SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.
(To the Editor.) Sir, —We are entering a new age. We can call it the Age of Leisure, the Age of Plenty, the Power Age It does not matter what we call it; it is here. It means a society from which waste lias been eliminated, in which every advance in technical and scientific knowledge is freely applied to lessen the hours of work, while increasing wealth will halve the time that must still be given to it. Then what shall we do with our leisure? There is no natural reason why we should always be unfit for leisure. Bodies can be trained to health and grace. Minds can be taught to reject mechanical forms of pleasure and to disregard mass suggestions. The truth is simple—we have been, we are being, bred to endure mean and insecure lives. We have not been bred to the use of plenty and leisure; but we could be—we must be—fitted for leisure, by the only means—by education. This means a complete change in our educational methods and ideas.—l am, etc., WALTER CLEAR. Hamilton, May 6.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19880, 8 May 1936, Page 9
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183SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19880, 8 May 1936, Page 9
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