VICTORIA INSTITUTE. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 1919. 

 Read at the Annual General Meeting, March 1st, 1920. 



1. Progress of the Institute. 



In presenting to the Members of the Victoria Institute the 

 Fifty-first Annual Report, the Council desire to acknowledge 

 the good hand of God in carrying the Institute through another 

 year. They are thankful to note that with the cessation of 

 hostilities and the subsequent signing of the peace treaty fresh 

 interest in the work of the Institute has been aroused, as shown 

 by increased attendances at the meetings. The work of 

 reconstruction, however, is everywhere slow. The past year 

 has been one of great unsettlement. The exaggerated hopes 

 of a " new earth " held out by politicians, as the immediate 

 results of peace, have not been realized. 



All now recognize that a permanent advance can only be 

 realized by a united effort to economize and produce more 

 on behalf of the community in general. We trust that this 

 same spirit of united effort and concentrated interest may be 

 found among the Members of the Institute. The high standard 

 of the papers of previous years has been well maintained and 

 the best thanks of the Council are due to those who at no small 

 expense of time and trouble have thus contributed to the 

 usefulness of the Institute. 



2. Meetings. 



Nine ordinary meetings were held during the year 1919. The 

 papers were — 



" Christian Sanity." By A. T. Schofield, Esq., M.D. 



" The Influence of Christianity on the Position of Women." By 



Miss C. L. Maynard, First Principal of Westfield College, 



University of London. 

 " The Philosophy of Bishop Butler." By the Rev. H. J. R. Marston. 

 "The Personal Influence of Great Commanders in the Past." By 



Major- General Sir George K. Scott-Moncrieff, K.C.B., 



K.C.M.G., CLE. 



" The Teacher's Vocation." By Montague J. Rendall, Esq., M.A., 



Head Master of Winchester College. 

 " Plants of the Bible." By A. B. Rendle, Esq., D.Sc, F.R.S. 



(Illustrated by lantern slides.) 



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