"We do not think the debate reached as high a standard as on past occasions, and we think the speakers failed in many cases to appreciate the point they had to debate. This was not a debate on the merits and demerits of the League. Too much time was devoted to fulsome praise or rank condemnation, and competitors failed to grasp the necessity for a logical argument."

These remarks of the chief judge, Mr. G. G. G. Watson, tempered by praise for a high standard of pronunciation and diction, were received with applause. The debate was by no means dull, however, and without exception speakers showed a knowledge of the subject which surprised International Law Students. The confident oratory of Mr. Meade and careful phrases of Mr. Stewart won Otago a well deserved success, while everyone agreed with the judges that Miss Johnson's speech "was the outstanding performance of the evening."