Readers of this column will not be unfamiliar with the
aims and claims of that aspiring organisation, the London College of Theology. I am interested--aarl ucg dissatisfied—to note that a special committee of the United Pree Church of Scotland has issued a categorical " dis- couragement " to any who might be disposed to take advantage of the courses offered by this institution. The quantity of the degrees obtainable, it is observed, is as astonishing as their quality, and the statement adds, inter alia, " the network for covering all these degrees is world-wide in its range. Its operations extend from North Madras in the Far East to Illinois in the Middle West of America. The artificial colleges set up in such numbers are equipped with ' Chancellors.' Thus we read, ' The Principal of the London College was then appointed Chancellor for all Europe and Temple Hall College, Macnab, Illinois, U.S.A., with power to confer degrees of that institution.' " But the London College of Theology, it is fair to add, has cut all connection with the University of North Madras—so far as you can cut all connection with something that never existed.
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