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THE ELECTIONS TO THE
My scheme is this: remove the votes of all
The residents that are not Liberal[1]—
Leave the young Tutors uncontrolled and free,
And Oxford then shall see—what it shall see.
What next? Why then, I say, let Convocation
Be shorn of all her powers of legislation[2].
But why stop there? Let us go boldly on—
Sweep everything beginning with a 'Con'
Into oblivion! Convocation first,
Conservatism next, and, last and worst,
'Concilium Hebdomadale' must,
Consumed and conquered, be consigned to dust[3]!
And here I must relate a little fable
I heard last Saturday at our high table:—
- ↑ 'You and others suggest, as the only effective remedy, that the Constituency should be reformed, by the exclusion of the non-academical elements which form a main part of the strength of this party domination.'
- ↑ 'I confess that, having included all the really academical elements in Congregation, I would go boldly on, and put an end to the legislative functions of Convocation.'
- ↑ 'This conviction, that while we have Elections to Council we
