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Show T" . I MUST NOT TEACH THE CLASSICS. The Sacred Congregation of the Propaganda Prop-aganda has made its report on the dispute dis-pute between the heads of the Christian Brothers in the United States and the French superiors of the classics in the Brothers' American schools. After consideration of the statement of the case submitted by Archbiehop Patrick W. Riordan of San Francisco, the Congregation rules that the American Amer-ican claims to greater latitude in teaching teach-ing than is permitted in, Europe ar-inadmi'As-'ble. Cardinal Satolli, who drafted the report, re-port, said: "Ju;t as the Americans adhere to the National Constitution, so I the Christian Brothers must maintain theirs. That constitution forbids the I teaching of the classics.'' I "The teaching of the classics in the American schools of the Christian Brothers," said Brother Superior Ru-bustain, Ru-bustain, the head of the order, "was permitted for a time, it is true, but only exceptionally. Notv the field of classical tuition is left open, as always, to the Jesuits. We have not supported the fundamental rules of the order." At their annual meeting, in Washington, Washing-ton, D. C, on October 12 last, the Arch-bis-hrms formally and officially indorsed i for the second time the plea, of the American members of the order tc- be released from the rule prohibiting the teaching of the classics in their schools, j and deputed Archbishop Riordan to ! present their views to Rome. The Christian Brothers were introduced intro-duced into" the United States in 1S46. They have four general divisions here. Originally intended to teach the primary pri-mary parochial schools, they departed j from the rule at issue and established colleges where the classics were included in-cluded in the course of studies! This j was tolerated by the French superior, the head of the order being located in I Paris, until thp cloctioii of Rmthpr I Gabriel Marie, three years ago. |
