Show sectarianism IN SCHOOLS we have received a statement giving specific information as to periods pe per reone soDs time place and subject in which it I 1 if said eaid that bat borne acme teacher lo in one 0 of tle state achoo lebas hae been impart tiou OB instruction of a sectarian ee character obar acter there we do not intend an as ae to this case on the ex parte statement received but cite the feet of complaint merely with a view to calling attention to the subject generally A abort time eluce the NEWS had bad occasion to re er to sectarian in st ruction given in one of the public schools in this county and the corn com of me kind that come in should indicate to instructors the great care necessary Decee Bary in touching teaching upon any question loo historical or otherwise that thai has ft a doctrinal beating bearing in be field of we believe it is the earnest wish ol of most moet of the instructors engaged in ID the public schools boos andoe and of all abe thema tege ments menta thereof to avoid certainly they should possess that desire in view ot of the positive inhibition in the law against anything that savors of sectarianism we also know that some rome of the teachers tea have very pronounced views view on doctori doctrinal 11 al mattery mattera mat terp and are so eo zealous in their religious alms aims that it I 1 la difficult to restrain themselves when an opportunity cornea comes to inject their ideas here a little and there a Jl l there are others othere too whose irrell glon gion presents itself in the most moat L c offensive form of an acroix or ao scoffing offing manner in referring ig to things which others hold sacred and which a repetition of the bare words used would not dot give evidence ol of and sometimes sometime among hearers bearers there is a captiousness which makes an of words worda that bad no such in iu in their utterance but might be construed with effect having all these theme conditions to cope with it is in a difficult task for school menage manage ments menta to steer ateer clear of every breaker but the abe constitution and laws of the state have been framed with ft a view to the peculiar conditions herel here and have forbidden sectarian control of or instruction jn in the public throughout the state this being the case no teacher who wilfully disregards clis regards the legal inhibition should be no worthy citizen would such disregard IL 11 ought not to be hard bard for a well balanced instructor to avald real cause of complaint he can depict the events of history as an history thew them and if he bas baa doubts of their reliability as an a religious matter he can leave them alone but he be has no right to give to his pupils his own opinion or the opinion of others who may creti else cise aate as to whether certain books in the bible are mythical or are not he be bas bae no right to explain to pupils the be meaning oi 01 bible prophecies or expressions when there here la in a of opinion among religionists as to the to interpretation tion that thai should bellu bo be gives he be ban baa no DO right to present to his AD school his conception as a to whether prominent lights in ID religious circles in ancient or modern timen were true or false falee prophete prop bett bete and he has ba no right specially to impress children by his bis manner of treating lightly sacred lbanks with the fact of his bis assumed aadu aasu mod or real dia bollet in god he has bag no do right to do these things because the law which directs his action in the public has ban forbidden bidden lor them it is not a matter of discussion as to whether the absence of religious instruction in schools Is or Is a not an injury to the children the lawmakers have passed judgment upon that and the u auty uty of the teacher in public schools is to obey the legal mandate which forbids oliber atheistic or sectarian doctrines as of 8 school training there is a further suggestion which the to make on oil thin denb ab loot deot and that ie 19 that while a wilful or reckless disregard die regard of the law on th atter should be checked there should be a disposition to avoid accusation wherever a reasonable slid and generous gene roua view of the action noticed readers it possible poi elble |