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the responsibility of publishing the report after Professor 
Spooner’s protest. 
Deputy Professor Pritchard : I have an impression that 
it was decided to send these slips to the members of the 
Council, not only to enable them to correct anything they 
considered ungrammatical, but also to remove whatever they 
considered offensive to persons who may have been alluded 
to. 
Mr. J. C. Broad : I understood that the object of sending 
slips was that the speakers might see that they were fairly 
reported. 
Mr. Withers : I think Professor Spooner will make some 
apology for hasty expressions. 
The President suggested that the report should be published 
without Professor Spooner’s allusions to Professor Gamgee 
and to the Scotch Schools. Of course this would necessitate 
the erasure of certain observations made by Mr. Fleming and 
himself. 
Mr. Fleming : You could not say to the profession that 
such a report was a truthful one. 
The President : I merely propose it as a means of getting 
out of a great difficulty. 
Professor Brown proposed that the amended report should 
be subjected to further necessary corrections before it was 
sent for publication. 
Mr. Cartwright seconded the motion. 
The President said these alterations could be made by a 
committee consisting of the President, the Secretary, and 
another member of the Council. 
Mr. Harpley : Are we to understand that the portion 
objected to is to be omitted ? 
Professor Broion : Yes, and that the consequent expres- 
sions are to be erased also. 
Professor Spooner : Before anything that was said by me 
is published I desire to have an opportunity of looking 
over it. 
Professor Brown : After we get your corrections in your 
handwriting there will be no objection to publishing it ? 
Professor Spooner : No. 
Mr. Fleming : I should like to ask if this is to be looked 
upon as a precedent for future reports. 
Professor Brown : My impression is that the Council 
really has no choice in the matter. When proofs are sent to 
an individual he has a perfect right to strike out every word 
he said if he thinks proper. Whether it is wise to do so or 
not is a matter for his own consideration. I would suggest 
