DEMOCRACY AND SERVICE.
TO THE ■ EDITOR. Sir, —Arising out of the thoughtful address given by Dr J. K. Holloway at the opening of the academic year at the University yesterday, in which the doctor condemned selfish individualism and emphasised the need for a fuller realisation of the opportunities for the practical expression of public spirit and community service, the following questions may be asked : —AA’hat active part, generally speaking, do professors and lecturers on the staff of colleges play in civic, social, and patriotic services? Outside of the class rooms in the colleges, with the exception of a very, very few, what public spirit do they demonstrate, what special contribution do they make by example for the practical improvement of good citizenship? If we take civic or centennial functions, what live interest or enthusiasm is shown by many of those educationists? A responsibility rests on each and every citizen to play his or her part in the general public and patriotic life of the city or district in which he lives.—l am, etc., Service, Not Self. February 27.
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Evening Star, Issue 23511, 27 February 1940, Page 8
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