Education

...lawyer) standing in front of the board of education while holding a paper that reads “Reduce the salaries of the public school teachers.” Printed below the title is the line: “Enemy of the Public Schools. ‘That’s right: reduce them, and they will die out.'” Nast is commenting on an historic

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Catholic Standard and Times records, 1909-1941 (MC 27)

...first appeared on December 3, 1892. The two papers merged at the end of November 1895 and the first issue of The Catholic Standard and Times was published on December 7, 1895. This paper continues to be published today as the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The collection

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Centenarian Priest Speaks of Bells and Prayer – Oral History Interview

...w that learning to improve prayer life is a key challenge facing Catholics today, especially children. He said that if we want to be Christians, if we want Christ living in us, we have to learn from Him, and His devotion to his own father. Click the link below to

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Centennial Exposition

...tructed their own buildings.[7] Of all the buildings, only two survived to today, Memorial Hall, which is now the Please Touch Museum, and the Ohio House.[8] The opening of the Centennial Exposition was discussed in papers across the world. It was reported that 500,000 people attended the opening, including dignitaries

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