23 APRIL 1994, Page 28

Pass on the honours

Sir: Enough of this self-congratulatory chat- ter from third-class Balliol men (Letters, 9 April, 26 March; Long life, 19 February).

Every member of that college who is worth their salt knows that the only true measure of merit, distinction and indeed intellectual probity is that rarest of jewels, the Balliol pass degree.

Jon Moynihan

59 Dovehouse Street, London SW3