Religion: Oxford Group, Ltd.

In London last winter the Oxford Group of Dr. Frank Nathan Daniel Buchman was guided to apply to the Board of Trade for incorporation as a limited company. Reason: it was legally nonexistent, could not collect a £500 legacy willed to it (TIME, March 20). When the Group’s application was made known, wigs hit the green. The Oxford Union, the Oxford Hebdomadal Council and A. P. Herbert, M. P. for Oxford, protested that the Group’s use of the name Oxford was misleading. Numerous other M.P.s got into the row, pro and con. Supporters pointed out that the name Oxford was not the exclusive property of Oxford but was applied to shoes, automobiles (Morris-Oxford), an accent. Last week the pros won. The Oxford Group’s application was approved, and announced in the House of Commons.