The Universities Bill goes slowly through Committee, gaining nothing and
losing nothing in the process. On Monday, an attempt made on Clause 13 to get rid of the restriction that the Commissioners are not to have power to make any statute affect- ing a University or College emolument of more than fifty years' standing was defeated by a majority of 100 (234 to 134), and an amendment, moved by Mr. Osborne Morgan, to Clause 14, to get rid of the restriction that the Commissioners are to take account of "the intention of the founder," was defeated by a majority of 40 (134 to 94). Lord F. Harvey, on the other hand, who tried to get rid of any recognition of the "endowment of research," was beaten by 160 (172 votes against 12), a very clear though, as interpreted by Mr. Hardy's speech, a very cautious and moderate recognition of the wisdom of the policy of endow- ing "research." On Thursday, again, a motion made by Mr. Courtney to enable the Universities to examine "female students concurrently with male students," subject to proper regulations and conditions, was defeated by 239 votes againt 119, a great com- motion being created by the proposal to treat women in any way as undergraduates of the Universities.
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