22 FEBRUARY 1935, Page 6

Cambridge opinion, I gather, is considerably divided about the choice

of Mr. Kenneth Pickthorn for the Parliamentary vacancy, and I hear a good deal of regret expressed that there seems likely to be no contest. There is no doubt about Mr. Pickthorn's true-blue ConservatiSm, but it may very well be questioned whether the best use Universities can make of their special franchise is to send good party men to Westminster. On the whole, Oxford can claim to have, in Lord Hugh Cecil and Sir Charles Oman, more distinguished representation than Cambridge. The balance is not incapable of being readjusted.

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