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THE open meeting held at Somerville College last Term assured the Fritillary that it was once more to hold up its declining head. In fact, the friendliness shown to this magazine was something of a surprise to those who had previously sought for contributions from students. At that meeting it was generally agreed that the Fritillary should continue as a students' magazine, and as one that was to be no mere record of events While these decisions took us back to our original position, there were still two important questions before us, that of the organization of Editor(s) and Committee(s), and that of the actual construction of the Fritillary. We now await with interest the proposals of the Advisory Committee, which was formed to solve these problems.

Meanwhile we hope that the present number, undertaken at a time of transition, will be useful to fill a vacancy. Readers will be glad to hear that our financial position is extremely good. In fact, all that is needed to revive the Fritillary is the kind support of the many who voted for its continuaton.

On February 12th the Bishop of Oxford opened a mission to women students, following on his mission to undergraduates. It was taken by the Rev. H. P. Cronshaw, Vicar of St. Mark's, Audley Street, W. The mission lasted for a week, and the morning and evening services at the Cathedral were well and regularly attended. We are grateful to the missioner for the universal character of his appeal. His method was indeed a wide one, when we consider the widely differing views of the people, who all came with such in-

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terest in the success of the mission. As far as one may judge, a great object has been fulfilled by the mission.

News of the Term will also be found in other parts of the magazine. Keen interest has been taken in hockey and lacrosse matches. Suffrage and debate continue to flourish. The Cher., for the first time for several years, has neglected to overflow, and we have appreciated such an omission. The O.U.D.S. and Torpids are going on at the time of writing. For the rest, Term gradually passes, leaving the usual milestones behind on its way to another Vacation.

The Fritillary is expected to be in print earlier than usual, in order that people may have time to read it before the confusion of departure overtakes them.

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SouL extinct, stomach well-alive.' Thus does Carlyle describe the Eighteenth Century.

Thackeray, far more sympathetic than Carlyle, has given us a sketch drawn from contemporary letters, of a dinner, eaten by seven persons of quality of that time, which well bears out at least the latter part of that terse description. Beef, fish, shoulder of veal, tongue, were served for the first course, puddings, sweet-black, fritters, soup for the second ; venison pasty, hare, rabbit, pigeons, partridges, goose and ham formed the third course, and so, the dinner over, the host said, " Hang saving, bring us up a ha'porth of cheese."

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stomachs of these high-born persons, and there were plenty of others like them. The moral and intellectual atmosphere created by well-fed people such as these is also vividly put before us by Thackeray. Wandering through that dreadfully selfish time, through those godless intrigues and feasts . . . I have wanted someone to be friends with. I have said to friends conversant with that history : " Show me some good person about that court ; find me . . . some one being that I can love and regard. . . . I say I am scared as I look round . . . at this flaunting vice and levity.

Whereabouts in this court is the honest man?

Where is the pure person one may like? " It has been said by one of the most universally respected lecturers on political science in Oxford that Hobbes would have been very well content with the English Church in the Eighteenth Century. A church which would content a great thinker who could say Religion is not philosophy but law,' must obviously, completely and entirely have lost touch with the spiritual. 'Since then the one organisation whose duty it is to keep alive spiritual things in a material world was content, on the whole, to lie inert beneath an overwhelming burden of politics, it is scarcely to be wondered at that the frank bestiality of the beast was the dominating characteristic of the Eighteenth Century in England.

In 172o there entered at Christ Church, on a Charterhouse scholarship John Wesley, son of Samuel Wesley, a Lincolnshire Rector with a large family and no money. Samuel Wesley had married Susannah, daughter of Doctor Annesley, a well-known Dissenting minister ; he was unbusinesslike and tactless ; she was clearheaded and devoted ; they brought up their family with means so narrow that though, to use Susannah Wesley's words, Strictly speaking, they never did want bread, yet they had so much care to get it before it was eaten and to pay for it after, as often made it very unpleasant to them.'

Narrow means, combined with the exaggerated view of home discipline common at that time, made John Wesley's home a place in whch the softer side of parental love was seldom shown.

The whole household moved as if regulated by a time-table ; the length of time each child was to sleep was strictly measured ; as each reached a fixed date in its life it was required to learn the alphabet within a certain specified time. It was an inviolable rule that no child was to have anything it cried for ; when any child thought it necessary to cry it was taught to do so softly.

Thus John Wesley came to Oxford, outwardly, at all events, a well-disciplined young man. His undergraduate career was successful. A year after he had taken his degree he was elected a Fellow of Lincoln, then the most scholarly college of Oxford. There is an air of pomposity about him, now that the poor undergraduate has become '

Fellow of Lincoln ; ' Leisure and I have taken leave of each other,' he writes. He discusses with his elder brother as to whether he should wear his hair long or short It would doubtless mend my complexion to have it off, by letting me get a little more colour and perhaps it might contribute to my making a more genteel appearance.' There is an amusing passage in a friend's letter which shows us the Wesley of that period: ' We discussed your most deserving, queer character, your little and handsome person, and your obliging and desirable conversation.'

By this time he had made up his mind to take Holy Orders, not because he felt any special desire to do so, but because his father pressed him. When he had made his decision he betook himself to serious thinking ' to discover what fitness he had for the office. He read Thomas h Kempis, Jeremy Taylor, and William Law ; he says in his diary I set apart an hour or two a day for religious retirement ; I communicated every week ; I watched against all sin, whether in word or deed, so that now doing so much and living so good a life, I doubted not that I was a good Christian.' In 1728 he took Priest's Orders.

He worked under his father for a year, after which he was recalled to Oxford to do his work there as Moderator.

From that year until he left for Georgia in 1735 he remained in Oxford. He was introduced by his brother Charles, then an undergraduate, to a circle of men who, amid the materialism in which they lived, were trying, however clumsily, to find a different standard. They lived by rule ; they took all duties seriously—law of God, rule of the Church, Statute of the University—all must be kept with exact precision. They soon attracted attention ; they were laughed at as the Godly Club,' and the Bible-moths,' and the Sacramentarians.' But the name which firmly stuck to them was that of Methodists,' which alluded to the ordered fashion of their lives.

By his acquaintances at this time John Wesley must have been known as a ' pious man. Yet we have his own testimony that he was in no measure free from self. His father was growing old, and wished his son to be with him in Lincolnshire. Wesley refused, in a letter of sufficient length to make a pamphlet he declares that his first consideration must be which way of life will most conduce to my own improvement.' He needs daily converse with his friends, and he knows no place under heaven save Oxford where he can have alway at hand half-a-dozen persons of his own judgment and engaged in the same studies : to have such a number of persons constantly watching over my soul ' is a blessing he cannot bring himself to give up. At Oxford not only can he have as much, but also as little company as he pleases. Evidently the spell of Oxford was as strong to Wesley then as to us now. :

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His motives for leaving Oxford were as purely selfish as those which had kept him there ; he writes in his diary : My chief motive is the hope of saving my own soul. . . . I cannot hope to attain to the same degree of holiness here (in Oxford) which I may there (in Georgia).'

In three years Wesley was back again in England. Before his departure for Georgia he had described the Indians to whom he was going as such delightful people that a lady innocently exclaimed : Why, Mr. Wesley, if they are all this already, what more can Christianity do for them? ' Yet of his three years abroad ten months had been spent upon the voyage there and back.

He returned, in his own eyes and in those of his friends, a failure. He had become entangled in a foolish affair with the daughter of the Governor of Savannah, and, as he' said, shaking the dust of that place off his feet,' in 1738 he reached London again. In his journal for January 24th of that year he writes : I have a fair summer religion. I can talk well, nay, and believe myself, while no danger is near ; but let death look me in the face, and my spirit is troubled, and in a storm I think " What if the Gospel be not true." ' Later he writes : I went to America to convert the Indians, but, oh, who shall convert me? ' All through his journal on the return voyage his sadness and depression are evident ; he mentions a ' fearlessness and heaviness ' which almost con, tinually weighed him down ; he describes himself as feeling vaguely sorrowful and very heavy.'

While in America Wesley had become acquainted with some Moravian missionaries, and on his arrival in London he found another oarty of them staying in England on their way to Carolina.

Their leader was one Peter Bohler. From February to May Wesley was a good deal with Bohler. On March 4th he records that he spent a day with him, by whom in the hands of the great God I was clearly convinced of unbelief, of the want of that faith ' which he had thought was his.

In the dark days that followed Wesley made himself go on with his work. He transacted business in connection with Georgia ; he visited prisoners under sentence of death. My disputing was ended,' he records ; I could now only cry out " Lord, help Thou my unbelief." ' Honestly striving in his blindness, in spite of a continued strange indifference, dulness and coldness, and a constant sense of failure,' the light came to him at last. In the evening of May

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24th,' he writes. I went very unwillingly to the society (of Moravians) in Aldersgatc Street, where one was reading Luther's preface to the Epistle to the Romans. . . . While he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ I felt my heart strangely warmed.

I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone, for salvation, and an assurance was given me that He had taken away my sins. . . . But it was not long before the enemy suggested, " This cannot be faith, for where is thy joy ? " Then was I taught that peace and victory over sin are essential to faith in the Captain of our Salvation, but that as to the transports of joy that usually attend the beginning of it, especially in those who have mourned deeply, God sometimes gives, sometimes withholds, them.'

We ought to feel much gratitude to those who have the boldness to record the steps by which they came to believe in a life raised above the dry bones of theory, the abounding life of the Spirit.

For the record of that much-abused experience, known as Wesley's conversion, those who believe that the unaided intellect cannot point out the way of life should remember him kindly.

But the debt does not end there. From May 24th, 1738, to his death in 1791 John Wesley lived entirely and only for the reviving of the extinct souls of his country-men. His journal immediately became full of records of success both in preaching and in dealing with individuals.

In the England of which Montesquieu wrote there is no such thing as religion here,' in the England of which the common opinion of Christianity was that it was untrue but essential to society, men's spirits were struggling to lift themselves up out of the finite natural into the infinite supernatural, and the great instrument in this work was John Wesley. It is true that his conversionsshocked the primness of the Anglican authorities to such an extent that he was soon forbidden to preach, first in the churches of London and then in those of other cities where he went.

But he continued his work in the open, and his method was exactly parallel to that of the first preachers of Christ on earth, who went out to make disciples, baptizing them into the Threefold Name, and their work can hardly be said to be outside the Church. Separation of the body of his converfs from the Church, persecuted though they might be within it, was categorically forbidden by Wesley. Hereafter we may know the whole truth of the matter. Here we can know that he lived his life to much purpose, showing to countless overburdened toilers the philosophy of suffering as revealed in the Cross.'

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IT is J uly ; the other pensionnaires have all gone, and I am left alone in the rooms that look straight across the double row of green plane trees to the wall of the monastery garden opposite, where the leaves make a gently-moving net-work of shadows in the afternoon. There are affiches on the wall to remind me that I am in Paris, but stone-crop is growing in the warm crevices, and the bluest of blue shadows has its note repeated in the colour of the workmen's blouses and the worn-out paint on their charettes. The scene, if only it were silent, might be that of a country town. But the air is torn by the clang of tram bells and the shrieking of wheels, and heavy carts grind all other noises pitilessly down. However, some time in the night comes quiet, except for the aimless dragging footsteps of someone—there is always someone—who sleeps fitfully on benches these summer nights, and moves about from seat to seat to disarm the sergent-de-ville. But soon the sky grows lighter, and a little wind stirs the trees, and quite suddenly the morning has come again : the Angelus bell from the monastery opposite rings out its group of warning notes, and the chapel clock, with a hesitating elderly voice that might once have been resonant, strikes five.

In some ways the daily life of our quartier seems still to be measured out by the Angelus. Certain it is that the country carts with hay and milk and vegetables rumble in at that time past the fortifications, and the dustman begins his daily round to the sound of the bell. The morning clamour drowns the thought of it, but just before noon a hush comes over the general uproar—a pause perhaps of expectation—and the Second Salutation chimes out from the bell. It is the same in the evening, when even the coachmen in their fiacres are clattering to their dinner, and refusing to be diverted by a fare,' and the children are being called in from the dusty paradise of the boulevard by the sharp, kind voices of their mothers—then the threefold group of notes strikes in again, compelling peace for the Third Salutation. If we do not all fold our hands and bow our heads like Mil, let's peasant, we still feel that thrilling pause which recalls earth to heaven three times a day. * A workman with tools over his shoulder has stopped on the other side of the road to read a new affiche on the wall. It bears the words Repos Hebdomadaire ' in large letters. Following at no great interval on the state regulation of the hours of daily work has come this recent Loi du Treize faille(' with its attempt to secure the Sunday closing of workshops for full twenty-four hours out of the week. The first impression of the law here was that its protection of the workmen went beyond what he could demand or even desire ; he

finds it in many cases difficult to make out a living wage without either the alternative of overtime or of some hours' work on Sunday, and there is a temptation to evade a law the advantage of which he cannot clearly understand or accept. Class after class of industries to which the law has applied has protested against it, somewhat blindly as it seems to us. The enforced Sunday rest, and consequent larger number of hands ' employed in each workshop will force up the price of all commodities, it is true ; and this will be felt hardly by a large section of the community. But at present all commodities are sold at a price which involves a great strain on the producer. The new law will give the workman a longer industrial life and will equalize conditions more fairly between the producer and the consumer. When time has been given for the adjustment of economic conditions it will be seen that the active consideration of this and other social problems has done a great deal for France. The country is slowly realising itself and its own possibilities : unconsidered political action is yielding to a condition in which the reasoning will of the people, and not its blind impulses, will govern. Even if this will is sometimes critical of the government it has chosen, and, as now, divided on the subject of state interference, there is still hope that finally a means may be found of harmonising the Frenchman's desire for the complete organisation of State activity, and his anxiety that industrial legislation should give effect to the will of the whole people. The remedy, as he clearly sees, lies partly in the education of the worker, and partly in increased industrial prosperity, which depends on the security of political conditions within, and relations outside the Republic. Whether or not he is actuated by any idea of the sanctification of daily life and labour in this new law for a weekly rest, which is virtually a law for Sunday rest, is doubtful and difficult to determine. But even in this direction there are signs of recovery and growth.

X.

fibttber's Bairn.

O MITHER, coom frae out yir grave And speak ae word tae me, 0 mither, wha wi' braid ma hair Noo ye hae coom tae dee? ' ` There's ane wi' braid yir lint-white hair, And smooth it fine for me.' ' 0 mither, coom frae oot yir grave

And speak twa words wi' me ; Wi' ony loop me oop ma goun Noo ye hae coom tae dee? ' ' There's some wi' sew a brand-new goun, And dress you fine for me.'

THE FRITILLARY. 0 rnither, coom frae oot yir grave Haud oot yir airms tae me, There's nane wi' kiss me on the cheek And luve me till I dee—' '

They'll close yir eyen and kiss ye, bairn,, Whan ye'll be laid by me.'

A. B.

the Efficient ZtuDent.

BY AN INEFFICIENT ONE.

She rises betimes ;not so early asto appear an obnoxious model to the unpunctual, but early enough to secure, with no appearance of haste, a bath and a hot breakfast. She so orders her day as to include in an apparently leisurely manner many hours of productive work, one or two lectures, a hockey match, a coaching, a literary reading, and a debate—with occasionally a concert, a theatre, a paper-chase, or a missionary and ends it with a cocoa-party, at which meeting ; she discourses with ease and brilliancy upon eugenics, Home Rule, the Kikuyu controversy, or the latest problem play. Without haste or rest she passes serenely through the events of the day, ready at meals, in the lecture-room, or in the street, to express her opinions upon any and every topic. These opinions are definite, well-grounded, amusingly illustrated, and impossible to refute.

Nor are they limited in scope to questions of purely national or literary interest. They frequently deal with her personal acquaintances, and indicate their noble qualities or their little defects with a firmness which can only be based on a large experience of humanity.

At lectures she enters as the lecturer is about to begin, and takes her place, unruffled, in the front row. She has used the minutes intervening since the preceding lecture in finding a shelf-mark in the Bodleian catalogue. Or see her arrive at the Camera, attache-case in hand. With what an air of business does she direct her steps to the particular volume of the catalogue which she wishes to consult ! With what leisurely resolution does she establish herself at her favourite desk, with a good light and an open window !

How swiftly do the messenger-boys flit upon her errands, and with what scorn does she wither the wretch who brings her the wrong book ! Watch her progress in the High at one o'clock—how duabject undergrad. starts aside at her imperious bell !

She writes her essay at the last moment, but it is never hurried, always adequate, and always concise. In her work for the week she has found time to digress upon many interesting side-issues which the less capable ones are forced to abandon.

On the hockey-field she is quiet, but effectual.

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the field, dexterously dodges the defence, and shoots goals with ease and elegance. She is public-spirited, and never fails to appear at meetings of all kinds, or to provide useful information, suggestion, and criticism thereat. At debate, her witty and pregnant remarks are the despair of her opponents. Her entertainments are lavish and spirited. Freshers and third-years alike enjoy her cocoa-parties, and she never lacks time or energy for social festivities. A sick friend may be sure of a cheering visit, and often she will appear at the bedside with a breakfast-tray tastefully decked with a fair white cloth and ethereal bread-and-butter.

She is not beset with the trials to which the rest of the human race are liable. She does not forget to water her plants or to brush her skirt, or to put her shoes out to be cleaned. Her fire lights easily and does not smoke. Her stockings do not degenerate into rags, because she darns so perfectly the first hole that appears. She has a spruce and comely appearance, unspoilt by ends of hair, even in the highest wind. Her bicycle lamp does not refuse to burn, nor does she skid at inconvenient moments in the High.

0 ever efficient and ever serene, with what envy and admiration do we behold you from afar, as we toil painfully in your wake !

E. M. U.

(Reviews• SPEECH AND FOLK-LORE.

By E. M. Wright.

THOSE of us who have made many feverish excursions into the lurid past of our native tongue, wrestling with laws which seem arbitrary and devoid of rhyme or reason, and for ever elude the grasp of memory, will hail with enthusiasm the publication of a work which seems to draw the intricacies of that monster, Historical English Grammar, into the light of day, and to bring the pursuit of many an elusive root into ' touch with living reality. Fearsome sound-changes and ' etymologies no longer terrify us from the shades of their ghostly past, for they are presented to us in actual working order in modern dialects, with one or other of which all may make themselves familiar at any time.

The gulf which used to yawn between the literary side of our work and the language, ' which too often seemed to jar upon what we delighted to believe were our aesthetic moods, is now bridged : obscure words and phrases in many authors are illumined by reference to their modern dialectic forms, and literature, the living dialects of contemporary speech, and the (of some) despised language are ' bound together as one whole.

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Humorous anecdotes of rustic speakers occur like oases with such frequency as to make nonexistent what Dr. Johnson called the dusty deserts of barren philology,' and there is a certain fascination in the lightness of touch displayed in the treatment of the whole subject.

Yet there is a boundless field for the interests of that strange creature, the language specialist,' for perhaps the most striking feature of Mrs. Wright's book is the combined attention she has bestowed on the artistic and philological aspects of her subject alike.

Stress is laid on the richness of rural vocabularies, but this has proved no obstacle to an extraordinarily scholarly and almost incredibly exhaustive investigation into the history of numberless WOrds and phrases which exist around us to-day, though far beyond our ken, and the standard language is proved to be inferior in picturesque expressiveness to much of the speech of dwellers on the soil, in which alone we can find embedded treasures of philology as well as of expression.

In the more intrinsically artistic subject of folklore, the same scholarship and wide knowledge are maintained. Innumerable examples of popular superstitions, divinations, and myths woven round certain well-known facts are poured out before us in never-ending profusion: history is found to be surviving unconsciously in some dialectic phrase, and we are even given glimpses of the regions of anthropology, which should lure us to similar investigations of our own.

Here and throughout her book the writer is trying pre-eminently to present a piece of human nature itself, which she sees in all its interest among country-dwellers by reason of her evident love and personal knowledge of them, while again and again emphasis is laid on the fact that speakers of English dialect are not merely perverting the standard or literary speech, but are keeping alive numbers of words and customs belonging to the beginnings of the language and the race.

P. M. B. OXFORD POETRY, 1913.

In the average anthology it is the editor alone who wins praise or blame according to his powers of discrimination ; but here we have a lineal descendant of the gorgeous galleries ' and paradises ' of the sixteenth century, a collection of verse presented to us by poets who are yet alive —who are indeed but newly entered on the journey to Parnassus. Here memory and association are of no avail ; there is no defence but a man's own merits. To such an anthology the reader comes with critical powers fully roused and awake, not lulled to rest by the tradition of centuries, or stifled by long acceptance of others' criticisms on what may too often have become hackneyed selections.

We demand first of an anthology that it should represent the spirit of its age, and Professor Murray tells us in his introduction that, in his opinion, Oxford Poetry ' has adequately fulfilled this demand. As he points out, it is the spirit of the age far more than that of. any ' Oxford School ' which here finds voice. It shows that the vital forces at work around us are stronger than all the deadening force of our average education.'

Without being avowed followers of any one contemporary alone, these poets entirely neglect many modern aspects of their art. The patriotic note, for example, is rarely struck. There is something familiar about Mr. Guedalla's Guns o' position is long and lean, And fortress guns is grey ; Galloping guns is fast and keen, And the gunners they sit behind a screen, And never a happier man is seen Than a gunner with guns to lay.

But we hear nothing of the flag of England and the Sea-Queen's fleet. It may be that our younger poets disdain to cry aloud from the house-tops their pride in our ' far-flung battle line ' ; but even the gentler and scholarly emotions of Mr. Newbolt find no disciples here. Mr. Childe most nearly approaches in his Chained Crusader.'

Between the joustings and the wine I heard a voice descend : Ye kneel and hail Me as divine ; Therefore My land defend.', * * Therefore I serve the Saracens, Whose hearts are not as Frankish men's, And captive am and slave therefore Unto this heathen emperor.

With the national sentiment we also miss any real insight into Nature. There are indeed many charming poems which recall Sussex ' and Hills and the Sea.' Look at Mr. Dennis' One thing I ask of Heaven ; A very little gold, That I may go to Devon, And live there till I'm old.

And when my day is over, I pray that I may die Near to the western clover, Under the Western sky.

This is not the only poem which breathes the air of spring from blue hills and slow rivers.

Vale ' and Dream-Cotswold ' are full of fascinating glimpses of our country-side. But real comprehension of Nature, real attention to her teaching we too seldom find. We hear too much just now of the open road and the wind on the heath. They are in danger of becoming the passwords of a cult.

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THE FRITILLARY. and austere serenity, against which men play out the drama of their lives by means of crude and ugly passions. Not a few of these poets have tasted the enchanted cup of Dauber ' and ' The River,' so that they write like Mr. Dawe in ' A Rhyme 'And all that night I roared and cried, And kissed the woman by my side, And she was very kind to me And understood my misery.

And I was full of beer and gin And deadly drunk and all for sin.

Flood Burial,' Mud ' and ' Hotel ' are all ablaze with this realism, Masefield, indeed, but Masefield diluted and sweetened to give refinement. Professor Murray holds that this modern spirit of realism in poetry means a frank acceptance of the good and the bad alike, the ugly and the beautiful. But in too much of this poetry the baser and more squalid side is magnified. The writers in looking for the mean and melancholy seem to be bereft of the sanity and virility which make such an epic of truth as Clayhanger ' endurable to us.

What of romance? Is the spirit of daring and adventure dead from among us ? Hardly its ghost lingers in these pages.

Labels on poetry are of necessity arbitrary and easily transferred. It would be difficult to classify satisfactorily many of these poems. We do not know what to say of Mr. Shepherd's Margaretae Abiturae ' and Parroda Dorothea.' Apply the well-worn label ' religious ' ; you are far from explaining their• exquisite mingling of fancy and feeling.

It was a happy thought to place the humorous verse apart, where it strikes no discordant note.

The best examples in this section deal with purely local matters—the Union Foundations,' the Vac. and its amusements, and the claims to superiority advanced by every school.

It is ever tempting to waive the right of summing-up, to shrink from the dread moment of making some definite induction from scattered fragments. But an anthology, a work whose charm is necessarily fragmentary, imperatively demands some generalisation, some endeavour to recognise the note which should be heard throughout, echoing, however faintly, some period or some school. Looking at this collection as a whole, we cannot but discover a lack of the romantic and the picturesque, save in such rare idylls as Mr. Muirhead's Ganymede,' much that is imitative, an egoism which is often of the less attractive kind, a skill in versifying which scorns the haunting refrain and ' jingle,' but often finds no satisfactory substitute. Over much of the book there hangs the atmosphere of a grey winter's day, whose dulness is broken by a few brief, bright flashes of sunshine. It is not the greyness of realism ; it is rather a mist rising from lack

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of proportion and a desire to enlarge themes naturally small. Yet nothing can detract from the interest of the book, remarkably arresting for an anthology. Professor Murray hopes that no critic will draw unfair comparisons with the book of Georgian Verse. May we not hope that a similar anthology will one day succeed Oxford Poetry,' to whose pages another generation will turn, seeking the juvenilia of its masters?

MICHAELMAS TERM, 1913.

President—Miss BOWDEN (L. M. H.).

Secretary—Miss GURNER (S. H. H.).

Junior Treasurer—Miss CATTLEY (L. M. H.).

November 18th.—Motion ' That there can be no government by the people, while the will of the crowd prevails.'

Hon. Mover, Miss Wilkinson (S.H.H.).

Hon. Opposer, Miss MacFie (O.H.S.).

Third Speaker, Miss Malleson (L.M.H.).

Fourth Speaker, Miss E. L. Smith (S.C.).

There spoke in public discussion, for the motion : Miss Melchers (O.H.S.), Miss Jamison (ExSec. L.M.H.). Miss Hadow (Ex-Pres. S.C. and L.M.H.), Miss Haggard (L.M.H.), Miss Parrett (S.H.C.), Miss Schufeldt (S.H.H.), Hon. Mover (S.H.H.). Against the motion : Miss Levett (ExPres. L.M.H. and S.H.H.), Miss Clark (S.H.C.), Miss Vaughan (S.H.C.), The Fourth Speaker (S.C.).

There voted for the motion, 45.

There voted against the motion, 18.

The motion was therefore carried by 27 votes.

December 2nd.—Private Business. Election of Officers for the Hilary Term, 1914.

Public Business.—` That State interference in agricultural problems will not ameliorate social conditions.'

Hon. Mover, Miss Clark (S.H.C.).

Hon. Opposer, Miss Warren (S.H.H.).

Third Speaker Miss Oakley Hill (O.H.S.).

Fourth Speaker, Miss Martin (L.M.H.).

There spoke in public discussion, for the motion : Miss Melchers (O.H.S.), Third Speaker (O. H. S.), Miss Thompson (S. H. H.).

Against the motion : Miss White (S.C.), Miss Graham (S.C.), Miss Edmonds (O.H.S.), Miss Crook (S. H. H.), Miss Macrae (S. H. H. ), Mis Morgan (S.H.H.), Miss Schufeldt (S.H.H.), Miss Codd (S.H.H.), Miss Austin (L.M.H.), Miss Malleson (L.M.H.), The Fourth Speaker (L.M.H.).

On the motion : Miss Haggard (L.M.H.).

There voted for the motion, 12.

There voted against the motion, 54.

The motion was therefore lost by 42 votes.

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President—V. C. MURRAY (S. H.C.).

Secretary—D. K. HORNE (L.M.H.).

Junior Treasurer—M. J. HARFORD (S.H.C.).

January zgth.—Motion : That the reluctance of the modern woman to marry is of benefit to society.'

Hon. Mover, Miss Barnet (S.C.), pointed out that the modern woman's reluctance to marry did not necessarily mean refusal, and showed that the fact of there now being so many more professions open to women did not necessitate marriage being undertaken for economic reasons which was of benefit to society.

Miss Barnet's speech, though of necessity short, was an excellent opening to the debate.

Hon. Opposer, Miss Chappel (S.H.C.), in an able and well-delivered speech, denied that there was any reluctance on the part of the modern woman to marry. She said that the instinct to marry is of the essence of man's nature, and cannot be suppressed, and that although the fact of there now being so many more fields of activity open to women may mean a temporary postponement of marriage, there is this advantage, that women marry when their powers are fully developed, which must be of benefit to society.

She pointed out the unfair conditions of marriage in England as being one of the causes which may make women reluctant to marry, and compared the position of the married woman in France who is economically independent on account of her dot.

Miss Chappel thought that any shirking of the responsibilities of marriage to be very bad for society.

Third Speaker, Miss Cicily Hamilton (Hon. Visitor), made a stirring and vigorous speech, in which she pointed out that as long as marriage belongs to us it is within our control, but thal as soon as we belong to it we are its slave, and women under such circumstances become the creatures of men.

She then said that in these days the office of motherhood had completely changed, and that as in many cases women other than the mother undertake the care and management of the children, she who supplies the office of mother is far more worthy of the name. In fact, the physical mother is of no account, and other women mean far more to a child, and the home no longer exists.

She said that a woman's natural instincts had been warped from her childhood and had never been allowed full play. Economic and social pressure had been brought to bear to such an extent on the instincts of women that we do not know what would happen if they were free. As things are, women have no chance of developing on the

lines most suitable to them. Many women dislike children, and are therefore not suitable for the office of wife and mother ; therefore, why should they marry.

Matrimony cannot be an ideal state, nor the sphere in which a woman finds her highest happiness, so long as it is compulsory.

Fourth Speaker, Miss Macrae (S.H.H.), opposed the motion from the point of view of a supporter of the Woman's Movement. She was as anxious as Miss Hamilton to improve the state of the married woman, but did not think that shirking the responsibilities of marriage was the way to improve matters. She said that it was the duty of the married woman to strike the blow from within.

The Public Discussion on the motion was interesting and animated, and the presence of Miss Hamilton at the Debate certainly added zest to the proceedings.

There spoke for the motion : Miss Brandt (L.M.H.), Miss Ady (S.H.C.), Miss Gardner (S.H.C.), Miss Levett (S.H.H.), Ex-Pres. Miss Hay (S.H.H.), Miss Collier (O.H.S.), Miss Crook (O. H. S. ).

Against : Miss Cook (S.C.), Miss Gibson (S.H.C.), Miss Clarke (S.H.C.), Miss Thompson (S.H.H.), Miss Hope (0.H.S.).

On the motion : Miss Deneke (L.M.H.).

The motion was lost by 33 votes.

X Club.

President—Miss HODGES (S.C.).

Secretary—Miss PEASE (L. M. H.).

Treasurer—Miss BUCKLEY (S.C.).

Up to the time of going to Press we have had two meetings; the first was held at Somerville on the 6th February. Miss Hodges, the President, read a very interesting paper on Trypanosomes.

At this meeting a motion was passed to the effect that the Financial Year should begin in April to correspond with the term of office of the committee.

A meeting was held on February loth, at i6, Ship Street, at which Miss Gray read an excellent paper on the Chemistry of Dyeing. The officers for the ensuing year were then elected as follows :President—Miss HORNS (S.H.C.).

Secretary—MISS SPICER (S.H.C.).

Treasurer—Miss CAvE (L. M. H.).

At the last meeting of the Term Mr. Hiley has promised to read a paper on The Power of Perception in Plants ; the meeting is to be held at St. Hugh's.

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Ube lbunDreb moot.

Last Term the lecture to the Hundred Moot was given by Professor Whitney, who chose as his. subject Hildebrand, his Life and Ideals.'

He showed him to be essentially a medieval mystic, whose great ideal was to realise the life of righteousness and ' justice ' among men on earth. When the wickedness of the world was forced in upon him, he was driven to adopt the cry of Papal supremacy, but this for him ever remained merely the means towards his great end, and not the end itself.

The lecture for this Term is to be given by Professor Pollard on ' The Mediwval and Modern Interpretation of Liberty.'

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as defend. She pointed out that the centre and right halves must play especially far up the field, and that it was a very serious fault for a right half to fail to return the ball to the circle when it had been cleared to the wing by the opposing defence—she also emphasised the necessity for careful marking.'

She gave as a general recommendation the need for economy of strokes. Unnecessary passing, short dribbling strokes tend to make the game slow land ineffectual. The good forward, she said, was one who could take the ball down the field in six strokes, where a bad one would take twenty.

Before leaving she gave us the very interesting news that Miss Tree would in all probability play for England this year.

Ogforb Stut)ents' 'Unita lbockev Club.

Matches played.

Dec. 6th, United v. Bedfordshire—won, 13 to 2.

Feb. 7th, United v. London University—won, 13 to 1.

Feb. 12th, United v. Northern Universities— won, 8 to o.

Matches to be played.

March 7th, United v. Warwickshire.

March 17th, United v. Cambridge, at Richmond.

Team :—Goal, Miss Evans* (S.C.); backs, Misses White* (S.C.) and Malleson* (L.M.H.); halves, Misses Glenday* (S.H.C.), Skipworth* (L.M.H.), Hill* (S.C.); forwards, Misses Matson* (S.H.H.), Bryan* (S.C.), Kirk* (S.C.), Tree* (S.C.), Browne (S.C.). *Colours.

The United XI. has been unfortunate this year in having had three of its matches scratched. In the matches that have been played the United has been so much the stronger team that it is difficult to say how it will acquit itself in a hard match.

The right inner is playing brilliantly this year, and has been chosen to play for the South in two matches. The new left inner shoots well, but her game lacks ' dash ' and variety. The wing halves mark well in the field, but are not quick enough in marking the inner in the circle when need arises.

Miss Johnson coached the United on Nov. 27th.

She emphasised the need for the long forward pass, and suggested ways of taking advantage of the roll in.' She also pointed out that the backs must be ready to check the rush of the inners, however far up the field it may begin.

Miss Johnson coached the United practice again Feb. 19th. She began by censuring the teams very strongly for fouling, by turning on the ball, and by playing on the left side with the point of the stick. She then made some helpful suggesitons with regard to ' half-back ' play, saying that halves must not forget that they attack ' as well

This Term has seen a great improvement in the First XII. both in the general combination of the team and in the play of individual members.

The First XII. is now practically fixed, and the attacks are beginning to know each other's play and to pass better and more quickly, though they would do well to use first home more than they do.

Individially the defences are good, though in a hard game they are apt to muddle, and they do not mark their men as steadily as they might.

We have had one good practice with the Oxford Ladies, which gave the team a chance of playing together.

The Third and Fourth XII.'s are not so satisfactory. They are not so keen as the other members of the club, and the practices have been badly attended. This has resulted in a slackness and lack of interest, partly due to the rush of the Term, which has been very full in every way.

The following is the First XII. as it stands at present : c, Miss Flemming (L.M.H.); 1st h, Atkins (O.H.S.); znd h, Fox (0.H.S.); 3rd h, Stacey (L.M.H.); 3rd m, Potts (S.H.C.); cpt, Arning (S.C.); pt, Young (S.C.);. ra, Knight (L.M.H.); la, Hall (S.H.C.); rd, Lupton (S.C.); Id, Buckley (S.C.) ; goal Whitley (S.C.).

Matches in Michaelmas Term, 1913.

Nov. 13th, O.S.L.C. v. Oxford Ladies—won, 6 goals to 3.

Nov. 28th, O.S.L.C. znd XII. v. Oxford Ladies' 2nd XII.—won, 15 goals to o.

Nov. 22nd, O.S.L.C. v. Priorsfield, Godalming—lost, 3 goals to 4.

Dec. 5th, Somerville v. Lady Margaret 'Hall— Somerville won, 7 goals to 6.

Hilary Term, 1914.

Feb. zoth, 0.S.L.C. v. Southern Ladies—lost, 7 goals to 3.

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unfortunate in having to play three subs. It was captained by Miss Fox, in the absence of Miss Potts and Miss Stacey. Throughout the game the home team attacked constantly, but owing to some bad passing, and to the steady defence of the Southern Ladies, they were unable to score more than three times, though they worked hard, and Miss Fox and Miss Flemming played a good game. For the defence Miss Whitley in goal was excellent, saving several difficult shots, and passing well up the field. The team as a whole played well together, and their passing, though still their weakest point, was better than it has been before this season.

Matches still to be played.

Feb. 27th, Miss Thomson's team.

March 7th Bedford P.T.C. March 14th, Winchester High School.

March 19th, Cambridge, at Lords.

Cbilb Emigration Society.

A public meeting of the Society was held on Jan, 3oth in Magdalen Hall, Dr. Parkin taking the chair. Sir Arthur Lawley, himself an intimate friend of Cecil Rhodes, made an eloquent speech, dwelling on the important work the C.E.S. promises to do for the Empire by supplying a stream of young emigrants to be trained to colonial conditions of life from the first. Sir John McCall, the Agent-General for Tasmania, following Sir Arthur, expressed a strong hope that the Society would soon receive permission from the Australian Government to send out girls as well as boys. Mr. and Mrs. Fairbridge are hard at work organising the farm school at Pinjarra in Western Australia, and send most satisfactory reports and most attractive, illustrative photographs of the thirty-three little boys already under their care. Mr. Fairbridge writes : We are very much pleased with the way these children are developing. They seem to have a real affection for the place already, and we need have no fear about establishing an esprit de corps as the school grows. They are all well and becoming very sturdy.'

During the Michaelmas Term an entertainment was given at St. Hilda's in aid of the Society.

Yeats' Hour Glass ' comprised the serious part of the programme, while Humpty Dumpty ' and the Trial Scene from Alice in Wonderland supplied the comic relief. Two performances were given, and the net proceeds amounted to the satisfactory sum of ÂŁ14. Our heartiest thanks are due to Miss Todd for stage-managing the play.

The two years during which the Hall agreed to subscribe per annum for the support of one child have now expired, and at the end of the Michaelmas Term the question of a renewal of the agreement was raised. The general feeling

was that the yearly sum was too large for the Hall to raise without undue strain, and it was therefore decided that after this year the sum subscribed to the Society should be 4.io only. It has been suggested that another College might care to start a branch of the Society, in which case the whole yearly sum required for the support of one child might still be subscribed. If there is any such feeling in other colleges, the St. Hilda's Secretary would be very pleased to supply all information about the Society.

SECRETARY. 0. w, S. %. 11U. S. The Terminal Meeting of the 0.W.S.S.W.S. was held on Feb. 3rd, at St. Hugh's College, the chair being taken by Miss Jourdain. The Society had secured Mr. Lyon Blease, the author of ' The Emancipation of Englishwomen,' as speaker, and he gave a most interesting and able address on ' The Position of Women in. Society.'

Mr. Blease traced the development of woman's position in society through the 18th and t9th centuries, and gave a history of the struggle for a better education and more liberty of thought and action during that time. Mr. Blease pointed out that the fact that those interested in the Woman's Movement in Great Britain were concentrating their efforts on obtaining political enfranchisement was because the vote would remove the disability which at present prevents women-from making still further progress in many spheres of action. He made an interesting analogy with the Nonconformist Sects, who were formerly debarred from many privileges now enjoyed by them, because of the views they held. Mr. Lyon Blease's sincere interest in the Woman's Movement, and his belief that the removal of the artificial barriers, which prevent women from developing and using their full powers, will raise and elevate the whole tone of society in the widest sense of the word, made his speech deeply interesting, and the fact that he was appreciated by his audience was shown by the very hearty vote of thanks accorded to him at the conclusion of the meeting.

prof. Murray's lecture on the `Zicbarnians.'

On Tuesday, Feb. loth, Prof. Murray delivered an open lecture on ' The Acharnians ' in the Hall of Somerville College. It was intended simply to help one to understand the play, and so many people were desirous of being helped in this way that the capacity of the Hall was tried to the utmost.

The lecture began with a short sketch of the

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political situation : Athens engaged in the Peloponnesian War, depending for her resources on oppressed and unwilling allies ; a party in Athens vehemently opposed both to the war and to the Empire which that war was to protect. To this party Aristophanes belonged and came forward fearlessly with all the weapons of his comic art to show Athens what was really happening. Because the play was- not to be a tragedy, the comic aspect must be shown, and the appeal for peace based rather on the commonplace ground that it was so much more comfortable. Yet for him that has ears to hear there is a note of pathos in the scene with the Megarians. Perhaps some of us were a little surprised at being bidden to find, in all the rollicking fun and fooling of a Greek comedy, so much of deliberate pathos, such grim political determination, so courageous a stand for principles of humanity.

Of course the greater part of the lecture was taken up with simply relating the story, and explaining the peculiar sort of coherence that may be expected of a Greek comedy. It is hardly necessary to repeat that here. Only we may perhaps express some relief at hearing that we need not judge the manners of respectable old gentlemen of Athens by Dicaeopolis when he joins in the final scene, so ' triumphantly drunk.'

So ended the lecture, delightful to listen to, and leaving the audience with a fair and reasonable hope of being able to follow the play when it is produced, and smiling with more than mere politeness when Dicaeopolis and his fellow actors confront us from the stage. .

atten's lecture.

On Friday February i3th, Dr. Allen gave a lecture at Somerville on the music composed by Sir Hubert Parry for the Acharnians. After Mr. Cyril Bailey had given a short outline sketch of the play. Dr. Allen proceeded to explain the general principle of the music. It is based on national or well-known songs, such as ' Home, Sweet Home,' The British Grenadiers,' Oh, dear, what can the matter be? ' all of which are modulated into one another and brought in now in one part, now in another. Certain tunes, he told us, represent certain things in the play. The British Grenadiers is the Athenians, the Marseillaise their Allies, joined by ' God Save the King ' for the Entente Cordiale. The Spartans are represented by ' Die Wacht am- Rhein,' up in the treble for aeroplanes, down in the bass for German waiters.

A Horrible Tale I have to tell ' is the sign of the war-like spirit, while the Blue Funkers,' as Sir Hubert Parry calls them, are typified by ' We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do.' The coryphaeus very kindly came to sing parts of the chorus, and Dr. Allen illustrated his lecture by

playing some of the music through on the piano in a way which made his points very clear. The whole lecture was, in fact, easy to follow, even for those of the audience who were not musical.

Our thanks are due to Dr. Allen for the way in which he explained the idea of the music. Without his lecture O.U.D.S. would have lost a good deal of its meaning.

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LADY MARGARET HALL. BOAT CLUB. President—Miss LODGE. Secretary—M. H. CATTLEY.

The following were qualified in Michaelmas Term :Sculling—Captains : A. F. Clarke, D. Harvey, M. Swann, M. Tidey, E. Williams and A. Wodehouse. Canoeing — Captains : L. Buckler, G. Crick, D. Drought, M. Nugent and C. Sheldon.

Punting—Captains : L. Buckler, D. K. Home, M. Skipworth and R. Welsford. Sculling (in Hilary Term)—Half-Captain : M. Baynton.

We have sold the canoe Dorando ' and bought a new one, Pippa,' which is larger, and which we therefore hope will be more useful to members of the Boat Club.

Thanks to the absence of floods, boating has been in full swing this Term, and several members should qualify as Captains before the Easter Vacation. There are some particularly promising members among the First Year.

0. S. S.W. S. In aid of the funds- of this Society a performance of Pleisthenes and Artemesia,' by J. D. M. Pymbershaw, was given in the Hall last Term, by kind permission of the author. The cast was as follows :—Pleisthenes (a Don of Atlantis University, disguised as Bootes), J. McColl ; Artemesia (wife of Pleisthenes, disguised as Sappho), M. Jarrett ; Clytemnestra (Head of Minerva's Hall), D. M. Gilliat ; A genor (a Lecturer from Bostonia), E. C. Lodge ; Chloris (disguised as Zenotsia, a chaperone), M. A. Lewis ; Ismenia (a student of Minerva's l), HalC. A. Sheldon ; Leader of Chorus, D. K, Horne ; Chorus of Women Students, K. Thomas, M. Scott, C. Massy, A. Wodehouse, M. Nugent and N. Cave.

Miss McColl, as Pleisthenes, was excellent throughout. Her enunciation and acting left nothing to be desired, and she was specially successful in the one or two long and trying speeches which made her part a difficult one. Miss Lewis' interpretation of the part of Chloris also stood out as particularly good, and was at times almost weirdly realistic. She was, however, apt on occa-

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sions to lower her voice so as to be inaudible at the back of the hall. Miss Lodge was a characteristic and gallant Agenor, and her death was most effective. Miss Gilliat also knew how to prepare for her end, and acted throughout up to the dignity of Clytemnestra. Her enunciation was good, and she gave play to her emotions with great success. Miss Jarrett's powers were hardly seen to advantage, and although she made a very attractive Artemesia, she was sometimes inclined to over-act the part. As Ismenia, Miss Sheldon put a great deal of calculating placidity into a discouraging role, and made it really amusing.

The chorus caused the audience some hilarity owing to the gymnastics and resigned remarks which relieved the tension of the tragedy. If their acting powers had little scope, they at least formed an effective background and were useful in supplying the necessary tragic atmosphere by liberal dispersal of incense.

Miss Sheldon must be congratulated on so successfully producing the play within a very short time, and Miss Lewis on her management of the costumes. Threepence entrance fee was charged, and the proceeds amounted to 28s.

HOCKEY CLUB. Captain—M. G. SKIPWORTH. Secretary—E. L. MALLESON. During Hilary Term games have been somewhat irregular, owing to matches and the vagaries of the United. There have, however, been some First and Second Eleven practices with St. Hugh's, and one or two with Somerville. So far, four matches have been played. On January 22nd the High School beat the 1st Eleven by five goals to four ; on February 11th the 1st Eleven played a return match against the Etceteras L.H.C. and won it by six goals to four ; on February 4th the znd Eleven beat the Etceteras 2nd Eleven by two goals to none. In the first round of the Cup-ties L.M.H. was drawn with St. Hilda's, and won the match by five goals to four.

1st Eleven.—At the beginning of the year the forward play was very ineffectual. Latterly it has much improved ; more frequent use is made of the long forward pass, and more attempt is made to combine with the defence. Unfortunately the shooting is still very bad. The left wing is slow and does not work hard enough ; the right wing is quicker but passes badly. A goal-keeper has been found who uses her stick well, but she should also learn to use her feet.

There have been various changes in the formation of the team, chiefly owing to reasons of health.

Up to half-term G. Milvain has regularly taken D. Austin's place, and for the greater part of the Term we have unfortunately been without P. K. 13owes and E. Adkin. Team : Goal, *R. Wels-

ford ; backs, *E. Malleson and P. K. Bowes ; half-backs, *D. Austin, *M. Skipworth and *K. Thomas ; forwards, *E. Stacey, J. Flemming, *B. Denniston, *S. Bryan-Brown and *J. Parsons.

2nd Eleven.—The forward play has improved very much in speed and combination, but it will not be really good until the forwards learn to give good clean hits. The defence is spoilt by the inability of the left-half to mark and the slowness of the backs. Team : Goal, *I. Martin ; backs, W. Brandt and *M. Lewis; half-backs, M. Marshall, *G. Milvain and N. Cave ; forwards, *A. Wodehouse, *D. Bowden (captain), *E. Williams, J. M. Knight and *D. Harvey.

Michaelmas Term, 1913. — The following matches were played too late for publication in last Term's Fritillary : 1st Eleven beat Reading University, 9—o ; znd Eleven beat Edgbaston High School, 4-2 ; Somerville II. beat 2nd Eleven, 2-3.

ESSAY CLUB. President—N. A. HERDSMAN. At the first meeting of this Society on Wednesday, February Lith, Miss Phillpotts gave a lantern lecture on Modern Iceland.' She dealt with the continued surprises of the geography of Iceland, with its people, whose tragic history has left them so intensely patriotic and intensely hospitable, and with their simple mode of life and quaint customs. Her personal adventures and reminiscences especially delighted us, and the experiences of one who is so intimate with the country and its people did more to interest us in an hour than any book could have done. The lantern slides were a great success, and we are most grateful both to Miss Phillpotts for lecturing to us and to Miss Jex Blake for kindly providing the lantern.

HALL DEBATE (Hilary Term, 1914).

President—M. LEWIS. Secretary—J. MARTIN. Liberal Whip—N. CAVE. Conservative Whip—D. KING-WARRY. The first debate of the Term was a Sharp Practice. The motions discussed were (t) ' That work during the vacation is theoretically unnecessary and practically impossible ' ; (2) ' That the custom of cocoa parties tends to moral and physical deterioration.' Both questions were discussed with spirit ; the First Year especially displayed great feeling in supporting the second motion.

On Monday, February 9th, a debate was held with the New College Twenty Club, Mr. Barker being in the chair. The motion before the House was, ' That Voluntary Associations are more effective than State Interference for remedying Social Evils.' .

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Hon. Mover—Mr. Jerrold.

Hon. Opposer—Miss Bowden.

3rd Speaker—Miss Cave.

4th Speaker—Mr. Herron (President

of the Twenty Club).

The Hon. Mover (Mr. Jerrold) refused to uphold any existing form of voluntary association.

He maintained, however, that State interference was only a more poisonous form ' of that movement which tended to place the poor man in the hands of the rich. He pointed out that modern legislation was creating a class of men unable to do anything for themselves. It is, he declared, a fallacy to say that the nation is strong because the Government is strong. The test of a nation's strength should be the happy, healthy life, and the full development of the individual. In conclusion, Mr. Jerrold said that to remove the cause of the evil is far more necessary than to cure the effect, and he therefore advocated a better system of education as the one effective means of remedying social conditions.

The Hon. Opposer (Miss Bowden) disagreed with the Hon. Proposer when he said that State interference would create a class of parasites.

She pointed out that in many cases State interference is the only means of giving to the individual the best chance of life. Moreover, she maintained that by admitting the necessity of State education the Hon. Proposer had undermined his whole position (great applause). In the course •of her speech she pointed out that it is absurd to regard the State as an outside force interfering with the life of the individual. Surely in a democracy , the Government represents the will of the people. Miss Bowden's speech was clear and to the point.

Miss Cave dealt with the disadvantages to the individual of State interference. She took as an example the case of the working man's child, and showed how the action of the State tended to weaken the good influence of the home. She then gave examples of voluntary associations which had helped to remedy social evils, and mentioned Trades Unions, Cadbury's and Rowntree's firms, and the Workers' Educational Association.

Mr. Herron showed that State interference was necessary, in these cases, where voluntary association was ineffective or impossible. He argued that in the modern State, man is naturally at war with all those of his own trade, and that therefore some outside force is necessary to remedy the evils and to arbitrate between individuals.

This would be the work of the State.

Public discussion was lively, and both sides of the question were warmly supported. There spoke for the motion : Miss Deneke, Miss Jamieson, Miss M. Clarke, Miss Malleson and Mr. Muspratt. Against the motion : Mr. Balfour, Mr. Rooper, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Slingsby, Miss Austin, Miss Scott, Miss Lewis and Mr. Raju. ,

At the end, Mr. Barker rose, amid applause, and delivered an amusingly characteristic speech.

The House then proceeded to vote. The motion was lost by a large majority.

SOMERVILLE COLLEGE. HOCKEY CLUB.

Captain—J. P. TREE. Vice-Captain—G. EVANS. Secretary—D. PHILLIPS. Treasurer—G. HILL.

The Club has been unfortunate in losing two halves, A. T. Middlemore and E. Henderson, whose places have .been taken by E. Mills and J. Young. The defence is still not as strong as the attack, which has maintained a high standard throughout the season. Congratulations to the Captain, J. Tree, who has played for the South three times this term. ist Eleven.—Evans, White, Strawson, Mills, Hill, Young, Chubb, Tree, Kirk, Bryan and Browne.

Matches.—v. Chelsea Physical Training College (won, io—o); v. Bedford Physical Training College (lost, 5-2). Cup matches—v. St. Hugh's (won, 3-2); v. L.M.H. (won, 9—I).

BOAT CLUB.

This Club still goes on. Owing to increased numbers a new outrigged boat has been hired for this Term. The half-captains have been strenuous, and we hope not altogether unsuccessful, in their efforts in the Four. The test for Captains has been altered to include long-distance sculling and coxing down the Forks. As a result of the half-term test two new Captains have been made —L. Thompson and 0. Graham.

PARLIAMENT.

His Majesty opened Parliament on Friday, January 3oth, and read the Speech from the Throne amid the respectful silence of Lords and Commons. His Majesty outlined a progressive and comprehensive programme for the new session, including an increase of armaments in the form of army aeroplanes, the amendment of the Insurance Act, a scheme of national education and one for devolution in Ireland.

In the Commons, the adoption of the Address was ably moved and seconded by the two youngest members on the Government benches, whose maiden speeches were received with applause.

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attack warmly applauded by the Opposition benches. We deplore, however, an unfortunate criticism on the part of the Leader of the Opposition of the recent Labour crisis in South Africa, in which criticism he appeared to confuse a Selfgoverning Dominion and a Dependency. The Hon. Gentleman also attributed the authorship of the gracious Speech to the Prime Minister—a breach of etiquette for which the truthfulness of the statement cannot atone.

The reply of the Prime Minister was hopeful and businesslike. The Government are confident of carrying out their programme from the revolutionary increase of armaments to the prevention of all future railway and volcanic disasters. We confess, however, that the frank admission, in connection with the scheme of devolution in Ireland, that the Bill is not yet drafted, fills us with some alarm. We would remind the Government that constructive legislation is not so spontaneous or so facile as criticism.

In the ensuing debate doubt was expressed as to the superiority of aeroplanes over dreadnoughts as engines of war, and some knowledge of the working of the Insurance Act was shown by members on both sides of the House. The time spent in attacking the policy of former Governments might have been more profitably employed in considering the responsibilities of the future rather than the mistakes of the past. The House adjourned at 10.3o.

Two debates are to be held this Term—one with Ruskin College, on Friday, February 27th, at Ruskin College ;motion, That ' in the opinion of this House the tendency of recent legislation is to produce a servile State ' ; and the other with the Arnold Club (Balliol), on Tuesday, March 3rd, at ' in the Balliol, when the motion will be, That opinion of this House the educated classes at the present time sadly lack enthusiasm.'

O. U. D. S. LECTURE AT SOMERVILLE. Two public lectures were given in the Maitland Hall this Term in connection with the production of The ' Acharnians.' On Tuesday, February loth, Professor Gilbert Murray explained the plot and historical point of the play. His lecture was heard and appreciated even by that part of the large audience whose natural modesty induced them to take their stand in the fireplace.

On the following Friday Dr. Allen, after the manner ofSherlock Holmes, investigated the Case of the Reappearing Ragtime, while over the faces of a hundred Watsons spread the familiar look of delighted bewilderment. On the other hand, when Mr. Garrod was suddenly summoned to provide vocal illustrations, the bewilderment may have been his, but the delight was undoubtedly ours.

THE SECOND YEAR PLAYS. '

On the last Saturday of the Michaelmas Term the Second Year gave a dramatic entertainment in the Maitland Hall. This was the first occasion on which a play had been performed in the Hall, and in consequence new stage properties and footlights had been provided. This added considerably to the difficulties of producing the plays, and much of the credit for the success of the entertainment, which went without a hitch, is due to the efficient work behind the scenes of those members of the year who undertook the scene shifting and the management of the lights and the new properties. The chief feature of the scenery of Prunella,' the drop-scene at the back, had been specially painted to represent a Dutch garden by the stage-manager, A. T. Middlemore. Of the success of the plays there was no doubt from the enthusiasm of the large audience which filled the Maitland Hall.

The pieces chosen were Prunella, or Love in a Dutch Garden,' by Grenville Barker and LawLITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. rence Housman; and 'Admiral Guinea,' by SteDuring the year the Society has been re- venson and Henley. organised and the following changes effected in A. Middlemore as Pierrot in Prunella, struck the constitution :—(t) Membership of the Society just the right note, and brought out the half was extended to every School (and and 3rd Years), poetic, half fantastic spirit of the play. She was 1st Years being eligible in their third Term ; well supported by the other actors, D. Rowe as Scaramel, M. Jaeger as The Boy, and A. Organe (2) Controversial papers are now read in the various circles, the subjects chosen by each circle as the Statue of Love, being particularly good. separately.

The chorus of mummers acted very well together The following subjects have been discussed in in a rather difficult role. ' the circles : Alfred Noyes, Chesterton's Victorian The full-blooded melodramatic tone of AdAge,' Oscar Wilde, Georgian Poetry, Irish Plays, miral Guinea' made an excellent contrast to the Bernard Shaw, Theory of Modern Novel, Philo- subtler charm of Prunella.' There was a cersophy of Nietsche, Ibsen, Oxford Book of Poetry. tain risk on the part of the organizers in attemptOn March 4th, Mr. Nichol Smith is lecturing ing such a play, but the result was more than to the Society on The ' Literary Quarrels of the successful. This was largely due to the remark18th Century.' Miss Philpotts (Research Fellow, able acting of T. M. Browne, as the broken-down ruffian, David Pew, whose impersonation and playS.C.) is lecturing on Icelandic Saga. '

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ST. HUGH'S COLLEGE. SHARP PRACTICE SOCIETY. President—M. V. GIBSON. Secretary—A. SPINK. Up-and-Down Girl—E. M. GLENDAY. Owing to the Mission and the Festal gatherings of various kinds only one meeting of the above Society has been held this Term. Private business, as is usual at the first meeting, was long, and had to be summarily curtailed. The House then proceeded to public business, the motion being ; That the repersentation of history is better for the infant mind than the productions of Anderson and the Brothers Grim.'

Discussion confined itself chiefly to the English and History Schools, the History School being divided against itself. The motion was lost by sixteen votes..

BROWNING SOCIETY. The Society continues to flourish, in spite of the stern test to which the enthusiasm of its members is subjected by its habit of meeting on Sunday afternoon. This Term we have been reading poems chosen to illustrate Browning's principle of love, including ' A Death in the Desert,' An Epistle of Karshish,' and several of the shorter poems.

M. L. POTTER (President).

SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY. In consequence of illness and the Mission, the Shakespeare Society has missed several reading:, this Term. The play chosen was ' Romeo and Juliet.' A large number of people joined, so that all the parts have been filled. We have also rejoiced in the possession of a few extremely good readers. C. INGRAM (Pres.).

PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. Owing to various meetings which have occupied Wednesday evenings this Term, the Philosophical Society has only met once, when Miss Jourdain took Greek Philosophy before Plato as her subject.

We are hoping that the Society will have more meetings during the latter half of Term.

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the above Society is very good. We have not been able to have the full number of meetings, however, owing to an exceptionally busy Term.

This time we have made a new departure, and instead of reading a German play we are studying the ballads, lyrics, and shorter poems of Goethe, Schiller, Heine, Korner, etc. So far the meetings have been very successful.

T. M. E. EVANS (President).

ENTERTAINMENTS. Two enjoyable sociables ' have been held this Term.

On another occasion some enterprising members of the 3rd year arranged a fancy dress dance in aid of the Building Fund. Many of the dresses were well thought out, and evoked much amusement, notably the Mad Hatter and his companions, the Flour of the Family, and Mrs. Wiggs.

The evening proved a great success.

During finance week certain members of the C.U. gave a short variety entertainment. The programme included a pianoforte duet and solo, songs, and a short burlesque, which depicted the romantic adventures of a bold, bad baron and his scheming mother.

On Saturday evening, January 31st, the Second Year gave a dramatic performance in aid of the Building Fund. The scenes chosen were the Proposal from Pride and Prejudice, and Morning Calls, and the Card Party from Cranford.

In the first Miss Lewis was especially good as Mr. Collins, and in the Cranford Miss Ingram as Miss Matty and Miss Gardner as Mrs. Forrester were excellent ; but the acting of the whole cast, especially of Mrs. Jamieson's pug, reached a very high standard, and a clamourous audience thoroughly enjoyed itself. The amount realized was £2 OS. od.

The full cast was as follows :— 4PRIDE AND PREJUDICE ' : Mrs. Bennett, Miss Evans ; Mr. Bennett, Miss Glenday ; Elizabeth Bennett, Miss Webb ; Mr. Collins, Miss Lewis.

CRANFORD : Mary Smith, Miss Phipps ; Miss Matty, Miss. Ingram ; Miss Betty Barker, Miss Potter ; Miss Pole, Miss Harford ; The Hon. Mrs. Jamieson, Miss Farrow ; Mrs. Forrester, Miss Gardner ; Peggy, Miss Hall ; Martha, Miss Oliver.

HOCKEY. Hockey this Term has been taken seriously in view of the cup matches, and practices have been regularly attended. Few changes have been made in the First Eleven. Miss Giles has gone back into goal, and Miss Horne has retired to the half line. The team is certainly stronger than it was last Term, but it still leaves much to be desired in pace, especially in the forward line. The left wing is fast, and gives promise of better things ;

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she shoots well when she gets an opportunity, but gets despondent if that opportunity does not come early in the game. She needs to watch the game more, and to use more judgment in centring.

The left inner is slow in the field ; she dribbles and presses in well, but seldom follows up the advantage gained by her dribbling. Miss Muscott is not as happy as centre-forward as she was as right inner. She keeps the forward line well together and can put in a good hard shot. The right inner has fallen off rather since last Term ; she lacks pace and persistence, but is neat with her stick, and passes well ; she must learn to keep her attention more closely on the game.

The right wing varies rather, and is never as good in practices as matches. She centres well, and should not as a general rule take the ball in and shoot herself. She must also remember to pass back when near the goal line. The defence has improved in pace and marking since the beginning of the season, but the left back must not rely too much on her half. The left half is neat and quick, but might support her forwards more near the enemy's circle, as might the centre-half.

The right-half is quick and backs up well. She combines well with the right back, but must remember that hard hitting is not always desirable ; she might also use her stick to greater advantage.

The left back has not had much practice in her place ; she hits and clears well, but must mark more closely. The right back is one of the most effective members of the team. Her stopping and tackling are excellent, but her passing might be improved. The goal, as usual, always rises to the occasion. She has improved in judgment since last year, but must be careful not to occasion penalty corners when clearing.

The First Eleven is as follows :—Misses Chappel, Holland, Muscott, Lewis, Nicholas ; Home, Spink, Glenday ; Potts, Truman ; Giles. Misses Potts, Spink, Muscott and Glenday have played regularly in United Practices ; Misses Horne, Truman, Nicholas, and Holland have played from time to time. We congratulate E. M. Glenday on winning her United Colours.

The Second Eleven has steadily improved throughout the Term. The forwards are now beginning to understand what is meant by dash.

The halves are steady but slow. The wing halves lack combination with the rest of the defence, and the centre half must learn to distribute the game more. The backs are steady and clear well. They should not play too far forward, and must be careful not to interfere with the goal.

Matches.

We played the Etceteras on January 3oth and

defeated them by three goals to one. The St. Hugh's team missed several opportunities of scoring in the first half through clumsiness and lack of dash in the circle. The forwards' play improved in the second half, and two goals were

scored immediately after half-time. Corners were rather weak, and in no cases led to a goal. The r ight wing kept the ball in well, but must be careful not to have sticks ' when centreing.

Halves and backs muddled rather. The Etceteras were unfortunate in that they were one short and so obliged to play their umpire, who was obviously rather out of practice.

On February 7th we played the High School and defeated them by three goals to nil. The combination was better on the whole, but the right wing and half muddled somewhat. The left wing had several good runs down the field, but lost the ball near the circle. Misses Brown and Spicer played as substitutes in this match.

The first cup match between Somerville and ourselves took place on February 9th on the L.M.H. ground, and after a hard fight we were defeated by three goals to two, both our goals being scored after half-time. The St. Hugh's XI. was decidedly nervous for the first ten minutes, but two goals scored against it restored its equilibrium, and Somerville had hard work to get in again. The first part of the game was mainly defensive, and the left half and right back are especially to be congratulated on their play ; the goal, too, saved the situation more than once, and made an excellent defence against the shots of Somerville's right inner. In the second half of the game the left wing got in with a brilliant shot, and the second goal was due to the ' pressing in ' of the left inner. The centre shot well, but was unable to get the ball past the Somerville goal. It Was unfortunate that our forwards were outpaced by the Somerville defence.

The match with Reading University on Feb. ith was scratched owing to weather.

Matches yet to be played.

Feb. 2a ;la, V. The Laurels Rugby.

March 6th, v. St. Elphin's, Darley Dale.

ST. HILDA'S HALL. HOCKEY CLUB. The hockey season has been good this year in the way of practices. We have not had to scratch any because of the weather.

This Term the eleven has not been so successful. We lost our centre half, with the result that during the first half of the Term the team rather went to pieces. Miss Bishop has taken her place, however, and is improving rapidly. She ought to make a really good half next year. The old fault of the team has not been altogether conquered, though it has improved lately. They do not get together soon enough, and always play better the last half. The forwards do not take enough advantage of their pace, and they none of them rush goals as they should. The right inner has shown a marked improvement in getting away with the ball and in dodging, and she is learning to corn-

THE FRITILLARY. bine with the centre. Her passes to the wing are good, but she must give up having slack times in the game, and must be prepared to fetch the ball and not wait to have it put on her stick.

The left inner has only come into the team this Term. She played well in the cup match. She must try to get away with the ball quicker and place herself in the right position to reach passes.

None of the forwards think enough of doing this.

The centre forward has been playing much better this Term and keeps the line together well. The passing has improved very much.

The defence has been playing well. The right half shows much more judgment than she did, and plays a nice clean game. She must stick to her'wing and mark rather more. The left half marks well and works hard. She must learn to use her stick more in getting the ball away from her opponent.

Matches.

October i8, Cherwell Hall—won, to to o.

October 24, Oxford High School—draw, o o.

November 3, New College Choir School—won, 7 to 3.

November 8, Etceteras 1st XI.—won, 4 to I. November 17, New College Choir School—won, 8 to 3.

November 28, Etceteras—lost, 5 to 2.

November 29, Milham Ford A Team—won, 3 to I. January 23, Etceteras—lost.

January 31, Reading College—won, 4 to 2.

February 6, Etceteras—lost, 5 to 2.

February 14, Milham Ford—lost, 3 to I. February 16, Cup Match, L.M.H.—lost, 4 to 3.

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munism in order to reach universality, which can only be attained through assertion of individuality.

The little sects and arbitrary social divisions are, she said, condemned in these plays. The chief characters are always spiritually-minded people who care nothing for the goods of this world, but have their minds fixed on a great ideal. She drew very apt illustrations of her theory from Rutherford and Son,' Strife,' Man,' and Miles Dixon.'

The last meeting of this Term is to be an open one, at which Miss Jourdain has very kindly promised to come and speak on researches she has made in French drama before the Revolution.

DEBATING SOCIETY.

President—Miss WILSHERE. Vice-President—Miss THOMP SON. Secretary—MISS RETALLACK. Hall Member—Miss GURNER. Two debates have been held so far this Term. ' That the Rush of Modern Life is tending towards the Degeneration of the Race ' was treated as a wholly frivolous topic, and references in the set speeches to various- semi-private jests aroused the interest and curiosity of the uninitiated.

The House, on a subsequent occasion, refused to declare itself in favour of a Two-Power Standard.

The forthcoming debate will take the form of a Sharp Practice, and the motion at the last meeting will be ' That the present system of Education is 'a National Calamity.'

Second Eleven Matches.

January 24, Etceteras znd XI. —lost, 5 to r.

January 24, High School 2nd XI.—lost, 5 to i.

February 6, High School znd XI.—won, 5 to 2 .

LITERARY SOCIETY. The Literary Society has had a very interesting Term reading modern drama of town life. The meetings have been well attended, and such was the general enthusiasm that an extra meeting was held to finish one of the plays which had only been half read. The plays read this Term have been Lady Windermere's Fan,' by Oscar Wilde ; His House in Order,' by Pinero ; and Bernard Shaw's Candida.'

At the last meeting of last Term Miss Jennings read a paper on Modern Provincial Drama,' which the Society had studied during the Term.

The paper was thoughtful and illuminating, and was much enjoyed by all who heard it. Miss Jennings considered that the chief element in the modern country plays is the revolt against com-

BOAT CLUB.

President—Miss TODD. Boat Captain—MISS BAUMGARTNER. Vice-Captain—Miss F ITZ RANDOLPH. The Term has been a good one for the river.

Not only has the weather been favourable, but the current has been so slight until recently that the demand for punts and canoes has been greater than that for the boat. There are some promising scullers among the First Year, and they should soon be able to take their places in the Four. The following qualified this Term :— Boat Half-Captain—Miss Jennings ; Punt HalfCaptains—Miss Hay and Miss Grantham.

OXFORD HOME STUDENTS.

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DRAMATIC SOCIETY.

(Too late for Press last Term.)

On November 8th the Society acted three plays before the Old Students. Comedy was supplied

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by the first two, The Aulis Difficulty ' and King Alfred and the Neat-herd,' from Maurice Baring's Diminutive Dramas. The caste was :THE AULIS DIFFICULTY. ' — Agamemnon, Miss H. Matheson ; Clytemnestra, Miss J. Parsons (L.M.H.) ; Iphigenia, Miss V. Fox ; Calchas, Miss G. Moran ; Odysseus, Miss M. Fox ; Maiden, Miss V. Douie.

King ' KING ALFRED AND THE NEAT-HERD.' Alfred, Miss H. Matheson ; Neat-herd, Miss V. Douie ; Neat-herd's wife, Miss E. Buchanan.

The last piece. a Breton version of a Scottish Ballad, was the most important. The parts were taken by : Joel, Miss R. Butler ; Catherine, Miss M. Jenkin ; Paul, Miss S. Egerton.

The story is somewhat similar in theme to ' Enoch Arden.' Paul and Catherine are brought up together, and learn to love each other dearly.

Then Paul goes away to make a fortune, in order to be able to marry her. While he is away, misfortune overtakes her family. The father dies, and the mother becomes a complete invalid.

Catherine works her fingers to the bone, but cannot earn enough to keep them. Joel, an old friend of her father's, comes forward to help them. He tries to persuade Catherine to marry him, and she, believing Joel to be dead, as news has come that his ship, the Golden Queen, has gone down with all hand, at last reluctantly consents, for her mother's sake. When they have been married about three years, Paul returns one night when Joel is out. He descibes how he escaped drowning by a miracle, and has at last returned, after many adventures, to marry her.

Catherine crushes all his hopes by the announcement that she is Joel's wife, but, finding that she still loves him, he uges her to go away with him.

She almost consents. but the thought of Joel, old and lonely, and of his complete trust in her, restrains her. She refuses to accompany him, and Paul goes out alone into the night.

The tragedy was done full justice to by the actors. Miss Jenkin took the part of Catherine most sympathetically, Miss Butler made a pathetic figure as the old husband, and Miss Egerton, who looked her part to perfection, rendered Paul to the life.

BOAT CLUB. There are a good many more members this Term than there were in Hilary Term, 1913.

There was a sculling test in the second week of Term, in which Miss Coster received her .captaincy.

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LACROSSE. Miss Fox and Miss Atkins are playing for the Lacrosse 1st Eleven against the Southern Ladies.

Miss Fox has been asked to play in the All England trial match on Saturday, March i3th. There are several promising Lacrosse players among: the Home Students who have recently come up.

TENNIS CLUB. The Tennis Club in winter seems only to live in expectation of the summer. There have been far -too many days when the court has been unused. Nevertheless, there are some ardent and promising players including several new members, who are always welcome.

DANCE. A dance was given by the Home Students' Committee on Monday, February 9th, at Taphouse's. The large and well-lighted room proved a great attraction, the floor being very good.

The band was most excellent and played valses, ragtimes and tangos with the most untiring energy. Over eighty guests were present, including some members of the other Halls.

Fancy dress was worn by some of the dancers ; Dutch and Norwegian peasants and Stuart period costumes were noticeable ; Little Miss Muffet also figured, and Ophelia, accompanied by a most realistic Hamlet, in gown and rapier. The Tango was danced by several couples, and proved a great success. Dancing was kept up till eleven o'clock.

Mrs. Johnson and members of the Committee were present the entire evening, which added greatly to the enjoyment of the party.

DRAMATIC SOCIETY. On Wednesday, February 4th, the Dramatic Society met at No. 14 Norham Gardens to read G. Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra.' The The part of Caesar ' was taken by Miss R. F. Butler in full Roman costume, including a handsome bald wig and a wreath of oak-leaves, while Miss Allen read ' Cleopatra,' and Miss C. V. Butler Britannicus.' At the end of the meeting, Miss R. D. Fox was elected a member. Later in the Term the Society hopes to read C. K. Chesterton's Magic.'

SOCIAL. There was a ' Social ' held in the Common Room on Wednesday, January 28th, and there will be another one on March 4th.

DEBATE. The Home Students are having a joint debate with Manchester College on Wednesday, March 4th, in Mrs. Johnson's drawing-room, which she

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has very kindly lent. The motion before the House is, ' That Art, for Art's sake, should be a guiding principle in education and manners.'

NEW STUDENTS.

G. Y. Brockbank, Convent of Our Lady of Sion, Chepstow Villas, London.

E. von Bockum-Dolffs, Kaiserin Augusta Stiftung, Potsdam, Germany.

A. B. E. Broders, Private School, Gernrode, Harz, Germany.

I. Chagin, Home Education, Vilno, Russia.

J. M. Close, Redmoor School, Bournemouth.

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E. Glaser, Eger Lyceum, Bohemia.

I. W. A. Host, Halling's Academy, Christiania.

V. S. Keith-Jopp, Cheltenham Ladies' College.

E. C. Mitchell, B.A., Rhodes University College, Grahamstown, Cape Colony.

A. Palm, A. B. Cornell University, U.S.A. E. M. Paton, Leinster House School, Leinster Gardens, London.

E. H. S. Petri, B.A., Gothenberg, Sweden.

C. E. Webster, Belleville School, Barbados.

PARKER AND CO., OXFORD.