PSYCHOLOGY CLUB

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24604, 12 May 1941, Page 7

PSYCHOLOGY CLUB

—. „*, " The Necessity for Hobbies " was discussed at the Practical Psychology Club on Thursday evening. A hobby, it was stated, was a means by which man's creative instinct found expression, through an appreciation of the arts, of nature, or of sport. To be of real value it should never be mechanised or compulsive, but always a means of relaxing or au outlet that saved one from the strain of uncongenial or unsatisfying work. The man to whom his work was a hobby was fortunate, although, even (hen, an alternative should be cultivated. It was wise to have a mental or artistic hobby as well as a physical and active one By cultivating too many hobbies one became a slave to them. Instead of being pleasui-es thev became duties with no more relaxation than work. Perhaps the most satisfying was the nature hobby. It was a shield against the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, a form of saving for old age. ______________