Article May 16, 1970 Issue

What Status Are We Claiming?

GLORIA McELROY READ

More time is wasted and more lives devastated in the pursuit of status than in any other human activity. It is a sad commentary on society when it would have us believe that the only visible way to advance in the world is by acquiring material possessions, thus equating success with material prestige.

Many years ago William Wordsworth expressed his conviction about a life devoted to such pursuits:

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