Calendar: 1890-1891 Page 711

REPORT י xtfk it is on the whole very satisfactory Half the Commie- sioners and those the three who had had practical experi- ence in teaching stated that they were in favour of the creation of such new University as the Councils had proposed But deferring to the authority of the other three including Lord Selborne the chairman they joined in re- commendation that an attempt should in the first instance be made to reorganize the existing University of London so as to accomplish through its agency the objects the two colleges had in view The chief of these objects-the es- tablishment of true teaching University in London the Commissioners unreservedly supported They express their explicit opinion that the present University of London does not supply such University and that it ought to be supplied This is the main point for which the Council contended and as long as the College is accorded fair scope and position in such University they have no desire to insist on the particu- lar method which they proposed for attaining the object in view The scheme of the Commissioners however appeared to the Council not to be adequate to the purpose in view and not to meet the just requirements of the College They accord- ingly in conjunction with University College sent depu- tation to Lord Cranbrook to represent the points in which the Commissioners had misunderstood or overlooked their contention Lord Cranbrook received them favourably but said that year must be allowed to the University of London to propose reorganisation of its system in conformity with the general views of the Commission The Senate of the University accordingly sent to the Council in December scheme for new Charter in which they invited the Council's concurrence This scheme however offered the Council less favourable conditions than those of the Commission and the Councils of the two Colleges felt it necessary to make counter proposals These various proposals have been the subject of three conferences between the Senate and Delegates from the Councils of the two Colleges and the result is that the Senate appear not indisposed to make such concessions as