Dr.wenley On Journalism

Prof. Wenley met his class ia etbics as usual Manday afternoou, alter a few weeks absence abroad. ijefore opening his lecture, he expressect his pleasure at being m Aim Arbor ;is;;iiii and the hope that .all would have a suceessful year, socially alid .urademically. Continuing Prof. Wenley wiid: "Since my leaving tliis country, I imderstand that I have beeonie famous. The newspapers act as if tbis were a small country and there were a jnvut lack of uews. To Ilústrate: pröba'.ily the wittiest man in all England was oue ly the name of Healy. On being asked upon lus return from Bgypt why be had gone there, re replied 1hat the had been to Healyopolis to see if any of hig family were still there. Beiag a professor of philosophy and üot a wit, it did not occur to me to teil the papers that I was go ing to Wenleydale to see if any of my people were there. As near as I can aee, the papera have made a philosophieal statement of the situation. Thu. ; major premise, Prof. Wauley is oplosed to co-education; minor premist'. Prof. Wenley is about to resign his chair; conclussion, Prof. Wenley has aecepted an appoiutment in Scotiaiicl. These statements have been going a round the state greatlv to mv aDce, so that I wish now to answer each in its turn. "I will answer the flrst In a philoscphical way, tliat is, by asking a qut-stion. 'Is it likely that 1 were opposed to co-educa Mon that I would have given ten of tiie bost years of ïny life to flgitlng its ba Ules in Scot1;hm1?' As regards ïny views of Uie oomparative mental papacitiea of man and woman, I will only say tliat the best student in philosophy tliat 1 hav ever had was a woman, and tliat my best student here in Am; Arbor is a woman. As regards the secoad pronosition. the only intforination vvhich 1 liave had on the subject I have gleaned from the newspapers forwaTdecl to me. As to the last proposltlon, I have never even had nu off(r." These announce-ncnts of Prof. Wenley were receiveú by those m attendanee with a round of applause.