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<br />The crux of what I have to say is this: at a time when the whole world <br />is moving toward popular education at low costs to the individual family, <br />we in the United Slates are rapidly moving toward a state of affairs where <br />educational opportunity may be limited. <br />Experiments with education by television hold some promise, but we <br />have yet to find out whether easy learning is also associated with easy <br />forgetting. The use of the motion picture has not been given careful study <br />and it may have many advantages over tele\'ision. \Ve may find, however, <br />that the usefulness of both methods is limited. In a democracy the devel- <br />opment of the individual. as an independent thinker is of paramount im. <br />parlance. Much evidence shows that there is real danger that predom- <br />inantly a mass mind is developed by educational systems where students <br />are passive. <br />Shortage of teachers is a current obstacle. I do not think it is insur- <br />mountable. Teaching has many attractions as a way of life. Give the <br />teacher adequate opportunity to have the normal comforts of home, ade- <br />quate income to provide for the education of his children, reasonable <br />security for old age and, above all, leisure time in which to keep abreast <br />of progress in his chosen field, and I feel sure society need not worry about <br />adequate numbers of qualified teachers. <br />The United States can afford to pay its teachers and to reduce the <br />individual cost burden for higher education. The question is: "Are we <br />wise enough to afford these things?" I hope so. <br />The alternative is a stratified class society, and history shows such <br />societies are unstable. Unequal opportunity to develop the mind is just <br />as dangerous for society as unequal opportunity to obtain bread. <br /> <br />! <br />r <br /> <br />7 <br />