21 JUNE 1935, Page 6

- The election to the two vacant Divinity professorships at

Cambridge is getting near enough now- to quicken up speculation on the result. Whether there is any precedent for a double election I do not know. There are certainly not many. The cause this time is Professor Burkitt's death following on Professor Bethune-Baker's resignation. The name of Dr. Mozley has been freely mentioned in connexion with one of the chairs, but whether he would consent to leave St. Paul's is rather doubtful. The other may quite possibly go 'to a Free Churchman,--only, it is to be hoped, on his personal merits. Such an appointment would be a - notable evidence of liberality of outlook on the 'part of the Divinity Board.