THOSE PROFESSORS Sin,—May I submit that in his letter to
the Editor, published in the Spectator of September 9th, Mr. A. M. Low entirely evaded the point at issue, and not very skilfully. Only his right to use the title of professor and to wear the letters D.Sc. was questioned. In reply he pleads a distinguished record of scientific achievement rather in the manner of a first offender who does not deny his guilt, but hopes to be let off lightly in view of his previous good character.
To a man of Mr. Low's acknowledged brilliance it must be known that university professors are not self styled and that the status which derives from a professorship, in this country, can only be conferred by a university or similar body. The assumption of the title of professor in any other circumstance is false. In the interests of truth I therefore venture to hope that Mr. Low will kindly be allowed to state specifically in the Spectator by whom he was awarded the D.Sc. and the name of the college or university, of which he was a professor, which has given him the right to retain the title.—Yours faithfully, W. J. 0. STuno. 107 Grand Drive, West Wimbledon, S.W.2o.
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