HEATHEN GODS AND FALLEN IDOLS

"The gods of the heathens are ipso facto the demons of Christianity." We note that the eminent novelist and historian. Mr. H. G. Wells, running for the Lord Rectorship of Glasgow University, has been overwhelmingly defeated by Lord Birkenhead.

The election becomes especially significant when we consider that it is the custom in Scottish universities for the student body itself to elect its Lord Rector. Lord Birkenhead, campaigning on the Unionist ticket, received 1,165 votes while Mr. H. G. Wells, as the Labor candidate, received only 353 votes. The result is indicative: whatever other changes England faces at the moment--its University men stand predominantly Conservative.