IN PRAISE OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

New Zealand Tablet, 24 October 1918, Page 23

IN PRAISE OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

A non-Catholic, Hon. Mr. Kells, the president of the Isaac Pitman Shorthand Writers' Association, speaks highly of our Catholic schools (says an American exchange). At the closing exercises of St. Nicholas's Parochial School in Brooklyn, N.Y., which won against all competitors for efficiency in the work in which Mr. Kells in interested, he 6aid—"l also want to pay a tribute to the Catholic teachers. I examine the papers and award the certificates all over Canada, the United States, and the West Indies; and I can truthfully say that the work done by the Catholic schools is far superior to that of public schools. There is a reason. The teachers of the ordinary public schools—l hope I shall get home safely after saying so—are prompted to work by the consideration of the state of their envelopes on pay day, while the Catholic Sisters have nothing to look forward to but the results they get after their hard work. That is partly the reason why St. Nicholas's School has won the championship."