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BIRMINGHAM.—The annual meeting of the Court of Governors on February 23 presided over by the Chancellor (Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) was marked by a general feeling of regret at the retirement from the Council of Mrs. C. G. Beale (widow of the first Vice-Chancellor) and the resignation of his office as Pro-Chancellor by Sir Gilbert Barling after many years of highly valued service to the University. Mr. Walter Barrow was elected Pro-Chancellor and, after the Chancellor had signified his approval of the election, Sir Gilbert Barling rose from his seat and divested himself of his robes of office saying that these robes, originally worn by the first Vice-Chancellor, had been given to him by Mrs. Beale when he succeeded to the vice-chancellorship. Sir Gilbert now desired, with Mrs. Beale's approval, to present them to the University and he proceeded forthwith to invest with them the new Pro-Chancellor. The Chancellor paid a tribute to Sir Gilbert Barling, whom he described as a man possessed of a great faculty which he could only describe as the faculty of being right. His advice was always to be trusted.
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University and Educational Intelligence. Nature 131, 336 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131336b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/131336b0