YOUTH'S ATTITUDE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 210, 21 September 1937, Page 6

YOUTH'S ATTITUDE

•Presa Assooiation.)

The Problems of Modern Society BISHOP'S QUESTIONNAIRE

(By Telegraph—

WELLINGTON, This Day. At the time of tlie Anglican Diocesan Synod sitting in Wellington last July, the lit. Rev. H. St. Barbe Holland, Bishop of Wellington, issued a questionnaire to young people of the diocese, to gauge the popular attitude toward religion, sex, drink, gambling and other vital problems of modern society. • ' In an interview yesterday, the Bishop stated that as yet it was rather early to give any statement of the result of the inquiry, but when it closcd in the course of a month or two lie. would be able to collate and summarise the respon.se, and formulate some im--pression of the outlook'of the younger generation. Bishop Holland said that, while a great many replies had already been roceived, he hoped even more would be forthcoming; the wider the response the more representative would be any conclusion based on it. For this reason it was hoped that as many young people as possible would answer the questionnaire. One of the difficulties of conductlng such an inquiry was that inevitably a large proportion of the first replies sent in were from those cranks and extremists who nevor missed any opportanity of vaicing their theories. The grcater part, liowever, were obviously from normal and thoughtful young people, and would be of value in gaining an insight into the views of the younger generation. Some 2000 copies of the questionnaire have been circulated among young men and women of every social stratum and in every walk of life. Some of the most searching questions in it are: Do you think there is any place for the ehurch in the life of the commu nity? Is there anything in prayer? Do you think there is a God? Doe's , our attitude to Him matter? Are there any real standards of right and wrong? What would you consider, roughly, right or wrong about telling the truth or not, unselfishness, justice, sex intor- • course, divorce, drunkenness and gambling? What are the things, if any, that need changing in the world, as you see it? The questionnaire was~ pref aced by a ietter from the Bishop, asking that it should be answered frankly, fearlessly and without iiypocricy.