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toe Thee 4% A recent study of the religious adfliations of faculty members in 28 Stave universities and tal. feges revealed that Catholics number less chan 4% of che faculties, instead of the 20% one might ex. pect. This same study showed thar in 35 State wormal schools the percentage of faculty mem. hers whe ave Caghalion ia aoaten bene oho af Tae TS Se ee BEML BERS LAT fot q the more then 20% who ought to be there! In ong important university chere are only 7 Catholic professors owt of a total of nearly $00, Many more Catholics would be welcome there, but they are not presenting themselves. Even if we were concerned merely with the welfare of our own, we would be—we are—doing a poor job, for there are 700 Catholics attending chis university. But we sbould not be concerned merely wich the welfare of our own: we have s responsability far beyond our own selfish interests. By the very same we bear—-Catbolic—we ‘proclaim publicly, as ne others do, chat we feel obligared before God and man to serve, with loving solicitude, al] Amer- icans, even those who hate we. As American citizens and tazpayers, Catholics have not oaly a right but a serious obligation as well co eee that ofl schools supported by taxes, wherher ehoe he alee wecete nenee ae fedencl SF SF A kas SAS ARES EE EE er are manned by healchy-mioded Americans. We have a big stake in them. According tw the United Steres OfSce of Education, in one year re zently the angus! expenditures for the nation’s public school spstem were $3,016,351,104. Cach- olica, numbering one-fifch of the taxpayers of the country, paid for approsimately 20% of this, which amounts wo $603,270,221. And this is in addition to the $203,2/0,000 cher Catholics gen- erously Jay our exch year for Catholic colleges, high achocls, and elementary schools. If we neglect. to provide our share of teachers and to show an sctive, continuing concern in ose- ing that the policies and edministration of all 30 * cy opt a EE CE eR ream eror 1h i us fai dicipate msy chen chis failure on our part to por: belp to bring shout a collapse im our country from which we may n0¢ sooo recover. _ They Are Micslonars 4 bushet While we are hiding oor light under . an energetic minotity who deny God—and there- fore the basic concept of American life—sre shout- ing their doctrine of darkness from the “roof tops.’ They are missioners, Gree, Last, and always! As is true of most people with strong convictions, they are intest on Making as many others as possible share their beliefs. And they don’t miss 5 tnck im spreading their ideas om 2 big scale. The educational Geld is » fertile one for them. Like Hitler, they are keen enough to wee that through the schools they can in time befoul the thinking of a whole astion. While they concens- crate in a special way on universities, colleges and high schools, yet they by no means overlook the elementary grades oc ae! the Kinder gere gee to at thar *e “just any sh” On the contrary, they are highly selective; they specialize in courses in philosophy, sociology, psychology, history, government, economics, and 1. mehee snvecee where it is eney to were warped in other course: Where 2 ¥ is interpretations into everything they pass on to Ua- suspecting students. In order to reach their goal, they put in the long bard years of training essen- tial to the preparation of any one who would fill the role of teacher. On the ocher hand we, whe have sw much to give, who bosst we are followers of a Crucified One, send ra follow the line of least resistance. Only exceptionally are we willing to put up with the struggle which is the price of any- thing above mediocrity. hate Every Phase of Edwcotion — Furthermore, those who. are “against God,” are po content to Hmit their influence to the class- room. Realizing that the average teacher is seldom concerned with trends and doesn’t want to be i