On Tuesday the King and Queen, accompanied by the Princess
Victoria, visited Cambridge to open the new buildings which have been erected to meet the needs of scientific instruction. The last Royal visit to the University was made by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert shortly after their marriage. In his felicitous speech at the Senate House his Majesty recalled the old connection of Cambridge with the Royal Family, and emphasised the efforts which must be made by the older Universities to keep abreast of educational progress. The King's visit was happily timed, for it may help to call attention to the most inadequate endowments of Oxford and Cambridge in the face of the requirements of modern life. It has been calculated that at least a million and a half is required by Cambridge to make adequate provision for both the older and newer branches of know- ledge ; and the needs of Oxford are equally great. It is right that education should be decentralised; but at the same time we have an asset of incalculable value in the old Universities which no educational policy can neglect. Is there no mil- lionaire who is disposed to provide the sinews of progress for Oxford and Cambridge P
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