14 JULY 1928, Page 3

On Tuesday the King, accompanied by the Queen, opened the

new buildings of Nottingham University Col- lege. ,These buildings are the result of the noble gener- osity of Sir Jesse Boot. As the King said in his address, the small seed sown by the Cambridge University Exten- sioa Movement in 1873 has become a tree of stately growth. Nottingham has not merely earned a University charter, but has a flourishing extension department of its own, spreading its influence throughout the East Midlands.