Cambridge was full of country graduates on Thursday to vote
against the proposal for an inquiry whether or not Greek ought to be compulsory at the "Little-Go " on all candidates for Cambridge degrees. The inquiry was rejected by no less than 525 votes against 185,—majority, 349,—a veto of very nearly three to one. We do not believe that the vote can be long maintained, even if it be untrue that a certain class of Scotch . students are already allowed to substitute an examination which does not include Greek, for the classical portion of the previous examinations. Science is becoming so popular a study, and is, in fact, one so much better suited to a con- siderable class of students than either language or literature, that before long it must be admitted (especially in Cambridge, where mathematics have so long held their own) that science- students shall be recognised as having undergone a most valu- able intellectual discipline, even though they have not learned anything of the Greek language and literature. But, as we have urged elsewhere, the true remedy is to name the science degree differently, and not any longer to miscall it a degree in Arts,
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