CATHOLICS AND EDUCATION.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 153, 29 June 1914, Page 6

CATHOLICS AND EDUCATION.

j [IK PI "I "ATION TO MINI-Tliil. Civ- Toi.-.-rnph. Pre- Association.' \\ ELI.IN'i;"!"(,X. this day. j A Unman Catlmlie I'ed-ration deputa-1 lion wait'd upon the Hon. Ja-. Allen' this morning on educational mailers. Archbishop (I'Slieii pointed out that! Catholics bad a grievance. s|ieoially i:i| the matter of tlovernuiont -cholaishiiami secondary school-. Sovcral Hoardhad refused 1 ' allow Covernnienl scholarships to he 1,-liable at Cllliolic sol :-. thoiipll this right was granted to colloeeof other denomination*. They desired j lan amendment of the A, i making it imperative .11 Hoards that scholarship- 1 ■ won ai private primary schools he ton-j : aide at such private secondary schools a- ] j are approved by tlie (iover'nmont irre- j Ispoclivo of lieuuiiiinalinn. 11- contended ; ,it was wrong to leave the nmtliT lo di- I jeretion of Hoards. The deputation iiruc! thai tbe present restrictions weighed i most heavily on the poorest class of Catholics, aud maintain- 'bat from end lo end ol Now Zealand I atliolics. coin- j I prising one-seventh of the tot il j population, were < ne in their de-iio fur ! ju-tic in r.-L-ar It", lueali.mal faei'i.io-. They al-o urged thai the "School i Journal -- 'should he supplied tree to 'I .lllioli-- -(•' 1-. a- the cost wa- borne ;In the Catholic t ixpi.vc, e.pially vvit'i n'iliers. AinUh.-i matter urg.-.l was phvsieul iii-triiclion. 'Lie ( loveinmeit j wa- a-ke-1 I" provide private instruction -to teacher- ami l'"v.-. an 1 instructors 111, vi-it girls' schools. as (athole I te.ieh-.-i-. being mem!,ois "f a religion-, I order w,-o- unable I-, utlon 1 in-tru, - ! tional e.inip-. The Mini-tor -aid. r- ! warding scholarship-, that ho would bo sorry lo think the i|U.-t'. m of doliomi-natioi'.ili-m had entered into consideration of Liv, a l ion Hoard- in doi-niiug what pnva-.e school supplied o.piivab-lH edueatioii for the purpo-e- of leiialuliirv of scholarships. He thought there »,,. 'Mi.l reason when th" law v.a- made for iiiolu.liiig the ,-on-cut of the hoar-l-as a reipiironient. owinu t,, llioir know!l,,| i local -, hool-. Ho ''-id n.,1 hno-.v of any board that made 'lo- d.iscriliiina tion a- .-luted h vtbc dopuialioti. hut a )>,i|| was now being drafted, and ,1. on inunitv. he found that any mpi-t bad been' impo.ed. b- vvoiibl give every coi'-i lerati.ii in their rcpie-t. \, to the "School .Joiirn.il. h- ex I pi- ! pleasure p. bear that they wcr--interested ill il. -oil lie ""oiil.l go intothe matter. speaking of P'vsi.-al training. Cl", Minister declared I.':- d'-sin- lo -oe lac --home l.enelit ad. hut he did not know win- it shou! I be impossible for their | male 1.-a.-hers to attend instruction camp«. lle.'iirding "-i-i"i-." lie had -ecu eight or leu -it the >l i.-terton -amp. ami. while anxious to avoid anything' lik. I.v lo interfere with lii.ir len.-ts. ii<eoiisid, red il an oxiidlent thing for I heir teachers to mix vv.;:i riale to.iih.-r-. II • wa- a I.i i 1 il vv.is ipiiie impossible t,, provide sop-irate instruction ..r suh-idy. llj l-ecogni-ed saeriti:-,.- I atholiif made Ml tho matter of education, and wa- pre- | pared to help tli.-m ail be could without I ilnins anything to destroy the national -clletuo.