A Sense of Proportion.

Attacks by certain public bodies and private citizens on Victoria College students generally, accusing them of unpatriotism and other equally harsh charges, and of particular admiration for the Soviet State in all its workings, show how far some people lose their sense of proportion in matters.

There are now some six hundred odd students attending lectures at this College, and in past years there have been a few hundred more, and pictures painted of that six hundred students by some are very black.

A sense of proportion must be kept in judging any class, and it is only to be expected that of the hundreds of students taking lectures here, there will be some who are radical in their views. So that when one or two students give their opinions, and honest opinions at that, some outside body or citizen always seems to spring to the attack and decries the College students generally, instead of fighting it out with the particular individual concerned.

This College has always maintained the right of free speech of its members, and to date we do think it has very rarely been abused, and that the students have been able to keep their sense of the values of things, much more so than some others who credit six hundred with having the beliefs of six.