THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 5, 1937
Do You Like Brilliant Women?
Do
a often than not, are a grievous dis- have to be. I have been thinking this, that woman's progress into
Guns Or Butter?--Bombs
the upper reaches is besef with dif- culties and prejudice. Therefore, it
O you like brilliant women? Try ed, alas, by the trial and error me And I came away mentally protest-even yet true, partly as a consequence
that question on some of your thod, is that brilliant people more ing that such combinations did not men friends. It's as good as picnic. Then you will-probably try appointment as teachers. "They are about it on and off ever since. it on friends of both sexes, especially so often anti-social," he explains. In Brilliance is likely to find an out- seems to me, that women, even more picked because they will add con- Roget's Thesaurus “anti-social” is let along intellectual lines. Intellec- than men, need to pay special atten- structive and helpful comment to grouped with unflattering words like 'tuality, when pursued to the ́exclu- tion achieving a well rounded, their first vigorous replies. Most egotistic, cynical, selfish.
sion of all else, is a particularly balanced whole and the more so if people, it seems, don't like brilliant As a matter of fact he did not sing- noticeable form of unbalanced deve- they are what the world calls bril- women. Yet women who can make le out women from men in his state- lopment-more noticeable în a gre- liant. It is a challenge to each one an intelligent. contribution to Society ment. Brilliant "people," he said. garious world than sociability equal- of us to prove for our sex that we are sorely needed in our contempor- But last year I went to hear a wo ly pursued. “And women are likely can go far in contributing to the so ary world. What shall we do about man whose achievements in the to be intense in pursuit of anything." called intellectual progress of the it? writes Millicent Taylor in the academic world were high. She had is the comment of a man who might race, while at the same time contri- "Christian Science Monitor."
the right to inscribe a generous por- be placed in the "specially picked" buting to a higher degree the woman- This chain of thinking began with tion of the alphabet after her name group previously mentioned. "When ly qualities that thinking men and a confession from an educator. He and a position that might warrant they go after intellectual attainment thinking women both feel the world has a big waiting list of teachers, all women's looking up to her as a they go after it so hard that the needs. yet he finds it more than a trick to guide. Her speech was well enough, outcome is a one-sided person," he College girls, students, though sift out the right kind for his school. technically. But the woman was said. "The wholesome womanliness genuinely attracted to the intellec- And one thing he says he has learn- brittle, sharp-tongued, full of icicles. one has a right to expect seems to tual fare spread before them, often
be given no expression."
turn from it quite deliberately, con- He confided that men admire bril vinced that the sacrifice of a balanc- liant women, but they don't trust éd development and the love of hu- them. It is not, he added, so much man beings is too great. Seeing some because men feel uncomfortably in- brilliant woman of their acquain- ferior with them, as because
tance, and in their own rich appre- have had experiences which
ciation of social progress, finding them to associate sharp criticism, her wanting they condemn all intolerance, an air of self-sufficiency learning. Those of us who think and cocksureness with some
these things through, can do much liant woman, and the whole lot is good by talking them over with our thereupon thrown in for good mea- young people. As far as that goes;
we cannot begin too soon, can Happiness, health and well-being
to throw our influence into whateve
whatever are within easy grasp of humanity. Yet, we all know there is nothing direction seems needful, to help even The necessary knowledge to bring more right than that women should our littlest tor
ones to achieve well- these things about exists, but there is a
it think think deeply and clearly, rounded development. The highly. cannot be co-ordinated or put into To do this, women should be to as social child probably needs practice. The minds of the people high a degree as possible well in- preciate sound intellectual training try to build up unprecedentedly huge will not conceive ideas for their formed. Indeed if their talents lie more while the naturally brilliant armaments. Nationalism and the de- own salvation, but are prepared and along special lines, it is obvious that child must be wisely helped to sire in certain lands for National ex- conditioned by the aucous voice of along those lines they should inform develop a social consciousness. pansion, is the cause of the present the patriot, the blare of the military themselves uncommonly well. That Do we need another generation state the world is in. The "have brass band and the doctrines of this can be done without becoming before we swing into balance? not” countries demand colonies and hatred. The Dictators and the rul- intense, cold, sharp, has been abun- any rate, we know where and when the right to show the prowess of ing class have no point of contact dantly proved by able, warm-heart- to begin-like charity, at home, now. their race. - In turn the other na- with the scientist and the disinter-ed women we all know. But it is And we might just do so well at it tions of Europe
ave to arm to re- ested expert.
even yet not generally accepted that that the stigma so often attached to strain them...”.
women be leaders of thought, that the "brilliant woman" of to-day may they be experts widely recognised by be wholly underserved and forgot men as well as women. And it is ten before to-morrow.
Or Tea?
*
We live in a mad world. On the nation could hope to do by the most one hand it is a civilisation of scien- victorious of predatory conquests. tific progress wth tremendous poten- tialities and, on the other, an order of chaos, in which society demands death and the instruments of death.
At the present time
rush on the part of every big coun-
The
they
all
H. G. Wells visualises 3 new Fascist countries.
World Encyclopaedia in which point in envy to Britain and say that she vital knowledge will for ever be "owns" a third of the world. Then, kept up to date and made available. inconsequentially enough,
As he says, they were people who speak of their population question. after the last War could have told Well, has the enormous Empire of what would happen if the Great Britain solved the problem of tried to extract billions of two million unemployed in the Brit- indemnity from ish Isles? Would shipping these people to Canada and Australia, tó produce still more corn in an al- ready overglutted market, help any- one?.
Allies pounds
Germany; there had they were other experts who, been found, could have prevented the major blunders of the Treaty of Versailles. The problem of un- employment, which should resolve itself into a matter of division of leisure, is not insurmountable. The question of the distribution of raw The myth that colonies are neces- materials, and even of wealth itself, sarily desirable possessions is
is not so difficult, given a certain
of goodwill. that would have been exploded long amount
Sacrifices ago were it not for the doctrines of would have to be made, but what national self-sufficient and indepen- are they compared with the sacri- dence. Autarchy! New sources fices demanded of a world war? for raw materials are not required, the real question is entirely one of present over-production. Any land
one
is glad enough to sell its produce to whoms
Sacrifices enough are being made. already; but, alas, they are laid on is prepared to pur- the altar of narrow nationalism. a world of peace, The Dictator triumphs. The Scien- economic freedom and internation- tist is told to produce poisonous alism there is enough for all and and more poisonous gases that is
chase it.
more.
his job to-day. The rationalist
Trade suffers, Guns instead of but- languishes in a concentration camp.
ter! Bombs instead of tea! Chemi- cals instead of coffee!
Thousands of millions are being spent each year on weapons of des- truction. This squandered wealth is but a prelude to a time when life will be squandered even more freely Britain has now been drawn into than money. If only all this energy this maelstrom and has to rearm as and activity required to prepare feverishly as any other country. for, and participate in, a world war The four hundred million pounds were harnessed for the real benefit that is to be borrowed represents of mankind, the results might well probably only one quarter of the be astounding
ng and all countries total amount that will be spent in would benefit far more than any one the next five years.
sure.
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