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Show Discriminating Against Catholics. I J The. Review,, of St. Louis, publishes .the !',! .1 lowing from an Ohio pastor: "A voung lady of my parish, having passed successful examination for a permit to teach ir J the public schools, applied for i position at N a-man, a-man, O. Here is the answer she received: .2U; : At a meeting of the local ho;iii of directors last evening your application for t! ( teaching of our school was accepted, pmvidicj that you can give us proof that yon are not ; member of the Roman Catholic Church. Wlu r we arc assured of such fact you will be re.-..,,, mended to the township board of education. Yc:j truly, W. E. Roberts. Seaman. O.' "Mr. Roberts not only belongs to the ., ,: board of director?.' but he also tills th pulpir the Methodist church', which fact may account (' the proviso in the foregoing letter. F.eing confronted con-fronted for his injustice, Mf. Roberts simply ai.' that as Catholics employ only Catholic tcadvn in their schools, Protestants would bo fooli-li ;.. employ other than Protestant teachers in their ov T schools! Hie jacet! Public state schools in Olii.. according to Mr. Roberts, are Protestant school - Thus, our Catholic children who live too far hwh.i to attend a Catholic school arc instructed by p. o. pie who hate and despise everything Catholic." Such discrimination against Catholics is by nj means rare. The Boston Republic recently (xxiv. :7,) published pub-lished the following letter: "August 22.1, V.l Xorwcll. Hanover S: Hanson, Tb mouth County Mass. Office of the Superintendent of Schools Dear Miss Caison: I could not. secure your ;p-pointnicnt ;p-pointnicnt in Hanover because of your religion! views. 1 was disappointed and sorry for yon Yours sincerely, E. A. Record."' An investigation showed that the agencies ii; Boston through which school superintendents i-e. k leachers, and the latter seek employment, as a rul will not consider Catholic applicants. A representative repre-sentative of the Bridge Teachers' Agency, 2-A Beacon Street, said: "It is quite true that discrimination dis-crimination is shown because of prejudice again-) Catholics. We have many cacs where school .superintendents, .su-perintendents, when writing us to secure teacher.-! specify that they will not accept Catholics. Especially Espe-cially is this true in western Massachusetts an. I in Maine, Vermont, and scw Hampshire. Ji: many instances the Catholic applicants impress u' as superior to some who are engaged because th" latter may be of another religious faith. It h really very difficult to secure places for Catholi -s We cannot eradicate the prejudice. We act , agents and do as requested.' The facts gathered I by the Republic show clearly that, the "Know ; Xothing'' spirit of the days of Governor Gardnci still thrives in Massachusetts, though one-half the state's population today is Catholic. 4- |