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Sion to withdraw their permission, stating at the same time

that it was then too late for them to make the necessary arrangements should another site be found. This virtually banned the Rag.

The Official Committee then cancelled all their arrangements, and an unofficial body must have organised what was intended to be a passive protest. Almost all the colleges of the University sympathised, and the results of their efforts are well known. The object of the whole affair was not so much resentment at the banning of the Rag as an expression of annoyance that the police should have changed their minds so late in the day.—Yours faithfully,

A STUDENT OF LONDON UNIVERSITY