DIFFICULTIES OF YOUTH

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23817, 10 December 1942, Page 3

DIFFICULTIES OF YOUTH

<j, KKSrONSIIJIUTIES IN

WAR TIME

AIK 11 BISHOP'S I’U-A FOR

I MIKRSTANDING

y humanity is fighting for its fxis: :i ' ' end ell iiuo't realise the rcspensib.ihy Piet is being placed on our present < *;i’ hs:iir! Archbishop West\Vahoii the ;mnnal prize-giving corcpionv ul lli.> pupils of Christ's College lasi evenin'.;. when speaking of pic li;i■ rucurd of old boys with' the armed Iw 'cs, His Grace referred to the dilhciiUics facing youth after the war and .'U'phasis.'d the need for wider yvnmalliy with other nations. The \rehlnshun said he had noted the .■pp-uval cynicism of the younger pi'TiH-n which found it difficult to eel :< 'he root of (he Whole trouble • rhl P.-ilay, The young people fhe !'■"!.a';-; for gnidnnee. seeking an i ’.' he’-o they could find rest and o "hV h"' o he.-n si in-ed out of our eel "cy.” said his Grace, “and y'lii', i’. n are lindin-; something into wlvch iacv can weld some satisfact:n’i. something worth dying for and rcav'lh ii 1 : worth living for too. I 1 lha! the only idea in some minds is the winning of the war and to think of oih r tilings is In distract attention from that aim. “I tremble to think of young people in then- trials, both mental and spiritual. once again embarking on a soothing sea of dissatisfaction. To-day humanity is lighting for its existence and all must realise the responsibility that is lieing placed on our present youth. The nation is passing into a new age and (hero is a great need for the widening of a sympathy with our neighbours and other nations. “It is not a quest ion of ‘my country right or wrong,’ but ‘my country, glorious.' We are being forced to’ realise that others also have the highest form of humanity. Wo must not anticipate further conflict and strife, but we must look and think forward in a hope that we m;iv get a better understanding of others,'' Referring to the old boys with the armed forces, ho said all would join with him in lamenting the loss of splendid young lives, and in expression of heartfelt gratitude to those old members of the college who had risked everything and achieved so much. These men would not admit that anything they had done was in any way better than had been done before. Tasman Memorial Park The Abel Tasman Memorial Park at Tasman Bay will be officially opened on December 19 by the GovernorGeneral (Sir Cyril Newall), The first steps for the constitution of the park in connexion with the Tasman tercentennial celebrations were taken yesterday morning, when an Order-in-Council authorising the setting aside of the area as a park was made. It was announced at the State luncheon at Wellington in honour of the visiting Netherlands delegation that Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands had consented to accept the position of patroness of the Tasman Memorial Park. —(P.A.)