| Description | Comment on nomination of Lord Tedder to be Chancellor of Cambridge University (fourth paragraph)
'The old guard surely made a mistake in nominating Lord Tedder to be Chancellor of Cambridge University. He is one those airmen who does not conform to the accepted pattern of the professional serviceman; he has done much to encourage scientific research and education. But great achievement in the world of civil life is surely what a great University should demand of its Chancellor. Balfour combined (as one must admit Smuts combined) scholarship with statesmanship, The choice of Nehru, who has the support of a number of Professor, many of the younger M.A.'s and graduates of distinction, is both bold and sensible. It pays tribute many of us desire to pay to one of the very few outstanding statesmen of the world and it show sthat Cambridge is capable of overcoming an out of date parochialism.' |