Mr. J. J. Lawson, a Labour Member, was alone in
declaring that the object of the Bill was " to maintain a class dominance." Perhaps the most interesting question raised was whether Cambridge in return for her subsidy should be compelled to make women full members of the University, as has already been done at Oxford. Personally, we wish that Cambridge would do spon- taneously what is in any case inevitable. We believe that she would earn more good will than she would lose by doing so. This is not unimportant, as in the end the old Universities will have to depend, as they have done in the past, mainly on private benefactions for the proper development of the University, for the adequate paying of those who teach, and for the much-needed pension funds. It is very desirable, however, that Cambridge should remain a self-governing University in every sense, and guidance from the State should be in the form of advice, not compulsion.
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