It is good news that Mr. -Balfour has been nominated
to succeed his brother-in-law, the late Lord Rayleigh, as Chancellor of Cambridge University. Mr. Balfour will no doubt be elected unanimously by the Senate. Mr. Balfour has never allowed himself to be so preoccupied•in politics as to forget his love for philosophy and literature and, indeed, for all the arts. He has kept in touch with Cambridge and has concerned himself closely with the science of education. We fancy that he -is proud of Cambridge University largely because she is what she is—a free University. If we are right, we venture to hope that Mr. Balfour will give not only his sanction but his strong personal encourage- ment to a movement to win- more financial support for the University from private sources in order that the deadly shackles of State aid may be avoided.
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