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Abstract

THE Syndicate appointed by the University of Cambridge to consider the question of the manner in which provision may be made for the establishment of a Professorship of Physical Science, and increasing the facilities for instruction in it, have again reported to the Senate. It may be remembered that the former report, after having been discussed in the Schools, was referred back to the Syndicate by the Council. The present report, however, only differs in one important point from the former, in recommending that the increase in the tax levied upon the M.A. members of the University should be temporary instead of permanent. It had been hoped by many that the Syndicate would have taken courage from the general tone of the debate, have cancelled their former report, and proposed some bolder and more thorough measure. It is, however, not very probable that the University will accept the report. Several influential members of the Syndicate have not signed it; and there appears to be a growing feeling in Cambridge that, notwithstanding the obvious evil of delay, to postpone for a few months the appointment of a Professor would be better than to carry at once a temporary and unsatisfactory scheme.