President Wild Speaks.

"The authorities behind our education system require the passing of examinations as the sine qua non of our future careers. They therefore provide us in this College with a building to work in, degrees to work for, professors to lecture to us, and fees to pay. It is left to the individual to do the work. Whether he gets academic distinction or academic annihilation is a matter for him. If we don't work no one will make us— the professors are paid notwithstanding. The student must be his own taskmaster.

"In the same breath the same authorities tell us that man cannot live by examinations alone. A balance of interests, we are told, is essential. This we know to be true, and this, we also know, we must provide ourselves. The Student's Association represents our attempt to provide that balance of interests in this College. Its job is hard because many of us are at Training College or in offices, and only the few are students pure and simple. In these circumstances the tendency is for the College to become a degree factory or a night school and it is this tendency that the live student body is forever organising itself to fight.

"What interests does the Students' Association provide? In all there are 29 clubs and societies, each of which urges the fresher to join its ranks. Every ordinary sport is provided for. If yours is not an ordinary sport it is a simple matter to form a new club. It is unpardonable for the university student to join an outside club. Intellectual pursuits are represented by 15 societies ranging through interests scientific, historical, policical and religious. Some of these clubs will be found lethargic or dying but whether or not the present officers are slacking there is always room for action and enthusiasm.

"This is a democratic place. Because he is a newcomer the fresher should not imagine that he must keep out of things. Quite the contrary. Seniority counts for little here and ten years difference in age leaves us on the same level as students. The fresher's only disadvantage is that he cannot re-present in this year's Tournament and his vote is worthless (though his voice is not) until after the Annual Meeting.

"Action is the only demand the Association makes of its members. New students who are active will find here opportunities and enjoyment to be grasped with both hands."