5 MAY 1933, Page 7

I am sorry Convocation at Oxford has rejected the Master

of Balliol's proposal to reduce the M.A. fee from £12 to £5, making up for the loss of revenue by charging 6s. a term to every undergraduate (whether he takes a degree or not). That seems to me perfectly fair. There is no reason why the support of the University should depend especially on men who, either from the need of their pro- fession. or their peculiar devotion to the Alma Mater, pro- ceed to take and pay for the degree they are supposed to have already earned. It is not surprising that so many men, outside the teaching profession, refrain from taking