THE STUDY OF MAN

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 49, 20 November 1937, Page 8

THE STUDY OF MAN

Thinkers, Workers and Enjoyers ADDRESS TO ROTARIANS A few thoughts relating to the study of man were given members of the Hastings Rotary Club yesterday by Ma James Wylie, who said that, in the main, there were three classes of people — the thinker, the "worker and the enjoyer. All were diatinctive in theii main specificnesses and his plea was for an understanding of theso characteristics and types. One of the gfeat problems of lifo ! was to find out how men can gather together so that they could help them-i seives and help others, he said. It was a wonderful thing to meet other men to bring about a fuller realisation of their own and other men's powers, but particularly to help them to know fo. theraselves what they could do, and to realise their own powers. "We are inclined to sperd a lot of time in an analytical way," he said. "This is manifest when one is con fronted with some problem or other, Or has taken delivery of new goods in the shop. A searching inquiry if made for the canse and symptoms of the problem, or of the potentialities ef the new goods from the viewpoint of the purchasers. It seems to me.that to-day we are missing something and' that we are giving a little more time to material things than we should, and not suffieient time to the human element," he said. Mr Wylie then proceeded to deseribe the thTee types of people. Re'garding the thinker, ho included in this type the office workers, clerks, school teachers, authors, artists and others engaged in sedentary occupations and opera. tions. These he said, were the nerve and brain section of the community, and were principally concerne'd with ideas, being spiritpally minded. This type was the guiding force, being trained to think and to create. The biggest section of the community, however, was the' worker type, the man of bone and muscle, who had to express himself physically. This typ9 was more inclined to material thiugsthan was tho thinker type and the appeal was more along the lines of construction than of power. The speaker ventured to say that a study of the personalities that had led prominently in , the development and progross of the town would show that they were men of bone and muscle, the constructive builder type. It was characteristic ' of this type to have a greater desire to - do community work, to be more sociable and have a pronounced love for justiee. Briefly stated, the difference between. these two types was that the thinker was inclined towards study and the worker towards action; and using the political field as - affording examples of this contention he compared the leading personalities of the immediate pa?t and the present ■ governments. The" third type, the "enjoyer, was described by Mr Wylie, as the fat man "full in the body and more animalistic than the other type." His appeal was for food s and money. He was an inspiring person ality, full of eneTgy and plausible. with a sympathetic way about him that inspired other people to confide their troubies in him. He wai a power and a ruling type, and abla to enjoy the fullness of everythings