FOR THE GREATEST GOOD

NZ Truth, Issue 1185, 16 August 1928, Page 6

FOR THE GREATEST GOOD

IN these modern times, where self-assertion is the prime consideration and the other fellow may go hang, there are top few instances where personal aggrandisement is merged into the background and' unselfishness is uppermost. ' " ' ' •'"•,• r, •■'■■•-" t -• Then, too; there are few men who- achieve academic honors.: when the half-way finger-post along the road of life has been passed — and when their measure of usefulness extends farther than chairmanships at meetings of ineffectual societies. " •■, • 7 President' A. Burgess, of the Public Service Association, may be numbered among the distinguished elect, if for . no other reason than hisbecoming a qualified accountant when he had passed beyond the 50-years^ peg of youthfulnessi • . ! ' -■ He has nurtured his association since its birth m 1913 and his eleotion to the presidency may be taken as an appreoiation of his" endeavors, than which there can be no greater testimonial. -'i ' '