Excerpt from The Living Languages: A Defence of the Compulsory Study, of Greek at Cambridge
I desire to state some of the reasons which have induced me to join the Committee for opposing the Grace to appoint a Syndicate in order to suggest an alternative to Greek as a compulsory subject in the Previous Examination. At the present time it is the rule that all candidates for a degree at Cambridge (with a trifling exception to which it will not be necessary to refer) must pass an examination, of an elementary nature, in Latin and Greek as well as in certain other subjects. It is now proposed to appoint a syndicate for the purpose of seeing whether a substitute for Greek can be introduced. This proposal, notwithstanding its apparently tentative and preliminary nature, is strongly opposed by a large part of the University. It is obvious that the burden of proof falls to some extent upon those who are opposed to what may be described as a measure of "examination and enquiry." But the circumstances of the case are, I think, such as to justify those who support the compulsory study of Greek in the attitude which they have taken up. The proposal to appoint a syndicate is not new. Such proposals have been made before. Such syndicates have been appointed. The syndicates have reported. The reports have been considered. The evidence on which the reports were based has been minutely stated and carefully examined.
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