STRIKE OF STUDENTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 471, 1 April 1909, Page 7

STRIKE OF STUDENTS.

RUSKIN COLLEGE. |BI TBLEGItAI'U—ntKSS ASSOCIATION—COPVUIOUL ) (Rcc. March 31, 11.40 p.m.) London, March 31. The students of Ruskin College, Oxford, 'who are mostly lvorking-mcn, supported by trades unions, aro on strike against the Executive Committee's decision' to retire Principal Hird. Tlio students arc appealing to trades unions to secure Principal Hird's reinstatement. [Buskin College, Oxford, was founded in 1899 in St. Gileses. The college, which is tiluated at the cornel- ol' Worcester I'lace and \vujCoii Street, is intended for woiking-iueu wlio aro desirous oi taking part in public and social work, and the subjects taught bear principally upon social and industrial questions—viz., political economy, industrial history, history of social movements, citizenship, local government, sociology, and logic. The work is carried oil in two ways—(l) by residence at tlio college, and (2) by means of a Correspondence School, which enables thoso who cannot leave their work to learn the same subjects through tho post. The fees for residence at Ruskin College aro .£52 tier annum, including board, lodging, and tuition. The foes for membership of tho Correspondence School are Is. entrance fee and Is. per month. The movement is under tho control of a council. The Principal is Dennis Hird, 11 A., tho Vice-Principal C. S. Buxton, M.A.]