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T ucker A National W eekly of the Episcopal Church Vol. X V I No. 40 MAY 26, 1932 Five Cents a Copy THE WITNESS is published weekly by the Episcopal Church Publishing Company. 6140 Cottage Grove Avenue Chicago Illinois The subscription price is $2.00 a year; in bundles of ten or more for sale at the church, the paper selling at five cents we bill auarterN at three cents a copy. Entered as Second Class Matter April 3, 1919, at the postoffice at Chicago, Illinois, under act of ’ March 3, 1879. O u r C h u r c h S c h o o l s An Editorial by CHARLES HERBERT YOUNG T T IS good news that the Church is coming to appre- of need for services of the Church. But where does ciate the great value of work done with the boys the trouble lie? Who made the choice? and girls who attend her secondary schools and col­ Many priests have told me of the joy they have leges. These schools are deserving of the confidence found in the strong loyal devotion of the boys from of parents. In selecting a school for his son or for some of our Church secondary schools. It is easy to his daughter a father wishes to be sure that the aca­ understand why this is true. The Church, her hymns demic work will be done thoroughly, that the boy will and prayers and her sacramental life have been woven learn how to study, how to think, and how to form so naturally and helpfully into their daily routine that appreciations for what is finest and of real value. The they are as natural and as customary as food and play. records made by our outstanding Church secondary They are simply a part of one’s every day life. In our schools give assurance of the quality of their work. careful Church schools religion is not something The success of our graduates in college and univer­ brought out from under cover and paraded once a sity bears witness to the carefulness with which they week. It is a natural, wholesome atmosphere in which are prepared. one lives each day. A most important part of a child’s training for life I wish our Church people, clergy and laity, knew is the result of his companionships. In the hours the what a treasure we have in our Church schools. I wish boy spends outside of his class room, where does he they would come and visit them and learn from per­ go, who are his associates, about what do they talk, sonal contact what great work they are doing. This is what are his vital interests, how does he develop them ? an attractive time of the year to drive. I am sure a All of these have a determining influence in the shap­ hearty welcome will be found at each and every school. ing of his character. Especially do I wish our parents would carefully The wholesome comradeship, the straightforward investigate our Church schools and colleges before de­ methods of meeting the problems of life, the simple ciding to send .their children to a secular school. The democratic spirit which with all absence of snobbery child’s whole future may be changed and his Church accepts a boy for what he is, builds unselfishness and life ruined by a wrong decision. I would not say this sincerity of purpose that are of inestimable value in if I were not so positive of my ground. I know a fitting a boy for the serious purposes of life. group of Church schools in the middle west, and others Every parent who loves our Lord and who appre­ in the east, where our boys and girls can receive the ciates the blessings that come to us through the priv­ highest type of preparation for college and for life. ileges of the Church, wants his boys and girls to know Why, then, jeopardize their future? about and to use and value these spiritual opportuni­ Many of our Church people are possessed of enough ties. And then when the time comes for them to go wealth to make a will necessary for disposing of their away to school these same devoted parents sometimes property. A great many are most generous. I some­ select a school supposed to have social standing and times wish they knew more about the splendid, un­ other similar attractions, but without a chapel or an selfish work of our schools, and how greatly their effi­ altar, with little or no spiritual opportunities, with al­ ciency would be increased if they had better buildings most no contact with sacramental grace. The child’s and endowments. I know of few purposes to which spiritual life dies of starvation. And when he comes money can be given where it will do such vital and home for vacation, he has lost all interest in and sense lasting good as when given to build or to endow our Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. Page Four THE WITNESS May 26, 1932 Church schools. What nobler monument can be erected girls that are the property of the Church (not held to a man’s or woman’s memory than to provide an en­ for private gain) that offer the finest sort of oppor­ dowment to continue to train for life our boys and tunity to generous people for making permanent the girls ? There are a good many schools for boys and for spiritual and intellectual training of youth. G o d ’s K e n t u c k y B y WILLIAM B. SP (AFFORD OU know a good bit about the Kentucky coal wife in marriage; the same hand with which I defend Y fields I presume. Most everybody does. First a my sacred hearth; the same hand with which I salute cry of misery from starving miners and their families. our glorious flag.” So far so good. But Brother Tull Later we were told of the bitter struggle between the went on to give us his life history; where he was born, operators and the miners’ unions, with injunctions, where he was educated, who his ancestors were, what riots, innumerable killings, and more recently the driv­ churches he had served.