Grand Old Mao

NZ Truth, Issue 1213, 28 February 1929, Page 6

Grand Old Mao

HPHE Hector Gold Medal is not a 1 prize for swimming or running. •It is a distinction bestowed for erudition m philosophical research. The recipient this year' is the Hon. G. M. Thomson, philosopher and politician. A queer combination perhaps. But the Hon. G.M. is a citizen of many Darts, and there is nothing incongruous m his dual role. ! Now past the eighty mark, he has the refined intellect and outlook of the man" of science. First he tried a life on the land. No good, however, trying to pin a man of research to the dull, ordered routine of the farmer. A laboratory, with' all its strange fluids and paraphernalia, was his natural element. An enthusiast m education and science, generally, he has never kept a selfish grasp upon his gifts. • In short, a brilliant Grand Old Man.