Show STRIVING TO SAVE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS Position of the Church on Education is Defined Dei ned t TO PEOPLE LEGISLATION N THAT TEAT THATTO TENS TO T CRIPPLE EFFORTS EFFORTS t Chicago April 12 A declaration of the Catholic position on education in inthe inthe inthe the United States was adopted a at the closing session of the national confer conference conference conference ence of the Association of Catholic Col Colleges Colleges Colleges leges The resolutions comprising the declaration received the Unanimous as assent assent assent sent of the representatives of the sev seventy seventy enty onty different colleges practically the entire collegiate system s stem of the Catholic church in America The declaration follows First that this title Association of Cath Catholic Catholic Catholic olic Colleges Co request Its president the Rev Thomas J Conaty to respectfully call can the attention of the bishops of the United States at their annual meeting to the work of this conference ence in regard re a to our to the Importance of the high school movement Second that the tendency of educational educational educational legislation tIon forces us to warn our Catholic people of the systematic and I effort In certain quarters to abolish state control in education thereby threatening and crippling all private educational effort thus depriving depriving I ing lag a large class of the citizens of the liberty of maintaining schools in which their religion shall be made an essential element clement Third that we remind legislators of the rights of conscience guaranteed to tous tous tous us by our American citizenship and call their attention to the system of I schools which our our people have main maln maintained maIntained tamed at tt great expense and sacrifice Fourth that we protest against the unfair and unjust discriminations re resulting resulting suiting from much of the educational legislation and we appeal to the fair mindedness and sense of justice of I Ithe the American Am people to protect us from such Deserves Generous Cooperation Fifth that this conference of Cath Catholic Catholic olic college convinces us that we are justified In that our college system deserves d erves generous cooperation cooperation tion ties of all Interested In higher Cath Catholic olic olie education and we pledge ourselves to use lse every very effort to perfect still sun more our collegiate conditions Sixth that we call upon all Catholics to recognize the imperative need of a amore amore amore more perfect organization of our edu educational system s stem and we assure tham that with a fuller development of the Catholic high school we shall have a complete system with its headship in inthe Inthe inthe I the university and thus we shall con continue continue continue to maintain a high collegiate standard Words of cheer ch er from front across the sea were received by the conference in the form of a cablegram of congratulation I from Pope Leo XIII at Rome The message read as follows I Rome April 12 1901 I Thomas J Conaty President of the Conference of Catholic Colleges The holy father thanks you for tor the good wishes expressed by you in the name of the Conference of Catholic j Colleges and bestows most heartily the apostolic benediction Signed CARDINAL The cablegram cable ram wits was W S in i answer to a aI r I message which the convention sent to the pope when it convened These officers were chosen President Dr Conaty Conat secretary and treasurer the Rev John Jhn Conway Gonzagn Gonzaga col eel college college lege loge Washington D C CIt CIt CIt It was decided to hold the next con conference I ference in Chicago on the first Tues Tuesday Tuesday day da Wednesday and Thursday after July 4 1901 |