CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1074, 22 July 1924, Page 6

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

IT’S VALUE IN LIFE. At the Luncheon Club to-day, Mr James Wylie, of Auckland, delivered an address on “The Science of analysing; character.” All hough it was termed' a science, stated the speaker in introducing his subject, it was not exact, owing to human beings being variable and complex. Jt. was, nevertheless, the duty of all to endeavour to ascertain as much as possible of the people among whom they mixed. 'J he study revealed their natural inclinations for work pleasures, and further assisted in the reading of the different diseases they might ho subject to. It. was, .he added, merely a matter of systematic study and, although fie bad personally encountered many who did not believe in character analysis, such an attitude was attributable to that person being of a particular type. The speaker had found the study helpful in the better understanding of himself, others and also his wife (laughter), lie stressed its importance to business men for they were faced with the problem of getting the right relationship with the public. It also played its part in determining the right type of men to undertake civic duties, while in social life the only man to obtain real pleasure from such was the man who was able to move round without creating discussion, and was able to enter into the life with lull co-operation. It was also useful in marriage and parentage. While he did not intend to stress the point, there were, undoubtedly, variances in the human make-up, but many of the differences which occurred" in married life were due to the inability to recognise such deficiencies and endeavour to counteract them.

Referring to an address on “Hoys in Business’’ delivered by Mr Jas Walluce at the Rotary Club yesterday, the speaker stated that many men were to-day in their wrong walk in life. 'J his iiud been possibly due to family jjosition, faulty teaching, or parental prejudice—a matter which, in the future citizen, could be rectified if the (»o\eminent would engage a certain number of experts to make a definite analysis of boys and girls while at school. r J housandb of pounds were being expended in education and it world be only fair to devote a liitle extra to the capitalising of what the child had already learnt, and thus economise the waste lit New Zealand which was at present running into millions of pounds. All were striving for the equilibrium and successful men had approached such to a greater extent than their lesser fortunate beings. Some successful men were, ho-.vevor. noi properly balanced — human nature had to be fought and character study could lie employed to assist io that end. Subdividing the unman types into three divisions, which he termed the mental (the thinker*, the motor (worker) and the vital (the enjover). the speaker dealt with the characteristics of each type anti tlie part they play in life, the whole going to form a highly interesting and instructive address.

Air D. \V. Low, in moving tile customary vote of thanks, strongly supported the speaker in iti.s contention that the Government should employ experts to assist in determining the walk of life the boy and girl should enter upon on leaving school. Mr T. Ji. Arlidgc presided.