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NOTE.

The total cost of the Commission, excluding the printing of this Report, but including the travelling and subsistence expenses of the twenty-three members, and the cost of special inquiries into University and College accounts and into College catering arrangements, is estimated at £9,500. In addition, the cost of printing this Report is estimated at £130, and there will be further small expenditure on the printing of Appendices, which will be published in due course.

COMMISSION

REPORT OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE COMMITTEES

PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS

PART A.-GENERAL REVIEW:

I. Historical survey

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II. Self-Reform and development since the last Royal

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III. General position of the two Universities and their

special value to the nation

IV. Dangers arising to Oxford and Cambridge owing to

want of funds

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V. Character of the proposed grant

PART B.-DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS :-

I. Government of the Universities:

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5- 8

9- 57

9- 25

25-43

(4) Measures for relieving the Vice-Chancellor. The

(5) The Constitution of the Council

(6) The General Board of the Faculties (Studies); the

University Chest (Financial Board); and the

relations between these bodies and the Council...

(7) Age limit for appointment to Boards, Syndicates,

II. Organisation of Teaching, Research Work, etc.

(1) Co-ordination of teaching

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(2) Research and advanced work

(3) Fellowships at Colleges other than All Souls

College, Oxford

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114-120

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III. Accessibility of the Universities and Colleges to poor

Part 3.-General financial conclusions

CONCLUDING PARAGRAPHS TO REPORT OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE

COMMITTEES

PART C.-REPORT OF THE ESTATES COMMITTEE :

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III. Specific recommendations

PART D. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

RESERVATIONS

LIST OF APPENDICES

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GEORGE R.I.

GEORGE THE FIFTH, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, to

Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Counsellors:

Herbert Henry Asquith;

Rowland Edmund, Baron Ernle;

Robert, Baron Chalmers, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most
Honourable Order of the Bath, late Secretary to the
Treasury;

Gerald William Balfour;

Sir John Allsebrook Simon, Knight Commander of the
Royal Victorian Order; and

Arthur Henderson; and

Our Trusty and Well-beloved :

Edward Gerald Strutt, Esquire (commonly called the
Honourable Edward Gerald Strutt);

Thomas Banks Strong, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most
Excellent Order of the British Empire, Doctor in
Divinity, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford*:

Sir Howard Frank, Knight Commander of Our Most
Honourable Order of the Bath;

Sir Walter Morley Fletcher, Knight Commander of Our
Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Fellow
of the Royal Society;

Sir Horace Darwin, Knight Commander of Our Most
Excellent Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the
Royal Society;

Sir Henry Alexander Miers, Knight, Fellow of the Royal
Society, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Man-
chester;

Sir John Hubert Oakley, Knight, Past-President of the
Surveyors' Institution;

William Henry Bragg, Esquire, † Commander of Our Most
Excellent Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the
Royal Society, Quain Professor of Physics in the
University of London;

George Macaulay Trevelyan, Esquire, Commander of Our
Most Excellent Order of the British Empire;

Emily Penrose, Spinster, Officer of Our Most Excellent
Order of the British Empire, Principal of Somerville
College, Oxford;

William George Stewart Adams, Esquire, Gladstone
Professor of Political Theory and Institutions, Oxford;

* Subsequently appointed Bishop of Ripon.

† Subsequently appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Hugh Kerr Anderson, Esquire, Doctor of Medicine, Fellow
of the Royal Society;

Blanche Athena Clough, Spinster, Vice-Principal* of
Newnham College, Cambridge;

Herbert Mansfield Cobb, Esquire, Fellow and Member of
the Council of the Surveyors' Institution;

Montague Rhodes James, Esquire, Doctor of Letters,
Provost of Eton;

Albert Mansbridge, Esquire; and

Arthur Schuster, Esquire,t Fellow and late Secretary of the Royal Society, Honorary Professor of Physics of the University of Manchester.

Greeting! WHEREAS We have deemed it expedient that a Commission. should forthwith issue to consider the applications which have been made by the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge for financial assistance from the State and for this purpose to enquire into the financial resources of the Universities and of the Colleges and Halls therein, into the administration and application of these resources, into the government of the Universities, and into the relations of the Colleges and Halls to the Universities and to each other, and to make recommendations:

Now KNOW YE that We, reposing great trust and confidence in your knowledge and ability, have authorised and appointed, and do by these Presents authorise and appoint you the said Herbert Henry Asquith (Chairman); Rowland Edmund, Baron Ernle; Robert, Baron Chaliners; Gerald William Balfour; Sir John Allsebrook Simon; Arthur Henderson; Edward Gerald Strutt; Thomas Banks Strong; Sir Howard Frank; Sir Walter Morley Fletcher; Sir Horace Darwin; Sir Henry Alexander Miers; Sir John Hubert Oakley; William Henry Bragg; George Macaulay Trevelyan; Emily Penrose; William George Stewart Adams; Hugh Kerr Anderson; Blanche Athena Clough; Herbert Mansfield Cobb; Montague Rhodes James; Albert Mansbridge and Arthur Schuster to be Our Commissioners for the purposes of the said Enquiry.

And for the better effecting the purposes of this Our Commission, We do by these Presents authorise you to sit in three Divisions or Committees to be styled respectively the Oxford Committee, the Cambridge Committee, and the Committee on Estates Management; and consisting as to the Oxford Committee of you the said Herbert Henry Asquith (Chairman); Robert, Baron Chalmers; Sir John Allsebrook Simon; Thomas Banks Strong; Sir Henry Alexander Miers; William Henry Bragg; William George Stewart Adams; Emily Penrose and Albert Mansbridge; as to the Cambridge Committee of you the said Gerald William Balfour (Chairman); Arthur Henderson; Sir Walter Morley Fletcher; Sir Horace Darwin; George Macaulay Trevelyan; Hugh Kerr Anderson; Blanche Athena Clough; * Subsequently appointed Principal.

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+ Subsequently appointed a Knight Bachelor

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