from The Church Times, March 10th 1905, printed in today's edition.

Greeks v.Trojans

WE DID NOT anticipate such a crushing defeat as that which the Greeks inflicted upon the Trojans at Cambridge last weekend. "It was a famous victory," the non-placets outnumbering the placets by 507. Conspicuous among the Trojans was our philosophic Premier, who seems to have a weakness for fads, among which is the extension of the franchise to women. But not even the glamour of his presence availed to ward off defeat. We hope that at both the Universities Greek will now remain undisturbed for a long time to come.

It is they, and not the "man in the street", not even the schools, that should say what condition they shall impose on all who enter their portals. Outside the old Universities, the educational ideal is instruction in science, modern languages, and what are known as "bread-and-butter subjects", and in the popular view the Universities should be nothing more than technical schools. As Ovid's father reminded his son that there was no money in poetry, that even Homer had nothing to leave to his heirs and assigns, the British parent just now is impressing upon his progeny that the old Humanities do not pay. It would be disastrous if Oxford and Cambridge yielded to wretched taik.