OXFORD DIVIDED SIR,—II is only out of personal respect for
the Dean of Christ Church that I am replying to Mr. Blake's letter of last week. The Oxford press reported the Dean as having appealed for the support of Christ Church Members, of Parliament at the annual dinner of Christ Church old members in June; and it was surely natural to think that on such an occasion he spoke on behalf of his College. The College cannot expect to be immune from criticism because its spokesman is temporarily away. But if I was wrong, and the Dean was voicing only his personal views, then I was clearly guilty of the bad manners of which Mr. Blake accuses me and I am genuinely sorry.
But I suspect that if the Dean were here he would tell Mr. Blake not to be 'downright silly' and remind him that use of the Dean's personal views as an argument was made not by me but by Mr. Blake.—Yours faithfully, G. E. P. CHILVER The Queen's College, Oxford
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