Lecture Given by G.L. Dickinson

Mr. G.L. Dickinson, M.A., of King's College, Cambridge, England, gave an interesting talk on "Individual Ideals" in the Lecture Room of the Fogg Art Museum last evening. This was the second of a series of lectures on "Ideals of Democracy."

In every form of government and in every society there is necessarily class distinction. A successful democracy must recognize social order, it must recognize and reward intelligence and education. The democratic motto, "I'm as good as you," is not honestly lived up to. It is impossible for an educated man to believe that intelligence does not bring social advancement.

The great problem of modern society is to find the individual place and ideal for the menial laborer whose life has become simply a cog in some great industrial machine. Machinery should not subordinate humanity. This is the great evil of modern democracy, caused by the tendency to regard labor, not as a pleasure which fortunately affords a livelihood, but as a means of obtaining money alone.