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at a date not earlier than his second term and not later 
than his seventh term. (2) A student who fails to obtain 
honours in part i. of the mathematical tripos may be a 
candidate on a second occasion, provided he then be other- 
wise qualified. (3) The examination for part i. shall com- 
prise the subjects in the schedule annexed to the report. 
(4) The list of successful candidates in part i. shall be 
arranged in three classes, the names in each class to be 
arranged alphabetically. (5) The examination for part ii. 
shall comprise the subjects in the Schedules A and B 
annexed to the report, together with certain questions 
partly on the subjects of the schedule for part i. (6) The 
list of successful candidates in part ii. shall be arranged 
in the three classes of wranglers, senior optimes, and 
junior optimes, the names in each class to be arranged 
alphabetically. (7) In the examination for part ii. the 
class in which a candidate is placed shall be in general 
determined by his performance in the papers on the sub- 
jects of Schedule A, a mark of distinction and a mark of 
proficiency being awarded to those candidates who acquit 
themselves with sufficient credit in the subjects of 
Schedule B. 
The Senate will be asked on Saturday, November 3, 
to assign a site in Free School Lane for the proposed 
extension of the Cavendish Laboratory, and to appoint a 
syndicate to consider the assignment of a site for the 
extension of the chemical laboratory. Lord Rayleigh’s 
munificent gift of 5000]. out of the Nobel prize will go 
toward the cost of the new building for physics. It will 
be remembered that the balance of the prize was given by 
Lord Rayleigh to the University library fund. The ex- 
tension of the chemical laboratory is called for because 
Gonville and Caius College are proposing to close their 
chemical laboratory at the end of the academic year. 
THE Cairo correspondent of the Times states that con- 
siderable interest has been aroused there by a proposal 
to found a national university, modelled on European 
lines, and independent both of the Ministry of Public 
Instruction and of the medizval foundation of Al Azhar. 
A committee, which includes the leaders of the progressive 
Mohammedan school of thought, has been formed to draft 
a programme of courses and to raise the sum of at least 
4#E500,000 which will be required to make the university 
a reality. In an appeal for public support, Kassim Bey 
and the other promoters of the scheme outline its features. 
The courses of the proposed foundation are to be literary 
and scientific, open to all without distinction of nationality 
or creed. Diplomas will be granted to students fulfilling 
conditions of attendance and passing the requisite examin- 
ations, and no attempt will be made at the outset to 
encroach upon the primary, secondary, and technical in- 
struction imparted by the various Government schools. 
Lord Rosepery, as Chancellor of the University of 
London, on October 26 performed the ceremony of open- 
ing the library of the University. After expressing the 
gratitude of the University to the Goldsmiths’ Company, 
which spent 15,000]. in securing and supplementing Prof. 
Foxwell’s library, and explaining the growth of the Uni- 
versity library as a whole, Lord Rosebery, among many 
other subjects of wide interest, spoke of the functions of 
a library. He said there is no greater misconception of 
a library than to think that it can take the place of a 
university. ‘‘ No doubt a student must be fed by books; 
it is impossible for the student to proceed far without 
books; but I will urge a further consideration which I 
should think the experience of those of my age who are 
present will tend to confirm—that the mere habit of read- 
ing, and often of reading copiously, without any exercise 
or output for their knowledge, is injurious rather than 
beneficial to the mind. It is apt to produce a condition 
of mental debility, if not of mental paralysis. I hope that 
no students will ever believe that the library of this 
University is intended as more than a staff and an assist- 
ance, and not in any degree as the object of their training 
at this University.”’ 
Mr. HALpane, as is appropriate to the president of the 
British Science Guild, avails himself of every opportunity 
to insist upon the value of knowledge and of scientific habits 
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of thought in every sphere of human activity, Distributing 
the prizes and certificates to the students of Birkbeck 
College on October 26, Mr. Haldane said there is a danger 
which is inseparable from a college such as the Birkbeck 
College. It is largely attended by those who have their 
bread to win, and whose main concern must be to win 
it and to win the leisure for learning. The temptation 
becomes very strong in such a case to look upon learning 
as being what the Germans call a brotwissenschaft—a 
scientific means of increasing the opportunities for earning 
a living. That is a very cramping view, and one fatal 
to the higher learning. But it is the higher learning that 
pays in these times—not the learning which is a means 
to an end, but the learning which is an end in itself 
Learning for learning’s sake, that is the key to a caree ~ 
Not every person who has learning is necessarily succes. 
in his career; but, other things being equal, the man x « 
is penetrated with the spirit of the scholar has a far be ver 
chance in the race of life than the man who is not so 
penetrated. What is true of individuals is true of nations. 
A few years ago Japan was reckoned with those who were 
not civilised. To-day, by singleness of purpose, by con- 
centration upon science, by the dominant purpose of the 
nation to fashion its national character according to the 
highest ideas, Japan has leapt, at a bound almost, into. 
the front rank. Germany, too, has gone forward stride 
after stride on the basis of scientific re-organisation. These 
are lessons that we do well to bear in mind. 
A NEW hall and buildings in connection with University 
College, Reading, were opened on October 27 by Mr. 
Haldane, Secretary of State for War. As has been noted in 
these columns, the new site was secured as a gift of Mr. 
Alfred Palmer, and the new buildings now opened bring 
the council an important step nearer the completion of its 
scheme for a fully-equipped college. The principal feature 
of the new buildings is the great hall in which the cere- 
mony took place. The science laboratories and art studios. 
consist of seven separate buildings, and accommodation, 
is provided for theoretical and practical work in biology, 
agriculture, physics, chemistry, and geography. Mr. 
Haldane, in the course of his speech declaring the new 
hall open, said:—‘‘ It is impossible to set up technical 
education successfully on anything but the broadest basis 
of culture. It is distressing to consider, not only how 
small a part the State has played in higher education in 
this country, but how misplaced its intervention at times 
has been. The present Government proposes to spend an 
extra 1,000,000]. a year on elementary instruction, and the 
late Ministry spent more than that sum additionally for 
the same purpose, but these payments arose out of con- 
troversies which had little to do with education. The 
Government is doing something for the higher teaching, 
but its capacity is limited by what the people will allow. 
There is already a great awakening in this country with 
reference to higher instruction, but it is due to private 
donors far more than to the public generally. The War 
Department wants several things dependent on education. 
It desires a great reserve of officers, and one thing that 
it is considering at this moment is how to get the uni- 
versities and university colleges to assist it. A great 
misfortune has come to the Army of late through the 
revelation, in relation to the South African War, of an 
altogether inadequate organisation and training, inadequate 
to cope with the great business of supply in time of war 
and the period following war. Supply is a science by 
itself, which requires high training if the country is not to 
be victimised by contractors and everything is to be 
placed where it is needed. The Army has organised its 
General Staff, which requires officers with the highest 
class of instruction for strategy, tactics, and general com- 
mand. This is one side of military education, but there 
is an administrative side also, and up to now no steps 
have been taken to give the highest education to .adminis- 
trative officers. The Government has decided to train a 
school of administrative officers up to the high level that 
it is trying to attain for staff officers. A certain number 
of officers will study at the London School of Economics, 
and it is hoped that they will form the nucleus of an 
administrative staff as capable as the general staff, whether 
of our Army or any other. 
