31 OCTOBER 1903, Page 3

Lord Goschen has been nominated to fill the post of

Chancellor of the University of Oxford vacated by the death of Lord Salisbury, and will to-day be elected without opposi; tion. A post of more picturesque dignity, and fraught with nobler traditions, does not exist in the English-speaking world, and we heartily congratulate Lord Goschen on a well-deserved honour. As a scholar, an expert in education, and a great Imperial statesman, he will worthily fill the post. At the same time, we freely admit that Lord nosebery's gift of oratory and great position as an ex-Premier gave him great claims, and had he allowed himself to be nominated, be too would have been a fitting candidate for the office of Chancellor,