21 FEBRUARY 1920, Page 3

Oxford, no longer the home of lost causes, seems ready

to admit women to a full share of the privileges of the University. Congregation on Tuesday accepted without a division the preamble of a statute admitting women to matriculation and to degrees. Except in regard to discipline, women would, under the proposed statute, be treated like men and would be eligible for University office. It would be a graceful act on the part of Oxford to make the statute retrospective, so that the many distinguished women who have taken high honours in the Schools might be able at last to receive the Oxford degrees which they have earned.