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TIle debate on the place of the independent schooi iFil the American educational system til likely to hold the spotlight fOll' n long time to come, perhaps beyond the life-span of many of its contemporary protagonists. It has already clarified a great deal tional effort iIa almost everv of our thinking, both in pol- oommunity of any size. arizing the extreme posi. If it were only a question of tions and in forcing the Catholic students benefitting,. i<t
would-be indifferent to recon- "might be handled without undue sider their stand. There has been difficulty, but who could put a limit to the demand of the some shifting of splinter groups 'whQ wo..uld imfronts; man y mediately become vocal? Catholics, f. 0 r Admittedly he has put his example, who a finger on a sore spot. ,The expefew years, ago rience of other nations, such as would have Great Britain, .The Netherlands pronounced and of many Canadian provinces, against Federal is ,only of partial benefit here, aid in any form because through historical cirare now percumstances they have been able suaded that to adjust the educational desome measure mands of their people withfn of it is inevthe framework of general cateitable; s 0 m e Protestants who even lately gories. His fear that this might not 00 would have decried it 'as an attack on separation of church and ' possible in America is not altostate are no longer quite sure gether fanciful. Proposes Re-Thinking of the validity of their stand. If On the positive side, he prothe debate can be maintained on a reasonably high level of intel- poses a re-thinking of the Amerligence and mutual respect, it ican educational program to inmay in time be fruitful of greater clude in the public service many benefits than are presently forebenefits now denied to the independent school pupils. seen. Needs Calm Discussion For example, with an eye to All those who advocate Fed- the current insistence upon scieral aid for the independent entific excellence. he sees no schools, private and church- reason why parochial school related, are not fanatics who are children should not be taught willing to jettison the Constitu- the more technical and obviously tion for an immediate financial expensive courses in the neighrelief. All wbo oppose it are not boring public schools, while maintaining separation for relibigots. Granted that the philosophy of gious instruction and those secularism has made heavy in- branches where eulture is necesroads into Am~rican thinking, sarIly informed by religioWl particularly in this extremely principles. sensitive area of public educaThis is not a new proposal, and tion, there are still those who it has been objected to it that are willing to discuss the ques- the difficulties are almost insution in terms of justice, equity, perable, even on the supposition and fundamental constitutional that on the local level it would law. be approached with good will. Radical Catholic fears of. a calm Appraisal massive national intolerance are Perhaps the most signifieant as unjustified as radical Prot. . estant or secularist fears of III note in Dr. Bennet's discussion Catholic plot to take over the is his can'did approval of the government and revive the In- trend toward recognizing . the quisition. What is needed is time right of the individual child to for the calm discussion of the educational justice an!i 'educational opportunity, Coupied with case on its merits. this is his willingness to discuss Lauds Attitude Writing in Christianity and the total problem in an irenic Crisis, organ of a, group of spirit. He does not believe that the Protestant thinker and scholars stand of the Administrative largely centered at the Union Theological Seminary, New Board of the National Catholic York, Dr. John C. Bennett, a Welfare Conference has added distinguished theologian himself, to the current tension and has approaches 'the problem in a "greatly strengthened the fears spirit which is far removed from of Catholic power among nonthe bitter antagonism manifested Catholics", but even at this point· by certain Protestant editors of he is calm in his appraisal. !esseo stature. Seek Clearer Light It Is not that he accepts the We do not agree with Dr. thesis that constitutional law Bennett that the "trend" of the would permit direct aid to the Supreme Court decisions points independent and parochial inevitably to a prohibition of schools. He holds that the tl'end direct Federal aid (loans ar of the Supreme Court decisions 'grants) to' the independent touching the issue indicates schools. clearly that such direct aid is Nor are we quite so pessimistic outlawed. as he is, in the matter ofa reaHe still believes that it would sonable' adjus~ent of the mulseriously impair the principle of tiple conflicting claims which separation by forcing the tax- could arise out of the widepayer "to support a form of re- spread recognition of direct aid ligious education in which he to the 'pupil rather than' to the does not believe." school. Sore Spot But he·has written with underBut Dr. Bennett is also fully standing and charity, and for thi!'l aware that the question involves we have r~aso,n to be grateful. the welfare of more than five This is the kind of debate where million American children; and principles, not personalities and be is of no mind to dismiss this prejudices, can be discussed with enormous minority as the vic- the hope that trutp. may emerge tims of parental shortsightedness.' in a clearer light. He points out, very reasonably, that even were the constitutional' R~ceive issue resolved in favor of aid to' thechildr~n directiy, rath~r than to the religious or private 'school LIBREVILLE (NC)-Ttie Lit. administration, the problem tle Sisters of Sainte-Mari~ here would at once arise of an uncon- in Africa have received an autotrolled reduplication, of educa- rtiobile front" t~e government in appreciation for their devotion t(, teaching." CONVENT STATION (lil'c)President Leon M'Ba of Gabon Five girls from the College of saId the gift "m~r~s the solici5t Elizabeth here are giving up tude of my government" for the six weeks of their Summer va- devotion "with which the Sisters. cation to help the Church in the apply themselves to the educaOklahoma City-Tulsa diocese. tion of our sisters and daughThey will do parish census work ters." The president said he and teach in religious vacation hoped the automobile would aid schools. the nuns in their work. .
SAN FRANCISCO (NC) "-Religion can take the lead in meeting the needs of the aging, a Catholic social Rer-
CARDINAL VISITS WASHINGTON: After offering Mass in Washington's National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa, Bishop of Bukoba, Tanganyika, chats with Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, nat-' ional director of the Society' for the Propagation of the Faith, who preached at 'the Mass. NC Photo.
China 'Largest Prison CampD NILES (NC)-A priest who caw. the communists take over llis homeland said China now is "the largest prison camp 0l1l earth." ' F'ather John P. Lee in a lecture at Notre Dame High School here in Illinois said.: "The communists say they have the welf fare of children and old people ait heart. In my own province they used child labor to build a bridge. Many children froze 1lo death." 'Elderly Chinese, once proteeted and venerated at home, are placed in institutions for the aged now, he said. "They are underfed and abused and their dead bodies are used for fertilizer." Father Lee added.
Delegate to Dedicate Publishing Plant HUNTINGTON .(NC) "- Archbishop' Egidio Vagnoz'zi, Apostolic Delegate in the' United States,- will offidate M: ceremonies dedicating the riew Our Sunday Visitor publishing plant' here in Indiana on Sept. 20. This was announced here by Bishop Leo A. Pursley of Fort Wayne-South Bend, president of the OSV's board of trustees.
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Communist agents were sen~ into China in 1919, he said, and made major strides during the eight-year Chinese-Japanese war by ignoring the war and strengthening tb;emst;lves. "The Chinese communists realized that if they were to conquer all of China they would have to block total United States support to ; Natiorialist China," Father Lee said, "To do this, they spread propaganda throughout the Western world that the Natiomilist government was corrupt." ,
Priests Help Re~over Bodies of Victims KYOTO (NC) - Father Thomas Pren~rgast, M.M" diving with aqua h.ll1gs in Lake Biwa, was. one of four U,S. priests who helped Japanese', police recover four. bodies from a plane crash m. the lake' near the Maryknoll rest home at Kawasaki. Three of the fuut" victims were !'ecovered soon irfter the crash, while Father Prendergast, from Utica, N.Y., recovered the fourth body the following day.
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