13 JANUARY 1933, Page 6

Canon BaiTy's verdict that religion makes more appeal to men

than women at Oxford is interesting, and I think on the whole just. That there is a new vitality in religion generally at Oxford is certain. A few months ago a preacher at the University Church told Inc he had had a thousand undergraduates in his congregation the previous Sunday evening, and other services going on simultaneously must have accounted for another thousand. These are remarkable figures.