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THE original application for Parliamentary grants, which led to the appointment of the Royal Commission on Oxford and Cambridge Universities, came in 1919 from the heads of the scientific departments of Oxford. Not only were the immediate needs stated and the provision necessary to enable work to be continued, as it had been carried on before the war, but also a great development of the departments was foreshadowed with increasing difficulties in the absence of outside assistance. The Commissioners take the view that a great opportunity has come for Oxford science greatly to strengthen its position if the University and Colleges will take determined action and if funds can be made available. Far from accepting the idea that Cambridge should be allowed to develop as a “Science” University while Oxford becomes still more pronouncedly the home of the “Humanities,” the Commissioners emphasise the great value of the “juxtaposition, intellectually and socially, of the best minds in diverse subjects, and the constant interaction of the Humanities and Science on one another.” Accepting this point of view completely, we propose to examine their report to see how it will help the full development of science in the two universities.
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Oxford and Cambridge and the Royal Commission. Nature 109, 465–466 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109465a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/109465a0