South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-01
UNIVERSITIES
AGAIN FILLING Up
WITH STUDENTS
Colleges of England, Depleted
by War, Now Receiving
Students.

~ Associated Press:
WASHINGTON. May 81. - The
great universities Of England. whose
student bodies and teaching STATS
were greatly depleted by service in
the army or in government offices
during the war are again films with
students and resuming normal life
This is shown by a letter received
here by Lieut. Col. J. G. Faunthorpe
OF the British embassy from A l.
Smith. master Of Balliol college. OK
ford New schools are being opened
at oxford and plans for greater eff
cheney are being put into effect. he
writes
According 20 the master Of Ball
FOL. oxford sent approximately T.. 600
OF it's men To the war or into the
government service. OF these 2.394
were killed and 100 are missing
More than 1000 won honors in the
war. including IS Victoria Crosses
The figures Of Cambridge university
would be about the same, the writer
estimates.
Outlining the services rendered 10y
men Of the 40 colleges Of oxford ana
Cambridge. the master writes that
owing 10 the response for war serv-
ice. the student life "dwindled 10
thread" lie adds that the import
ance OF the response Of these two
older universities was that il filled
up the gap between the destruction
OF the old regular army in the fight
ing Of August and September of 1914
and the coming forward of the new
" trained territorials in the spring
OF 1915. This immediate response
TO the call OF the country and the
personal courage and devotion Of
these young men were a complete
and decisive anwser TO any class
jealousy that the workers were be-
ing made 20 bear the brunt.
Many Men Return
we doubted HON many of the
men would want TO come back"
continues the master. 1--WE are find
ing that practically every man who
possibly can is applying 10 be taken
back. at any rate for shortened
courses blasting on an average of
I % years. and already the col
Ieges are overfull."
The genera ltone and character of
these men is described by Balliors
master as remarkably high There
is quite as much life and cheerful
activity as before the war and
great deal more seriousness of pur-
pose. The master notes not only a
marked improvement in the strength
of character shown by the returning
students but that they even gained
intellectually what they had lost In
book knowledge and have more than
made up for this loss by the power
of coming 10 the point. and by
sense OF reality about their work.
This. he concludes. shows that
their previous university education
was far too boOkish and abstract i'm
type and neglected too much the
intellectual effect of beginning things
at the pra ctical and concrete end
These returned men are not only
keener TO work but they work with
more swiftness and directness than
before they went out. for as one of
them said. that YOU had TO do a Tot
Of thinking in the trenches or else
your number was soon up"
Many New Concessions.
Oxford has made many conces-
sions TO these men which the master
regards as justified by the showing
they now are making in their stu
dies Formerly nnie terms resi-
dence was required 20 obtain an OK
ford degree. now the men who
served IN the army are eNuced from
half this requirement and from some
or the examination requirements.
These concessions will enable the
amjority of them 20 take their de
gree and so into the profession only
year or two later than would have
been the case but for the war
In character and in general in
tellectual development they will be
better men than they would have
been under normal conditions and
in intellectual equipment Of knowl-
edge, hardly. IL az all inferior.
write the RalliOl master