THE LATE STARTER

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 9, 9 August 1946, Page 4

THE LATE STARTER

I AM going to put in a plea for the late starter. Not only is the saying true that it is never too late to mend, but university education may be even better appreciated by those in their early twenties than by those in the later teens. The attention which a mature mind can bring to a study of philosophy, humanity, and the great literary monuments of the past is stronger and more intense than at an earlier age. The power of concentration, retentiveness of the memory, earnestness, and zeal should in most cases be greater in the older pupil. From this a superficial thinker might argue that the way to get the most degrees is to fail in most examinations. This would be a conclusion unedifying in the academic atmosphere in'which I now preen myself, and I therefore hasten on to .another moral, in which I am sure we shall be in accord —namely, that no boy or girl should ever be disheartened by lack of success in youth, but should patiently and faithfully continue and persevere to make up for lost time.—Mr Winston Churchill in a United States university address.

Gifts to Hospital The following gifts to the Whakatane Hospital during the month of July were acknowledged at yesterday’s Board meeting from the Matron’s report: Magazines, Mesdames Comer, Combes and W. J. Williamson, Miss Suckling and Mr List; cockles, anonymous; children’s toys, Mesdames Howard, Bowden and Hunter; lemons, Mesdames Norman and Hawken; flowers, Awakeri Junior Red Cross and Mr B. Sladden; marmaladd', Mrs Hunter.

Parent-Teacher Association An advertisement in today’s issue anounces a social evening to be held at the High School at 7.30 p.m. on Monday, August 13, when a talk illustrated with sound films will be given by Mr Thompson of the Health Department, whose subject will be “Milk, its importance, pasteurisation etc, and Milk in Schools.” Any persons with questions relating to the school are invited to place them in written form in the box which will be provided.