and efficient certification of Catholic
teachers, a plan already justified In
the success it has achieved, the writ
or claims. These valuable papers will
:: be published In separate brochure
form, and sent out to all the religious
teaching congregations in the coun-
try.
Papers Of the Parish School Depart
ment.
It would be impossible within linn
tied space to mention all the admir-.
able papers noted in the Parish
School Department, but one in par.
ticular was read with unflagging in
terest---that of Rev. John A. Nepper
on. aschool Legislation in Nebraska y
This carried information of the sue.
cessful methods which the Catholics
used in Nebraska last winter to Offset
anti Catholic attacks on the parish
school. Well worth the attention and
imitation of Catholics everywhere are
these methods, which may at any mo.
ment be needed in other states.
A perusal of all the papers in this
Department will repay the reader,
notably that of Rev. ]. v. 8. Nc.
Clancy on characterization and Cath
olic Elementary Schools; "The Uni
fication Of Catechetical Teaching" by
DR.. MacEachen; Vocational Advise
ment," by Doctor O'Grady; "The
Relations of a Superintendent to Hie
Teachers" by DR.. w. A. Kane, Of
Cleveland; and that of Rev. w. F