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316 The Prince of Wales Professorship of History.
of the University of Wales. We may fairly argue that the
adhesion of such men as these shows that the academical
world is fully sensible of the importance of the proposal.
If this is so, we may rest assured that the great advantages
and commanding and unequalled opportunities offered to a
well-trained student endowed with energy and organizing
power will not fail to be recognised and will suffice to
attract candidates possessed of the highest capabilities. It
is not difficult to be impartial in South Africa, nor need
politicians who have confidence in the justice of their cause
fear that the professorship will be occupied by a partisan
of an opposite cause. It is not to be supposed that a man
with so little sympathy with imperialism as to be blinded
by a prejudice in favour of the Empire’s antagonists will
wish to expatriate himself from England, nor will any man
be willing to devote his life to the study of South African
history who has not enough sympathy with the Boers to
do them justice. If an able man with neither of the above
disqualifications takes up the work of the new professorship
Wisdom will be justified of one more of her children ; and
if rich men assist in creating such opportunities for such a
man they will not easily find another investment of which
they will have greater reason to be proud.
Note.— Subscriptions for the South African College Professorship of
History Fund are received and acknowledged by the Standard Bank,
10 , Clement’s Lane, Lombard Street, London, E.C. Cheques should be
made out to “ The Standard Bank of South Africa, for the South African
College Professorship of History Fund.” —Ed.