9 AUGUST 1919, Page 3

If it were widely known that the freedom of Oxford

and Cambridge could be secured, there could be little doubt that the sons of both would rally to their assistance. We have a suspicion, however, that more spade-work is being done by the attackers than by the defenders. We hope we are wrong, but if we are not wrong, the defenders should beware of lethargy. Why should not an appeal be made to all old Oxford and Cambridge men ? If only thirty or forty per cent. of graduates subscribed a guinea a year over a period of years-the appeal, of course, should be not only to those whose names have remained on the books-the position would probably be saved.