Envelope marked 'Compulsory Greek' containing newspaper cuttings and printed copies of arguments promulgated by both factions

Scope and Content

Materials relating to a proposal to permit an exemption from the requirement for candidates for honours in Mathematics and Natural Science to study Greek, including newspaper cuttings from The Times and the Manchester Guardian [?] referring to Charles Darwin's relationship to the debate and the failure of a motion to abolish compulsory Greek at Cambridge, and printed copies of arguments promulgated by both factions of the controversy over compulsory Greek at Oxford.