FOR WINTER DISCUSSION

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 126, 30 May 1931, Page 6

FOR WINTER DISCUSSION

■ Already forty jrpung- men: have joined the. Fellowship of '■: jthe Round Table, one o£. the features in the winter programme of.the V.M.C.A. of Wellington:. The purpose of this -'Venture is ''to; giye young men an' i opportunity, for free,-frank,;'and helpful discussion on some''of 'the-major problems of to-day. .While: the.-Round Table is'riot definitely/of a: religious nature, it nevertheless emphasises the distinctively Christian"approach-".tomany ._of the questions under 'review. '. In. addition to twelve "problem" : idiscussions, , five .additional evenings have been, added to the programe this'year,, and these will take tha form of supplementary .lectures of a cultural and 'informative nature. The president of the Round Table is the general secretary of the -association, Mr. lien. J. Greenberg, and the speakers lor the 1931 term are: • The■ liev. D. C. Hemm, "Tho Old Book in a New World"; Mr. A. Leigli Hunt, ''Has New Zealand the Potentialities of National Greatness?"; Mr.; X Douglas Tayler, "What Music Means"; the Rev. W S Rollings, "Christianity—A Way of Life"; Mr. Peter. Fraseiy M.P., "Tha Outlawy of War—lts Prospects and Problems"; Mr. A. Gibbs, "The Romance ot Wireless"; Dr. Leslie G. Austin, "A Man's Health"; Rev. H, W. Newell, ''The Pr. >- leni of East and West"; Mr. Walter Nash, M.P., "Some Christian Implications of tha Present World Situation"; . Mr. Byron Brown, "The Philosophy of the Poets' ; the Rev. J. "R. Blahcliard, "Marriage ia Modern Life"; Canon Percival James, "Lambeth, IOSO^The Church Union, Birth Control, and Modem Youth Aspects of tha Conference..Report"; Mr; Will A. Appleton, "Challenging Factors m the Jieonoinio Situation in New Zealand ; Mr. 11.I1. L Combs, "Can Democracy Endure? ; Cay. D'ott. G-. Form'ichella, "The Evolution of a Modern1 State—ltaly"; "Mr.-Len. J. Greenberg, "Youth at the Cross-roads. Pagan or Christian—Which V.' ; the Rev. J. 111. Blanchard, "Can We Really Believe m !a'God -Who Cares ?". Attendance at the Ronnd Tale is open to _y tiling men who have some Christian'affiliation or church or V.M.C.A. connection in-the city, and in all cases it will be necessary for applications to be .addressed "to. the general secretary of the V.M.C.A. The opemns session will take place on Tuesday nest, 2nd June, at 6.30 p.m.