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T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
February 1926
THE UNIVERSITY AND THE STATE (Continued from page 66)
I hope I will not be misunderstood. My objection Is not to the faith or religious belief, or lack of religious belief of the teacher— that Is his own concern. He has the same rights and should enjoy the same freedom that I claim for myself, and for the students at the state institutions. He may believe anything he pleases with reference to God, the Bible, and the elements of our faith; but he has no right to express that belief in the class-room or upon the campus In the presence of the students. I especially deplore the mak ing of any of these statements for the purpose of undermin ing the faith of the students, or belittling the faith and religious beliefs of their fathers. If these teachers desire employment in our state Institutions, and compensation from our tax moneys, they should be willing to observe not only the letter, but the spirit of the Constitution and laws of this state, and that means not only that they shall refrain from religious instruction but also from the demonstration of anti-religious sentiments. The teacher who Is worth retaining is a leader, a model to his students. Let him scrupulously refrain from express ing sentiments to his loyal but less mature followers that may undermine or break down that faith which the expe rience of a world shows to be the only sure foundation on which to build individual and national character. Why should Christian fathers and mothers, who by their toil and sacrifice establish and support state Institutions of learning so that their children may have a better chance In life than they have had, suffer attacks upon the Scriptures and the faith they love, when under the laws and Consti tution of our state other teachers who do cling to the faith of their fathers have no right to defend them upon the same campus? Little good will be accomplished by singing “ Faith of our Fathers, Holy Faith, I will be true to Thee 'til death” on Sunday when during the other six days of the week some professor who is supposed to be, and assumes to be an authority on law, social science, history, mathematics, biology, literature or other subjects in the arts and sci ences, undertakes by virtue of that fact also to speak with authority on religious questions and to belittle the faith and to ridicule the religious beliefs of other men, who have devoted their whole life to the study of the Bible. I believe it is but fair to the people of this state who pay the taxes for the support of state institutions and who send their children there for their education, to assume that upon reaching the University or other state schools these young men and women will be encouraged to attend the church of their fathers, and that nothing will be done directly or indirectly for the .purpose of undermining their faith. If later, and in mature years, the student desires to leave the church of his fathers, or to forsake church altogether, let it be the result of the serious reflection of a mature mind, rather than as is now frequently the case, the result of the student’s desire to follow the style of a professor in the hope that “ marks might follow fawnings.” It seems I can see and hear these stern pioneers of the Prairie S ta te w e love; some left their eastern homes where culture, learning and simple faith, inherited from colonial ancestry, prevailed; others came from foreign lands to breathe the air of liberty, bringing with them homely virtues of honesty and truth; but all were men who through the privations of pioneer days, when some times the only code was that code of honor which gen erations of virtuous ancestors had cultivated in their
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