18 JUNE 1910, Page 14

MR. ROOSEVELT AND THE OXFORD UNDERGRADUATES.

[To xsz EDITOR 01 THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The undergraduates who packed the galleries of the Sheldonian listened to the lecture, serious and by no means short, with keen and eager attention all through. People who expected cheap chaff, shouts of " Good old Teddy!" or the dangling of childish toys were disappointed, and complained that they were too serious. But the mass of the modern Oxford undergraduates, when they get a serious man who talks to them about something which has a meaning for their own lives, are not inclined to turn it into ridicule to enliven their elders. This was seen at Oxford when Mr. Haldane addressed them about the Territorial system. It was seen again pre-eminently on Tuesday, June 7th.—I am, Sir, &c.,

OXONIAN.