No. 20.
June, 1900.
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MACK, Lady Margaret Halls WILSON, ,, /, JOHNSON, Somerville College. ROBERTSON, 71 51 PRICE, St. Hugh's Hall. ESSEX SMITH, St. Hilda's Hall BELL, Home Students, 7 Rawlins= Road.
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1Russta in Swit3erlanb. IN the loveliest corner of the loveliest lake of Switzerland there exists a certain little colony of Russian exiles. Sheltered by the great hills, gladdened by the soft pastures and golden vines of that happy country, stilled by the tranquil waters and the majestic mountain forms which hang in the autumn haze like the symbol of things unseen, no fairer refuge could be offered to the oppressed ; and yet, though the air they breathe is the very spirit of liberty, and though their native land shews no such beauty, they never cease to feel themselves exiles, or to extend their thoughts of pity, love and hope to the Russia which has cast them out. Until the day of renewing shall come, however, they live their life in content and patience, unnoticed by the world, happy to hear the sound of their own language, and rejoicing in the benefits of a free gyvernment, and an uncensured press. To give some slight sketch of these men, of their exile life in its various aspects of quaintness and of nobleness, as I saw it during a three months' stay in their midst, is the aim of this paper. My host himself was a figure to arrest attention. He was of the fair type of Russians, and might have been taken for a Scotchman or a Swede. He' spoke both French and English intelligibly, though imperfectly : he had spent four years in working across America, and had passed some time in England and in Paris: The crime for which he was exiled was simply that,, having educated himself up from the position of a peasant's son to that of a practising lawyer, he used his know.
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ledge and skill to plead the causes of the poor against the powerful ; but to say this gives but a faint idea of the moral absurdity—if the ph.rase is permissible—of considering this man in the light of a criminal. He was the incarnation of sympathetic good-will. I never saw a man so enthusiastically tender-hearted, so ready to burn with indignation for the wrongs of others, or to enter into their joys with childlike, impetuous fervour. But his enthusiasm was by no means personal only ; it was universal. How the long dinnertable, groaning under Russian ideas of hospitality, echoed with the thunder of their political discussions ! —his and his friends'. The `grandfather' of the boarding-house—a dear old man, gentle, courteous, refined, thirty years an exile, and now growing very deaf—being largely excluded from conversation by his infirmity, was at this time heart and soul absorbed in the Dreyfus case. Newspapers were his company, Dreyfus was his hero and his darling, and on the day of the second condemnation he was so crushed as hardly to be able to appear in public. In general his chief pleasure was to be asked to read the papers aloud over the dinner-table ; and it was from these readings that the above-mentioned thunderous arguments arose. The talkers' faces flushed, their voices rose, the conversation passed unobserved from French into Russian, knife and fork were flung aside, and the volley continued until a conclusion was reached. Then they would turn with smiling apology to mesdemoiselles,' fearing that it was very triste ' for us to hear so much Russian ; and they then would transfer their enthusiasm to the food. Over that part a veil shall be drawn, for there, their impetuosity engendered a
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disregard of ordinary standards, which it took us some time to learn to tolerate. Their house was an oddity. It dated from the sixteenth century ; it had a hole down the middle into the central hall, lighted by a skylight, and used for calling up, like a telephone. It had three front doors, but only one of them led anywhere particular, and the accustomed entrance was through the fowl-yard and the back kitchen. You could, however, enter from the front, but it was necessary to grope along a dark stone passage and up a darker stair; then you found yourself confronted by a glazed door. If Madame were perceptible inside there was no further trouble ; if not, there was a bell, requiring to be pulled vertically upwards from the ground, like a foot-pump, which was an unfailing delight to the children of the place. Passing through the door, you approached the central hall from the side opposite the kitchen, by way of a dark ante-room, of which it is impossible to give any conception except by saying that there they kept things on shelves. Books, hats, pepper, boots, pears, paraffin, magazines, tea-cups, soap and the samovar would be among the items, but the list is not exhaustive. Our good Madame—she was much like her husband—was an admirable housekeeper, as far as economy, cookery, cheerfulness and good temper were concerned, but the qualities of punctuality and cleanliness were less conspicuous. She openly boasted that Russians are never punctual ; and though I think that ante-room had its floor washed once a week, I do not think it was ever dusted. Oddest of all was the drawing room.' The window gave on to the cow-yard, but if one could skip that, one need only look across green Spanish chestnuts to the line of the Savoy hills beyond the lake, most beautiful when they were clear-cut purple against the golden sunset sky. The room was well stocked with books, and possessed a fine piano ; but it was poor in pictures, save for one beautiful Angelus,' and disfigured by the black stove-pipe which ill replaces a hearth ; and its atmosphere was never clear of tobacco, for almost every one in the house was an enthusiastic smoker. Here in the
evening we lounged on a comfortable sofa, listening to Madame's fine and sympathetic reading of Lamartine, and heard discussions on the problems of democracy which were rendered thrilling and dramatic by the personal faith and sufferings of the talkers. Time and space would fail me to tell of all the interesting people who came and went in those autumn months : a few points only can be touched on. The features common to all were good-will and kindly interest, political enthusiasm, and a measure of intellectual culture which continually astonished us in people of only half-educated manners and appearance. The most interesting of all, perhaps, was one of the many women students with whom we made friends. She was perhaps six-and-twenty, and having lived for years abroad to get her science, she had the quiet independence and strength of mind that come of proved power and self-respect. Hers was a striking face, though not quite beautiful, with its clear kindling eyes and resolute mouth and broad, square, white forehead. She asked us to go and see her, and for an hour or so we chatted pleasantly enough about books and places and people. Then, some half-idle question set her talking of Russia and its ways : though quiet herself, looking from one to the other of us with a steady observant glance, she, held us spell-bound by her tale. There was something terrible, heartrending, in the contrast between the low unexcited tone, as of a tide " too full for sound or foam," and the fair young face opposite us, with the tragic horror she told us of. It is perhaps hardly a digression to repeat the briefest outline of her story. When she had been studying medicine at Geneva, she told us, she had known a young girl who was remarkable alike for her extraordinary powers and her great wealth. The one had astonished and delighted her teachers : the other she had used to help students poorer than herself, without taking the precaution, necessary to a Russian subject who wishes to live in peace at home, of being sure that the recipients of her charity were not people whom the Government saw reason to suspect. Some of them, it appears, were such ; they used some of her money in printing and
THE FRITILLARY. circulating unlicensed books or magazines— a treatise on economics, a Protestant sermon, an appeal for popular education, or some such treasonable matter. " Well, Mesdemoiselles," said the narrator, "her health broke down ; her mind was too much for her fragile body, and the doctors feared for her reason. However, she recovered from her illness, and was to be sent home ; but her nerves were so shattered that she needed the help and comfort of an older, stronger person m hom she could trust. Her sister could not come to her, so I undertook to take her home to Russia. All went well at first ; and we crossed the frontier safely—(always an anxious matter fo returning Russians, for who can tell that the Government may not suspect them for something?) Until we were well into Russia I never left her for an instant ; then I had to do so for perhaps three minutes. When I returned she was gone. I rushed in absolute despair about the station, calling for her, as I knew she was in no state to stand a shock. The station-master took me by the arm, and said, `It is of no use, Mademoiselle. The young lady is in the hands of two gensdarmes !'" The poor friend's misery was naturally beyond words ; and it was some weeks before she could get tidings of the girl. Ultimately she was released, through the influence of Count Tolstoi ; but the refined torture to which she had been subjected in the interval is a thing incredible— a burning shame to civilisation. Her terror at finding herself between two mute police officers who refused a word of answer to her agonised entreaties to know where they were taking her, and what she was accused of, was nothing to the horrible, haunting fear of madness that possessed her when she found herself locked up in a tiny unfurnished cell, in an unknown town, with the eye of a gaoler literally fixed upon her continually through a hole in the door. She was a delicatelyreared girl, and " very partiCular in all her ways," her friend said : she opened her little travellingbag and would have combed, her hair. Instantly there came a knocking on the door from the vigilant gaoler : "That is not permitted !" In an agony of desire to do something to prove to herself that she was not yet mad, she took out a pencil 2
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to write the date on the blank white-washed wall. The same tyrannous knocking stopped her. She carried the hard stool, which was the only article of furniture in the room, into the corner, meaning to lean her tired back and head against the wall ; but the remorseless man outside informed her that it was not permitted to move the Government's furniture. It was a miracle that the girl, escaped with life and reason : but that the story ended well hardly diminishes its horror. " You know, Mademoiselle," added our friend, "that many women have burnt themselves to death in Russian prisons." The quietness with which these people relate their horrors is a most tragic and terrible part of them. Madame shewed us her album of photographs one night : many beautiful, very many noble, striking faces filled its pages. They were the faces of Russian reformers, and the meaning of reform in Russia was driven home to our minds with ghastly force by the frequency with which Madame's remarks on each closed with—" He was hanged." " She was a Socialist, she was hanged." " He was hanged too." One of the many thoughtful sufferers for conscience' sake with whom we talked suggested that if the Government continues to deport to Siberia the choicest elements of intellect and principle from among its subjects, Time will bring about a great and justvengeance by raising up there a power too great to be resisted by an effete despotism on this side the Ural mountains. Much more might be said, though it must not be, about this little democratic Russia in Switzerland. These men were exiles and poor, they smoked endless tobacco, and did not eat their dinner as we did ; yet they were not unhappy themselves, and they made us very happy. TLeir wide knowledge and boundless sympathies, it is true, kept ever before them the wrongs under which their country groans and from which they themselves have suffered in no slight degree, and their political creed was an essential element of their moral constitution ; but knowledge and sympathy are qualities which are their own reward, which amply condone the lack of superficial refinement, which attract other outcasts, bringing
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the comfort of fellow-feeling and fellow-suffering, and which go some way at least towards soothing the incurable wounds of injustice and exile. R. SIDGWICK.
Ibue anb Cry. From Meleager's Stephanos.
or strayed !" Wild Love e'en now at the peep of the morning Straight from his pillow arose, flitted—nor ever a track ! Smiling and tearful and fleet, caressing and daintily scorning, Sly and a babbler to boot ; quiver and wings to his back. Father unknown, and unknown the miscreant mother who bore him ; Heaven disowns him, and Earth flatly the ruffler denies. Mark ! Have a care of your steps, all ye that decry and abhor him, Lest ye unwarily walk there where in ambush he lies 1 Ah ! I have caught him at last with his target of Beauty before him ; Archer, thou shalt not escape, lurking in Helena's eyes. F. H. L.
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the Obvious. SITH it has been of late the custom of many youths and maidens to spend a few months of each year in this remote island—it has been thought a right welcome task to gather into a small compendium the strange flora and fauna that do abound to the astounding of strangers. And first sith they who come are for the most part unarmed and defenceless, those fearsome beasts must be noted who would do grievous
harm, being in themselves vicious and hurtful to the human race. Now to gain the island each stranger must cross by himself a ford, misnamed in witless jest "The Small," for in truth a man must be well shod with the rudiments of knowledge to win without falling the other side. And for them that do even so succeed a fresh danger awaiteth. For on the bank doth appear a beast like to a bird who ever trilleth the same lay, " I am Libertie," and runneth swiftly away as though it were not fain to be caught by the newly come. And this same action doth arouse the ardour of the stranger, and if he be not well cautioned he will throw down the precepts and practises with which his anxious parents have equipped him, and will strive ever to clip this bird and to have it for his plaything. And some do take counsel with others newly arrived and do set snares to take the prize, for it seemeth to them of right pleasant worth. And these ways too they go about to secure it. They lie abed late to entrap it if haply it should pass through their chambers. In the morning they seek it in gardens or in easy-chairs, or do lure it with novels and the hope of ripe cherries (and these indeed are reckless folk, but do esteem themselves bold and bad, and to their shame take glory in their pursuit and neglect their faithful companion "Duty"). And some more cunning do lay their traps in the midnight hours, and will brood during the night over books and papers, hoping that the bird they are seeking will be drawn thither as a moth to a lighted candle, and they may then secure it. And other divers schemes they do fashion, and do shudder at " Authoritie," for this beast they believe doth destroy the bird of Libertie and then doth sate its hunger thereon (but this indeed is a legend with which the island hath not full acquaintance). Now, herein is seen the hurtful nature of the beast which doth so seize the imagination of the young and ignorant. For it cometh not to them for all their wiles, but doth pipe to them from afar until they follow it to a distant wood. And there the beast doth take its true shape (which the writer hath heard is terrible and ghastful), and
THE FRITILLARY. Both tell its silly victims its true name, which 'is " The Obvious," and cloth lay on them the fetters of habits which are grievous to be borne. So that they of the country who behold luckless wights forsaking with much show of contempt the assemblies of learning and the temples of worship do say one to another : " Lo ! such an one, seeking after false libertie doth take the obvious course," and some they chase thence with much ignominy. Others when they seek to pass, as pass they must, over the vast tempestuous sea of Schools do find that their limbs are shackled and their muscles cramped by their chains, and being unable to strike out boldly are submerged, engulfed or utterly lost. This then is the first and most venomous beast of prey that doth meet the dauntless traveller. B.
Sbettep. 'THERE vain to seek thy glory to advance By monuments of stone raised where erstwhile Craven vindictive bigots did revile The wielder of truth's idol-breaking lance ; On thy unsullied fame did only glance Their vengeful darts and their aspersions vile. No calumny could it abate ; no pile Of lifeless marble can its worth' enhance. Thine own pure might true monuments did raise, Which steadfast still remain as time goes by. In those grey walls where fitful sunlight plays We feel thy presence, thy transcendency. The works of thine own hand shew forth thy praise, Thine art to its own power doth testify. L. H.
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Some people like rowing, Don't mind if it's snowing, Regardless of time and tide's ebbing and flowing ; How to row in the Eights, For Schools educates, I should not mind knowing. Some people like skating, It's most irritating To hear them their feats on the ice overrating ; That I sit by the fire While others aspire, I've no shame in stating. Some people like hunting, Their fine senses blunting, The growth of their natural humanity stunting ; I go round with a box, And collect for the fox Such cruelty confronting. Some folks are gymnastic, With joints like elastic, They writhe into postures and attitudes plastic ; My scorn knows no bound As I watch from firm ground Their motions fantastic. While others so sporting, Their bodies distorting, To cycling and hockey are always resorting, The football death-rate, I'm sorry to state, Is unfit for reporting I Some folks are athletic ! With diet ascetic, For purpose of training I'm not sympathetic; But comfort for me, And a philosophy Not peripatetic ! L. N.
Song of tbe lanatblette. SOME people like cricket, They set up a wicket, And revel in scoring obscure and intricate; I sit in the shade And drink lemonade, For sport's not my ticket.
a fable witb a Moral for the Sale Ones. THERE was once an ancient city, and in the middle of it there was a great and beautiful building, round which dwelt many wise men,
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who knew that the building was the middle of the world. And every year from all parts of the country there came to the city young men and maidens to learn the truth from the wise men, who taught them many things, but above all, that the great building was the middle of the world. And after a time the young men and maidens were alloWed to enter the building, and there they were questioned by some of the wise men as to the knowledge they had acquired in the last few years. And when they came out most of them were divided into four classes, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, according as they had best shewn that they had learned to think that the building was the middle of the world. And then they went out into all parts of the country to teach this knowledge according to their lights to the young and the ignorant. But of the young men and maidens who entered the building there were some who ventured to differ from the wise men of the ancient ,city, and who dared to think the great building was not the middle of the world, and that some other place or thing might be. And them the wise men presented with a plough to shew that they were only fit for tilling the earth, and were devoid of brains ; and on no account were these allowed to, instruct others, in case they might give forth some pernicious doctrine about the position of the middle of the wbrld.
Moments University Settlement. Somerville College.
IT has for some time been thought that considering the number of students, past and present, who belong to the W.U.S., Somerville ought to be represented by a second member upon the Central Committee. At the annual meeting held on March 21st, the resolution was moved that " Somerville College shall have two Representatives on the Executive Committee, one for Residents, and one for non-Residents." The resolution was unanimously carried, and Miss Sheavyn has since been elected as Resident-Member. On June znd a party of Board School teachers from Blackfriars was entertained at Somerville. Lady Margaret Hall. (Representative—V. M. LovELL.)
Late last term, at a meeting about this Settlement held by Miss Pearson, it was resolved to appoint a representative to revive the interests of the Settlement in the Hall. The result is an increase of twenty-five subscribers among present stu dents. The exertions of Miss Bartlett (L.M.H. representative on the W.U.S. Committee) have brought in several new subscriptions amongst old students, the total number of L.M.H. members being now about eighty. The hamper of flowers was sent, as usual, this year for the festival at the Red Cross Hall.
Universities' Mission to Central /Utica. WOMEN STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION. President.
Miss PEARSON.
Secretary.
Miss DE ZOETE.
A MEETING of the women's branch of the IT.M.C.A. was held in the Somerville College gymnasium on the 11th May, and an interesting address was given by Miss Barraud, who has been superintending the girls' school at Mbweni,
the Ogrorb Stubents' 1Debating Society. A Summer Term Debate always attracts a large audience, owing mainly to its rarity, but also no doubt to the touch of levity which the speakers are allowed—even expected—to introduce. The subject on May 13th was not one which lent itself to frivolous treatment. " It is in the interest of civilization," so Miss
THE FRITILLARY. CROPPER maintained, " that the weakest should go to the wall." Her speech as proposer was able and vigorous, but at times too merely assertive to be completely convincing. She took as premises that the weakest ever have gone, and ever will go to the wall, and that the interests of civilization have always been advancing ; the connecting link between the two she found in the theories of the struggle for existence, and of the survival of the fittest. Her opposer, Miss DAVIDSON, spent her alloted twenty minutes in a rather fierce recrimination of the proposer's arguments, which she stigmatized as "immoral." The real point of dispute lay in the definition of the words " strong " and " weak," while the supporters of the motion held to mean power or inability to modify circumstances, which their opponents considered ' strong ' synonymous with `brutal,' and ' weak ' with ' poor.' The third speaker, Miss GUEST, made a bright and witty speech, touching lightly on the scientific side of the question, and suggesting to her hearers the " weak " might mean the morally weak, instead of the deserving destitute. Miss GAMBLE had a difficult position to maintain, and she found no fresh argument to support the opposition, but rather reiterated indignant remo.istrances against the selfish creed of "brutish strength." The House had much to say both for and against the motion, and after a lively discussion it was found that 49 had voted in favour of it, and 12 against it.
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drawn game with Chiswick, recorded in the last number of the _Fritillary. Each resulted in a victory for Oxford. Hence it was with high hopes that the Team prepared for the struggle with Cambridge on Thursday, March 22nd : hopes which were not disappointed as far as the nature of the game was concerned, for no one could have desired a better contested fight. Both teams were in excellent form ; but unfortunately Oxford in its best form was inferior to Cambridge at its strongest, and the result was a victory for the latter by the narrow margin of one goal. The Cambridge forward line was superb, and admiration for it was only surpassed by that excited by the marvellous defence of the Oxford backs and goal, who were never for a Moment demoralized by the splendid combination of their opponents. Oxford thoroughly deserved its two goals, one of which was pushed through, whilst the other was scored by Miss Sheepshanks qff a pass from Miss Taylor. Those chosen to represent Oxford v.„Cambridge were :— Forwards: E. Belcher (Lady Margaret Hall), V.. Mellor (Lady Margaret Hall), A. W. Taylor (Capt.) (Somerville), E. Sheepshanks (Lady Margaret Hall), J. Knottesford-Fortescue (Home Student).
E. Lea-Smith (Lady Margaret Hall), D. Horsfall (Somerville), M. Alder (Lady Margaret Hall). Half-backs :
Backs : M. Horace-Smith (Somerville), M. Notley (Lady Margaret Hall). Goal: E. Overton (Somerville).
Ogforb tubent5' toner Club. Oxford v. Cambridge. ONLY two outside matches, one against Gloucestershire and the other against the Physical Training College at Dartford Heath, were played by the Oxford Students' Hockey Team after the
Zomerville College. BOAT CLUB tary, E. E.
(President, B. BouLNoms; SecreTreasurer, J. OGILVIE).—
OVERTON;
No. of Captains, 20. Outrig Members, 18.
Half-Captains, r r. Inrig Members, 7.
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of schools' or health are honorary members of the Club, making in all a total of 62. Four new Captains passed the test, being especially commended for skilful coxing M. McCurdy, /vI. Sarson, F. Johnson, V. Hughes. Three Half-Captains were last week promoted to the full Captaincy M. Alexander, M. Fairbairns, E. Hodgkin. We have now 4 boats and 5 canoes on the Cher, and are enjoying to the full our Summer term.
ILabv Margaret ball. LADY MARGARET HALL SETTLEMENT, I 2 9
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HOCKEY CLUB.—Owing to the unfortunate absence of Miss Wynne-Willson, Miss A. W. Taylor was elected Captain for the Hilary Term. Matches were 'played with the Etceteras and the Games Club, the first resulting' in a victory, the second in a defeat, for the College. The match with Lady Margaret resulted in a draw, one goal all.
The First XI. was as follows :Forwards : D. Maude, T. Fanshawe, A. W. Taylor, S. Pinwell, J. Horace-Smith. Half-backs: E. Cropper, D. Horsfall, 0. Willis. Backs : M. Horace-Smith, M. Ogilvie. Goal: E. Overton.
TENNIS CLUB
(Hon. Sec., M. L. MILLAR).—The
energies of the Tennis Club at the beginning of this term were devoted to an American Tournament, which, though not perhaps characterised by its good play, yet served to keep. up the interest of the Club as a whole. We have played four matches, three of them we won, and one we lost :— St. Hugh's won 6-2, St. Hilda's won 6—o, 6-8, 6--4. Lady Margaret Hall lost 7--9, 4-6. Westfield College won 6-2, 6-3, 6-3. We have yet to play the Oxford High School and Holloway College.
Kennington Road, Lambeth, S.E. (Hall RepreSHEEPSHANKS, G. KEMEYS-TYNTE). —We have sent flowers twice this term to the Settlement. Miss Langridge and Miss Hodson will always be pleased to see any students who would like to see the Settlement for themselves. Any gifts of flowers during the Long Vacation will be most acceptable. sentatives, E.
BOAT CLUB
Secretary,
EVELYN SHEEPSHANKS).
—This term the Council have granted us permission to canoe on the Cherwell under certain restrictions. This privilege has been much appreciated by those able to pass the necessary test. Several new members have been "qualified" for punting and sculling. The coaching boats taken out by Miss Pearson, Miss Sellar, and Miss Lodge have been as usual very popular. TENNIS CLUB (Secretary, E. M. BELCHER).— The Champions this term are Miss Notley and Miss Belcher. One match has already been played v. Somerville College, which was won by L.M.H. (9-7, 6-4). The following matches are arranged :June isth. v. St. Hugh's Hall. „ r6th. v. Royal Holloway College. „ 18th. -v. Games Club. „ 19th. v. St. Hilda's Hall. A very successful handicap tournament was held at the beginning of term. The first prize was won by Miss Young and Miss Price (rec. half 15), the second by Miss Belcher and Miss Mack (owe 15). A revival of general interest in tennis seems to have taken place this term, and especially towards the beginning all four courts were often occupied for the whole afternoon.
THE FRITILLARY. ATHLETIC S PORTS. —The L.M.H. Sports were held on Friday, May ifith, at 2 p.m.
The following events were well contested :— Hil;hiump—ist V. Mellor (3 ft. 72 in.); znd M. Alder (3 ft. 6 in.) Long Jump—rst E. Sheepshanks (ro ft. 94 in.); znd M. Alder (ro ft. 7/ in). Open roo Yards—tst E. Sheepshanks ; znd V. Mellor, E. Romanes, deat heat. Three-legged Race—rst H. Hurlbutt, E. Sheepshanks; 2nd E. Alleyne, A. Price. Potato Race—rst E. Belcher ; 2nd M. Alder ; 3rd E. Sheepshanks. Tortoise Race—rst E. Lea-Smith; znd E. Belcher. Potato Race on Bicycles—rst E. Lea-Smith ; znd E. Belcher. _Bumping Race—rst M. Alder ; znd V. Mellor. Obstacle Race—rst E. Sheepshanks ; znd M. Alder. Tug of War--Wordsworth Buildings beat the Old Hall. On Tuesday evening, May 22nd, Miss Wordsworth gave away the prizes, provided out of the entrance fees (is. for each event). The prize presented by Miss Pearson for the highest number of points scored in all events was carried off for the second time by E. Sheepshanks.
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TENNIS CLUB (Secretary, E. LI DBETT ER ). — There are a good many tennis players this term, and Miss Horner has succeeded Miss Hedly as champion. A neat patch on the grass-court is the sole reminder of its sufferings of last term.
SHARP PRACTICE (President, D. M. V. HoDGE). —In spite of the superior attractions of the summer term, this honourable Society continues to thrive. We have returned to our old method'-of electing a President for the term instead of changing week by week. The proposal carried last term, that every fortnight the motion for debate should be put up beforehand, continues to find favour with the House, and tends to produce a flow of eloquence from the honourable members. We have already debated this term : " That in the opinion of this House the code of etiquette observed by Modern Society is unreasonable and absurd ;" "That the modern system of railway travelling leaves much to be desired ; " and that "In the interests of Society, the invention of machinery is much to be deplored."
SOCI ABLES (Secretaries, H. Rickards ; D. Levett).—National exultation has of course added zest to our usual fortnightly dances. Our last was in honour of Mafeking.
SOCIETY (President, W. BuxTON j Secretary, L. CoomsEs).—At the general meeting of the Society it was decided to make four expeditions this term. The first, to Marston and Elsfield Churches, took place early in term. The second, to Great Milton and Haseley, was postponed on account of the Eights, and we hope to go to Yarnton for the third, and to Dorchester the last week of term. ARCHITECTURAL
LIB RARY. —We gratefully acknowledge gifts of books from the Rev. H. L. Thompson, Miss May, and Miss Woodward.
BOAT CLUB (Captain, D. M. V. HODGE) .The Club consists of a large proportion of the Hall, and the boats are in great request, Congratulations to G. Cunynghame and E. •Browne on having accomplished their swimming test this term.
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The Society is reading " Balaustion's Adventure." The meeting's in the garden seem to be much appreciated. We have been glad to add Miss Homer to the number of members this term.
WALKING CLUB (President, MISS WYLIE ; Secretary, F. M. WYLD).—The above club has been
started with a view of encouraging interest in the geography of the neighbourhood. A list of walks has been drawn up and the club proposes to make a joint expedition before the end of term. -
%t. Thilbtes TENNIS CLUB (Secretary, Miss CooxE).--Our representatives are Miss Pym and Miss Marshall. We have played two out of our three Hall matches, with the following results :v. Somerville College, Lost o-6 9-7 2-6
v. St. Hugh's Hall, Lost
2-6 7-5 4--6
DEBATING SOCIETY (President, Miss COOKE ; Secretary, Miss GALLOP).—The 3rd meeting of
the Hilary Term was held on Wednesday, March 14th, when the House met to discuss the motion "that a beautiful evironment is essential to moral development." The Hon. Proposer (Miss Clark) dwelt at length on the advantages of beautiful objects around us, but did not make out a strong case for the motion as it stood. Her arguments were refuted in detail by the Hon. Opposer (Miss Gallop) in an able and vigorous speech. Eventually the motion was unanimously condemned. The first meeting of the Summer term was the occasion of the Society's first political debate,
the motion being "that the late publication of despatches with regard to the Spion Kop disaster was an act of indiscretion on the part of the War Office." Both the Hon. Proposer (Miss Wright) and the Hon. Opposer (Miss Musson) spewed a sound knowledge of the subject. With two or three exceptions the Hous6 seemed disposed to leave the discussion mainly in the hands of the first two speakers, by whom it was well sustained. On division, the motion was lost by two votes.
BOAT CLUB (CaPiain, H. G. STUART).—In the Summer term at least the boat club can afford to ignore its rivals, and this year it has gained an extra attraction in the shape of a canoe ; the advantage is twofold, as our numbers had outgrown their accommodation, and we can now boat in the river close at hand, where a larger craft was a source of danger to ourselves and others. The one drawback has been a lack of captains, but that is disappearing with time and the enthusiasm of the members of the club.
(President, MISS Secretary, MISS STUART).—The club
ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY BURROWS;
has held three evening meetings, and two expeditions, to 'Dorchester and Abingdon respectively. It hopes to visit Stanton Harcourt, and Stanton St. John with Forest Hill before the end of term. The numbers have kept up very fairly considering the distances and the difficulties of non-cyclists when trains do not suit.
borne Ztubente. New Students.
Katharine Binney, Univ. College, Liverpool; Camb. Training College. Alice Annette Money, High School, Paignton, private tuition.
THE FRITILLARY. Mary Florence Howard, High School, Oxford. Ernestine Kraus, High School, Erfurt (in residence Hilary Term but omitted in last numb er). Easter and Trinity Term, New Students.
Kathleen M. Gilmour, Kambala School, Sydney, N.S.W. Winifred Horner has
migrated to St. Hugh's.
An interesting appointment is that of Mrs. Dexter Allen, M.B., formerly Miss Cousins, a Home Student, as House Surgeon to the Oxford Eye Hospital. Miss Eunice Moore is giving Lectures to working men and women in Manchester. COMMON Room.—The Common Room has been enriched by the gift of a beautiful picture of Mont St. Michel, painted and presented to the Society by Mrs. Goodwin of Blundell Sands, the mother of our Hon. Secretary, Miss Leather. Our warmest thanks are offered to her.
CONGRATULATIONS to IVy Williams election as President of the O.S.D.S.
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in the Home Students' Common Room, Tuesday, May 22, A.D. 1900. We hope Mrs. Johnson is not tired of being thanked for her accustomed kindness in lending us her boat ; for we are not tired of thanking her. Such custom only makes kindness the kinder.
Oxford %tubents' tennis Club. THE interest of the O.S.T.C. this term has chiefly centred round the proposal of the Girton College Tennis Club:, that the match between Oxford and Cambridge should be played by three pairs. This proposal having been accepted, the three meetings of the Club have been well attended, and various combinations have been tried in order to get the strongest pairs possible. It was decided at a meeting of representatives that the ultimate choice of the and and 3rd pairs should lie in the hands of the senior champion. The following members have joined the Club :Miss Bruce, S.C. Miss Hewetson, L.M.H. Miss Marshall, St. Hilda's Hall. Miss Pym, St. Hilda's Hall. Miss Tripp, H.S.
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the THE READING SOCIETY.—This Society continues to meet fortnightly with unabated zeal, although the members are finding the delights of the Summer term somewhat harmful to the right understanding and true interpretation of Paracelsus. The members number about fifteen, and the attendance is fairly regular, although it might be better. The Society continues its study of Browning. BOAT CLUB (Captain, Miss UNDERHILL ; Ron. Secretary, MISS COMPER).—A Constitution was drawn up by a general meeting of the Club,
Club.
THE Club numbers 27 members, most of whom are resident. Two meetings have been held this term ; at the first a paper was read by Miss Devitt on "Digestion with reference to vegetarianism." No paper was read at the second meeting, but there were exhibits of microscope slides, and of other things of interest relating to different branches of science. The election of officers for next year also took place, and the following Committee was chosen :—President, Miss Davies ; Secretary, Miss Howell ; and Treasurer, Miss Ewbank. Printed by
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