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The Spike: or, Victoria College Review, October 1906

Presidential Address

Presidential Address.

The President of the Debating Society, Mr T. A. Hunter, delivered his address to a large and appreciative audience. He had chosen as his subject Language and Thought," dwelling with particular insistence upon their essential interdependence. The concluding portion of his address was taken up with the practical application of the views he had advanced. He strongly urged upon the Society the desirability of curbing the deplorable tendency towards making set speeches, and of encouraging argument proper in its stead. An enthusiastic vote of thanks was carried on the motion of the Chairman. An extempore debate on the subject "That the City Council is not justified in spending such large sums of money on recreation grounds," wore out the remainder of the evening. Let us hope that in future an earnest endeavour will be made on the part of some members to heal the gaping breach between thought and language, so apparent in many of their deliverances this session.