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observed. Work so written has an impress of reality which no inventive effort, unsupported. by WE have some reason to feel encouraged this experience bears. The imagination can have no Term;. As a whole the year shows an improve- better training than the faithful attempt to record ment both in the size of the circulation and in the what was actually seen. If our contributors will general quality of the contributions. We should continue to write of what they know, and of what like to point out, however, that those who desire they have really felt, and not of what they would like, to have felt, or think it would be fine to have the improvement of Fritillary can achieve that end, first, by buying it and so assisting its felt, then we shall nourish the liveliest hopes of finances that it may be able to afford attractive 'their future and that of Fritillary., Look in feature's, such as illustrations ; secondly, by back- your heart and write,' as. Sidney said, but don't try to drag out of it what isn't there. It is a ing up their criticism. by offering contributions prostitution. of whatever gift you may have to use which are up to the standard they desire to see attained. Meanwhile, we were pleased to see the it in the service' of a lie. And one more comment, the last this Editor kindly notice of us in the Oxford Magazine, and we would also recommend attention to the quality will make. Real emotion is economical of words. Lights and Shadows. K., S.H.H. Don't put of the contribution which stands first. the only feminine rhymes at the end, it gives an And now, one word of entreaty. The harassed Committee and Editor would be immeasurably re- impression, of incohiplete:ness. Try to make' the lieved if the day ever came when everything for sound express the variation of mood, and write Fritillary, contributions and reports, were written again., this gives an impression of true observation. in a legible hand on one side, of the paper only S ea-Gulls A.Z., S.C. Points of exclamation The correction of the proofs is rendered an almost impossible task, except in cases where the are a weakness; they show you don't trust your heroic committee themselves make fair copies. own. work. Tautology also is a mistake. One may take it for granted that tortured souls are This does not apply to every contributor ; but if in, pain.' Try to achieve the music of verse beany have been disturbed by misprints the Editor, while apologising, would say that sometimes she sides the form, and remember that you can't put despairingly gave up, thinking that the printer's fines together that clash any more than colours. The Passing of the Storm.. A.Z., S.C. There guess was probably as good as her's. Taking the contributions as a whole we have is evidence of actual experience here. Don't noticed this Term a general tendency to write de- change the time so quickly. You can't make scriptively. The aspects of external Nature have poetry of lines that are metrical separately but come in for a good deal of notice. And we not together. May we suggest the attentive study are glad to see it. It is a very hopeful sign of Landor's short poems? Autumn. E., L.M.H. Don't change the metre when writers begin to use their own eyes, and to speak or sing, of what they do know, and have so abruptly and so often, it has altered twice in
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the last eight lines. The poem would be much improved by the omission of the last couplet, especially as it includes the difficult conception of the spirits of lines. But send us more on this kind of subject. The verse is rather perilously facile, could you chisel it a little more? Impressions of Paris. E., L.M.H. Can a pillar be said to lead? And are all these parenthesis necessary? And is procreate' the right word? It raises the question. ' creating on whose behalf ? ' In the descriptive passages particularly, special attention might be given to the grave and chaste use of language.' But this is personal and vivid writing. We should like some more. Pere Lachaise. E., L.M.H. Again the same praise is due ; and the same advice may be ventured, only, for the sake of variety in Newman's phrase instead of Sir Walter Raleigh's : Prune those thy words.' Shadows. K.L.H., L.M.H. There is a real control of metre here, and a just use of language, but—everyone thinks they dwell with shadows and dreams when they begin to write. Your business is to see vision and not to dream dreams, if you are a poet. Sonnet. K. L. M. , L. M. H. When you write the Elizabethan sonnet form do•'t divide it into octet and sextet, it lays you open to misconstruction. Was alchemies' quite the best word? The somewhat unusual application of it pulls one up. But there is no waste of words here, it is an accomplished literary exercise. Art. K.M.L., L.M.H. Don't waste time over this sort of thing. You can do better than that.: The Poet in the Woods. K.M.L., L.M.H. Julius Caesar once remarked to an orator : If you are singing don't speak; if you are speaking why sing? ' That is to say, in this case, if you are writing verse, write verse, but if you are writing prose keep it prose, as rhythmical as you like, but prose. Don't spoil a good piece of work by losing control over your style. I woke one day before the sun was up
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Contribution. FROM THE PROVENCAL OF JOUPE. REUDEL. BIOGRAPHIE. Jaufres Rudels de Biala si fo mout gentils om, princes de Biala; et enamoret se de la comtessa de Tripoli, ises vezer, per lo ben qu'el n'auzi dire als pelegrins que venguen d'Antiocha ; e fetz de lleis mains ab bons sons ab paubres motz. 14 per voluntat de lleis vezer el se crozet e mes se en, mar; et pres lo malautia en la nau e fo condug a Tripol en un alberc per mort. E fo a saber a la comtessa, et ella venc ad el, al sieu leit, et pres lo entre sos bratz ; et el saup qu'ella era la comtessa, si recrohret l'auzir e'l flairar ; e lauzet Dieu el grazi que l'avia la vida sostenguda tro qu'el l'agues vista. Et enaissi el mori entre sos brat, et ella bo fez a gran honor sepellir en la maion del Temple. E pois en aquel dia, ella se rendet morga per la dolor qu'ella ac de la mort de lui. [JAUPES RUDELS DI BLAIA . . . DE LA MORT DE Lui. The prose fragment that is Jaupe Rudel's legend is of the thirteenth century : the poems of the twelfth. The Roman Couplet,' says Gaston Paris : there are no documents., beyond the mention of his name by the trouvere Marcabru, and the half-dozen chansons ab bons sons ab paubres mote; of La ' Princesse Lomtaine no ' vestige at all. But in 1147 Macabree sent a lyricof his own with the all- accompanying it, a'nJaupe Reudel oltra mar, so that Jaupe Rudel did indeed go on sea, following ' God to Bethelehem,' wherever and however he died.] When the days lengthen in the month of May, Well pleased am. I to hear the birds Sing far away. But when from that place I am gone, I hang my head and make dull moan, Since she my love is set upon Is far away.
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K.M.L., L.M.H. There is prose, there is verse, there is vers libre. Couldn't you write in one of the three? It is waste of time to try and get effect of prose by writing verse, or of verse by writing prose. This would have been good if you had decided what medium you were using. Easter Matins. K.I.M., L.M.H. A charming piece of prose spoilt by cutting it up into lengths and submitting it as vers libre. Send us something on a similar attractive subject without this blemish. The prize for the design for a cover for Fritillary goes to Miss Tomlinson, S.C. We regret that the expense precludes us from reproducing her design. The prize for the other competition is not awarded.
So far, that song of birds, and flowering thorn Please me no more than winter morn, With ice and sleet; Ah would I were a pilgrim over sea,, With staff and scrip and cloak to cover me, That some day I might kneel me on one knee Before her feet. Most sad, most joyous, shall I go away, Let me have seen her for a single day ! My love afar. I shall not see her, for her land and mine Are sundered, and the ways are hard to find. So many ways, and I shall lose my way. So wilts it God. Yet shall I know no other love but hers, And if not her, no other love at all She hath, surpassed all. :
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Now here's a really fine piece of work ! cried the friend enthusiastically. I like this !It is really strong, isn't it? He'll be a great man this,. some day.' Yes,' said Mildred listlessly. It is fine That soldier's face ., . She didn't know why she mentioned the soldier's face, it was the first thing that occurred to her., She must add something to meek acquiescence. She did not want the friend to know that she had no opinion of her own. You're tired,' exclaimed the friend, turning at the flatness of her voice. Sit down a bit. I'll go into the next rooms—find out what's good and come back for you. You'll enjoy it all the more after a rest.' Yes, I think I will,' said Mildred, and sat down on the circular horsehair seat. She gazed dully in front of her at first, only conscious of the heat and the aching of her feet. Then suddenly she! saw something. A little sketch, passed over by her friend in, her search for strength '— water, with deep, deep shadows, and sunlight in patches, and cool, white water lilies. On the bank, long dank grass, and huge' dock leaves, and a wood behind drawing, beckoning, her to the depth of its greenness. Oh, I could walk through that picture,' she thought. I could go barefoot How cool it is,. how' splendidly cool She suddenly knew what the artist meant. A thrill, triumphant, victorious passed through her. I like that picture,' she murmured. There are one or two promising attempts I think you'd like . . The friend's voice broke in. Mildred looked up. Oh,' she said, we missed out this one.. Don't you like it?' What,' said the friend, that little' daub ! No construction There's nothing in it, but he'll probably develop a sense of colour in time ! Well, I like it," said Mildred, and knew she had gained something that could never quite be taken from her. M. R. CUNNINGHAM (S.H.C.). '
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IN A PICTURE GALLERY. It had always been like this. Ever since she was a small girl, with short serge frocks and a, long pigtail, Mildred Bower had been searching for her own opinion. She had at last bitterly come to the conclusion that she had not got one. It was adiscovery that she never told anyone, and hidden away in the depths of her, it rankled and hurt. She did not know what beauty was— that was it. She saw it in flowers, of course, and country and sunsets, but the beauty of art, she did not, could not, recognise. She had known and had realised this more and more deeply, ever since the days when her schoolmistress had read her things, pieces of prose and poetry ; and it? ' had said, Now, isn't that wondlerful? Was She did not know. She hunted' desperately, tried ta learn. She thought she could find out from things she knew she ought to admire ; she clung desperately to the opinions of other people. But the more she tried to find out, the more elusive her own opinion became. Say what you really think a'discerning friend told' her once. Be yourself You must know what you feel about it?' But she did not know. What exactly was herself ? These thoughts, annoying, rankling, discomforting, chased through her mind one particularly hot June day, soon after her twenty-third birthday. Twenty-three—and still she did not know ! She supposed now that she never would. She had come with the friend of the moment to the Young Artists' Exhibition at the Worcester Galleries, and the old problem seemed more irksome than ever. The friend was so self-confident, knew such a lot, was never at a loss for a judgment. At each picture Mildred waited for her to take the lead. Every time she took it, and every time Mildred, following, was outwardly unruffled, inwardly ashamed, disgusted, self-conscious. !
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Repenting that they ventured forth too soon. Alas, poor, foolish flower, how could you know That, here, the spring does not begin till June? Soon creeps the fitful, filmy sunlight forth ; Deceiv'd, the eager buds their leaves unfold, But swift, avenging, bleak, from out the north, Sweeps the sharp hail, and cries, ' Rash, you intrude! Upon my kingdom. Here I still may hold Faint spring at bay—crush'd by my buffets rude.' And yet, in places where the sun can shine, Where they have colour, fragrance, life, and heat, Pale, English poets, fond, forgetful, pine For England, in her April; and they sigh For modest daisies, when, about their feet, Wild lilies flaunt beneath a burning sky. J.F.Mi. (L.M.H.). A LONG WHITE ROAD. A long white road, Curved as Helen's shoulder, in the dusk Gleams down the hill, guarded on either side By pines in whose enwoven topmost boughs The young moon dreams of light and low and grey The far line of the downs.
So many gracious memories I have Of kindly speech, strong hands, and sudden song That made th' ensuing silence sacred yet There is no heart I know in all the throng. ;
So the road will wind forever, and the trees Will seem less green, and pilgrim feet will tire ; And maybe, near the ending, I shall find The low familiar speech that I desire. For what avail unhindered roads: to me, And calling winds, and trees, and birds that sing, If through the years men's hearts and their strange minds Are hidden from me in my travelling? K. L. M. (L. M. H.).. LAMPADA LUNAE. (With Apologies to Henry Newbolt.) DEDICATED TO THOSE MEMBERS OF T H—LL
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A shore of gold Made precious by the sun a sea whose blue. Holds Heaven in wonderment—and, sudden as death, The flutter of white wings in wheeling flight And one clear startled cry. ;
A winding path Through leafless aisles of beech, whose vaporous trunks Rise like the thin smoke of an Eastern flame From last year's leaves, still flushed with Autumn's pride. And, radiant in the blue, a tree of life More fair than tempted Eve, a cherry tree The unbodied soul of light.
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(to p.m.), There's a breathless hush on the roof to-night —Beds are made and the sleepers in. (Later).
A bumpy floor and a drizzly night, One by one they creep within. —And it's not for the sake of the nightbird's note, Nor, the passing tribute of college fame, But a voice in her inmost conscience smote —` Stay up, stay up, and do be game !
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President—G. M. SHARPE (S. H. C.) . Through life's web Secretary—D. PULLINGER (S. H. H.). These three like threads of gold run glimmering Treasurer—G. GODDARD (O. H. S.). Woven through all my days—of faery gold Whose hidden wondrousness is in me alone. It is really too early in the Term to have much A long white road . . . to say about the United Swimming Club, as only The flutter of white wings . . . preliminary tests have so far been held and the A cherry tree. strength of the team is still an unknown quantity. K.I.M. Matches have been arranged with London, Cambridge, Bedford P.T.C., and Mr. Stevens' team, when we shall have the opportunity of putting BARRIERS. our powers to the test. Of last year's team, we have still four members Gregory (S.C.), PulThere are no gates to stay my pilgrim feet, linger (S. H. H.), Sharpe (S. H. C.) , Crichton (S. C. ), My road isall astir with birds that sing; Only the hearts of man, and their strange minds, and it looks at present as though Hughes (S.C.) would fill the vacant place. Are hidden from me in my travelling. :
THE FRITILLARY. The water-polo teams have had coaching every week, and though there is some improvement in the standard of play, there are still too many fouls. The first team (liable to alteration) consists: of :— I, Pullinger ; 2, Sharpe; 3, Hughes;; 4, Dunn (0.H.S.) ; 5, Simpson, (S.C.) ; 6, Sharpe ii (S.C.); Goal, Dormor (S.H..C.).
CENTRAL TENNIS CLUB. Captain—M. CARLYLE (L. M.. H.). S ecretary—V . LEYS (S. H. C,.). Treasurer—M. HEWAT (O. H.S.), ,
This year, for the first time, Cup-Matches between the; College 2nd VI's; have been arranged, which it is hoped will encourage more active play among the greater number of people throughout the colleges. A new arrangement also was come to about the scoring in both sets of Cup-Matches, it being decided that the tennis matches' should, like the hockey and lacrosse, be played on the knock-out system, the scoring being by matches, not sets, a system which it is hoped will obviate the difficulty of time-pressure in the Summer Term and give greater opportunity both for the colleges and! for the 0. U. W. L. T. C. to practice their teams. This year several more matches have been arranged for the Oxford VI. May i3th v. Chelsea—lost 5-4 matches. May 24th v. Reading. May 27th v. London. June 3rd v. Cheltenham Staff. To be arranged—Warwickshire.. Staffordshire. 75 5 71 June 23rd v. Cambridge. Owing to the loss of three members of last year's team, it has not been. possible to settle definitely the whole Oxford Team, but the following have been definitely chosen :V. Leys (S.H.C.), M. Carlyle (L.M.H.), M. Lagden (S.H.C.), M. Sianey (S.H..C.), M. Godley (S. H. C.) . St. Hugh's must be warmly congratulated on having four members playing in the Oxford VI. M. CARLYLE. ,
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a conference held at Leipzig last Easter delegates attended from all Euroipe,—from England to Russia, Scandinavia to Turkey. Genoa saw the passions; and disillusionment of an older genera, tion. At Leipzig all worked together with the one thought of alleviating the present conditions! of University students in Eastern Europe, and of creating a spirit of understanding and sympathy between the youth of all nations. The President of the National Union of Students and two other members' who were present were forced into a most promising position, as they found all Europe looking to the British for a lead in the great difficulties; which confronted them. The Central Committee of Oxford Women Undergraduates is; affiliated to the National Union. of Students, as is the Oxford Union Society which joined at the conference held in. May at Nottingham. The Leipzig Conference was there discussed and delegates were elected to attend the Summer Conference in Bucharest. The two sides of the National Union's work which should appeal especially to students in Oxford, are the relief work through the University Commission and the vacation tours exchange of students. Information, concerning and introductions; to foreign universities arranged through the Central Office. Clothes will be collected in all colleges; at the end of Term to be sent to students in Eastern Europe, and it is hoped that all who can will give generously. Any student wishing to make use of the Union for travelling abroad, getting passports, reductions in fares;, &c., should apply to their Central Committee members, or direct to the President, Mrs. Kilroy Kenyon (S.C.). At the last meeting of the Central Committee Mrs. Kilroy Kenyon (S.C.) was; elected President. The election for the office's of Secretary and Treasurer was held over for the next meeting. Miss Haidey (S. H. H.) was asked to represent the Committee at the Nottingham Conference. It was; decided to give a dance in Town to raise funds to assist the Committee with its work in connection with the National Union of Students. The dance will take place at the Riviera Club, 129 Grosvenor Road, on. July 3rd. Kendall's Band will play, 9.3o tilt 2 a.m. The Club has just laid a new floor for dancing and made a roof garden overlooking the Thames. ; We hope all who can will come. Tickets (12/6 single) may be had on application from A Windham, St. Hugh's College.
NATIONAL UNION OF STUDENTS. Sir James Barrie made a striking appeal at St. Andrews a few weeks ago for a League of Youth to realise the ideal of Inter-national Brotherhood and Hope. Such a league is already in existence. There is an. International Confederation of Students widely supported on the Continent and at
L.N.U. INTER-COLLEIGIATE DEBATE. A debate was held on May 18th in the J.C.R. of St. Hugh's on the motion ' That the League of Nations should be abandoned.' Mr. J. W. Parkes, who' has been the University Secretary of the League of Nations; Union kindly consented
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to come and speak for the League; and Miss Herdman, Oxford County Secretary of the L.N.U., also kindly came to help debate and answer questions about the League. Miss Jowers, in proposing the motion, feared that the League as: a diplomatic body would shew only the underhand dealings of diplomacy. Selfinterest among the nations was inevitable owing to the imperfection of human nature, and a society of nations which was grounded on the common weal was bound to become a cause of strife for conflicting interests. The national spirit which the League would destroy is a better instrument for reforms. Miss Topsfield, nevertheless was hopeful for, the future of the League. Its very existence, based on the idea that anything other than war could change inter-national affairs was a proof that some feeling supports it. Miss Bryant objected to practical inefficiency of the League to carry out its ideals. She said it had proved itself slow, inadequate and expensive:; and could only conceive of the flightiness of popular feeling as a reason for the support it has gained. Mr. Parkes, who spoke fourth, first replied to criticisms of the League by saying that not much can, be said one way or another of an organisation -run on totally new lines that has existed only for two years. He replied to Miss Jowers that the imperfection of human nature is a fact that must be taken into account in the formation of any new society, but need not be a reason against any such formation. Also that the spirit of inter-nationalism has not so much ousted as grown up with that of nationalism. The last is only a recent growth, and the former has: shown itself lately in other developments, such as international scholarship. To the accusations, of the expense of supporting a large secretariat, he replied that the cost of running the League of Nations was half that of making a big gun. On the positive side Mr. Parkes instanced the proclamation: of war in. the Oland Island, that between Poland and Lithuania, the solution of the Silesian problem, which the Allied Conference had failed to solve. Miss Herdman gave us some further information about the actions of the. League' in the Saar Valley and Silesia. K. HILLS (S.H..C.). Secretary, L.N.U. •
Term. Our pleasure at her appointment to such a post is overshadowed by our regret at losing her ; she has become so much a part of the Hall that it is almost impossible to realise what it will be like without her. She will carry away with her the enduring good wishes of all the generations of students who have had the happiness of being up at the Hall with her. Miss Johnson also leaves: us, alas, this Term ; we shall be very sorry indeed to say good-bye to her after her year's stay with us. The Arnold Essay Prize has been awarded this year to an old student of the Hall, Miss Fleming, who thereby achieves the distinction of being the first woman to win an Open University Prize., The. Hall feels inordinately proud of itself, and offers her its heartiest congratulations. The activities of Hall clubs and societies arerecorded beloiv. The modesty of the First Year will probably prevent their sending in an account of their excellent performance, on May isth, of •Gordon Bot•tomley's. play, King Lear's They are very much to be congratulated on thefine acting and staging which made this such a great success. A fair is being held at the Hall on the last_ Thursday of Term in aid of the Building Fund-.
ITALIAN CLUB. The number of the members in the Club has been increased from fifteen to twenty, in view of the inevitable irregularity of attendance during the Summer Term. The Club will meet six times this Term to read and discuss Dante's ' Inferno,' and each week a short paper will be read on some subject in connection with Dante's methods or' outlook. A. ZOE BARKER.
L.M.H. BOAT, CLUB. President—Miss SKIPWORTH. Secretary—A. G. WREFORD.
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Canoeing—C. F. FLETCHER, M. GALPIN. There is little to report of the activities of the Boat Club. Owing to strong currents and heavy gales fewer people have been able to qualify than had been anticipated. The following have qualified since the last report. Trinity Term : Sculling.—M. Jennings ; HalfCaptain C. Rudd. :
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The Literary Society announces that on Thursday, June 1st, Mr. A. K. D. Hughes will read at paper on Shelley. The meeting will be open to members of College and their friends. Later in The College 1st Six has not played any athe Term Mr. Harold Monroe has agreed to read paper, the subject and date: to be announced matches yet, but has fixed, besides the Cup Matches, to play a game with Wadham on June later. It was with great pleasure that we received' at znd, and one with Lincoln on June 7th, also a match with Reading on May 17th, which, how- the beginning of Term an acknowledgment from the Famine Committee at Saratov for the con,ever, unfortunately has had to be postponed. The 1st Six is provisionally fixed as follows :- tribution we were able to raise last Term. Finally, on the eve of Eights' Week, we wish 1st couple L. Stack and M. Carlyle; znd couple R. Raikes and N. Irvine 3rd couple M. Brom- to express our appreciation of the invitation which Balliol College has again generously exfield and D. W'roughton. tended to Somerville, to make use of their ferry The 2nd Six has played one Cup Match against across the New Cut. S.C., resulting in a victory to. L.M.H. by 5 0. BUCKLEY. matches to 3, the last match not being played out. All members showed great keenness, and played up very well indeed. SWIMMING CLUB. The following have been provisionally chosen for the znd Six :—ist couple M. Batty and I. President—Miss SHARPE. Ree ; znd couple T. Hony and. M. Brown ; 3rd Secretary•MISS HUGHES. couple A. Nichols and D. Lee-Smith. Treasurer—Miss STOCK. M. CARLYLE. The membership of the Swimming Club goes up with the temperature, and the Rhea is full of people learning to swim or dive. The ClubCRICKET. won its first match, against Reading University, on May 27th, and has secured more fixtures L.M.H. has eagerly welcomed the revival of before the Cup Match on June 21st. cricket, and a sufficient number of cricketers has A polo team has been formed, which has two been found' to justify a Hall game every week. We are looking forward immensely to both Cup matches arranged already, and would be glad of and Inter-Building Matches, and our enthusiasm others. is in no wise damped by the absence of cups Most of us need an enormous amount of practice BOAT CLUB. in every branch of the game before we can be really efficient, but we have several good players President—H. A. PIN SENT. and hope to be well represented in United. Secretary—M. U. SHARPE. A. SIMPSON (Cricket Representative). Treasurer—M. N. JACKSON. • Rowing Representative —A. TorsFIELD. Punt and Canoe Representative—M. J. CROOK. SOMERVILLE COLLEGE. Owing to the amalgamation of the Rowing J. C. R. REPORT. Club with the Boat Club, the Committee of the This Term provides: us so far with little to latter has been enlarged and now includes a report on that will not be found under the head- rowing representative and a representative for ings of the various games clubs. punt and canoe members. We hope to have a The only dance for which we have been granted Regatta., as we had last year, on June tith, in leave does not take place until Saturday, June 3rd. aid of the Somerville Endowment fund. The greatest possible enthusiasm has been displayed. The Somerville Debating Society has decided M. U. S. not to hold any meetings this Term; we hope that it will enter upon its usual activities with renewed vigour at the beginning, of next year. ROWING. On Friday, May 12th, the French Society held There are, at present, sixteen people who row. a most successful debate with the University French Club. The motion Que cette assemblee The standard is so low that the fours have not yet croit en l'efficacite de l'Augo-Suggestion,' was been fixed, even provisionally. Three fours go out every week, and a mixed Somerville and St. lost by 8 votes. Captain—M. CARLYLE. Secretary—R. RAIKES.
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Hugh's eight once a week. It is hoped that more people will row in the Winter Terms, and if the improvement already perceptible under our present coach is continued we shall probably have a Somerville Eight before 1923. A. TOPS FIE LD.
spite of the heat, two Fours have been going out regularly on the Upper River, and the Eight, to which we and Somerville each contribute four members, is beginning to show signs of promise. For those who perform at the pole and paddle, we hope to have a regatta at which they may display their proficiency on the last Saturday of Term.
ST. HUGH'S. To the great regret of the College we are losing our Librarian, Miss Evans, at the end of this Term. Her loss will be felt in many departments of College life, and we owe much to her generosity and enthusiasm. We wish her every success in the research work she is undertaking. There is little to report at this stage of the Term. A successful dance was given on May 2oth, at which the Scintillating Six provided the music. On Sunday, May 22nd, Miss Wrong addressed a meeting on the subject of University Conditions in Central Europe.' The League of Nations Union held a debate in the J.C.R. on May 18th on the motion : ' That the League of Nations should be abandoned.' We are looking forward to the Fair organised by the. First Year, to be held on June 5th. On. June 24th Miss Jourdain will give her annual Garden Party, to which she has most kindly invited the members of the J.C.R.
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President—Miss EVANS. Captain—I. M. SHARPE. S ecretary—N . HOARE.
I St Six.-(I) V. Legs and M. Lagden ; (2) M. Slaney and M. Godley ; (3) — Deards and A. Windham. 2nd Six.—(i) M. Clarry and D. Peters ; (2). A. Brough and M. Prichard ; (3) M. Clive-Smith and D. Emtage. Wei have been fortunate in having a fair amount of team-practice this Term—both amongst ourselves and in mixed practices with Wadham and St. John's, with whom we had excellent games in spite of the hot weather. The 1st Six have so far only played one match—the Cupper against Somerville on May 23rd—which, after longdrawnout games in the heat resulted in a victory to St.. Hugh's. We meet L.M.H. in. the Finals. The znd Six, having defeated Somerville, were defeated in the Finals by L.M.H. The general play of both Sixes promises well, but, though the average play in practice games is good, there is a tendency to be unsteady in matches. The impression is that more head-work • would be effective.
The activities of the; Boat Club this Term, have been so great that the raft is beginning to show signs of wear, while our array of punts makes us fear that we may be mistaken for Tims. In
We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the Bedford College Magazine.
BOAT CLUB.
FIOLY WELL PRESS, ALFRED STREET, OXFORD.
I.—The management of the Fritillary shall be in the hands of an Editor and five Committee members in the Michaelmas and Hilary Terms, and an Editor, Sub-Editor and five Committee members in Trinity Term. II.—The Editor shall be elected by the votes of the Colleges and Halls at the end of the Hilary Term, and shall act as Sub-Editor during the Trinity Term. III.—The five Committee members shall be elected, one from each of the Colleges and Halls, at the end of the Trinity Term, and shall come into office in the Michaelmas Term. IV.—There shall be a Treasurer, who shall be referable to the Editor and Committee, and who shall be elected at the end of the Trinity Term and come into office in the following- Michaelmas Term. V.—No member shall, for the future, be eligible for prizes who has at the time of entry been non-resident for more than a Term.