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the Lord President would enable, but not require, the 

 University to accept University funds upon the con- 

 dition of recognising such an appointment. In the 

 one case the University would be compelled, in the 

 other it would be empowered, if it thought fit (in 

 certain cases), to recognise a professorial appointment 

 made by a constituent college upon sectarian grounds, 

 that is upon other than grounds of superior literary 

 or scientific competence. 



It is curious to observe in the Bishop's speech that 

 immediately after declaring that King's College was a 

 " Church college," he stated that the college had used 

 a convenient " conscience clause," which exempted 

 students, if they desired it, from attending any religious 

 instruction or observance whatsoever. A Professor of 

 Chemistry therefore might preside over a class consist- 

 ing entirely of Agnostics, or Turks, or Jews, but the 

 Professor himself, according to the practice of the 

 college, must nevertheless declare himself an Anglican. 

 This requirement has since been removed, and no 

 theological tests are now required at King's College 

 for either professors or students, except in the Faculty 

 of Theology. 



On January 25th, 1898, I had the honour of intro- 

 ducing a large deputation on the question of the 

 University to the Lord President of the Council. 

 This deputation not only represented the University, 

 but a large number of other educational bodies, the 

 object being to urge the importance of the re- 

 constitution of the University, as also the appointment 

 of a Statutory Commission to draw up the regulations 

 for the carrying out of the object of the Act. This 

 Statutory Commission was duly appointed under the 

 Chairmanship of Lord Davey, but certain directions as 

 to important details were contained in the Act, chiefly 



