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But Why Incensed?

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 19, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 20.

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But Why Incensed?

A New York paper has this item: “Corning, N. Y., April 5.—Catholics here are incensed by a decision received from Superintendent of Public Instruction Skinner, that the Sisters of Mercy in St. Mary’s School, one of the public schools of the city, must abandon their religious garb during school hours.” But why incensed? Public schools are not supposed to be religious or sectarian institutions. Why should the teachers be allowed to wear a distinctly religious garb? Why should they not be willing to let their moral and teaching influence rest on personal worth and weight of character?