Dear Editor: The letters to the editor during recent weeks had me thinking about this. The letters told of the effect of the sisters and brothers on the lives of their former students. Little is written about the effect of the religious on Catholic education. The present younger generation has a “skewed” opinion of the way education might have been conducted in those days. They think that we “learned or else” – facing certain punishment if we answered incorrectly.

The alumni of St. Michael’s H.S. has published a history book depicting in a very personal way the effect of the Brothers on the 2,700 students who attended this school. I am not trying to sell the book, but I don’t think there are too many history books about other schools.

My solution for whomever eventually writes about the Religious and their contribution to the Diocese lies with The Tablet itself. There must be a wealth of information from past articles in The Tablet. If this could be reproduced and made available to an eventual historian, we might have something that is worthwhile.

BROTHER JIM SMITH, C.F.X.

Brooklyn