The Catholics And The Schools

New York, January IC. The lloman Catholic view of the public Ptlioi il question was stateil bofore a large audience in the hall of the Cooper Fostitute on Sundny eveoing, by llev Thomas S. Presión, pastor of St. Ann's Obureh. Jiany Protestauts wpra present in the audience and on the platform. Mr. Preston claims that the Catholic religiou requires seotarian schools for the young ot the ohurch and, while Catholics do not desiro; to interfero with the present eommon chool system, they ask an allowance frorn the school fund proporlionate to the number of cliildren they edúcate for the parpóse of establisliing separate schools.