eing Dewan, he couldn't spare much time for the day-to-day work of administration,
which were looked after by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor H.C. Papworth. Sir C. P.
chaired Senate meetings, but not Syndicate meetings. His vision of the University
was: "University would fail in its object if it did not give a wide choice
of intellectual interests outside the immediate courses of study or if it
ignored the craving of the human spirit for poetry, drama and music and the
beauty of colour and form….. the fullness of academic life was an indispensable
condition of culture and explained how the University could be the principal
instrument of society for achieving this end."
