The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-07-05
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and instruments. This she could not
and cannot now do, since in her eyes
education is primarily and profoundly
religious, is the projection Of religion
into the life Of the individual and So
ciety, is the protecting envelope of
religion; whatever is hostile to Cath
Ollie education is of necessity hostile
in her eyes to the Christian religion
Long experience has confirmed the
conviction that the fundamental Chris
tian teachings are in constant and GER
tain peril whenever the schools are
under purely secular control, and that
the popular cutlery of sectarian influ-
ence on the one hand and the insist
ence on the other that moral training
without religious convictions is amply
sufficient, are only a cover or a screen
meant to hide the working and pro-
mote the success of the deadliest anti.
Christian policies and schemes"
The report of the treasurer-general
Rev Francis Moran, showed that the
financial condition of the Association
is good. There was an increase OF
$1,384 paid in dues during the past
year. an indication that the Associa
ton continues to grow in the favor OF
Catholic educators.
State Monopoly of Education.
In paper written by Cardinal Will
liam O'Connell and read by Mgr. Pc
terson, Rector of st. Johns Seminary
Brighton, Mass, it was declared that
state monopoly of education had made
Prussia what it is today and attacked
the constitutionality of a government
controlled system of education.
In the matter Of education we are
patterning after the German idea,
declared the Cardinal, "a program
which is being marked out by Ameri
can educators who have received
their training in German universe
ties.
Under our Constitution, religious
freedom is guaranteed all citizens
and the government should not in
ligious education.
THE present tendency of centrali
cation in matters of government
would enthrOne the pagan idea that
the state is a God and for it the in
dividual exists
1T is not so unGer our COnstitu
ton, as it was drawn up on the prin
ciple that the state is the servant
and not the master"
The next general session was helC
Tuesday night at o'clock at ST. Louis
University, when Rev. Henry Spald
ing, S. j., st. Xavier College, Gin
cinnati, read paper on "Readjust
ment of Time Element in Education.
The discussion on this paper was gen
eral and various phases of the topic
received consideration from those
specially interested.
EDUCATIONAL Education in a Demo
cratic Society" was the subject of the
paper presented at the next genera
session of the Association helC
Wednesday morning in the Cathedra
school auditorium, by Rev. John A
Ryan, d. D., Catholic University O.
America.
Under the auspices of the commit
| tee on curriculum, with Rev. P.
Mccormick, Phi. D., presiding, the gen
eral session Of Wednesday evening
| listened to two papers of much inter
| est: differentiation of Studies il
| the Seventh and Eighth Grades of thu
Elementary Schools: Viewpoint o
| Junior High School, Rev. w. J. FftZ
| gerald, superintendent of parisl
school, Hartford, Conn, and Differ
entiation of Studies in the Seventh
and Eighth Grades of the Elemen
tary School: Viewpoint of Vocationa
Preparation" Brother Bernardine, F
S. c., Cathedral high school, Duluth
| Mimi.
Department Meetings.
The Department of Colleges an
Secondary Schools held it's meeting
at the ST. Louis University. The,
were presided over by the president
| Very Rev. Bernard P. O'Reilly, S. M
of st. Marys College, Dayton, Ohio
At the Tuesday afternoon session
paper on Social Life in Colleges
was read by the Rev. Charles {
Moulinier, S. j., Of Marquette Univel
sity, Milwaukee. "The Principle O
Standardization" was the subjec
dealt with by the Rev. Francis {
Donnelly, S. j., Holy Cross College
Worcester, Mass, who maintaine
that the Greek and Latin classics ar
the fundamentals of education an
everyone should have some know
edge of them. Father Donnelly state
that an understanding of the two dea
languages affords better comman
of language, and that the classics O.
fer a good philosophy of life.
On Wednesday morning the Rev. 4
J. Burrows, S. j., director of Creigf
ton University, read a paper on 9Th