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Excerpt from The McGill Martlet, Vol. 2: March 10, 1910
It seems a pity that a university the size of mcgill should be altogether wanting in this respect. All the great American and English universities possess their amateur dramatic clubs. Harvard has a Greek Letter Society wholly devoted to the art. The dramatic club of Princeton is recognized as one of the features of that University, while both Oxford and Cambridge possess clubs, from which the English stage draws some of its best recruits. Of these various societies, member ship in some is wholly restricted to the men students, while in others it is Open to both sexes.
That there are certain advantages to be derived from such a society is apparent. Firstly, we must recognize that on account of the training it affords in coolness, the ability to think consecutively when confronted by an audience, and the power to hold its attention, it stands to reason that it must serve as a big educational factor in public speaking and deportment. Secondly, that by drawing men together who are interested in the art, from the various faculties, it will tend to increase good feeling and serve as a social club. And last, but by no means least, it will serve to discover and develop the latent abilities that otherwise would remain hidden, and open to men, interested in this work, new fields That this is so in other universities we know from the number of university men who to-day occupy prominent places on both the American and English stages.
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