October 15, 1908] 



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CAMBRIDGE LXIVERSITY APPEAL FUXD. 



/^\ February i6, 1907, the late Duke of Devonshire, 

 ^^^ mv predecessor in the Chancellorship of the Uni- 

 versity of Cambridge, was through your courtesy enabled 

 to make a statement dealing with the needs of the 

 University, and to give some account of the efforts made 

 by the Cambridge University Association to obtain funds 

 to increase the endowments of the University. The interest 

 taken by him in the association and its work is well 

 known, and on succeeding to the Chancellorship I have 

 accepted the invitation of the association to become its 

 president. I therefore beg that you will now allow me to 

 renew his appeal to all those interested in the promotion 

 of higher education, learning, and research. 



The fact that the majority of recent donors have been 

 Cambridge men encourages me to hope that there may 

 be many others amongst our graduates who will help us 

 according to their ability. Others of our mo.st munificent 

 benefactors have not been themselves members of the 

 University, and I would further appeal to all interested 

 in the advancement of learning to enable the ancient 

 University of Cambridge to continue the development of 

 its sphere of, usefulness. I believe that all acquainted 

 with what has been done at Cambridge in recent years 

 w-iU agree that, to the extent of the resources available, 

 progress has been satisfactory and in some departments 

 remarkable. 



In the letter which )'ou published on February 21, 1907, 

 my predecessor estimated the needs of the University at 

 nearly a million and a half. Since the financial position 

 of the University was first made known, legacies for 

 specific objects have been received to the amount of 

 upwards of 100,000/. The late Vice-Chancellor in his 

 valedictory address to the Senate gratefully acknowledged 

 the continued liberality of the Goldsmiths' Company, as 

 well as substantial donations from the Surveyors' Institute 

 and the Clothworkers' Company. The munificence of the 

 City Companies and the generosity of many private donors 

 have thus enabled the association to transfer to the Uni- 

 versity sums amounting to about 139,000/. The Drapers' 

 Company are giving 1000/. a year to the funds of the 

 agricultural department. A further annual grant of 100!. 

 for six years for economics is being given by the Girdlers' 

 Company. Since the establishment of the association, the 

 University has thus benefited to an amount of more than 

 250,000/. 



-A small committee of Cambridge men has recently been 

 formed in London with the object of assisting the associa- 

 tion in its efforts. The establishment of this committee 

 was approved by the late Chancellor shortly before his 

 death, and his nephew, the present Duke of Devonshire, 

 has consented to act as its vice-chairman. This committee 

 proposes to direct its attention to specific objects which 

 may appear from time to time to be the most urgently 

 in need of support. At the present moment the completion 

 of the fund for building, equipping, and maintaining the 

 laboratories of the school of agriculture is one such 

 object, and we are indebted to the Duke for taking charge 

 of this appeal, in which his uncle, the late Chancellor, had 

 shown much interest. For this purpose 5000/. at least 

 is still required. 



It is not advisable to enter here into details as to the 

 various directions in which further endowments of the 

 University are urgently needed, but the Vice-Chancellor 

 win be glad to furnish specific information. For the 

 moment I will confine myself to indicating the projects 

 which are engaging the immediate attention of the 

 association and of the London committee. Thev are : — 



(i) The completion of the fund for the school of agri- 

 culture. 



(2) The completion of the fund for building the new 

 museum of archeology and ethnology. 



(y,) The adequate endowment of modern languages. 



With respect to this last requirement, I may explain 

 that the medlsval and modern languages tripos, estab- 

 lished in 1SS4, has recently been re-modelled on broader 

 and more practical lines, and that it now includes English. 

 French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Russian. The 

 teaching in these languages is vigorously carried on. 

 Readerships in the Romance and Teutonic languages exist ; 



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but there are in the University no professorships of French 

 or German, or indeed of any other modern European 

 language. 



In conclusion, I beg leave to say that donations may be 

 sent to me, or more conveniently, as I expect to be away 

 from home for about six months, to Mr. E. H. Parker, 

 the hon. treasurer of the Cambridge University Associa- 

 tion, Barclay's Bank, Cambridge. R.wleigh. 



Tcrling Place, Witham, Essex, October 5. 



THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIEXCE AND 

 TECHNOLOGY. 



'T^IfE distribution of prizes and medals to students of 

 the Imperial College of Science and Technology by 

 Sir William White, K.C.B., on October 7, may to some 

 extent be regarded as the inaugural meeting of the college, 

 since it was the first function of its kind at which the 

 new rector. Dr. Henry T. Bovey, F.R.S., was present. 

 In his remarks from the chair. Sir William White gave 

 some particulars as to the work which has been accom- 

 plished by the governing body. He explained the objects 

 of the new college, and said that a start has been made 

 with existing institutions, but that branches of science and 

 technology unrepresented in these institutions arc to be 

 added to the subjects in which instruction will be provided 

 by the new college. Any higher instruction in technology 

 which is provided in provincial institutions will, he said, 

 be utilised, and everv effort made to build up a great 

 college capable of conferring advantages both upon the 

 home country and the whole of the Empire. Referring to 

 the appointment of the new rector, Sir William White 

 remarked that in appointing Dr. Bovey the governing body 

 has secured a man whose qualifications and experience 

 represent in the happiest manner the imperial idea which 

 will inspire the future work of the college. In conclusion, 

 the chairman announced that it is hoped that in future years 

 the honours gained bv the students in e^ich of the institu- 

 tions included in the Imperial College will be presented 

 at the same ceremony. 



.^fter the prizes and medals had been distributed the 

 rector delivered his address, which is here published in full. 

 .'\t the conclusion of his address. Dr. Bovey announced 

 the provision of the equipment of the mining and metallurgy 

 laboratories in the new buildings, the plans of which have 

 been prepared by .Sir Aston Webb, and the erection of 

 which will be begun in the near future ; the gift by Mr. 

 Charles Hawksley of 4000/. for the equipment and endow- 

 ment of an hydraulic laboratory in memory of his father ,- 

 the equipment and endowment of electrical engineering 

 laboratories at the college in memory of Lord Kelvin — a 

 project which has met with the hearty approval of the 

 King; and many valuable donations for the college library 

 and museum. A vote of thanks to the rector for his 

 inspiring address was proposed by Sir Norman Lockyer, 

 K.C.B., who insisted that in all higher instruction in 

 science and technology the great requisite is quality rather 

 than quantity of work, and that the duty of an imperial 

 college is not only the production of the skilled technologist 

 but of men in the best sense of the term fully able to 

 take their share in the work of the Empire. 



Rectorial Address by Dr. Henry Bovey, F.R.S. 



We are met to-day as a section of the Imperial 

 College of Science and Technology, a union of long- 

 established and justly famed institutions. We are looking 

 forward to a career the usefulness of which shall combine 

 that of each of our component parts, and which will give 

 to London another channel in which its force may be 

 expressed as a whole. This is no light undertaking, and 

 it would seem that the most appropriate subject on which 

 I can speak to you to-day is that of our aims and ideals 

 in this union, together with any suggestions which may 

 occur to me as to the best means of carrying them out ; 

 and it may be well at the outset of our career, so to 

 speak, if we should spend a few minutes in considering 

 the advantages and disadvantages which are inseparable 

 from our constitution. 



I cannot doubt that in the Imperial College we shall 



