The prevalent religious tone of the university is still one of attachment to the Church of Eng land, in spite of the relaxation of the strict re quirements of past days. The services in the col lege chapels are those of the Prover-Book: at tendance on them a certain number of times in each week is still usually eompulsory, though in some colleges a roll-call at an early hour in the morning is allowed to take the place of the prayers. Since the throwing open of the univer sity, Mansfield College for C'ongregationalists and Manchester College for Independents have been founded, as well as more recently a hall for Roman Catholic students. None of these, how ever, have any corporate connection with the university. Other institutions which have an influence upon the spiritual life of undergrad uates are the Pusey House (see PusFs) and Saint Stephen's House, the latter intended pri marily as a training-school for Church of Eng. land missionaries. Outside of the colleges proper there is also a considerable body of unattached students. who are members of the university without belonging to any college or hall. They are under the general supervision of an official known as the censor of unattached students.
This class was admitted first. in 1858. The total number of undergraduates is generally over three thousand. Since 1884 women have been allowed to share the instruction, though not to matricu late o• take degrees. Two houses, Somerville and Lady Margaret Halls. have been founded for them.
BIBLIOGRAPHY. For detailed official information. Bibliography. For detailed official information. consult the annual University Calendar; also the Student's handbook to the University of Oxford. For historical and descriptive treatment. Brod rick, History of Oxford University (London, 1886) ; Wells. Orford and Its Colleges lib.. 1899) ; Clark, The Colleges of Oxford (ih., 1891) : Andrew Lang, Oxford (ih., 18791; Goldw•in Smith, Oxford and Her Colleges (ih_ 1895) ; Rashdall, History of Universities in the Middle Ayes (Oxford. 1895). For fictitious description, while Hughes's Tom Brown at Oxford (Cam bridge. 18611 gives a pretty accurate picture of those days, the best modern presentation of the life and spirit of the place has been given by an American. L. 1'. Smith, in The Youth of Parnas sus ( London, 1895). See also Oxronu, and the articles on the separate colleges.