ABSTRACT
IT is not only differences of temperament that make opinions differ so much a.s to whether the changes we continually see all round us are signs of growth or of decadence ; the difficulty of deciding which view is correct is surely a very real one and is caused by the complexity of life and the impossibility of isolating either the good or the bad elements in its various events. It is therefore when some change occurs in the course of those events, that an opportunity is afforded for looking back to gauge the . progress that has been made and to estimate the promise thereby opened up of future growth and development. Those who have had the opportunity of watching the progress of women's education in Oxford feel that the present is such a. moment, wheri we learn with the deepest regret of the resignation of Miss Wordsworth, who has been Principal of
~~dy Margaret Hall since its opening in 1879. It 1s Impossible for anyone who can be reckoned among Miss Wordsworth's personal friends and pupils toattempt to express the real intimate character of her Work. It is a truism that the profoundest influence~ the real motive forces of our lives, are just those that
remain for ever outside the power of words to express for ourselves and still more to convey to others.
