Scholar-Pilgrim
HE U.S.A., Mecca of a thousand scholarship sponsored pilgrimages, has her own way of seducing the imag(continued on next page)
ination. My own reaction to the traveller in these parts is therefore one of watchfulness, if not suspicion. I have been listening to John Reid’s 3YC Observations on America and Americans in this spirit, wondering what kind of overal] picture will be presented in his last talk. So far he has felt, as others have done, the strain which lies behind the smile and the vigour of many young business men. For the rest he has taken us to concerts, to the opera, and to the vast galleries full of painting and sculpture, and has himself been impressed, I think, by the enthusiasm with which these things are followed up. This has been interesting, but it refreshes the memory rather than newly informs us. America, not content with pilgrims, tells us so very much about herself that what we really want is a fresh and individual slant upon her people, her customs and her institutions.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZLIST19541112.2.42.4
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 799, 12 November 1954, Page 24
Word count
Tapeke kupu
176Scholar-Pilgrim New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 799, 12 November 1954, Page 24
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Material in this publication is protected by copyright.
Are Media Limited has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online. You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Are Media Limited for any other use.
Copyright in the work University Entrance by Janet Frame (credited as J.F., 22 March 1946, page 18), is owned by the Janet Frame Literary Trust. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this article and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the New Zealand Listener. You can search, browse, and print this article for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from the Janet Frame Literary Trust for any other use.
Copyright in the Denis Glover serial Hot Water Sailor published in 1959 is owned by Pia Glover. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this serial and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the Listener. You can search, browse, and print this serial for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Pia Glover for any other use.
Log in