OPINIONS ON OXFORD fro the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] 'SIR,--Your
correspondent, Mr. Neville Masterman, dismisses Mr. Keith 13riant's defence of Oxford journalism on the ground that Mr. Briant is an editor, and therefore " an inte- rested party." He seems to assume that undergraduate editors, having purchased their positions with sherry, proceed to throw open such space on the paper as escapes their own great appetite to the highest bidder. From my own expe- rience of Oxford journalism, I have found that it is not only possible but usual for the most consistent contributors to be rewarded with positions on the staff, and that until such a position is reached, it is impossible to have a clear and un- biased knowledge of all the material submitted week by week. The unsuccessful contributor is always the most rash and selfish of critics, and an Oxford editor's life is further com- plicated by his decision never being accepted as final. The contributor who is more interested in his work than his feelings is always welcomed whole-heartedly.—I am, Sir?
(Ex-Editor The Cherwell). The Old Parsonage, Formby, Liverpool.
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