"The Creative Task"

Mr. Wadman has completed his series of three addresses on problems of today, Art and Religion and Man's Opportunity.

The first lecture on May 26, entitled "The Thunder and the Rock," surveyed the development of the modern state of mind. In the second lecture on June 2, entitled "The Habitual Vision of Greatness," Mr. Wadman criticised modern mass standards in art and literature, the lack of a sense of craftsmanship due to the profit system and the absence of any real notion of serving the community. A recurrent theme of this lecture was that the Christian attitude to art involved humility towards creative artists, a constant search and growing appreciation for beauty and a rejection of all base art.

Having in his first two lectures outlined the situation in which we find ourselves, he proceeded in the third, on June 9, to sketch the task which confronts us. The creative task of the individual was that he should achieve an integrated personality and consciously co-operate with God's purpose, giving time and devotion to the Church and S.C.M.

The average attendance at these interesting lectures was about thirty. Whether the challenge, particularly of his last lecture, will be accepted is something which may be observed only in the life of Victoria College.