All For Culture
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{That New Zealanders had as yet developed no individuality or culture was, claimed by H. Winston Rhodes, lecturer in English at Canterbury University College, when addressing mem- * bers of the New Education Fellowship in Christchurch.] Fit Anyone should chance to leave New Zealand at the Age of Ten, And in his Middle Age become One of the Empire’s leading Men, He’s sure to be saluted by Our Publicists, with Cheeks aglow, As if the Fame were Theirs, and Named The great New Zealand So-and-so y Bec! promising New Zealander In Science, Politics, or Art, Must always leave his native Land Before his real Career can start. At least he can be sure of this: Not many of his Countrymen Will ever know his Name, till he Brings Laurels from abroad- if then. ND yet a Few are often heard Complaining, on the other Hand, With Shake of Head and dismal Moan, "There is no Culture in the land." "Alas," they say, ‘"‘we have no Art, No Music, no Philoséphy! * in all the World you will not find Such pitiful Yahoos as wel" ‘HEIR View is very near the Truth, But airing it does not refute The plain New Zealander’s Belief That Culture is imported Fruit. In any Case, the Mind that trusts In such ham-fisted Criticism \ Is not equipped to isolate Our Culture’s Micro-organism.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 177, 13 November 1942, Page 2
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229All For Culture New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 177, 13 November 1942, Page 2
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