4 OCTOBER 1935, Page 20

OPINIONS ON OXFORD

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Who is this preposterous fellow, signing himself " ex-editor of the Cherwell " who prates of " most consistent contributors rewarded with positions on the staff " ? The Cherwell was founded as a, protest against this kind of heaviness on the part of Oxford papers : in its best days there was " no damned merit about it " and no " material submitted week by week," the paper being produced by the editors and their personal friends. As the original founder, editor, proprietor and business manager of the paper, I think I can speak with