The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-09-16

OF age the CNllu ndu Ttdu Hi"o'''
pieces in Greek, Latin, French, and
Italian and German. At fourteen
years OF age he received the degree
OF Doctor Of Philosophy, at sixteen
the degree OF Doctor OF Laws and
was assigned a professorship. Later
he became the worlds foremost
scholar in the literature OF Dante
His boyhood was exceptionally hap
ny. Joyous and full Of play, learnlhe
was made a delight and pleasure
10 him.
The teacher is 90 teach certaintle'
assuredly So in arithmetic ana
science. why not also in philosophy
morals and above all in religion, Tor
we assume that the teacher VINO
receives the child in the name ol
Christ will teach Christ. Yet here
y where many fail. Either not
knowing God, or fearing men, thcv
do not teach Of God. During my
four years in a great college OF
three thousand students. no faculty
man mentioned religion to me ;"
speaks one Of Americas great ed
tors and leaders Of thought.
Teach manliness, teach womanll-
ness. Surely these are the prop -
products of schools. Teach the dig
nifty of life. honesty, honor, cour"
tesy. kindness: teach that these
greatest of qualities are within reach
Of all. Teach by fairness. by exam
pie, by fellowship.
Power Of Personal Touch
Saws one. "Only two teachers,
while was in college. showed any
interest in seeing that our collcg"
course was shaping our lives To
great achievements and rich en-
The other hundr"i
simplv marked us" From weekly
meetings with six boys and great
professor at his home tn discuss
great books. received more than
| did from all the rest Of my col
lege course"
Good Teachers
That greatest 81 English school
masters. Thomas Arnold, Of the
Rugby School. wrote. Two things
a teacher coming To my school must
possess. He must be a Christian OF
pronounced type and he must be a
Also I shall insist on
his possessing knowledge. but the
two first are essential"
The great teacher is the one not
who is enrolled on the tablets Of
Fame. hut who has made a great
impression for good on his stu
dents. President Garfield said,
Give me a log school house and a
pine bench with Mark Hopkins on
one end 81 the bench and that will
he college enough for me-" The
power Of an institution is in the
man. the woman. who inspires those
who come within his reach. II was
a great teacher. who, in the hills OF
Carolina in a shabby school house.
with a limited range Of knowledge
still implanted in the minds Of his
boys a love for reading. a love that
carried one boy onward and upward
through the varied steps 81 public
life Ia the senate chamber Of the
United States.
Some teachers are sent from God:
some are driven by the dollar Yer
lily I say unto you. they have their
reward. The true teacher finds his
reward not in the pay check, often
too small for the service rendered.
but rather he finds his reward in
the manhood. the womanhood that
under his hand.
In the United States there are
over twenty million school chill
dren. over a half-million teachers.
in the public schools What a
great army. what force for good.
for the up-building. for the
strengthening 81 our nation or for
its overthrow.
How will you receive the child.
the student, the young boy or Girl
who comes 10 yous Will you re-
ceive him in the name Of Christie"