In Convocation, a decree has" been proposed by the Warden of Wadham College gratefully accept-! ing the offer of Lord Rothermere of £20,000 for the establishment and endowment of a professorship of the History of the United States in memory of his son, Captain the Hon. Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth, formerly commoner" of Christ Church, who was killed in the war.
The Warden said he supported the statute on the ground not only of sentiment but also on he ground of international friendship between England and the United States, and further because Lord Rothermere's gift filled a gap in the history teaching of the Universities. The essence of the proposal was that American history should be presented to English audiences by an American, and it was honed that a similar chair or chairs might be founded for English history in America.
Mr. H. W. B. Joseph (New College) said he was reluctant to oppose the decree, but he did so mainly on the ground that the Nominating Board contained no expert elector. He would have liked to seo the Regins Professor of History an ex-officio elector. He objected also to the provision that the founder and his family, particularly his family, should remain hereditary electors for all time. of. the and generally to the predominance American element, the American Ambassador having the casting vote and therefore the ultimate decision.
The Regius Professor of History (Professor Firth) decree, supported the The President of Magdalen said that while he had not been in favour of having the election entirely with an American majority there was ample provision for the voice of Oxford to be heard.
The decree was passed without a ion.
On the motion of the Senior Proctor a decree was passed accepting with gratitude the sum of about £2,000 from Captain Philip L. E. Walker and Captain Cecil F. A. Walker, Prince Gardens, London, together with the balance of the benefaction of the late Philip F. Walker and such other sums as may be added from time to time fo be applied towards the establishment and maintenance of a studentship in pathology.
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