The sun., 1902-01-26


Bishops playing high jinks No do,,,,
among the actors themselves tbers
slight sense Of unreality. Graduate 80
undergraduate hardly meet witbon,
smile; the tutor displays somewhat defar,.
a shade Of his old interest IL tine crlcLo,
score; the dean himself longs sone,,mo.
for gray hair or two when it is nacesssr,
TO impress on Young oxford the princine,
Of decorum and self respect" Neycrtlo.
less, II seemed 10 Green that, on the vhols
the change brought about at Oxford hy
the reforms in the relations Of teacher.
and taught was a success. There il n
great deal more unity and good feeling
about the place than could possibly exIs.
when gulf Of twenty years seraratot
governors and governed. Discipline \,
quite as efficiently maintained by friendly
appeals to mems good sense as Uy tho
puerile severity of college meetings and
religion can hardly be said to have su,.
fered from the abolition of compulsory
chapcls. The place, in fact, has quietly
changed from a school into university
and discipline originally framed for boy,
of fifteen and which had become an an.
achronism with men of twenty, has AT las,
been adapted to the altered circumstance.
of the time
Green thinks that 10 tho don himself IN.
change has not been unfavorable, though
in his remarks upon this subject there
Is possibly a trace Of irony. "No doubt he
1.-THE donl Is young; young for instance In
dandyism and tendency TO soft living,
a youthful taste for sybarite little dlnners
in the Common-room, a weakness In the
way OF Irritation, certain poetic eIer.
vescenoe. a juvenile drift toward IA.
borious pleasantly and elephantine Jest.
His muscular energy has a youthful raw
ness about It; he is proud OF doing Coustan.
tinople In the four weeks Of an Easter va
cation, he revels in the Alpine Peaks Of the
Lawn. intellectually he has a boys want
of balance, a wide, unconscious ignorance
which satisfies itself easily with parrot
like phrases and a general reliance on
cram; a juvenile narrowness Of mental
range, and an absolute blindness 10
the greater lines along which human
knowledge Is destined 70 advance. He
Is totally ignorant Of history In one OF the
most historic cities In the world, He
knows nothing Of science, though he votes
thousands in a lordly way toward It's
support from the University chest. He Ia
young in the intensity of his worships
in the precocity OF his criticism. Before
Balliol he falls down. like Sisera. dad
German has a strange power over him, as
a language in which all human science
Ia summed up. He contemptuousy refers
the Professor Of History to Leipzig treat
tise which turns out TO be a summary
Of Hallam. and bursts upon the Physiolos-
cial Reader with a scientific Eureka. which
proves to be a translation Of Darwin
With all this Green comedies that the OK
ford don Of to-day is honest and hard
The fact is noted that, 'ths
number OF books turned out from Oxford
just now is probably greater than al any
time since the years Of tho New mania,
and the intellectual energy which pro-
duces them Is far wider IN temper and
actual extent Of interest than the energy
Of ls40.
What OF the social aspects OF the Uni
versity Of to-day? Green thinks that II IL
on the croquet- ground that they can be best
studied The cloistral shades once barred
gainst all encroachments Of feniEinity
are immune no longer. Beyond the clas-
,ic fields Of St Giles stretches the land %
Professors and Professors wives. hun
ireds OF medieval little villas where
earned young ladies' invite Young Oxford
q early tea The old oelibate spirit has
,anished before this invasion OF the vestals.
There is a curious action and reaction; the
'oung tutor becomes A shade over-testive,
he maiden sometimes a shade over-blue.
She il generally Liberal. learned In Uni
,ersity politics. divided in her affections
,etween boating men and first cIassnen,
,autious not TO ret eutangled with penniess
,arristers and secretly dreaming Of bliss
al union with a tuft Her tea s little
weak, but she IL very strong In croquet,
md strongest Of all In a chat beneath 'hs
or her. and grave Professors vary their
pctures with pretty little stories which
n. rewarded with her smiles She nouns
.vrr the scarcity Of balls and at he per-
,..tual monotoUy Of musical evenings.
3ut sho quiD Aens into new life at The al
..ut Of Sumner Term There ATe tie Ar
scturcs 20 begin with and ar l. Always
,leasaut to dabhls in Tho Nesfsl how
yer, b. but one eHemplAf - tie wilder
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iresn observed that -ths great ambition
4 the modern don u "a turn oxford int
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