| Description | He saw the letters that Larmor wrote to Pye about candidates for the Chair of mathematics and they were helpful. He notes the influence of the Roman Catholic Church on the governing body and every Catholic members of the body was pressed to vote for the Roman Catholic candidates. Pye left suddenly, pleading illness and another indepenedent did not come to the meeting. The result was that the Roman Catholics voted for Power, 'a third rate man, and a very ordinary fellow from every point of view'. He received 12 votes, Milne 5 votes and Nicholson 3 votes. The names were sent to the Senate. The Academic Council's recommendations on the qualifications of the candidates were ignored. Anderson has given notice that he wil propose Nicholson for the Chair at the Senate meeting, but with little hope, as the Senate is just as bad as the Governing Body. He thinks it will be impossible to get good men in the future when chairs become vacant unless a good Catholic happens to turn up. He closes by saying it would be an insult to the professional staff appoint Power |