Holyoake protest

Sir,—So one of our number has seen fit to ring a fire alarm in a clumsy, crude attempt to cause disruption in the ceremony conferring the Holyoake Degree.

To protest in this manner, bringing two fire engines to the scene of a non-existent blaze, reflects no credit on the maturity of students in general, in spite of a pedantic cover-up that the alarm was "symptomatic of the mockery and prostitution of the academic tradition."

We may not agree with the award made, but it is arbitrary acts such as this that can only continue to lower the already poor image of students as mature, responsible members of the community.