20 MARCH 1982, Page 16

SDP on the wane Sir: It is interesting that Nicholas

Cranston reports huge numbers of undergraduates flocking to join the Oxford University Social Democratic Club (Letters, 6 March). I wonder if he can explain why, after much searching, no two members could be found who were committed enough to stand for the sabbatical posts in the recent Student Union elections? These elections — won by Labour with a large majority — are the ma- jor political event in the university calendar. Matthew Freeman Editor, Cherwell, Cornmarket Street, Oxford