But to return for a minute to a remark which I made at the beginning of the review—that Mr. Briant was excited about lot of things which matter little to the ordinary undergraduate. This should be accounted praise rather than condemnation; it is only the vocal reformers who are willing to make themselves unpopular with the authorities by protesting against conditions which most people would rather accept or quietly evade, who ever improve matters. And there are a lot of things about Oxford which need changing, especially matters concerning the government of the University. Abraham Flexner. the American educator, in his classic book on universities said that it would seem difficult to devise a type of organization less calculated to make progress—as machinery it i poor, eümbrous, unwieldy and wast ful Every change takes years to accomplish because of the opposition of the older dons who remember their own youth through a rosy haze and see no reason for things to be changed for the present generation, But the changes are slowly taking place; a knowledge of Greek has now been abolished as a condition for entrance ud doubtless Latin will follow it Gne day. The pointless Divinity exam breathed its last a few years ago and the question of viva voce exams for the final schools is now being fought and aíter being chev by Congregation for a more sessions they will doubtless be abandoned. "From the undergraduate's point of view the next big improvement will be the abolishing of Pass Moderations so that he will have the whole of his three years instead of only two and a bit to concentrate on his own subject.
The stranger to Oxford may find bogke a bit startling; theze ure "My people who should read it and ponder its complaints and suggestions.
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