PRESS COMMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 31 October 1927, Page 4

PRESS COMMENTS

Til 10 KC I.ll’SK. “For no more than nine minutes, including the twenty-three seconds _id totality, was the part of the sky m which hung sun and moon unobseured. Hut it was enough. Fur those fleeting moments the eyes oi men, women, and children had looked upon a stupendous manifestation ol tne works of the Creator. 'The heavens declare the glory ol God; and the firmament showeth Mis handiwork. “The Times.’ -

Till-: CITY UK THE GOUT) TIME. " New York is Hnhel without eonfusion of tongues. A place ol relugo for all races of the world from the Hood of ancient sorrows; the forlorn hope of humanity that, having Ino.i too long, seeks rebirth. And, indeed, tin- note of New York—its gaiety, its tolerance, its carelessness —is just tluu of a storming party hurrying towards an unknown goal. It is the city ol the Good Time—and the Good 1 ime is there so sacred Lliat you may he excused anything you do in searching for it. Anil it is ail ideal so practicable! ” —Mr Ford Madox Ford. CONVENTION. " A convention itsell can he real oi false, according as it does, or does not. arise spontaneously out ol real judgments, or desires, or feelings in those who make and lollow it. And when a convention is a sham ii may he worth while to smash it. because it is confining life instead of expressing iL. The place where it should eved 'with suspicion and allowed leasL scope is the lile ot thought. I hole is little gained, and a great deal lost by the common desire to have ‘correct opinions. about (for example) religion. politics, literature. No dotibi if tie- standard ol correctness were the judgment of the best authorities this desire would he wholesome, hut it usually is the commonly expressed judgment ol a ' set.' and this is u ii'iicrion. In the realm ol ideals, stark honesty is the one source of lb and movement. That is why the Re-bii'iri'.-rs insisted (with a profound insight, as I believe) net. indeed, on the Right, but on the Duty ol Private .1 udginein.” 'ilm Hislmp of Munehestei in the “Si. .Martin’s Review.

THE ’VARSITY AM) R LSI NFS'S. •• .'.ii idle ami purely pleasure-loving youth is not likely to derive much ).c!i”|it from a. university. Rut, given a hoy with average ability and a serious l urn of 111 i n 1 1, there is no doubt

in my mind that a general 1 university training is an enormous advantage, and an excellent preparation for a business life. For one tiling, the boy greatly extends the range of bis knowledge of men. The mail who enters business at 22 or 23 with a trained mind will in a very short time he as capable of dealing with routine as lie who started at ir or IS. It is (juite true that ii is desirable for a man to have a thorough knowledge ot the business in which he is engaged—l do not seek to controvert that—but tho experience oi many employers is that the different phases of a business can be picked up in a very short time by men with properly trained minds. It is not really necessary for a boy to spend years of his life in passing through all the various departments in order to train him lor managerial positions. I<sum up: though no general rule can he laid down, a wisely chosen university course will not retard a boy’s success in a business career, but rather hasten bis rise to positions ol trust. Sir David Milne-AVatson, in tin London ‘'Evening News.