Women's Debating Society

Perhaps it was that illogical strain in the nature of women, commented on by a judge at one of the meetings of this society, which induced the women students of Victoria College to pursue their course undaunted after the very slight encouragement received last year. However that may be, in this case their belief in themselves rather than in certain pessimistic but no doubt well-founded prognostications, has been justified: the Women's Debating Society is now firmly established. The standard of debate is not high— perhaps that cannot yet be expected—the speakers being particularly weak in debating power: while a tendency towards feeble generalizations suggests a lack of facts which has been criticized by many of the judges. Nevertheless, we believe that the Society is doing really useful work, and we congratulate the members on its increased prosperity.