This World of Ours

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 29, 30 December 1938, Page 2

This World of Ours

by

JOHN

GUTHRIE

A man wrapped up in himself males aver ry small pack aye. From Galaxy": ‘* Many people have a good aim in life, but they don’t pull the trigger."’ . , * / & #* THEORY that elephants never forget is being disproved by Chicago Zoo experts. Zoo Director Dr. Robert Bean and his colleagues have been making long observations on the animals. They found that the elephant very soon forgets. ‘Cited is the ease of Honey, a baby elephant which was

|reseued from starvation in | Afriea, by Christopher Sehulz. Schulz brought the animal to Chicago, and for months | nursed it on a bottle. Absent for eight months, Schulz returtied, to be! snubbed by Honey, who obviously did not remember him at, all. _ . & : os ¥ No off lee, E has been said that the secondary education 18 not the type of education the business. man thinks should be given." New Zealand -headmaster at priz ze-giving cereMOny.. . Having pointed out: owe from time to time, that the sheltered atmosphere of the publie school is a pretty poor training place for young and sensitive chaps who. are to be thrown into the. market-place and told to make their living in competition with the best busi"ness brains in the country, we were Pleased to sce that. at least,

one headmaster was facing up to the faets. Fair play, is it ericket, playing the game, and not kicking a chap when he is down may be all very well within the walls of Alma Mater, as most of us‘know, but they don’t get you anything much on the except, maybe, a good deal-of hoarse and derisive laughter. On the other hand, a big -business man we interviewed on the matter, told us he didn’t agree with all this running down of the public. schools, ‘Some of the smartest brains we’ve had on *Change,’’? says this chap, ‘"‘had their early training in some of our better-known public schools.’? "He pointed to one man who got five years for fraudulent company promoting, a credit to any school; .to a second, who--with two years for forgery-was another bright light (alumnus, this chap said) that one could point to; a third, he added, would be owt next year; he had done aw frilly aed im oil, | ""Phere’s too much tendency fo run down the younger generation,"’ said this chap hotly. ‘‘You can take at from me the public schools . are turning out boys just as good as ever they were.’ : . Bo Bonds of Empire [z was. all. very well for: un thinking New Zealanders to say there was nothing it Mr. Maicolm MaeDonald’s statement that. the Empire was crashing’ heeause of the ~"Dominions’ policy of intense nationalism, said a gentle, . white-haired elderly confidence man in London; in an exelusive ‘interview for this page, but personally he felt there. was something in it. "Your big, imnocent, sunburned’ New Zealanders come over here,’’ he said, ‘‘with their pockets bulging, and we go to a good deal of trouble to relieve them of the dough. Then, at the end of it all,’’ he said reproach-

fully, ‘we now find the notes are practically useless over here. Of course, we realise you have a right to your. own financial policy,’? he added courtcously, fingering his faded old school tie, ‘‘but this sort of thing is not going to do much to draw the bonds of Empire tighter, is it, T ask you?*’ a 2 » » Fit For What? [A487 week we sent this urgent wire to Artist Cousin Hobnail: ‘Skeleton programme physical fitness week beginning February 19 says good deal about mass demonstrations, pageantry, and processions but neglects mention our All Blacks. Why??? He replied anmediately by letter. . Jn common with other imterested parties (wrote Hobnail),

you may be interested to learn that probably the piece de resistance of our main pageant will be an All Black, but this is a close secret at present, and to be kept so as a‘ heavenly surprise for the public. It is enough to ‘hint that the All Black will probably be on a float led by a bullock and a squad of Fitness Girls in attitudes of humble adoration. The squad will danee gracefully before him, strewing flowers and burning frankincense the while, and I understand the charming tableau will be drawn by a specially chosen. physically fit bullock of prize dimensions. The bullock, I may add, will be the beefy one with four legs. . (Next week see special article from Hobnatl on *‘ Fitness, and the Auckland Domain Statue considered as the Picture | of Rude Healih.’’)