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Thanks to the meddling of our Supreme Court in the concerns of public schools, the relationship between church and state is being discussed with a seriousness long unknown in America. The great issue is whether religious instruction can survive, either in public schools or in private. If it does not survive, neither will the sort of education which creates order in the person and in the republic.

Increasing burdens of taxation at every level of government make it difficult for church-connected and private schools to exist nowadays. Until very recently, the proportion of young people enrolled in private and parochial schools, relative to public school enrollment, was increasing steadily. But the tide has turned, and today church-connected schools are closing their doors in a good many communities. In Michigan, for in stance, during the past three years, more than 30,000 children have been shifted from church schools to public schools, what with the difficulty of the parochial systems in finding money and teachers.

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Thanks to the meddling of our Supreme Court in the concerns of public schools, the relationship between church and state is being discussed with a seriousness long unknown in America. The great issue is whether religious instruction can survive, either in public schools or in private. If it does not survive, neither will the sort of education which creates order in the person and in the republic.

Increasing burdens of taxation at every level of government make it difficult for church-connected and private schools to exist nowadays. Until very recently, the proportion of young people enrolled in private and parochial schools, relative to public school enrollment, was increasing steadily. But the tide has turned, and today church-connected schools are closing their doors in a good many communities. In Michigan, for in stance, during the past three years, more than 30,000 children have been shifted from church schools to public schools, what with the difficulty of the parochial systems in finding money and teachers.