BISHOP’S ADVICE TO BOYS

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 November 1934, Page 2

BISHOP’S ADVICE TO BOYS

PLAY GAMES AND READ BOOKS. “Play games as I do even at 76; cultivate a love of reading, and don’t be foolish about religion.” This was the advice given to boys of Kilburn Grammar School by . the Bishop of London, Dr. Winnington Ingram, when he unveiled a portrait of Mr Wilfred Bonavia Hunt, a former headmaster of the school, recently. “You won’t be able to do this unless you are extremely -temperate. I have been a teetotaller for 50 years. You must not eat too much, either, because that is quite as bad as drinking too much. You must certainly smoke very little —I am a non-smoker also—and take regular exercise every day of your life. • ~ ; ’ ■ “Then there is the cultivation of your mind. J don’t want to be a prig. On my holiday in the summer I take with me two dozen books, and I really enjoy two hours’ .uninterrupted reading -every day as/ much as I do salmon fishing anjl golf. “It is the greatest treat in the world to read biographies, histories and the 1 classics. Ciilfiyafe a habit of reading and keep it to the end of your .liyes. Lastly, don’t believe the’ foolish and silly idea that religion is .pjit of date.” Dr. Ingram recalled liis days at Marlborough. “The man who influenced me was a lay assistant master called .Dick. He was the inspiration of■ nay life. I remember him saying to me once when I was down. ‘You remember the old proverb, “Look straight ’into the light and you will always have the shadows behind you.” ’ “Remember that, boys, for your inspiration when you face the troubles of life,” ' . ‘ /