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and of the absence of means and appliances for the 

 higher teaching. This he did early in January 1893, 

 representing partly his own views, partly those of 

 the Association, to whom he read what he proposed 

 to say, before being authorised to speak on their 

 behalf. 



His position is finally defined by the following 

 letter : — 



Feb. 9, 1893. 



Dear Professor Weldon — I wish anything I have 



said or shall say about the organisation of the New 



University to be taken in connection with the following 



postulates which I conceive to be of primary importance : 



1. The New University is not to be a separate body 

 from the present University of London. 



2. All persons giving academic instruction of a certain 

 rank are to be " University Professors." 



3. The Senate is to contain a large proportion of 

 representatives of the " University Professors " with a 

 limited term of office (say five years). 



4. The University chest is to receive all fees and other 

 funds for University purposes ; and the Professors are to 

 be paid out of it, according to work done for the 

 University — thus putting an end to the present com- 

 mercial competition of teaching institutions. 



5. In all questions of Teaching, Examination, and 

 Discipline the authority of the Senate Ls to be supreme — 

 (saving appeal to the Privy Council). 



Your questions will be readily answered if these 

 postulates are kept in view. 



In the case you put, the temptation to rivalry would 

 not exist ; and I should imagine that the Senate would 

 refuse funds for the purpose of duplicating an existing 

 Institution, unless very strong grounds for so doing could 



