davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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Teaching of Religion in Public Schools
Viewed as Posing q Crucial Choice
DAVID LAWRENCE

President Kennedy has a
real dilemma on his hands in
connection with the bill that
would provide Federal aid to
public schools. II he means
literally-as the administra-
tion's published statements
have implied-that religion
cannot be taught in schools
supported with public funds
without violating the Consti-
tuition, then logically Mr.. Ken
nedy would have to withdraw
altogether his support of the
Federal-aid bill.
For the truth is that re-
ligion is being taught today
In the public schools of the
Nation in many States, and
it is being done openly. In
deed, this is confirmed in a
formal report issued by the
American Council on Educa-
ton and presented in a book
entitled: "The Function of
the Public Schools in Dealing
With Religion"
Although the report was
issued in 1858, the same COM
mittee-composed of promi-
nent clergymen of the Prot
estant, Catholic and Jewish
faiths-has continued its
studies every year since. No
further reports have been
made public, but it is under
stood that the main prin-
cipleS outlined in the 1853
report are being adhered to
today.
The report was based on a
queStionnaire sent to 1888
educators all over the coun-
try-chief State school Off
GERS; superintendentS Of
schools, nearly all in cities of
over $4,000 population: presi-
dents Of State or municipal
colleges or universities; preSi-
dents Of church-related or in
dependent colleges or univer-
sites; presidents of State
teachers colleges, and deans
Of schools of education or
heads Of departments of edu-
cation in all types Of higher
educational institutions. Usa-
Bile responses were received
from 556. or IS per cent of
the total who received the
Questionnaire.
The purpose was to get
the facts and to find a solu-
ton. The report speaks Of
Evening star., 1961-05-10
RALPH McGILL

This is the time when edi-
tors of newspapers are re-
ceiving terse letters from
readers, angry about Cuba,
demanding to know:
What about the Monroe
Doctrine?"
Perhaps history is reaf-
firming the French proverb
to the effect that the more
things change, the more they
remain the same. The Mon
roe Doctrine, proclaimed De-
cember 2, 1923, was directed
at Russia, which was believed
to be considering trying to
establish a colony in the
Pacific Northwest and at
the empires of continental
Europe.
With Napoleon safely out
Of the way, these Kingdoms
were once again interested in
conquest. They also wanted
to do things for fellow kings,
all of whom had had a bad
time of it during the days of
the great Corsican. And they
openly were talking Of send
ing fleets to topple the new
nations of South America,
which had but recently OBJ
tained independence from
Spain and had been recog-
nized by the United States,
restoring them to the Spanish
king.
Democratic tendencies had
everywhere mushroomed
after the revolutions in the
United States and, more par
ticularly, in France. What
the world needed, said the
newly restored kings and
emperors of Europe, was to
be made safe from democ-
racy.
This worried the British.
who had moved into South
Evening star., 1961-05-10

President Kennedy is un-
derstood to be considering the
advisability of appointing a
personal chief of staff to
serve as his intimate adviser
on military problems of the
highest magnitude - the
peace-or-war kind of prob
lens.
He has no intention in any
case Of discarding or down.
grading the present Joint
Chiefs Of Staff system. He is
pondering somewhat visit
fully, however, some means
by which, as Commander in
Chief. he might obtain, at the
last hour of any crisis, the
direct, flat, yes-or-no recon-
mendation of one single Off
Ger whose sole duty and re-
sponsibility would be toward
the White House.
One of the Presidents diff
ficulties in the recent anti
Castro invasion of Cuba was
not the lack of advice but
rather the diffused nature of
that advice.
BigneSs is a necessary vice
in the present military estab-
lishment. Indeed, the very
word "Pentagon" has come
to be a synonym for a sprawl
ing vastness, for the endless
exchange Of papers and plans
through many hands.
Another vice-neceSSary or
not-lies in the fact that
every member Of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff feels some
responsibility. not solely for
national security in the larg-
est sense. but also for the
proper growth and due pros
pering of his own service,
whether this be Army, Navy
or Air.
One frequent consequence
Of these divided interests is
a tendency to treat a mill
tary problem in its frag-
mented parts - from the
Army view, from the Navy,
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American Declaration in 1923 Directed
At Gar in Pacific and Europe's Empires

America and obtained most
of the trade. They were
everywhere busy with invest
ments in the newly inde-
pendent nations, but lately
colonies Of Spain. Britain did
not want a lucrative trade
interrupted by war. Nor, for
that matter, did the United
States, also busy with trade.
So it was that in August
of that year George Canning,
British Foreign Secretary, q
naughty and arrogant man.
Sweetly approa ached the
American Minister in London
with a proposition. 1t asked
If the United States would
be interested in joining with
Great Britain in a specific
warning to European deSpots
to keep their hands off the
new Latin American repub-
lies.
The aging Thomas Jeffer-
son urged that we make q
joint declaration. John
Quincy Adams, who was very
much the nationalist, was
Secretary Of State. He argued
the British fleet would pro-
tect trade in the area any
how and that it would be
much more astute to issue a
single blast at all Europe,
Russia included. This was
done. Monroe aimed the first
half Of his doctrine at Russia,
declaring emphatically that
the era Of colonization in
North America was ended.
The second half was aimed
at all European countries,
and warned the crowned
heads against aggression or
interference in Latin America.
There was a third section.
1t pledged the United States,
then being urged to assist
Evening star., 1961-05-10

religious teaching in the
public schools as "a persist
ent unsolved problem" and
says:
"In actual practice one
finds many activities which
are not consistent with the
assumption that religion has
been excluded from the pub
lie school program. For ex-
ample. Bible reading is re-
quired in some States and
permitted in others. The
observance of certain relig-
ious holidays, such as Christ
mas. is characterized in
nearly all schools by the use
Of religious subject matter,
music, and religious cere-
monies. Some hools,
particularly those in COM
munitieS which are nearly
homogeneous from a relig-
iouS standpoint. go much
further than this in the
encouragement of participa-
'tion in religion by the pupils
Of the school.
"A few schools are begin
ming to experiment with the
factual study of religion in
order that pupils may under
stand its role IN history and
in the development of values
and standards in our society.
What to do about religion
in the public schools is a
persistent and vital problem.
It will not be solved by drift
ing. We urge that this prob
lem be studied carefully,
with appropriate experiment
tation in different commun-
tiles that are willing to
undertake it. The solution
will have far-reaching ef-
fects on the future unity and
SoundneSS of American So
ciety."
The 1858 report refers to a
previous one issued in 1947
by the same kind of COM
mittee, and says that "in
general we still subscribe to
the major principles which
were stated at that time" 1t
restateS some conclusions
from the first report as
follows:
THE separation Of Ameri-
can public education from
church control was not in
tended to exclude all study
of religion from the school
program.
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CIRCLEVILLE NATIVE:
CIRCLEVILLE NATIVE:
Msgr. James NJ. Kirwin To
Mark 10th Anniversary

vile. Another brother, Joseph,
is presently living in Port Ar
thur. Several members of the
family will attend the Jubilee
celebration.
Monsignor Kirwin attended
st. Joseph parochial school,
Circleville, and then went
on to st. Mary's Seminary, La
Porte, Texas. He attended the
Texas school because his I'M
Gle, the late Monsignor James
Kirwin, Vicar General of the
Galveston Diocese, was presi-
dent of the seminary. He,
too, was a native of Circle
vile.
After his ordination in 1921,
which was conferred by B.sh-
OPP c.: E. Byrne, DID,, Mon
signor Kirwin served as an
assistant pastor for eight
Continued on page p
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Latest Statistics Show:
Now ~ Million
/. S. Catholics

published in 1917. Subsequent
editions have reflected the
steady growth of the Church.
The 1861 directory is the 18th
in enlarged formal of more
closely packed, three column
pages, ga -by-11 inches. Year
ly changes and additions now
average ITO, The US. edi-
ton requires 1901 pages and
weighs seven pounds. The
complete edition has 1872 more
pages which record the
Church in Canada and give a
summary of the Church in
Ireland, the British Isles, 9TH
er English speaking countries
and the Philippines. All fea-
lures added in recent years
are to continue.
For the 18th year, the
status of the Church as Of
January l is recorded for
comparative statistical accur-
acy. The 1861 general sum-
mary Of statistics tabulates
for easy comparison some H.
533 statistics in SO categories
in uniform entries for every
See.
FOR THE EIGHTH TIME
the general summary is ar
ranged to show totals for COM
ponent Sees of each state, and
for the nine sections of the
US. the So categories have
been regrouped. Nine bishops
and 789 priests died in 1860,
Continued on page p
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Miss Mary C. Ruddy,
secretary, Catholic Youth
Council, will join the
staff of the Y h De-
partment, National Cath
Ollie Welfare Conference in
Washington on Monday, June
5.
MISS RUDDY, A FORMER
vice president of the Ma
tional Council of Catholic
Youth, joined the staff of the
'CYC in 1858 and has been in.
strumental in the organiza-
ton of the present CYC pro-
gram.
In addition to the national
post, Miss Ruddy has served
as secretary of the Ohio Re-
giolIal Council of Catholic
Youth and the m bus
DCCY.
A GRADUATE OF OUR
Lady OF Victory Academy,
Miss Ruddy attended The Col
lege of st. Mary of the
Springs.
She is a member Of st. Aga
tina Parish.
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Latest Statistics Show:

NEW YORK, - There
now are AZ, 104, 900 Catho-
lies in the so United
States.
The 1861 Official Cath
Ollie Directory just issued here
by P. j. Kennedy and Sons,
publishers, reported the total
represents an increase of
1888, 598 over last year and a
10-year increase of 1870 ,022,
or 1904 per cent, over the
%, 634,878 Catholics reported
in 1851.
The new total includes
members of all families in
the armed forces at home and
abroad, in the diplomatic and
other services.
THE DIRECTORY RE-
CORDED 1856, 953 converts to
the Catholic Faith in 1860. 1t
said this marked the eighth
consecutive year that the
number of converts exceeded
125, 900 and reported the total
number of converts during
the last 10 years was 1,343,-
BIT.
An increase of $50 in the
number of clergy brought the
total of priests to 54,682, the
largest ever recorded, the d.
rectory said. There now are
33,141 diocesan priests, an in
crease of 572, and 21,541
priests of religious communi-
ties, an increase Of 314, the
directory reported. 1t listed
1878 newly ordained priests.
The directory also reported
totals of 1928 Brothers, an
increase of ASS, and 170,438
Sisters, an increase of 1911.
THE DIRECTORY LISTED
rs us. archdiocese with a
total Catholic population of
1882 59. Also lists we're
lis dioceses, including the
Vicariate of Alaska, with a
total Catholic Population of
% 1922 41. The directory
noted that the diocesan stats
tics included two million
Catholics reported by the Mill
tary Ordinariate.
The rs archdiocese report
ed a growth of 634,854 and
the lis dioceses, 598, 744. The
directory said there are eight
archdiocese which have a
Catholic population of more
than one million = Chicago,
2,118,831; Boston, 1,661,233;
New York, 1910, 1865; Phila-
delphia, 1,548, 285; Newark,
1,451, 7O2; Detroit, 1,361,892;
Los Angeles, 1,348, 104; and
San Francisco, 1908, 595.
The directory said Brooklyn
continues as the largest Catho-
lie populated diocese with
1,489,207. Dioceses with more
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-05-12

Monsignor James M.
Kirwin, a native of Cir
cleville, pastor of st.
] a m e S church, Port
Arthur, Texas, will be
celebrant at a Solemn Mass
of Thanksgiving next Mon
day, May Is, at his parish
church in honor of his For
tieth Anniversary of ordina-
ton to the priesthood.
Bishop Wendelin j. Mold,
STD. Ordinary Of the Gal
weston Houston Diocese, will
preside and preach the SER
mon.
MoNSIGNoR KfRWI IN.
has three brothers in the Co.
lumbus Diocese, Patrick, Holy
Rosary parish, Columbus;
Thomas, Immaculate Concep-
ton parish, Columbus, and
Paul, st. Joseph parish, Circle
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than 100000 Catholics are:
Pittsburgh, 886, 453; Buffalo,
862,433 Cleveland, 791, 229;
Rockville Centre, NY, 657,-
497; Providence, sis, Ut; and
Corpus Christi, Tex, SOL $50.
S U IN.
cREASES in Catholic popu-
lation were reported by 126
Sees, while four dioceses re-
ported no changes and 10 re-
Elected slight decreases. The
directory said there was no
statistical information avail
able for the Diocese of Allen
town, Pa, established in
February, 1861, but that these.
statistics were included in the
Philadelphia archdiocese, out
of which the new See was
formed.
Largest increases were noted
Largest increases were not
ed in the following Sees:
Pittsburgh Byzantine, $4,000;
San Francisco, 62,672; Los
Angeles, 5O,520; Newark, 49,
903; Chicago, 1925; Port
land in Oregon, 43, 682; Rich
mond, 38,062;; Detroit, 36,941;
Boston, 36,209; New Orleans,
IS, Cleveland, 1884; st.
Louis, 31,719; New York, &c.
712; Tucson, Ariz., 28,691; st.
Paul, 1859; Milwaukee, &c.
1858; and Rockville Centre,
25, 1929.
FIRST ISSUE OF A Catho-
lie directory for the us. was
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INSIDE N Al;

OPEN HOUSE at franciscan Convent-Page 3.
MOTHERS NEED TIME for SeIf-DeveIopment-
Page 4.
SOCIAL LEGISLATION Enacted by Red InfIu-
enee, Reader Says-Page a.
MIX COLLINS Reviews Dorothy Day Biogra-
ply of Little FIower"-Page 5.
BOB FoWLE Named Coach at Bishop Ready,
Other Sporfs-Page 6.
LATIN AMERICA, Church is Theme of Ada Con-
ference, Diocesan Aetivities-Page 8.
ELEVEN STUDENTS Win TB Radio Awards
Page 10.
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YOUNG PRIEST ADJUSTS TO VARIETY
Assistant Priests Duties Study LIN Confusion

when you are dealing
with people in parish
life there is certainly never
a dull moment - this can't
be put into a textbook or a
lecture"
Father Geiger, who says he
has a time edge on some Of
his confreres like FIR. Joseph
Stanton, the other assistant
at Corpus Christi, who teaches
high school classes in addition
to parish duties, believes in
visiting the sick Of the parish
frequently.
A OF THESE people
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Up Four Percent:
Population Here
Continues To Grow

TOTAL NUMBER OF CON.
VERTs this year is 848. Mar
ion st. Mary leads the par
ishes in conversions with IS
followed by st. Joseph Cathe-
dral parish, Il, GAINESVILLE St.
Nicholas, 80, Columbus st.
Dominic, 33 and Columbus
ST. Augustine, q.
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YOUNG PRIEST ADJUSTS TO VARIETY

sion,' he notes. "Also Father
Ed Kessler, (pastor of Ores
den St. ANN another ma
tive son Of Logan st. John,
kept tabs on my progress in
the seminary"
His eight years of post
high school study were most
important preparation for his
life as a priest.
"oF COURSE THE SEM
MARY isn't going to prepare
you entirely for parish work
no one expects that" he
noted.
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\ AON
the Diocese.
THIS is NEARLY 10000
more people than in 1857, the
Chancery office reports.
Catholic families in the Do
cese now number 40,057. with
10 percent having both par
ents practicing the Faith.
In SO percent of the mixed
marriage families, the wife is
Catholic.
coLUM
CHRISTI parish took the hon
ors for having the largest
population, 6,783.
CLOSELY
were both GAINESVILLE par
isheS, st. Nicholas, $3.50 and
st. Thomas Aquinas, $500.
Infant baptlsmS, 6,472,
were down in the Diocese by
458 from last year. Fifteen
more deaths, 1,416, over last
years total were recorded.
Marriages were down slight
ly as the 1912 marriages this
past year were 26 less than
in 1859.
Of these marriages, both
parties were Catholic in Sd
percent of the cases. In the
mixed marriages, the wife was
Catholic in So percent of the
cases.
There were more than 1000
more Combinations during
1860 than in the previous
year with a total of 5,124.
Adults confirmed were at
the 1049 mark. Girls, 2046,
and boys, 2029.
FIRST COMMUNICATES
numbered 4876 last year with
2148 boys and 1882 girls, the
remainder is made up of adult
converts
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Take Seminary
Applications

Young men who wish
to enter St. Charles Semi
nary this September
should make application
as soon as possible.
Applications should be
made through the pastor
of the parish in which the
candidate resides.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-05-12
Two Marion
Students
Win Grants

Two Marion Catholic High
School seniors were awarded
science scholarships from the
Ohio Academy of Science.
Winners are Michael Brown
and James Martin. Their
school had earlier won the
Frederick Krecker Award for
the best district science pro-
gram.
To win a scholarship, a
student must receive a SUI
perior or an excellent rating
in the State Science Fair and
also must pass the Science
Scholarship test given at the
State Science Fair.
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cupation on the homefront,
Father Geiger, after offering
Mass and tending to his usual
duties, conferred with a
couple of teenagers on a
safety campaign, visited a
parishioner who is confined
to her home, a short talk
with the pastor on some rou-
tine matters and sandwiched
in between was some friend
ly banter with a trio Of
grade school boys.
FATHER GEIGER, WHO is
one of the two assistants at
Columbus Corpus Christi has
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-05-12
Dedicate Shrine
At Holy Name

A shrine to Our Lady of
Lourdes will be dedicated at
4 pm. Sunday at Holy Name
Parish by Bishop Clarence G.
Issenmann.
Benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament will follow. FIR.
George Callan, OPP, st. Jose
phi Priory, Somerset, will
preach the sermon.
The shrine was donated by
members of the parish. FIR.
Maurice Donovan is pastor.
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were weekly or daily COM
municants before being con.
fined to their homes-we feel
we should do our best to
bring them the sacraments
often"
Mrs. Clyde Posey, one of
Corpus Christi's shut-in par
ishoners, bears out this
theory. She was a daily com.
municant before her confIne-
ment = now she can't make
the trip to Mass, even on
Sunday.
ITO have the priest come to
Continued on page p
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apprentice server, who does.
MT actually serve Mass but
kneels next to the actual
servers and observes. This is
just one notch above a
Sickle" an altar boy who
merely carries a candle).
THIS FIFTH GRADE IDEAL
matured with time, and the
priesthood continued as the
only vocation he has really
considered, he said.
"My parents and pastors
gave me much encourage
ment during this time and
helped me stick to my deci-
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served at three parishes since
his ordination = Columbus
st. Mary Magdalene, Coshoc-
ton Sacred Heart and his
present assignment.
A native of Logan st. John
parish, where he attended the
parish school and two years
at the public high school be-
fore transferring to st.
Charles Preparatory, the 30
year-old priest admits he has
wanted to follow his present
vocation since he was a
dummy" server. CTo the UNI
enlightened a dummy is all
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front lights, rear lights, Steer
ing, tires, exhaust, glass mir
rors, wipers and horn.
The Circle of Safety stick
er is presented to the owner
of the car if the vehicle meets
the standard requirements.
The CYC is working through
Franklin County Maps Motor
lists and Pedestrians Safety
and the Ohio Department of
Highway Safety.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-05-12
FIR. McPaul, TV
Mass Celebran

Father N. T. McPaul,
Aquinas faculty member will
be the celebrant of the Mass
televised 10 am, Sunday
from the studio of WLW-C.
Aquinas students will assist
at the mass.
The Mass is televised
through the cooperation of
the Council of Catholic Men
and WLW-C. FIR. Hugh Murphy
is producer.
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Population
Leaders

l. Corpus Christi -. 6,783
2. Saint Nicholas,
GAINESVILLE ...u.-.......6 $3.50
8. Saint Thomas
AquinaS, GAINESVILLE $500
4. Saint Mary, Marion $500
S. Saint Mary,
Lancaster 1886
6. Saint Francis de
Sales, Newark ...u.... 1910
z. Saint Catharine j. 4,500
8. Saint Mary
Magdalene ~.~....4, 1000
9. Saint Augustine -. 1856
10. Holy Spirit .....,.... 3,517
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-05-12

The National Voluntary We
hicle Safety Check for Com
munities project is sponsored
by Look Magazine and the
Auto Industries.
Following is a schedule of
Safety Check points:
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
Ala E. North Broadway
Sunday, May 81, from 2 I'M
Continued on page p
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BY Dennis c. Finneran,
Times Assistant Editor


An assistant parish
priests work is a "study
in confusion according
to Father John Geiger's
definition.
AFTER SPENDING a couple
of hours following his tracks
we know what he means.
When most young profess
sional men would be spend
ing their Saturday engrossed
in an ardent fight against
crab grass or some other oc-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-05-12

The Columbus Diocese continues to evidence the
great general population growth.
LATEST STATISTICS show 169, 262 Catholics,
a gain of four percent over last year, now reside in
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-05-12
CIRCLE OF SAFETY
CYC Safety Check
Begins May 20

The Diocesan Council of Catholic Youth will be-
gin operation of the Voluntary Vehicle Safety Check
points in the parishes Friday, May 20.
DCCY MEMBERS will offer a free tenpoint visual
safety check of autos on the following points: brakes,
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Convert
Leaders

|. Saint Mary, Marion Sc
2. Saint Joseph
Cathedral ..~.,............41
3. Saint Nicholas,
GAINESVILLE 80
4. Saint Dominic ......-, 33
5. Saint Augustine ........ 81
6. Holy Rosary ....~~..... %
6. Our Lady of Lourdes,
Marysville %
7. Saint Aloysius ......... q
s. Saint Ladislas .."~..... 10
8. Corpus Christi .......... Is
10. Saint Agnes ..."~".- II
10. Saint Mary
Magdalene .-........"~..17
10. Saint Thomas
Aquinas, GAINESVILLE IT