OPTIMIST CLUB

Wairarapa Daily Times, 13 June 1933, Page 5

OPTIMIST CLUB

ADDRESS BY MR EMERSON. The members of the Optimist Club were greatly interested to-day in an address delivered by. Mr B. J. Emerson on “Building.” Mr Emerson spoke not so much on the 'building of shops and dwellings, but referred to building for the Empire, for, self, character, and man’s building of himself. The three laws of building weer utility, stability and beauty. These were the laws which govern human life. Utility should be aimed at. Men should be stable and reliable. If the two laws were observed, the third Avould be observed naturally. The old builders laid, deep foundations and built for the centuries. They took a deep pride in their work. Some men had built beyond their own day; their work lives to-day and will live for centuries. “We think much of the surroundings of our new buildings,” said the speaker. “Much care should be taken in the building of character — the books read, the pleasures enjoyed, the habits formed, all affected our building of character. It was easier to build houses of bricks and stone than to build homes. The building was illustrated by extracts from history and poetry. Mr Emerson was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for his address, on the motion of Mr G. R. Sykes, seconded by the Rev. J. Cocker.