THE UNIVERSITY.
Sir,-Bertha Bogle’s letter calling for a true University wherein a select few "intelligent and eager spirits’ may ascend to. the highest peaks of wisdom and learning in order to revitalise a stagnant world, is inspiring and force-ful-but I find nevertheless that I disagree. Such an institution would be admirable, certainly, but of real benefit to only that select few. It is not guidance and example that the people lack but wisdom. High thinking must be encouraged not in the few but in all. The State is undoubtedly trying to encourage thinking in its primary and secondary education, but education for the majority ceases too soon. Those who continue to University do so only to become specialists in one particular branch of learning, a situation inevitable when competition for position and security is so keen and vital. ‘The solution to our problem then seems to be first to ensure security from competition and then to launch a vigorous campaign encouraging high thinking, not merely in the select few, nor even just in the University of to-day, but in all sections of the community.
C. G.
WILSON
(Takapuna).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 356, 18 April 1946, Page 23
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188THE UNIVERSITY. New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 356, 18 April 1946, Page 23
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