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A YEAR ago the University of Oxford appealed to its friends for endowment on a scale appropriate to the part it is called upon to play in the world of learning to-day. The response was £426,000. This sum, with the new foundation of Nuffield College for the study of the social sciences, will provide for many of the needs which were mentioned in the appeal. It is strongly felt, however, that further development should take place, and for this a new appeal, which will remain open until July 31, has recently been made. The sum now asked for is £250,000. The most urgent need at the moment is the creation of a general research fund, both for the humanities and for the natural sciences. In the past ten years the number of research students at Oxford has doubled, and throughout the University there is a keen spirit of research. To endow a promising piece of research, whatever it may be, whenever an original line has been struck out, a research fund of £100,000 is regarded as essential. For the development of research in archaeology it will be necessary to complete the extension of the Ashmolean Museum, and for this £15,000 will be required. It is felt also that as soon as possible the Departments of Physiology and Botany should have new laboratories. Towards the costs of these £60,000 and £40,000 are required. Lastly, another £35,000 is needed to complete and maintain the new physical chemistry laboratory that is to be erected. These sums make up the £250,000 which is being asked for.
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Oxford's Programme of Development. Nature 141, 505 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141505a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141505a0