Never have the students been more crushingly condemned, never have their motives been more mercilessly exposed, than they were by Mr. J. B. Callan in the course of his anti- "anti-war" address. We are, it seems, so depraved as to be actuated by "generous emotions," presumably in contrast with the purer motivation of truth and reason. Yet, far from being ashamed of our errors, we see nothing nobler in a man than a justifiable claim that he is motivated by generous emotions. In admitting that the smug disinterestedness that too often parades as "cold logic" has no home among us, Mr. Callan has overwhelmed us with praise; for we seem to recall that all movements of reform have been actuated by these very "generous emotions" and that only after their adoption has theory or reason consented to acknowledge their beneficence. But perhaps the real blame attaching to us is not that we are actuated by emotions, but that these emotions are leading us to reform.

Mr. Callan continues with a plea which will clearly alienate from him the support of all right-minded people. He suggested that the student should be reasoned with, and we seem to read between the lines an analogy with humouring the lunatic. Such an attitude is as absurd as it is novel. The fact is that students are mainly emotional (in contrast with the extreme rationality of other classes)—in the fiery passion of their life, there is no place for that reason which seems to appear miraculously from heaven the older an man grows and the less active he becomes in mind and body. Perhaps it was a generous kindness that prompted Mr. Callan's plea, but the students are waiting for it to be carried into effect.