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Show CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS. (To the Editor.) Tho enclosed resolutions relating to Catholic high schools were unanimous-1 unanimous-1 yadopted by the committee on high schools and reported to the Catholic Educational association at its recent meeting in St. Louis. The committer; on high schools was made up of representatives rep-resentatives of both schools and colleges, col-leges, selected last year, as follows: Rev. James Burns, C.S.C., president Holy Cross college, Washington, chairman: chair-man: Rev. Read Mullin, S. J., vice president Georgetown university, Washington; Rev. Hugh . T. Henry, president Cathedral high school, Philadelphia: Phil-adelphia: Rev. Morgan Sheedy, rector of the cathedral, Altoona, Pa. In view of the importance of this subject to the Catholic public, I beg to suggest the publication of these resolutions in your paper, and should be greatly pleased to see Iheir publication publica-tion accompanied by some editorial comment. Very truly yours. REV. JAMES BURNS. C.S.C. Holy Cross college, Brookland, D. C, Aug. G, 1904. RESOLUTIONS. 1. The principle of religious training train-ing in the school applies to the pupil of high school age no less than to the pupil who is younger. 2. A system of Catholic high schooiS Which shall provide for the secondary education of boys as well as girls is necessary, in order to complete the organization or-ganization of Catholic education. 3. The time seems opportune for a more general effort on the part of Catholics for the establishment of Catholic high schools. 4. In cities where there are several Catholic parishes there ehould be a central high school connected with the parochial schools of the several parishes. par-ishes. 3. Under the foregoing plan of parish par-ish co-operation, the organization of a Catholic high school is deemed at present feasible in almost every city of considerable size in this country. 6. Catholis high schools should be organically connected with, the parochial paro-chial schools, and be included in the diocesan school system. 7. While the high school is intended intend-ed mainlv for pupils who do not go to college, it would fail of an essential purpose did it not also provide a suitable suit-able preparatory curriculum for those of its students who either desire to prepare for college, or would be led to do so, were such a preparatory curriculum curri-culum offered. t , ., 8. The preparatory curriculum of tne Catholic high school should lead up to the curriculum of the Catholic college, and be at least the equivalent of its entrance requirements, 9. It ir; desirable, generally SDeak-mg SDeak-mg that Catholic high schools should be under the direction of the religious communities, and it is especially desirable de-sirable that one or more of the religious re-ligious communities of men should take up the work of establishing Catholic Cath-olic high schools for boys along the lines suggested in the foregoing resolution?. |