UNIVERSITY EXPENSES.
ITo THE EDITOR or TEE " SPELTA'POR.") SIR,—The letter from a College Bursar in your issue of April 19th illustrates the inequality of lots which these evil times have brought upon us. While the incomes of those who assist students, from tutors down to scouts, are to be increased in order to meet the increased expense of living, scholarships, unless something is done, will remain at the old figure. It is well known that there is a large class whose members, with the greatest difficulty, sent their sons to Oxford and Cambridge. How will they be able to do .so in the future? Their incomes have not increased, and practically have diminished with the drop in the value of money. Some years ago the present Lord Newlands set an excellent example to other rich men. He not only founded in his old College, Balliol, two very -valuable fellowships, but augmented the salaries attached to the Snell Scholarships, which have for centuries linked together the Universities of Glasgow and Oxford. I note that Corpus Christi College is to obtain a very large legacy. Surely in its case et least the scholars will obtain some benefit.—I am, Sir, Ste.,
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