By G. K. HODENFIELD

WASHINGTON tAPl —- 111 public schools should eliminate the religious emphasis in their observance: of hristmas, a committee of United States educationists said here.

Instead. the committee said. Christmas should be presented as one of many contributions to the American heritage which

the public schools.

-—Urged that high school bac- calaureate services be left to individual churches and syna- gogues. with no school require ment for attendance.

—Said school calendars. per- sonnel policies and extra-cur- ricular activities all should be adapted to accommodate a di- versity of religious backgrounds and practices.

-Urged vastly improved in-

tion. the public schools may not sponsor a religious service . .

whether it be for a single or multi . dc minarional group Neither may public schools sup- port the Christian religions. Christian churches. nor dis- tinctively Christian doc- trines . . .

"The non-Christian is not a guest in a Christian school—he is a fellow citizen in a public

adherents. and in sum reveal- ing the many different religi- ous. philosophical. and cultural practices and beliefs held by Americans." MUST BE NEUTRAL

In expressing their support of the Supreme Court decision on prayers and Bible reading, the educationists said: with government and ' the schools

must be neutral in respect to

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U.S. Committee Reports On Religion In Schools

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Mr. Watson, who met with Conservative L e a d e r Diefen- baker in Ottawa last week. said he "was very impressed and this had a lot to do with my decision.

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In a report. Re igion ' many Chr sn‘an mem ers." d ﬂed to t to on.“ M, , Public Schools. prepared for the The educationists said they 2:. Sgitics. ry GIRLS American Association of School recommend “the policy that en- He said he Wm seek the pro. Chum. Cotton-knit Administrators as a guide to courages reasonable recognition gressive Conservaﬁve nomina. school omon'ntemiomo1 and orin- of Christmas in the schoglsthm u... in York East riding “where Child’s Penman OVERBLOUSE cipals. educationists a so: the spirit of explosition o e I was brought up and lived all Assam 5 leg

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The report noted two major drawbacks to teaching about religion:

“There is little evidence that teachers in the secondary schools are fully equipped and

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Mrs .Yoan Kennedy. wife of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is all smiles at Logan Interna- tional Airport in Boston Wed- nesday as she prepared to board a plane for the Demo- ("'aiic Convention in Atlantic City as a delegate from Mass-

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