Attendances at recent V.U.C. debates indicate that the College is at last beginning to take a healthy interest in the extra-mural world. At each debate this year an extension of time has been granted because of the large number of speakers from the floor and on each occasion progressive ideas have carried the vote.

On Friday night the motion "That compulsory military training should be introduced in New Zealand" was lost by an overwhelming majority. It was especially interesting to see the changed outlook of students towards war. Those who three years ago would have said "I refuse to go to war under any circumstances" are now revising their attitude. Given a social order we could honestly defend, we would defend it.

This was the principal argument used by the speakers opposing the motion Mr. W. Wah was [unclear: Chietty] concerned with Japan's menace to new Zealand a menace which Mr. Lewin effectively showed did not exist.