TOPICS OF THE DAY

Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20693, 31 December 1938, Page 6

TOPICS OF THE DAY

Constructive Effort “You must hope for something better in your lives than a progress from crisis to crisis such as we are experiencing at present,” said Dr. Raymond Priestley, vice-chancellor of Birmingham Universitv. in a recent address to students. “Whether you get that something better will depend very much upon yourselves. We have just been through a crisis of unparalleled gravity. No one who has sat, as I have sat, in traffic jams at night, on the Flanders roads, under the glarq of parachute lights, with the crash of bombs in our ears, waiting for the next bomb to fall, can view with equanimity the prospect of a war in which the whole population will be at the front. Most of us would, I think, go through the ordeal steadfastly enough if xvar came. But I doubt if there are many soldiers of the last war who are not profoundly grateful for the present respite. Our job to-day is a constructive one. We must study so to shape our lives that" we can each of us make a notable contribution towards a more peaceful world.”