THE

SECULARIZATION OF AMERICAN

EDUCATION

AS SHOWN BY STATE LEGISLATION, STATE CONSTITU-
TIONAL PROVISIONS AND STATE SUPREME

COURT DECISIONS

BY

SAMUEL WINDSOR BROWN, A.B., PH.D.

TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION, NO. 49

STANFORD LIBRARY

PUBLISHED BY

Teachers College, Columbia University

NEW YORK CITY

1912

Copyright, 1912, by SAMUEL WINDSOR BROWN

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PRESS OF
FRANK H EVORY & CO

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INTRODUCTION.

I THE RELIGIOUS AIM OF EDUCATION..

II THE RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION OF ORPHANS AND THE INMATES
OF INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS, REFORM SCHOOLS, AND PENAL IN-

STITUTIONS.

III THE ECCLESIASTICAL CONTROL OF EDUCATION.

IV STATE SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY THE
CHURCH, OR EXISTING FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES..

V THE CLOSE ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATION AND RELIGION, THE
SCHOOL AND THE CHURCH IN THE PUBLIC MIND....

VI LAWS PROHIBITING RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION AND THE ESTAB-
LISHMENT OF DEPARTMENTS OF THEOLOGY.

VII LAWS FORBIDDING THE USE OF SECTARIAN TEXT-Books...
VIII LAWS FORBIDDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGIOUS TESTS...
IX LAWS FORBIDDING THE APPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO
SCHOOLS UNDER ECCLESIASTICAL CONTROL...

X CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE AIM OF EDUCA-
TION..

XI STATE CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS FORBIDDING EITHER SEC-
TARIAN RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION OR RELIGIOUS TESTS IN
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, OR THE APPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS
TO SCHOOLS UNDER ECCLESIASTICAL CONTROL OR NOT UNDER
THE ABSOLUTE CONTROL OF THE STATE.

XII STATE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS FAVORING THE RELIGIOUS
IDEAL OF EDUCATION

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XIII STATE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS FAVORING THE SECULAR
IDEAL OF EDUCATION

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CONCLUSION.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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