EDUCATION FOR LEISURE
At a conference in London on the subject of education for leisure, Mr. Gerald Heard said this was perhaps the most serious problem confronting educationists and laymen. "We must expect to see in the futiire a growth not of leisure but of unutterable boredom," he said. A great deal of the distress, and violence in Europe today sprang fron. a subconscious apprehension that the future was going to be an intolerable bore. "Therefore, as we are facing a danger which may disrupt our society, no steps we can take to face the coming peril can be too drastic. Teachers must give the people a picture of living, make them feel they have found out a purpose of life, and make them look forward to a period of leisure ia which humanity at large will become truly humane."
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Evening Post, Issue 29, 4 February 1935, Page 16
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140EDUCATION FOR LEISURE Evening Post, Issue 29, 4 February 1935, Page 16
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