THE aim of the Students' Debating Club is to promote freedom of speech. By this is meant, not the famous revolutionary doctrine found embedded in the bill of rights, but rather the acquirement of ease and skill in the art of effective public speaking. An effort is made to induce the loose, pliant condition so common in the knees of the budding orator to exchange places with the stiff, rigid condition of the tongue. When this change has occurred, the Club has, in a large measure, fulfilled its function. The student is also taught something of the uses of the gray matter of the brain.
   To this end, debates, formal and informal including "parliamentary scraps," are held every Saturday night. The weightiest questions of government and public policy are dauntlessly

attacked and skilfully disposed of on these occasions, and questions involving every field of thought are fully discussed. Every one who has anything to say is permitted to say it whether it hits the mark or not, and enthusiasm always runs high. That the Club has not failed in its undertakings is amply attested by the number of its members who have won places on the various debating teams of the University.
   The Club now numbers about thirty members, many of whom have paid their dues, and is in every sense a thriving and prosperous organization. In spite of the competition with other events, its weekly meetings are always well attended. Visitors are always welcome and many avail themselves of the privilege of hearing able discussions of current topics.