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commer ciallife as well as the fulles tme ans for mor al and spi ritu algrowth. He stre ssed the almost sup remeimp ortanc eof imp rov ed tra ini ng for Cat holi c tea che rs. Us ing hi s gre at per sua sive power he ins iste d that cha rac ter and per sonality were most im­ port ant for tea ch ingand that the tec hn iqu es of tea ching sho uld be use d by all goo d tea che rs an d be par t of the ir pre par atio n for tea ch ing . Wh en Sis ter s College wa s fou nd ed at the Cat holi c Un iversi tyof Am erica ,in the org ani zat ionof wh ichSp ald ingwa s aprime mov er, one of hi s che ris hed ide als was rea lize d. 6 He con tinued to ur ge Cath olic s to dev elop the ir sys tem of sch oo lsand col­ leg es. Th ese wer e to be institu tio ns in wh ich the spi rit ual was of the utmost imp ort anc e, yet ins titu tionsin wh ich ma ter ial sub jects wer e to be taug ht in wa ys gen era llysup erio r and alw ay sequ al to the ins tru ctio noff ere d by publi c or sec ula r ins titu tions. "H e be­ lieved that the sch oo l that dev eloped the bes t men and women would in the end pr evail ." 7 A gre at opp ort unity for se rvice to Cath­ olic edu cat ion came to Bis hopSp ald ing in 18 92 . He wa s ma de presid entof the Cath­ ol ic Edu cati ona l Ex hib it pla nn ed for the Wo rld 's Fa ir at Ch ica go in 18 93 . He pro­ pos ed a de finiti vean swer to an y cri tic ism of Cat holi c sch ool s. The ex hi bi tswer e to be fac ts spe ak ing fo r the qu ali fie d and ded ica tedtea che rsin Cat hol icsch ool s. Th e autho riti esin publi c an d sec ular edu cat ion wer e inv ited to the exhi bit . Ma ny of them visite d the car efully pla nned an d hon estl y pre sent ed exhib iti onat the fa ir. Most vis­ itor s were imp ress ed by the qu ali ty of the ex hi bi tsand the sin cerit ydis pla ye din the ir pre sen tat ion .The pla ce for Ca tho licsch ool s in the Am eri can sce ne wa s est abl ish ed in the mi nds of the vis itor s. Su re ly ev ery Ca tho lic sch ool in the Un ite d Sta tes ha s som e of the work of Bis hop Sp ald ing . 6 Op.cit ., p. 355. 7 Ibi d., p. 356. cial J t l l al l . e t e e i ing lic rs. s sive t ality - i g a l i ues f i l rs ation ing. s ed lic ity o rica, i ization i l ing , i hed l li d. 6 ued li s ls - . tions i al tance, tions i t ial j t e taught l y r s l ction d lic i tions. - l e r a i I." 7 nity - tion p l ing . e t - tional i it e l 's i go . - itive ti is lic ls. its ts ing lified i ted r lic ls. rities i lic tion it. ef l e tly ed ition i . - ed lity it ity l yed tation. t lic ls ican lis ed s. ly t lic l it d t l ing. 60p. . 7 .,

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