Professor Benjamin Jowett, the Master of Balliol, died on Sunday
at Headley Hall, Hants, the house of his old pupil, Mr. Justice R. S. Wright. The funeral took place at Oxford on Friday. We have dealt with the Master's chief charac- teristics elsewhere, and will only say here that his influence on English education was very great, and almost entirely good. He had no fads or prejudices about this or that system, but with remarkable insight and vigour kept in view the true aim of education,—the moulding of young men into good citizens. His aim was, as far as possible, to get his pupils to realise what life meant, and to act therein sane and manly parts. Hence it is quite right to speak of him as a great "Educationalist,"—the word is an atrocity, but there is no other one which gives the exact meaning. It will be by no means easy to find the right man to fill his place. The choice is, of course, solely in the hands of the Fellows of Balliol ; and devoted as they are to the interests of the Col- lege, they may be relied on to use every endeavour to get the best possible Master. They will, we presume, either choose one of the present tutors, or else invite some distinguished member of the College, of whom there are plenty, to return to Balliol. Among the latter, Lord Bowen has been spoken of; but the fact that he has just accepted a seat in the House of Lords makes it, we suppose, certain that he would not become Master, even if invited to do so. Another distinguished Balliol man is Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff. His encyclo- paedic knowledge, his academic sympathies, and his distin- guished position would make him an admirable Head of a House, if he felt impelled to the post. . As we have said, how- ever, the Fellows have complete control over the election, and they may have good reasons for fixing on a man with practical experience of the schools.
