Calendar: 1925-1926 Page 455

THE THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF KING'S COLLEGE LONDON UNIVERSITY OF LONDON ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL Presented to the COURT of MEMBERS of KING'S COLLEGE on December 2nd 1924 The Academic Year 1923-24 has been period of some anxiety on account of the temporary decline in numbers the entry of new students at the beginning of the Session having been abnormally small The total number of regular men students however during the year reached 129 of whom 20 were reading for the There are signs that the decline has now ceased and it is clear that the effect of the lengthening of the course has not been so serious as might have been expected The number of women students of Theology again showed slight increase 75 in all having entered various courses at the College Of these were working for the or higher degree 16 for the Lambeth Diploma and 17 for the University Certificate in Religious Knowledge Thirty-five were occasional students The daily services in the College Chapel have been maintained and have been well attended and the special services at the beginning and end of term and in Commemoration Week have frequently taxed the accommodation of the Chapel to its utmost Divinity Lectures for students in other Faculties have been given by Professor Barry Professor Box and the Dean The number of men and women who have availed themselves of this oppor- tunity has been very satisfactory reaching total of well over 300 Public Lectures The tradition now well established of providing free public lectures in Theology has been kept up and has justified itself by the audiences attracted In the Michaelmas Term five lectures were delivered on The Conflict of Religions in the Roman Empire to which the Principal Professor Box and Dr Edwyn Bevan contributed In the Lent Term Professor Burkitt of Cambridge gave three lectures arranged by the University on Christian Beginnings and