The New Zealand Rotarian.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XIV, Issue 1, 2 July 1923, Page 284

The New Zealand Rotarian.

'• ' Unless a man believe m something far brighter than -himself^ something infinitely purer and grander than he cair ever become^uiiless lie has- air instinct; of an order beyond dreams, of law beyond comprehension, of beauty, goodness, and justice, ■besides which his own ideals are dark, he will fail m every Loftier form of ambition^— and ought to fail.' '•; . \

( ' Education lias; too. long been limited to mental acquirement. Even the liberalism -which' saw the necessity of 'the -fullest•■possible'.■develop- - ment of the ; body was not 'liberal enough, for, while it "is- so clearly true that mental development is checked 'if the body is neglected, yet mind and body are not the whole of man. He is something niore than grey matter and muscle, something; greater than., brain arid brawn. He is a being with moral possibilities living m a social order. No education system can properly merit the name, unless it strives to develop the moral and the social as well as the mental and physical. •■■'...-.. /'The first object m education is the training of human beings m mind and character, as citizens of- a free country, and any technical preparation of boys and girls for a particular profession, occupation, or work must be consistent with this principle." ■ ' . ■'■'■,'. The above are extracts from a new. monthly pamphlet ' called 1 1 The New Zealand Rqtarian'' (P.O. Box 1261, Wellington). The Rotarian is the production of a society that aims at inculcating the ideal of Social Service. Its motto is '/ Service , before self— he profits most who- serves best.", It draws its. members^ chiefly from the ranks of business men. To such, a movement we can offer our heartiest sympathy, it is entirely m accord with the aims of the Christian Church. ■