THE PROGRESS OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume II, Issue 77, 17 October 1874, Page 9

THE PROGRESS OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS.

. To the Editor of the • New Zealand Tabi-et.' Deab Sib,— Having lately visited three Catholic Schools, I take the liberty of asking you to give publicity to the following — Arrowtown (boys and girls) visited 11th September last : number ■of children enrolled, 27 ; boys 11, and girls 16. The school is held in St Patrick's Church. The children are clean, orderly, and respectful in their manners. The Christian Brothers' books are used The teacher (Miss Kate Garden) is very diligent and attentive to her duty and much interested in the usefulness and success of the school The proGciency of the pupils is very fair. Cromwell, (boys and girls), visited 16th and 18th September last • number of children enrolled, 29. Tne school (held in the Catholic •Church,) M conducted on the system of education in use by the Chris*tian Brothers. The teacher (Miss Lucy Brownlow.) has every renui*ite qualification for her office, and ia devoted and indefatigable in her

endeavours to improve the young minds of the children. Tlie boys and g,rl, are all very young, none being over nine years of a»e ; ami considering the short time they have been under the present teacher they have made remarkable progress, and the profidency fchev d'splayed in my presence gives a good earnest of the great benefit the school is destined to bestow oq Cromwell District thA P-ilSll 2 «d« d , in 3!''. 1 Wttß cn S a S ed « the quarterly examination of the Catholic School in connection with St Patrick's Church, Nasebv Sf7 p« A° f Chlldrea °" the r ° U i 8 4(J ' viz " »»*•» 29 ; and glris fl: Of these, 44 were present on the occasuon, and 2 were absent. The Snro^'l C0 " 8lde " n S tbefevv months they have been under Mr H. J. Sproule, have made remarkable progress iv reading, writing arithmetic grammar, and catechism. Almost all are well up in the S four rules of arithmetic and tables } some can do all the compound rules and several have some knowledge of Algebra and Geometry Almost all the children can read and pronounce* very fairly, their* spem.g L good and then- proficiency in physical geography and history(an C fenl and, nodern), 8 excellent Nearly all presented very creditable spec"mens of writing in copy-books. The children appeared to be docile thetTachTr" *"" * ** ****** *1 W»t credit upou oaa ~ ?? ce n r S 'r - eTery Catho , lic o^t to know that education must be Zl ir n * lgl °v 9 ,' a ? d 16 - re relieion is excluded there »°o education. Schools without religion may give instruction, but education they cannot give; they cannot educate the youth. Let it be called let it not be called education. Not only is education without i elieion impossible, but instruction without religion is instruction W S SLk?'/ 011 " 18 tO , * h ° m mOralit y i 9 uot tau S ht cannot be moral, but Christian morals cannot be taught without religion • for what ,8 morality but the law of duty which arises from ou? personal relation towards Almighty Gbd and man ? And how is it possible to teacu tins law of duty without v knowledge of the persons to whom these relations exist? But to know this, unless men are coin* to reduce our population to tlie level of Deists, etc., Christianity must be taught in schools. J Excuse the haste of this, being so busy with mission work, and believe me, with regard, dear Sir, obediently you^s, Emmanuel Koxbb, Catholic Pastor.