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that her borrowing powers have been seriously 

 reduced, it would appear that further progress is 

 almost entirely dependent on an increase of endow- 

 ment. 



A few years ago certain of the University autho- 

 rities, foreseeing the approach of a financial crisis, 

 put away their pride, and, with the countenance of 

 the chancellor, boldly begged for help. Their appeal 

 resulted in the collection of about ;£'ioo,ooo, which 

 has been expended on the erection and equipment of 

 various buildings devoted to science, such as the 

 museum of geology and the botany school, the Uni- 

 versity itself contributing a large proportion of the 

 expense incurred. In the list of contributors occur 

 the names of no fewer than 500 Cambridge men, past 

 and present, out of a total of 620 names. This number 

 is a sufficient retort to the suggestion which has been 

 made that Cambridge does not help herself. It must 

 be remembered, too, that a sum of about ;^i4,ooo a 

 year is contributed by members of the Senate to the 

 funds of the University and of the colleges for the 

 privilege of continued membership, and that these 

 fees are often paid out of very slender incomes on 

 grounds which are, as a rule, purely patriotic. 



In enumerating the needs of the various depart- 

 ments it is fitting that the older studies and their 

 modern developments should be first passed in 

 review, for, though in certain respects these studies 

 are well equipped, and though the provision of what 

 is necessary would not be so costly as in the case of 

 science, yet, in the deficiency of income available for 

 development, there is real danger that the humanities 

 may be starved. 



Theology is well endowed by the piety of former 

 generations. Yet the present Bishop of Winchester, 

 when Hulsean Professor of Divinity, pleaded for an 



