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Salient. Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 26, No. 5. Monday, April 29, 1963

Dignity and Purpose

Dignity and Purpose

A Student must have dignity and purpose in an institution that was a "watchpost on society," and he must put something into the world apart from what he takes for himself.

Author Braithwaite

Author Braithwaite

Mr. Eric Braithwaite, noted British Guianan educationalist and author, told students this at a recent lunch-hour lecture in the Memorial Theatre.

An individual only realised his full potential when he was made to come out of himself and contribute: to make an effort at communication. Braithwaite said.

"You must learn to think, and this is not easy," he stressed. "You must start thinking of the responsibility you owe to yourself and the community in which you live."

Braithwaite confessed: "When I was a student, I planned to make a living, but I forgot about living itself. I did not understand the width and scope of thinking, nor did I attempt to make my life fuller."