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Show Duty of Modern Teachers to Make War on Materialism and Cynicism By REV. ROBERT NELSON SPENCER, Kansas City. j Cynicism makes its appearance in children very early these days. I don't know where they get it, but young children sometimes think we are dancing down the road of life like butterflies. "I don't know 'where I'm going, but I'm on my way," aptly expresses a prevalent attitude. Teachers are faced with a smug satisfaction in prosperity. Too many believe it is easy to get on, therefore they will get on. From our higher institutions of learning comes the cry that many young men and women look upon the institutions as fashionable clubs where they may while away a few years happily and earn a reputation of having been educated. Modern teachers must "be true to the heavenly vision," bavin"- in mind Paul's plea before Agrippa. A vision is not a dream. A dream comes when one is not entirely awake nor entirely asleep. A vision is born of the complete consciousness ; it comes when we are awake, when our energies are at the superlative of attention. I beg you not only to impart knowledge, but to inspire. Teach the vision of the higher education, of the clean and decent life. |