What Is The Place Of
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ed for the greatest human-good-in to earn a living «should the past, while
not be
to include an enlarging his vision given place in influencing young Education In The Modern World? cies. The possibilities for genuine if our schools are to fulfil the high
new trends nd tenden-persons to stakes vocational training
human betterment are always the purposes of education. It is the task of education to aïncover talent, and to stimulate each one's native abil- ity and courage so that the talent discovered may be developed and ensed in the service of mankind...... * £Reason is an active human facul-
THE ACTIVE HUMAN
TH
CAPACITY
of able results in society: Ignorance
is expressed in various types of mentalities-criminal, împerialistic, dictatorial, apathetic, tyrannica). Education faces the task of re- placing these disintegrating mental tendencies with constructive
pur-
THERE is a cure for ignorance Study, research, original thought standard for measuring new move ty; and when reason is rightly "and its effects, which are have an expansive effect on the hu- ments and evaluating the old... To directed it serves to help replace manifested in unrest, disintegration, man mind; and the broader vision be of real value a movement must the ignorance that causes undesir- and disturbances in social, political brought about through education lift thought to higher levels and economic affairs. Understand has given mankind a wealth of in- constructive accomplishment... ing and enlightenment, that is, education. must eventually end ignorance. It is encouraging that - most individuals and nations have faith in education and in its abil- ity to meet. the unsolved problems that face mankind. A hopeful sign of the times is the eagerness of great numbers to invest heavily in education. Understanding is the world's hope for the solution of the multiplied problems of a complex
civilisation..
vention, improvement, higher stand- Guidance programmes..« are of
We
poses.
OF REASON
The aim of education- is genuine ards of living, a more general ten- value in so far as they help each progress for mankind; and to this dency to work with ideas, to analyse, student to find himself, to uncover end unbiased research as to what evaluate and tolerate.
We travel his talent and to use it. There are constitutes such progress should rapidly, communicate instantly, often with the effect of great saving of time, money, and even lives. are united by the radio and motion picture in the opportunity to en- joy good music; drama, and litera- ture; through newspapers and ma- plenty of young persons whose tal- serve to accentuate the conviction gazines all have access to much that ents fit them to work with their of many that education of human was once the luxury of a few. hands; and the need of the economic thought through moral and spiritual These results of education, consi- world for skilled workmen should be cultare is the surest way of ac-
However, the celerating progress. dered in its broadest aspects, en- met by the schools. with
Christian courage us to expect more, even the pressure of need for a job in order Science Monitor. accomplishment of the great task of
Education has a record of achieve ment in the good already accomplish- ed for mankind; and history shows that where education has failed to accomplish all that is rightly expect ed of it, the very failure has stimu- 'lated more searching analysis, ex-
perimentation and research, subsequent reforms and more clear- ly defined objectives.
It's time for
690
spot" of Beehive Brandy
enlightening all mankind, and thus
ending war, unrest, want, and con- fusion. It is not too much to ex-
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By Ella Hay
pect education to help provide an equitable distribution of the earth's abundant resources so that everyone may enjoy. a fair amount of the good things of life.
continuous
THE-
WORLD GOES BY
By "ULYSSES"
AFTER reading several court straight line. It is not true of two
cases in the past few weeks points on a sphere. It is impos← I think I shall say a few words Bible to imagine a straight line be- ábout burglary. The burglar who tween two points without imagin- Before
thinks, invariably recognises the ing a straight continuanceTM beyond perfect adaptability of all things to the second point, into space. Fur- the
his use. Regard the invention of ther, it continues, you must go fur- windows, for instance. Just as thether from the first point. You daily It is a general conviction that horse's back seems to have been de- can't conceive of space as-being a education can "make good," which signed for men to sit on (and octhing shut in, as in a hollow sphere. round inspires
analysis of casionally fall off), so windows must There must be more space outside educational means and objectives. have been made for burlgars to get the sphere. Space is merely an- Parents, teachers, writers, social or-into.
other word for nothing. The end ganisations-all are thinking, ex- They (the windows) are more of space, must imply the beginning perimenting, working to increase the easily forced than doors and they of something. And so they went efficiency of our educational sys are more often left unlatched. Even on, large brandy-and-soda tems, to make the work purposeful the admirable division of day and draught beer. They argued, and effective in the solution of the night comes in. Darkness is fav got hot, and never defined problems of present experiencë.
ourable to burglarge. The law re-terms or agreed on cognises it and considers night an Queer chaps, men, after they have essential part of burglary. If not stowed away a few. done at night, it is only house- is breaking.
After that thankless task"
Before
the
The thing considered a fact to-day Culture
After
the
game
shoot
In many fields the educational pendulum has taken a definite swing away from the assumption that an outstanding aim of education absorbing great numbers of facts; the art of burglary was foreseen Menace
It is quite obvious that The Typhoon the emphasis now is found placed and provision made for it. on instilling attitudes, directing purposes, and uncovering abilities.
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too often becomes the myth of to-At The Bar morrow; and no mass of data ab- sorbed, and retained ever has had
J
and
and
their
premise.
Arrival of the typhoon season leads me to deny rumours that the Hong Kong Government is respon-
ire. Government
sible for these and, nature's
Culture occasionally invades even commiserates, I am nothing. It
sure, with
the permanent educational value of those places where men foregather Kowloon on being cut off from the a few cultural experiences assimi- and drink. Culture, or what passes world when typhoons rage, but I lated. The teacher is an artist who for it. This was so when I was led cannot see how it can be helped. So selects and helps the individual astray the other night and, after far as I can see, after careful con- stúdent to select such details of the eighth or ninth (you will ap sideration of a suggestion made by knowledge as will balance his com-preciate the difficulty of giving you one of my more senile friends,: it position, mould his taste, and in-the precise number consumed), the is really not practicable for Govern- fluence his decisions in choosing, proposition was put by a large ment to erect a barrier out at sea from the mass of subject matterbrandy-and-soda that a straight to shut out these typhoons. The available in books, magazines, radio line into space must return ulti- cost of building materials, for one programmes and movies, that which mately to its starting point. The thing, is against it. Moreover, will serve to educate the higher na- large brandy-and-soda said it could the size of the undertaking is a ture.
be demonstrated by mathematics, difficulty, The Great Wall of China- Cultural development includes ori-He talked about fourth dimension. would be nothing to it, for there is ginal thought, and independent Words, not ideas, names, not con- no guarantee that typhoons, which thought is an important aim of cepts. Absolute rot. Travelling in are circumventing sort of strange- education. Independent thinking a straight direction, true to comments with no sense of fair play, does not necessarily imply refut pass, on this sphere, pointed out a would not sneak in by a roundabout ing everything that is traditional; draught beer, the traveller must route. In this matter we are/ob- neither can it mean a accepting as return to his starting point. But Higed, reluctantly, of course, but final every decree of tradition. The straight direction, not a straight still in honour bound, to admit that original thinker is calm and thought line. The large brandy-and-soda-de-Government has done nothing to ful in evaluating past and present fined a straight line as the shortest deserve: censure and that it can Tel. 30986 experience; he sees the wisdom of distance between two points. - But do nothing: tousecure praise. These
accepting at present what has work- this is only true of two points on a typhoons are too big for its
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