MT. VERNON NY PUBLIC SCHOOLS CANNOT SUBSTITUTE RELIGION FOR REQUIRED INSTRUCTION
White Plains, New York (JFK+50) On June 23, 1925, United Press reports that New York Supreme Court Justice Albert H.F. Seeger* "has granted a permanent injunction restraining the school board of (Mt. Vernon) from allowing children in the fifth and sixth grades to take 45 minutes from each school week for religious instruction."
The high court ruled that it is a violation of the law for the Mt. Vernon public schools to substitute religious instruction in the place of required instruction.
*Albert H.F. Seeger (1859-1945) was born in Wurtemberg, Germany & graduated from Newburgh Free Academy 1875 & was admitted to the bar in 1880. AHFS was elected to the Supreme Court for the 9th Judicial District of New York in 1917. He retired in 1926.
SOURCES
"Albert H.F. Seeger," Historical Society of the New York Courts, www.history.nycourts.gov/
"Religion Is Banned," The Indianapolis Times, June 23, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
