“WHITHER MANKIND?”

Wairarapa Daily Times, 11 June 1932, Page 4

“WHITHER MANKIND?”

MR BRAILSFORD ’ S LECTURE. The last lecture of the W.E.A. session, “The World Since the War,” by the staff tutor, Mr J. A. Brailsford, 8.A., is to he given at the Municipal Lecture Hall on Monday at 8 p.m., under the title “Whither Mankind ” The present outlook is dark with war clouds, a class struggle developing on a world-wide scale, distress and unemployment, loss of respect for plighted agreements and a seeming lack of such leadership as would grapple with these mighty difficulties. While facing these menacing signs frankly and admitting the probability of vast changes, Mr Brailsford will point out that the present accumulation of troubles arises largely from our having gained immense new powers over the forces of Nature, while our social organisation develops more slowly. From the story of evolution and the history of mankind’s social life we can see how progress has been maintained despite setbacks in some directions. Are the present evils in the path insuperable, or can human personality rise to the challenge? This is the question the lecturer will try to answer. The meeting is open to all.