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HIGHER EDUCATION IN FRANCE. ALTHOUGH it may seem strange to say it, yet it is true to say that the life of the student in France is by far the nicest one can dream of at eighteen. French children, boys and girls, have a hundred different ways of being educated. Those whose means are not ample go to the Ecole Communale, where they get the best of instruction at the entire cost of the state. The boys of the middle and upper classes are educated either at lycees or colleges, at private boarding schools, or they have a Irecepteur at home. The girls on the other hand go to convents or lycies, study with an institutrice or attend some cours—a delightful means of being educated now coming into fashion. Until they pass their Brevet Snperieur or Bachalaureat (Bach. es sciences ou es lettres), that is until they are about 17 or 18, French children as a whole do not have a good time to be compared with that enjoyed in the English schools.
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Life means almost entirely study to them, and unfortunately sports are not yet indulged in to a sufficient extent. The really happy time of French students begins then. The men who want to take up their career in the army generally go to the big schools, of which St. Cyr is the most well known ; those who wish to learn engineering, either for public or military purposes, go to Polytechnique, and those who will later be in business, can choose to go to the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales. Women and men who desire to teach afterwards try to enter the big schools admirably organised by the French State and known as the Ecoles Wormales. There, provided they pass the rather stiff entrance exam., students get board, lodging, and instruction without having to pay any fee at all. However, before entering the schools students must take the engagement of teaching at the end, of their training, during a definite number of years, in some of the Government's institutions. This promise of a retributed situation is a cause of happiness both to the engager and to the engaged the constantly growing number of people trying to enter the schools proves this side of the question, whilst the foundation of two such schools for women proves the other. The two Normale for girls are the famous Sevres and Fontenay-aux-roses' schools ; girls engaged themselves to teach during ten years, and if they break their promise afterwards they are bound to pay to the Government i,000 francs for each of the three years of their training, that is about „ .120 for the whole time. The life there is as jolly and as free as the Oxford life ; students work tremendously hard ;
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but get the same amount of play-hours every day as in the English colleges, although of course during the summer term, men would not be allowed if they tried to cut off their lectures, and spend their whole afternoons in punting or-boating on a river. This difference exists because the students who go up to the Normale in France work only for their degrees, which mean their career, whereas quite a good number of the undergraduates of Cambridge and Oxford come up to amuse themselves and spend money. The most lively time is had when the school is within easy reach of a big town like Paris, for example. Students have then all permission to go to town as often as they please, and are even allowed to go for week-ends, from Saturday evening to Monday morning, when they happen to be invited. The splendid time enjoyed by Normaliens and Normaliennes is of course best understood by themselves, but all the same it can be perceived to a certain extent by reading some of the good books treating of this subject ; the women are naturally the awe and despair of a whole part of the French society, and it is to be hoped, for the benefit of girls in the future, that French families will get rid of their unfounded prejudice against the women students. Whatever be the pleasures of the Normaliens and Normaliennes they can in no way be compared to the life of the real French University student. Of all French Universities, however, the one which always will be the "well-known one" as long as Universities are in existence, is La Sorbonne. From the point of view of work the teaching is excellent beyond words. The mode of learning comprises conferences and tours, which correspond to the English lectures and classes, and the tuition system exists also, but is not carried out to so great an extent as in the English Universities. The first thing students have to do is to be registered or matriculated, after which they are received to all non-public lectures on merely presenting their card of matriculation. Students could almost be said to learn, as was unfortunately said of the Oxford students in a public meeting, whatever they choose to learn.
All the facultes are represented at the Sorbonne. These are the Faculte de theologie protestante, taught Boulevard Arago, the Faculte de droit, rue St. Jacques, the Faculte de Illedecine, Place de l'Ecole de Medecine, the Faculte des Sciences en Sorbonne and en Sorbonne, also the Faculte des Lettres, which comprises French and foreign literature, languages, history, geography, classics, philosophy, and psychology. Besides these, other big schools, under the care of the minister d'Instruction Publique, are freely open to men and women students ; among the more important are the College de France, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, Ecole pratique des Hautes Etudes, ecoles des beaux-arts, ecoles du Louvre, and many others. Whilst they are studying for their degrees, Bacchalaureat es lettres or es sciences, licence and doctorat, students really have an unforgetable time in Paris. The mode of living is in itself a source of amusement, for if France on the whole does not allow much liberty to her children in society, the student however enjoys the greatest freedom. He or she lives at a Pension de famille in the Quartier latin, where it is a tradition for students to be merry, and for landladies to be full of attentions and indulgence. They are seen during the afternoons in the museums or in the public gardens, wandering throughout Paris and its suburbs, or going to every kind of entertainment. A poor student, who has now become a very well-known man, told one day an extremely amusing story about his going to almost every opera during one season moyennant his wearing a friend's habit and paying his seat by bravos. A society of Association generale des Etudiants de Paris enables all undergraduates to make friends not only with the students of their own school but also with those of the various other schools, and to partake in the intellectual movement of all their generation. Students when they first come up to the University are therefore not isolated, but find themselves thrown at once in the midst of a friendly world in which professor and scholar live in a delightful mutual friendship.
THE FRITILLARY. However the intense charm of the student's life in Paris cannot be understood, and is therefore criticised by people who have never been to Paris or are not thoroughly acquainted with the pleasures so plentifully offered by the gayest capital of the world. H. PLAIGNAUD.
two Views of frieltbsbip. IN the essays of Bacon and Emerson we find
an illuminating contrast, illuminating because they have in several cases chosen the same subjects to discuss, and we get them, therefore, viewed in two very different lights. Bacon, writing without elaboration or any effort at intricate construction, gives us the naked thought as he creates it, crushes a whole cycle of ideas into a sentence ; we read and understand without effort, but we do not realize all that he means without much meditation. Emerson, on the other hand, subtle in style, complicated in method, weaves a tangled web of words round his meaning and leads us by strange and unfamiliar ways to the land of his own fancy. In their essays on friendship the contrast is very definitely marked ; in Bacon's we come at once upon the friend and his uses and delights ; Emerson, starting from the stranger, carries us through all the stages of chance meetings, false estimation of character, disillusionment, and ripening acquaintanceship, and finally introduces us amidst this crowd of other pictures to the object of our search. Mere accidents of style and language, these do not affect the actual treatment of the subject, where, more than ever, we find emphatic difference. Emerson is above all things egoistic, selfrevealing, treating his theme in direct relation to himself; he talks only of what friendship means to him ; concluding that there can be no true friends but after his pattern, he uses the essay as poets use the lyric, for unhampered self-expression. Bacon sinks his individuality completely ; he is the thinker rather than the man, the mouthpiece 2
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of wisdom rather than of personal experience ; unbiassed, uninfluenced, he chronicles the records of human emotion as an historian chronicles the facts of his country's life. But whatever diverse aids they call in to help them in their interpretation, whether it be personal feeling or statistics culled from classic history, they must needs reach some conclusion at the last ; to both of them there is much meaning in the word friendship. To both of them friendship stands for an offering received not given, an asset to be clutched and held by life's bankrupt, not a debt whose paying is a high-prized privilege. Bacon enumerates " the fruits of friendship," but he might call them with equal justice, the uses of a friend, which he holds to be those of a willing listener, a counsellor, and "a sure refuge in time of trouble " ; he speaks of accepting, but of no giving ; and in like manner, Emerson speaks of his friend as a possession to be used or neglected at will. " I do with my friends as I do with my books. I would have them where I can find them, but I seldom use them . . . . though I prize my friends I cannot afford to talk with them, and study their visions, lest I should lose my own." Both distinguish Nature's acquaintances and friends, that distinction so often insisted upon and so hard to define : "A crowd is not company ; and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal where there is no love," says Bacon ; and Emerson, describing the coming of a mere acquaintance, says, " When he comes he may find the order, the dress and the dinner —but the throbbing of the heart and the communication of the soul in no wise." So far they go together, but no further, henceforth their ways are separate. " Our friendships," says Emerson, " hurry to short and poor conclusions, because we have made them a texture of wine and dreams, instead of the tough fibre of the human heart." It is this former kind of friendship, the content of fancy and elusive visions that Emerson pictures and delights in, he does not profit by his own warning. Bacon does not need it, the " tough fibre " is all that he is concerned with ; he makes no ideals, as an outside com-
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mentator he has no interest in them ; he haloes his subject with no romance, the friend of everyday life, practical, human, prosaic in what he discusses. He would have the bond of friendship strong to withstand all the strains and wrestings of daily intercourse and changing fortunes ; a friend he seeks who will not tire when you impart to him "griefs, joys, fears, hopes, suspicions, counsels, and whatsoever lieth upon the heart," who has courage to give good counsel, even if it be not always pleasing, who will tell you of your faults without making you hate him (for " observing our faults in others is sometimes improper for our case, the best receipt is the admonition of a friend "), and who will help in time of need, carry out your wishes after death, and perform all manner of hateful offices on your behalf which you dare not do for yourself. "How many things there are which a man cannot with any face or comeliness say or do himself ! A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, a man cannot brook to supplicate or beg, and a number of the like." Such a friendship has need in sooth to be much of the tough fibre of the human heart, to have woven into it the love that never faileth. Emerson likewise would have the bond of friendship unbroken, but his link is so made that it must be treated tenderly or it will snap, the tough fibre he recommends is not for his weaving. He can have friends only amongst ideals, far away beings with whom he has a soul-affinity ; he says " almost all people descend to meet ; all association must be a compromise, and, what is worst, the very flower and aroma of the flower of each of the beautiful natures disappear as they approach each other." And again, " why should we insist on rash personal relations with a friend ? why go to his house and know his mother and brother and sister? Leave this touching and clawing. Let him be to me a spirit." He argues that friends thus parted, part only to meet upon a higher plane. Utterly opposed to Bacon's almost brutal practicality and plain speaking, he makes of friendship no part of human life, but something half philosophy, half romance, the creation of one who is at the same time a theorist and a senti-
mentalist, the whole tinged with unconquerable egoism ; the very secret of the attraction of love for him seems to lie in the fact that it "is only the repetition of a man's own worthiness from other men." Seventeenth-century scientist and politician on the one side, courtier and man of the world ; nineteenth - century dreamer, lecturer and man of letters on the other, they give the two extremes of opinion, two opposite views of a worldold theme, wherein studying we may doubtless find for ourselves if we will the best place of all from which to behold the subject, "the vantage ground oft ruth." G. MOORE.
1Pri3e translation in Somerville 11).t.%. DANS L'ALCOVE SOMBRE.- Victor Hugo. a lowly hearth whose shade Falls peacefully across his face, Close to his mother's resting-place A little child asleep is laid. And now while for a little space The rosy lids upon his eyes Hide things of earth, yet in the skies High wonder-workings he can trace. BESIDE
Sweetly he dreams : doth now behold A wild sea shore—where sand is blown— All gleaming bright and diamond strown. Or flaming suns of tawny gold That glow and fade : and now are shown Dim shapes of women, sweet and fair. And in their tender arms they bear Souls wandering through worlds unknown. And now a dream that charms him more Than aught ; clear streams before him flow, And ever rises from below A voice that sings of Fate's deep love. His sisters all more lovely grow, Close by his father stands : above Light poised on brooding wings of love His mother like a bird doth go. A thousand sights more lovely still Pass now before him : roses bright And lily-buds pure-eyed and white On ev'ry side his pathway fill, And wonder-lakes of calm delight Where shadows dreamily enfold The slender reeds of shining gold, And fishes glide through shade and light.
THE FRITILLARY. He sleeps—how pure ! how innocent ! And the calm angels who foresee And know to all eternity All that on man is ever sent, Look down where he lies peacefully Defenceless, yet all free from fears, And on his baby hands warm tears And kisses rain alternately. Their honeyed lips to his they press ; The little one perceives their tears And murmurs "Gabriel": who hears And with divinest tenderness The cradle rocks to soothe his fears, And one hand on him gently lays To hush him : one above doth raise To where the heaven's blue dome appears. Dream on, dear child ! Beloved, sleep. Thy budding soul untainted, free From boding thoughts of things to be, It's virgin innocence doth keep. As weeds lie floating on the sea Thou liest, by no care oppress'd The current bears thee on its breast, And thou still sleepest tranquilly. All free from toil and studious care Thou sleepest by the wayside still Unharmed by any thought of ill, And harsh unrest doth yet forbear, With icy hands that all doth thrill Upon thy forehead smooth and white, In his dead character to write " To-morrow "; all too soon he will. But see, the mother all alert To rock him where asleep he lies, Lest some bad dream in fearful guise Has stolen in to do him hurt.. With pride a-glisten in her eyes She leans above him, hears awhile His even breath, then charms a smile With kisses light as lullabies. D. SULMAN.
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house, set long ago among the olives between Athens and Colonus, there sat a man at work with a graving tool upon a small earthen figure. On this bright spring morning the sun, glinting between the olive leaves, shone on the golden hair of the little girl who stood beside him, and on the bowed figure of an old slave-woman, who crouched
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beside the door, laboriously turning a small handmill. But neither the man nor the child had eyes for the sunshine that morning, she watching with rapt interest the progress of his work, he bending over his figure, tracing with the utmost care the delicate waves of hair above the ears. And truly he might well be absorbed in the beautiful thing that grew more lovely still beneath his touch. Scarcely a foot in height, it was full of the same noble beauty that shews the master mind throughout the sculptures of the Parthenon. The figure was that of a woman, seated, and clad in soft loose draperies falling from shoulder to foot in long graceful lines, broken only where the robe was gathered into closer folds to fall over an invisible girdle, and where the gentle curves of the breasts, and firm beautiful outline of thighs and knees could be traced beneath their coverings. The hair parted on the forehead, and drawn back in wide irregular waves, was fastened into a loose knot at the back of the head, as the Cnidian Aphrodite wears her hair. But there the likeness ceased, for the face was full of a grave, unconscious beauty, very different from hers. In her right hand the woman held a distaff, the lower end of which rested upon her knee. But she was not spinning. For her left arm encircled, and clasped lovingly to her, a little naked boy. His curly head rested cosily against her bosom, the little rounded limbs were relaxed in sleep, and from his shoulders sprang two downy wings. Yet the woman was not looking at the child, but at the distaff,—and beyond it. Presently the artist laid down his tool, and smiling, looked into the blue eyes of the little one beside him. " Do you know who it is ? ", he asked. " Clotho," the child answered readily, touching the hand that held the distaff; then,— puzzled,—" But the Fates are terrible, I thought ; and she is so beautiful." Then getting only a smile for answer, she went on, "And the child ? Who is he ?" " That is for you to guess," he replied. "Ask Agave ! Perhaps she knows." The old woman raised her head with a long look at her master. " He is Death," she answered drearily. " What else should Clotho bear? " And she turned back to her grinding.
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"Is it Death, father ? " whispered the child, awed, but unconvinced. But he only smiled mysteriously. " Ah she is lovely Give her to me !" she cried. But her father laughed. " What, my model for Praxiteles ?" he said. " And I see him now coming to fetch her. But if he is not satisfied you shall have her," he added. Even as he spoke the child drew back shyly as the sculptor came near. His young eager face lit up with pleasure, as he took the model carefully from its maker's hand, and looked long at its beauty. But it was in a doubtful, almost a disappointed tone that he said at last ; "She is very beautiful ; but—not as I meant." There was a pause, and then he added, "She is a Clotho for Alcamenes, not for me. And if Eros is her child why is he sleeping? " " Agave calls him Death," was the answer. " Which is he, father ?" whispered the child. But an older man had joined them,—a man in whose face the whimsically humorous lines about the mouth seemed half belied by the tender dreamy grey eyes of the mystic. " Perhaps he is both," said Plato, " since by Death must Love have life. And surely Clotho shelters a soul, new-born and still asleep." He passed on ; and taking the figure from the sculptor's hands her father placed it gently between the eager hands of the child. I. S. !
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between the City of Flowers and our Alma Mater may supply it. I admit frankly that our first hour in Florence, though full of hope for the future, was distinctly trying at the moment. The so-called 5.52 train left two travel-stained, weary and hungry passengers in the " dim," but not " religious" light of the Florence railway-station. Half-an-hour's experience of the tender mercies of porters, cabdrivers, and customs officers all talking violently in a " language not understanded " of the travellers, did not increase our composure. Nor did the uncompromising steepness of Pension stairs. However, a return to civilisation in the form of soap and water, food and sleep, fully prepared us for our first plunge into the glories of Florence. Florentine streets present the oddest contrasts. As you are jostled off the narrow pavement by a crowd of fellow-tourists, you are taken front and rear by a tramcar, and a bicycle ridden in'truly reckless Italian fashion, only equalled by that of Oxford. Behind comes an ox-waggon, proceeding with mediae val leisure under the care of a countryman, whose long cloak and picturesque slouch hat suggest a brigand of the most exciting type. Enters next, the Florentine " growler " with incessant and deafening whip-cracking to announce it, as if rattling over stone-paved streets were not sufficiently noisy. The coachman apparently exhausts his energy over the whip and therefore omits to manage his reins, so you flee before him back to the pavement to come face to face with a brown Franciscan strayed from Giotto's.frescoes. Finally comes a large market-cart a careful look reveals the motive power in a, very small donkey enveloped in a red •cover. I once saw a cart drawn by a man in the shafts preceded by the donkey, both apparently quite content with such a veritable Franciscan arrangement. From such a throng one steps in a moment into the cool dark stillness of Santa Maria, vaguely wondering how the inevitable motor-car will ever negotiate the ox-waggon. I first saw the cloisters of S. Marco on a sunny March day, one of those days in Florence when the air blows less keenly from the snowy Apennines, and the sun gives a foretaste of the future ;
lborae florentinae. ON the analogy of "Rambles in Rome," "Saunterings in Siena," or " Voyagings in Venice," this paper should probably have been entitled " Foragings in Florence," but a less pretentious title is suitable to an article written solely in obedience to the supreme authority of the editor of this distinguished journal. If further apology•s needed for intruding upon its readers the recollections of a few out of many happy hours in Florence, perhaps the unaccountable but irresistible affinity
THE FRITILLARY. strength that will later make crossing the street a matter for consideration. S. Marco lay very peacefully that day, there was no suggestion of the wild doings of the spring of 1498, and Fra Angelico's frescoes looked down as quietly as in the golden days of Cosimo—indeed one half expected to see a Dominican brother—perhaps the great Prior himself—come from the chapter-house to the damask rose-tree where he used to teach the novices. Passing upstairs out of the sun-lit cloister, one comes suddenly upon the great Annunciation, the first of the long series of Angelico's frescoes which form the only adornment of the bare cells of the long convent dormitory. We often wondered whether each brother had chosen his own subject, and how eagerly they looked forward to the day when "II Beato " would say he had finished. One hopes they did not worry him as the Prior of another convent did the painter Ligotzi, who in revenge perpetuated his curiosity in an inquisitive bird which he has introduced into the picture. Four hundred years have made little apparent difference in the delicate tints of Angelico's flowers, and in the wonderful dazzling whiteness of the Virgin's coronation-robe. Wandering on, one comes to an absolutely simple but arresting inscription " Fra Girolamo . . . inhabited these cells." The two tiny rooms remain, the outer almost untouched, the inner bare, but for Angelico's banner. Savonarola's books lie open on his desk, their margins covered with his exquisitely minute but legible writing ; his own chair stands beside them, the case above contains his rosary—only the charred fragment of wood beside it recalls the tragedy of Ascension Day. While Spring was filling the city with the scent of flowers at every street corner, we went one day to Prato, a quaint old town about 12 miles from the city. The steam tram so dear to Florentine municipal authorities deposited us there after a painful and panting progress through villages where every woman and child appeared to be making hats. Where all the hats eventually go is a wonder, especially as the Italian peasants themselves do not seem to patronize their own industry. :
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We found Prato in the excitement of a marketday ; from the gesticulating crowd in the streets there might have been a budding revolution. We made our way to the Cathedral, in which the most conspicuous object at first sight was a seemingly solid stone tomb erected in the nave. We were subsequently electrified rafter a visit to Fra Lippo's frescoes) by seeing two men pick up and carry off the aforesaid tomb with apparently perfect ease. The miracle was explained by the discovery that it was a temporary card-board erection, probably to serve for some commemoration. The sights of Prato were shewn to us by a small boy, whom we engaged to protect us from the pressing attentions of the rest. Our Italian was somewhat limited, but we managed to follow when he was explaining that the fine old castle, which still dominates the town, was built by Frederick Barbarossa, who seemed to be quite a familiar acquaintance of this small Italian. Of even greater interest were a few minutes spent in a cottage where a hand-loom was in use, to all appearance similar to the loom with whose intricacies fortunate readers of Lucretius have to contend. I must confess that even a sight of this remarkable instrument failed to clear up immediately the mysteries of " insilia ac fusi, radii scapique sonantes," though its practical efficiency seemed obvious enough. Journeying back through Tuscan country, where every inch is cultivated by Virgilian ploughs, where "corn and wine and oil" are the necessaries of life, and the peasant's most precious possession are his oxen " strong to labour," the old pastoral songs, either Hebrew or Latin, assume a new character. One more happy hour, one of our last in Florence, rises to memory. From the loggia of a hospitable Fiesole villa, the whole Florentine plain lies spread before us. The silver Arno winds quietly past the city down to Pisa and the sea, below rise Giotto's Lily and Brunelleschi's dome, in the distance is the wooded hill still called " L'Incontro," from the meeting of S. Francis and S. Dominic immortalized by Luca della Robbia ; in the far distance rise the Apennines of the Casentino, scarcely willing even in May to part with their snow-mantle. The memory of sunlight and .
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the scent of innumerable flowers, the vision of that glorious scene, quickens the pulse in the chill November of Oxford, whose beauties alone can compensate for the loss of Florence. G. WEAVER.
Ogforb Stubents' Mebating Societp. June, 1907. President—Miss PETO, L.M.H. Secretary—Miss PHILLIPS, S.H.H. Junior Treasurer—Miss SINCLAIR, L.M. H.
THE last meeting of the Summer Term took place on June 18th. A crowded House, attracted by the fame of Miss Smedley's eloquence, assembled to hear a record Debate. Private business was short but amusing, and Miss Freire-Marreco as usual added much to our mirth. Throughout the meeting, which was prolonged until 10.3o p.m., members spoke with unusual eloquence and enthusiasm. The motion before the House was :—" That women should enter upon full civic rights and duties." Mover, Miss CORBETT (S.C.), ex-Pres. The Hon. Mover spoke optimistically of the speedy victory of the suffragists, which she considered not only inevitable but imminent. She then quoted Marie Corelli's pamphlet in order to prove that the opposition has faith in indirect influence, but argued that the type of woman who possesses such influence is not the type to be considered, nor certainly the one to whom the vote is essential. Miss Corbett then went on to touch on matters Imperial in this connection. Miss Corbett was bright and amusing, but scarcely realized our expectations. She did not sufficiently remember how few words were necessary to open the subject, and in consequence her speech was lacking in pith and point The Opposer, Miss PHILLIPS (S. H. H.), Secretary, felt that it was hard that the cause of the opposition should be identified with Marie Corelli. The absence of any high property qualification would admit the great mass of incompetent working women to the suffrage. Family life must be considered—
married woman at least should have no civic duties. Such civic duties as woman can safely perform are already open to her. Physical considerations must prevent woman meeting man on entirely equal grounds. She cannot defend the country in time of war, why then should she hold office in the War Office or the Admiralty ? Moreover, woman's character is such as to make her unsuited to the task of legislation. Over-legislation and indecision would inevitably result. Miss Phillips spoke as we are accustomed to hear her speak, with force and eloquence. She maintained her points with dignity and humour, and spoke with a tact which might well have served as an example to other members of the Society. The third Speaker, Miss SMEDLEY (Founder of the Lyceum Club, &c.) made a notable speech. She began by answering the remarks of the last speaker, and then made a succession of extremely interesting points. Men do not perform every civic duty. Why should woman ? Women do not claim to do men's work, but to rescue from man's inefficiency the duties of their own proper sphere. Poor Law Guardians and Relieving Officers perform much that had better be left to women. Here Miss Smedley drew a picture which greatly moved the House—moved them even to overlook the fact that certain grievances have been already done away with owing to the co-operation of Women Guardians. " In discussing the question," continued the distinguished visitor, "we have to consider the woman of the lower classes to whom female suffrage would be an inestimable benefit." Moreover, woman's love of detail and of economy would make her invaluable upon an Admiralty Board or in the War Office. In conclusion, Miss Smedley again urged us to remember that women only desire to do the work for which they are more fitted than men. Seldom, if ever, has the House been so completely carried away as by Miss Smedley's oratory. The seriousness with which her arguments were met must, as much as the applause that they evoked, have proved to our guest how thoroughly they were appreciated. Her kindness in coming
THE FRITILLARY. to speak at our Debate was only equalled by our enjoyment of her speech. Miss JACQUIER (St. Hilda's Hall) spoke fourth. Miss Jacquier only added to the question the important consideration of woman's physique, but she spoke at extremely short notice and gave Miss Smedley a charming and courteous welcome. Miss LEVETT (L M.H., ex-President) made the finest speech we ever remember to have heard from her. Recent legislation has proved that men can legislate successfully for women. Evils exist in spite of legislation. Besides, it is of the utmost importance to the State that a body should exist influencing public opinion without immediately affecting the Government. This cannot be the case with men since party organisation is essential to them. Miss Levett spoke with real thought and a thorough grasp of the subject ; her speech was no common debating effort, but proved conclusively that reason and enthusiasm could exist with the Opposition. Miss SHAW (S.C.) defended women's rights on behalf, not of her own advantage, but of that of the whole race. Several historical examples were quoted to prove women's equal aptness for even the supreme civic duties. Miss Shaw was under the disadvantage of being occasionally inaudible, but she evidently possessed a large store of information and much conviction. It was perhaps a pity that the information was occasionally erroneous, and the enthusiasm carefully repressed. Miss RYLE (S.C.) was understood to be urgently pleading the cause of the Opposition. Her remarks told rather against her side, as, from the haste in which they were delivered, they conveyed the impression that the cause was at its last gasp. Miss JACKSON (S.C.) declared the question to be one of justice, and quoted the case of the Lancashire operatives. She interested the House by her apt use of local knowledge, and then went on to make an excellent point with reference to the absence of general knowledge among men voters on account of their necessary specialisation. 3
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Why, then, should woman be refused a vote on the ground that her knowledge is equally specialised ? Miss Jackson delighted the House by her evident sincerity and enthusiasm. Miss FREIRE-MARRECO (S.C., ex-President) made an eloquent short speech combining an appreciation of the stand-point taken by the Opposition, with an evident belief in the strength of her own cause. Surely an anomalous position for a womanpartisan ! Miss HADOW (L.M.H., ex-President) opposed the motion on the grounds set forth in one of the previous speeches. The aptness with which Miss Hadow quoted history was reminiscent of a proverb concerning Scripture quotations. Miss Hadow is always delightful, and excels in short and telling speeches. Miss ROGERS rose to the bait of women's suffrage. She urged a more Spartan view of woman's health with considerable force and energy (chiefly founded upon her estimate of man's exceeding delicacy). Miss Rogers always delights the House by her stern disregard of their feelings on any subject, and her frank and humorous contempt for their opinion. The Secretary again addressed the House with unabated vigour, and made " the retort courteous" to the last speaker. Miss BICKMORE (S.H.H.) made two capital points. Miss Bickmore has never spoken so well or carried so much conviction. The PRESIDENT then entered the arena and made a forceful fighting speech, combating some obvious misstatements. Miss MACRAE (L.M.H.) also rose in defence of Political Economy. We expect great things of Miss Macrae when she has lost the timidity becoming to her first attempts. Miss SMEDLEY made a short speech, chiefly remarkable for its attack upon the " cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed," of our Universities (" Keddy," and others, please note). The Hon. Mover, seeing the lateness of the hour, waived her right to sum up. The motion was then put to the vote.
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There voted for the motion 51, against 4o. The motion was therefore carried by eleven votes. Is Oxford still the home of lost causes ? October, 1907. President—Miss PHILLIPS, S.H. H. Secretary—Miss JACQUIER, St. Hilda's Hall. Junior Treasurer—Miss HEATH, L. M. H.
THE first meeting of the Term was held on October 2 1st. The President, Miss PHILLIPS, took the chair, but being, unfortunately for the Society, obliged to resign her office, the House proceeded to a fresh election of President and Secretary. The motion before the House was :—" That this House considers that Ireland should be given the right to manage her own affairs." Mover, Mrs. RALPH (S.C.). The Hon. Mover founded her arguments in history. This country had never earned for itself the right to refuse the right of self-government to Ireland ; it had never conquered Ireland. The colonies are daughter, whereas Ireland is sister nation to England ; their Parliaments are coeval and Christianity itself came independently through St. Patrick to the smaller island. Examples of English injustice abound: much of the evil in Ireland is to be dated from the Ulster plantations for instance. For the sake of the refuse of England and Scotland, the Irish then were relegated to the less fertile parts ; and it has ever been so. These things are not forgotten, for political memories are short but national memories are long, and not until Ireland has Home Rule will she cease to be a disgrace and a danger. Home Rule made Canada loyal, and it will make Ireland loyal. Mrs. Ralph's feelings were evidently deeply concerned, and her speech -amounted to an appeal. The Opposer, Miss SCOTT (L.M.H.), admitted the grievances of the past in the history of the Anglo-Irish relations, but speaking in the twentieth century she could not but remind the House that, when one grievance had been met—the Irish Church disestablished—Ireland remained discontented. She used the allegory of the discontented
child, and attributed all the sorrows of the country to its moral ill-health. When this ill-health is remedied and Ireland realizes her duties as an integral part of the Empire, then alone will she be ready for Home Rule. At present she requires a strong government, and, in the phrase Mr. Morley has used in connection with India, " the impatience of the idealist" is to be condemned. Miss Scott interprets well the commonsense point of view, and the contrast with the more emotional words of the first speaker was full of significance. The third speaker, Miss EASTON (St. Hilda's Hall), made a thoughtful speech. Her objection to the governin of Ireland by England reposes on the racial question. Looking at history (at Pynings' Law), she argues that the differences of race cannot be ignored : we cannot fill the gap between England and Ireland now better than could the Tudors, for it is no smaller ; and yet we are astonished that Ireland cannot assimilate English laws. The fourth Speaker, Miss TREE (S.H.H.), had six reasons against Home Rule, each of which she said was-sufficient in itself; though, as to the question of Ireland's griefs, England is willing to remedy all. Ireland has been mis-governed ; she is not so now. Unfortunately no Irish leader has ever been capable of responsibility, and the separation from England.would inevitably lead to misery, and when it became necessary for England to recover her authority, to war and bloodshed. She instanced Norway and Sweden. Miss Tree amused' the House ; but her methods at present are too summary. In public discussion Miss HADOW (es-President, L.M.H.) remarked that the speakers seemed to consider the English a pure _race as a matter of fact we make too much of racial differences, for the two peoples have intermarried, and moreover even a country like India can be governed from the English point of view. The great names in art, music, and literature teach us to look for some imagination and some power of sympathy even from the English ; for if Ireland claims Goldsmith, Sterne, and Swift, England has Shakespeare and Milton. Miss DOBBS (S.H.H.) said Irish politics are
THE FRITILLARY. -difficult because an artificial growth : the Irish, an excitable, imaginative, keen people, have only mixed hitherto in politics as not passive passiveresisters. Let them be given 5o or 6o years, and they will be readier for responsibilities. Miss Dobbs speaks well. Miss WILLS .S ANFORD (O.H.S.) asked Home Rulers not to look at past history from an exclusively modern point of view. Local government as it is now exhibited indeed is not promis. ing. Mrs. Ralph asked for figures, names, and facts, and was referred to the Royal Commission for the Congested Districts. Miss COOKE (S.Hil.H.) said that even should the ill-health of Ireland improve, economic difficulties remained. Miss SNOW (S.C.) advanced the new point of view that the- question of advantage or disadvantage to England was not relevant. Miss JAmisoN (L.M.H.) said it was inaccurate to speak of Ireland as an autonomous state. Miss SWINBURNE (0.H S.) drew a parallel between Ireland and America. MISS CREIGHTON (L.M.H.) mentioned the religious question in Ireland. Miss BICKMORE (S.H.H.) argued from the Transvaal, and remarked that if Ireland, given self-government, logically, the privilege should be given to Scotland and Wales. The PRESIDENT spoke frivolously of Irish bulls in the flesh. There also spoke Miss FREI RE - MARRECO (L.M.H., ex President), Miss AUSTIN (L.M.H.). Mrs. Ralph summed up eloquently. The motion was lost by 1 r votes.
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President—Miss JACQUI ER, St.Hi.l. H. Secretary—Miss bEssnsr, S.C. Junior Treasurer—Miss HEATH, L.M.H.
The next debate was held on Nov,. 5th. The Secretary read a letter from the Secretary of- the Girton College Debating Society, on behalf of that body and of the Newnham College Debating Society, inviting the O.S.D.S. to an inter-University debate to be held at Cambridge. -
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The motion before the House was that " Oxford as a University is Conservative to a fault." The four set speeches were taken by Dons. The Mover, Miss MYERS (S.C.), in an epigrammatic speech, defined conservatism as the sheeplike tendency of a well-drilled nation to follOw in the footsteps of the man before him ; and the porter of the Camera had that very day confided to her that in Oxford " we move slow." She quoted examples of the backwardness of the university the process of qualification for M.A. degrees (at present New Magister is Old B.A. writ large), of the abuse of the Pass Schools, and the financial extravagance. University expenditure is .4.5oo,000, and every undergraduate drains the University of £14.0 a year ; and yet abroad the Universities are free and do not have to beg. The remedy to this would be an advance on the Conservative individualism of the Colleges, a common bursar for the administration of all their properties. The style of Miss Myers' speech afforded delight to the House. The Opposer, Miss BURROWS (S. Hil.H.) quoted Miss Wordsworth against herself. "What was right is always right," and more in that spirit. She would have spoken of the position of women in Oxford, but seeing Higher Education for women is wellestablished, and (a topical allusion) Oxford has already a woman on its Council, she might well regard the old antagonism as a dying foe and not insult it. If we are to look on the University itself as a dying body, how are we to explain the admittance of Rhodes scholars, and, earlier, the abolition of tests or, in 1868, the admittance of non-collegiate students? The University welcomes foreign and affiliated students and, far from merely self-centred, by the University extension lectures it has proved itself a pioneer in smaller places than are touched by Cambridge or London. No one should complain of Conservatism in view of the. Oxford Summer Meeting, and Oxford's reception of the Workman's Education Association. In Oxford there is peace, a living peace in which the tired workers of the world can get refreshment. German Universities develope professors, Oxford trains administrators. :
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The Opposer's speech was an excellent piece of reasoning. Her opening quotation brought on her the reproach of Miss Wordsworth, who spoke third. The Hon. third speaker confessed to a dilemma as to the side on which she should speak, but declared wild horses would not make her mention degrees for women or the lack of discipline in some of the Oxford Colleges. She was content to treat a special aspect of the question, why the University transacts so much business in Latin. Why were Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling eulogised in the language of a people to whom not one of their jokes would be intelligible ? Were the spirits of Horace and Cicero hovering over the Sheldonian, they could not admire the Latin they heard : or, if the motive is to conceal the meaning from ladies, that, nowadays, is trouble thrown away. Miss Wordsworth was, however, not without a hope of change. Did not the Professor of Poetry once lecture in Latin, as we learn from the mouth of Phillip, the good young man of "The Heir of Redcliffe " ? Miss POPE (S.C.) in a convincing speech disagreed with the Mover's definitions, and said Oxford shewed ominous signs of too great a tendency to innovation. Two new final Schools, three new Diplomas, reforms in most of the other schools, all within the space of 15 years, made her fear Oxford in danger of following in the wake of other Universities. We can make no radical reforms without destroying its character, so that it would cease to live up to the definition of the ideal University, " A school of liberal culture on a philosophic basis." In public discussion Miss BLAKE (S.Hil.H.)asked what was to become of those of us who were not to be administrators. Agricultural and other degrees might make practical men of the world. Miss HADOW (L.M.H., ex-President) protested against the contempt some speakers had thrown on the Pass man—he is just the man who requires culture. Miss FREIRE-MARRECO (L.M H., ex-President) spoke on the Conservative side. The public discussion was poor, but the set speeches went far to exhaust the subject.
There also spoke Miss OTLEY (S.H.H.), Miss HAYNES (L.M.H.), Miss LODGE (L.M.H.), Miss RICHMOND (S.Hi1.H.), Miss ROOKE (L.M.H.), Miss. SINCLAIR (L.M.H.), Miss DESSIN (S.C., Han. See.) Miss Myers having summed up, and the Housedividing, there voted for the motion 45, against 76_
The next debate was held on November r9th. The motion was : "That the character of a Nation is better displayed in its literature than its politics." The Mover, Miss BRAMELD (S.HiI.H.) pointed out that politics by their nature cannot shew character, for they are ruled by expediency, where literature is spontaneous and exacts truth ; so that in India at the present day, for instance, though politicians are doing much, the Indians can get a true idea of England but through her literature. Again, the key to, the character of the English and of the French, the artistic seriousnesss of the onepeople beside the moral seriousness of the other, lay in their several literatures. The best literature, indeed, is universal, but it comprehends the particular, and where politics have inherent limitations, literature has none. Miss Brameld's was a maiden speech of good promise. She requires only to make her chief points more salient to be quite successful. The Opposer, Miss BICKMORE (S.H.H.), foresaw she would have difficulty in persuading the House to forget the present-day meaning we give to politics, and regarding them as necessarily connected with tricks of electioneering, rather than defining them as the relation of the individual to the State, Literature is the reflection only of part of the nation's life, and it is unfair to take only part. Does Beowulf tell more than the development of the constitution, or than the history of the colonies, of the English character? What she stands by to-day is her commerce ; in her letters her character would be found idealised, as is the ancient Greek character in Greek literature, since literature, because of the artistic process of selection, represents what a people might be, rather than what it is.
THE FRITILLARY. Miss Bickmore's speech was suggestive ; it was a pity she did not elaborate her examples. The third Speaker, Miss SEGAR (O.H.S.), defined a literature as not only the masterpieces, but also all those books for which a nation cares. Literature may be a process of idealisation, but it does not for that cease to be characteristic. In a longer speech Miss Segar, who has plenty to say, could construct her points a little more tellingly, and would interest the House well. Miss BELL (L.M.H.), the fourth Speaker, spoke of books as flatterers ; they are the monopoly of a class. What relation was there between Racine and Corneille and the proletariat of France at the time, or between the Court poetry of the Restoration and the rest of the nation ? There are no epics of political economy, and commerce itself is unrepresented, and with it a great part of the nation's individuality. Miss TAYLOR (S.Hil.II.) remarked that the important question was not whether more character went into politics or literature, but rather in which of the two it might be most clearly seen. Miss DENEKE (S.H.H., ex-Secretary) said we confuse several ideas. Literature, because imaginative, naturally represents character in a way more quickly appreciated. In the compass of the Ballad of the Lorelei the German character is amply illustrated. Miss JENKINS (S.Hil.H.) spoke next. Politics, she said, are never ingenuous ; you must go to art, sculpture, painting, for spontaneity. We have to study the state of Russia in Tolstoi and Gorki ; in Tchaikowski we realise depths of feeling only now coming to the surface. We can read forward from literature, but not back from politics. Miss AUSTEN (L.M.H.) made the epigram, history is the book, literature the annotations. There also spoke Miss SKRENE (L.M.H.), Miss SNOW (S.C.), Miss BELL (S.Hil.H.), Miss PLAIGNAUD (S.Hil.H.). There voted for the motion 26, against 25.
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Ogforb Ztubent5' Mrainatic lileabing Club. Hon. President—Miss CHARLES (O.H.S.).
Hon. Secretary—Miss
CRUTTWELL.
Asmaany as 63 members have belonged to the Dramatic Reading Society this term, although never more than 35 (and only once as many as that) have attended meetings. So far, 3 Elizabethan plays have been read :—Lyly's " Alexander en Campaspe," Marlowe's "Dr. Faustus," Dekker's " Shoemaker's Holiday." Probably at the last meeting of the society this term, in compliance with the tastes of the majority of members, a modern play will be read.
Ogforb $tubents' 1Lawn tennis Club. Captain—MISS WOLFERSTAN (S.C.). Secretary—Miss DREW (L.M.H.). Treasurer—Miss MACLEAN (O.H.S.).
a meeting held on October 19th at Somerville College, Miss Drew was elected Secretary of the Club, and Miss Maclean Treasurer, for the coming year. At a Selection Meeting held at Lady Margaret Hall on November 2oth, the following new members were admitted :Miss Renold (S.C.). Miss B. Godwin (L.M.H.). Miss Wingfield Miss Doncaster (S. Hilda's Hall). There have been practices every Wednesday throughout the term. AT
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Ogforb 5tubents' taniteb 1boche? Club. Captain—M. BECK (S.H.H.). Secretary—R. JoBsoN (L.M.H.)
As we have only played practices so far it is difficult to tell how strong the team is. There is some good material, and the individual play is at times brilliant, but it is impossible to get the combination, which we have always lacked, till we have played several hard matches.
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HOCKEY CLUB (Captain, R. F. WESTERN ; Hon. Secretary, R. JonsoN).—The practices this term
have not been well attended, and consequently the elevens .suffer from want of practice together. Still on the whole the combination in all the elevens shews improvement. The results of matches are as follows :—
Those who have been required as substitutes for 1st XI. matches have proved themselves worthy of the choice. Forwards: Misses Werry, Holt, Austin, Tanqueray, Dalton. Halves : Misses Nolting, Johnson, Evans. Backs : Misses Leary, Henderson. Goal: Miss Davies-Colley.
1st XI. v. Old Students, won 7—I. v. Bedford Ladies, won 4 3. v. Etceteras I., lost 2-3. v. 'Worcester Ladies, lost I -2. v. Somerville College, won 5-3. v. St. Hugh's Hall, not yet played.
3rd XI.—In spite of lack of numbers and very irregular practices, this is quite a promising team. The centre-forward holds her line well together. The defence should mark their opponents more carefully.
znd XI. v. High School, lost 4-5. v. Somerville II., won 6-3 v. Etceteras II., not yet played. v. Home Students, scratched. v. Graham Street, not yet played. v. St. Hilda's Hall, not yet played.
Milne, Moore.
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3rd XI. v. Etceteras III., won 2-0. v. Somerville III., not yet played. 1st XI. :—The First Eleven Forwards have the makings of a good line, but lack sufficient decision in the circle. Both wings have done very good work. The centre half is the main stay of her line — the wing-halves seldom do themselves justice, and are too apt to be content with playing a merely defensive game. The backs and goal combine splendidly, and together they form a defence which is always reliable, and sometimes brilliant. Forwards: Misses Creighton, Wingfield, Drew, Western, Moorhouse. Halves : Misses Sinclair, Andrews, Gifford. Backs : Misses. Tomkinson, Stocks. Goal: Miss Macrae.
znd XI. : —The three inside forwards are good, but do not give their wings enough work. The halves are steady, but somewhat slow on the ball. The backs seem the weakest point in the team, but are steadily improving ; the goal is excellent and sometimes up to 1st XI. standard.
Forwards :
Misses Couper, Heath, Heslop,
Halves : Misses Thomas, Powell, Christie. Backs : Misses Bond, Mackenzie. Goal : Miss Barnard. Change of Colours.—At a meeting of the Hockey
Club on Friday, November 22nd, it was decided to make alterations in znd XI. and 3rd XI. colours. The following changes were settled on znd XI., dark green silk tie. 3rd XI., pale blue silk tie. The 1st XI. colours will, therefore, be the combination of znd XI. and 3rd XI. colours on the dark blue ground.
FIRE BRIGADE
Captain, K.
(Captain, H.
GIFFORD ;
Vice-
new members have joined the Brigade this term Bucket and chute practices have been held, and two alarms given. Members are reminded that at early practices they are expected to be dressed within three minutes of being called. TANQUERAY).—Eleven
SHARP PRACTICE (President, R. E. BELL).— The Sharp Practice Society has abandoned this term its lighter vein at every alternate meeting
THt FRITILLARV. in order to discuss Political Questions. We have condemned the Transvaal Constitution, refused to abolish the House of Lords, and are now waiting to learn the will of the House on the subject of Old Age Pensions. It will thus be seen that the Conservatives are in a majority, though the Liberals make up in energy for their lack of numbers. Discussion has become more vivacious both at these and at the more frivoloUs meetings, where we have considered the benefits of Superstition, of the Invention of Printing, also the Relative Merits of Pessimists and Optimists and of Cats and Dogs. We have welcomed the maiden speeches of several new members. .
ESSAY CLUB (President, G. MORTON ; Secretary, 0. C. LODGE).—Papers have been read this term by Miss Hadow (The Letters of Sir Walter Raleigh), and Miss Gifford (Esperanto). The Club hopes to have the pleasure of hearing Miss Heath's paper on Wordsworth before the end of term, an essay which it has been eagerly awaiting for the last six months.
CONGRATULATIONS to Miss Levett on gaining a First in History, and the Gilchrist Scholarship ; to Misses Branfort, Middlemore, Smithwick, and Williams on their Seconds in History, to Miss Fletcher on her Second in English, to Miss Sinclair on her Second in Mathematical Moderations.
Eileen Keyser, Miss Steach, 5 Roland Houses, S.W. Beatrice A Leary, Clapham High School. M. Moore, Berkhampstead. Agnes Nolting, Edgbaston High School. Ruth E. Peel, Bedford High School. A. E. Powell, Cheltenham College. Edith ThOmas, Caversham. Dora Tomkinson, Wycombe Abbey. Daphne Werry, Edgbaston Church College.
%omerville College. PARLIAMENT (Prime Minister, I). E. DE ZOUCHE; Leader of the Opposition, H. M. TURNER).—The Liberals have been `in power' this term. On the first night the Commons were summoned by Black Rod to the Bar of the House of Lords, to hear, the speech from the Throne with which His Majesty graciously, if amid some hilarity, opened the Session. The debate on the address has occupied the rest of the sittings, and the different branches of the Government's policy have been in turn criticised and defended. However, the only amendment which the Opposition brought forward to the Address was defeated, and Liberals have the conviction—unshared, naturally, by Conservatives—that their conduct of the State has been satisfactory. -
(Presidents, Miss HARRISON, Secretary, MSS HOCKIN ; Firelighter, Miss DixoN).—The Society has been in the most flourishing condition this term, and the First-years have shewn a most refreshing lack of bashfulness. We had a most interesting debate on the subject of Specialization in Education, and another on the Permissibility of Artificial Aids to Beauty. A special meed of praise is due to the fire-lighter for the extraordinarily able way in which she has performed her duties. SHARP PRACTICE
Miss BLAKE ;
New Students. Lucy D. Baynes, Manchester University. Irene Churchill, Oakhurst School, Kent. D. J. Couper, The Laurels, Rugby. Dorothea Dalton, Baker Street. Grace Durnford, Sheffield University. Josephine Scott Elliott, St. Anne's School, Abbots Bromley. Ruth Giles, Godolphin School, Salisbury. B. Godwin, Winchester High School. Margaret Heslop, North London Collegiate School. Dorothy Holmes, Bedford High School. Marion Holt, Clapham High School.
ARCHEOLOGICAL KYLE;
Secretaries,
SOCIETY
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THE vizrriLLAkv. WOOLLEY).—The subject for study this term has been the Formation and Growth of the University of Oxford. Interesting expeditions were arranged to New College and Merton. Miss Shaw-Philips read an introductory paper on the subject of the Rise of the University. We were most disappointed that Miss Freire-Marreco was unable to deliver her lecture on " Magic," and we trust that next term we shall have the pleasure of hearing it.
VERSE TRANSLATION SOCIETY (President, M. SNow).—Of the four winning translations of last year, Miss Sulman's translation of Victor Hugo's " Dans l'alcove sombre " was determined the best by an outside judge, and the prize was therefore awarded to her. Many original members (including, sad to say, the prize-winner) have resigned this term, but a large influx of First-years have compensated for this. It has been decided to hold eight meetings in the year. So far Victor Hugo's "A une femme," and Catullus XXXI. (Sirmio) have been translated. Of the first, Miss Ruck's was the best. For the second, only one translation was submitted by Miss Snow. We hope to proceed to a German poem. TENNIS CLUB (President,
H. WALTON; Secretary, D. PELHAM-PEARSON ; Treasurer, R. N. FLETCHER). —Arrangements have been made with Lady Margaret Hall for the Club to have the use of a court once a week, and the practices have been well attended. Miss Renold has been elected a member of the Central Club. HOCKEY CLUB (Captain, D. SuLmAN ; ViceCaptain, R. FLETCHER; Secretary, D. E. DE ZOUCHE ; Treasurer, W. MoRoAN-BROWN).—The results of this term's matches have not been quite as satisfactory as might be desired, though one of the causes may have been the weather, which has been responsible for a good many scratched practices.
All the teams need better combination. In the
forward line inners and wings would do well to practice the short passing game, and greater quickness is required in the shooting circle ; and all players need to be more careful in looking where they hit. First Eleven. Forwards: Misses Harrison, Blacker, Sulman, Hat tnell, Fletcher. _Halves : Misses Ellis, Morgan-Brown, Shaw. Backs: Misses Blake, Pelham-Pearson. Goal : Miss H. Walton. Second Eleven. Forwards : Misses M. Walton, Hughes, de Zouche, Northwood, Viney. Halves : Misses K. F. Jones, Byrom, Dixon. Backs : Misses Edmonds, Rushbrooke. Goal : Miss Woolley. Third Eleven. Forwards : Misses Lewis, Bland, Scott, Gwynne, Green. Halves: Misses Wadsworth, Rackstraw, Nanson. Backs : Misses Macphee, Finlayson. Goal : Miss Meikle. Matches (Michaelmas Term, 1907). 1st XI. v. Old Students, won 6-3. v. Etceteras 1st XI., won 3-2. v. Royal Holloway College, lost 0-13. v. St. Hugh's Hall, won 5-3. v. Lady Margaret Hall, lost 3-5. znd XI. v. Etceteras znd XI., won 8—o. v. High School 1st XI., lost 5-6. v. Lady Margaret Hall znd XI., lost 3-6. v. St. Hilda's Hall, scratched. v. Home Students, not yet played. 3rd XI. v. Etceteras 3rd XI., lost 1-3. v. Lady Margaret Hall 3rd XI., not yet played.
FIRE BRIGADE (HALL)
(Captain, H.
BLACKER).
—This term fifteen new members have joined ; some of whom are keen and attend practices
THE FRITILLARY. conscientiously. These have been held once a week, and on the whole the progress has been very good. WITCHES' CAULDRON
(Secretary, M. SNow).—
It was found impossible to arrange for a second meeting last term. This term the society was late in starting, owing to the pressure of other engagements. On Nov. r3th toffee was made by Miss Snow, and was successful. Four new members have joined, and several old ones resigned.
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work of debate to one member. We take this opportunity of thanking her for some very delightful fighting speeches. BOAT CLUB (Captain, M. H. ROECHLING).This term has been prosperous for the Boat Club in more ways than one. Of the nineteen freshers who came up in October a goodly number have braved the horrors of the baths, and are now able to enjoy the pleasures of the river. We have had no total immersions to damp our ardour. We should like to take this opportunity of thanking Miss West for her kind present of a Canadian Canoe. The Club has always been most anxious to have one of its own, and is delighted with its new acquisition.
St. 11 tgb's ball. HOCKEY CLUB BROWNING SOCIETY
(President, E. M. TUDOR).—
The Society has increased in numbers this year. In enthusiasm it has never been lacking, and it seems from the zeal shown by the new members that it will continue to flourish in that respect. We have been reading " Paracelsus " this term, and at our last meeting intend to end up with " Saul." SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY.—The Society has met with great regularity this term. The attendance has been excellent, in fact, the crush at times has been almost dangerous. The play which has been read is " Much Ado About Nothing," and at the last meeting of the term specially selected scenes from various plays will be read.
SHARP PRACTICE SOCIETY (President, M. R. MowiLL).—The Society has suffered much from the absence of those who went down last June. The new members, however, shew unusually great promise, and we could wish that they would speak more often at the meetings of the Society. Some of the debates have been quite good, especially that on the necessity of Fanaticism to the Reformer. A great number joined in the discussion, and all the speeches were good. Usually, however, there is a regrettable tendency to leave all the hard
Captain, E.
(Captain, M. MACK ; ViceSecretary, M. ROECHLING).
DUGGAN ;
The 1st XI. consists of :— Goal: G. Irwin.
Backs : (right) D. Penny, (left) M. Mack. Half-backs : (right) B. Scott, (centre) L. Bick-
more, (left) E. Duggan. Forwards : (right) M. Tree, M. Tudor, (centre) M. Willans, (left) M. Roechling, D. Moore. 2
We have, so far, played 4 matches, 2 lost and won :v. Etceteras, lost 3-6. v. Home Students, won 4-2. v. Somerville, lost 3-5. v. St. Hilda's Hall, won 7—I.
The znd XI. is not yet properly organized, and has only played one match this term, which they drew with the Etceteras r all. It was a very even game and the whole team worked hard. E. Herdman, right inner, M. Godwin and G. Edwards, backs, played particularly well. We are fortunate in having two good forwards among those who have come up this term. M. Willans, centre, plays an extremely good game. D. Moore is very useful as left outer. We have been unlucky in losing our left half through illness, and it has greatly weakened the line. Centre-half should try to play a more regular
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game, right back is very steady and useful, and the goal shews improvement on her last season's play. New Students. Everitt Barber, Winchester High School. F. M. Barton, Mary Baynes, Queen Margaret's School, Scarborough. Mary Marjorie Crump, The Grove School, Highgate. Alice M. Davis, Hereford High School. Alison Dobbs, 27o Bd Raspail, Paris. Gwendolen Edwards, St. George's School, Harpendon. Mildred Godwin, Winchester High School. Ethel Herdman, Polam Hall, Darlington. Daphne Kenyon-Stow, Worcester High School. Barbara L. P. Lindsay, St. Anne's, Abbot's Bromley. Beatrice H. Moberly, Baker Street Church of England High School. Mary E. Maurice, Queen Anne's School, Caversham. Dorothy E. H. Moore, Winchester High School. Phyllis M. Nott, Hereford High School. Isabel Ottley, Baker Street Church of England High School. Rose M. Wildy, Highbury and Islington High School. Edith Wilford. Muriel Willans, Laleham, Eastbourne. Recent Appointments. Miss L. F. Todd, Girls' Grammar School, Bradford. Miss D. H. Hammonds, Bishop Otter's College, Chichester. Miss G. C. Hough, Grassendale, Southbourne-onSea. Miss C. G. W. Watson, Queen Anne's School, Caversham. CONGRATULATIONS
to Miss Keeling on her first
in English, and to Miss Knipe on obtaining the Senior English Essay Prize.
%t. "'Ma's bail. ART CLUB (President, G. E. EASTON).—A most enjoyable set of papers have been read this term by the members of the above Club- on certain men from the French and English Schools of the eighteenth century. Greuze, Watteau, David, Fragonard, Hogarth, Reynolds, Romney, have been amongst the number. As regards Fragonard, we have been fortunate in getting a paper on him by a fellow-country woman ; and we are much indebted to Miss Plaignaud for her very interesting account. We are looking forward to hearing our other foreign students next term. There should have been an open lecture on Gainsborough sometime in November, but owing to illness the lecturer was unable to come. He has, however, promised to favour us in the Spring, when we shall hope to welcome friends from other Halls. DEBATING SOCIETY (President, V. JACQUIER ; Vice - President, I. BRAMELD ; Secretary, B.
CooKE).—There have been two meetings of this Society this term, one of which was a sharp practice. The subjects were " the abolition of private property" and "all work and no play makes Gill a dull girl." Most of the new
members shew a keen interest in debating.
CONCERT.—The concert agent—E. Bell—got up a most delightful concert, and we were all glad to welcome the fresh musical and histrionic talent, and hope for more such evenings.
BROWNING READINGS are held every Sunday evening in Miss Burrows' room. " Paracelsus " has been read.
BOAT CLUB (Captain, J. DAVIDSON).—Owing to the strong current there has not been much boating this term. Most of the First-years have passed the swimming test, and a few have already attained the .distinction of half-captains.
THE FRITILLARY. HOCKEY .CLUB.—Both in numbers and in enthusiasm the condition of the Hockey Club has improved this season ; nine of the freshers have joined. We have practised with St. Hugh's Hall at Summertown. At present we have played two matches, one had to be scratched on account of the weather, three more are still to be played. Results :v. Etceteras II., won 3—I. v St. Hugh's Hall, lost r
LIBRARY (Librarian, C. M. E. BuRRows).— The Hall has received very welcome gifts to the Library from the following Old Students :—K. Barlow, G. FitzGibbon, C. Hawtrey, M. HayesRobinson, K. Richard, M. Miller, J. Richmond (a gift to purchase Chambers' Encyclopdia and other books) ; also from other friends :—Miss Leigh, the Comtesse de Noailles, the Principal, Mrs. Temple, Mrs. Wells, Miss Wilson. Canon and Mrs. Ragg (nee L. M. Roberts) having spent some years in Italy have each sent us one of their own books on Italian subjects, Dante and His Circle' (by Canon Ragg), and Women Artists of Bologna' (by Mrs. Ragg, who in 1901 had obtained the Alexandra Prize of the Royal Historical Society).
TENNIS CLUB (Secretary, B. CooxE).—A winter court has been obtained at Norham Hall, where weekly practices have been regularly held. Some of the First-years shew talent, and Miss Doncaster has been admitted into the United Club.
FIRE BRIGADE.—( Captain, I. M. BRAMELD ; Lieutenant, M. S. GRIcE).—The Brigade is almost
entirely made up of new members, who are keen and efficient. Regular practices have been held.
THE following appointments have been made to date from September, 1907 :— K. E. Barlow, Assistant Mistress in Private School, Bournemouth. (Jan., 1908, History Mistress, Southampton Council Secondary School.)
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0. J. R. Bennett, M A. (Glasgow), Geography and Literature Mistress, Glasgow High School. G. A. Cartmel - Robinson, Literature Mistress, Willesden Polytechnic. E. B. Dodwell, Classical Mistress, Tunbridge. Wells High School. (Jan., 1908, Clewer Sisters' School, Darjeeling, India.) E. Finlay, History Mistress, Bedford High School. C. Hawtrey, History Mistress, Graham St. High School. M. C. Taylor (Jan., 1908), Classical Mistress, Godolphin School, Salisbury. E. G. STUART, M.B., has taken up a medical appointment at Quetta. AT the Hall Gaude last September, the Old Students' Association drew up its formal Constitution. By the subsequent elections C. M. E. Burrows was appointed President ; E. G. Moore, Secretary ; and Mrs. Chambers (D. Capper), Editor of Chronicle. New Students.
I. Bowen, Monmouth High School. F. Brain, Pembroke House School, Southampton. M. Buck, Warden Court, Cuckfield, Sussex. N. Dolling, St. Stephen's High School, Clewer. H. Doncaster, The Mount School, York. E. Jenkins, M.A., Radcliffe, U.S.A. I. Milnes, Belmont, Bickley. M. Powys, Leeds High School. 0. Scholte. F. Susemihl, Bremen. G. Weaver, B.A. London, Ladies' College, Cheltenham. M. Winter, S. Anne's, Abbots Bromley. C. Wright, Ladies' College, Eastbourne.
$ocietv of OgforD bottle Stubents. DRAMATIC SOCIETY.—This Society is in a very prosperous condition, having already held three meetings, by invitation of Miss Plunket, Miss Moseley, and Miss Poulton respectively. Goldsmith's " She Stoops to Conquer," Bernard Shaw's " You Never Can Tell," and " Much Ado about Nothing " have been read. There is considerable competition for the vacant places in the Society, which will be balloted for at the last meeting of term. Miss Plunket has been elected President and Miss Moseley Secretary for the coming year.
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TENNIS CLUB.—After grave doubts as to the possibility of having any tennis this term, owing to the difficulty of procuring a court, it was found that the St. Hugh's authorities were willing to let us have the use of theirs three days a week. The delay at the beginning seems to have somewhat damped the ardour of tennis enthusiasts for the remaining part of the term, but it is hoped that next term tennis will be as brisk as ever.
New Students. Alice Butler, Convent of the Holy Child, S. Leonards-on-Sea. Ellen Walter Bates, Ph.M., University of Chicago, U.S.A. Ida Mary Bellingham, Convent of the Holy Child Cavendish Square, London. Jessie Vera Lawfrid Brown, Home Tuition. Zabelle Costekyan, Teachers' College, Columbia University, New York. Ciceley May Cruttwell, Ladies' College, Chelten ham. Sibyl Alice Egerton, Ethandene School, Westgate on-Sea. Eveleen Mabel Huggard, Alexandra College, Dublin. Eva Augusta Elizabeh Hellieson, University of Christiania. Dorothy Evelyn Hannah Gouldsmith, Home Tuition. Kathleen Susan Graham, Convent of the Holy Child, S. Leonards-on-Sea. Edith Holmes Gregory, B.A., Wellesley College, U.S.A. Olive Ebert, Baker Street High School. Lydia Margaret Livermore, Blackheath High School. Margaret Knepper, M.A., University of California, U.S.A. Emily Lawn, University College, Nottingham. Maria Rose Logan, M.A., University of Chicago, Travelling Fellowsiph from Baltimore. Una Eleanor Minchin, Hillcote School, Eastbourne. Emily Morgan, B.A , University of Wales. Caroline Dorothea Mathews, Ladies' College, Cheltenham. Agnes Naomi Oldrey, Bedford High School. Emmeline Paxton, Ladies' College, Cheltenham. Florence Quick, Private Tuition. Emily Lidyard Shields, M.A , Bryn Mawr College, U.S.A. Flora Salmond, S. George's Training College, Edinburgh. Avice Edith Sarkey, Home Tuition. Amy Francesca Seale, Monmouth High School. Mary Gertrude Segar, Mount Pleasant High School, Liverpool. Dorothy Anne Watkins, Oxford High School. Marjorie Evelyn Waxham, A.M., Stanford University, U.S.A. Anna Elizabeth Woodruff, Lady Jane Grey School, Binghamton, U.S.A. •
HOCKEY CLUB.—Our numbers have been reinforced by the addition of seven new members, but we have unfortunately lost a larger number, some of whom were amongst the best players the Home Students have ever possessed. We have lost the match already played, though the whole team played up splendidly, especially the centreforward, Miss Plunkett, who was excellent. Unfortunately our best back, Miss Wailer, can only play on Saturdays, and so is unable to join us again this term. Sat., Nov. 9th, v. St. Hugh's, lost 2-4. Mon. „ 25th, v. N. Oxford (not played). Wed. „ 27th, v. L.M.H. II. ( „ ). Mon., Dec. 2nd, v. Somerville II. ( ). Wed. „ 4th, v. St. Hilda's ). ( „ BOAT CLUB (President, G. M. THATCHER).— There has been very little boating this term, owing to the fact that our boat, just at the beginning of term, was found to need a great many repairs, and we were unable to use it for three or four weeks. It has been decided that members shall now pay a terminal subscription of 25., and it is hoped that by this means we shall soon be able to pay off the debt for repairs and start a fund for use in future emergencies. Miss Swinburne is the only new responsible member elected this term. The present responsible members, of which there are only three, sincerely hope that their duties will soon be shared by others. HOME-STUDENTS' COMMON ROOM (Secretary, G. M. THATCHER).—Everyone agrees that the new Common Room is in every way a great improvement on the old, and members have shown their approval of it by coming with more enthusiasm and greater regularity to the Socials. Miss G. Poole won the prize for the Book Rhyme Competition, which afforded much amusement to a few, and was treated very seriously by others, who came to the second Social. It is hoped that those who have lately been deterred from coming by the —hitherto unheard-of—price demanded for tea, will take comfort in the thought that it may once more be reduced when the Treasurer can assure us that the finances of the Common Room are in a sufficiently flourishing condition.
CONGRATULATIONS to Miss Gertrude Thatcher on her Second in Mathematical Moderations, and to Miss C. V. Butler on her Diploma with distinction in Economics. Miss Butler is the first woman student who has entered for this Diploma. Printed by
JAMES PARKER
& Co., Crown Yard, Oxford.