14 JULY 1950, Page 18

A prize of £5, which may be divided, is offered

for a letter (not more than 250 words) applying for admission to a college at Oxford or Cambridge from one of the following, stating why they now feel the need for a university education: Aneurin Bevan, Sidney Stanley, Winston Churchill, Danny Kaye, Noel Coward, Lord Nuffield.

Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1, in envelopes marked " Competition," and must be received not later than July 21st. Results will be published in the Spectator of July 28th.