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The Chairman said in reply to the first

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part of Professor Penson's question that No. 14 of

the papers circulated was a note by Mr. Sloss giving

a brief history of the growth of the University and

summary of its position as it was before the war; The I wought

and it would be a matter of no dificulty would it,

Mr. Slo£5?) to add to that statement on the factual

side as much more detail within limits as members

for excurdle the

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thought useful, e.g.exot structure of the faculties,

position of teaching staff, problems of students, an

forth.

Dr. Priestley enquired whether it would be

possible for members to have a copy of the full

Report of the 1939 Committee.

MA 3loss said copies wer pot available.

It was a printed document of some forty to fifty

page. A summary of the recommendations was in the

document at No. 13.

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The Chairman asked whether it would meet

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Mr. Slogg said that would hardly answer

the question.

The Chairman agreed that this would not

answer the question about the factual detailed picture

of the structure of the hiversity and the sense in

which it was in erpreting the wider political and

cultural aim of the original founders. If Professor Penson would indicate what kind of supplementary

information on the factual side would be of value,

Mr. Sloss would be willing to provide it. With regard

to the question as to the sense in which the University had

Univers w interpret the original cultural aim and what extent it had succeeded in this, he would ask Mr. Sloss

to speak.

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