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ON Tuesday, November 28, the statute providing for the exemption of candidates in the honour schools of mathematics and natural science from the necessity of offering Greek in Responsions was submitted to Convocation and rejected by a large majority, the numbers being 360 for and 595 against. The question had been thoroughly discussed by means of letters to the Press and printed fly-sheets circulated more or less widely among members of Convocation. On one side it was alleged that the modicum of Greek required in Responsions, which is practically, though not statutably, an entrance examination to the University, could be of no service to anyone who did not follow the study further, and only acted as an obstacle in the way of matters more important for the end in view. On the other side it was maintained that even a moderate acquaintance with the Greek language and literature was of value to most men; and the authority of the late Lord Kelvin was invoked in support of the opinion that this applied with especial force to those engaged in the pursuit of natural science.
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The Greek Question at Oxford . Nature 88, 156 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/088156a0
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