well.

The young gentlemen, dripping with green slime clambered out and charged at us, yelling. We threw them into the pond again. When they climbed out this time they left in another direction. There was a burst of applause from the hundreds of undergraduates who had been silently watching this performance. We had no further trouble from the sneerers, and indeed later received handsome apologies from all of them.

But the incident was not closed, and in a few da- ys we were called up before the Vice Chancellor. When we had explained why we wore our hair long, and why we had had to defend our honour, he sent for Professor Schmidt, head of the Department of Sociology. We had a long discussion on the subject of transvestism, and on the fact that very little was known about it.

Eventually Professor Schmidt, who had been grow- ing more and more animated, broke in with: "It seems to me that the University is in a unique and very int- eresting position." He turned to us. "We have a chance here to lead the world in a largely unmapped field of knowledge. There are two aspects of transvestism whi- ch need to be studied: one is, of course, the motiva- tions and behaviour-patterns of transvestites or eonists themselves; the other is the reactions and behaviour - patterns of people gradually accustoming themselves to the presence in their midst of known transvestites. Now supposing you two were to wear feminine garb when- ever you are at University: there would be no deception involved, because by now everyone knows that you are men, and very tough ones at that: indeed, in a sense there would be less deception if you wear feminine clothing than if you don't, because you are at heart more girls than boys. And of course, if you appeared as girls, the University would be in a superb position to evaluate all sorts of factors relative to this situa- tion." He turned to the Vice Chancellor. "The circum- stances are uniquely favourable for a break-through in this field. What do you think, Mr. Vice-Chancellor? Could these two appear as girls again, in the cause of science?"

The Vice Chancellor hesitated, and would not

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