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SMAD. An Organ of Student Opinion. 1936. Volume 7. Number 5.

Why No Questions?

Why No Questions?

It was a lucid and interesting address by a master of the subject; the Nat. His. Soc. is certainly a lively part of the Science Faculty. But "Smad" is sceptical of the worth of the most informative lectures when delivered to students who have absolutely no previous knowledge of the subject, fail either to comprehend it or to be interested in it sufficiently to take part in a discussion. In this case of an audience of 50, four asked questions after an address that bristled with openings. And we hazard the guess that only those four will know much aboutInfection and Immunity by now!

Science students are notoriously unread; but we did hope that before attending a lecture on a subject only just beyond their exam. syllabus, they might have delved into the Enc. Brit.

Supper served in a biology lab. as yet free from dogfish did encourage some discussion, but again chiefly among the few more versed in the subject.

"We seldom repent talking too little, but very often talking too much; a common trivial maxim which everybody knows and nobody practises."—La Cruyire.