Sir Herbert Warren We regret to record the death of
Sir Herbert Warren at the age of seventy-six. He was President of Magdalen College from 1885 to 1928, and no figure was better known in Oxford. As an undergraduate he was not only a bril- liant classical scholar, but a competent player of games. When he became President of Magdalen at the early age of thirty-two he proceeded to fashion it as he wished it to be. A common criticism of him was that he ignored the generally accepted distinction between a University and a Public School. Whether he was right or wrong about that, Magdalen flourished exceedingly under him. He wanted his College to be important in the world as well as in the University, and he helped it to become so by his many friendships with people who could further his efforts to obtain the kind of undergraduates he desired. His method provoked some chaff, but he was a man of perfect sincerity, who never spared himself in serving Magdalen, and he was the most loyal of friends to Magdalen men. When he became Professor of Poetry at Oxford he astonished many persons who had not been aware of the wideness of his reading or the power of his enthusiasm. The Spectator had the best of reasons for being grateful to him as an accomplished reviewer of books.
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