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Show T . , State and Parish Schools- To the Editor of the Sun Sir: The apportionment appor-tionment of public funds for school purposes is a matter of serious import in our country today. Re cently the slate treasury of Connecticut furnished $479,2S1.."0 for the public schools of (he state. The different towns received $2.25 for every child between be-tween the ages of 4r and 1'. There are 27.000 children chil-dren attending the parochial schools in the state. The toAvns received $tj0,7")0 for the education of these children, whom they do not educate. The parochial schools save annually for the toAvns of the state $0G3,J1. This does not include the cost of land and buildings, build-ings, which amounts to $2,2."l,00O. h it. just that the public schools should receive $''.0,750 for ehil- dren avIio are educated in the parochial schools at an annual saving to the state of $0T.'5.f)!)H The same or a lfko condition obtains in nearly every state iu the Union. The parochial schools in the. state of Xcav Vork educate 15:5,000 children. They save annually for the state of Xew York $3,7G2,27o, calculating on the basis of cost in .Connecticut. But the cost per capita in Xcav York is greater. Our parochial schools are an efficient factor in public education and ought, to" receive a portion por-tion of the public funds appropriated for school purposes. WALTER J. SHAXLEY. t : |