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Page Two • • Education and Democracy By A. Fizzoli. Our Founding Fathers thought so differently from what our statesmen think today. \When they wrote the Pre amble to the Declaration of Independence they embodied the thought of man’s relationship to God in their very first paragraph, crediting man’s inalienable rights to the Creator, and implying, therefore, th a t no Supreme Court, no Congress, no State Legislature, would be authorized to deny them to any citizen. If every human being must recognize a Creator, then parents also must recog nize Him and His laws and see to it that knowledge concerning Him and His laws must be made available to their children. This matter was deeply rooted in George Washington’s heart, so much so that he spoke about it in his Farewell Address, declaring that morality could not exist among the citizenry of our nation unless i t were based on religious principles. Evidently he took for grant ed that these religious principles would be made known to the citizenry by instructions. When the Northwest Territory was opened in the year 1787, those who were at the helm of the government decreed: \Religion morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government, and the human happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.” The early governors of the American people certainly never envisioned that there would be any atheists in the United States; that even if there were, they certainly would not be permitted to dictate the school policy; th a t if they tried to do th a t, their pleas would be utterly rejected. They never dreamt that ministers of the gospel would ever band together to support before the Supreme Court of the United States a plea fo r the ex clusion, against the will of the parents, of religious instruction for the life of the child. It will be noted that the Northwest Ordinance provided that “religion, moral ity, and knowledge” were to be fostered “in the schools,” and presumably in that very order. The schools, from colonial days until long after the death of Wash ington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Jackson, did teach those three things. Whatever education the presidents of the United States had down to and in cluding Lincoln was obtained in such schools. “Therefore the Catholic school is only a continuation of the original American schools, and it has never deviated from the attitudes taken by the Founding Fathers of this nation.” The late John Parkes Cadman, who for many years was a regular Sunday speaker over a national network of radio stations under the auspices of the Fed eral Council of the Churches of Christ in America—and who, therefore spoke for two-thirds of all the Protestants in the United States — said before the Brooklyn Y.M.C.A. in 1924: “Religious education is the largest task that faces the world today. Culture alone cannot save mankind. If it could Athens would be the center of civiliza tion. Bible Week Now in Progress About ten years ago the Episcopal Committee of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, acting in the name of the Hierarchy of the United States, instituted the annual observance of “Bible Sunday” for the purpose of in creasing the knowledge and love of the Sacred Scriptures. This year the observance of “Bible Sunday” (Feb. 10) is being extended through “Bible Week (Feb. 10-16). The Catholic Biblical Association of America is asking all schools and homes to co operate and help make this week a most fruitful one. The Bible is not a book—it is a library! If one examines the Bible he soon finds out that there are forty-six books in the Old Testament and twenty-seven in the New Testament; a total of seventy- three books in all. The St. John Fisher College Library is well stocked with Bibles for those students who would like to read it dur ing their free time. The Bible is a book for the home. It is here, in the home, that one can slowly and carefully read the Bible. This Lent is a good time to start reading the Bible. Fifteen minutes a day of prayerful meditation upon the revealed word of God will insure us of a more holy, and spiritual happy life. Miss Lyons’ interest in St. John Fish er College is more than academic. She is somewhat responsible for the realiza tion of our college. Miss Catheryn Zelda Lyons was Assistant to the Executive Director in the 1948 fund drive, which made possible the construction of the present Administrative Building. Miss Lyons, a local girl, graduated from Nazareth College in 1937. She majored in History and English. The following year she received her M. A. degree in History from Columbia Uni versity. While at Nazareth, Miss Lyons was president of the Freshman Class, president of the Undergraduate Class, and president of the Sodality of Our Lady. She wrote a play “Nor Things To Come” which was presented by the Nazareth Thespians. It was the first time that a play had been written and produced by a student at Nazareth. While there, she wrote also the first Pageant for the Annual May Day. Miss Lyons is a graduate of the Nazareth Conservatory of Music in h arp and piano. She taught History and English in various Rochester Public High Schools for six years. Miss Lyons is College Registrar and History teacher. She is also active in both civic and religious projects of the community. She is presently the Execu tive Secretary of the Thomas More Lecture Forum, p a st president and board member of the Nazareth College Alum nae Association. She is a member of St. Mary’s Hospital Guild, the Council of Social Agencies of the Women’s Ad Club, the Zonta, the IFCA, the AAUW, and the Good Shepherd Guild. Miss Lyons is a vivid example of a well-rounded Christian character. THE PIONEER Published by the students of ST. JO H N FISHER COLLEGE, Rochester, N.Y. and printed by Riley Printer, 16 Aqueduct St., Rochester, N. Y. A d v iso r ----------------------------------------- Father Flood Editor In Chief _____________________ Nick Basile A ssistant E d i to r ______________ John C. Murphy Business M a n a g e r ------------------------- John Schmitt News Editor — _ Mike Carney and Richard Knox E d i t o r i a l s ------------------------------------------- Roy Kaul Sports E d i t o r John Drexel Reporters—R. Schoeneberger, R. Boden, R. Moore, L. Kesselring, F. Filecki, R. Grieco, J. Hill, D. Murphy, J. Torres, B. Foley, D. Powers, B. Kalb, T. Lyddon, J . Yalerio.
