II. AS SEEN FROM AN OXFORD TUB 96 III. A LITTLE SCRIMMAGE WITH ENGLISH RUGBY 116 IV. TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETICS 132 V. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SPORTSMANSHIP 145 III. THE COLLEGE AS AN EDUCATIONAL FORCE I. THE PASSMAN 159 II. THE HONOR SCHOOLS 171 III. THE TUTOR 178 IV. READING FOR EXAMINATIONS 184 V. THE EXAMINATION 190 VI. OXFORD QUALITIES AND THEIR DEFECTS 193 VII. THE UNIVERSITY AND REFORM 200 VIII. THE UNIVERSITY AND THE PEOPLE 206 IV. THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THE COLLEGE I. THE UNIVERSITY BEFORE THE COLLEGE 215 II. THE MEDIÆVAL HALL 221 III. THE COLLEGE SYSTEM 223 IV. THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE MEDIÆVAL HALL 231 V. THE ORIGIN OF THE MODERN UNDERGRADUATE 236 VI. THE INSIGNIFICANCE OF THE MODERN UNIVERSITY 239 VII. THE COLLEGE IN AMERICA 245 V. THE PROBLEMS OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY I. THE SOCIAL AND ATHLETIC PROBLEM 255 II. THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEM 272 III. THE EDUCATIONAL PROBLEM 281 IV. THE AMERICAN HALL 301 APPENDIX I. ATHLETIC TRAINING IN ENGLAND 313 II. CLIMATE AND INTERNATIONAL ATHLETICS 316 III. AN OXFORD FINAL HONOR SCHOOL 319 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE _Tea on the Lawn at the Oxford Union (page 63)_ _Frontispiece_ _The Hall Staircase, Christ Church_ 22 _Magdalen Tower from the Bridge_ 30 _A Racing Punt and Punter_ 84 _Iffley Lock and Mill_ 90 _The Full Costume of an Eightsman_ 100 _The College Barges: Tubbing in November Floods_ 106 _The Last Day of the Bumping Races of the Summer Eights (1895)_ 112 _An English Rugby Line-up_ 120 _Throwing in the Ball_ 124 _New College Cloisters, Bell Tower, and Chapel_ 224