BRAIN POWER LOST IN WAR

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 60, 5 December 1918, Page 2

BRAIN POWER LOST IN WAR

At the Summer School of Civics and Eugenics, held at Oxford, an. address was delivered by Professor J. A. Lindsay, M.D., of, Belfast on the subject of "The Eugenic and Social Influence of the War." He said, that a, fundamental question was what would be the wastage of man- j power in this war, and what would be the effect of that wastage. It was im- , possible while war still raged to calculate with any approximation to accuracy the loss of life involved in, the present conflict. Tho loss of life in war was a question not only of quantity, but of quality. The casualties among officers hud been exceptionally heavy, many only sons ha/1 fallen, and many old families had become extinct. The loss of literature, science, politics, and administration had ibeen very grave. Poetsj writera, artists, thinkers, and scientists—the intelligentsia of the nation—had fallen in Inrge numbers. The universities hud in some cases been practically emptied, with the inevitable pfesult that the supply of trained intelligence would hereaftra, tend to run short. The nation was spending in this great conflict not only its blood, but its brain, and tho latter could only bo replaced, much more slowly than the former. Ono became a shade less impatient of. tho miserable waste and wreckage of war whon ono reflected how the exigencies of wnr had tapped unknown rr forgotten reservoirs of national energy and national working power. Women would continue many of their present activities after the war, partly Iwcause thoy hnd learnt to like their work, partly because they had learnt to like their pay, partly because the enormously enhanced cost.of living would.render some increment to tho household exchequer welcome, or even imperative. The whole question of woman's work and ■woman's sphere would call for revision! . Tho policy of the open door and it free career to talent were the lines on which the practice of the future must bo guided. When they enine to count up the gains and losses of the war there could be lit tin (loii'bfc to which side the balance would incline. Tho. nation would have lost heavily in man power, in brain power, in capital, and in industrial resources. But there would lie some not inconsiderable compe.nsati.ons.. The nation wouW linve been through the fire, and would,, they might hope, emerge f<rom the great ordeal purged of soriio of its defects. The wedding took place in St. John's Church, yesterday, of Miss Mary Craig, of Wellington, to Mr. W. N. C. Willcox, who'only recently rejoined the office 'Staff-of the New Zealand Shipping Company, after returning ftpm active service. The Upv. Dr. Gibb officiated. Tho bridesmaid wns Miss .Tessic Craig, sister to the bride, and the best man was Mr. L. 11. AV. Jones. Tho marriago took place in Rotorim on Friday of Miss Dorothy .. I'arsous, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Laiigdon Parsons, of Perth, W.A., to Captain. Ernest ICuowles, son of the vicar of Amborley. The bridegroom had served with the Main Body at Gallipoli, and also in France, and had been invalided to New Zealand. The dentil took place at the Christchurch Hospital on Saturday of Miss Crawshaw, only sister of tlie Rev. P. A. Crawshaw, vicar of Waihao, Canterbury. The deceased lndy was on her way to Auckland, where she was to bo married (o the Rev. T. Partridge, M.A., of Miitamata, AVnikato, when she was seized with influenza. The late Dr. Mary Dowling, of Haweni, who died recently, from influenza, was !he only sister of Miss Crawsliuw.

Among the fatal cases of iufluenza in Diniedin was -that of Miss Rowona Knight, daughter of the chairman of the Hospital Board. . . . The death look place in Auckland on Sunday at tho Convent of Mercy, To Arohn', of Sister Mnly Lawrence. Lhe sister died from influenza contracted in visiting and nursing patients at the local public hall and elsewhere. A Rcqiiiom -\tns3 was celebrated :ir_ St. Xfar.v'fl Convent, Poiisouby, on Tuesday morning by Dr. H. W. deary. A London cowespoiulent, writing under date of September IC, states Unit tho following notice appears in the ".Morning I'ost" tills week: Mrs. .Mylreii, superintendent of the Y..M.C.A. at Sling Camp, Salisbury, England, invites New Zealand mothers "to writs to her about their sons. Rho meets hundreds of them in the course of her dut.y, and takes a personal motherly inleivst in every New Zcalander who comes to the camp. If mothers write before their eons -actually leavo New Zealand, M.vs. Mylrca will welcome them i» person upon their arrival at Sling. ■ Tho "British Australasian" of October 17 states that Stan'-Nurse 13'. C. Jordan hns beer, taken on the strength of (lie N./i.A.N.S.' in England, and that the following Now Zealand stafl'-mu«e,s have been promoted sisters: J. James, Jl. I-!. .1. Kittlit, E. .Myles. J. jtaismitli, A. ill. l'iiterson, and K. Welch. Miss Violet (i. Barker and Hiss A. Hamilton, N.Z.A.N.S., have been in London recently. For tho boys' holidays "nothing moro serviceable than a Washing Suit. Cream Gaberdine, Silk, Poniin, 7s. (id., to 215., at Geo. Fownls, Ltd., Manners Street.— ,\dvl. ' i Beauty and sympathy arc beautifully | combined in tho arraignment of our; wreaths, which will prove a fitting tri-1 bute at the funcriil of rolalivei or. friends. Miss Murray, Vice-regnl Florist, Willis Street, Wellingtoii.-Adrt. "Somo More Junket. Mum!"— That's what mother always hears the youngsters sny after the first plato of slewed fruit or' rhubarb, served with Curds and Whey, or Junket mndo with BETTI.IVS Ilß\NE'l'. Jiettle's is tho pure, wholeBoine, concentrated essence. Order a bottle (oKlay—it provides such <in inexpensivo and ei>sily-ni:ule delicacy. Is. M., nil grocers.—Advt.

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