Feb. 16.
Every educated person in the Empire has heard of Oxford and Cambridge as seats of learning. Doubtless too, many know that there exists such an institution as London University, but very few realize that this is the largest university of the British Commonwealth of Nations. In fact that last thing the Londoner himself thinks bout London is that it is al university Of course Oxford and Cambridge carry with them a glamour and social dis-Ainetion, as well as a community fe that will always be unique! amongst the universities not only of the Empire but of the world. But when we come to reckon up the number of students taking advantage of the courses of study offered, London stands alone.
In different parts of greater Tondon there are no less than 35 colleges and institutions recognized as schools-of the University and the matriculated students of which are enrolled as, internal students. Excluding evening classes, the University last year showed an enrollment! of nearly 9,000 persons prepar-for various examinations. The two principal colleges, University College.and King's College, contain well on towards 3,000 whole-time day students, whilst the Imperial College of Science has over 700, the London School of Economies 800, Birk-beck College and East London Colleges 600, and. the Bedford College for Women 500. Oxford and Cambridge together only total a little over 9,000 undergraduates, in fact only about 200 more than does. London.
But these day students only account for a portion of those who are endeavouring to obtain one of the numerous degrees and diplomas offered by the Lomdon University. There are a great number of evening students who are taking the "internal" exams, then besides these is the huge number of persons who are "external" students, who follow out their own particular methods of preparation, and merely sit for the University exam: These are to be found not only in every part of Britain, but else in almost every part of the Empire and even in regions outside. It is possible to obtain certain London degrees in whatever part of the world one may reside, provided it is possible to arrange for an examination that particular locality. Of course the London University was originally merely an examining body empowered to grant degrees. It is only within the past few decades that it has seriously taken upon itself the duties and functions of a teaching university. Yet whatever its future may be, one of its greatest glories both of the past and present is the opportunities it gives for diligent and am-bilious persons, whose opportunities for study are limited to becoming graduates as external students, Many thousands of people who to-day occupy honourable posi tions in both the. professional and business world have cause to be thankful to the foresight of the founders of the University. The Dean of the Faculty Engineering of one of the great English Colleges who died just recently "began life as a draughtsman and did not even matriculate until the age of 31. Yet in a few years he obtained the coveted D. Se. in engineering and so qualified himself to take distinguished position on technical education. Sir Josiah Stamp, that able financier and economist, was formerly a clerk] in the civil service, but by means of opportunities offered by the University he was enabled in his, spare time to graduate in Economics and then to proceed to the Doctorate in that faculty. He has now been appointed managing director of one of the British Railways at a salary of £15,990 @ year. But besides these two instances, there are innumerable others of men who have been benefited by the good offices of London University who otherwise would never have risen above the ordinary ranks 'Yet not only is London University remarkable for its size or its unique constitution, it offers perhaps the finest opporties of any univer the world for post-graduate work research. In fact London'
becoming more and more rendezvous for graduates from all parts of the World, who come for the purpose of taking advanced courses or devoting year or two to research work. ihe order of the great universities of the Empire with reference to enrollment is as follows, London, Cambridge, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Oxford, followed by McGill and Sydney (equal).
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