The Fritillary, June 1915

Editor: ca 9 cz:4E Somerville College.

Sta.,-Editkir Mi,tss GRANTHAM, St. finida'S

Treasurer : MISS BO 1-KETT.St. IItigii 7 s College.

Conimittee : scPARSONS,

Lady Margaret Kali_

Miss SCOTT STOKES, Somerville College.

Mims NtCHOLAS, St. Hug,it's College.

MISS. r.;.ALGLISH. St. Hilda's Hall.

HALDANE, Oxford Fiome Sti:dent.5.

No. 65.

JUNE.

1915.

CONTENTS. EDITORIAL ...

THE BRICK SELLERS--A FABLE MINOR POETS ...

INVENTION ...

VARIATIONS ON AN OLD THEME A CHILD'S SONG ABOUT ENGINES THE SEMI-GODDESSES ...

BELGIUM 1914 ...

THE ARTIST ...

EXAMINATION RESULTS ...

REPORTSO.S.D.S.

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Ebitortal.

LAST October the Editor remarked casually, We must get some good prose for this number.'

In January the Committee decided that nothing short of a definite campaign would overcome the extreme shyness manifested in all quarters. In June the Editor remarked wearily to the SubEditor, To adapt the recent saying of an authority on Oxford poetry, the place is an evil seed ground for prose.' That was the outcome of a year's-experience of Fritillary contributions, and it seems a strange conclusion to be reached with regard to a large body of people in which there are in existence very definite literary aims.

The demand for poetry has met with a ready response every Term ; and there has always been at any rate one contribution to reach the standard of excellence deemed just for such a journal as the Fritillary. We have not been entirely destitute of prose, but what has come in has been of a much lower standard, as we complained in the last issue. Various reasons have been suggested, both for this reluctance to attempt prose writing and for its poor quality when it is produced.

They are all somewhat unsatisfactory, but it is not with this question that we are concerned for the moment. The point we do wish to bring before our readers is this ; prose of an inferior quality has been the rule now for a year to our certain knowledge, despite the activities of the Committee and the incentive of money prizes.

This generalization does not include the last two '

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reviews published, nor the story entitled ' Invention ' ; it refers in particular to the entries for last Term's and this Term's competitions. We ask our contributors, is this to continue? Is the Fritillary to lower its exacting standard, or is the prose to rise to the height demanded? We cannot be mistaken in declaring that the second is the only alternative which can be acceptable to our readers ; our standard is not an impossible one, nor is it an unfair one. It has been reached, for example, by those three contributions just mentioned ; that it can be reached by other writers we are convinced. It would be a work of supererogation to recapitulate our advice of last Term's issue ; we can only suggest that there are a number of capable prose writers amongst our contributors who are suffering from a chronic attack of the disease popularly known as itflovAta. We can suggest, too, that the Long Vacation is an excellent season for the curing of such an ailment, and the cultivation of the dormant talent which we are undauntedly convinced must exist amongst a very fair proportion of our readers.

The number of entries for the three competitions announced last Term was extremely disappointing. Two fables, two short stories, and one article, are hardly a creditable record for four hundred odd people.

A prize of 5s. has been awarded to Miss D. H. Rowe, Somerville College, for a fable entitled The Bricksellers.' It has a local application

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which will doubtless appeal to our readers. The sting in the second line is perhaps hardly deserved ;but the neat implication of the couplet, 'Gaining indeed,' &c., shows the touch of the true satirist. The couplet form, too, is cleverly managed, and is well suited to the nature of a fable.

The other entry was more of a lyric than a fable ;a refrain especially hardly fits in with that particular type of verse. The idea of it was charming, but seemed slightly incongruous when cast into that form.

The solitary entry for the humorous article competition was on Minor Poets. A prize of 5s. has been awarded for it to Miss Dalglish, St. Hilda's Hall. It did not receive quite the type of treatment we were expecting, but that was not the fault of the author, and could not influence the award. In this particular article the Minor Poet is, we feel, a slightly pathetic figure ;we had imagined that the title would suggest an opportunity for some spicy local satire on the species, as it is met in Oxford.

We had hoped that the alternative subject— Oxford Cakes and Oxford Cafés—would have appealed tomany ;no one, however, rose to the bait.

The two short stories received were both quite impossible ; their puerility was amazing, and the bathos of 'The Fool and the Futurist' was a revelation even to the long-suffering Fritillary Committee. We were certainly flattered at the ready assimilation of our last Term's advice as to the tucking in of loose ends, but in justice to ourselves we would like to point out that such a dictum does not bind the writer to marry off all the 'Revolt characters in the last paragraphs ! The of Molly' seems to have been written with an anticipatory eye upon our criticism. It is as if its author mentally beheld us saying What ' a sweet and childlike simplicity! ' ;and so had written to achieve that effect. The verdict of the Committee was childish,' ' not childlike, and affectation,' not simplicity. It seems hardly necessary to add that no prize has been awarded in this division.

In the hope that the Long Vacation will give our contributors time to produce a generous crop of effusions in both poetry and prose, it has been decided to offer four prizes of half-a-guinea each for the following contributions, which are to be sent, as usual, under a pseudonym, direct to the Editor, Miss E. Grantham, St. Hilda's Hall, on or before the second Monday of the Michaelmas Term.

I. A prize of half-a-guinea will be awarded for a Narrative Poem in not more than 200 lines.

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A prize of half-a-guinea will be awarded for a poem of not more than too lines written in the stanza of Swinburne's Hertha.'

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A prize of half-a-guinea will be awarded for the best review of any book of modern poetry published this year.

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A prize of half-a-guinea will be awarded for a piece of poetical prose dealing with some local subject.

N.B.—The Editor reserves the right to withdraw entirely any or all of these prizes, or to alter the amount of any or all of them.

We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of our contemporaries, The Girton Review and the St. Leonards School Gazette.

the It3rick Sellers-11 fable.

IN ancient Sidon, centuries B.C. —(A city famed for its celebrity)— Custom decreed the youths should all prepare To drive a traffic in some useful ware.

Their sisters viewed with growing discontent Profit returned on wings of money spent,— Determining by similar expendence To gain their economic independence.

Doubtful on what commodity to fix They had 4 mind to trade in golden bricks, Whose solid worth outweighed in every eye Their lack of practical utility.

Straight to acquire the precious mineral They thronged the marts, explored each copious stall, Or, flocking to the temples, swift of pace, Worshipped the idols of the market-place,Assured that they to sister-souls as well, Could sell in turn what these in turn could sell, And thus establish its perpetuation From generation unto generation.

But some there were ignored the ancient sense In which their presence might appear offence,— Forgot that tact alone, and social grace Could recommend them to the market-place.

Unbalanced by their inhabitual load They strayed aggressively along the road— Nor noticed, on advertisement intent, That they were dropping bricks where'er they went.

At length some maid, revolving in her mind Wherein such commerce profited mankind Or how her stock she best might utilize, Proceeded thus her comrades to advise :—

THE FRITILLARY. ' Waste not your ineffectual hours to gain That which at last ye can but sell again— While I my stock of golden bricks set out 'Twas useless lumber that I hawked about ; Now, mingled side by side with clay and loam, They help to build the fabric of my home, Gaining, indeed, through this ingenious trick, The value of an ordinary brick— Fear not your merchandise will lose its worth Building it in with bricks of common earth,— Nor count it cheapened in the servile station Of fashioning a human habitation,— While as to your superfluous stock-in-trade— ' The moral of this tale has been mislaid!

D. H.

ROWE,

Somerville College.

/Minor Poets.

THEY have asked again and again for a ticket to Parnassus, but through panic, fear or some natural disability they gasped and stuttered, and the clerk who serves Apollo is busy and short of patience. So still they sit on the platform watching Fame and Popularity wish others a safe journey. Each time that they would arise and join them there rises too the grisly phantom of a critic who paralyses them with his glittering eye.

A piteous figure. our poet. At his heels pant ribald reviewers ; ambition unsatisfied and art athirst for revenge impend upon him as cloudy giants ; round his bed Vergil and Pope keep watch, fresh from triumphs over Bairus and other victims executed in half a line.

March is popularly supposed to see his maturity. ' When daffodils begin to peer ' you find him leaping round them in joy. This is the season when you may turn to the reviews and find them sentenced with half-a-dozen of his fellows, all bound with fetters of sarcasm and branded with the perennial jest of the critic.

But the myth is dead which made him the forerunner of Spring, and saw the shivering slave of the Nine fluting in a barren wood and suffering from a heavy cold ! Years have made his talent a perpetual flower. With the first autumn days he takes the road to watch his hopes fall as yellow leaves to the ground, and paint the wild sunset with his heart's blood.

How may we know this Chameleon, this versatile wit? Often at his side is the haunting presence of a dead love ; round him hover vain dreams, and youthful passions rather the worse for wear, and an imperfect memory. Before him fly bright, elusive phantoms, and among them a smile from the Spectator, a caress from the English Review, on whose cover he would gladly see his picturesque and sonorous name. Not for him an age without a name, much less a crowded

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hour he will have many syllables, and those mystic and harmonious.

His habitat varies with the changing year ; now he will live in the West Country, where Devon has unique advantages as to rhyme ; sometimes he treads an interminable white road dissecting moor and down—and this preferably at dawn or sunset buffeted by an undying wind which ever threatens to tear his MS. from his hand. Again, towered cities' please him, and he spends a week-end in Edinburgh or Oxford. Yet again he tastes the bitterness of exile ; and there has lately been discovered the species which grows up in offices and slums, where the poet dips his pen in mud and pawns his lute with a Futurtist background of dustbins and broken windows.

Last, chronologically, comes the Minor Poet Militant, who worships an Apollo in puttees.

To what end this striving, this beating of the air? Speak, tell us, thou builder of paper boats to sail on Helicon's waters, waters which thou canst not taste undiluted. Whence and whither?

Whither, do we say ? Surely the critic who drives his censorious steam-roller has hung up the warning, No Thoroughfare,' outside Elyshim. Can the minor poet ever wrench it away and force a victorious entrance? Surely not !

Even the illustrious Minor Poet may not often adventure thus and become least among the great, after a probation of greatness among the lesser. Would he be happy then? The Apolline garb would no doubt be an uncomfortable misfit.

Better to reign in Hell D. N. DALGLISH, St. Hilda's Hall. ;

3nvention.

(Continued from the last number.)

IN the Third, we ran a magazine of our own.

Twigg was both editor and printer. He owned the printing press and made experiments in wood engraving, but these had not yet reached a practical stage, and such illustrations as we had were produced by a vague and unimpressionable jelly.

Playfair, the second member of the editorial staff, was our only illustrator deserving of the name, and in the prevailing dearth of literary contributions, I made shift to supply the need.

We fell into the way of meeting in Twigg's den, to devise means and discuss material.

On one of those rare half-holidays when we had all three escaped detention, the editor summoned us to admire some blocks he had made, and to submit our stuff.' There was a good supply of apples in the window seat, and we settled down to a busy afternoon.

Now then, let's have the pictures,' said the editor, between bites : Playfair drew out a crumpled roll. '

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What's this? Illustration or original? ' T'other and which,' returned Dick, that's to illustrate Jum's yarn, and this is a fancy picture of Straps '. Take 'em or leave 'em as you like.'

Topping,' said Tony, flourishing an outrageous caricature of Mr. Leather, contrived in geometric wise.

Ah, but this ! Now this, you know, is absolutely It ! ' He doubled himself up over a broad sheet of line and colour.

Pity we can't reproduce the colour ! '—we chaffed Tony sometimes for his editorial airs,— 'Some day we must try our hand at it.'

By the look of it, you have been trying yours already ! ' put in Dick.

Tony rubbed some of it off on him and returned to his appreciation.

I love your sails, Dick ! Why, you can almost see the wind ! ' And his waves, and the bit of reef,' said I, It's just what I meant ! ' Is it? ' said Toby, well, let's have the yarn, and see how it fits.'

It's a true one this time,' said I, nothing loth to begin,—' Most of it happened to my grandfather on his first voyage ; but there's just a bit at the end I put in.'

Never mind,' said the editor, we can cut that out if the rest's good.'

Dick parted us, and I was soon well afloat among islands and lagoons. My ship anchored in a silent bay ; the stars came out over land and sea : shadowy forms moved to and fro between woods and shore. It was the hero's middle watch.—Suddenly, the silence was broken by the sound of oars.— Here Tony began to fidget : I missed the usual breathless silence and looked up. He was getting a book down from the shelf.

Can't you wait till I've finished? ' said I ; but he turned over the pages noisily, and then passed it to Dick : so I thought I would take no notice, and went on' He stood still and listened : the sound became clearer. Then, as he looked towards the shore, a sudden blaze. of torches lit up the sky.'

At this point Tony broke in : I suppose you think it's funny,' said he. I don't, so suppose you dry up.'

What do• you mean? ' I retorted, with heat.

Well,' he sneered, if you wanted to fool us, and weren't an idiot, you wouldn't have used the same words ! ' Look here,' said I, with a dangerous eye on him, I've had about enough. What is it you mean? ' ' Do you want us to believe your grandfather told you that yarn? ' He didn't. He told my mother, and she told me.'

• Oh, rot ! Pretty low down, anyway, to hide '

behind a woman,' said he.

Read that, and then tell us it was your grandfather !Poor, I call it ! ' He thrust the book into my hand. There, sure enough, were the very words •of my story in print ! I turned the book over. The title of it was Tales about Ships and the Sea.' There was no author's name : the inscription, To Anthony, from his aunt,' was no help.

Who• wrote it? I demanded, utterly amazed.

PerWonderful acting ! ' sneered Twigg. haps you did, since you know it so well.' ' I tell you I never saw it before in my life I ' I cried, and landed him one, for my patience was exhausted.

I say, you fellows,' said Dick, dragging us apart, hold on ! You can't fight here ! ' So we all went up to the common, where a ring of broom and some Scotch firs enclosed a bit of smooth turf, and when I had done with Tony, he shook hands and agreed that some shipmate of my grandfather's must have told the same yarns, and they had somehow got into print. I don't know whether I believed it myself, but I was determined at all costs not to discredit my mother.

So Tony went down to Otter's Pool to wash, and Dick went home to tea, and I to the top of Bare Hill, where I lay for a long time and watched the stars come out. '

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On the hill you could shake yourself free of dust and mire ; in the daytime you could watch men following different roads, and the river winding down to the sea. You could blot out the whole town with your hand, and the school with your thumb, and at night the very farms had disappeared, save when a few poor lights struggled out. You were alone With the stars and could shape your own course among them.

That night I came home by the longest way, through the Spinney and past Martin's Holt.

The wind had dropped; and in the lanes I trod upon the first leaves that had fallen. There were trees now on either hand, then scattered cottages, and at last rows of houses that shut me in. I looked up into a roof of mist, and forward into a blurr of yellow lights.

From the turn of our road I could see that the house door stood open, making a path •of light through the mist, and as I came into it, Joan ran out and caught me by the arm.

Oh, Jum ! Come in quick ! I don't know what's the matter : I think Father must be ill !

Mr. Gaunt came to see him, and Betty knocked ever so long at the study door, and couldn't make him hear—and then Mr. Gaunt went in, and Mother's there now—and oh, Jum, I'm so awfully frightened ! What shall we do? ' I took her hand, and we ran up the garden path. Mr. Gaunt met us at the door.

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As we went upstairs I seemed to shrink suddenly into a very little boy. It was somehow comforting to find our room just as usual. Betty brought in our supper. She made no answer to our questions ; but hugged us both, and burst out crying as she went away. Joan would eat nothing, but I was too hungry to resist : when I had finished, I felt ashamed, and went and sat with her on the hearthrug. She was crying• quietly and trying hard not to let me see.

We heard the whirr of the doctor's car, a heavy tread on the gravel, and the quiet closing of the door. Then I listened for them to come upstairs, and they came up slowly, as I knew they would, and halted on the landing below. Another door opened and shut, and after that I could hear no sound at all.

So we waited and listened, and at last I must have fallen asleep, for a dream that I had shows clear against the shadow of reality.

In my dream I was standing on a rook that rose out of a great sea of clouds, when suddenly the clouds began to race by me like waves. Then I saw a man's body floating by in the midst of them, and the face, turned up to the stars, was my father's. I sprang forward, but it vanished instantly, and I sank fathoms deep in an unsounded sea.

My own 'cry must have awakened me, for I started up to find Mr. Gaunt standing by my side. I looked at him, and knew at once that my father was dead.

A child's mind is a kind of picture-book, with some of the pictures coloured and others grey : a few, perhaps, that he remembers for their force or depth.

The days that followed stretch out in my memory like a long misty street : there are a few dim lights in it, and people moving about like shadows ; but no sound. I come to the end of this street, and look in at the window of a house.

Three people are there, in a familiar room ; my mother, and Joan, and Mr. Gaunt. So I came out of the mist into a warm glow, and shut the door. After that, there is the day when I sat in a corner with Joan, and my mother talked to a little strange man, whose words seemed to come out of him in dry chips like the notes of a starling. ' We have been through the papers, Mrs. Egerton,' he said. ' I think I may say that we have been through them thoroughly.' He coughed, and seemed unwilling to go on.

Yes,' said my mother, as if to help him. He coughed again.

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We have reason to fear,' he said at last, that a great deal of Mr. Egerton's property has been swallowed up in his invention.'

I know,' answered my mother, quietly, a great deal : perhaps all.'

He looked at her with a flicker of interest.

I am afraid it may be so : you expected it? ' Yes,' said my mother, in the same quiet voice, I think—I knew.'

Dear me ! Dear me ! ' said the little man, startled out of his dry notes, I had no idea of it : no idea, I assure you, Mrs. Egerton. I was afraid it would be a shock to you : your own annuity, of course, remains intact ; but—ah--have I your permission to proceed? ' My mother bowed.

We submitted the plans and models to experts : their report shows—conclusively, I fear— that the invention has not reached a stage—that is to say, it has little value, from a commercial point of view.' My mother's steady gaze gave him courage. He went on : I am extremely sorry—extremely sorry—Mrs. Egerton, that the report is not more encouraging. If you wish it, we can consult other authorities ' No, no,' said my mother, I am sure you have done everything that is possible.'

Then she added, with a glance at us, I was thinking of the children. I—I think I knew.' * * It must have been soon after this that Joan and I met in the nursery to discuss new and important problems. My mother was much occupied in her own room, and we decided not to go to her until we had something definite to propose. It was clear that things could not go on as if nothing had happened. The Twiggs, when their father died, had gone to live in a little house,—' Quite, quite a weeny little house,' Joan said, with appreciation, and they did all the work themselves. They didn't even have a Betty. And Marjory went to the Arbuthnots, and took care of their baby for them—I should love to take care of a baby for somebody,' said Joan.

So we got out the papers and hunted through the advertisements, to see if anybody had a baby that wanted taking care of. Quite a. number of people wanted nursery governesses.

But they have to be ladies,' said Joan ; that means, I should think, they must be quite grown up.'

French and German desirable,' I read, so that's no good. What a pity ! You would have got eighteen pounds if you had known French and German, and been quite grown up ! ' That's a lot of money, isn't it ,' said Joan ; I wonder if they give it to you all at once?'

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So we decided that Joan must apply herself to Mrs. Beeton, without delay.

I bent over a new column.

I shall probably go into an office,' I mentioned, casually. Preparation, in my own case, seemed unnecessary. Already I was looking back on my schooldays from the city point of view.

I should meet the fellows on my way to the station, and they would envy my bag and my tall hat. I must look in at the old school now and then : Dick and Tony would doubtless come to me for advice ; Grant would drop in of an evening for a smoke—' I shall start work at the office,' said I, with decision, as soon as the holidays begin ' The office ! echoed my mother at the door, what office, dear? is that a new game? I don't seem to have heard of it before.'

We made her sit down, and she listened quite gravely while we explained.

Then she kissed us and laughed a little, as Joan used to sometimes when she was trying not to cry.

You dears,' she said, they are beautiful plans. I wish I had thought of them myself ; but, you see, I found out a long time ago,—when you were both quite little,—that your father would need a great deal of money for his work ; so I had to make plans for us all. I had always been fond of making lace, so I decided to sell some of it ; but it was slow work, and I couldn't make enough. Then I thought of writing down some of our stories Oh, my goodness ! ' I burst out, for I was beginning to understand.

I sent some of them to a magazine,' said my mother, and other children liked them too : and then the publisher suggested making them into a book Mother, Mother ! ' I cried, ' It was you wrote that book about the sea ! My goodness! What an ass I was not to guess ' I think,' said my mother, they are nearly all about the sea.'

Then, of course, we wanted to know how many books there were, and all about all of them ; but she said we knew them much better than she did.

Afterwards she owned up to six at least, and we tried to talk about them all at once.

It was long before we came back to our starting point. When we did my mother said, at any rate we should be no poorer than we had always been.

My tall hat had blown away almost unnoticed : I was thinking what the fellows would say.

But, Mother, do you mean everything will go on as—as it always has? ' asked Joan.

It was some time before my mother answered then she said : I think, dear—very much as it always has.'

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Vartatton on an OR) tbente.

Old King Cole wasa merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he!

He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three.

The guests were gone, the banquet done, The wizard hour drew nigh ; And high aloof on gilded throne Sprawled satiate majesty.

His ermined sleeves flowed widely down, His lofty brow upreared a crown, Perchance a shade awry !

And, as his mastiff crouched• below, He scratched him with a scarlet toe.

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A kneeling lackey brimmed the bowl To purple-hearted pride ; His pipe was brought for royal Cole With dull narcotics plied.

The fragrant smoke curled blue and thin, And on the walls its mirrored twin Went swiftly up beside.

And lastly, by express decree, He summoned forth his fiddlers three.

The first was clad in cloth-of-gold With small bells hung thereon,— The next, resplendent to behold In silvery tinsel shone.

The third, whose eyes were flames of steel, Was black as night from head to heel, And strangely woe-begone.

These were the three his page must bring To play in turn before the king.

The first musician bent his head And never a word said he— But ere he drew a note or two You heard a bird's song breaking through !

Whether it flowed above, below, It seemed that none could tell, But would appear no man might hear But he must sing as well !

Sing ho! Sing hey! Sing holiday !

Sing under the dawn and far away!

For never a tune was half so gay As the song of a bird in the month of May.' '

The second fiddler tuned his string And never a word he said— Like a magician conjuring He wove a charm instead . .

And soon beneath his rhythmic stroke the hall was filled with dancing folk, With hum of low-voiced laughter and the stir of old brocade ; .

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flected in the polished floor To light a thousand tinkling heels across the masquerade— Till at the height, through waves of light, swift and more swift revolving, The vision reeled and shook apart, the strain grew faint and rare,— And note by note swung down the scale, melodiously dissolving, It slipped like amber from a string, it trembled into air . .

And left His Majesty sublime With lifted finger counting time.

The youngest minstrel took his bow And, as he turned about, Across the hush, confused and low, A little tune crept out, Like evening winds prevailing Above still waters secretly, Or chime of echoes failing From countless bells rung under sea— Thus seemed it to imperial Cole His senses to pervade ; So drowsily the music stole About him as he played— Till through the rafters intertwined An undertone more deep Proclaimed that ancient but convivial mind Symphoniously asleep.

D. H. R.

Zrbe SentioaoDbesses.

BY STEPHEN JAMES.

I. THE road was white, with splashes of sunlight and dark stains of shadows. Sharp trees jutted out into the road. Houses rolled down into the road and climbed easily and peacefully into houses again. At the end stood a pink brick building which, like some infectious disease, seemed to spread and spread ; it was an abortion of civilization, a justification of the sin of sterility.

Out of the building and up the road came two Women and a Dog. They were very beautiful.

It may be surprising to learn that the name of the first woman was Mary, and the name of the second woman was Sculpture. For some way they walked in silence. Sculpture spoke first.

Sister,' she said, you ' are depressed. You have remained silent for half-an-hour. You have passed no comment on anyone we have met.

You have wholely abstained from the hermaphroditic propagation of automatic ideas. For all this is no cause shown?'

She replied mildly, I have attained to all the wisdom that I am fitted to bear. In the space of one week no new book has been written. I buy all the books that are worth reading, and I spend no more in the year on them than I spend on biscuits. There is no longer an horizon before my eyes.'

Sister, these are weighty reflections ; but I might observe, not to oppose your view but for the sake of conversation, that perhaps there are some things that you do not know.'

CbiIb's Zong about Engines.

Not known to other nations And scarcely known to mine, The little wayside stations We pass along the line.

Here are no towns or towers, No commerce with the world, But station-master's flowers With petals half uncurled.

The trains are hot and tired With running all the day, The engines' hearts are fired And burn and burn away.

But here are pleasant tidings Of country woods and lanes, And quiet friendly sidings That wait for tired trains.

N. M. H.

The Dog trotted stolidly down the road, with no apparent consciousness of the infinite about him. Presently he came upon a Cat, sitting by the side of the way. The Cat, forgetful of his dignity, was contemplating a weasel, which he had slain. It lay at his feet ; it was quite dead, and on his face was an expression of ill-concealed emotion.

God be with you,' said the Dog, and, repressing a smile, he focussed his vision on the tip of his nose and began to meditate profoundly. In another moment he would have become oblivious of the road, the Cat, and the weasel, but the Cat shortened his meditation by a self-conscious chuckle.

The Dog, with an effort, detached his eyes from his nose and his mind from his maxim.

Is it eating you're after?' said he.

I wouldn't say a word against that,' said the Cat. Sure the sight of you is pleasant to me,' answered the Dog, the way I'd be glad to stay and show you how to eat ; but isn't it the duty I '

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have to follow after these women, and see that they come to no harm? ' You may go, and welcome,' said the Cat, for haven't I had plenty of experience myself ? ' Chaos,' replied the Dog, ' is the first condition, Order is the first law, Continuity is the first reflection, Quietude is the first happiness. Our brother is dead. Bury him.'

Mary be with you,' said the Cat. Mary and Patrick be with you,' said the Dog. So saying, he returned his eyes to his nose and his mind to his maxim, and went on his way.

Round a bend in the road they came upon a girl, gazing at a patch of sky through a gap in the trees. There was the whole sky to gaze at above her head, but she preferred to gaze at it through a gap in the trees. She was speaking : Unsubstantiality is the greatest truth ; Adoration is inconsequence ; Logic is intuition. Is the University anything more than an extension of our female consciousness, or are we weaker vessels, only projections of the University's antennae? ' We are not,' said Sculpture.

The girl gazed at her with limpid eyes. ' I do not know you, Sister. My name is Crulea, and I am looking for Eternity. Just now I had nearly attained to it, but you have broken the vision.'

Come I am sorry for that,' said Sculpture. now along with us, and maybe you will be able to find it again.'

II. They entered the town. The town was chiefly remarkable for the variety of people to be seen there. They were like no other people upon earth. The shabby people were the most disreputable ever seen, the smart people were the most extraordinary ever seen, the wise people were the wisest in the world, and the scoundrels were the happiest scoundrels that ever existed.

There were conceited men who paid great attention to their appearance, and there were men, conceited men, who paid no attention at all.

There were officious men who seemed bursting with their own importance, absent-minded men who forgot that they were important, and men of no importance at all. There were people whose one idea was to go as fast as possible ; others whose one idea was to go slowly, or stand still. Nobody paid the slightest heed to anyone else. There were policemen who tried to regulate all these classes and were continually being mortified by their own inefficiency . . .

Through the town they passed and out to the hill beyond. Mary and Sculpture talked without ceasing. for their opinions were diametrically opposed, neither was there any subject on which they could agree. So each spoke what was in

her mind, and neither waited for the other.

Cwrulea walked a little apart seeking to recover Eternity.

With what skill did she search for it ! She could pick visions from the lank chaps of a lecture room ; she inhaled illusion from the Cher or the Baths of Merton. She picked it from hedges and palings ; she would steal it so subtly from the wise, that they never felt her hand in their pockets. She stole the eggs of thought from the seer, and hatched them so that the chickens passed for her own.

As they approached the top of the hill the evening mists were gathering, and it was dark under the trees. On the highest point a pillar of light grew before their eyes, taking shape as they approached. The travelle rs stopped in wonder.

In the middle of a thorn-bush stood three figures.

They were very tall and plue ; peacocks' feathers were in their hair. They were as naked as an iceberg, or a needle, or the back of your hand ; they were very naked. On the left stood one who was the tallest and fairest ; on the right the shortest and ugliest ; the third was swift and strong, and had an air of animal well-being.

Good morning, Mister Honey,' said Mary, addressing the Short God. It must be very uncomfortable standing there, and you with no clothes on. I wouldn't wonder if you were cold now, and hungry, too? ' We are that,' said the Short God. Sculpture a grap,' said Mary, have we anything to eat? ' There's egg-sandwiches, and apples, and a packet of tea you could boil up if we had but a fire.' Then, turning to the Gods, 'Maybe you'd like something to cover you,' she remarked politely, you'd be warmer so, when we are sitting down. And she pointed out to them a place in the hedge a little way down the hill, where she had seen a bundle of clothes. These turned out to be short, black. rather tattered garments, inadequate truly, but better than nothing. She then turned her attention to making the tea, while the others arranged themselves tastefully round the fire.

He's going to enlist, you know,' explained the Short God, indicating the Tall God with a movement of his head. It's all a matter of nerves, of course ; he was always like that. Isn't it a sad thing? ' ' I've known sadder,' remarked Sculpture, tartly. and she moved round to the other side of the fire, and seated herself beside the Tall God. Mary assented, however, and then began kissing the Dog on the nose, and pouring remarks into his ear.

Don't do that,' said the Short God. It makes me sick to see you wasting kisses on a dumb beast. Heathen and unnatural, I call it.'

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it.'

I don't believe the dog does like it ; and if you must be kissing somebody, why not me? ' And why would I be kissing yourself? demanded she. Aren't you my little brother's friend, and haven't I known you from the cradle?

At this the Short God became depressed, and began to reflect on his merits, taking the world into his confidence : I'm a hell of a fellow,' he said, and everybody admits it.'

Sure, you are full Crulea aroused herself.

Can you tell me now, what of fun,' said she. is the Greatest Thing in the world?

The Greatest Thing in the world is Male Intellect,' said the Short God. I I do not agree with you,' said Mary. think that Sex is the Greatest Thing in the world.

Originality is self-appreciation Contradiction is continuity these things are Male and Female, and until they are married there can be no completeness.'

You are both quite wrong,' said Sculpture.

The Greatest Thing in the world is neither Male Intellect nor Sex ; it is Tea. Tea is a very sustaining drink at all times, especially during the small hours of the morning. I have frequently wondered why cats do not take tea to south their nerves, instead of giving voice to such hideous cries, which are unpleasant to us and can give very little real satisfaction to themselves.'

The consumption of tea,' said the Short God, is an unnecessary and wasteful habit. Men are perfectly well able to do without it, but women, for some obscure and possibly functional cause, imbibe it in large quantities, though they would probably be far better without it. I have never been able to discover any real need which it supplies. I merely submit to it as a social institution.'

Directly they had finished eating, Cwrulea got up and went away. The others sat on round the fire. A star opened his eye and winked slily at them, then, seeing he was all alone, shut it again.

A moment later he grew bolder, and re-opening his eye, stared saucily at the group on the hill.

Slowly the Women and the Dog rose to their feet.

Got to get back to school? queried the Short God. Sculpture turned to go, Mary joined her, and without a word they went down the hill together. '

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Aged folk and children are come, Stricken women, tottering through Glare and darkness, ruins of home, Out from the land whose voice they knew.

Land of castles, deep in the woods, Land of homesteads, pensive and low, Land of worship, over thee broods All the wonder of long ago.

How thy waters duskily gleam Oft as eve bewitcheth the wood, Like some strange, ineffable dream Near to the great shy heart of God.

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LITTLE Greatheart, weary and worn, Reeking nought of pain or reward, Say, what fools, in folly of scorn, Dared to despise the dreamer's sword?

We would bring you home to the land.

We would share your exquisite soul, Tend your wounds with reverent hand, Learn to comfort and make you whole.

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Abe artist.

I HAVE neither love to give you Nor spirit of kind, Nor any sweetness of friendship, Nor rest of mind, Nor any joy but joy in myself And glory in my mind.

I shall never bring you comfort Nor return your faith.

I shall never give you meekness, Rememb'ring death.

And the greatest love I bear for you Is lighter than our breath.

But I shall never meet you In other years With sorrow or repentance Or falling tears, And I shall never seek your eyes As solace for my fears.

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I will wrench from the dust I work in, I will forge in my lonely game, And fling some day at your feet, love, A blood-stained god of fame.

U. E. F.

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✓ XaMination 1ReSilltS. HILARY TERM, 1915.

First Public Examination: Honour School of Classics. Class I—H. M. Broadbent (S.C.); Class II—F. M. T. Levett (L.M.H.), H. Lister (S.C.); Class III—E. Beames (S.H.C.), D. N. Dalglish (S.H.H.), L. Davies (S.C.), G. Edwards (L.M.H.), A. E. Murray (S.C.); Class IV—H. M. Buckhurst (S.C.), H. G. Vaughan (S.H.C.).

Satisfied the Examiners : H. Walker (S.H.H.).

First Public Examination: Pass School. S. Abram (L.M.H.), H. C. Allen (S.H.C.), M. M. Barber (S.C.), D. Boothby (S.H.C.), N. C. Carter (S.H.C.), M. N. Davis-Colley (S.H.C.), K. Edwards (L.M.H.), C. Elliott (S.H.H.), U. M. EllisFermor (S.C.), C. Fitzgerald (S.H.H.), I. C. Gurney (S.C.), N. H. Hughes (S.C.), E. IvelorChapman (L.M.H.), H. Leys (S.H.H.), C. Lloyd (S.H.H.), E. Macaulay (L.M.H.), 0. Moberley (L.M.H.), M. Moore (S.H.C.), M. Philp (S.C.), T. Schenzinger (S.C.), M. Scouloudi (S.C.), K. Shepherd (L.M.H.), R. Skilbeck (S.C.), K. Watson (S.C.), L. M. Wood (S.C.).

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President—N. CAVE, L.M.H. Secretary—M. SHUFELDT, S. H. H. Treasurer—G. VAUGHAN, S.H.C.

At the first meeting of this Term the motion before the House was : ' That this House would deprecate the total prohibition of the sale of alcoholic liquors during the war.'

The Mover, MISS CARTER (S.H.C.), dealt with the inadvisability of total prohibition both from an economical and from a moral standpoint. The first part •of her speech was sound and well argued, and she showed clearly the extreme difficulty of compensation, both to our own people and to our Allies. In discussing the question from the moral side she made her points well, though she seemed rather to minimise the evils of drink.

On the whole her speech was distinctly above the average of those heard in this House. She speaks clearly, has an interesting manner, and is not too dependent on notes.

The Opposer, MISS WEBSTER (O.H.S.), failed to make a very good case for prohibition. She will be a more effective speaker when she learns to address the House with assurance. As it was, her speech made little impression, chiefly owing to her diffident and hesitating manner.

The Third Speaker, MISS COLE BAKER (L.M.H.), made very fair use of her short time, and pointed out that, as we were fighting for the ideal of freedom, prohibition would be a sacrifice

of our principles. She spoke fluently and clearly, traits which are much to be encouraged in, our 0. S. D. S. speakers.

The Fourth Speaker, MISS HUGHES (S.H.H.), was distinctly the better of the two speakers against the motion but she, too, failed to state the case for her side very convincingly, though doubtless it was hard to do so in the short time at her disposal. Her delivery was very fair, but it suffered from a lack of effectiveness and force.

Public discussion was distinctly above the average, there being about it a life and go which is extremely unusual. The case against prohibition was well sustained, though some of its supporters unfortunately seized the opportunity to indulge in exaggerated and unjustifiable criticisms of the labouring classes. For prohibition, the most conspicuously good speaker was Miss Buckle (L.M.I-I.); she brought out some telling points for her side, and by her own obvious interest in her subject gained the attention of the House.

Miss Winters (S.C.) also spoke well.

At the division the motion was carried by 17 votes.

At the second meeting the motion before the House was That in the opinion of this House the settlement of International disputes by arbitration is an impracticable ideal.'

The attendance was extremely small ; this was no doubt due in part to quarantine.

The Mover, MISS MCGREGOR (S.C.), laid the case against arbitration clearly before the House, and her matter was obviously carefully prepared, but she lacks the qualities which make a good speaker. She completely failed to hold the House, and her hesitating delivery made it impossible for her arguments to carry their full weight.

Much the same criticism might be made of the Opposer, Miss PococK (S.H.H.). Her speech was sound and careful, but she made no effort to convince the House, and lacked both energy and any trace of enthusiasm.

The Third Speaker, Miss MooRE (S.H.C.), made an energetic, not to say impassioned speech, almost without notes, two facts which are greatly to her credit ; but her speech, unlike those of her predecessors, was lacking in sound argument ; indeed, at times it was hard to tell on which side she was speaking or how her words bore on the case in point. But at least she brought a little life into the discussion when it was sorely needed.

The Fourth Speaker, Miss STOCK (0.H. S.), will speak much better when she has got over her first nervousness at addressing the House.

As it was, her speech was very halting ; but it was not lacking in certain good points.

Public discussion descended again to its usual low level, but this was no doubt due to the depressing influence of an almost empty House ; Miss Shufeldt (Sec., S.H.H.), however, spoke well

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It is always a pleasure to hear Miss Winters speak ; she never fails to gain the attention of the House, both on account of the interest of her remarks and the pleasantness and effectiveness of her manner. She is distinctly the best debater who takes an active part in the discussions of the House.

At the division the motion was lost by seven votes.

N. CAVE (President).

OXFORD UNITED HOCKEY CLUB. Captain—E. MALLE S ON (L.1\4. H.).

Secretary—D. BRYAN (S.C.).

The match against Cambridge was played on March 17th this year, on the usual ground at Richmond. Oxford had a good chance of winning throughout the game ; they fought hard, and at no time were they overplayed by their opponents.

Oxford scored the first goal during the first ten minutes by a good shot from the left-inner, made accurately and quickly before the Cambridge defence had time to realise the danger.

Cambridge then attacked hard, but the defence, admirably supported by the goal-keeper, succeeded in keeping them out until nearly half-time : however, after several exciting moments, they scored one goal.

Shortly after half-time an oversight on the part of the left-back allowed Cambridge to score the last goal of the game from a well-taken roll-in.

After that Oxford had the game practically to themselves, Cambridge making several rushes which were skilfully checked by the goal-keeper ; the Oxford forwards were, however, unable to get the ball into the goal, and so the game ended with the score 2-1 in favour of Cambridge.

Team :—Forwards : *Flemming (L. M. H.), *Bryan-Brown (L. M.H. ), *Pearse (L. M. H. ), *Bryan (S.C.), *Chubb (S.C.) ; Halves: *White (S.C.), *Hill (S.C.), f Milvain (L.M.H.); Backs. *Malleson (L.M.H.), *Bishop (S.H.H.); Goal: *Bowes (L. M. H.). t Substitute for Young (S.C.) * Colours.

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From the first the Cambridge team rather set the pace, Oxford, as usual, allowing them to start away and make the game. Still, Oxford managed to put up a good fight, and played on the whole a far better game than at the end of Term.

Left attack wing played a remarkably good, fast game, taking the ball right up the field again and again. She scored two excellent goals off long, hard, high-bouncing shots from the wing.

Right attack wing made a good substitute, but should have trusted her homes more near the goal. The homes were less effective than they might have been if znd home had shown more determination either to shoot or to pass. The defences played up well individually, but did not combine very well in the centre. Their slowness in marking prevented their coping really effectively with the Cambridge attack. The weakness of the defence wings may have accounted for this partly ; left defence wing, although a sound player, was slow, and right defence wing was put back from the attack for the occasion, as the proper defence had lost her train. Goal played exceedingly well.

On the whole the game was an enjoyable one, fast and close, although a little unusual in character. The goals at half-time were 3-2 against us, and at time 4-3. Cambridge always scored the leading goal (with the exception of the first) as soon as Oxford caught them up.

It would not be presumptuous to say that if Oxford had had their full team and if a large number of the XII playing had not been suffering from influenza during the week-end, we ought to have won.

Team :—Attack: 1st home, Whitley (S.C.); znd home, Bedford (S.C.); 3rd home, Stacey (L.M.H.); znd attack, *Hall (S.H.C.); ist attack, Flemming (L.M.H.); cover, Lupton (S.C.).

Defence: 3rd• man, Upjohn (I M. H.) ; coverpoint, Arning (S.C.); point, Ryland (S.C.); right defence, Buckley (S.C.); left defence, Atkins (O. H. S.) ; goal. *Young (S. C. ). * Miss Hall and Miss Young were substitutes for Miss Wood (S.C.) and Miss Rudd (L.M.H.).

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E. L. M. OXFORD STUDENTS LACROSSE CLUB. Captain—E. STACEY (L. M. H.).

Secretary—F. G. LUPTON (S. C. ).

Treasurer—J. FLEMMING (L. M. H.).

The third Cambridge match was played on the Richmond Athletic Ground on Wednesday, March 17th, both ground and weather presenting a favourable contrast to the impossible conditions of last year.

OLD STUDENTS' LAWN TENNIS CLUB. Captain—S. G. BRYAN-BROWN (L. M. H.).

Hon. Secretary—E. T. GLENDAY (S. H.C.).

Hon. Treasurer—I. D. BRYAN (S.C.).

The Oxford VI has been experimenting this year with a new form of tennis, which it is hoped may become permanent in the Club. This halfway line game has many advantages, and should be extremely effective if players can develop sufficient quickness and accuracy in volleying.

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the methods of the game were of the greatest value. The Club is most grateful for the trouble he took, for the encouragement he gave, and for his untiring patience. He thought that there was no reason why the first and second couples should not settle into the half-way line quite satisfactorily, and that with practice they might hope to play a winning game. Taking this into consideration, the match against London University may perhaps be regarded as experimental, and better things may be hoped for when Oxford meets Cambridge next month. Against London, Miss Bryan and Miss Lewis were both handicapped, the one by a strained wrist and the other by a strained shoulder, and unfortunately it is doubtful whether Miss Lewis will be able to play again this Term.

The third couple is most satisfactory. Miss Fry, on the back line, is noticeable for her firstrate drives and steady play. Miss Arning's network is so good that she should make a point of getting up even more often and of using her height for killing every ball she can get at.

The members of the Oxford VI are :—Miss Bryan-Brown and Miss Lewis (L.M.H.), first couple ; Miss Bryan and Miss Lupton (S.C.), second couple ; Miss Fry (L.M.H.) and Miss Arning (S.C.), third couple.

Miss Glenday has been prevented by ill-health from playing in matches.

Two selection meetings have been held, and the following have been admitted : Members— Miss Moberley (L.M.H.), Miss Crichton (S.H.H.), and Miss Welsford (L.M.H.). Associates—Miss Coode (L.M.H.) and Miss Macaulay (L. M. H.).

Only one match has been held, as the Old Students were unable to come because of quarantine.

May 29th. OXFORD v. LONDON.—This match was a hard fought one, resulting in a win for London. Oxford third couple did well in beating London second and third couples. The last event had to be abandoned to allow the London players to catch their train, so the final score remains undetermined.

It was decided at the beginning of Term that each College should be represented in the Cup matches by a VI instead of a couple. This decision has been fully justified by the higher standard of general College play which is already noticeable.

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WAR AND PEACE SOCIETY. A meeting was held on May 25th in St. Mary Hall. Members from L.M.H. were unfortunately unable to be present on account of quarantine.

Mr. Charles Roden Buxton, one of the great authorities upon the Balkan peninsula, gave us an extremely interesting address upon that subject. He explained the present condition of the various States and the large part played by them, not only in causing the present European War, but in all international relationships. The importance of nationality to all the States was strongly put forward•; any lasting settlement of the Balkans must, Mr. Buxton said, rest upon that basis. In accordance with this, amongst other changes, Austria should be split up, Bulgaria should regain her recently lost territory, and Greece should obtain part of the coast of Asia Minor. For the ensurance of the permanent security of the Balkan States and of all small nations, the only way, he urged, was by the substitution of a European partnership for the Balance of Power.

HUNDRED MOOT. Last Term an interesting lecture was given to the Hundred Moot by Professor Ker on Literary and Political History.' In dealing with this subject he strongly emphasised the importance of studying Literary in connection with Political History. He contrasted the lot of the literary and historical student, comparing the former to Aladdin, for, he said, the spirit of an author appears, like the genius of the lamp, to condemn the work of unenlightened critics.

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X CLUB. President—MISS ARNING (S. C.).

Secretary—Miss PETERSEN (O. H. S.).

Treasurer—Miss RUDD (L.M.H.).

Only one meeting of the X Club has been held so far this Term. It took place at St. Hugh's Hostel on May 28th, when Miss Arning read a paper on ' Osmotic Pressure and Surface Tension.' This she illustrated by many interesting experiments, including some with soap-bubbles, which greatly pleased her audience. Owing to the fact that L.M.H. and S.H.H. were in quarantine, there was an unusually small attendance of members.

Mr. Mavrogordato has kindly promised to speak at the next meeting on Diet and Training.'

THE FRITILLARY. THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY. The Women's Sub-Committee arranged a meeting on May 17th, when Miss Dorothy Sheepshanks, of the Women's Co-operative Guild, gave a most interesting address on ' The Value of Co-operation.' After explaining very clearly the ,_exact meaning of Co-operation as an economic factor, she dealt with the advantages that accrue to the consumer under the system, and illustrated her points with many interesting and amusing stories that have been collected by the Guild from amongst their working women members. Passing to the producers' point of view, she showed how the workers benefit materially as regards hours, wages, and conditions, and, what is more important, how they are able to take an active part in the control and organisation of their industry, as all employes can become voting members of their Societies.

Miss Sheepshanks also pointed out the value of the Women's Co-operative Guild as the only organised body of married working women, and she told us how it had recently obtained a great victory in the establishment of a minimum wage for all co-operative women workers.

It is to be hoped that all who heard Miss Sheepshanks' illuminating discourse will follow up her remarks by joining the University Society's Store and purchasing thereat, thus supporting in a practical manner the spirited venture started in Oxford last year, and at the same time helping to push forward a movement that is doing so much to assist and organise women workers.

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INTER-COLLEGIATE LIBRARY OF MODERN LITERATURE. This Term has seen the opening of the Intercollegiate Library of Modern Literature. As many people know, last Term Miss Spens called a meeting of representatives from all the Colleges to consider a plan which she had for an Intercollegiate Library. This library was to contain modern books of general interest, not necessarily novels. The idea was that it should provide the sort of books not found in the Nettleship and the College Libraries. After the first meeting of the representatives the organisation of the Library was left entirely to students. At the beginning of this Term another meeting was held, and a constitution has been drawn up by which it is provided that membership of the Library shall be open to all resident members of the recognised societies on payment of a terminal subscription of is. 6d. This subscription will be devoted to the purchase of books and the up-keep and cataloguing of them.

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The Library is to be kept in any one place determined by the members. At present the books are in a room at the top of i6 Ship Street, the Home Students' Common Room, which the Home Students have very kindly lent to us. The Library is open from to till 3 on week-days, and we have tried to keep the rules for the use of books as few and simple as possible. The business connected with the Library is to be managed by a Committee consisting of one representative for every ten members, elected yearly in the Lent Term. The Committee are empowered to elect one of their number as President, which office is to be a yearly one. The office of Librarian is to be undertaken by the representative from each College in turn, and is to be a terminal one. In the case of there being more than one representative from a College, the Committee will elect one of them as Librarian.

This Term there have been just over fifty members. We hope that many more will join next Term. This Term, too, there have necessarily been only a few books, although we have done our best to get as many good ones as possible with the money at our disposal. We all look forward to the day when there will be some Intercollegiate Building which will provide a home for the Library and 0.S.D.S., and which will serve as a common meeting place for all the Women Students in Oxford.

CONSTANCE INGRAM (Pres., I.L.M.L.).

UNION OF DEMOCRATIC CONTROL. A branch of the Union of Democratic Control has been started in Oxford, and this Term a Women's Group was formed from students at Lady Margaret Hall, Somerville, and St. Hugh's College.

The aims of the Society are not directed towards any interference with the present war policy of the Government ; they are only concerned with the question of a satisfactory settlement when peace is concluded.

Membership implies agreement with the four cardinal points on the programme, but the Union of Democratic Control is open toy associates who are only in partial agreement with its policy.

The Women's Branch intends to form a series of study circles on questions of politics and international relationship.

College Representatives:— Lady Margaret Hall—Miss M. E. Smith.

Somerville College—Miss M. E. Gibbins.

St. Hugh's College—Miss Parrott.

THE FRITILLARY. OXFORD UNIVERSITY FABIAN SOCIETY. There have been four general meetings of this Society this Term :Wednesday, May 12th.—Ernest Barker on The Principles of Peace.'

Friday, May 2f st.—Private Business Meeting.

Tuesday, May 5th.—Clutton Brock on William Morris.'

Friday, May 28th.—Private Business Meeting (specially called).

At the Private Business Meeting on May 21st a motion was proposed by Mr. Reckitt that : (f) This Society do not cease to be a part of the Fabian Society unless the resolution to that effect be supported by five-sixths of those present and voting ; (2) That this Society cease to remain a part of the Fabian Society.

An amendment was proposed and passed to alter five-sixths of those present to two-thirds of those present and voting.

'The second part of the proposal was then put to the meeting and, after much discussion, voted upon and lost, the votes being twenty-two for the motion and sixteen against.

At the Private Business Meeting on May 28th a proposal was made on behalf of the Executive that this Society become a group of the University Socialist Society about to be formed. This resolution was carried, and the meeting adjourned.

Immediately a meeting was held at which the new UNIVERSITY SOCIALIST SOCIETY was founded, the women's group, by the will of its members, becoming automatically a group of the new Society, it being possible for individuals still to remain members of the Fabian group and the London Fabian Society.

The Women's Research group founded at the end of last Term likewise became a part of 'the new Society and will continue to meet as before.

On May 6th this group met for the first time, and a paper was read by Mr. Reckitt on Lae under Capitalism.' The discussion, which was opened

by Miss Buckhurst, went on till nearly eleven o'clock. The group has met since then every fortnight, and papers have been read on What is Socialism? Syndicalist Criticism,' and Taxing the Rich.'

A Socialist Conference will be held in the third week in July at Painswick, in Gloucestershire.

Members who would like to take part in it are invited to apply to Miss Murray, Somerville.

Every week Miss Jex Blake has invited eight soldiers from the Town Hall to spend an afternoon. This has been a great pleasure to all who have helped to entertain them.

This is the last Term which will see us in Gunfield and Ascham Lodge, as we hope that our new wing will be opened by next October. It is sad to think of parting with Gunfield garden.

We are looking forward to the Second Year play in the last week of Term it is impossible to announce its title, as this is as yet known to the Second Year only.

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BOAT CLUB.—The Committee for the Summer Term consists of the following Captains :Sculling E. Williams, I. McColl, E. Stacey.

Punting M. Lewis, A. Wodehouse, D. Home.

Canoeing J Flemming, R. Welsford, J. Parsons. The following have qualified :—Hilary Term—Sculling : 0. Moberley. Trinity Term— Sculling S. Abram, K. Thomas, N. Cave, J. Parsons; Punting W. Brandt, E. Williams, D. Browning Canoeing R. Hales, J. Lovett, G. Webb. Energetic members of the Boat Club are practising punting most assiduously before breakfast, and will probably qualify at the end of this Term.

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LADY MARGARET HALL. There is little news of general interest, as we have been in quarantine for mumps almost since the beginning of Term.

HALL DEBATE, Hilary Term, 1913 (President, S. G. BRYAN-BROWN Secretary, J. PARSONS ; Whips, M. McCALL and I. McCoLL).—The fourth debate of Term was held on Tuesday, March 2nd.

The House, proceeding to public business, changed into a Court of Law. Mr. Justice Jamison, preceded by a mace-bearer, made his IN ay through the crowded court, which rose to its feet respectively, and took his seat amid an expectant hush. The clerk of the House announced the case—Crown v. de Vere Clifford, and swore in the witnesses. The case—one of forgery—was stated by the Counsel for the Crown, Mr. Hadow, who then called his witnesses, a varied assortment of worthies whose garments, and especially the costume of the p-assistant, evoked storms of applause flighty sho ;

THE FRITILLARY. After a searching cross-examination, Mr. Cave, the Counsel for the Defence, summarized the facts and evidence and summoned his witnesses.

The touching fidelity of the prisoner's old nurse was felt to be very affecting. This, perhaps, produced a reaction, for the levity of the court became such that his Lordship was forced to threaten to have it cleared.

After the concluding speeches of the two Counsels, Mr. Justice Jamison summed up in a manner eminently dispassionate, and the jury retired to consider their verdict.' The House was not kept long in suspense, for the case was plain.

The prisoner was declared not guilty, acquitted, and told that he left the court without a stain upon his character. It was a quarter to eleven when the Court adjourned.

A Sharp Practice was held on April 27th, when the two following motions were discussed with much energy That the cinematograph has been the greatest boon to modern civilization,' and That first year irresponsibilities are more enjoyable than third year sweets of office.' Both the motions were carried after exceptionally able speeches and well-sustained public discussion.

ESSAY CLUB.—On Wednesday, May 5th, Miss N. Cave read a paper on Darwinism,' in which she gave a very interesting account of Darwin's theories and discussed their relation to modern views on heredity and evolution. On Wednesday, May 26th, Miss Wordsworth very kindly read a delightful paper on Charm.' Miss Wordsworth gave her own definition of charm, both of persons and things, and concluded with a most amusing dialogue. On Wednesday, June 2nd•, Miss M. Marshall will read a paper on The Art of the People in the Middle Ages.'

Lucy BUCKLER, President. '

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M. Williams (Cheltenham

Ladies' College).

SOMERVILLE COLLEGE. The two events of the Term have been the migration to the St. Mary Hall Quadrangle of Oriel and the transformation of Somerville into a military hospital.

The move had to be made at very short notice, but, thanks to Miss Walton, it was done so skilfully that we found all our most treasured possessions in our new quarters at the beginning of Term. We feel very deeply indebted to Oriel for the loan of St. Mary Hall Quadrangle ; it is only large enough to hold roughly about half the students, and the others are distributed in lodgings in King Edward Street, Oriel Street, Merton Street and the Turl, but it serves as a very valuable common meeting ground for all.

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Somerville is now well established as a military hospital. It holds 300 beds, a good many of which are already occupied by wounded. The dining-hall has thirty beds in it, and is a very popular ward. A good many of the patients are convalescent, and for them the garden is a great resource ; cricket, bowls and clock-golf are always in full swing.

Miss Jones has completed her training at Guy's Hospital and begun work in an Anglo-American hospital at Yvet6t, near Rouen. Miss Kempson has joined her there without having time to finish the full course of training, as they needed helpers so urgently. Miss Olive Jopp and Miss Broster are also working at the same hospital.

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W.U.S.—On Whit-Monday a party of five elementary school teachers were invited to spend the day in Oxford. Somerville students entertained them, taking them on the river in the morning and over the colleges in the afternoon. Owing to the fact that no cheap excursion tickets were issued, we were not able to invite so many teachers as in former years. The weather proved very fine, and our guests were delighted with their visit.

SUFFRAGE SOCIETY.—The energies of the Suffrage Society have not been expended, as is usual in the Summer Term, on Self-Indulgence week, the general feeling being that people were already giving all that they could afford towards war funds, &c., and that the usual activities of the Society in the direction of cleaning shoes and taking photographs for small considerations would be out of place. We have, however, not been entirely inactive. Last Term we gave a certain amount of time every week to making bandages for the Scottish Federation Hospitals in France. At the beginning of this Term the Society undertook to join Miss Paxton's Tramp Club for some of the younger girls from the '

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Clarendon Press, and so far most fine Saturday afternoons have seen expeditions of four or five of these girls setting out to pick bluebells or what-not under the guidance of two Sornervilians.

We were unfortunately debarred from attending the meeting addressed by Mrs. Acland at Lady Margaret Hall owing to quarantine, but she very kindly offered to come and talk to us in our exile, and gave us an extremely interesting account of the possibilities of work in Belgium.

PARLIAMENT (Speaker, MISS JEBB ; Prime Minister, MISS KELMAN ; Leader of Opposition, Miss McGuEGou).—Owing to the party truce and

to the elimination of all controversial matters from discussion, only one Parliament was held during the Hilary Term, and took place on March 5th in the. College Hall. The Conservatives brought in a Bill for the establishment of National Service throughout the United Kingdom. Miss Kelman, the Prime Minister, ably put forward the claims of the State as against that of the individual, whilst Miss G. Hill lucidly explained the working of the Bill, and was supported

by Miss White and Miss Byrne. Miss McGregor, as Leader of the Opposition, deprecated the establishment of a system which bore the taint of militarism, and was ably seconded by Miss Scott Stokes, who pointed out the practical futility of the measure, being supported by Miss Winters and Miss Marshall. The debate was then thrown open, and a very lively and interesting discussion ensued, which showed that a party truce did not necessarily mean Parliamentary stagnation. The motion was then put to the vote and carried by a majority of one.

The 1st Year Parliament, which usually takes place during the Summer Term, is to be held on Friday, June 4th, the subject under discussion being Martial Law.' A full account of it will appear in the next issue.

TUB-THUMPERS (President, M. HOLMAN ; SecreROBERTS).-A meeting of Tub-Thumpers

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was held this Term on May loth, when Miss Byrne spoke on the solution of the Drink question. The discussion afterwards was very animated, and all who were present spoke. This marks a decided improvement on the debates of last Term, when most of the speaking was left to three or four enthusiastic members, who always rose nobly to the occasion. The Society welcomes three new members this Term—Miss Winters, Miss White and Miss Siepmann—while some of the old members have resigned owing to the exigency of Schools.' Another meeting was held on Wednesday, June 2nd, when Miss A. Murray addressed the Society on the question of ' Whether we have now happily outlived the antithesis of " Man versus the State." ' It was an extremely interesting meeting, and it was most

unfortunate that so few members were able to be present especially as there will be no more debates this Term.

TENNIS CLUB (Captain, I. D. BRYAN; SecreLUPTON ; Treasurer, D. ARNING).1St Six : Lupton and Bryan, Arning and Brittain,

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Whitwell and Ottley. 2nd Six : Scott Stokes and A. Murray, Wadham and Campbell, Marshall and Priestrnan. Matches : 1st Six v. Bedford College (won, 8—r), v. Reading (won, 5-4), v.

O.H.S. (won, 3-0), v. S.H.H. (won, 2-I), V. S.H.C. (lost, I 2), V. L.M.H. (not yet played), v. Bedford P.T.C. (not yet played). 2nd Six v. High School (won, 6-3), v. L.M.H. (not yet played). The play on the whole has been fairly good this season. Two new members, Campbell and Brittain, and one associate, Wadham, have been admitted into the Central Club, and Miss Lupton and Miss Arning have won their places in the Oxford Six. The matches have so far been successful, with the exception of that against St. Hugh's, which we lost 2-I. The znd Six played well against the High School, winning six matches to three, Miss Wadham and Miss Campbell especially distinguishing themselves. It would be an improvement if the whole six would hit harder and exhibit more dash and firmness in dealing with the ball. More attention should be paid to placing.

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ST. HUGH'S COLLEGE. College activities have been carried on as energetically as ever this Term, our first with Miss Jourdain as Principal. There have been InterHouse tennis matches and boating competitions, and a most exciting cricket match, in which a First Year XI challenged an XI drawn from the other Years. This enterprise on the part of the First Year was a great success, and we hope that a return match may be played before very long.

At the beginning of Term the Second Year arranged a variety entertainment, the proceeds of which were sent to help the French Military Hospital at Foix, where Miss Lawson Lewis is at present nursing. Miss Vaughan is to be congratulated on her excellent interpretation of Mrs. Green,' a Cockney charwoman. Scenes from the ' Cautionary Tales ' were received with loud applause, and the play, ' Congratulations,' in which Miss Nicholas as ' Edna and Miss Richards as ' Dick ' played the leading parts, was thoroughly appreciated. In the play, Edna and Dick are represented as both carrying off First Classes in the History School at Oxford, and the confusion caused by the congratulations on their intellectual success and their supposed engagement, ending in a real one, caused much amusement, '

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We all feel very sad at saying ' Good-bye' to the original buildings of St. Hugh's this Term, but the new College and the beautiful garden in St. Margaret's Road are so very attractive that we, who are going down, feel very envious of our friends who are going to make the change in October.

We are glad to welcome Miss Bullen as Domestic Bursar this Term, and hope that she will be very happy at St. Hugh's.

V. C. MURRAY. DEBATING SOCIETY (President, MISS BROWN ; Secretary, Miss T. EvANs ; up and Down Girl, Miss BEASLEY).—Only two meetings have been held this Term. The first took the form of a Sharp Practice, the motion being ' That there is nothing either good' or bad, but thinking makes it so.' The House spoke on the subject with considerable warmth, but the abstract nature of the subject, together with the fact that members had risen betimes according to the custom of May Morning, made the general trend of the argument difficult to follow. The House was fairly evenly divided in its views, as the motion was lost by only six votes. At the second meeting a set debate was held. The motion before the House was That training for teaching is beneficial to our educational system.' Miss Truman, who proposed the motion, spoke from personal experience, and made her points with clearness and conviction. Miss Moore, who opposed Miss Truman, spoke with less knowledge of her subject, and was in consequence less convincing, but her fluent delivery and original humour should make her a good speaker on a more congenial subject.

Public discussion was not enthusiastic, and took the form rather of questions put to the Proposer than of actual discussion. The subsequent division showed that the House was almost unanimously agreed as to the duty of the would-be teacher, as the motion was carried by twenty-six votes to two.

PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—Although this Term again we have had frequent outside meetings, they have not shown such a decided preference for Wednesday evening. The Philosophical Society has therefore carried on business as usual.

Its members have listened with great appreciation to a series of delightful papers by Miss Jourdamn on the ' Philosophy of Art.' BOAT CLUB (President, MISS ADY ; Captain, MISS LEWIS ; Secretary, MISS HOLLAND).—The Inter-House sculling competitions were held in the second week of Term, resulting in a win for No 18 Bradmore Road. This was the only House which was obliged to use two unqualified

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members in its boat, hence its handicap was very high. The crew, however, thoroughly deserved the honours they won. Their whole plan of action had been carefully arranged and rehearsed, and they were thorough and methodical in every competition ; but their sculling was not very good, and their time in the speed race was rather slow.

Their crew was as follows : Miss Holland (capt.), Miss Richards (half-capt.), Misses Brown and Carter. Their handicap was + Ira marks, and their total (less the handicap) 27 out of a possible 40 marks. Next in order of marks came the House (28 Norham Gardens). For neatness, quietness and good stroke, they were not surpassed by any of the other crews, and Miss Boykett's coxing deserved special recommendation ; unfortunately, however, they had no handicap to help them, and so were beaten in the end by three marks. There rowed for the House, Miss Buller (capt.), Miss Boykett (capt.), Miss Farrow (halfcapt.), and Miss Forrest. They gained 34 marks, without any handicap, out of a possible 40.

There rowed for the Hall, Misses Gardner (capt.), Truman (capt.), Beames (half-capt.), and Harford (half-capt.), and for the Hostel, Misses Horne (capt.), Spicer (half-capt.), Owen (half-capt.) and Savory. The Hall gained 31 marks out of 40, and the Hostel 27 marks.

The following members have been qualified this Term : Sculling—Half-Captains : Misses Forrest and Savory. Canoeing—Captains : Misses Truman and Boykett. Punting—Captains : Misses Potts, Hall, Evans and Truman ; Half-Captains Misses Boykett and Holland. The following badges have been awarded : Sculling—Miss Boykett ; Canoeing—Misses Evans, Owen and Lewis ; Punting—Miss Gardner.

TENNIS CLUB (CaPtai/I, E. I. GLENDAY ; Secretary, V. H. 'TRUMAN).—Tennis VI : ist couple—

*Miss Glenday and *Miss Webb; znd couple— *Miss Truman and Miss Spencer; 3rd couple— *Miss Gardner and Miss Hall ; reserves—Miss Boykett and Miss Hanbury. Results of Cup matches : v. O.H.S. (won, 3 matches to o), v.

S.H.H. (won, 3 matches to. o), v. L.M.H. and v.

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Inter-House matches : Hall (1st couple, Miss Glenday and Miss Truman ; 2nd couple, Miss Gardner and Miss Spencer) beat House, 2 matches to o; beat Hostel, 2 matches to o; beat Bradmore Road. House (ist couple, Miss Webb and Miss Hall ; 2nd couple, Miss Boykett and Miss Hanbury) beat Bradmore Road, 2 matches to o ; beat Hostel, 2 matches to o. Bradmore Road (1st couple, Miss Potts and Miss Holland ; 2nd couple, Miss Peacey and Miss Nicholas) beat Hostel (1st couple, Miss Spicer and Miss Varley ; znd couple, Miss Savory and Miss Davies-Colley), 2 matches to o. The Hall therefore holds the Cup.

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The VI this year is weak in its net players.

Miss Truman has improved, and is beginning to hit harder, but is still uncertain; Miss Webb and Miss Gardner rely too much on their partners, and leave too much of the court unguarded.

Their serves are good, but Miss Webb should beware of foot-faults.' Miss Spencer and Miss Hall have improved considerably, though Miss Spencer's serve is still weak, and Miss Hall's backhands, and they both need to get about the court quicker. They are backing-up their partners very well, and are much steadier than last year. The whole standard of play in the College is higher than last year, and there is considerably greater keenness amongst members of the club. This is partly due to the fact that the College is now represented by three couples in the Cup matches, instead of only one, and consequently there is more competition for a place in the VI. NEW STUDENT. —E. E. D. Varley, The Abbey School, Malvern Wells.

ST. HILDA'S HALL. St. Hilda's had been congratulating itself until the fourth week upon avoiding the Summer Term quarantine which has become almost a Hall tradition. We have since, however, succumbed to the common fate. We wish both Miss Mellor and Miss Masse—whose place in the Hostel Miss Mellor has been filling this Term—a speedy return to health.

The Folk Dancing Club has felt Miss Masse's absence very much, but meetings are still held in the garden on Thursday evenings, with the welcome new addition this Term of Miss Codd as fiddler.

We have had one folk-singing evening in the drawing-room, and another is due to take place this week.

The Whit-Monday party from St. Hilda's East was smaller than usual, but we were very glad to be able to welcome even a few, in spite of the difficult circumstances this year.

The Rifle Club is rejoicing in the prospect of a new open-air range which is to be put up on Magdalen Island, in the use of which the Choir School has kindly asked us to share.

War activities are going on as usual. Students have been several times to sing to the men in the hospitals, bandage-making continues, and we are hoping to raise a nice sum of money for the Hospital Fund by an entertainment which is to be given by the Suffrage Society on Thursday, June i7th.

TENNIS CLUB (President, Miss BOWLER ; SecreMISS SHUFELDT ; Treasurer, Miss CROOK).

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—The necessity of producing a Six for the Cup matches, although at first the source of some difficulty, has had a stimulating effect on tennis as a whole in Hall. Miss Hayes-Robinson has several times very kindly played with the Six and coached them, and matches have been played against the Geography School and the High School. A match and a return were also arranged against Cherwell Hall, but were scratched owing to our quarantine. At the last Central Test of the Term, Miss Crichton was admitted as a member.

The Six : i st couple, Misses Bowler and Crichton; znd couple, Misses Henkel and Shufeldt ; 3rd couple, Misses Bishop and Howell.

Cup Matches.—S. H. H. v. L. M. H. (lost), v.

S. H. C. (lost), v. O. H. S. (won), v. S. C. (lost).

DEBATING SOCIETY (President, Miss CROOK; Vice-President, Miss MORGAN ; Secretary, MISS SHUFELDT ; Hall Member, MISS DA LGLISH).--There have been two debates so far this Term.

The first was held on Friday, May i4th, the motion being ' That in the opinion of this House, Honesty is no longer the best Policy,' proposed

by Miss Hopley and opposed by Miss Crichton.

The discussion which followed was not as good as usual, but the proposer's speech was one of the best heard in a Hall debate for some time.

On a division, the motion was carried by two votes. The second debate was held on Friday, May 28th, the motion being ' That in the opinion of this House, Poetry, unless it is truer than History, has no right to exist.' The motion was proposed by Miss Lloyd and opposed by Miss Grant. The set speeches were well delivered and gave rise to a discussion which, if at times rather irrelevant, was certainly energetic , the rivalry between the English and History Schools finding full scope for expression.

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LITERARY SOCIETY (President—Miss CODD ; Secretary, Miss HAY).—In the ordinary meetings this Term the Society has devoted its attention to Ibsen. ' The Wild Duck ' and ' The Doll's House ' have already been read. At the annual open meeting, held on Saturday, May 29th, Miss Jourdain kindly spoke, in a very interesting manner, on ' Symbolism and Realism,' and some discussion followed.

OXFORD HOME STUDENTS. No specially exciting events have marked the course of this Term. The river picnic is yet to be, but two Socials, both of which were well attended, have taken place in the Common Room.

Miss Quick has had two pictures hung this year. They received a most appreciative notice in the ' Royal Academy ' column of the Outlook

THE FRITILLARY. of May 8th, 1915. ' Perhaps it is kindest to ignore the collection of water colours, most of which are laboured to the destruction of all the There are, of freshness of the material. course, a few exceptions, though these are difficult to detect in such a jumble of mediocrity.

Miss Florence Quick's " An Untroubled Harbour" (No. 1083) has a directness and freshness of treatment which are distinctive.'—J.B.M. V. DOUIE (Senior Student). .

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DRAMATIC SOCIETY (President, MISS ALLEN Vice-President, Miss M. Fox Secretary, Miss STocx).—Two meetings of the Society have already been held this Term. On May 6th we read Marlowe's Tamburlaine the Great,' which was found to be rather an exhausting play. At our second meeting, on May 25th, we read Galsworthy's Silver Box.' A third meeting will be held in the last week of Term, but the play to be read has not yet been decided upon.

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TENNIS CLUB.—Several new members have joined this Term. The change from one to three couples for the Cup matches has helped to improve the play, but the standard is still low. We have played two matches, against S.H.C. and S.C., but lost both. Our znd and 3rd couples fell to St. Hilda's 2nd and 3rd—the former after a good game—but the match between the 1st couples was interrupted by rain at set all. It will be played again. The couples are : 1st, Miss Oakley Hill and Miss M. Oakley Hill; 2nd, Miss Atkins and Miss Scott ; 3rd, Miss James and Miss Webster. At the Central Test, Miss'Atkins was retained as Associate.

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BOAT CLUB (President, MISS BUTLER ; Secretary, D. COLLIER ; Treasurer, M. JAMES).—The club's membership list has been good this Term, and there is mugh keenness amongst the punt and canoe members, a fair number of new members being already qualified as half-captains. The sculling standard is still low, and it is to be hoped that half-captains in this branch will make an effort to get more practice so as to be fully qualified before the end of the Term. Results of tests : Sculling—Captain, J. D. Hughes; Half. captain, M. Oakley Hill. Punt—Captain, E. C. Radulescu ; Half-captains, M. James, M. V. May, D. Oakley Hill, M. Oakley Hill, M. Web. ster. Canoe—M. James, V. I. Latham, E. C. Radulescu, Y. Stoddard.

NEW STUDENTS.—Lucie Edith Berthon (Oxford High School), Gwendolen Helen Biggs (Seaford Ladies' College, Sussex), Charlotte Churchill (Home Education), Mary Agnes Frances Daintree (Home Education), Lilian Dawson (Cherwell Hall, Oxford), V. I. Latham (Wycombe Abbey), Lucy Ellen Mead (Wycombe Abbey), Germaine Antoinette Thane (Ursuline Convent, Herck-la-Ville, Belgium).

STUDENTS LEAVING THIS TERM.—E. M. Allen, D. R. Bagley, W. M. Battersby-Harford, L. E. Berthon, A. Brylinska, S. L. Clarke, F. G. Coster, M. J. Connaghten, N. G. Cross-Buchanan, A. Cuming, A. E. Davies, L. K. Dunch, U. M. Edmonds, R. D. Fox, I. J. Gregory, M. K. Heslop, J. D. Hughes, A. Hollicroft, R. E. Kidner, S. M. Lys, A. Middlemore, B. E. Miles, D. C. Oakley Hill, I. Purgold, E. C. Radulescu, H. Repsch, E. G. Smith, R. G. Smith, Y. Stoddard, E. R. W. Unmack (migrating to St. Hugh's College), A. W. Vaughan.

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