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OXFORD.—On February 20 Congregation took in consideration certain amendments to the statute establishing the status of advanced student, the preamble of which was passed on February 6. An amendment substituting the title of Doctor of Philosophy for that of Doctor of. Letters or Doctor of Science, in the case of the degree to be obtained under the statute, was proposed by Mr. Ball, fellow of St. John's College, and Prof. A. C. Clark, Corpus professor of Latin. It was supported by Mr. Barker, fellow of New College, and opposed by Mr. Walker, fellow of Queen's, and Dr. Mafett, reader in anthropology. On a division it was carried by eighty-nine to nineteen. Another amendment, proposed by Dr. Schiller, fellow of Corpus, and Dr. Grenfell, fellow of Queen's, which would have had the effect of abolishing a written examination for the new degree, was rejected by thirty-seven to fourteen. Under the former amend ment the existing degrees of D.Sc. and D.Litt. will remain unaffected by the new enactment.
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University and Educational Intelligence . Nature 98, 503 (1917). https://doi.org/10.1038/098503a0
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