Waiting for the Decision
By W. W. P.
The Question of Religious Instruction in the Public Schools of Washington Still Undecided
THERE has been no public agitation of the question of religious instruction in the public schools of Washington since our last issue. It was expected that the matter would be further considered at the regular meeting of the Board of Education last week, but it was postponed until the present week, as stated in the following brief report which appeared in the Washington Post of April 20:— “On account of the opening of the passover services in the Hebrew temples, the hearing granted by the Board of Education to the Jewish representatives on the question of the introduction of improved moral teaching in the public schools of the District, was postponed last night until next Tuesday evening, when Mr. Simon Wolf and representatives of the Secular League and of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will appear to oppose the plans of the advocates of the proposed system. This hearing will mark the close of the hearings before the Board of Education, as the business of the Board will not warrant further time on the subject, and those desiring to register their views have been requested to place their statements in writing, and forward them to the Board for its consideration. “A petition in favor of religious teaching in the schools was read last night from R. V. Belt, superintendent of the Sunday-school of McKendree M. E. Church, and others, and protests against religious instruction were received from S. L. Lee, J. L. Brooks, and Gen. William Birney.” It is possible that we may be able to give in our next issue the decision of the Board of Education. W. W. P.