From Our O¥n Edinburgh, Mar. 5.
The students at a Scottish University possess a unique privilege. "They elect a Lord Rector, who is the Nead of their University Court, and holds office for three years. It is,'an ancient right. jealously guarded. The great day in- an undergraduate's career is the Rectorial election and only second in importance is the day of the Rectorial address.
Mr. Lloyd George is the present holder of the coveted honour in Edinburgh University, and he has just delivered the required address to his constituents. In accordance with immemorial custom, the students took full control of the proceedings; he was drawn through the streets of the city in an open carriage, the team being composed of "blues" of the University Boat Club; there was a great display of youthful high spirits during the Rectorial proceedings; and the day finished up with a torch-light procession.
Mr. Lloyd George's Rectorial" (as it is called) was in the nature of an apologia pro vita sua. He spoke as a politician defending politicians. Cheap cynicisms at the expense of a politician, he said, are among the commonplaces of all smoking-rooms." Politics is not to be reckoned a polite profession. Lord Rosebery, in a moment of revulsion, has even denied that it is a profession at all, and has called it a trade, and not a particularly reputable one at that. But the Rector pointed out that the days of autocracy are past—the Great War may be regarded as the death-
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