A meeting was held at King's College on Wednesday in
furtherance of the appeal recently issued for £500,000 to complete the equipment of the College and carry on its work. The appeal, which was supported by a message from the King and • a letter from the Prime Minister, is grounded on a national need as well as the peculiar claims of King's College. National efficiency depends on higher education, and higher education, as Mr. Balfour observed, cannot be made self- supporting. Yet, with an extremely slender endowment, King's College has striven to combine a University education of the older type with a liberal recognition of those physical sciences which form the basis of modern industry. In the attempt to fulfil this task the resources of the College have been exhausted, a debt of £35,000 has been incurred, and an appeal is now made for funds to wipe out the debt, to provide the plant and accommodation requisite to meet modern requirements, and to avert a paralysis of educational functions which cannot fail to react adversely on the London University of which King's College forms so important a part.
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