23 APRIL 1921, Page 25

The University of Bristol has issued a neat portfolio containing

many attractive pen-and-ink drawings of its buildings, to show what the University is doing and to arouse interest in its appeal for a fund of a million pounds. We wish all success to the appeal. We cannot forbear to add that the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, instead of merely begging for State aid with its inevitable disadvantages, might well have asked the publio for help as Bristol and other young universities have done. There is nothing undignified in such an appeal, if it is made in the right way. The Bristol portfolio will be a permanent and pleasing reminder of the needs of the University of the West.