VICTORIA COLLEGE STUDENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 102, 1 May 1937, Page 8

VICTORIA COLLEGE STUDENTS

(To the Editor.)

:''Sir;—Asi'.'bne-'bf/the. students; (not- a -■"fresher"^ who :has: just, taken; Martin all the' celebrations of: capping/Iweek, .and pnelwho.attended-the undergradur. ate's! suppler-last eyening, I v>ishi;to/: protest against the allegations .contained in "Disgusted's"V . letter.; / A .strict;,. :tee-. totaller, ;I;'protest,- sir;' against : the,slur placed upon; the- majority of-the'under-graduates. Why should we collectively; be'disgraced \ , fpr/ the/, .occasional:.'^bad, egg"-^uhiyersal/. inCevery. society::'arid walk; of :life?;; 7 -:.'/•" J'.T: ■ -:":.::;/'i;;.: '■■ :';, '■-The college":'was congratulated,.,last; evening &iby;/ ,tlie'/. president .'/upon the/standardI of; decency 'maintained throughout .the extravaganza; (much to the: disgu'st/:of>a.certain weekly, journal), and/also upon last year's - procession, -puritanical '. compared with ' other colleges."Victoria iis. to be'co'ngratulated:,upoh/the/hospitality and friendli-, ness of her students to all members of the community, as '. many.;people /have: remarked to me; at random,^ during the past week.1 /Numerous people have congratulated^ iisuppn the absence of the snobbery so;, rife :ih the /other Uniyer--sityi'Collegesi "'■■•:.■,"'■■./ ■': ■/*::.«;:;:-/; ,/■'--. /

Sir, the average student is to be congratulated upon his or her standard cf decency, morals, freedom of thought, and general attitude towards the welfare of the community—not condemned. —I am, .etc., PRO BONO PUBLICO. ~ April 30.