Foreign Language Press Service

The Catholic Wahrheitsfreund, (Friend of the Truth), of Cincinnati, once expressed its objection to the agitation carried on by Catholic fanatics; at least that paper definitely condemned the requests of those apostles who demanded certain divisions of the school fund. And the paper reiterate

The decisive step has been taken and if it were not for the cursed indifference and sluggishness among us, we could know before tomorrow morning what kind of reception was given to our petition to the School Board, in regard to the teaching of the Bohemian Language in our Public Schools.

Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul, has repeatedly expressed himself more or less pointedly in favor of turning over the Catholic church schools to the state or changing them into public schools. This has reference to the famous Faribault Plan, which is named after the country town Faribault, in

Altgeld has expressed his sentiments about that torrid election question which now holds sway in Illinois. His remarks at the time of his nomination and subsequent speeches have now been amplified as well as perfected by the addition of necessary detail. We quote, without omission, and have c

Republican and "Know-Nothing" newspapers accused the Lutherans as well as the Catholics in former years, of striving to get a share of the public school fund for their parochial schools. This reproach has practically ceased, as far as the Lutherans are concerned, but continues agai

A. S. Trude attacked the Board of Education for trying to put too great a burden on the Tax Payer by trying to introduce trade classes into the schools "which are absolutely unnecessary". "We the school board are informed that we are spending too much money, it's time to stop all those extra

Because the income of the City of Chicago does proportionally decrease from year to year and bonds cannot be issued any more, the City Council resolved to lessen all expenses. At the most it cut down the grants for the public schools, which shall get along with $1,600,000 less than was demand

The salary reductions recommended by the Economy Committee of the school board, which had been prevented in January by the opposition of Messrs. Thornton, Brennan etc. will be proposed again on account of the large reduction in the school funds, ordered by the Council. It is expected that the

In the matter of the Schoolbook question, there was held another meeting by the opponents of the free distribution of schoolbooks to the pupils of the Public Schools, in the localities of the Bonifacius community, corner Noble and Cornell Streets. After Reverend Evers called the meeting to or

The Italian Language. Mr. E. Durante L'Italia Editor Dear Sir: I have been at your office to confer with you but you were not in. A resolution has been placed before the Board of Education to give the Italians privileges like those they have given to ot

Bohemian Catholics held a protest meeting on Allport Street, yesterday afternoon, condemning the proceedings of the Chicago Board of Education which decided that various school books be issued free of cost to all children up to the fourth grade. They also condemned the bill presented in the S

Mr. Editor: In your paper of September 21, there appeared a letter concerning public education. In this, it is declared that the citizens must pay sixty dollars per year for each child, while the cost of Christian education is only $20.00. Now I would like to know in what manner thi

A few more remarks for the enlightenment of Mr. Koop as well as others. The city is the citizenry. When the city pays for education, then the citizens pay. Education is very useful, but can nevertheless cost too much. Public education, costs much money. Too much in comparison with p

Mr. Editor: I wish to thank you for the information, which you have given, regarding the cost of instruction, in your last issue. The situation however, undergoes no change in my opinion, that the cost of each child to the city is $60.00, or that each citizen pays $60.00 for each ch

At the St. Nicholas dinner, held December 8 at the Bismarck Hotel, Mr. H. Van der Ploeg made a speech which must have made many of the Dutch people present very angry. We had hoped that one of them would protest against the statements of the speaker; full details of his speech were printed th

Mr. Editor: Will you please allow us some space in your widely read newspaper? When we are asked how the public schools are going, we answer, "Excellently." Not only are the taxpayers eager to pay their share, but the parents also are eager supporters, and make a special and individual contri

All members of the Chicago Board of Education have received the resolution of the Central Administration of the Polish National Alliance, requesting that the teaching of the Polish language be included in the curriculum of the public schools of this city. We can surmise that there will be lit

Last Tuesday evening, March 4th, in the First Christian Reformed Congregation at 14th Street, the representatives of the vestries of all the Christian Reformed Congregations in Chicago and Englewood, held a meeting to discuss the formation of a home mission for Chicago and vicinity.

Some wise and witty wag once said, "The American Republic is always going to the dogs, but never getting there." There threatened canine catastrophes are as old as our nation, as various as it's political, industrial and social changes and usually find both their source and peril only in the

The Congress of the United States is considering the bill to restrict immigration into the United States. The House of Representatives passed the bill almost unanimously. Now it is ready to go to the Senate for approval. After the signature of the president is affixed, the bill one a law.<