The principal educational controversies of the present day rage round the teaching of religion to children, but they are more concerned with the right to teach it than with what is taught, in fact none of the combatants expect the Catholic body seem to have a clear nation of what they actually want to teach, when the right has been secured. It is not the controversy but the fruits of it that are here in question, the echoes of battle and rumours of wars serve to enhance the importance of the matte, the duty of making it all worth while, and using to the best advantage the opportunities which are secured at the price of so many conflicts.