THE FRITILLARY.
JUNE, 1917.
Ebitor. Miss ELLIS-FERNIOR,
Somerville College.
SuboEbitor. Miss N.
EDWARDS,
Lady Margaret Hall.
Committee. Miss MAYOR, Lady Margaret Hall. Miss KENNEDY, Somerville College. Miss MCLEOD. St. Hugh's College. Miss HERVEY, St. Hilda's Hall. Miss TWEMLOW, Oxford Home Students.,„
treasurer. Miss CHAPPEL,
St. Hugh's College.
1917.
JUNE.
No. 71.
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EDITORIAL PRIZE ENTRIES ... SOME MORE SMALL BOYS AN APRIL FOOL COACHING: OLD AND NEW STYLES THE CITY OF 1913 JOHANNIS FELL' UNPARLIA MENTARY
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Ebitorial. The results of last term's competitions are :I. A SHORT ESSAY, after Goldsmith—No award. II. A DESCRIPTION of any piece of sculpture or any picture in the Ashmolean Museum —No award III. A BURLESQUE—No award. IV. A RONDEAU—D. E. A. Wallace, Somerville College. None of the entries received for the first three divisions were of a high enough standard for an award. Only one ' Essay ' was sent in, and that, though presenting no definite departures from the language of the model, lacked altogether the grace, attractiveness, and interest it should have had ; Goldsmith's essays are prose we do not readily leave off when we have begun it. In the next division, also, there was only one entry, and that showed no qualities which could claim a prize. In considering the third competition, the committee was' in some doubt as to whether two poems were competition entries, under this heading, or just ordinary contributions. As, however, they were not specifically headed nothing further was done about it. Several rondeaus were received, some of them keeping correctly to the model which the committee had in mind : " A rondeau is a poem of fourteen or fifteen lines of which eight only are different, the remaining five being repetitions of lines already used. The rime scheme may, in general, be any arrangement of the rimes a, b." One or two entries, which were fair poems, were disqualified by irregularity of form. The choice lay finally between Miss •Wallace's Chaucerian
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imitation and her " Rondeau " on Love. The committee did not consider it necessary to make a choice between these, but awarded her the prize and printed both poems. We are very glad to see some more of the " Small Boys," and hope we shall continue to do so in future numbers. They are always fascinating ; Miss Byrne's prose is a very pleasant variant. It is very good to see some humourous work that is neither farcical and cheap, nor bitter and heavy—to draw a " rule-of-thumb " distinction. There are two or three pieces in this Term's Fritillary," " Coaching : Old and New Styles " and " Unparliamentary," which are excellent in a not over blatant way. A prize of los. is offered for each of the following :— I. A Short Story. II. An epitaph, in any language, on a wellknown character in history or literature. (Not III. A Review of an imaginary book. necessarily a book on a literary theme). IV. " Words " to be set to music.
Vri3e Entries. ROUNDEL IN THE MANNER OF CHAUCER.
I set the worlde agaynst mine hertes fayre For beaute ; she outshyneth farre them al As doth the ladye moone the starres smal. She hath a roial steppe, a queyn'lich ayre She stondeth like a saplyng, streighte and tal. I set the worlde agaynst mine hertes fayre For beaute ; she outshyneth farre them al.
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She hath a cloude of duskye-, wondrous hayre, Eyn deepe and stille as welles, lippes withal That sodeyn curie in laughter magical; I set the worlde. agaynst mine betteS fayre For beaute; she-outshyneth farre them al As cloth the ladye moone the sterres smal. D. E. A. WALLACE (S.C.).
you ; to-day you will play cozitentedly, happy as a king and oblivious as the deaf to all my eloquence on the subject of the third conjugation—play—if you get the chance—with a cog-wheel or a piece of Wire, but to-morrow you will be the victim of the snares of the world, of protractor and compass, dividers and test tubes—to-morrow neither ruler nor cog-wheel will suffice.
* RONDEAU. Love, 0, sweet Love, whither are you flying ? Are you aweary so soon of summer meads? (Love answers) Summer is for wild flowers—wild flowers—weeds ! What of the roses we gathered—they are dying ! What of the kingcups we sought among the reeds? Love, 0, sweet Love, whither are you flying? Are you aweary so soon of summer meads? What of the heart you have stolen—and left lying? Wanton you plucked it, far beyond your needs. What of my youth, that withers while it pleads? Love, 0, sweet love, whither are you flying? Are you aweary so soon of summer meads? (Love answers, far away) Wild flowers—wild flowers—weeds ! D. E. A. WALLACE (S.C.).
Some more Small Bogs. It is the thing in Its to wear a ruler in your stocking in the way a Highlander wears his dirk. You wear it all the time, even when riding home on a bicycle, and you draw it out with a tremendous and heart-satisfying flourish whenever the edicts of the Powers-That-Be demand ruled lines. And you carefully wipe the ink off its edge on to your coat-sleeve before returning it to your stocking. Now and again, of course, these same Powers-That-Be turn nasty, and this most necessary and pleasing adjunct to one's garb is banned, but, until things get to the stage when one thinks it really is a dirk and begins prodding one's neighbour in the ribs with it, " They " usually manage not to notice it, remembering that, after all, it is the natural place in which to keep one's ruler when one is in JIB, and remembering—, at any rate some of " Them " do—how cool and pleasant a ruler feels against the bare leg. Et ego in Arcadia vixi!
In IIA your ruler is no longer a weapon of romance—potential dagger, small sword, dirk or cudgel ; you begin Geometry, and you exchange the homely boxwood for one of steel, warranted accurate to a thousandth of a millimetre. Facile decensus est Averno—and so " They," knowing how soon your unwary little selves must be engulfed in the snare of the practical, perhaps enjoy your romantic wild oats quite as much as
Dame Fashion has no truer votary than the small boy. He will fly in the face of authority, he will flout at law and order, he will even be a slacker at games, but she is his Lady Paramount, and he would sooner perish than offend against her decrees. Quite frequently he actually comes very near to perishing—of the cold ! It has been known to take tears and awful threats of paternal intervention to get him into his winter suit : he will sit there, day after day, blue and shivering, rather than wear that new suit ; his companions would not be definitely unkind about it—but it is just one of the things that is not ' done.' And when at last he is forced to appear in it—his other having been forcibly abstracted and hidden—he slinks in like a criminal, and is miserably selfconscious for at least an hour. While all the best people have bare knees, you are not liable to any social ostracism if your parents consider close fitting garments more suitable for winter wear. In a very particular form, however, you might feel rather uncomfortable if you did not conform. Similarly there is no hard and fast rule about ties or collars, but if you are ' anybody ' there is one thing you must wear in this year of grace, 1917, and that is a regimental badge,—the larger the better. Best ' clothes are another of his fetishes, and no African warrior was ever more particular about his feathers and warpaint than he is about the joys and mysteries of his Sunday toilet. " Why ! I wouldn't be seen out on Sunday in my ordinary clothes for anything !" saye one of them, sitting in the corner of my sofa and discussing the short-comings of the parents who let their two boys go to church in their school clothes. " Nor would I," echoes the other, very seriously, " not for anything !" " I think it must be the war," rejoins the first, " because they always used to have nice suits and clean collars ; or else they must have very funny parents : they're quite all right to look at, though." I have a photo of them in all their glory : in the forefront is Mervyn Macbeth, all bare knees, grin, and mascot : (after the era of the mystic pearlbutton he took to wearing a golly-wog with a patriotic waistband); beside him stands• Jarvis : the photo was taken for his benefit, as he was absent when the original one was taken, and when he
THE FRITILLARY. returned and found out about it the atmosphere of the form room became unbearable till I promised to take another. Then there is Coningsby, very handsome and smiling, who, after he had had a really miserable time over a hymn shewed the spirit of true Christian forbearance—not learnt from the aforesaid hymn—and asked if I would mind telling him the date of my birthday, as the form wished to give me a present, and would like to know what I wanted to have ! And there is the Black Sheep— black even for IIB—who gave me a piece of a cocoanut once, and the Infant Prodigy who brought me a book on Pirates, and James who, if I am not mistaken, retains in his memory nothing of all my earnest endeavour save, the sanction of the Mosiac law of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,— that just suited James. IIB, what do you remember of me? Probably, that I taught you to tie reef knots, and to light a fire with only one match : how to make a cage for white rats : the best way to dig a trench-system in the back-garden : that there was once a man called Beowulf who was great sport and won a swimming match and got a silver cup for it : that I smoked Abdullas (I should have censored my rooms before you came to tea that day, and raised Cain and wrath in the heart •of my landlady !) . . . . and perhaps, that there was a man called Sir Patrick Spens who shot the albatross. Oh JIB ! it is sad I am to think that even as I write you have already vanished into the limbo of j leasant mirthful things and are now . . . HA. Ichabod ! Ichabod ! M. ST. C. BYRNE (S.C.).
En Emit foot. April is here, warm is the air, Blue are the skies, the wind is fair, Brown fields are green, and wild birds cry. Come, to the green wood let us hie To dance and sing and banish care. But Winter, crouching in his lair With chilly breath and frozen hair, With humour grim resolved to try An April Fool. ,
Oh Winter bleak ! Oh Winter bare ! Snow flakes are whirling through the air ; Thick, thick on every roof they lie, They laugh as they come dancing by ; ' Good people, see how we prepare An April Fool ! ' R. G. Ll. (St. Hilda's Hall).
Coacbing (C)Ib %tvle). (By a student in the History School). STUDENT (-reading): This institution had its origin in an age when there were no merchants, and the people in the towns were mainly agriculturalists.
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COACH : No ! (Pause ; student looks distressed). No merchants? STUDENT : I meant, I thought . . . .there weren't any as we know them. COACH : Weren't there? Well, go on. STUDENT (reads): The essential characteristic of . . . COACH (suddenly): Mainly agriculturalists? What do you mean by that ? STUDENT : Weren't they attached to land outside the town? COACH : Not necessarily. Read on, please. STUDENT : The essential . . . COACH (truculently): What was the town for, anyway ? STUDENT (confidently): Interchange of produce. COACH : I don't see. Well, read on. Student collapses. STUDENT (tentatively): The essential characteris COACH (as if to himself): Interchange of produce ! What on earth does that mean? Yes ? Go on. STUDENT (taking a deep breath and determined to read him down) : The essential characteristic of the . . . . COACH : How could they live in towns and be agriculturalists? I should leave that out. STUDENT (meekly): Yes? COACH : Go on. STUDENT (wearily): The essential charact . . . COACH ; Its a question whether they were merchants or not. Yes ? STUDENT (hopelessly): The ess . . . COACH : I should say anyone was a merchant who bought and sold. Go on, please. Student, much relieved, makes a note of this statement on the margin of her essay. Then continues . . . ad infinitum.
COACHING (NEW STYLE). COACH (suavely): Good morning, Miss Smith ! Won't you sit down, Miss Brown ? How' did you like your subject, Miss Smith ? Miss SMITH (afraid of being compromised): Oh, . . . I thought it was . . . interesting ! COACH (with civil irony): Exactly—interesting. . . . . How interesting you found it, Miss Smith, we will discover by your Essay ; please? Miss Smith reads her essay (on, say, the Roman Occupation of Britain). COACH : Er . . . thank you. And now, what has Miss Brown to say ? Miss Brown endorses all the statements of Miss Smith. COACH : Thank you. Coaches them for the rest of the hour upon the artistic value of Rodin's masterpieces ,interspersed with comments on Verhaeren and a criticism of the respective uses of rhythm and
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interval in the " Zauberflote." They assiduously take notes, and for the rest of their lives firmly believe that these things have a vital connection with Boadicea ; though when they try to prove this in their schools they discover that the exact point of relativity has always been a little vague. M. KENNEDY (S.C.).
the City of 1913. (With apologies to the shade of Whitman). I will sing of the splendour of motion. Here in this American City I perceive its power, the glory, the force and the terror of it. The ceaseless procession of lighted street cars rolling away into darkness : the swift automobiles with red lights and yellow light tearing along the boulevard : the girl leaping lightly aside to avoid automobiles. The little jet of the drinking fountain, clear and sparkling, bubbling joyously upward. The train thundering heavily over the iron bridge to the clangour of bells. The rush of the hungry crowd into the restaurants, the rapid appropriation of trays and dishes and the quest of spoons and knives. The pedestrian's gait, measured or hurried and the boy speeding along on his bicycle. The slow revolution of the coloured advertisement and the rapid dexterity of the barber, shaving, shaving. Bevies of girls pouring out of the industrial schools. The din of the fire engines tearing down the streets, all other traffic momentarily suspended. The mad dancing of the flames from storey to storey of the sky-scraper, the steady play of water from the hoses, the hiss of the steam and the falling in of floors and ceilings. The assembling of crowds, the running to and fro of men, the descent in fire-escapes. The wind making havoc in the remaining leaves of the trees in the long avenues. Yonder the moon rising above the City barely at the third quarter. Force of Motion, tremendous and unconquerable power. I give thee praise. MARQUERITE POLLARD (0.H.S.). •
3obannts " I do not like thee, Dr. Fell, The reason why, I cannot tell." In Tom, his Quad, the hours chime Through summer's rain, through winter's snow ; Of all the folks who come and go Only Johannis Fell can know How long the days, the nights how slow.
Poor Dr. Fell, who stands so high, In sober garb of Tudor time, And sees the people passing by In this our University. He sees the dons, who speed their way Cathedralwards, in surplice white; And else their wives, in gorgeous plight, And women students (woeful sight !). No passions can these folk excite In Dr. Fell, that cynic sage : He knows them all for common clay, And fiery youth and mellow age He deems an empty heritage. The earth may crumble, skies may fall, He keeps a dignity forlorn. He hears the choirs, night and morn, But not for him is music born, He holds such kindly things in scorn So passing wise a man is he. With hand upraised he banns them all As if he judged that naught could be So base as mundane minstrelsy. We do not like thee, Dr. Fell Nor shall we, till thy ways amend ; Till from thy perch thou dost descend, Till thou thy haughty head dost bend, And humble wise with us thou wend No human thing can call thee friend. And if we hate thy name withal The reason why, we know full well. No man was ever liked at all That stood on such a pedestal. M. KENNEDY (S.C.).
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The Speaker (breaking it): Do say something, somebody. (The silence is renewed.) The Speaker (coaxing): Hasn't anyone anything to ask the Secretary for War? A Member (waking up): Yes, I have. The House : Oh, do tell us ! The Member : Well, it was something about the issue of clothing to the Army. It seems they've had no new things for six or seven years ; I'm rather ashamed of worrying the honourable gentleman about it, but one of my constituents has a son who is a Corporal in the Yorkshires—or was it the Devons? Anyhow, his father came fussing to me about it. I'm sorry to have to trouble you. The Secretary for War : No trouble at all. The fact is, it's purely a matter of economy. If we don't issue any clothes, after a certain time, they simply have to buy them for themselves. The police take them up if they don't.
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Never mind. The The Speaker (kindly): Sergeant-at-Arms will look it up for you, won't you, Sergeant? And forward it in an official envelope to the proper quarter. That will do just as well, won't it? The Member Oh, quite well, quite; so many thanks. One's Constituents, you know, so impatient—Taking up the time of the House—Ithey—(he is lost in a maze of apologies). The Speaker Any more questions? W.ell then, would you kindly move the adjournment, Mr. Peckham? Mr. Peckham• For what the public interests have received, may they be truly thankful, Amen. I move that this House do now adjourn. The House Oh yes, do let's (They adjourn). H. DE G. SIMPSON (O. H. S. :
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IReports. O. S. D. S. President—Miss HUGHES (S. H. H.). Secretary—Miss JOHN (L.M.H.). Junior Treasurer—Miss GIBBERD (S. H. H.). Owing to the difficulties of printing, this report goes to press when only one debate has been held. This motion for discussion was, " That all prejudices are to be condemned " The set speeches were in no way striking, the best being that of the third speaker, Miss Bousfield, (L. M. H.), who showed a nice sense of humour. Public discussion was short, and not for the most part on a very high level, but one or two of the speeches were good, especially Miss Pritchard's defence of prejudice. None of the speakers, however, gave a satisfactory definition of the word. The motion was carried. It is hoped that two more debates will be held this Term, one on the advisability of returning to Trade Union restrictions after the war, and one a viva voce examination on the lines of a nightmare of Schools. Some effort is being made to study Trade Unions before the next debate, as it is felt very strongly that better de, bates might be held if more serious subjects of general interest were discussed, and a little time were given to getting them up. G. C. HUGHES (President).
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Captain—J. FRY (L.M.H.). Secretary—M. OAKLEY HILL (0. H.S.). Treasurer—V. RHYS DAVIDS (S. H.C.). The only match that has been played this Term was against an Undergraduate's VI., brought by
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Mr. Branscomb, of Wadham. It was lost by 9 matches to o. The VI. were as follows : Miss Lupton*, S.C., and Miss Haywood*, S.C. ; Miss Fry*, L.M.H., and Miss Paterson, S.H.C. ; Miss Moberly*, L.M.H., and Miss. Orr-Ewing, L.M.H. The cup matches are not yet finished. So far Somerville College has beaten Lady Margaret Hall, St. Hilda's Hall, and the Home Students. Lady Margaret Hall has beaten the Home Students ; and St. Hugh's College has beaten St. Hilda's Hall and the Home Students.
Fall 'notices. LADY MARGARET HALL. The Hall did not reach its full numbers till the fifth week of Team owing to infectious diseases, which, though they were escaped last Term, seized several people in the Vacation. Miss Gibbs has gone down for a year owing to illness, and Miss Powell has been obliged to leave us on account of illness at home. Miss Hicks has come up in place of Miss Gibbs. Miss Hadow has resigned her Lectureship in English literature in order to do Government work. We congratulate her on her appointment as Acting-Director of the Ministry of Munitions, and hope that our'loss is only temporary. On May 12th two short French plays ' On the Saurait penser a tout ' (Musset) and Les deux Pierrots' (Rostand), were produced by Miss Skipworth in aid of the French Canteen Fund. They were acted in the Hall before a large and appre. ciative audience. Miss M. Deneke and Miss Jelly d'Aranyi gave us a great treat by playing at Sociable on Saturday, May 26th. The programme included Sonatas by Bach and Brahms for Violin and Piano. The Rev. L. Hodgson, Vice-Principal of St. Edmund's -Hall, kindly preached to us in Chapel on Whit-Sunday. Those of us who have been working in the garden are much encouraged by the rows of green ,shoots which are appearing above ground. Some of us have been going to Didcot on two days in the week to help tie up stretchers. Weekly bandage rolling still continues.
DEBATING SOCIETY. President—Miss M. E. SMITH. Secretary—MIS S JOHN.
At a meeting held on Feb. 23rd, Miss Burrows proposed the motion " That nationalism is a hindrance to an international system.' The Hon. Opposer, Miss Rowe, proved herself well acquainted with the main principles of political
science, but the motion was lost by eleven votes. On March 6th, the motion before the House was " That this House advocates a return to a state of nature." The Hon. Proposer, Miss Thomas, denounced the Hobbian conception of a state of nature as being but poor psychology and still worse science, though rather amusing. The Hon. Opposer, Miss Carter, preferred to maintain the controlling influence of modern civilization against the anti-social tendencies of a state of nature or blatant barbarism. The motion was carried by one vote. On Friday, May 4th, a debate was held with the American Club. The meeting was presided over by Miss M. E. Smith, and by Mr. C. F. Hawkins of Balliol College. The motion before the House was " That an alliance of the friendly powers at the end of the war will best ensure the progress of the world." The Hon. Proposer, Miss John, suggested that owing to the similarity of their aims, to the strength of their resources, and to their geographical and moral position in the world, the Allies would be able to enforce arbitration and conciliation on any nations whose actions seemed likely to be leading to war. The Third Speaker, Mr. Sullivan, St. John's College, emphasised the point that the proposed alliance was in no way directed against the Central Powers, and showed that any other plan was Utopian, if not chimerical. The Opposition denounced a plan which would isolate Germany. The Hon. Opposer, Mr. Branscomb, Wadham College, put forward a scheme which would unite all nations in a league of peace. while the Fourth Speaker, Miss Rowe, showed very clearly that any exclusive league on the part of the Allies would naturally evoke a league in opposition on the part of the Central Powers. Public discussion was full of humour which found an outlet in much laughter. Several of the speeches were well-delivered and showed originality and diversity of thought. On a division there voted for the motion 29, against the motion, 6g. It has been decided to hold no further debates during the Summer Term.
BOAT CLUB. President—MISS LODGE. Secretary—MISS ABRAM.
The following were co-opted to the Boat Committee this term :—F. Spikes (Sculling), P. Buckle (Canoeing). The following have qualified : Punting—K. Edwards, K. Thomas, E. Bousfield, B. Wood, M. Gross ; Sculling—J. Wright, P. Gibbon, E. Sanders, K. Leys ; Canoeing—H. Matthews, M. Gross, H. Prescott, I. Ivelaw-Chapman, A. Lawrence, P. Gibbon, R. Wild, E. Cole-Baker, K. Leys (half).
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Captain—J. FRY. Secretary—A. H. LAWRENCE. There have been only two outside matches this term, owing to the difficulties of travelling by train. These were v. The Etceteras (lost), High School (won). In the Cup Matches we have played : The Home Students (won, 9—o); St. Hilda's (won, 9—t); Somerville (lost, 3-6) ; and are to play St. Hugh's next week. J. Orr Ewing has been given her Hall colours and has also won her Oxford tie. The other members of the Hall who are in the Oxford Six are J. Fry (captain) and 0. Moberly.
ESSAY CLUB. On Wednesday, May i6th, Miss Cole-Baker read a paper on " The History of Punch." She gave an interesting account of the origin and early days of Punch, suggested a distinction between past and present subjects of humour, and concluded with a selection of jokes of every date. A short discussion followed. On Wednesday, May 31st, Miss Huckett read a paper on "Primitive Conceptions of a Future Life." After a short introduction on Animism, she traced the development of early thought on life after death from a purely non-moral stage to the beginning of a moral conception, with illustrations from primitive myth and custom. Some discussion followed, in which several interesting and pertinent questions were raised. In the last week of term Miss Thomas will read a paper on " Sir Henry Vane." E. M. BRADSHAW (President).
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meeting, Miss Edmonds read a paper on Cavour, and it is hoped that Miss Bousfield will complete this term's work by examining the influence of the struggle for unity on English and French writers. . HELENA JOHN (Secretary). FOLK LORE CLUB. President—Miss CZAPLICKA. The Folk Lore Club was started this term by Miss Czaplicka. The activities of the Club are to comprise various branches connected with Folk Lore :—Folk, Songs, Dances, Tales, Beliefs, &c. At the Inaugural Meeting, which was held on Friday, May 9th, Dr. Marett spoke on " What is a Survival? " The second meeting was held on Friday, June 1st, when Miss Abram read a paper on " The Romance of Arctic Exploration." Her paper was illustrated by a splendid collection of photographs. D. MAYOR (Secretary). SOMERVILLE COLLEGE. COLLEGE REPORT. There is• only one event of much importance to record for the Easter Term. Miss Lorimer has been granted leave of absence for six months, and has gone out to join the Scottish Women's Hospital Corps in Salonika. She sailed in April, and will be with us again in the October Term. The Working Parties of the Didcot Dep6t which were interrupted last summer have begun again this Term, and Somerville sends a contingent twice a week. Other kinds of war-work continue as usual. The whole College congratulates Miss D. Spencer on her First in Honour Mods.
ITALIAN CLUB. The Italian Club was founded this term. by Miss Jamison, who has been elected President, for the purpose of reading Italian and studying Italian questions. This term the club has concentrated on an examination of Italian history from 1789 to 1870. The Inaugural Meeting was held on Thursday, May loth, when a constitution was drawn up and the Secretary read a paper on " The Struggle for Italian Unity from 1789 to 1849. On May 17th, Miss Bradshaw directed a reading of Mazzini, in which she dealt especially with Mazzini's works and writings in relation to his ideal of a united Italy and a republican constitution. In the next week, the President read selections from Gioberti, and on May 31st, Miss Burrows continued the political history from 1849 to 1870. At the fifth
BOAT CLUB. At the end of last Term two new captains were made—F. Bever and V. Wallis. Sculling has suffered considerably this year, first from the long frost, which made boating impossible during the greater part of last Term, and now from a lack of energy in a large proportion of the members. They would do well to remember that they do not derive the maximum of pleasure or profit from the river by exclusive devotion to punting and canoeing, and that sculling provides a better training in watermanship than either of these. It is especially disappointing to find that so few of the first year are ready to qualify as half-captains. That so many of them are content to be paddled about in punts, and to attain no higher
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degree of proficiency, indicates a want of enterprise, and speaks ill for the future prospects of the Club. ST. HUGH'S COLLEGE. The Term has so far been a busy rather than an eventful one ; tennis, cricket, the garden, and the river having taken up most of the spare hours of the day. In spite of these diversions, however, a certain number of Students have found time to go and pack stretchers at Didcot each week, and others have made themselves responsible for mending soldiers' socks. We are promised various entertainments in the second half of term : on June 2 a dramatic version of Ian Hay's " Happy-go-lucky " will be performed, while in the last week of Term the members of the first year will produce scenes from " Cranford," and the second year will present an Eastern drama by Miss Perham, which will, we understand, equal her former plays in dramatic interest, while it will surpass in splendour anything hitherto produced in the J.C.R. The Library has been embellished by the gift of a clock from Professor and Mrs. Haverfield, to whom the Students would like to offer their thanks. The College offers its congratulations to Miss Butterworth on her Gilchrist Studentship in Geography, and to Mrs. Thomson (Miss Bebb) on her appointment as Director of National Service in the Midlands ; and wishes the members of the fourth and third years the best of fortune in the Schools. BOAT CLUB. President—Miss THOMAS. Captain—MISS FORREST. Secretary—MISS BAKER. Owing to the favourable weather the boats have been in great demand, and even the oldest sculler has done valiant service. We are glad to say that our president has returned. Miss Savory has resigned the secretaryship and Miss Baker has been elected in her place. The following members have qualified : Sculling Captain—Miss Baker ; Half-Captains—Miss Lindo and Miss Pattison. Miss Draper has been awarded her badge. Punting Captain—Miss McLeod ; Half-Captain —Miss Wood. TENNIS CLUB. Captain—V. RHYS DAVIDS. Secretary—J. CHAPMAN. We have suffered a great loss this term in the enforced absence of our captain through illness,
and we much miss her coaching and keen play in the College Six. We have a number of matches this term, for beside the, inter-collegiate cup matches and the inter-year matches arrangements have been made to play the High School, Reading University and an Oxford Six captained by Mrs. Venning. Miss Chapman and Miss Rhys Davids were made members of Central at the beginning of term, and the following represent the college in the cup matches :—Miss Rhys Davids, Miss Chapman, Miss Perham, Miss Paterson, Miss Chappel and Miss van Heijst. SUFFRAGE SOCIETY. President—V. RHYS DAVIDS. Treasurer—E. STOPF ORD. Representative on Sub-Committee—M. KENNEDY. There have been several new members this term and, more activities than usual. We had a very kind gift of beautiful narcissi from Miss Earp and Miss Doug-all of Cumnor, which we sold for the Canteen Fund. and the proceeds from the College Play, a dramatised version of Ian Hay's " Happygo Lucky, will also be given to this fund. Nearer the end of term we hope to have a general meeting in college at which the Parliamentary Secretary of the National Union will speak, after which it is proposed to have a meeting of the college society, to explain the present state of affairs to all who are interested. V. RHYS DAVIDS (President). A RCHIEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
President—Miss Any. Secretary—Miss EVANS. Treasurer—Miss PARR. At the beginning of term the Secretary read a short paper on Classical Architecture in England, it having been proposed that the Society should devote the Summer Term to the Renaissance buildings of Oxford. On May 29th the Society were privileged to see St. John's College, under the guidance of the Librarian and Archdeacon Hutton. It is proposed that a copy of Gotch's " Gothic Architecture " should be bought out of the funds of the Society. DEBATING SOCIETY. President—M. MOORE. Secretary—D. MOORHOUSE. Up-and-Down Girl—M. BURRIDGE. We have held three meetings so far this term. They have been rather sparsely attended, but in every case those members, especially among the first year, who have come, have compensated for the smallness of their numbers by their energy in discussion.
THE FRITILLARY. The first meeting took the form of a sharp practice, at which members were fairly evenly divided .as to whether the study of books or travel were the more beneficial. At the second meeting, Miss Westlake proposed and Miss Prichard opposed the motion :—" That compulsory classics should be abolished in favour of modern studies." It was disappointing that, perhaps owing to the wording of the motion, little attention was paid by most speakers to the subject of modern studies. The House was at one in its deference to the great men whose minds are revealed in the study of the humanities. The Hon. Mover and her followers doubted whether the compulsory method now in force really attained this object. At the last meeting we enjoyed a particularly interesting debate on Communism. Miss Chappell, in a well-delivered speech, effectively' urged the high ideal of each member's working for the good of the whole community. Miss Baker opposed the motion on the grounds that effort or initiative would be discouraged if everyone were compelled to work. A vigorous discussion was kept up, and the motion was at last lost. •
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Miss Moberly has very kindly given us three most interesting lectures on Bergson, which we very much enjoyed. LITERARY SOCIETY.
President—Miss BEAMES. Secretary—Miss JONES. The Society has only met once this term, when Miss Rhys Davids read us a most interesting paper on " Some Aspects of Buddhist India." We hope to have one more paper before the end of term. SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY.
President—Miss Woon. This term the Society has been reading "Twelfth Night." The meetings take place in the garden whenever possible. The number of members has diminished considerably, but the few who remain are quite enthusiastic. MUSICAL SOCIETY.
The Musical Society has not been very active this term, as there are so many outdoor attractions. But we gave a short concert on Tuesday, May 22nd ; among some good items Miss Hunter gave us an excellent rendering of Svendsen's wellknown " Romance." On Tuesday, May 24th, Miss Venables and Dr. Allen very kindly came and gave the Committee some very useful advice as to the best method of fostering the musical talent of the college.
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Next term we hope that the Musical Society will become more generally recognised in the college, and that our newly instituted informal concerts will do much to further this. D. A. PRATT (President). ST. HILDA'S HALL. As usual in the summer, we have not had very many lectures this term. Miss Malcolm gave us an interesting account of W.Y.C.A. work among munition workers, and asked for volunteers for temporary work. Gardening continues, both in Mr. Kemshead's garden at Headington and in Miss Levett's allotment. It seemed strange to desire rain in the summer term ! Later in the term, we hope to entertain a party of forty Poor Law children in the garden ; it is difficult to arrange the ordinary festivities owing to rations, but we hope that the excitement of games will compensate. Several parties are being arranged to work on the land in the Long Vacation. NEW STUDENT--Mi SS Navalkar, Bombay and Cheltenham. BOAT CLUB. President—Miss TODD. Captain—Miss WOODTHORPE. Vice-Captain—Miss HUGHES. There has been a great deal of keenness in the Club this term, and all the first year are now qualified to go on the river. The Four goes out regularly two or three times a week and there are some very promising beginners. On the first Monday of term as some old students were up, we were able to have an Eight which made a record by coming from Iffley Lock to Folly Bridge in I I mill. 20 sec. The following have qualified this term : Boat Captain—S. Macy ; Half-Captain—S. Roxburgh ; Punt Captain—C. Lloyd ; Half-Captains—K. Gibberd, H. Rathbone ; Canoe Captain—P. Mills. TENNIS CLUB.
Captain—L. HOWELL. Treasurer—M. ARMSTRONG. Secretary—N. TUTIN. Owing to the loss of last year's First and Second Couples, the Six this year is rather below the average. Players are keen but lack judgment and finish, and are weak in the backhand strokes. Some good strokes might be developed, and under the excellent coaching of Mrs. Vennings the play shows unmistakeable signs of development. Owing to erratic play it has been very difficult to decide on positions in the Six.
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First Couple—L. Howell, and S. Roxburgh. Second Couple—C. V. Pocock and M. Armstrong. Third Couple—C. Lloyd and N. Tutin. Substitute—H. Slater. Matches—Milham Ford (won); Somerville (lost); High School (lost). HALL DEBATE. President—Miss NICHOLS. Vice-President—Miss MACY. Secretary—Miss JONES. Hall-member—Miss GIBBERD. There has been only one debate this term as yet, when the motion before the House was "That Patriotism is to be considered a Virtue." Proposer—Miss Bradford ; Opposer—Miss Slater. The Proposer's speech, which treated many sides of patriotism, evoked much public discussion, which, though it tended to wander from the point, took the form of short speeches rather than isolated remarks. LITERARY SOCIETY. President—D. N. DALGLISH Secretary—M. HARVEY. So far we have only had one meeting, at which modern poetry was read and discussed, with emphasis being laid on its decadence. There are plans afoot for the remodelling of the Society, with a regular constitution and three officers. It will be put to the vote at the next meeting. Mr. Eccles has kindly consented to address an open meeting of the Society on the subject of The Shropshire Lad. .
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President—H. RATHBONE. Secretary—G. FAULKNER. So far no lectures have been given this term, but Mr. G. L. Stampa has very kindly consented to come and speak to us on June 8th on " Pisanello's Medals." An Expedition was made on May 23rd to Forest Hill, near Shotover. Miss Burrows showed us the Church, very old in parts, and read us some interesting notes on the life of Milton and Mary Powell and their connection with Forest Hill. We were also able to see the i6th century chalice belonging to the Church, and the old wall and gateway of the former manor-house where the Powells had lived. Thanks to Miss Burrows, we all spent a very enjoyable afternoon.
OXFORD HOME STUDENTS. NEW STUDENTS. Margaret A. L. Burge, Girton Coll. Cambridge. Mary Cussen (Sister Dominique de Marie), St. Joseph's Convent, Olney, Bucks. Sybil R. J. Eastwood (Mrs). Catherine M. Fricke (Mrs), Norland Place School, London. Miriam A. MacFarlane (Mrs.), Girton House, Hove. Nora M. C. O'Mara, Ursuline Convent, Waterford. Olga Regel, Russian Private High School. Elizabeth Regel, Russian Private High School. Mary Regel, Russian Private High School. M. L. Stephan (Sister Elizabeth), St. Joseph's Convent, Olney, Bucks. DRAMATIC SOCIETY. The Dramatic Society has met twice this term. The first meeting was held in the evening of Monday, May 14th, at Cherwell Edge, when " Mice and Men," by M. L. Riley, was read. On May Both we met again at 20 Bardwell Road, by kind invitation of Miss Fox, to read " You never can tell " by Bernard Shaw. Miss W. Gibson and Mrs. Fricke have been elected members. BOAT CLUB. President—Miss BUTLER. Secretary—F. G. H. COSTER. Treasurer—V. I. LATHAM. The Boat Club has been very active this term, as the weather has been so unusually fine and warm. We have been very short of captains, especially for sculling, as the bad weather last term prevented any new members from qualifying. The following have qualified this term Punt Captains—W. S. Rochford, M. E. Twemlow, A. Doherty, H. de G. Simpson. HalfC a pt ain s —L Dawson, 0. Clapham. Canoe Half-Captains—G. Baines, E. F. Peto. Sculler Half-Captain—G. Baines. :
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LAWN TENNIS CLUB. There is little to say about the Club as usual. On the whole there has been more interest in tennis this year, and, consequently, though the standard is still low the play has been rather more even. It is to be hoped that with practice there may be an improvement next year.
PARKER AND CO., OXFORD.
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