St Edmund Hall Magazine 1942-43

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ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE. Vol. V, No.

DECEMBER, 1942.

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EDITORS: A . T. G. PococK, Editor. Hilary and Trinity Terms, ig42_.

M. A. HOOKER, Editor. Michaelmas Term, 1942.

DE PERSONIS ET REBUS AULARIBUS OF THE HALL IN WAR-TIME.

T HIRD year of war has passed and a fourth is one term old; and, again, it can be gratefully recorded that the H all finds itself far less disturbed m its pursuit of the academic life than, perhaps.> any other college . At dinner on most nights in term-time the Dining-hall is full, and as often as not the gallery too. The Debating Society still holds its sessions, and indeed survived the austerity of dispensing with its bever of beer during Michaelmas Term. The Essayists still find that curious titles provoke to curiosity. All H all Clubs, Reginensibus consociantibus, carry on with undiminished zest. The key-board of the J.C.R. piano gathers no dust. The wistaria and the acacia (Robinia pseudacacia) have flowered with a more than ordinary exuberance of blossom. The Vice-Principal has added Purcell's Trumpet Voluntary to his collection of recorded music. Accipimus omen.

Once again, contrary to expectation, the number of undergraduates in residence has been maintained. At the end of the academic year 1941-42 there were in residence ninety-five undergraduate~. Not~ithstanding an exceptional exodus of seventy-three undergraduates at the en{i of Trinity Te rm, the new academical year opened for the Hall with numbers replenished. This very satisfactory position was made possible by a record accession of freshmen - seventy-one . For the second year in succession the Hall was -second only to New College in the number of freshmen admitted. Included in this substantial reinforcement are twentyeight R.A.F. Probationer Cadets and six Probationer Cadets of the Royal Signal Corps. The admirable contribution which the relays of Probationer Cadets assigned to the Hall have made to all

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ST. EDMUND HALL .MAGAZINE Hall activities during the all too brief six months of their 路residence has been most notevvorthy. It is to be hoped that not a few of them may return to enjoy a longer sojourn here after the war.

OF T'HE PRINCIPAL AND FEL.LOWS. In June the Navy reclaimed the Principal, when the Admiralty decided to establish University Naval Divisions for the provision of pre-entry training for 路 undergrad uates who wish to enter the Navy on being called up. As Commanding Officer of the Naval Division formed in this University he .holds the rank of LieutenantCommander, R.N.V.R., Special Duties Branch.

The Vice-PrinciJPal has taken a n active part in the organization of the successful courses which under the auspices of the U niversity have been arranged during the vacations for the officers and men of the Canadian and other Allied Forces.

The Rev. R. F. W. Fletcher has felt . obliged to rcsig路n the living of Broughton Poggs, as his duties as Acting Secretary of the Delegacy of Local Examinations were making the journeys 路 to and fro too .difficult under the increasing stringency of petrol rationing.

Pilot-Officer G. D. Ramsay, R.A.F.V.R., for some time pent within the confines of a Hebridean island, has been translated to the sub-continent of India.

0F AN HONORARY FELLOWSHIP. At the beginning of Michaelmas Term the Principal and Fellows of the Hall elected the Right Reverend Gerald Burton Allen, D.D., Lord Bishop of Dorchester, Principal 1920-28, to an Honorary Fellowship. It had been the intention of the Principal and Fellows not to elect to Honorary FellowshiJPs so long as the war lasted, but on entering the fourth year of the war they felt that an exception must be made in favour of the Bishop of Dorchester, than whom no former officer of the Hall more richly merited the high recognition which an Honorary Fellowship confers. His election will be widely welcomed among Aularians who know how much the Hall owes to his devoted energy and direction during the memorable years of his principalship.

OF CONGRATULATIONS. Congratulations are due to the following members of the Hall

in statu pu.pillari : To H. L . D a Costa on being placed in the First Class in the Final Honour School of Jurisprudence.

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To W. N. H. Fry and A. Westaway on being placed m th e First Class in Part I of the Shortened Honour School of Modern Languages.

To E. G. Midgley on being placed in the First Class in Part I of the Shortened Honour School of English Language and Literature.

To those who were placed in th e Second Class in their respective Honour Schools: B. N. Y. Vaughan (Theology); G. R. Coulthard (Modern Languages, Fr. a nd Sp.); A. W. B.arnes and K. Hardacre (English Language and Lite.rature).

To those who were placed in the Second Class in their respective Shortened Honour Schools:. D. D. Beynon, A. ¡N. R. Dearle, M.A. Hooker, L . N. Pike and C. J. Weir (Modern History , Part I) ; G. J. F. Brain (Jurisprudence); D. H. Duruty, K . J. Haigh, G. S. Jackson, P. J. Kelly and P. R. H. Sykes (Modern Languages , Part I); P. B. Rackham (Modern Languages, Part II); G. E. Janson-Smith, R. McAdams, A . T. G. Pocock and A. Ward (English Language and Literature).

To D. A. Perrott on being placed in the Second Class in Honour Moderations in Natural Science.

To P. J. C . Smith on being awarded a Rhodes Scholarship.

To A. P. Smith on being appointed to a Cadetship in the Colonial Tropical Administrative Service.

To D. D. Lees on being Captain of the University Hockey Club.

To A. T. G. Pocock on representing the University at Hockey against Cambridge and on being elected to the Occasionals.

To J. A. Parsons on representing the University in the Sports against Cambridge, on being one of the Oxford men c)1osen for the Combined Universities Team, and on be elected to the Centipedes.

To I. D. Wallace on representing the University in the Sport,; ::igainst Cambridge and on being elected .to the Centipedes .

To T. G. P. Rogers ¡on representing the University at Rugby Football.

To N. J. Ovenden on representing the University at Boxing and on being elected to the Panthers.

T o C. J. Weir on being elected to the Centaurs.

To P. T. Bayley on being elected to the Authentics.

To R, M. Holmes on being elected to the Authentics.

To H. H a mill on representing the University at Hockey.

To: T. J. W. Foy on rowing in Final Trial Eig hts.

To the Boat Club on again obtaining conjointly with Queen's the first place in the Inter-Collegiate Freshmen's Fours .

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OF EXHIBITIONS. An Examination,, beg inning on Tuesday, March 17, was held fo r the purpose of awarding on Exhibition in English Literature and two Exhibitions in Modern Languages, each of the annual value of £40. As a res ult of this Examination the following elections were made : B. G. Keddie, Barrow Grammar School (Eng lish).

L. V. Fost, Holloway School (French).

P.H. Harris, Maidstone Grammar School (Frerich and German).

The first of these elections proved barren, as B. G. Keddie resigned his Exhibition on winning an Open Scholarship at New College.

An Examination, beginning on Tuesday, March 24, was held for the purpose of awarding two Exhibitions in Classics and Modern History, each of the annual value of £40. As a result of this Examination the following elections were made :J. F. Dixon, King's School,, Peterborough.

D. E. Parker, The Grammar School, Beverley.

Minor Exhibitions were awarded to J. Pike, Dauntsey's School (Modern Languages) and to C. J. Weir, Forest School and St. Edmund Hall (Modern History) .

J. F. Dixon's election proved barren, as he resigned his Exhibition on winning an Open Exhibition at H ertford College.

Exhibition Examinations in 1943 have been ~rranged as follows:On Tuesday, March 16, and the two following days, for the purpose cif awarding on e Exhibition in English Literature and two Exhibitions in Modern Languages (F'rench with one other language, German, Spanish or Russian; or French only), each of the annual value of £40.

011 Tuesday, March 23, and the two following days, for the purfPOSe of awarding Exhibitions in Cla~sics, or Modern History , e ach of the annual value of £40.

OF THEi Srn-IOOLS. HILARY TERM, 1942 .

For the Degrees of B.M. and B.Ch.: In Human Anatomy and Human Physiology: J. N. Micklem. In Medicine, Surgery, . etc . : C. H. Jellard. In Organic Chemistry: M. G. D. D avys.

Honour Sections for Special Certificate: E.2 (Chaucer): ]. P. Janson -Sm ith. Ee.I (Introductory Economics): D. M. Brooks, F. G. Thackeray*; Ec.2 (Currency and Credit): A. C. Garrett;

* Distinction.

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H.3 (English History): C. N. Gowing; H.4 (European History): C. N. Gowing; M.r (Russian Composition, etc.): L. H. C. Thomas; M.3 (Essay and Modern Authors, Spanish): G. Sunderland; P.r (Political Science): W. J. Camkin, G. E. Ford; P.6 (Moral Philosophy): D. M. Brooks, F. G. Thackeray*; J.3 (Contract and Roman Law): G. J. F. Brain, P. J. C. Smith.

Special Examination for R .A .F. Cadets: Electro-magnetism, etc.: R. A. Chell, M. Moore, E. F. vV. Seymour; Elementary Aeronmitics: P.A. Bennett, D. N. Ha~nilton, D. J. Herhert,t L. J. "Hurd,t P. Lane, N. J. Ovenden,t H. H. Peckitt, tJ. E. H. Steele, G. J. Tonks,t I. D. Wallace.t TRINITY TERM.

Examination for Diploma in Theo.ZOgy: A. R. Lewis, B.A. Qualifying Examination for the Degree of B.D.: J. Hardyman, B.A., D. R. Jones, B.A., B. J. Wigan, B.A. Honour School of. Jurisprudence: Class I: H. L. Da Costa; (Shortened Honours Exam.): Class II: G. J. F. Brain; Class III: P. J. C. Smith.

Honour School of Literae Humaniores: Class IV: G. Harper King.

Honour School of Theology: Class II: B. N. Y. Vaughan; (Shortened Honours Exam.): Class III: D. L. J. Jenkins.

Honour School of Modern History: Sho1'tened Examination, Part I: Class II: D. D. Beynon, A. N. R. Dearle, M. A. Hooker, L. N. Pike, C. J. Weir; Class III: C. N. Gowing, G. L. Nation-Tellery, J.E. Spence, C.R. Ullyatt, F. H. Warwick.

Honour School of English Languag_e and Literature: Class II: A. W. Barnes, K. Hardacre; (Shortened Honours Exam., Part I): Class I: E. G. Midgley; Class II: J. P. JansonSmith, R. McAdams, A. T. G. Pocock; A. Ward; Class III: J. Hanson; (Part II): Class III: D. H. Kavanagh.

Honour School of Modern Languages: Class II: G. R. Coulthard (French and Spanish); (Shortened Honours Exam., Part I): Class I: W. N. H. Fry (French and German), A. We~taway (French); Class II: D. H. Duruty (French and Spanish), K. J. Haigh (French and German), G. -S. Jacksoh (French and German), P. J. Kelly (Russian and French), P. R. H. Sykes (French and Spanish); Class III: H. Bradley (Spanish and French), P . Durnford (French), J. R. McGovern (French and Spanish); (Part II): Class II: P. B. Rackham (French and German). t With credit.

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE Hon~ur School of Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Class III:

H. W. Hinds.

Honour School of Natural Science: Animal Physiology: Class III: P. J. N. Cox. Special Certificate in Chemistry: R. Fell, J. A. Parsons, J. L. Riley.

Groups of the Pass Final School: Group A .3: J. S. Reynolds; Group B.6: J. S. Reynolds; Grou.p F.1: J. B. Keeling.

Honour Sections for Special Certificate: Ee.I (Introductory Economics): J. R. Priestley; Ec.4 (Econ. Organisation): D. M. Brooks, F. G. Thackeray; P.1 (Pol. Science): A. C. Garrett; H.2 (General Hist., 1870-1914): W. J. Camkin; G.1 (Physical Geovaphy): A. D. Walker; M .1 (French): P. J. Toogood; M.2 (German): D. H. Piper; M.3 (French): G. W. Flex, D. H. Piper; M.4 (French): D. H. Piper, P. J. Toogood; P.1 (Pol. Science): F. G. Th~ckeray ; Ph.6 (Moral Philosophy): J. R. Priestley.

Honou1' Classical Moderations; Class III: C. W. B. Costeloe; Class IV: R. W. Robson.

Honou.r Mathematical Moderations: Part I: P. N. F. Nixon.

Honour Moderations in Natural Science: Class II: D. A. Perrott.

Law Moderations: Group II: W. H. Dinsdale.

For the Degree of B:M . and B .Ch.: In Pathology: D : G. T. H icks; In Pharmacology and T herap eutics: C. J. H. Starey; In Forensic Medicine and Public Health: D. G. T. Hicks.

LONG VACATION.

Special Examination for R .A .F. Cadets: Elementary A ei'onautics: P. T. Bayley, P. H. Eades, B. H. Holland, t R. M. Holmes , R. C. Holmwood, J. M . Maynard, D. F. Orchard,+ P. C. B. Sharman, A. M. Smith, J. F. Stephens; Electro-magnetism, etc.: J. G. Allinson; History and Geography: J. F . Grist, + J. S. R. Lewis, C. C. Mitten.

MICHAELMAS\ TERM.

Honour Sections for Sp ecial Certificate: E.2 (Chaucer): R. McAdams; E.3 (Shakespeare): D. Brotherton, D." E: H. Evans, H. Lipt rot, J. E. Morris; E.4 (Milton): I. P. Smith; H.3 (English History): T. G. P. Rogers; H.4 (European History): T.G.P.Rogers; M .3: G. S. Jackson (G erman) , J . R .

McGovern (Spanish); P.1 (Pol. Science): M.A. Hooker, C.R. Ullyatt, F. H. Warwick; T.1 (Th eol.): D. L. Thawley. t With _credit.

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Group of the Pass Final School: B..r : J.B. Keeling.

Law Moderations: Group I : A. Arthur, R. S. 0 . Poole, \V . J. Stafford.* For the D egree of B.M. and B. Ch.: Anatomy and Physiology: H. R. Smart; Pharmacology and Therapeutics: P. J. N. Cox , J. N. Micklem; Medicine, Surgery , etc. : D. G . '.f. H icks.

IN MEMORIAM.

\i\T e gratefully record the gift of books belonging t o the late

2nd Lieut. Martin S . Preston, Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry, Exhibitioner of the H all, which members of his family have made to the Library of the Hall.

OF GIFTS. The best thanks of the H all are due to the fo llowing donors for gifts that have been made to the Hall during the past year : To Mr. and Mrs. H. Hayes for their yearly gift of the sum of five pounds for the purchase of classical books in memory of t heir son , Henry Trevor Hayes.

To Lieut. B. W. Cave-Browne-Cave for his gift of a silver tankard.

To the Rev. R. St. J. Fisher for his g ift of a copy of Prnecipuorum Theologiae Capitum Enchiridion Didacticum, by Dr. Thomas Tullie (Principal I 658-75), 2nd and enlarged edn., 1668. It appears from an inscription on the Hy-leaf that this copy once belonged to Francis Loder , who matriculated as a member of the Hall in I670 and was purchased by him for r6d. in 1671.

To Mrs . A. L. Browne for her gift of off-prints of articles contributed by her late husband, the Rev. A. L. Browne, to various archaeological an d historical societies.

OF THE AULARIAN ASSOCIATION. It had to be decided that conditions still did not admit of the holding of a Reunion of Old Members at the encl of Trinity Term.

If it proves practicable to hold a Reunion in I943, it w ill take place on Tuesday, June 29., OF ST. EDMUND'S DAY. Once again the war necessitated the absence of guests at dinner 111 H all on St . Eclmuncl's Day, Monday, N ovember 16. An exception was m ade this year in the case of the Bishop of Dorchester to mark his recent election as a n Honorary Fellow of the Hall . The toast of Fl oreat A ula was given by the Principal.

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KEY TO THE H ALL GRO UP , i942 T he names . are given from left to right as viewed by. the reader.

Back Row.-I. L. Scott, J . F. Stephens, C. C. Mitten, P. M. H . Chawner, R. Fell, A. W. Rees, P . Durnford, C. W. B. ·Costeloe, .K. J. Haigh , P. R. H. Syk es, H. M. Palmer , ]. R. Priestley, I. P. Smith, G. W. Flex, J. A. Parsons, A. T. G. Pocock,

A. M. Smith.

S econd Row .-T. A. B. Corley, F. Waind, J . R . S. L ewis, T ; G. P . Rogers,, A. W ard, C. R. U llyatt, D. D . Beynon , L. N. Pike, ]. H.P. D awson, D . A. Orchard, J. L. Riley, P. H . H oll and , F. G. Th ackeray, W .

Third Row.-D. H. Duruty, J . G. Roberts, R . W. Robson, H. B rad ley, G. S. Jackson,

J. Camkin, A. N. R. Dearle.

J. H anson,. J. F. Grist, J. E. Spence;

F. H . Warwick, D. M. Brooks, C. N. Gow in g, A. C. Garrett, A. ·westaway, M. A. Hooker, P . T. Bay ley, R . M. H olmes.

Fourth Row.-D. A. R ider, D. A. P errott, G. M. W oodman, P. J . C . Smith, J. P. J anson-Sm ith, G. J . F. Brain, P. N. F. N ix on, W. N. H. Fry, P. ]. Toogood, A. D. Walter, R. McAdams, E. G. Midgley, G . .L. Nation -T ellery, D. H .. Kavanagh,' J. R. McGovern, B. N. Y. Vaughan, D . L. G. J enkin s.

Fift h Row.-P . H. Eades, D.

D. Lees,

K. Hardacre, A. W. Barn es, P. ]. N . Cox, the R ev. R . F. W . Fletcher, the R ev. J. N. D .

. Kelly (Vice-Principal) ,' R . T. H oltby (President

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].C.R. ), .Mr. A. B. Emden (P·rin ci pal) , Mr. G. R. Brew is, Dr. H.J. Hunt,

Dr. H. M. N . H. Irvin g, C. ] . H . Starey, G. A. K. Missen, J . S. Reynolds, G. Harper King, C. ]. W eir.

Front Row.-] . M. May nard, J . G. Allinson, R. C. H olmwood,

W. H . Dinsdale, P. C . B. Sharman , J. 0 . Griffiths.

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ST. l': DM U>iD f-Ii\LL, FRESHMEN Mt C L l.~ICl.Mi\S TER~L , i 94 1

FRESHMEN MICHAELM AS TERM, 1941

The names a-re given from left to right as viewed by the rea.der .

Back Row.-T. M. Schuller, A. T . G. Pocock, A. N. R . Dearle, I. D. vVallace , C. N. Gowing, G. W. Flex, A. D. W alter,

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P arsons, G. A. K. Missen, R. F ell, ] . R. McGovern , E. F . W. Seymour.

Second Row.-R : A. Huskisson, L. N . Pike, G. S. J ackson, P . R. H. Sykes , F. G. Th ackeray, M. A. H ooker, G. L. Nation-Tellery,

] . E. Spence, W. H . W arwick, D. M. Brooks, D. B. Akehurst, R. A. Che ll.

Third Row.-C. ] . We ir, D. ] . H erbert, G. ] . Tonks, R. W. Ro bson , ]. E . T. Steele, P. A. Benne tt, A. ]. E. B arnsley , H. M. P eckett, K. ] . Haigh, D. D. Beynon, C. R . U llyatt, P .· N. F. N ixon.

Fourth Row.-]. H anson, C. W. B. Costeloe, P . ] . Toogood, D. A. Perrott, D . _H. Duru ty, E. G. 'Midgley, R. McAdams, W . N. H. Fry, A. W a rd , L. J . Hurd, P. L a ne, N . ] . Ovenden, M. Moore.

Front Row.-H. Bradley , F. Vva ind, P . H. Durnford, A. W. R ees.

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OF TOMATOES. The flower-beds in part of the front and the back Quadrangles were turned to vegetarian uses this summer and produced 37-l lbs. of tomatoes.

OF THE: .NEW LIBRARY.

]. S. Reynolds succeeded A. Green as Librarian in Hilary T erm and R. T. Holtby succeeded Reynolds in Michaelmas Term.

OF THE ].C.R. This year we publish a photograph of the Freshmen who came up in Michaelmas Term 1941, in add ition to the Hall group taken in .Trinity Term 1942, as the former photograph includes the Signal Corps and R. A .F. probationers whose six moriths' course terminated in April 1942.

As H. E. Pearson went out of residence at the end of Michaelmas Term 1941 , G. A. K. Missen was appointed Steward.

The officers of the J.C.R. for the academical year 1942-3 are: President, C.]. H. Starey; Stewa:rd, I. P. Smith. G. A. K. Missen has been appointed Junior Treasurer.

THE WAR Ll ST of those Aularians who are known to be serving in H .M Forces is once again published, and has been, so far as is possible, brought up-to-date. As in previous lists, only such hare particulars can be given as will conform with the requirements of the censorsh ip. But, as I have mentioned before, Aularians who wish to obtain the military address of any Aularian can ascertain by application to the Hall Bursary w hether it is available in the Hall register of the military addresses of Aularians. It is to be hoped that Aularians on active service will help in the maintenance of this record by always letting me know as soon as possible any change in their own rank or address.

During the last twelve months the number of Aularians serving in H.M. Forces has risen from approximately 350 to 450, of which about 67 per cent. are serving in the Army, 21 per cent. in the Royal Air Force, and 12 per cent. in the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Naval Air Arm. Four Aularians are serving in the American Forces.

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J. C. A.damson is a Captain¡ in Commandos.

D . B. Akehurst, L.A.C., R.A.F .V.R., is training in Canada.

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\V. E. Alderson is a Lieut. in the R.A.M.C. A . H. Aldridge, promoted Flying Officer, R.A.F.V.R., is to be very cordially congratulated on being awarded a bar to the D.F .C. conferred on him last year. This further recognition of his gallantry in flying operations against the enemy was won for actions over the Mediterranean. According to the official record, Aldridge, as a . member of 217 Squadron, 'attacked shipping on several occasions and, in spite of heavy antiaircraft fire, with much success. During three attacks in June, he hit an Italian warship. and an enemy vessel which later sank, and disabled another. On the last occasion he defied an extremely heavy defensive barrage.'

J. G. Allinson is training as a Cadet at an 0.C.T.U. of the Royal Corps of Signals in the north of England.

R. E. Alton, SherwO:od Foresters, has been promoted Lieut. In the course of the summer he vis ited Oxford with his troop for the purpose of giving a series of demonstrations to the O.U.S.T.C. . · ]'. N. Appelhe, Army Educational Corps, has been promoted Warrant Officer, Class I, and is stationed in Pembrokeshire.

G. E. C. Archer, after training as a Cadet in U.S~A., has been commissioned Pilot Officer, R.A.F. V .R., and has been stationed in the Midlands. · The Rev. T. E. M. Ashton, Cha1plain, R.A.F., has been stationed in Egypt.

G . C. R. Barker, R.A.F.V.R., has been_ promoted Flight Lieut. and has been stationed in South Africa.

A. J.E. Barnsley, L.A.C., R.A.F.V.R., is training in Canada.

L. D. A. Baron, promoted Flying Officer, R.A.F .V.R., is to be . warmly congratulated on being awarded the D.F .C. N. Bartleet, R.N.V.R., has been promoted Lieutenant.

A. K. Barton; R.A. F.V.R., Administrative Branch, has been promoted Flying Officer.

B: E. Bate is a Lance-Corporal in the Intelligence Corps (Field Security). · · The R ev. G. H. Bateman is a Senior Chaplain to the Forces.

P . T. Bayley, L.A.C., R.A.F.V.R., is training for pilot duties.

H. B . D. Beales, Captain, R.A., is instructing at an O.C.T. Regt. in the north of England. · Comdr. T. R. Beatty, R.N., is attached to the Naval Meteorological Branch.

D. A . Becher is attached to the Gold Coast Regt., and has been promoted Lieutenant. , N . S . Belam, R.F.A., has been promoted Lieutenant arid is attached to the Indian Army. · J. D. M. Bell, A.C.2, R.A.F.V.R., has been stationed in the north of Scotland.

The Rev. E. 0. Bennett is a Chaplain to the Force;;.

P. A. Bennett, L.A.C., R.A.F.V.R., is training in Canada: I. E. N. Besley, Major, R.A.S.C., has been stationed in the west of England.

D. D. Beynon has been training as a Cadet in an Infantry O.C.T. U. in Lancashire. ·

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D. W. Bigley, after making good his escape from Malaya, joined the Australian Navy. He subsequently returned to England and has been commissioned Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R. P. C. Birkinshaw, Royal N orfolk Regt., has been promoted Lieutenant.

R. A. BishotP has been commissioned Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R., and has been serving in one of H.M. Motor Launches overseas.

A_cting Lieutenant-General A. B. Blaxland, 0.B.E., Indian Army, is to be warmly congratulated on his promotion.

J. F. Bleasdale, R.N.V.R., has been promoted Lieutenant and is serving in one of H .M . Cruisers.

P. P. Eloy, Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R., is serving in one of H.M. Corvettes.

C . W. Boothroyd, R.A.F.V.R., Administrative and Special Duties Branch, has been promoted Flying Officer, and is stationed in the north of England.

D. W. Boyd, Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R., has been serving in one of H.M. Convoy Escort vessels.

M. H. A. Boyd, The Royal Tank Regt., has been promoted Lieutenant and has been serving in Libya.

G. J. F. Brain has been training as a Cadet in an O.T .C. Reg路t., R.A., in the north of England.

The Rev . G. T. Brett is a Chaplain to the Forces and is serving路 with the Persia and Iraq Force .

J. A. Brett, Captain, R.A . , is instructing in an O.C.T. Regt. in the north of England. 路 D. M. Brooks is training as a 路Cadet in an O.C,T.U. of the R.A.C. K. Brooksbank, Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R., is serving in one of H.M. Destroyers.

M. R. Brown, Corporal, R.A.C., is serving in India.

0. T. Brown, R.A.F .V.R., has been .promoted Flying Officer, and is an instructor at a R .A.F. station in the Home. Counties .

The Rev. C. V. Browne-Wilkinson is serving as a Chaplain, R.A.F. J. Bull has been training as a Gunner in an Anti-Tank Regt., R.A. P. W. Burgess has been promoted Lieutenant and is serving in a Field Regt., R.A., with the Eighth Army.

G. M. Burnett, Medium Regt., R.A.; hasbeenpromoted Lieutenant.

The Rev. Ll. P. Burnett is serving as a Chaplain to the Forces.

E. J . R. Burrough, after serving as an Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Howe, has been training for a commission in H.M.S. King Alfred .

J. P. Burrough, Captain, Royal CorlPS of Signals, was in the Malayan campaign and has since been reported a prisoner of war in Japanese hands.

D. 0. Butlin has bee n training as a Cadet in a Pre-0.T.C. Unit, R.A.C. .

J. E. A. Bye, Lieut., R.N.V.R., is serving on the staff of one of H.M . naval training establishments.

R. Byrom, R.N.V.R., has been promoted Lieutenant, and has been concerned with mine-sweeping.

J. M. D. Caesar has been promoted Lieutenant and has been stationed in Malta.

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J.C. Cain, R.N.V.R . , has been promoted Lieutenant.

W. J. Camkin, L.A.C., R.A.F .V.R., is training as a navigator.

D. M. M. Carey, R.N.V.R ., has been promoted Paymaster Lieut., and is working at the Admiralty.

G . Carruthers, The Border Regt., has been promoted Captain.

E. R. Casady is a Lie utenant (Senior Grade) in the U.S .路 Naval Reserve.

D. E. Cattell, R.A. , has been promoted Captain : P. Caulfeild-B rowne, Roya l Corps of Signals, h as been promoted Lieutenant. 路 B. W. Cave-Browne-Cave, The Northumberland Fusiliers, has been promoted Captain.

J. C . Chaplin, Bucks . Battn . of Oxford & Bucks. L ight Infantry, has been promoted Lie utenant.

W. Charlton, R.N.V.R ., has been promoted Lieutenant.

R. A . Chell h as been commissioned znd Lieutenant, Royal Corps of Signals.

A. R . Clark, 路 Lieut., R.N.V .R., has been serving in one of H.M. Destroyers in the Mediterranean.

J. K. Clark has been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Lincoln shire Regt.

J. H. T . Clarke, Major, R.A .S .C., has been sta.t ioned at Woolwich.

Capt. F . F. Clemence has been stationed in Malta, and is Adjutant of his Battalion.

D . H. Clibborn, Intelligence Corps, has been promoted Captain, and is serving in the Middle East. 路B. R. Coates, znd Lieut., Auxiliary Army P ioneer Corps, is serving with the Middle East Forces.

A . B_. Codling, L .A .C . , R.A.F.V.R., is on a pre-commission trainmg course.

J. G. Coghlin, Capt., The Duke of Wellington's Regt., is attached to th e Corps of Military Police.

H. F . Cook is a R adiograipher in the R.A.M.C. F. Cooke, L.A.C., R.A.F.V.R., has been stationed in Assam.

S . R. Cooke , after training in U .S.A., has been commissioned P ilot Officer, R.A.F.V.R. W. J. S . Cooke , Lieut.-Comdr., R.N.V.R., is stationed at one of H.M . S hore Establishments.

R. A. Cooper is Captain in The Border: Regt.

T . A. B. Corley, Ordinary Seaman, R.N.V.R., after training in H.M.S. Co llingiuood, is serving in one of H.M. Cutters.

C. W. B. Costeloe has been training as a Cadet in an O.C.T. U. of the Royal Artillery.

R . H. Coulston, The Border R egt., has been promoted Lieutenant.

G. J. P . Courtney has been commissioned znd Lieutenant , R.A. C. A. J. Cox has been commissioned znd L ieutenant, Intelligence Corps.

The Rev. S. Cox is a Senior Chapla in to the Forces .

A. L. Crowe, Sergeant Instructor, Army Educational Corps, has b een stationed in Cornwall.

R. A. Cruse, Lieut., Oxford & .Bucks . Light Infantry ; is attached to the Royal Indian Army Service Corps and has been serving on the North-\i\Test Frontier.

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE T. R. H. Cuff is a Craftsman in Brigade Group Workshops, Royal Electrical and Mecl;:ianical Engineers. ]. S. M. Dashwood, R.E., has been promoted Lieutenant and is serving with a Field Squadron in the Middle East.

R. M. Date, R.A. (Light A.A.), has been promoted Lieutenant.

G. Davidson, R.A.F.V.R., has been commissioned Pilot Officer and has been stationed in the north of England.

D. E. Davies, The Welch Regt., has been promoted Lieutenant.

0. P. Davies, after serving as an Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S .

King Geo'r ge V, has been commissioned Sub-Lieutenant , R.N.V.R. R. P. H. Davies, R.F.A., has been promoted Lieutenant and is serving in North Africa.

H. G. Dawber, Intelligence Corps (Field Security), has been promoted Company Sergeant-Major and is serving in the Middle East.

F. W. Dawson, who is serving with a Light A.A. Regt., R.A., has, been promoted Captain . ]. H. P. Dawson is serving as a Private in The Queen's Royal Regiment.

P. F. Dawson is a Trooper in the Queen's Own Hussars.

C. B. Dean, 2nd Lieut., Royal Indian Army Service Corps, was in the Malayan campaign and is unofficially presumed to be a prisoner in Japanese hands.

A. N. R. Dear le has been training as a Cadet in a Motor Battalion's O.C.T.U. C. D. Dent has been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant and is serving· in the R.A.C. with the Middle East Forces.

W. H. Dinsdale has been serving as an Ordinary Seaman, R.N. V.R., in one of H.M. Auxiliary A.A. vessels.

D. K. D. Dixey, Lieut., R..N.V.R., is serving in one of H.M. Battleships.

C . Dobb is serving as a Private, R.A.S.C., in North Africa.

J. 0. Donnison, Royal Corps of ,S ignals, has been promoted Captain .

H. R. Durham, · The Lancashire Fusiliers, has been promoted Captain .

Dr. S. R. Dunlop is a Lieutenant (Junior Grade) in the U.S. Naval Reserve.

P. Durnford has been training as a Cadet in an O.C.T.U. of the Royal Armoured Corps.

D. H. Duruty has been training as a Cadet in an 0.C.T.U. in the Isle of Man. P. H. Eades, L.A.C., R.A.F.V.R., has been training in · New Brunswick.

J. H. A. Eames has been serving as an Ordinary Seaman, R.N.V.R., in one of H.M. Destroyers, and has recently returned to England from Algiers.

G . R. R. East, Medium R.egt'., R.A .. h_a s been promoted Captain.

H. D. Eastwood, Captain, Oxford & Bucks. Light Infantry, has transferred to Airborne Forces. ]. B. F. Eckersley; Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, has been promoted Lieutenant, an.cl has been serving with the Middle East Forces. · ·

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F. G. Edgecornbe, L.A.C., R.R.A.F., has been training in Southern Rhodesia. · J. M. Edmonds is .on the Meteorological Staff.' R.A:F. .

H. G. Edwards, Lieut., R.A.C., has been stationed m Palestrne.

M. C. English, Gurkha Rifles, has been promoted Captain.

D. Erskine, Intelligence Corps, has been promoted Lieutenant.

R. D.R. Evans, Royal Welch Fusiliers, has been promoted Captain.

D. W. Everton, Anti-Tank Regt., R.A., has been promoterl Lieutenant.

H. Evre R.N.V.R. (A), has been promoted Lieutenant.

C. B." F~rmelo is serving as -an Acting Leading Aircraftsman in the Naval Air Arm. M. Y. Ffrench-Williams, R.N.V.R., has been promoted Lieutenant and is in command of one of H.M. Motor Launches.

F. H. H. Finch, Lieut., R.A.S.C., is stationed in the south of England .

N. G. Fisher, Army Educational Corps, is to be congratulated on being promoted Major.

D. A. F. Fleming, attached to H.A.A Battery, R.A., has been . promoted Lieutenant.

R. B. Fletcher is a Sergeant in the Intelligence Corps (Field Security) and is serving in N. Africa.

G. W. Flex is training as a Private in a Primary Training Centre.

D. Floyd is training as a Cadet, R.A.F.V.R. G. E. Ford has been commissioned znd Lieutenant in The Loyal Regt.

B. ·M. Forrest, Lieut., King's Shropshire Light Infantry, is Adjutant of a University S.T.C. A. W. Fowler, R.A., has been promoted Lieutenant, and is on the Staff of an A.A. Group School.

E. F. Foxton, Army Educational Corps, is to be congratulated on being promoted Major. He is serving with the Middle East Forces.

F. H. Frankcom, Major, Army Educational Corps, was in Singapore at the time of its surrender and is officially reported a prisoner of war.

W. H. N. Fry has been training as a Cadet in an Infantry 0.C.T.U. in Lancashire.

A. C. Garrett has been training as a Cadet in an O.C.T. U. of the Royal Artillery.

N. G. Gee, znd Lieut., Royal Corps of Signals; is serving in India.

B. F~A. Geoghegan, Royal Corps of Signals, has been prnmoted Lieutenant. : J. A. Gibb, Lieut., R.A., has been stationed in Malta.

A. Gibson .has been commissioned Pilot Officer, R.A.F.V.R., and is stationed in Scotland.

W. W. E. Giles, Captain, King's African Rifles, was invalided out on account of asthma in 1941 and has resumed his duties as ai;i ~ducationa Officer in Tanganyika Territory.

H. K. G1r~mg, Heavy A.A. Regt., R.A., has been commissioned znd Lieutenant. · A. G. Goode has been comrnission~d znd Lieut~nant in a , Field Regt., R.A.

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H. Gore-Booth, The Royal Irish Fusiliers, has been promoted Lieutenant.

G. D. Gosling is serving in the Infantry, U.S. Army. · K. A. Gourlay, R.A.O.C., has been promoted Sergeant.

C. N. Gowing has been training as a Cadet in an 0.C.T.U. of the Royal Army Service Corps.

C. Greyson, 2nd Lieut., Royal Army Pay Corps, has been stationed at Meerut. · A. Green has been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, The Duke of Wellington's Regt. · \N. A. H. Green is Flt. Lieut., R.A.F.V.R., and has been posted as an Education Officer to a R.A.F. Station in N orthumberland.

R. J. Griffith is a 2nd Lieutenant in the North Irish Horse, R.A.C. ]. 0. Griffiths is training as a Cadet at an O.C.T.U. of the Royal Corps of Signals in the north of England.

J. F. Grist, L.A.C., R.A.F.V.R., ha::; been training in the south of England.

N. Gulley, R.A.F.V.R., has been training for air-crew duties.

J. H. P. Hadden holds a commission in the Duke of Wellington' s Regiment.

K. J. Haigh has been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in The Loyal Regiment. ]. H. P. Hall, Lieut., Border Regt., is serving overseas in the R.A.C. K. B. Hallowes has been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant and is attached to H.Q. of an Armoured Brigade in the Middle East.

E.T. Halstead, R.N .V.R., has been commissioned Sub-Lieutenant and is serving in one of H.M. Destroyers.

D. M. Hamilton, L.A.C . , R.A.F.V.R . , is training in Canada.

J. Hanson h as been training as a Cadet in an 0. C .T. U. of the Royal Armoured Corps.

R. P. Harding, R.A.F.V.R., has been promoted F lying Officer and has been station,ed in the vVest of England.

The Rev. E. vV. H arrison, G.M., is serving as a Chaplain, R.A .F. ]. B. Harvey, R.A .F .V.R ., has been serving as a Pilot in Coastal Command and has been promoted Warrant Officer.

The Rev. R. C. Hastie Smith has been commissioned as a Chaplain to the Forces and is serving overseas.

M. M. Hawes, R.A.S.C., has been promoted Captain and has been attached to the War Office for staff duties.

H. J. Hayes, Major, R.A.S.C., has, until recently, been attached to H .Q., South-Eastern Command. ]. R. Hayston is serving with the Wiltshire Yeomanry in the Middle East.

A.]. Healey is serving as a Sergeant (P.T.) in the R.A.F. M. Healey, Army Educational Corps, has been promoted Captain and has been stationed at a Divisional H.Q. in India.

E. A. H. Heard, Intelligence Corps, has been promoted Captain and is attached to G.H.Q., Middle East' Forces.

F. M. Hemms is a Lance-Bombardier in a Heavy A.A. Battery, R.A. L. D. Henderson, Flight Lieut. Rhodesian Air Force, is serving in the Middle East. '

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G. Vv. Henshaw has been promoted Lieutenant, R .A. G. L. Henson, Oxford & Bucks. Light Infantry, has been attached to the King's African Rifles and promoted Lieutenant. He is stationed in E. Africa.

D. J. Herbert, L.A.C., R.A.F.V.R., is training in Canada.

Th~ Rev. T. D. C. Herbert is a Senior Chaplain to the Forces.

A. E. Hill, Squadron Leader, R.A.F., has been stationed m Palestine.

C. R. Hiscocks, Captain, R.M., has been stationed in Ceylon.

G. M. Hodge has been commissioned Pilot Officer, R.A.F.V.R., and has been stationed in the Home Counties.

B. H. Holland, L.A.C., R.A.F .V.R., is training to be a Pilot in S. Wales.

The Rev. J. N. C. Hollandi~ a Chaplain, R.N. R~ M. Holmes, L.A.,C., R ..A.F.V.R., is training m the south of England.

R. C. Holmwood, L.A.C., R.A.F.V.R., is training as a Pilot in the South of England.

J. F. Hopkinson, Major, The Border Regt., has rejoined his regiment after the closing of the E. Lancashire Junior Leaders' School at Greystoke Castle, of which he was Commandant.

A. C. Hordern, The Royal vVarwickshire Regt., is to be co11gratu. lated on being !Promoted Major.

The Rev. R. L. Hordern is ¡a Chaplain to the Forces.

The Rev. T. H. Horsfield is a Chaplain, R.N. J. E. G. Howarth, R.M., has been promoted Lieutenant.

M. J. Howarth, The North Staffordshire Regt., has been promoted Lieutenant, and is attached to. the Royal Indian Army Service Corps. . ¡ J.P. S. Howe has been serving as an Ordinary Seaman, R~N.V.R., in one of H.JVt Coastal Patrol vessels and was wounded in action on 151 July. He has since been training as a Cadet rating in H.M.S. King Alfred.

R. R. Howgill, R.A.F.V.R., after training in U.S.A., has been commissioned Pilot Officer and has been stationed in the Midlands.

H. M. K. Howson has been commissioned Sub-Lieut., R.N.V.R. C. C. Hughes, The Hampshire Regt., is to be congratulated on being promoted Major.

E. E. Hughes, Lieut., the Royal Tank Regt.

J. R. Hughes, R.E., has been promoted Lieutenant.

W. H. Huntington is a Private in the R.A.S.C., and is serving in the Middle East.

L. J. Hurd, L.A.C., R.A..F.V.R., is training in Canada.

J. W. Hurford, R.A.S.C., has been promoted Captain.

R. A. Huskinson has been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Corps of Signals. . .

T. R. Jackson is serving as a Trooper in the Queen's Lancers.

H. V. James, Sub-Lieut. (A), R.N.V.R., is serving in one of H.M. Aircraft-carriers.

J. P. Janson-Smith has been training as a Cadet at an 0.C.T.U. of the R.A. in \i\lales.

C: H. Jellard has been commissioned Lieutenant in the R.A.M.C.

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D. L. G. Jenkins, L.A.C., R.A.F.V.R., is training as a Navigator.

A . C. Jenkinson is serving as a Private in the Intelligence Corps.

Lieut.-Col. B. C. W. Johnson, O.B.K, T.D., has been Commanding Officer of the Birmingham University O .T. C. D. V. Johnson, Sergeant, R.A.M.C., is serving in a Field Hygiene Section with the West African Force.

E. Ll. Jones, The Welch Regt., has been promoted Lieutenant and is serving with the Middle East Forces. · The Rev. J. N. Keeling is a Chaplain, R.A.F. G. S. Keen, Captain, Royal Berkshire Regt., is serving overseas.

A. W. Keith-Steele, The Loyal Regiment, has been promoted Cap·t ain and is Adjutant of his Battalion, .

P. J. Kelly is serving as an Ordinary Seaman, R.N.V.R., after training in H.M.S. Collingwood.

D. N. F. Kempston, Lieut., is serving with a MediumRegt., \R.:A., in the Middle East. · L. W. Kennan, Major, R.A.S.C., was in the M~dayan campaign and is officially reported to a prisoner in J apanese hands.

M. B. Kennaway, Devon Regt., has been promoted Lieutenant and is serving overseas .

D. C. Kennedy, R.A.F.V.R., has been promoted F light-Lieutenant. ]. du M. Kenyon, R.A., is to be congratulated on being promoted Major. He has been an Instructor in Gunnery at" the School of Artillery.

J. W. King, R.A., has been promoted Lieutenant and is serving in India .

0. D. C. W. King-Wood, R.A.F.V.R., is a Sergeant-Instructor, and has been stationed in the Lowlands of Scotland.

P. M. Kirk is training as a Cadet in an 0.C:T. U. of the R.A.S.C. Dr. M. M. Knappen has been commissioned as a Captain in the U.S. Army Air Force, and has been attached to .a School of Applied Tactics (Bombardment Dept.).

G. P. \V. Lamb, R.A.F.V.R., Training Branch, has been promoted Flight Lieutenant.

The Rev. W. J. Lancaster is a Chaplain to the Forces . .

P . Lane, L.A.C., R.A.F.V.R., is training in Canada. · P. G. Langhorne, R.A.S.C., has been promoted Lieutenant and has been stationed at Gibraltar.

J. F. Lavender, Lieut., is serving with the Royal India Army Service Corps. · R. M.A. Lawson has been training in an 0.C.T. Regt., R.A. P. S. Leathart is a 2nd Lieut. in the Gurkha Rifles. · A . F. Lee is serving afloat as an A.B. (R.D .F. )", R.N:V.R., in one of H. M. Monitors.

J. S. R. Lewis, L.A.C., R.A.F.V.R., has been training in · the south of England. · , R. Lister, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, has be.e n promoted Lieutenant and i.s serving overseas . .

W. J. H. Liversidge, Pretoria Highlanders, has been promoted Lieutenant and has been serving in Madagascar. · · ' E . E. Lowe, Army Educational Corps, has been promoted Warrant Officer Class I and has been! stationed ·in Cumberland.

The Rev. R. J. Lo~e is Chaplain in H.M.S. Im,pregnable.• ·

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C Lummis, The Buffs, has b"eeri promoted Captain and has been stationed in Kent.

R. J. 'Lund, R.E., succeeded in making his way over the mountains into India after the fall of Burma.

R. E. Lyth is a Bimbashi in the Equatorial Corps, Sudanese Defence Force, and has been serving on the Sudanese-Abyssinian frontier.

J. S. McAdam R.A., has been promoted Lieutenant and has been attached t~ a Field Regt. Battery in Cey.lon. ; N, F. McCurry has been . training as an Ordinary · Seaman, R.N.V.R., in H.M.S. Ganges.

A . F. Macdonald, Private, R.A:M.C., after being stationed invarious !Places, finds himself quartered in the Masonic Buildings in a certain city not unknown to him.

J. McDonaugh, Tank Regt., R.A.C., has been promoted Captain.

G . J. McFadyean, R.A.F.V.R., is serving as a Sergeant Pilot and has been statiOned iri. Canada.

R. Mcisaac, Lieut., Royal Army Pay Corps, is serving in Nortli · Africa. · J. McManners, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, has been prnmoted Captain and is serving in the Middle East.

G. W. McNaught, R.A.F.V.R., who has been stationed in Malta, is to be warmly congratulated on being promoted Squadron Le ader, and on being ' mentioned in dispatches.'

The Rev. W. W. S. March is serving as a Chaplain to the Forces .and has been stationed in the north of England.

H. C. Marston, Captain, R.E.; is serving in India.

The Rev. F ~ Martin is a Chaplain to the Forces and is serving with the First Army.

The Rev. J. F. Martin, R.A.F.V.R., is serving as a Fighter Pila'~.

P. H. Mathews, Royal Signal Corps, h1as been promoted Captain.

J. M. Mayn~rd, L.A.C., R.A.F.V.R., has been training in the south of England .

J. H. Mayne, Sub~Lieut. (A), R.N.V.R., has been stationed in Kenya.

A. H. Mead, Captain, The Sherwood Foresters.

J. P. de C. Meade, Intelligence Corps, has been promoted Captain.

J. L. Meigh has been commissioned znd Lieutenant, R.A. (AntiTank) . · . , G. M. Mercer, R.A.F.V.R., Administrative and Special Duties' Branch, has been p~omoted Flight Li eutenant. . .

J. R.H. Merifield, Flight Lieut., R.A.F.V.R., is to be warmly con~ . gratulated on being awarded the Q.F .C. _ . · A . H. C. Meyrick, R.A. (Light A.A.), has been promoted Lieutenant.

T. E. R. Mickle111, .2nd Lieut., R.A . .(A.A.), is training to be a Glider Pilot.

E. G. Midgley has been training as a: Cadet in an O .C.T. U. of the Royal Artillery, (A,A .) in Wales.

M. H. Miles is a Corporal in the Glouyestershire Regt.

W . S. Mills is a Flying Officer, R .A.F.V.R., Training Branch. \V. H. Mitchell, beut., the Welch Regt., is serving overseas.

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C .. Mitten, L.A.C., R.A.F.V.R., Is training in the Midlands.

E. Monie, Captain, Royal Signal Corps, is serving in Iran.

D. Moor, Corporal, R.A.F.V.R., has been stationed in India.

Moore, Royal Corps of Signals, has been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant.

D. S. Morgan, Manchester Regt., has been promoted Lieutenant.

A. P. Morice, Army Educational Corps; has been promoted Captain.

The Rev. A. R. H. Morris is serving as a Chaplain with the New Zealand Forces in the Middle East.

L. P. Mosdell, who was attached to the Libyan Arab Force, has been promoted Captain and is with British Military Mission in Egypt.

C. Mounsey, A.C.2, R.A.F.V.R.; has been training for p·h otographic duties.

F. R. Mountain, Paymaster-Lieut ., R.N.V.R., is stationed at .. Liverpool. .

H. Moyse-Bartlett is a Major in the Royal Corps of Signals.

G. L. Nation-Tellery has been training as a Cadet in an O.C.T.U. of the Royal Armoured Corps.

P. H. G: Newhouse, · R.A.F.V.R., has been promoted Flight Lieutenant.

J. P. Newton has been commissioned Pilot Officer, R.A.F.V.R., and is serving in N. Africa. · .

E. H. Nicholson, R.A.S.C., serving with the West African Force, has been promoted Captain . · T.V. Nicholson, Major, R.A.S.C., has been engaged in Staff duties. \i\T. A. Nield, Flying Officer , R.C.A.F., has crossed to England.

P. N. F. Nixon, R.A.F.V.R., is training for Pilot duties.

J. F. O' Donovan is a Lance-Corpo~al in the Intelligence Corps · (Field Security), and is serving in N. Africa . .

F. T . Okely, Lieut., R.A.S.C., is recovering in South Africa from the ill-effects of being knocked down by a motor lorry in the dark in Malta.

The Rev. K. C. Oliver is a Chaplain to the Forces.

D. F. Orchard, L.A.C., R.A.F.V.R., is training in the south of England. .

H. R. Orton, R.A.S.C., is to be congratulated on being promoted .· Major. He has been to Quetta from · Egypt for a course.

N. J. Ovenden, L.A.C., R.A.F.V.R., is training in Canada.

H. M. Palmer is training as a Cadet in an 0. C .T. U. of the Royal Corps of Signals in the north of England .

J. C. Palmer, R.N.V.R., has been promoted Lieutenant and is • serving in one of H.M. Corvettes.

P. C. Palmer, Intelligence Corps, has been promoted Lieutenant.

J. Park , 'Lieut., Intelligence Corps, holds a Staff appointment at the War Office.

S. F. Parsons is a Captain in the King's Royal Hussars.

R. B. I. Pates, R.A., is to be congratulated on being promoted Major. He is commanding a Field Battery in India. .

E. P. Payne, L.A .C., R.A.F.V.R., is training at an Air School in the Transvaal. · H. E. Pearson has been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant arid is serv. ing in an Air-landing Squadron. ·

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H. M. Peckett, L.A .C. , R.A.F.V .R., is training at an Air School in S. Africa. .

F. H. Pedley has been transferred from the Royal Pay Corps to the Army Educational Corps and promoted Sergeant. .

I . B. Perrott, Royal Corps of Signals, has been promoted Lieutenant.

A. J. Perry is a Lance-Corporal in the Royal Warwickshire Regt.

S. V. Peskett, R.M., is to be congratulated on being promoted Major.

The Rev. E. L. Phillips is a Chaplain to the Forces.

S. W . N . Phillips, R.A., has been promoted Lieutenant a nd is serving in the North-West Province, India.

K. Pigot, who is attached to the Gold Coast Regt ., has l:ieen promoted L ieutenant and has been stationed in Abyssinia and British Somaliland.

L. N. Pike .has been training as a Cadet in, a Signals Wing of a Training Brigade in KenL D. H . Piper has been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, R.F .A .

M . vV. Pitt, Lieut., The York and Lancaster Regt., is to be congratulated on being awarded the Greek Military Cross, 3rd Class , for services re ndered to the Greek Forces in C rete .

J. Plant, R.A ., has been promoted Lieutenant and is serving with the Persia and Iraq Forces.

A . T. G. Pocock has been training as a Cadet at the Royal Marine School of Small Arms.

L. T. Podmor~, R.M., is to be congratulated on being promoted Major. · J. F . A . Porter, R.A.F.V.R., Administrative Branch, has been promoted Flying Officer and is. stationed in S. Wales.

T he Rev. R. C. Poston has been commissioned a Chaplain to the Forces.

R. M . W. Powell ·has been t raining as a Cadet in the Royal Marines.

Major E. C . Priestley, 0.B.E., ,Army· Educational Corps, is to be congratulated on his promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel.

J. R. Priestley has been training as a Cadet at a Brigade Training Centre.

H. K. Pusey, R.A.F.V.R., Special Duties Branch, has been promoted Flying Officer.

C. R. B. Quentin, R.N.V.R., stationed in S. Africa, has been promoted Paymaster-Lieutenant.

J. J. A. Quinn, Cajptain, R.A.S.C., is attached to a Divisional H.Q ., Home Forces.

P . B . Rackham, A.C.2 , R.A.F.V.R. ,, has been released from the R.A.F. to take up an Eastern European Bursary.

H. A . F. Radley has been promoted Lieutenant and is attached to the H.Q. of an Infantry Brigade in Malta.

J. Rashleigh is serving as a Private in the Royal Sussex R egt. with the Middle East Forces.

F . R. Rawes, Intelligence Corps, has been promoted Captain and is serving with the Middle East Forces.

E . Rawlinson, R.A.F.V.R., has been promoted Flying. Officer and is an Instructor at an R.A .F . Station in the Home Counties.

A. W . Re~s, R.A.F.V.R., has been training as a L.A.C.

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E. Rees, R.,A.F.V.R., is serving as an A.C .1 Wireless Mechanic at an R.A.F. Station in the Midlands.

S. G . Rees, R.A. (Anti-A ircraft), has been promoted Lieutenant.

C . C. Rejd is a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery.

A. W. Richards has been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Corps of Signals.

C. Richardson, R.A.F .V.R., has been commissioned Pilot Officer and is an Instructor at an Air School in Texas.

D. A. Rider is training as a Cadet at an O.C.T. U. of the Royal Corps of Signals in the north of England .

C . L. Robathan, R.A. (Heavy A.A.), has been promoted Lieutenant .

The Rev. F. N. Robathan is a Senior Chaplain to the Forces and is stationed at Aldershot. · F. G: Roberts, R.A.F .V.R., has been promoted Flt. Lieutenant, and has charge of a flight of balloons in the vicinity of a naval port.

J. G. Roberts, L.A.C., R.A.F .V.R., is training in the south of England. ] . M. U . Robins has been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in Jhe Middlesex Regt.

R. vV. Robson, R.A.F.V.R., has been training as a L.A.C. P. H. Rogers, R.A., has been promoted Lieutenant.

T. M. F. Rogers, Corporal, R.A.F., is serving as a Wireless Operator Mechanic. \ · ]. D. Rosser, Royal Tank Regt., has been promoted Lieutenan t and is serving in the Middle East.

F. D. Rushworth has been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the · Indian Army . ' T. Russell, Lance-Corporal, R.E., has been discharged from the Army on account of pleurisy.

J. E. Rutherford, Royal Corps of Signals, has been promoted Lieutenant.

R. R. Rylands, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, has returned from the West Indies and has been promoted Lieutenant.

D . G . C. Salt, Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, has been promoted Lieutenant and is serving1 in the Middle East.

P. H. W. Salt is a Sergeant in the Intelligence Corps.

P. J. Sandison, Bimbashi, Sudan Defence Force, has been stationed in the Egyptian Desert.

Dr. H. N. Savory is a bombardier in L.A.A., R.A , The Rev. G. Sayle is a Chaplain to the Forces and is serving in the Middle East.

L. F. Scholfield, Sub-Lieut., R.N.V.R., is serving in .one of H.M. · D estroyers.

I. L. Scott, L.A.C., · R.A.F.V.R., is training in the south of England.

M. W. Scott, Lieut., R.A., has been stationed in Malta.

B. Seton, after serving as a Lance-Corporal in the Royal Corps of Signals, has been transferred for training in a Pre-0.C.T.U. , R.A. .

B . G. Sexton, Royal .Fusiliers, has been promoted Lieutenant.

E. F . W. Seymour has been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Corps of Signals .

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]. C. C. Shapland, Major, R.A.S.C., i's to be congratulated on having qualified at the Staff College.

P. C. B. Sharman is training as a L.A.C., R.A.F.V.R. A . K. Sharp is a Captain in the Monmouthshire Regt.

J. N. Shaw, R.A.F.V.R., has been promoted Flying Officer: and is engaged in P.T. duties in Southern Rhodesia.

L. Shepherd has been training as a Private in the South Lancashire Regt.

H. T. Shergold, Intelligence Corps, attached to G. H.Q., ..Middle East, has been promoted Cap·tain.

J. Shipwrightr Intelligence Corps, has be~n promoted Lieutenant and has been attached to H.Q., Palestine. ]. F. W. Sims, Hampshire R egt., has been promoted Lieutenant.

E. W. Slaughter, R.A.S.C., has been promoted Lieutenant and is an Instructor at an R.A.S.C. Training School in the Middle .East.

A. G. Slemeck, R.N.V.R., has been promoted Lieutenant and ib serving in one of H.M. Destroyers.

R. H. Slemeck has been commissioned Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R., and is serving in one of H .. M . Motor Launches.

P . G. Smart has been training as a Cadet in an O.T .C. ~egt. of the R.A. in the north: of England.

A. M. Smith, L.A.C., R.A.F.V.R., is training in Canada .

A. P. Smith, after being commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, The Black Vv atch, has been released for service as a Colonial Administrative Cadet in N. Nigeria.

A . Woodhouse Smith, 2nd Lieut., The Royal Scots, is attached to the Gurkhas. , D. B . Smith, 2nd L ieutenant in H.A.A., R .A. , is serving overseas.

P . J.C. Smith has been training as a Cadet in an 0.C .T . Regt. of the Royal Artillery in the north of England.

P . Woodhouse Smith is a Captain ·in the Royal Engineers.

S. J. Heath Smith, Oxford & Bucks. Light Infantry, is to be congratulated on being promoted Major.

W. P. Smith, R.E. Survey, has been promoted Captain.

J. F. G. Sootheran, R.A. (Light A.A.), has beef.! promoted Lieutenant.

J. E. Spence has been training as a Cadet in an O.C.T .U. of the Royal Armoured Corps.

The R ev. V. M. Spencer Ellis has been commissioned as a Chaplain to th e Forces. · The Rev. P. S. Sprent is a Chaplain to the Forces.

J. E. H. Steele, L.A.C ., R.A.F.V.R ., is training in Canada. ] . F. Ste1Phens, L.A.C., R.A.F .V .R., is training in the south of England. .

J. H. Stephens, 2nd Lieut. in an Anti-Tank Regt., has transferred to the R.A . F~ ; he has been commissioned Pilot Officer and is serving in North Africa.

The Rev. J. C. Stephe nson is Chaplain at the Royal Marine Barracks, Eastney .

P , D. Stobart, R.A. (A.A.), ha s been promoted Lieutenant and has been in charge of a Searchlight Battery in Cornwall.

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E. G. Stokes, R.A.F.V.R., has been promoted Flight Lieutenant.

He has returned to England after a long period of service in the Middle East.

L. L Stowe, Intelligence Corps, has been promoted Captain and is serving with an American Corps in N. Africa.

N. J. Strachan, 2nd Lieut., R.A ., is serving in the Middle East.

R. G. Strong, R .A.S.C., ha s beenpromoted Captain and is serving overseas .

E. W. Sudale, Royal Tank Regt., has been promoted Lieutenant, and after being in Libya is serving with the Palestine and Iraq Forces. · • The Rev. A. E. A. Sulston is a Chaplain to the Forces and is serving with the Persia and Iraq Force.

G. Sunderland is a Gunner in a Light A.A. Battery, R.A. M. E. H. Suter has been promoted Captain and is attached to a Divisional H.Q. in the E. African Command.

Dr. E. F. A. Suttle, R.A.F.V.R., Administrative and Special Duties Branch, has been promoted Flight Lieutenant.

P. R. H. Sykes ha s been training as a Cadet in an O.C.T.U. of the Royal Artillery (A.A.) in Wales.

H. Taberner, who has been serving as a Sergeant in the R.A.S.C. in the Middle East, has been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant.

The Rev. D. R. Tassell is a Chaplain, R.A.F. J. S. Tennant has been appointed Flight Lieutenant, R.A.F.V.R., Administrative Branch.

C. M. Thomas, North Irish Horse, has been promoted Lieutenant.

D. M. Thomas, R.A., has been promoted Lieutenant.

L. H. C. Thomas has been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in The Royal Welch Fusiliers and is serving overseas.

T . E. Thomas, A.C.2, R.A.F.V.R., has been training -in the north of England.

J. E . Timms, Sergeant Pilot, R .A.F .V.R., is a Flying Instructo1· at .an R.A.F. Station in Oxfordshire.

B. E . Toland is a Captain, R.A., and is stationed in the Midlands.

G. J. Tonks, L.A.C., R.A.F.V.R., is training in Canada.

P. J. Toogood has been training· as a Signalman in the Royal Corps of Signals.

0. C. Trimby, Pilot Officer , R.A.F.V.R., Administrative and Special Duties Branch, is serving in India.

J. H. Tyzack, R.A. (Heavy A.A.), has been promoted Lieutenant.

R. C. Upham is a Bombardier in a Light A.A. Regt., R.A..

A. M. Urquhart is a Captain, R.A. (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry).

E. Urry, R.A.F.V.R., Administrative Branch, has been ipromoted Flight Lieutenant and is attached to H.Q., Fighter Command.

J. H. Vaillant is a Private in the R.A.O.C. The Rev. R. J. Vaughan is a Chaplain to the Forces.

F. Waind is serving as an Ordinary Coder in one of H.M. Destroyers.

I. D. Wallace, L.A.C ., R.A.F.V.R., is training in Canada.

W. Wallace·, R.A., has been promoted Temporary Captain and is stationed in Hampshire.

C. P. Walsh, Lieut., R.E., has been stationed in India.

A. D . Walter has been training as a Cadet in an O.C .T.U . of the Royal Corps of Signals .

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A. Ward has been training as a Signalman in the Royal Corps of Signals.

W. L. Ward, Royal Corps of Signals, has been promoted Captain and has been stationed in S. India.

A. W. W. Watson, the Gordon Hig hlanders, has been promoted Captain and is Adjutant of a Divisional Battle School.

J. F. Wearing, R.A.F.V.R., has been commissioned Pilot Officer after training in South Africa.

C. J. W eir has been training as a Cadet in an O.C.T.U. of the Royal Artillery (A.A.) in Wales .

G. D . West has been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in The Green Howards.

A. Westaway has been training as a Cadet in an O.C .T.U . of the Royal Artillery in the north of Eng land.

M. A. Wetz, L .A.C., R.A.F.V.R., has been training for pilot duties in Canada .

H. L. H . Wheeler has been commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

G. H. W. White, Gurkha Rifles, has been promoted Lieuten an t.

J. A. G. Whitehead has been training as an Ordinary Seaman, R.N.V.R., at the Signal School, Portsmouth.

The Rev. B. W. Whitlow is a Chaplain, R.A.F. V. M. Wilford, 2nd Lieut., R .A ., is attached to the Suffolk Yeomanry.

G. M. Williams is a Sergeant Observer, R.A.F.V.R., and is serving in South Africa.

D. H. Willson, Sergeant, R.A.S.C., has been attached to the Intelligence Corps.

D. H. A. Wilson is a Bimbashi in the Sudanese Defence Force.

W. T. Wilson is a Signalman attached to R.H.A. serving with Middle East Forces.

0 . R. Withers is a Signalman in the Royal CorfPs of Signals .

R. H. \i\Titney is a Signalman in the Royal Corps of Signals, serving with the First Army in N. Africa.

H. S . 0. Wood is a Trooper in the R.A.C. T. G. C. Woodford has been promoted Captain and is on the Staff of an O.C.T.U. of the R.A .C .

S. C. Woodger is serving in an A.A. Battery, R.A. P. A. I. Worner, Sergeant, R.A.F .V.R., is serving in N. Africa.

C. C. H. Worral R. T. C . Worsley, Sub-Lieut., R.N.V.R., is to be warmly con gratulated on being awarded the D.S.C. for his part in the raid on Saint-Nazaire.

G. Worth (L.A .A. ), R.A. , has been promoted Lieutenant and has been stationed in the south of England .

E. L. Wright has been promoted Captain and is attached to G.H.Q., Persia and Iraq Forces .

E. C. C. Wynter, R.A.F . (Pembroke Yeomanry), has been promoted Captain. ¡ A. D. Yates, Captain, is in charge of the A .C.E .S. Depot, Bombay.

The Rev. Dr. E. E. Yelverton, O.B.E., is a Senior Chaplain to the Forces.

No information has been received since the last issue of the Magazine concern ing the following Aularians on active service: - .

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Cadet J. S. Douglas; 2nd Lieut. J. W. Dowding, R.A.; LanceBombardier S. W. Hardisty, Light A.A. Regt., R.A.; Lieut. J.E. Jackson, R.A.; Lance-Sergt. D. N. T. James, Intelligence Corps; 2nd Lieut. M. F. Jerrnm, R.A..C.; D. H. Kavanagh; P. N. Le Mesurier, South African Air Force; 2nd Lieut. D. E. Newell, King's' African Rifles; Major A. W. U. Roberts; Lieut. G. L. H. R. Shield, The Black Watch; J. C. E. Smith, Royal Welch Fusiliers; P. M. Smith, Royal Warwickshire Regt.; J. E. Sutherland; and M. P. Whitaker, Royal Tank Regt.

CASUALTIES. Flight Lieut. H. Arnott, R.A.F., was reported missing on operations in December, 1942.

Sergt. V. C. H. Brown, Transvaal Scottish, was reported missing at Tobruk on 20 June.

Lieut. R. P. H. Davies was reported wounded in action on 27 November.

Lieut. A. C. J. Eastwood, Medium Regt. R.A., was wounded 111 Libya on 6 June and has been in hospital in Johannesburg.

Sub-Lieut. A. J. Ensor, Naval Air Arnn, was reported missing 111 1941, presumed killed on active service .

Lieut. J.M. G. Halsted, The Queen's Bays, was wounded in Libya, losing the sight of one eye. Since his return to .England he has been in hospital in Oxford.

Lieut. D. J. Holmes, Royal Marines, wounded and missing in Crete in 1941, has since been reported presumed killed.

Lieut. R. Illsley is a prisoner of wa·r in Italy. His address is 140057, British Prisoner of War, Camp P.G.21, 1-Settor, P.M. 3300, I ta:ly.

Lance-Corporal W. Johnson, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regt., was reported missing on 4 Sept. in the Middle East.

Sergt. Pilot N: A. Lowden, R.A.F.V.R., was reported ·missing in May. Capt. H. H. Pennington, 4th Commando, was reported missing on 28 March after the raid on Saint-Nazaire.

2nd Lieut. A. M . Reid, R.A., was in the Malayan campaign and has been reported missing.

Pilot Officer F . J. Mee, R.A.F.V.R ., was reported missing in July when he fa,iled to return from patrol.

2nd Lieut. C. E. B. B . Simpson, R.A., is a prisoner of war in Italy.

D. R. vVilson, Sergeant Pilot, R.A .F.V.R., has been reported missing from patrol.

HALL STAFF. C . F. J. Anslow has been serving as art A.B., R.N.V.R., in one of H.M. Destroyers in the Mediterranean .

A. Blay is in the Observer Corps.

H. J. Dudgeon, Sergeant, Oxford & Bucks. Light Infantry, is a prisoner of war at Stalag XXI.A, Germany.

D. W. Filer is a Sergeant in the Army Catering Corps.

F .· E. Harper is a Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant, Field Am. bulance, R.A.M.C., serving with the Middle East Forces.

E. R. Hill, Telegraphist, R.N.V.R., is training as an Officer Cadet.

D. Williams is serving 'in the N atiortal Fire Service.

C . W. E . Woodward is a Sergeant in the Royal Artillery .

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OBITUARIES RICHARD STEPHEN ORILLIA TAYLER The Rev. Richard Stephen Orillia T ayler, M .A ., .died on December 3 a.t the age of 82 . He entered the H ·a ll in Michaelmas Term, 1879 , and read for the Honour Sc.h ool of The~logy. He obtained a Second in 1882 and was ordained in the following year to a curacy at ·st. Stephen's, Norwich. In 1886 he moved to the London diocese, where he worked until his retirement in 1906 from the Lecturership at the Berkeley Chaipel, Mayfair. He held_succ_es::sively curacies at St. Peter's, Great Windmill Street, and St_.

Philip's, Regent Street, at All Saints', ·Paddington, at St. Augtis·tine's, South K ensington,. and a.t All Sa ints', Knightsbridge. Until ill-health compelled his absence, he was unfailing in his attendance at th~ annual gatherings of old members of the Hall.

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AUSTIN LELAND BROWNE Since his retir-em ent from the vicarage of Great Rissington in the Cotswolds the R ev . A. L. Browne has been a· familiar figure in the Bodleian Library, where he continued sedulously to indulge his love .of archaeological in.v estigation almost up to the day of his death. He has left behind him in the pages of the publications of many county historical societies impressive evidence of his m anys.! ded interests in local his tory. His labours entitle him to a place in the honoured succession of Aularian antiquaries which Thomas Hearne and vVhite K en nett . inst.ituted.

He entered the H a ll in Michaelmas Term, 1882, and after reading for Honours in Modern ,History graduated in 1886. He wa~ Captain of Boats in his last year. By his efforts he put the Boat Club on its feet when it was near to extinction. The silver cup that was presented to him at the time by his grateful contemporaries was bequeathed by him to the Hall.

After his ordination in 1888 he spent three years as a c\lrate at Christ Church, Whitehaven . In 1892 he joined. the staff of the Bishop of Truro, and two years later was appointed Vicar of St. Blazey , Cornwall. In 1896 he became Vicar of East with West Looe. On the ou'tbreak· of 'the Boer War he volunteered as a Chaplain to the Forces and was awarded t!;ie Sm~t h African medal with three clasps . In 1904 he published his. first contribution to

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local history-an account of the ancient corporations of East Looe and West Looe. Three years later he left Cornwall for Derbyshire, where he became Vicar of Spondon. In 1925 he accepted the living of Great Rissington, which he held until his retirement in 1934¡ Since then he has been resident in Oxford and was frequently to be seen on the towpath whenever the Hall was racing: even the attraction of Bodley was not strong enough to hold him on those occasions ; He died on February l 2 after a brief illness, aged 77.

A.B.E. ALBERT EDWARD ADDENBROOKE The Rev. Albert Edward Addenbrooke, M.A., died at Cheli:enham on November 19 at the age of 77. He entered the Hall in Michaelmas Term, 1884, and graduated in 1887. In the following year he ':"as ordained to a curacy at Berkeley in Gloucestershire, and in 1890 added to his duties the Dockyard Chaplaincy of Sharpness~ His invigorating pastoral gifts found foller scope in the post of Diocesan Missioner which he held from 1898 to 1903. In the latter year he accepted the living of Chalford. He moved in 1921 to the vicarage of Chipping Sodbury and five years later to that of St. Steiphen's, Cheltenham. On his retirement in 1935 _he contiirned to live in Cheltenham, having completed nearly fifty years of loyal and effective service in the diocese of Gloucester.

A.B.E. PHILIP CUNNINGHAM The Rev. Canon Philip Cunningham, M.A., died at Winchester February -g at the age of 75. He was born in Newfoundland, where his father was a S.P.G. missionary. He entered the Hall in Michaelmas Term, 1885, and read the Pass Scl:1ools, in which he gTaduated in 1888. The next year he took the Honour School of Theology and was ordained to a curacy at Henley-on-Thames. In 1894 he went to Stepney tci act as Sub-Warden of the S.P.C.K. Training College for Lay Workers. In 1894 he accepted the living of Wonersh in Surrey. He moved in 1906 to the rectory of Cranleigh and in the following year was appointed Rural Dean of Guildford. After the division of the diocese of Winchester he was asked in 1928 by Bishop Woods to accept the living of Compton with Shawford ~nd become Rural Dean of Winchester. Failing health obliged him to retire from active parochial work in 1939¡ For more than fifty years an incumbent in the Winchester diocese, he had become one- of its best loved parish priests, and from 1930 was an Honorary Canon of its cathedral church.

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He constantly s.h owed his affectionate interest in the Hall, and on his retirement from the rectory of Compton he made over to the Library of the Hall the bulk of his collection of books. From its inception he served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Aularian Association.

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THEODORE EVELYN REECE PHILLIPS The Rev. Theodore Evelyn Reece Phillips, Hon. D.Sc., M.A., died on May 13 at the age of 74. By his passing, to quote from the obituary of him in The journal of the British Astronomical A ssociation,' nQt only Britain, but perhaps the World, has lost her leading amateur astronomer.

Dr. Phillips was the son of the Rev. Abel Phillips, a missionary in West Africa. He came up to the Hall from Yeovil Grammar School in Michaelmas Term, 1887. He graduated in 1891 and was ordained the same year to a curacy at Holy Trinity,Taunton. Four years later he became curate of Hendford, near Yeovil. .

While _he was at Hendford he began his long career as a planetary observer. For some time he had taken.a keen interest in meteorology, an interest which, although it afterwards became subsidiary to that in astronomy, he always retained. It was knowledge of this interest in meteorology that le.cl a friend to think that he would be glad to accept a 3 in. refracting telescope. He very soon acquired a 9-i- in. reflector and with this began his regular contributions to the Jupiter and Mars sections of the British Astronomical Association. In 1901 he became Director of the Jupiter Section-an office which he held with great distinction for 33 years. He also gave considerable attention to double and variable stars. He published many micrometric measures of double s'tars, while on the theoretical side his m~thematical analysis of the behaviour of variable stars attracted world-wide notice. In 1899 he was elected a Fellow of the-Royal Astronomical Society; he served as one of its Secretaries, and was its President during the sessions 1927-28 and 1928-29.

He moved to Croydon in 1901 to be curate at St. Saviour's. He married in 1906 and the same year became curate of Ashtead in Surrey. While he was at Ashtead he set uip an observatory which was equipped with a fine 8 in. Cooke refractor, given into his custody by the Royal Astronomical Society. Dur,i ng the sessions 1914-15 and 1915-16 he was President of the British Astronomical Association.

In r916 he was appointed Rect<:lr of Headley, where he remained until his retirement through ill-health twenty-five years

SI. EDMUND. HALL MAGAZINE b:lter. His observatory at Headley became famous in the astronomical world . Notwithstandi'ng the innumerable hours spent by him at the telescope, it was noted of him that the care of his parish took precedence of a ll else. A former President of the British Astronomical Association, in writing an obituary of him for the Journal of the Association , remarks that 'nothing on earth, or in the heavens, would prevail upon Phillips to prepare his Sunday sermon . at any other time than b etween 8 p.m. and midnight on Saturday.: · In estimat ing ·his achievement as an astronomer the sarrie writer pays a high tribute to his qualities as an observer.

'There can be no question,' he says, 'that he was .t he greatest observer .of.Ju1Piter there has ever been, as he was also' the world's lead ing authority on all m atters pe rtaining to the configurations and motions of the planet's surface features.' He m ade over 30,000 separate determinations of the longitudes of .spots and markings, as well as a regular series of measurements of the latitudes of the belts : a profusion of beautiful sketches adorns his observing books.

For the study of astronomy he was possessed of three invaluable g ifts. He was endowed with a quite exceptional pair of eyes.

He was a talented draughtsman, and consequently as a planetary draughtsman his handiwork was unsurpassed. He could forego his night's. rest and work on constantly into the small hours, compensating himself by a short nap aft_e r luncheon in a chair. His reputation: was not confined to this country. He attended international conferences ·in many countries abroad, and in 1923 was one of the three scientists who met under the auslPices of the League of Nations at Geneva to discuss with the Roman Catholic and Greek Churches the question of the stabilization of Easter.

From 1925 to 1935 he fulfilled with distinction the duties of President of Commission 16 of the International Astronomical Union dealing with the physical observation of the planets , comets and satellites.

He received well"merited recognition of his outstanding contributions to astronomical. science. In 1918 he was awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society the Jackson-Gwilt Gift and Medal, and in 1930 he was the first recipien t of the Walter Goodacre Gift and Medal of the British Astronomical Association. On February 28 he was honoured by his own University by the conferment of the D egree of D.Sc i ho'rioKisrcausa. Judged by his alert bear ing on this occasion no one: who had not known ' would have suspected that he was~suffering from serious heart .trouble. · Happily . it was possible for his r brother, the Rev. E. A. Phillips, and his son, the · Rev.

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J. E . T. Phillips, both Aularians, to be present Of). this memorable occasion.

Althoug h his parish and astronomy were his chief preoccupations., he never relinquished his interest in meteorology, the science that first claimed his attention. H e was a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society. One of his last tasks was to complete an analysis of the unbroken record of rainfall and temperature that he had kept during the twenty-five years that he was Rector of Headley. Botany, music and cricket also daimed his interest.

He had a great affection for the Hall, which he evidenced in due course by · entering his son as an undergraduate. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the Aularian Association .A.B.E. .: :· since its formation.

HENRY MARRIOTT, VIRET The Rev. Henry Marriott Viret, M.A., died at Hove on December 8, 1940, at the age of 72. He entered the Hall in Michaefmas Term, 1888, and after graduating in 1892 he went into an accountant's office. Having later re-asserted an earlier intention to offer himself for ordination, he was ordained by the Bishop of London in 1902 to a curacy at St. Paul's, Hammersmith. In 1907 he went as a curate to Wrentham in Suffolk, and after two years moved to Burgess Hill in Sussex, a nd from there to St. Mary's, Devizes; but in 1918 he once more returned to work at Wrentham and remained there until 1922, when he was appointed Rector of Alresford in _,Essex. Nine years later he accepted the rectory of Badlesfr1ere with Leaveland, near Faversham, in Kent. In 1935 .he retired from active parochial work.

A.B.E. JOHN FREDERICK NUTHALL The Rev. John Frederick Nuthall, M.A., died 111 Oxford on December 12, aged 70. He entered the Hall in Michaelmas T erm, 1891, with the intention of taking Holy Orders. After graduating in 18.94, he proceeded to Cuddesdon College and was ordained to a curacy at St. Anne's, Lambeth, in 1895. After being curate at 'Vhitstable for a year, he became in 1899 Chaiplai11 of All Saints' Orph anage at Lewisham. In 1902 he accepted the living of St. Anne's, Liverpool. Ten years later he took up !work: in the Oxford diocese as curate-in-charge ·of St. Anne's, Wycombe Marsh; in 1917 he moved to Banbury as curate of Christ Church with charge of Grimsbury, and from 192 1 to 1928 held the perpetual curacy of St. Leonard's, Grimsbtiry . •:•011' his retirement : he came· to live in Oxford. .Ai.B.E. -

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Dr. Willie Ludford Freeman, for many years Director of Education for the city of Bristoi, died on November 26, aged 73.

Born at Yate, in Gloucestershire, he was admitted, as it were, at birth into the teaching profession, for his father was headmaster of the Church of England school and his mother headmistress of the infants' school in his native village. His own first inclination, however, was to go to sea, but family considerations ruled otherwise, and he became a pupil teacher at St. Barnabas School in Bristol. For his training course he went, as his father had done, to St. Paul's Training College, Cheltenham . On completion of two years there he was appointed an assistant teacher at Tottenham.

In 1893 he came to Oxford as headmaster of St. Aldate's School, and with characteristic energy decided to try and take advantage of his being in 'Oxford by reading for a degree. In October, 1896, he was admitted a member of the Hall and read for the Finai Honour School of Natural Science. To combine academic study with his duties as a headmaster was not easy, but his perseverance was rewarded and in 1900 he proceeded to the degree of B.A. In the following year he was ap1Pointed an Inspector of Church Schools in Leeds, and, when the Education Act of 1902 came into operation, he was transferred to the Inspectorate of the Local Education Authority. While he was at Leeds he qualified for the degree of LL.D. of the University of Dublin. Such holidays as he allowed himself were in those days spent in rock-climbing in the Lake District. After a year as Secretary to the Homsey Education Committee, he became in 1¡9 10 the first Director of Education of the five .amalgamated towns at Stoke-on-Trent. During the last war he served as Captain and Quartermaster with a voluntary battalion of the North Staffordshire Regim.ent. After building up a sound practice of educational administration in the Pott~ries, he unde.rtook, in 1920, the responsibility of becoming the first Director of Education of the city of B\istol. For fourteen years he devoted himself with unabated industry to the multiple educational requirements of an expanding city. On his retirement in 1934 he prese¾t~d his books on educational subjects to the Hall Library.

A .B.E. HENRY MILTON CRABBE The R~v. H~nry Milton Crabbe, M.A., Vicar of Temple Balsall; d-ied on February II, aged 62 . He entered the Hall in Michaelmas Term, 1904, with the intention of seeking ordination, having previously been an assistant master at the Oxford High School for

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Boys. On graduating in 1907 he proceeded to Ely Theological College, and was ordained in the following year to a curacy at King's H eath, Birmingham. In 191 1 he moved to a curacy at St .

Stephen's, Smithwick, a nd two years later was aippoihted Vicar of Amblecote, Worcestershire. From 1916 to the end of the war he served in France and Belgium as a Chaplain to the Forces and was attached to the 17th and 18th Lancashire Fusiliers. In 1936 he returned to the diocese of Birmingham to be Vicar of Temple Balsall, with its fine fourteenth-century church, and Master of Lady K a therine Leveson's Almshouses. He was greatly loved by his parishioners and not least by the old dames of the Almshouses, but he was particula1~y happy in his work among boys . He actively concerned himself in the welfare of Church schools and in the organization of summer camps for boys.

A.B.E. ARTHUR ERNEST Mf\_UND During the last twelve year s the figure of Fr. Maund bicycling rn and about the city of Oxford, as often as not garbed in scoutmaster's uniform, had become a familiar sight. As he sped along, he always conveyed the impression, at least to me, of an untiring devotion to the parish that he was serving or to the boys., particularly the Boy Scouts, of Oxford. Always cheerful, always in a hurry, he passed from one engagement to another. It was while he was on one of these errands that he was knocked down by a lorry late in J anuary. Very seriously injured, he was taken to the . .

R adcliffe Infirmary : he lay fo r a very long time unconscious and there was little hope of his recovery to health. H e died on May 20, aged 46 . .M aund came up to the Hall from King's School, Worcester, in October , 1914, and, as a candidate for ordination, was awarded an exhibition. Owing to the war he did not continue long enough in residence to take his Finals, but in A1Pril, 1917., he joined the Labour Corps and was commissioned as a Lie utenant. In 1919 he proceeded to the degree of B .A. on the strength of the University's decrees for ex-service undergraduates, and, on resuming residence, read for the Diploma in Education and passed the examination in 1920. He went on in 1921 to Ely Theological College and was ordained deacon the same year to a curacy at St. Swithun's, Lincoln. From there he moved in 1924 to the parish of St. Gregory the Great, Small Heath , Birmingha m, and five years later returned to Oxford as priest-in-charge of St . Alban the Martyr under . the Vicar of Cowley St. John. He applied himself enthusiastically to the work of a rapidly expanding cure in a part of O xford that was

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directly affected by the growth of the Morris Works. The present church is in large measure a testimonial to his industry. In 1935 he was appointed Vicar of St. Paul's, on the other side of the city.

The crowded church at the R equiem Mass celebrated on the day of his funeral will remain in the memories of those present as moving evidence of the affection in which he was held.

No IParish priest in Oxford gave up more of his time to the service of the youth of the city than did Maund. When he was at St. Alban's he was Scoutmaster of the 23rd Oxford Troop. Later he became Assistant District Commissioner and was Scoutmaster of the Oxford University Scout Group. On the formation of the Oxford Youth Committee he was asked to be chairman of the Youth Leaders' Sub-Committee . In all ¡that he did he presented a shining exemplar of the Anglo-Catholic tradition of social service in action.

A .B.E . :PHILIP STAPLETON HORDE RN Philip Hordern l;ias been \\:illed in action in Libya. As a temporary Cha.plain to the Forces, he was, for his own part, thankful for the opportunity that he would be given of sharing to the full the da ngers of cam1Paigning when he knew that the unit to which he was attached was to join the Eighth Army. Be ha.cl a grea.t regard for the military voca.tion, as was natural seeing th<!,t he was the son of an Assistant Chaplain-General. It was a matter of pride to him that in this war he and his four brothers were all serving in the Army.

Philip Hordern came up to the H:al! fro!TI Blox)rnm School 111 October, 1928. During the seven years that he was at Bloxham he was. one of the best liked boys of his time . At the Ha.11 he came to be held in equal regard. Book-work never came easily to him : preparation for examinations was a hard business, but he persevered and succeeded with a chee rful doggedness that was characteristic of him. In sport he gave a lively account of himself, and the Hall XV owed much to his indefatigable qualities as scrum-half. He played in the Hall team that won the Inter-Collegiate Seven-a-side Tournament in 1930. He was a very useful all-ro¡und cricketer. He was awarded his Hall colours for Rugby Football and for Cricket, and was Secretary of the Hall Cricket Club in his la.st year. On taking his degree he went to Cuddesdon College. He was ordained deacon at Michaelmas, 1934, to a curacy at the parish church ot Farlington, near Portsmouth. There, under the Rector, the Rev. B. C. Daniell, he was extremely haippy, and it was no little wrench for him, when war broke out, to sever his parish :ties and join the

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Forces as a temporary Chaplain. He went out to France in the middle of September, 1939, with 1st Corps H.Q. and looked after the Corps troops for eight months, living with the Ammunition Park.

In a letter which he wrote to me on his return to England he gave me an account of his work : ' I buzzed around the countryside looking after anything from 4 to 7,000 men. As you can imagine, there was plenty to do and no risk of boredom for me. I was very lucky in a way having so many troops, in that I was able to have a Celebration almost every day in one village or another. Arid these took place in anything from a church hall to an estam,in,et.

Sundays were rather extra strenuous, as one used to get in six or seven services in the day. My heaviest was seven services anq 91 miles. Altogether I thoroughly enjoyed those first eight months .. ' Then came the G.e rman break-through . . The Ammunition Park of the 1st Corips was by that time between Ath and Enghien,: Hordem nccompaniec! it in its retirement to the coast anc\ returned home via .Dunkirk. Subsequently he was attached to another Corps troops unit - the Signals - and was stationed in Yorks.hire. And tben, in due course_, to his great satisfaction, his unit received orders to proceed overseas. .

At the bottom of the notice that he sent me of his ordination to the priesthood in 1935 was printed this prayer: ' Remember, 0 gracioÂľs Lord, for good all whom Thou sendest out to i;ninister in Thy kingdom ; pour out upon them evermore Thy Holy Spirit, to strengthen, deepen, chasten, purify; that giving themselves Âľp to Thy service, they may do and suffer all that Thou wiliest, and finally may reign with Thet; in life everlasting.' Assuredly Philip B.ordern will be remembered for gooq. In writing ofhim, an olcj schoolfellow, Caipt. J. E. Anthony, Grenadier Guaros, says: ' He was deeply and unwaveringly a Christian, first, last anc:j all the time, and is an example to everyone of how a strong and f;:iithful man can follow his Master to the uttermost and to the last.'

A.B.E. MICHAEL JOHN MORTIMER Michael Mortimer lost his life in January o'n returning from a night operation. The evening previous to his last :(light he had spent with me in Hall. He left i;ne deeply impressed with his obvious fitness for his new work and respoqsibi\ities and his absorbed devotion to 'them. He had been picked for a job for which only the best pilots are selected' and b~neath his .quiet. mooesty of beating I could sense his happy consciousness that he hfid given proof of his calPacity to engage in a hazardous service with cool

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skill and well-tried competence. Having known the reverses which he had suffered as a medical student at the hands of successive examiners - reverses which he knew he had too often invited - I am the more happ·y that our last meeting should have given me the unforgettable impression that as a pilot Michael Mortimer had come into _his own.

He entered the Hall from Lancing College in Michaelmas Term, 1933, and was himself the son of a former Aularian, the Rev. J. L: Mortimer, who was sometime beneficed in New Zealand and died there. He went down in 1937 after passing his Finals in Physiology, but with work for the degree of M.B. still to be completed.

At the outbreak of war he was in London studying for his medical examinations. With still a long vista of them before him, he grew more and more restless at being in a reserved occupation as night by night German airmen unloaded their bombs on London. It happened that he was spending the evening with an Aularian contemporary and some other friends on the night of the German fire-raid on the City. That raid decided him. Within a few days he had joined the Royal Air Force, not divulging his reserved status as a medical student. He was never happier in any decision he made.

A._B.E. Michael Mortimer. was never content to be chained to his hooks, and in consequence looked back ruefully enough on many of l:i.is terms. But he lived ke.en_ly all _h is ·days. He loved movement and the feeling of strength and skiH in his hands. He was at his best when he oould swim, or climb in the. dark, when he could overcome physical obstacles and feel no fear. After coming down, he worked manfully at his medical studies, .though he seemed to keep always the urge towards a kee11er, inore active existence. He was during. this time the warmest of friends, and a visit from him was a rare ·!Pleasure.

When the war came, he left the London Hospital for a happier station at Epping. Typically, he soon found his friends among the R.A.F. Officers. During one of my passages through London I arranged to spe~d the evening ~vith him and one or two other friends. ' It was the night that the City burned. I remember him looking · up :a:t the red glow in the sky and shaking his fist as he said, ' There they go, the scoundrels ! i think I must get up there and do s·omething about it.' He wasted no time; he ptit a period to lils medical studies. Cloaki;1g his occupation, he joined the Royal Air Fbrce ; and fro~1 that day he was hap1Py. He passed rapidly through the training, and finally was posted to the squadron in

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which he served until his death. H is letters during his time in the R .A..F. were marked by a new air of purpose, though losing none of their old humour and kindness .

I shall think of him in many situations - sitting on a Cumberlc,nd fell-side, describing the asperities of sl eeping ii1 a tent when I was going to my feather bed ; looking after his birds in the garden of that happ y house at Camberley; jumping lightly to the ground after a midnight prowl over the High Street roofs; setting out cheerfully with a heavy suitcase to walk home from Aldershot a.t three in the morning and thinking ho w sweet life was . He was a good spirit, and a good friend .

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GORDON JA.MES PHILIP MERIFIELD Information now available leaves no doubt that Gordon Merifield lost his life when the armed yacht, H.M.S. Rosabelle, in which he was serving as Lieutenant, was struck by ~ine or torp('!do and foundered in the Straits of Gibraltar on December II, 1941. The Rosabelle_ w ent down in 30 seconds. Gordon Merifield was turned in at the time a nd must have been killed instantly, as his cabin was in the forward part of the ship wher.e the explosion occurred.

From that end of the ship there were no survivors.

Gordon Merifield made an unforgettable imipression upon his contemporaries in the Hall and in the University, more particula rly in rowing circles, where he came to be regarded as the finest cox that Oxford had produced for a long time. But wherever Merifield v~ent he could not fail to win respect. Small in stature as became a coxswain, he was indued with a quiet authoritative manner and a terse sagacity of utterance which would have won esteern for a man many years his senior.

The son of an accomplished master mariner, he went at the age of eleven as a Foundation Scholar to King Edward VI School, Southampton, in 1927 . His vigour and intelligence were favourably noted at school; he became a Prepositor, and as. an energetic editor of the School Magazine discovered his liking for the career of journalism on which he eventually entered. He was awarded an exhibition ¡a t University College, Southampton, in 1933, but declined it, preferring to stake his chance of being able to obtain a dmission to the University of Oxford in the following year.

In October, 1934.' he entered the Hall and embarked on the Honoljr School of Modern Languages. Before the end of his first year he had won notable success on the river. In Hilary Term, 1935', he coxed the lst Torpid that made four bumps and finished

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third in the First Division: he was later awarded his Trials cap as cox of the winning Trials Eight. In Trinity Term he coxed the ;st Eight that made two bumps, and went on to cox the Eight that represented the Hall at Henley. During his second year he was ho less successful. For a secoi1d time he coxed a winning Trials Eight, and was elected to the Leander Club. In his third year he once again coxed in Trials : he was awarded his Blue and had the · satisfaction of. coxing an Oxfo1:_d crew to victory. That summer he was invited to cox the Leander Eight at Henley. In his last year he coxed the University crew in the Boat Race for the second time. When ;he went down at the end of the Summer Term, 1938, it was well recognised that the Hall's position of fourth on the river - the highest to which .a Hall First Eight had as yet attained- owed not a little to his exceptional skill as a coxswain. ·Coxing for Merifield was no light-hearted undertaking : it was a matter of most careful study. He studied the stream ; he studied the boat; he studied the crew; and was not satisfied until he had learned to win the best out of all three. He left in manuscript a short treatise on the art of coxing: it Is to be hoped that. it will be printed and published when the \var is over .

He was awarded a Third in the Schools, and it cannot be doubted that if it had not been for his preoccupation on the river he could have made his way into a higher Class. But his own advancement was not with him a prime concern. He devoted himself rather to the welfare of the Hall Boat Club and Oxford rowing. It is indicative of his personality that as a coxswain he should have become Captain of Boats ·and that .he should have proved himself, too, a rowing coach of great spirit and judgment.

After a last enjoyable Henley he went.north to take up a post which Lord Camrose had 6ffered him on the staff of the Newcastle Evening Chronicle, and entered with relish on .his apprenticeship to journalism. ·H e had not been long in Newcastle before with characteristic pertinacity and persuasiveness he was able to initiaate a renaissance in Tyneside rowing. _ And then came War.> and withi.n a few weeks of its outbreak he was offered a commission in the R.N.V.R. and went off for his training to H.M.S. King A.lfred at Hove. 'I'm rather looking forward to the prospect,' ·he said in a letter to me, ' having always had a sneaking desire to go to sea.' January, 1940, fou1;1d him a Sub-Lieutenant on board H.M.S. Rosabelle keeping watch and ward over the Straits of Gibraltar. As those who knew him -would have expected, he made an admirable officer. After the sinking of his ship the only surviving· officer wrote of him :. 'Gordon was an

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exceptionally fine fellow, popular wherever he went, and, believe me when I say, the most conscientious officer I ever met. I often used to tell him that it was only a matter of time before he would be placed in comma nd of a ship.' Indeed, his S.N.O. in Gibraltar had just before h is death put his name forward for a command.

H e had been promoted Lieutenant twelve months before, on November 17; 1940.

By a coincidence not uncommon among Aularians in war-time, Alan Clark., then a Lieutenant in a destroyer, found his. shi1P lying quite close to the Rosa.belle in Gibraltar a few days before the latter vessel went out on her last patrol. Clark was able to send a message over, as a result of which they met and talked together for half-an-hour before Clark sailed. 'Two days later,' to quote from a letter from Clark, 'while at sea, we had a signal that hi s ship had gone ... â&#x20AC;˘ I must have been the last Hall man to see him.'

Clark went on to tell of the high regard in which he found Merifield had stood among ail who had known him at the base, and among other testimonies recorded that of the flotilla padre, who had remarked that in difficult circumstances, with changing comm anding officers, Mcrifield had been the one unifying influence in his ship.

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EDWARD DUERDEN NEAL Edward N ea! was ordained deacon by the Bishop of Manchester at Michaelmas , 1940, and embarked on hi s new duties as a curate at St. Mary's, Davyhulm e, a modern suburban district outside Manchester. But it was not long before Neal began to feel the urge to active service in the war irresistible. After consultation with his Bishop, he c~me to talk over with me his wish to join the Air Force for training as a pilot. If he had found himself curate in a parish that was being subjected to repeated attacks from the air, he wo uld have settled dovvn there without a doubt, but Davyhulme was not such a parish . It was not so much the desire to participate in combat, although those who remember 'Chip s ' Neal's prowess on the football field will know how doughty a fi g hter he could be, but it was . the desire to be sharing to the ¡ full in the risks and, if need be, in the sacrifice that combat involves tha t impelled him to enter ¡ the Royal Air Force . From the Hall he joined up. At the end of November h e wro te to ' me from the station w here he was undergoing his initiation into the Service. ' I have no complaints,' h e said. ' Life here is inte resting as well as i energetic . . . : The re are many pleasant and interesting fellows in my flight- two Norwegians who escaped from their

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country by yacht : one man who has resigned an Army commission : the son of the Minister of TranSJPOrt: and, of course, E . D. Neal from S.E.H., Oxford-altogether a fine .body of men!' With zest and humour he proceeded with his training, passing on to an Initial Training Wing. On the day on which he was to have passed out for his commission he was injured in a motor accident on an air-field and had to go into hospit~l. He eventually received his commission on New Year's Day, 1942, and was attached to No. 235 Squadron, Coastal Command . He was subsequently promoted Flying Officer .

He had to wait until his Squadron was transferred to take part in the Battle of the Bay of Biscay before he had his first encounter.

Fighting two Arados over the Bay, he shot down one and damaged the other, only giving up when he had exhausted all his ammunition after a pursuit of ninety miles. Some days later he inflicted damage on a Ju.88. But his great day came three weeks after , when in his Beaufighter he and his navigator came across three Arados flying in close formation. He shot down two of them and had not time to deal with the third before it sought cover in the clouds . In recognition of his fine success he was awarded the D .F.C . , but hardly had the announcement been made before it became known that he had been killed on active service. Neal would not have cherished any achievement more clearly than that of having added distinction to the gallant annals of Coastal Command .

Edward Neal came up to the Hall from Leatherhead School in Michaelmas Term, 1935, with ordination in view. His home was in Oldham, where his father was Vicar of St. Paul's. During the three years that he was at the Hall he identified himself heart and soul ¡with the life within its walls. His academic study was Modern History . He was not ambitious in the intellectual field, but he was pertinacious in winning his way to a firm grasp of any question that he held important. His contemJPoraries at the Hall and, later, at Westcott House, Cambridge, came to value greatly his staunch and single-minded comradeship, deriving direction from his example to a degree which 'Chips' Neal himself did not realize. ¡ His best sermons would always have been his own devotion to duty and readiness to suffer any physical discomfort in a good cause . It was in going to meet clanger where it was most certainly to be found that he hoped as a newly ordained deacon his contribution might be of service, for when he entered the Royal Air Force as a combatant he had no intention of representing himself as other than a curate under arms.

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JOHN SIDNEY WYNNE John Wynne, Signalman, R .N.V. R., is presumed to have lost his life in H.M.S. Empire Audacity. At the outbreak of war he was already a member of the R.N.V.R ., having joined in J an uary, 1939, after his migration from the Hall to the University of Bristol.

When it had to be reluctantly a dmitted that John Wynne's most painstaking efforts would not earn him the satisfaction of the Pass Moderators, the Hall lost a most loyal and whole-hearted citizen.

The son of the Rev. S. H. C. W'ynne, Rector of Grendon Underwood, John Wynne entered the H a ll in Michaelmas Term, 1936, from St. Edward's School, of which he had been a member for t he _p revious six years . During his last year at school he had been a House Prefect and in the History VIth. A most conscientious worker, he most thoroughly deserved, if industry alone had counted, to have surmounted Pass Moderations : but very relucantly it had at length to be admitted that his painstaking efforts wo uld not suffice to ipass him. It was riot easy parting with John Wynne, for there were evident in him a staunchness of character and a firmly rooted faith that could not but win respect for his strong desire to offer himself for ordination. Aft er the outbreak of war he served in H.M.S. Repulse. In the summer of 194 1 he was sent to the R .N . Barracks, Devonport, passed for Trained Operator, and had embarked on a course for Leading Signalman when he was drafted to H .M.S. Empire Audacity.

A.B.E. MICHAEL SIDNEY GILBERT Michael Gilbert, Sergeant Pilot, R.A.F.V.R., lost hi s life on active service in October. H e was one of the fir~t group of R.A.F. Short-course Probationers to be admitted to th ~ Hall, and during the six¡ months of his residence from April to September, 1941, .he won the evident regard of all who came to know him and gave promise of very good achievement as an officer and .a pilot. Had he come UJP to the University as an undergraduate in the ordinary course he might have been expected from his previous record to have acquitted himself very well in the Schools. At Hele's School, Exeter, he had, without undue effort, won a _!-.ondon University Higher School Certificate in .the Economics Group when he was still seventeen . Well-built, easy in his manner and bearing, he gave an impression¡ of quiet competence and a ready capacity to shoulder responsibility.

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After leaving the Hall he went for his training as a pilot to the Darr School of Aeronautics, Ponca City, Oklahoma_, and obtained his wings in January last. He returned to England a Sergeant Pilot in July.

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UT FAMA EST All Aularians who have enjoyed the hospitality of Rose Castle will keenly regret that the exigencies of these war-conditioned times have obliged the Bishop of Carlisle and Mrs. Williams to vacate their historic home and move to a house in Stanvvix on the outskirts of Carlisle.

The Rev. G. H. Aldis, who has been working for the China Inland Mission at Langchung, has been asked to help in the estab-lishment of a new school near Chungking for the children of Chinese Christians in Government employment and for those of their friends.

The Rev. Canon D. Armytag¡e has been appointed by the Bishop of Hereford as one of his examining chajplains.

Mr . H. Bagnall and his wife had the misfortune to lose the contents of their house at Exeter when it was destroyed by a bomb.

The Rev. D. C. Barker has been .appointed minister of the conventional district of St. Christopher, Han well, W. Mi. A. E. Bell is to be warmly congratulated on being awarded the degree of Ph.D. by the U n iversity of London for a thesis on Huygens. He has moved to a temporary post at Bradfield College pending service with the R.A.F. Mr. H. B. Beresford Barrett and his wife have returned safely to England from Burma.

Mr. S. E. Bradshaw has been in England on leave from Nigeria. I~e had a very .f ortunate escape on his way home, as his ship was torpedoed by a U~boat and sunk.

The Rev. Canon A. R. Brown e-Wilkinson , M.C., has been elected Vice-Provost of the Corporation of SS. Mary and Nicholas (the Woodard Schools).

The Rev. F . Buchanan has been appointed Vicar of Penistone, Yorks.

J. B. Burtt is working under Dr. Chain in th..e University Pathology Department.

The Rev. M. J . D. Carmichael and the Rev. J. P. Gutch have gone to South Africa under the auspices of the S.P.G. as members¡ of a party of four to study mission field work and problems.

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Mr. D. M. Dobell is on the staff of the Inter-Services Research Bureau .

The R ev. J. Edinger ha s been appointed assistant priest at Hythe Parish Church, Kent.

Mr. G. K. B. Evens has been appointed Industrial Psychologist at the engineering works of Dowly Equipment.

The R ev . S. A. C. Dickens has been appointed Vicar of Hughende n, Bucks.

The Rev. F . M. A. Farrer has b een a ppointed Vicar of I vegill, Cumberl and.

Mr. E. M. Fitch is Assistant Director of the Division of Transport Personnel in the office of Defence Transportation at vV ashington.

Mr. R. Spence F ost er, Director of Education in the Zanzibat Protectorate, is to b e warmly congratulated on his receipt of the O.B.E. in th e Birthday Honours.

Mr. M. W. Gallop, Secretary-Treasurer of the British Rubber Co. of Canada Ltd., has been appointed a Director of the Company . .

Mr . G. E . H. Grigson is to be congratulated on the favourab le reviews that have greeted his anthology of prose and verse entitled The Romantics.

The R ev. T. P. Hamerton has sailed for India to engage in -....vork among the Hurs at the Industrial Settlement, Hubli.

The Rev. M . M . H ennell has been appointed on ordination to ¡1 curacy in the parish of St. Stephen with St. Bartholomew, Canonbury, N.r.

The Rev. H, H. I-fook has been appointed Rector of Wyck Rissington, Glos .

The Rev. J. B. C. Hordern has been appointed Rector of Leaden Roding and Margaret Roding and W 'h ite Roding, Essex.

The Rev. S . A. Howard has been anpointed R ector of Stokeupon-Tern, near Market Drayton.

The Rev. A. R. Janes has been appointed V icar of St. Thomas', Elson, P ortsmouth.

The R ev. D. R. Jones has been appointed on ordination to a curacy at St . Michael and All Angels', Windmill Hill, Bristol.

Mr. G . Wilson Knight is to be congratulated on the good reception given to his latest volume, 'Chariot of Wrath: The Messag e of John Milton to Democracy.. ' The Rev. Vlf. K. Knight-Adkin, formerly Chaplain of the Fleet and Dean of Gibraltar, has been appointed Vicar of Sparkwell, Devon .

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE Flying Officer G . P. W . Lamb, R.A.F.V.R., has been appointed H ead of the Statistical Department of the Colonial Office.

The Rev. A . J . Lee has been appointed on ordination t~ a curacy at Claygate, Surrey.

The R ev. T. A. Littleton has been appointed curate-in-charge of St . Paul's Church1 Barnsley.

The Rev. P . E. T. Langridge has been appointed curate-incharge at Sticklepath, near Barnstaple.

Mr. J . C . W. Ludlow has been appointed Senior History Master at Hanley High School, Stoke-on-Trent.

The Rev. T. G . Mohan, Clerical Assistant Secretary of the Church Pastoral Aid Society, has been appointed Secretary. .

Mr. B. B. Morgan has come to London with an important official war-time appointment in connexion with American broadcasting.

Mr. D. V. Orton is farming a 350 acre farm on Tyneside.

The Rev. T. L G. Packer has been appointed on ordination to a curacy at Holy Trinity , Barkingside, Essex .

The Rev. R. M . Parker has been appointed Vicar of Forest Side with Stansted, YV. Sussex.

Mr. E. G. Price represents the Ministry of War Transport at Basra, Iraq.

The Rev. A . P. Rose was priest-in-charge at St . John's Cathedral, Hong Kong, at the time of the siege and capture of the colony by t he Japanese. Reports have reached , England of the splendid work that he did in the face of great difficulty and danger. He and his wife have been interned.

The Rev . E. Royle has been appointe_d Vicar of Horrabridge, S. Devon .

The Ven. A. Sargent, Archdeacon of Maidstone, is to be warmly congratul ated on his appointment to the premier Archdeaconry of Canterbury.

A volum e entitled Three New Poets, published by Grey Walls Press, contains verses by Mr. Ian Serraillier.

The Rev. F. S. W . Simpson has been ajppointed Vicar of Shoreham, Sussex.

Mr. A. P. L Slater, on returning from leave to Nigeria, has r~sumed work as an Education Officer and been posted to Ibadan, Southern Province.

The Rev. C. H . Sutton has been appointed priest-in-charge of the parish of vVilli an, Letchworth, H erts.

Mr. M. P . Vidal-Hall ha s been appointed Deputy Conservator of Forests, Sudan.

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The Rev. G. S. Wamsley has entered the novitiate at The Oratory, Birmingham.

The Rev. C. N. Wardle-Harpur has been appointed priest-incharge of an industrial ar~a in Sheffield comprising the parishes of Attercliffe, Carbrook, St. Alban's Darnall, Emmanuel, and St. Clement's.

The Rev. B. J. Wigan has been appointed on ordination to serve in the parish of St. Barnabas, Oxford. He is also acting as a coadjutor to the editor of the Lexicon of Patristic Greek .

The Rev. T. E. Williams has been appointed Rector of Bryngwyn and Newchurch_, Anglesey.

Mr. A. T. de B. Wilmot has been appointed Assistant Secretary to the Military Governor of British Somaliland: BIRTHS

Warrant Officer J. N. Appelbe: a daughter, Susan Felicity, born on April 15.

The Rev. J. H. Boothroyd: a daughter, born on October 13¡ T 'h eRev.J. W. Blair: twins, Elizabeth and Herbert,bornonJune4.

Capt. J. G. Coghlin: a son, Terence George, born on July 20, 1941.

R. D. English: a daughter, Susan Elizabeth, born on January 2r.

The Rev. , P. A. H. Farrant: a daughter, Julia Margaret, born on September 17.

Flt.-Lieut. W. A. H. Green, R.A.F.V.R.: a son, Peter Thomas, born on July 3.

The Rev. J. H. Hodson: a son, Philip Francis John, born on November 2 r.

Lance-Corpl.

Johrison: a son, Richard Rigby, born on July 6.

Flying Officer W. S. Mills: a daughter, Frances Mary Stuart, born on December 14.

The Rev. A. MacL. Murray: a son, born on October 17.

Lieut. J. Park: a daughter, Mary Ann, born on July 18.

2nd Lieut. F. D. Rushworth: a dau~hter, Diane, born on August r4.

Capt. A. K. Sharp: a daughter, Felicity, born ~n February 25.

The Rev. A. E. A. Sulston: a son, John Edward, born in March.

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MARRIAGES.

Mr. R. 0. Barritt was married on March 21 at the New Road Church, Stourbirdge, to Olive, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P.R. Clare of Kingswinford. . .

Pte. H. F. Cook, R.A.M.C., was married in November at the Church of Holy St. Cross with St : Jude, Grays Inn Road, London, to Miss Phyllis Mary Spencer .

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The R ev. F. M. A. Farrer was married on April 16 at the Parish Church, Kirkby Stephen , to Miss 'Thelma Elliott.

Lieut. M . Y. Ffrench-Williams R .N.V. R., was married on Novem ber 30 at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge; to Miss John H. Bird.

Mr. D. G. T. Hicks was married on J an uary 27 at St. James' Church, Littlehampton, to Joan Marion, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Williams.

Major L. W. Kennan, M.B.E., R.A.S. C ., was married on March 8, 1941, at St. John's Episcopal Church , Jedburg1h, Scotland, to Dorothy Rene, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Clayton Heslop.

Mr . K. D. Luke was ma-rried in Perak in December, 1941, to Mis s Phyllis Sharpington.

The R ev . J. Lyth was ma rried on August 4 at the parish church, Skegness, to Miss Marjorie Smith.

Mr. D. V . Orton was married on · February 28 at Checkendon parish church, Oxon., to Miss M argaret Barratt .

Pte. F . . H. Pedley was married on May 30 at H eath Congregational Church, Halifax , to Miss Hilary Maud Brooke.

2nd Lieut . H. H. P ennington, Commandos, was married on August 14, 194 1, at the parish church, Chippenham, to Edna Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Bedford of Chippenham.

Lieut. J. Plant, R. H .A., was married on March 7 at the Cathedral, Cairo, to Miss Dora Khayatt.

Mr. J. G. Rideout was married on Seiptember 12 at Taunton, Massachusetts, U .S .A., ·to Miriam Longstreth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D aniel Cory Snow.

Mr. T. M. Schuller was married on July JO at St. Peter's-i n"theE ast, Oxford, to Miss Gillian J. E . Read.

The Rev . L. R. Sharp was married on October 6 at St. John 's Church, Edinburg h, to Miss John Elizabeth Rhodes, M.A. Lieut. ]. H. Tyzack, R ,A . was m a rried on May 8 at Southwold to Miss Joan Norman_ Mr. M. P. Vidal-H all was married on October 26 , at Joh annesburg, to Johanna Isabella, daughter of Mrs . and J . L. Labuschag ne of Maseru, Basµ toland .

PUBLICATIONS.

'God Save the King.:' Its History and its Romance. By Dr. P ercy Scholes . O xford Unive rsity Press, 1942. 2s. net.

Constitutional and Leg al History of England. By M. M. Knappen.

H a rcourt, Brace & Coy., New Y ork, 1942. pp. x + 607 , with 12 illustrations.

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Chariot of Wrath: The Message' of John Milton to Democracy at War. By G. Wilson Knight. Faber & Faber, London, 1942.

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The Romantics: An Anthology chosen by Geoffrey Grigson. Geo. Routledge & Sons, Ltd., London, 1942. rns .. 6d.

Ci7Iilian Fire Fighter. A Manual for all members and organisers of Fire Patrols . By E. C. R . Hadfield. English Universities Press London, 1941. pp. 126. rs. net.

Three New Poets. (One of the three is Ian S erraillier). Grey Walls Press, Billericay, Essex. 2s. 6d . net .¡

We have gathered the following particulars concerning those Aularians who have gone down since the last issue of the Magazine, excluding those who have entered on military service : D. H. Burt is engaged in agricultural work.

P. ]. N. Cox is a clinical student at St. Bartholomew's Hospital.

J. D. Duncan, who is exempted from military service for medical reasons, is working on the staff of the Ministry of Labour at SoutJhampton.

H. W. Hinds is at \Vestcott House, Cambridge.

J. N . Micklem is a clinical student at Guy's Hospital.

J. S. Reynolds is at Ridley Hall, Cambridge.

-B . N. Y. Vaughan is at Westcott House, Cambridge.

During the year the following Aularians have been ordained : Deacons: M. M. Hennell (London); D. R. Jones (Bristol); A. J. Lee (Guildford); T. L. G. Packer (Chelmsford); B. J. Wigan (Oxford).

Priests:. The Rev . M. Vil . Dittmer (Rochester); the Rev. S. H. Hoffman (Oxford); the Rev. H. A. Jennings (Lincoln); the Rev. E. G. H . Turner (Chelmsford).

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HE Endowment Appeal, even in the third year of War, has continued to receive s.ub.stantial support frorri Aularians. I record here, once again, the deep gratitude of the Hall to all who have contributed or recontributed .to the Fund i11 the course of the year 1942. As I have said before, support given or renewed duringthese difficult times is most welcome not only for. .t he appreciable addition which it makes to the Fund but also as an assurance that '

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SOCIETIES, I 94 2 · THE DEBATING SOCIETY HILARY TERM, 1942 President - A. W. BARNES. Secretary - J. HANSON. Unfortunately the activities of the Hilary Term were restricted to one meeting by the enforced postponement of a debate arranged for the early part of the term . The one motion debated was 'That Public Schools, in their present condition , should have no place in

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post-war reconstruction,' proposed by R. T . Holtby and opposed

by C. W. B. Costeloe. The Secretary spoke third and R. V.J. Robson fourth. After some lively debating ·a division r esulted in the motion being carried by two votes . It was decided that the Society should continue its activities during Trinity Term.

J.H. TRINITY TERM

.President-]. HANSON. Secretary - C. W. B. Cos TE LOE. Despite the distractions in summer of road and river the Society was magnificently supported . . Two very enjoyable joint debates were held, with vVestfield and with St. Hugh' s. The Secretary' s bid for a· wrangle with St. Hilda's failed. The firs t debate, with vVestfield, resulted in the motion, 'That in the opinion of this House the modern cinema is · a symptom of man's decline,' being utterly rejected. The debate was lively, witty and provoking, and it is to be hoped that all our debates may be of such a high standard. In our second, with St. Hug h's , the motion was 'That in the opinion of this House the world is unintelligently dressed.' The motion vvas carried by fifteen votes to fourteen. Only a few of the usu al hackneyed arguments were produced and a number of very ingenious theories were put forward . Altogethei;, this too was a very pleasant debate.

The Society deserves to receive in the future such support as it was accorded during this term.

C.W.B.C. MICHAELMAS TERM

President- L. V. FosT. Secretary-G. P . L. ZIMMERMANN. The motion of the first debate 0£ the term, ' That Helium and not Homer is more important to the p ost-war world_,' showed tha t the Debating Society was not afraid of tackling serious problem s at its first meeting. Though I. P. Smith, supported by H. Hamill, made the prospect of mate ria lism most . tempting, the stirri ng appeal for higher motives by R. McAdams rallied the forc~s of idealism, and the motion was defeated.

The second meeting was held in con juncti or~ with the Debat ing Society of Westfi eld College, the motion being ' That women -have n6 logic.' This subject must h ave had a menacing ring in feminine ears, for while St. Peter's H all , was invaded by a formidable host of 25 keen young men, only e ight ladies ma de their timid appearance. Miss Fraye's devastati.ngly illogical d~nial of her own sex and· the witticisms of C. Pierce did not prevent R. T . Holtby from

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convincing the House that the motion was unjust to the female sex. There were many speeches for and even more against the motion, and it was signally defeated.

Unfortunately it was only possible to hold one more debate, but .i t proved the most successful of the term. The motion was ' That war brings out the best rather than the worst qualities in man.' T. J. W. Foy and J. W. I. Holtham put up a strong case against overwhelming opposition, but the eloquence of L. R. \i\foods, ably supported by K. F. Smart, carried the day. The length and liveliness of the discussion showed that there was great interest in the subject and plenty of talent among the members. The motion was handsomely defeated.

G.P.L.Z. THE ESSAY SOCIETY HILARY TERM, 1942

President-P. J. N. Cox. This term the Society had a varied programme, and the meetings were attended by a faithful, if small, band of followers-often supplemented by former members, whose visits were much appreciated. A. C. Jarrett's ' Greatness of Soul: Eternal Harmony' was a noble tour de force. He exhorted the Society to follow the example of Dostoevsky's Stavrogin and Kirillov, who manifested self-will in the consummate act of ' suicide for no reason at all' ; only thus could the soul show its true greatness by achieving irrational but eternal harmony. His thesis was fiercely attacked.

Anxious as members were to show off their freedom to the world, they were unanimous in deciding that this was too expensive a way of doing it.

In ' We are educating our masters,' L. Shepherd put forward constructive proposals for the, reform of secondary education, making use of some of the best points of the French system , B. N. Y. Vaughan's essay 'Retribution' vvas designed to counter some of Mr. G. ¡B. Shaw;s 'pretty syllogisms' with which' a previous essayist had misled a too credulous Society. A reasoned justification of retributive punishment led him, rather surprisingly, . to the conclusion that. the vicious worm of decadence . had bitten deep into our vitals- modern society had lost its hold on ultimate truth. After discussing cannibalism, members turned to theology, and the essayist was finally drawn from an epigrammatic silence to announce that he could not penetrate into the' myst~ries of God. In ' Philosopher's Wool ' J. L. Riley discussed the place of , theory in Physical Science, and the Society was . afterwards refreshed by a number of topics far removed from ¡its usual beat.

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T. M. Schuller, in his essay 'But westward, look! the land is bright,' pointed out how necessary it was that we in this country should have a better knowledge of American artistic and literary activity_, and gave an interesting and well-illustrated account of the development of American literature.

In 'The Grand Design' R. T. Holtby reviewed past methods in the study and presentation of History, and suggested a way of making the results of modern scientific methods of research accessible to the common man. This essay led to a good discussion, in which the reform of the Oxford School of Modern History was among the subjects considered. The Presidential essay , 'Shades of the prison-house,' described that spark of lunacy which is the savour of normality, and went on: to discuss how much o ur understanding of the normal mind could be increased by the study of . the abnormal.

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TRINITY TERM

President-A. C. ¡GARRETT. The Society's prospects for this the most hazardous term of the year were by no means bleak despite the fact that not one of its members could claim a term untramelled by the spectre of exami. nations. Its list of essays commenced with ' Tout ce qui est utile est laid,' by K. J. Haigh, who attempted valiantly to convince a sceptical audience that town-planning .a nd architecture could, after the war, be advanced along rational lines through the efficacy of vigorous propaganda campaigns. A. Westaway sought inspiration from the Classics and A. ¡ P. Herbert for his paper ' De Linguis Mortuis.' Contending that instruction in L atin and Greek was conducive to clear thinking, a greater appreciation of our own language and a clearer understanding of the beauty and value of the ancients than was possible merely through translations, he aroused the controversial element of the meeting to such a pitch of excitement that only the soothing tones of the Premier could effectively control and arrest the subsequent argument.

E . G. Midgely presented to the Society a model of painstaking research and deep and illuminating analysis in his essay ' Aged Eagle: T. S . Eliot's Later Poe ms.' An audience whose abysmal ignorance of T. S. Eliot had led it to believe in the decadence and barrenness of his poetry departed after hearing this paper with the haunting doubt that perhaps T. S. Eliot's poetry was poetry after afl. The papers read to the Society during the term lacked nothing it1 variety , and T. S. Eliot was followed by P. J. Kelly's 'The Russian Character,' which destroyed the old and misguided conceptions of the Russian people and deftly painted and

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interpreted the Russians as they really are. D. L. G . Jenkins was unable to be present to deliver in person his paper ' Into Battle.'

The main contention of his essay was that the army had. not yet adapted itself to the needs of modern warfare, and that the soldier gravitated towards crime rather than ascended towards the virtues of initiative,. seif-respect, responsibility and intelligence under the present methods of training.

Owing to the sudden departure from Oxford of the next essayist on the programme, the President maintained continuity by reading a paper entitled 'Anarchism.' The Presidential essay, 'A Bowl of Cherries,' purported to show that for all the prophecies of decline and disintegration in West-Europe civilization during the p ast thirty years there were still well-founded reasons for optimism.

The arguments of Michael Roberts we re outlined against those of Osw ald Spengler, and the meeting showed an unusually favourable a ttitude towards the transcendental feeling oi the essayist.

The term's proceedings concluded with a revision of the Society's constitution.

A.C.G. MICHAELMAS TERM

President - J. L. RILEY. Some doubt existed at the beginning of the term as to whether the Society would be able to continue its activities, owing to the very large exodus of members at the end of the previous year.

However, it was decided to carry on notwithstanding the reduced membership, the number of meetings being limited to five instead of the usual seven. There was little in the nature of ' austerity ' about the quality of the essays read; in fact, they were well up to the usual high standard.

'Machine-guns and Madrigals,' a fine essay, excellently read at the first meeting of term by R. McAdams, provoked heated discussion on many controversial topics. This was followed, on the fourth Sunday, by I. P .. Smith's 'Muted Trumpets,' a competent and obviously carefully prepared essay. R. T. Holtby's essay on Marxism, ' Wohin? ' proved a little above the heads of the Society, but perhaps this topic is not so fashionable as it was among former members.

An essay on law, 'Leges et Litterae,' by H. L. da Costa, followed on the next Sunday. This, a careful mixture of humorous anecdote· and spirited defence of the legal profession, was greatly appreciq.ted· by the Society, and led to much entertaining, if not valuable, discussion. On the last Sunday of term the President read his essay, 'The Spice of Life,' to wind up the term·' s activities.

J.L.R.

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S ec-retnry-D. H.

KAVANAGH.

The numbers of the Society decreased rather sharply, and consequently it was found advisable to restrict activities during this term. Two meetings were held, however, at which the路 standard of reading compensated for the. small attendance . Our guests at the first meeting were W estfield Dramatic Society, with whom we read 'The Farmer's Wife,' by Eden Philpotts. The reading proved very enjoyable, although the mixture of accents was at times rath~r alarming, as even Somerset yokels la psed into an Irish brogue. The other mee ting was held in conjunction with St. Hilary's Dramatic Society. Emlyn vVilliams' 'A Murder has been Arrang路ed' gave rather more scop,e for the dramatic abilities of the readers, who gave a realistic interpretation of the gruesome and eerie atmosphere of the play.

W e hope to see an increase in our numbers and an expansion of our programme with the advent of Trinity Term.

D.H.K. TRINITY TERM

President-D. H. KAVANAGH. Secretary=-P . J. Tooc;oon.

Our hopes of an increased programme this term failed to materialize, as almost all our members spent the entire term und er the shadow of ' Schools.'

Again we only h ad two meetings , at the first of which we were glad to welcome St. Hilda's Dramatice Society for the first time for some five or six years . Everyone contributed admirably to the mercenary atmosphere of Emlyn Williams' adaptation of R ene Fauchols' 'Prenez Garde a la Peinture.' An outstanding feature of the reading was the excellent interpretation of the part of Gwenny by the visiting President. At ou路r other meeting John Gals worthy' s ' Skin Game ' provided us with a sterner theme. Together with the Dramatic Society of Lady M argaret Hall, we attained a creditable interpretation of Galsworthy's idea of the struggle between t radition and industrial progress.

P.J.T. MICHAELMAS TERM

President- G. A . K. MISSEN. Secretary -A. ARTHUR. The Society has flourished during the term and has a tally of twenty-one membe rs. Five meetings have been held. At the first meeting we were the guests of Sf. Hilary's Dramatic Society at Mus.g rave House, when ' Bonnet over the ,W indmill' was read. At the second we met in 路St . Hilda's, a nd with their Dramatic Society

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re.a d Emlyn \!Villiams' 'The Corn is Green.' W e were the better able to deal with the more incomprehensible parts of the dialogue through having among us two genuine Welshmen. The third and :fourth meetings were held in the Lecture Room, the plays read being 'As You Like It' and 'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.' At the last meeting: of the term we had as our guests members of Somerville Dramatic Society for the reading of 'The Importance of being Earn est' by Oscar Wilde.

G.A.K.M. THE MUSICAL SOCIETY HILARY TERM, 1942 President-R. T. HoLTBY. Secretary - G .

J. F. BRAIN.

At a meeting of the Committee in the first week of term it was decided with regret that the proposed concert would have to be abandoned owing to war-time difficulties.

R.T.H. TRINITY TERM President --R . T. HoLTBY. Secretm'y-G.

J. F. BRAIN.

In place of the usual Eights 'iVeek Concert, the Musical Society arranged a recital of works for piano, violin and flute, The recital was g iven in the Dining Hall on June 8th at 8.15, and the program.me was as follows : -

J.S.Bach Prelude and Fugue No. 16 in G minor C. R . . ULLYATT. Violin Sonata in D major Schubert H. SNELL (Ch . Ch.) (violin), acc. S. FARIS (Ch. Ch.) .

Prelude : Minstrels 1 - Debussy Arabesque No . l J R. McADAMS. Flute Sonata in G major - Handel R. OxBV (Hertford), acc . C. R. U LLYATT. Arrangements for Piano of ' Flocks may g raze secure ' I f. S. Bach 'Fortify us by Thy Grace' J · R. McADAMS. Piano Sonata No. 13 in D flat major Mozart S. FARIS (Ch. Ch.).

Daniel Purcell Flute Sonata in F major R. OxBY, acc. C. R. ULLYATT. Handel Violin Sonata in D major H. SNELL, acc. S. FARIS. Two Mazurkas I Chopin Scherzo Jc. R. ULLYATT.

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President-R. T. HoLTBY. Secreta¡r y-C. R. ULLYATT. The Committee met on several .occasions and arranged the programme for a concert to be held in the Hilary Term, 1943 .

R.T.H. GRAMOPHONE SOCIETY HILARY 1~ERM, 1942 Secretary-A. N. R. DEARLE. The Society continued to function during the Hilary J'erm, and once more we were the guests of the Principal, who kindly allowed us to use his gramophone. Our thanks must go to him for his very kind hospitality. Amongst the major works performed were Brahms' B flat Piano Concerto, Mozart's great-should it even be greatest? -Symphony in G minor, and William vValton's Viola Concerto .

A.N.R.D. TRINITY TERM

SeC'retary-A. N. R. DEARLE. The Society was once more very kindly entertained by the Principal in his drawing-room. A very varied selection of records was played, including Beethoven's 8th Symphony (his own favourite), Dvorak's Violoncello Concerto, and Mozart's Clarinet Quintet.

One programme consisted entire ly of Overtures, and during another the Principal played records of African jungle noises, to which we li stened with the greatest interest and amusement.

A .N.R.D. MICHAELMAS TERM

Secretary - C. R. ULLYATT. Freshmen this term responded nobly to the call of this Society.

Regularly on Saturday evenings the faithful have met in the Principal's drawing-room. At the first meeting Brahms' Pianoforte Concerto was played; later in the term this was contrasted with a brilliant variety of the rightly popular Tschaikowsky Pianoforte Concerto. One evening was devoted to French music , beginning with an early ¡mediaeval composition and ending with Ravel; the programme also included Cesar-Franck' s Variations Symphoniques.

Unimpressed by this national approach to a catholic a rt, the Society (or a vociferous part of it) decided upon a programme devoted to the more esoteric side of musical appreciation concerned with Chamber Music . Certain members, feeling the strain of this delicate music to be too much for their more flaml;ioy ant natures nurtured on the more solid food of orchestral compositions, were unequal to facing an evening of String Quartets. Finding both standards by which to choose programmes unsatisfactory, a third

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method was adopted. On this occasion incense was offered on the altar of Elgar and Vaughan-Williams. Selection by composer found. its consummation in the last and most inspiring programme of the term, devoted to Bach. Most aspects of his work were considered -Mass in B minor, Harpsichord Gavotte, Double Violin Concerto and Piano Concerto- and a fitting climax was provided 'by the king of organ fogues, the Fantasia and Fugue in G minor.

C.R.U THE MAKERS' SOCIETY HILARY TERM, 1942

President - K. HARDACRE. Though considerable support for the continuance of the Society was shown at the J.C.R. meeting held at the beg¡inning of term, it was unfortunately impossible, from various causes, to arrange for any speakers to visit us; nor could a Magazine Evening be held, though several members promised contributions. But dates and speakers were fixed for two meetings the following term.

K.H. TRINITY TERM

't

President- K. HARDACRE. Th~ Summer Term has been the Society's winter-a period of hiberna tion . Two meetings were originally arranged, but both had to be postponed , one because our guest speaker could not turn up, the other because-a sad reflection-support from the Society was unfortu nately not forthcoming. It is to be hoped that the spirit and enthusiasm of the Society will revive, on evil days though fallen.

K.H. THE LIDDON SOCIETY TRINITY TERM, 1942

Chairman - B. N. Y. VAUGHAN. This term Mr. A. R. Lewis spoke to the Society on the subject Uti unum sint, the Johannine passage, which he cited to justify the . desirability of the Reunion of Christendom. The desirability of Reunion, he said was based on Scriptural evidence and utilitarian motive. On the latter point, he said that it was a shame that Christianity should not be able to present a commo1) front against the secular world, and division in th e ranks of Cl)fistendom would not gather many allies to its cause. Mr. Lewis went on to outline a basi s upon which reunion might be brought about.

In the subsequent discussion both the desirability and the basis of Reunion were questioned. It seemed to some that disunity provided a variety of soil on which they thought spiritual gifts would flourish each according to its kind. To others it seemed that the

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restriction of Christianity to a Roman pattern had, 1t 1s true, the effect of narrowi ng and centralizing its b as is, but, it was feared, of shifting it from its original position . Mr. Lewis, with characteristic zeal and pertinacity , maintained his case.

B .N.Y.V. MICHAELMAS TERM

Chairman-C . R .. Ur...LYATT. Owing t o t he paucity of speakers and the demands made upon everyone's time by the war.> only one meeting was held this term.

There was, however, a good attendance to meet Dr. H . H. Kramm, the Lutheran pastor, in the Vice-Principal's rooms . He gave a very vigorous, amusing and revealing account of the state of relig\on in Germany before the Nazis seized power. He prefaced his remarks with statistics of Church membership, explaining that even in 1939 ninety-five per cent. of Germans were due-paying Church members . He then passed on to a more particular survey of Lutheranism in its various aspects. From a historical survey of its antecedents, he proceeded to an interesting exposition of its doctrine, its liturgy and forms of worship. It seemed that the priest was at liberty to choose his own form of service - a licence to th e individual that not even our enlightened Prayer-Book refprmers would countenance. A vigorous discussion followed, which unfortunately had to be curtailed to allow the speaker to arrive home before the rig our of the Law descended on him. The curft;w also deprived us of his views on the relation between German Church and State.

C .R.U. THE METHUEN SOCIETY HILARY TERM, .1942 President- L. SHEPHERD. The Society held two meetings d uring the Hilary Term, the first of w hich dealt solely with matters of business. The spea ker at the second was Mr. R. Jones, an Australian., who h a d studied at the Sorbonne until the collapse of France. In his discourse, which was ¡ in French, h e described how he succeeded in escaping from Paris to England via Bordeaux. Nine members were present a nd all enjoyed Mr. Jones' very diverting talk.

L.S. MICHAELMAS TERM

President - J. R. McGovER .

Four m eetings of the Society were h eld this term, but owing to the difficulty of obtaining ouside speakers we had to confine oursel~es to play-reading . As the majority of the members were Modern Languages freshmen, Moliere's 'Malade Imaginaire' was

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chosen for the first meeting, which was well attended. Since then new members have appeared at every meeting. vVe then read Musset's ', Fantasio,' which was followed by a long and lively discussion on the French Romantics; and at Qur next meeting a reading of Beaumarchais' ' Barbier de Seville' led to discussion on yet another period of French Literature, and German- and Spanish-reading members gave accounts o.f the picaresq ue tradition in those countries. At our last meeting, held with Somerville Fi·ench Club, we read 'Amphitryon 38' by S. M. Behrmann.

Despite some difficulty in obtaining· copies of plays, all the meetings were most entertaining and instructive. One of the most valuable aspects was the conversation and discussion, as no mem·ber was allowed to speak in English. H. Bradley was electe_d President for the next term.

J.R.McG. DEMOCRATIC SOC IALI ST CLUB GROUP HILARY TERM, 1942

Secretary-P. J. C . SMITH. This term we have combined for o ur College Group meetings v,:ith Merton and St. Hugh's. At the first, A. J acobs of Merton !>poke on the History of Socialism, and provoked a good discussion in which everyone tried to talk at once. At the second, J. Blitz of Magdalen spoke about the Labour Party to-day. This meeting was held in conjunction with the 0. U. Labour Club, and the discussion became so heated that one wo ndered if a free fight would take place. However, the female influence present prevented it, and the second of tvvo successful meetings was closed by deciding that the future lay rather with the Labour than with the Communist Party .

P.J.C.S.

CLUBS, 1942 THE

BOAT

CLUB

HILARY TERM, 1942

C'aptain -P. J.C. SMITH. Secretary-G. L . NATION-TELLERY. In most' ways this has been an unsuccessful term, yet the en th usiasm in the Boat Club has been such that we and Queen's were the only pair of Colleges to raise two Torpids . Queen's have provided the best man in the r st Torpid and two of the hardest working . We were severely handicapped by the weather in the first fortnight of term, but by the end of the fourth week we had hopes of getting a respectable crew together . After a long outing up to

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Godstow on a lovely afternoon, things really got going. In the 'races the crew worke_d hard but tended to get ragged, to forget to keep the time, and to forget everything that th_ey had been told to do _ Still, much of what they lacked in expe~ience they made up for in hard work, enthusiasm and determination. On the first night we rowed over, though the boat went very badly, mainly due to excitement. On the second night we were bumped in the Gut by Keble and Wadham, but as the cox did not acknowledge it we rowed on.

On the third night we were bumped again, by New College and Magdalen, just before the Gut. On both nights we would have been ' bumped much earlier but for the cox's able steering and the determination of the crew.

The Second Torpid had very few outings before the races ai1d were bumped on the first night, due to a misunderstanding about tl~ti start. They thus went bottom, where they remained.

Crews:FIRST TORPID. Bow. G. L. Nation-Tellery 2.

J. E. Spence 3 . A. H. Woodhouse (Q.) 4. D. B. Spalding (Q.) S· P. J. Johnson (Q.) 6. R. A. Chell 7. P. J.C. Smith Str. N. H. Fry Cox. R. McAdams.

Bow. 2.

3· 4· S· 6.

7· Str. Cox.

SECOND TORPID D. M. Dashfield (Q.) E. G. Midgley L. N. Pike A. Shaw (Q.) .

H.J. Webb (Q.) N. J. Ovenden J. E. Steele P. J. Toogood P. R . H. Sykes.

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TRINITY TERM Captain-P. J .C. SMITH. Secretary-G. L. NATION-TELLERY. The organisation of three outings a week for each of the three eights provided difficulties enough this term. In itself, it was an outstanding achievement to provide three eights, and one which is a fitting testimony to the enthusiasm which is always to be found both amongst cadets and freshmen who are up here for longer periods. Some of these cadets had been tubbed already before the beginning of term, and this enabled all three crews to enter shelleights by the early days of May. Until mid-term, the First Eight showed ability in its style but obviously lacked weight - an element strongly manifested in the Second Eight. In consequence it was decided to effect a changeover between Stroke and No. 6 of the Second Eight, and Bow and No. 3 of the First Eight. From that time onwards the First Eight showed steady improvement at every outing, but Eights Week was too near, and the downfall of the Ist crew was largely due to in-

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experience. Once the Second Eight had become accustomed to the new Stroke and the new No. 7, it regained its former ' drive' and keen spirit, by virtue of which qualities it made up for a certain lack of balance which might otherwise have been disturbing . The Third Eight, also chiefly composed of freshmen (there being only three senior men in the boat , Nos . 7 and 2 and the cox)., had at bst succeeded in working as a crew by the time Eights Week was upon them . In spite of their amazing talent for smashing the bow of their boat, and although they had on one occasion nearly reduced it to a sinking condition through straining the hull, they proved themselves capable of securing two bumps, as well as one which was disallowed, when Keble and Wadham III overtook St. John's and Worcester, who had fa iled to start. 'fhe Second Eight also did well, gaining two bumps and rowing through twice. The First Eight, for reasons already outlined, was unable to bump any o.f its opponent s .

On the whole, it was not an unsatisfactory term, considering the ever-growing difficulties of train ing . Crews :FJRST EIGHT. Bow. ] . L . Francis (Queen's) 2.

N. H . Fry 3· A. M. Smith 4 · B. H. Holland S· P . J. Johnson (Q ueen's) 6. A. H . Woodhouse (Queen's) 7· P , J . C. Smith Str. D. B. Spalding (Queen's) Cox . R. McAdams.

SE.COND V I II Bow. J. F. Stephens 2.

J. E . Spence 3· I. P. Sm ith 4· D . Cox (Q.) 5. H . J. Webb (Q.) 6. P . C. B. Sharman 7· G. L. Nation-Tellery Str . P . J. Toogood Cox.. P. R. H. Sykes .

THIRD VIII Bow. T. A~ B. Corley 2.

E. G. Midgley 3· D. F. Orchard 4: M. S . Richards (Q.) S· W. A. S. Walker (Q.) 6 . P.A . Eades 7· L . N. Pike Str. ] . S . Lewis Cox. J. G. Thackeray .

R . McAdams was elected Captain and I. P. Smith Secretary for Michaelmas Term.

I.P.S. MICHAELMAS TERM Captain- R . Mt:ADAMS .

Secretary - I. P . SMITH .

To balance the serious lack of experienced oarsmen., an extra-· ordinary enthusiasm for rowing showed itself amongst freshmen.

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That we had three crews finally is no indication of the number of men under training, but owing to Navy, Army and Air Force parades it was found impracticable to train more than three crews in time for the Inter-College Freshmen's Fours. The fifteen men who raced received seven weeks' training, and, as results show, they made good use of it.

From the beginning the First Crew showed itself superior iP technique, and was not lacking in weight. The Second Crew showed great willingness to work hard, but lacked the smoothness which distinguished the first boat. The Third, benefiting by a slightly longer period of training, exhibited rather more style than the second boat and about the same amount of power.

The day of the races began propitiously for our Third Crew, v\;liich obtained a bye in the first heat, since Wadham and Keble III scratched. It rowed against Trinity and Balliol later and won , but was just beaten by New College. Meanwhile, our Second Boat had beaten Keble and W ad ham easily, only to lost by half a length to St. Catherine's.

By this time our First Boat, rowing in good style, coolly and with a great deal of stamina, had beaten University, Trinity and Balliol, New College, and, in the final, Oriel. When they lined up with Oriel at the start, they had rowed five times in stead of the official four, having had to row a' Pink Post' against Trinity, i.e. a three-quarter course immediately after the race, owing to Trinity and Balliol claiming that we had taken their water. However, this. was the final_, and the crew responded with great spirit to the exhortations of the coaches. Their start was a little slow, and allowed Oriel a lead of .a foot, but this was soon put right by a quarterlength lead on our side.. At half way, however, Oriel gained steadily inch by inch, and the result looked doubtful, but with the finish in sight our crew produced that essential reserve of e nergy and recaptured the lead with superb coolness , taking their boat home with a lead of .some feet.

Thanks to steady training and high morale, we are now in a position to say that we have maintained our reputation on the river.

Crews:-

'A'

'B'

CRE:W.

Bow. K. R. Tulley (Q.) 2.

A. D. Barlow (Q.) ·3. D. L. Thawley Str . J. D. Todd Cox . C. Emery (Q.).

'Bow.

CREW.

J. W. Holtham

H. E . Svendsen 2.

3· S. J. Gregson (Q.) Str. M. T. Hayes Cox. H. I. Fuller.

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CREW.

Bow. J. M. Barry (Q.) 2.

G. W. H. Adcock 3 ¡ P. H. Hough Str. M. R. S. Randolph (Q.) Cox. Vv. A. Rothery.

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THE CRICKET CLUB Captain-D . D. LEES and K . ]. HAIGH. Secretary--:- W. J. CAMKIN. The season was, on the whole, successful, although out of the seventeen matches played two alone resulted in victories . However only five were lost, and two of these were later avenged. Of the remaining three, two were played on Corps days, when naturally the side was considerably weakened. We were b eaten by th_e Authentics; who fielded an extremely strong side, which included E. D. R. Eagar and J. M . Lomas. Even so, the m atch was in doubt until the last over.

The fixture list included matches against several strong schools, of whom only one, St. Edward's School, beat us-this when our side was depleted by military claims. Eastbourne College were nearly defeated, as we had only 30 runs to get with four wickets remaining when stumps were drawn. Bradfield, after scoring 232, left us loo minu tes to bat, in which time we scored nearly 200 runs for six wickets. Radley College lost their first seven wickets for 37 runs, but went on to make 150. In the short time left to us we scored over 100 runs with half the side' still to bat.

Against colleges we rarely fielded a representative side, which .was unfortunate, as we could have defeated nearly all with ease.

The match against Balliol was noteworthy for a particularly fine opening stand by R. M . Holmes a nd H. L. Pullinger (Queen's), who b etween them scored well over a hundred runs before Holmes was out.

It was unfortunate that D. D. Lees had to res_ign the captaincy lwlf way through the season . At the ensuing m eeting K. ]. Haigh . was elected to the office, while W. J. Carnkin agreed to continue as secretary .

While our batting was strong, the bowling was generally weak~ R. Vv. Robson bowled well, as did H. D. Frampton (Queen's) , while Carnkin occasionally obtained wickets, but it was a pity that Lees and C.]. Weir did n_o t play more o.ften. Holmes and Pullinger were the most successful of the batsmen, while Frampton, P . T. Bayley, ]. M. Maynard a nd Haigh were consistent run-getters.

Bayley's 54 out of 81 'agai nst J esus deserves mention.

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The fielding was generally good, particularly against Radley, ¡w hen Hanson's three catches were the outstanding achievement in an interesting game. The wicket-keeping of Holmes and Bayley was always sound_, while Haigh, Cam kin and Pullinger were always reliable in the field.

One cannot help feeling, however, that as the Hall had the makings of an extremely strong side - since it had ten school c<:ptains among its numbers - it c9uld have been far more successful t~an it was. This failure is perhaps due to the system of pairing; had the Hall side operated independently of Queen's, as it was quite capable of doing, then there would have been an increased interest in the game. However, the season, with its very full fixture list, was indeed enjoyable, if not as successful as anticipated. R. M. Holmes was awarded his colours, and, together with P. T. Bayley, he is to be congratulated upon representing the Authentics.

W.J .C. THE RUGBY FOOT.BALL CLUB HILARY TERM; 1942

Captain - B. N. Y. VAUGHAN. Secretary - M. Moo RE. During t)1e term Rugby activities were considerably curtailed owing to the prolonged frozen state of the ground. The ambitions, therefore, which we formed at the beginning of the term_, of running a Second XV in the Second League, and of having the assistance of our formidable University players, R. A. Huskisson and Rowlands in the Cup-ties, remain to a considerable extent unrealised. For the University, being unable to play its match against Cambridge until the 12th March, was unable to release these two players to assist us in our Cup-ties except on one occasion, the match agai.n st B.N .G. and Christ Church. But we have the consolation of knowing that if we were prevented from winning the Cup-tie match against Jesus owing to the absence of Huskisson and Rowlands, no other college would beat them. The conditions subsequently proved so difficult that the competition had to be abandoned. In these days, rendered hard by climatic and military. considerations, the result of the Cup-ties hardly reflects truly the merits of the teams, and the decision to abandon the competition has been welcomed the more by those Colleges who provide players for the University side.

Of the three matches which we were able to play we won two.

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Church in the first ro und of the Cup. Though our opponents had about five people who had played or were still playing for the University , we with the help of our University players piled up the heavy score of 35 points against our opponents' solitary penalty goal. The team which played in this match ¡was the best we could fi eld except for J. N. Micklem_, our very dangerous wing, and with such a side as this the result of the Cup-ties could not have been doubted . But in our third match, the second round of the Cup, with a rather weakened team, we were just beaten by the better kicking of the Jesus team, who had a penalty goal and converted a try, which we failed to do, though we scored two tries. The result was a 6-11 points defeat.

Colours were awarded to J. Hanson, C . W. B Costeloe and R. W. Robson.

B.N .Y.V. MICHAELMAS TERM

Cap tain -C. J. H. STAREY. The combined Hall and Queen's College team have played this te rm in the First League. They have won three matches and have lost fiv e~ On paper the res ults seem disappointing, but there has been no less talent in the side than there has been in recent years.

The reason lies rather in the impossibility of collecting the same kam to play in two consecutive matches, owing to the exigencies 0ÂŁ military training; the resulting inco-ordination has affected the hacks and halves more than the forwards, the latter having played really well together with dash and fire, especially in the loose.

There is every reason to hope that with more practice, and .a little more 'devil' amongst the backs, the team will meet with much more success hext term.

T. G. P. Rogers is to be congratulated on playing for the University and for the Greyhounds. He was also awarded his colours.

C.J.H.S. THE ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB HILARY TERM, 1942

Captain-D. H. KAVANAGH. Secretary-W. J. CAMKIN. The team m et with only indifferent success after the somewhat brilliant performances of the previous term. Perhaps this can be attributed to the fact that neither the Captain nor the Secretary of the previous term was in residence. Nevertheless we did, when able to field a full side, give a good account of ourselves. Although we depa rted from the Cup-ties in the second round, being beaten by 3-2 by the ultimate winners, all agree that we were extremely

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unlucky . We did_, however, make certain of wi1:ming the League b) a ro-o victory over. University and Merton. , Colours were awarded to W. J. Camkin, K. ]. Haigh , P. Lan e <:nd .A ._ Westaway. The following a lso regularly represented the Hall: L. J . Hurd, D. L. G. Jenkins, R. W. Robson, J. L. Riley and . G. L. Flex.

C. J. Weir was elected Captain for the corning. season and J. L. Riley Secretary .

W. J. C. MICHAELMAS TERM

' Captain - J. L. RILEY . secretary - G. s. JACK SON. No Association football League or Cup-tie matches were arranged for this term; consequently all fixtures were 'friendli es .'

The results have been rather unfavourable for us - two won, two drawn, six lost- but the record of 22 goals for and 26 against shows how extremely close and hard-fought the majority of the matches have been won. Afternoon parades of the Naval Division S.T.C. and Air Squadron, and the UI~fort unate ly small number of players from Queen's College, have created rather awkward problems; but the extreme keenness of the freshmen, on whom we have had largely to rely, has more than compensated for these difficulties and has enabled the Club to have a very pleasant term .

G.S .J. THE HOCKEY CLUB HILARY TERM_, 1942

Capfoin-D. D.

LEES.

Secretary-A. T. G. PococK.

Continued snow and rain mad e impossible all but one of the Hall-Queen's fixtures this term. The proposed L eague Championship was cancelled after only three weeks or so of term, and it was left to the ingenuity of secretaries to attempt to arrange friendly matches whenever t he grounds showed signs of improving. H .

Skemp of Queen's showed zeal i_n fixing up a game or two with the \Vomen's Colleges, but the Radley match was our only serious fixture. It was a pity that the weather should have let us down so badly , as our all-but-triumphant Cup-tie team of the previous t erm seemed set for even more successes . J. H. P. Dawson was awarded ~is colo1,1rs.

A.T.G.P. MICHAELMAS TERM

Captain- D. _D.

LEES.

Though the number of men playing hockey has been too low for convenience, a certain number of friendly matches have been played. As the Cup-ties have not beeri run this term no 'c olours have ¡been awarded.

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THE ATHLETICS CLUB HILARY TERM, 1942

President- G. HARPER KING. There were no Inter-College Athletics during the term. L D. Wallace and J. A. Parsons represented the University against Cambridge, the latter obtaining second place; both were awarded their Centipede colours for Cross-country. Parsons was ·also one of the two Oxford men to be chosen to run in a combined Universities team.

G.RK. TRINITY TERM

President-G. HARPER KING. Secretary-]. A. PARSONS. Athletics trials were held in the second week of term, in which two members of the Hall took part. J. C. Palmer competed in the High Jump, Long Jump and 120 Yards High Hurdles; while J. A. Parsons ran in the Mile . Parsons later represented the University in the Half-Mile against the London University Tyrians and Cambrldge. J. A. Parsons has been elected President for next ·year.

G. H.K. MICHAELMAS TERM

President-C. J. H. STAREY. Four good men and true were ready to do battle in the 4 x 220 Relay one wet November afternoon - but alas ! inoculations decimated th.e other teams and the Relays were postponed until next term. There is no dearth of athletic talent in the Hall this year.

C.J.H.S. THE LAWN TENNIS CLUB TRINITY TERM, 1942

Captain- G. HARPER KING. Secretary- J. N . lVhcKLEM. Acting Secretary-M. A. HOOKER. In spite of the obvious difficulties, we started the term with a fairly full list of fixtures, most of which were played. Rain, how~ ever, rendered the courts unfit upon two occasions, and the opposing team cancelled upon four. In the Cup-ties we met with qualified success. Having been accorded a bye in the first round, we trounced Jesus and St. Catherine's without losing a set . . J3ut in the semi-final we came up against the eventual winners, Trinity, captained by a former Junior Champion of Great Britain. We might have put up quite a strong fight even against this. experienced and polished team had not our Captain and Secretary beep prevented from playing. , Colours were awarded to D. D. Lees, C. J. Weir, J. M. Maynard, G. A. K. Missen an,d M. A. Hooker. Lees was elected Captain and Missen Secretary for next year. · M.A.H.

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Capt ain~P.

J. ToocooD.

Secretary-C. W.-B. CosTELOE. As the Swimming Club's activities are confin ed to days of summer, I can tell of the la urels of but one term. Swimming_, indeed, seems to be falling into abeyance . Few colleges could prov ide teams , so that we had hot many inter-college 'friendlies. ' Most of our work therefore was done with the O.U.S.C. This club played two matches, against the O.U.W.S .C . and against Oxford County, both of which were won. In these the Hall was well represented by R. C . Holmwood, B. C. P. Sharman a nd C . W. B. Costeloe.

The Cup-ties were held on Wednesday, June 16th, the two ÂŁ-:â&#x20AC;˘,ren ts being a Relay race and a Water-polo match. The former we won well, but in tlie latter were knocked out in the semi-final. The [Cam included C. W. B. Costeloe, R. Gillett (Queen 's) , R. C. Holmwood, B. C. P . Sharman, L. N. Pike and P. H . Eades.

Colours were awarded to Holmwood_, Sharman and Toogood .

C.W .B.C. THE SQUASH RACKETS CLUB HILARY TERM, 1942

S ecretary -G . A. K. MrssEN. As usual, good use has been m ade of the courts d uring the term , there still being a great many keen plaxer s . Te~ms have been difficult to raise owing to the demands of other games, the S.T.C. and the Air Squadro n. Four matches have, however , been played , the results being three matches won and one lost. Queen's maintaihed their superior ity by a 5-0 victory, but Merton were beaten 4-r. The O.U.W.s.c :, as usual, gave us a good game, the restiit being 3-2 in our favour, while St. Hilda' s were beaten 5-0.

The Squash ladder has been in operation during the t erm, J. A. Parsons finishing top.

G.A.K.M. MICH AELMAS TERM

Captain- G. A. K. MISSEN. Secretary-R. A. EE.LES .

A new system of Squash Leagues was inaugurated at the be.ginning of this term_, for the purpose of which the colleges were divided i.Ip into t~o groups. Owing, however, to the curtailment df the sp1are i:lme of most of us by divers . war-time activities, matches have proved difficult to. arrange. In the League matches played up to date we have beaten Corpus Christi 3-2, lost to Christ Church 2-3, and beaten University 2-r. In a friendly i11atd1 against the Queen's College earlier in the term we were the victors by three games to two~ G .A.K .M .

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IDFU ' At Idfu, seven hundred and fifty kilometres south of Cairo., where Egypt begins to merge into Africa a nd the borciers of the Sudan are not far away, stands the temple of Horus. From inscriptions on the walls we know that the building was begun by Ptolemy III in 237 B.c. and the construction took one hundred an d â&#x20AC;˘ eighty years, three months and fourteen :days. It was com p leted in the year that Julius Caesar set out to corique r Britain; and, onl.y two decades later, the death of Anthony and Cleopa tra brought Egypt itself under Roman rule. . . . '

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HIS historical footn ote to the descr iptive effervescence of ~y guide-book vvas s ufficient to rouse me from my bed, before sunrise, one m orning in late November. I threw wide my shutters and stared, dizzy with sleep, at _the broad streak of the Nile, doveg r ey in the half-light of that early hour . The m orning star g littered above the T heban mountain s, that mysterious pencilsmudge on the western horizon. Somewhere in the valley crouched the Colossi o.f Memnon.> incredible monuments to the ma jesty of Amenhotep III, and beyond them the whole wealth of Thebes with its honeycomb .of pharoanaic tombs cut out of the rock. But to-day this was not to be m y quest. I had determ ined on the temple conceived by Evergetes, the builder of the magnificent southern gateway at K arnak : for Idfu , therefore, I was bound .

I shivered as I huddled against th e worn and gaping cushions of the ' gharry ' which bore me to the station . The dusky driver rang¡ his sonorous bell and lashed his lean horse with all the nonch alance these E gyptian s ass ume when serving Europeans, though I knew he was preparing to browbeat me about the inevitable 'backsheesh.' On the platform, I shivered again as I strode to and fro amongst the swarm of hotel-porters a nd dragomen awaiting the Cairo nig ht express. It was the beginning of the season in Luxor. The Winter Palace was opening; and soon white sleepingcars would ex ude sallow-faced officers, n.c.o.' s a nd nurses, w ho are the war-time hope of the Egypt ian tourist trade.

But the sun was high and stron g when I reached ldfu and clattered my way through the elegant ' temple-court' of the modern railway station into the dust-path which led down to the landin g stag e on the river. Yes , thi s was certainly Idfu: there before me, on a grimy, peeling wall of a European-style building which had ass uredly seen better days, stood a faded title -- ' Hotel Ptolemy.'

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The boat that I eventually boarded_, after refusing all offers of help from obsequious dragomen, to cross, the kilometre of swift water . which is the Nile, already .swarmed with Egyptians and had a dangerous list. I stood on the steeply-curving roof of the cabin and firmly held the mast, determined to be able to make a good jump before we capsized. But somehow the motor started and somehow we chugged across without tempting the river gods to take vengeance on us in our dangerous condition. Once inshore again, we edged up to the jetty behind a silent felucca, whose great mast spread a dark shadow across_ the silver stream. 路 Thetown, perched above the Nile, buzzed with the excitement of market. I had to pick my way among chattering groups in the du~ty _street and avoid a herd of bedraggled, evil-smelling goats chased by a screaming scarecrow closely veiled in greasy, voluminous folds of black cloth. Here also were the money-changers and the lawyers, disputing, or writing in their beautiful Arabic characters 路 some claim, whose importance was fully testified by the anxious .or angry faces of the litigants gathered round. I left the 路 village, and there behind a belt of date palms rose the massive walls of Evergetes' temple. I approached it from behind, and had to walk the length of the western face before I came upon the entrance pylons. A hundred feet high and richly sculptured with giant figures, the sunlight upon these piles of whitened stone, stretching up and up against the blue skies, was blinding.

The teinple guardian had seen my approach. In silence he unlocked the iron gate and accepted my proffered coin. I walked forward between the pylons into the courtyard. An elegrant colonade covered three sides, and on the fourth, before me, was the portico, six graceful pillars branching into lotus and papyrus capitals in a beautiful simplicity of design. They stood out boldly, shilling in the African sun in clear-cut contrast to the shadowed interior of the building. I passed through the two hypostyle courts into: the vestibules beyond : at every step the darkness became more intense; the silence more profound. Involuntarily I stretched out my :hand to touch these intangible things. And now I was within the sanctuary, in the presence of the god h~mself. A dim grey light filtered .into this narrow room, enabling me to distinguish a small model of the ' sacred barque ' on a pedestal at the further end:_a !orig, low boat with curving prow and stern, often depicted in mural decoration with the figure of a god in the centre and a sl;:tve wi'th; paddle at either end. On the walls around me, stretching up to the invisible roof, lost in the grey shadows of that mysterious: place, were the ' cartouches ' and hieroglyphics of the

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pharoahs . H e re in the a ll-pervading shade a nd stillness one could indeed feel the power of the religion of Ancient Egypt, its symbolism, its mythology, its awe, reaching out through fo rty centuries of time.

I walked in the passage between the inner and outer walls, where offerings and stores had once been kept. T hough open to the sky, so m assive were these enveloping walls t hat here agai n was gloom, deep shadows an d strands of light cutting one a nother as a coastline c uts the sea. I climbed a flight of stone stairs and stood on the inner wall looking down into the lovely forecourt be lm,v: beyond were the great entrance pylons, still rising far a bove me. Turning, I saw t he Nile, a wide, blue band framed in a vista of luxuriant palm-trees .

That evening I called on my friend, Mustapha E lwa, on e of the antique dealers of Luxor , an aged and almost toothless Egyptian ·with few words of English b ut g es tures for every occasion. I told him that I had not come to buy but to talk, a nd a fter I h ad spen t a few minutes a dmiring his wares , h e motioned m e to a couch, produced t he inevitable tiny cup of freshly-made sweet black coffee, and began to explain -some of the m ythology of Ancient Egypthow Osiris, the prehistoric hero of Upper and Lower Egypt, had been one day enticed by Seth, god o.f the Shades, to try a mummycase he h a d made . No sooner was Osiris inside, than h e jammed on the lid. Isis , however, became a nxious about her husband's prolonged absence, and, after searching, found the case containing· h im hidden in a sycamore tree . So she sent her son Horus t6 avenge the outrage . . . .

It was dusk when I left Mustapha , my head full of the story of t he gods of the N ile. T h e sun h ad set in a · gleam of flame and slowly the river tu rned to blood . T wo silent" feluccas "\vere in midstream on their journey to the Theban shore . As I passed the Winter Palace the cascade of bougainvillea hangi ng from the terrace cast a powerful fra grance on the air . Night h ad come : Venus sank over the Theban mountains as her rays threw a glimmering path of lig ht across the still waters of the N ile .

L. D. A. BARON.

A CHRONOGRAM FOR 1943 IN IMIC is NOSTR is DEV ICTi s PAX CARI TAsQVE EXToLLANTVR. A .B ~E.

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NORTH ATLANTIC BIRDS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE CONVOY ROUTES OST men in the Services, even if they are not in the Navy, will some time or other be making a long sea journey.

However ingenious a man may be at seei ng beauty in nature, he will probably find that the scenery on these voyages is a trifle monotonous unless he takes an interest in the forms of marine life.

The most obvious forms of life, and those most easily studied, are the birds. They are almost always to be seen; and, once a few are recognized, can provide a constant source of interest. It is hoped that the survey given in these pages may furnish an outline of the subject, the fuller details of w~ich can be filled in from any standard book on birds.

Any account of the bird life of the North Atlantic_, or for that matter any other region, is rather liable to resolve itself into a monotonous list !Punctuated with illuminating remarks such as 'An ocean-going species which is only seen on land during the breeding season. It feeds on marine organisms.' This occurs because it is very difficult to trace any connecting principles or make generalizations. For instance, as regards distribution, not only does the bird fauna vary from place to place, but also frQitn one month to the next, making it desirable to stud y each species separately. Sea birds can, howev,er, be divided into a number of clearly defined groups the members of which are of similar appearance and have similar habits. In this brief survey of the North Atlantic we shall concern ourselves with seven main types - the Petrels and Shearwaters, the Gannet_, Auks, Cormorants, Terns, Skuas, and finally the Gulls. These can be brnadly grouped into pelagic species which, generally speaking, only come close in shore during the breeding season, and coastal species which are rarely seen beyond the continental shelf.

Broadly speaking, the pelagic habit is peculiar to a large group of birds known as the Tubinares from the characteristic arrangement of the nostrils, and including the Albatrosses, Shearwaters and Petrels. Of this large group of oceanic birds, the Albatrosses do not occur in the North Atlantic, a:nd from the point of view of the convoy routes will not be met with until about the latitude of Capetown in the South Atlantic. Of the Shearwaters, four species are common over a large part of the area under consideration -

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the Great Shearwater, the North Atlantic race of the Mediterranean Shearwater, the Sooty Shearwater., and the Manx Shearwater. These ¡are all dark coloured and are easily distinguished from juvenile Gulls which have a dark colouring, or from Skuas, by their characteristic rapid gliding flight. The name ' Shearwater ' is derived from their habit of skimming low over the waves.

The Greater Shearwater is one of the commonest birds in the North Atlantic during the summer. It breeds on Tristan da Cunha, a small island in the South Atlantic, during the northern winter.

Then during May it migrates up the American side, and may be found in the latitude of Newfoundland toward s the end of that month . D uring the summer it spreads over the North Atlantic to the eastern side and north to Iceland. Finally, in November the migration south down the European side starts, and it is during this month that most records for the British Isles occur . When it is on migration the Greater Shearwater is often met with in dense rafts floating on the water; while during the summer months it is usually found in strings of ten or twenty, eith er resting bead to wind or flying low over the water. It is interesting to note that the migrations north on the west side of the Atlantic, and south on the east side, are in the same direction as the main current circulation, and that the area reached in the summer between Newfoundla nd, Greenland, Iceland and Scotland is also the region of the North Atlantic where the floating marine life is densest. The North Atlantic Shearwater is very similar in appearance and the two birds have been much confused in older records. The chief points to look for are the well-marked dark cap and the patch of white at the base of the tail in the Greater Shearwater, and the absence of these characteristics in the plainer and more uniform ly cofoured North Atlantic Shearwater. The latter breeds in the North Atlantic island groups, e.g. Azores, Madeira, and Canaries, and spreads over the Atlantic during the winter. This means that the two species overlap very little in their range . The Sooty Shearwater, as its name suggests, may be distinguished by its wholly dark appearance as opposed to the first two mentioned, which have light under-sides. It breeds in the region of Cape Horn and out of the breeding season has a similar distribution to the Greater Shearwater; in fact, the two are often found in the same flocks. Inâ&#x20AC;˘ anti-submarine craft the¡ presence of these mixed flocks in the open ocean often coincides with the occurrence of echoes on the submarine detecting apparatus. This is because both flocks of birds and th~ s ubmarine detecting apparatus are susceptible to the presence of fish. In the case of the birds the attraction is usually

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indirect, as it is due to .the fact that they are feeding on the same food as the fish. The Manx Shearwater is ?istinguished by its smaller size. It is the characteristic Shearwater of the British Isles, where it breeds on islands off the coast. During the summer it is fairly common in the coastal waters of the British Isles . . Four species of the Petrels may be mentioned which anybody spending much time in the ~ orth Atlantic is bound to come across.

Three of these belong to the homogeneous little family of Storm Petrels: the British Storm Petrel, Leach's and vVilson's Storm Petrels. When seen at a distance these little birds have a superficial resemblance to Swallows; and they are quite unlike any other birds seen at sea. It is, however, very difficult to differentiate between them . Leach's Storm Petrel has a characteristically forked tail and is slightly the larger, with correspondingly stronger flight.

The .other two have· square tails, and vVilson's can be distinguished by the length of its legs , which project beyond the tail; also by the distinctive light diagonal bars, more marked than in the others, on the upper surface of the wings. Once the species has been identified, further differences, particularly in flight, wil1 be noticed . Also, as with the Shearwaters, considerable assistance can be gained from the known range. The British and Leach's Storm Petrels both breed in the North Atlantic, and, though both breed in the British Isles, the British Storm Petrel is commoner in the eastern Atlantic and Leach's in the western. Wilson's Storm Petrel, on the other hand, breeds in the Antarctic, and, like the Greater and Sooty Shearwaters, it crosses the equator for the summer·. The name of Storm Petrel is derived from the sailor's idea that the presence of th~se birds foreboded a storm. They certainly seem to be commoner round the ship in stormy weather, and this is probably because it is harder to obtain food in disturbed water , whereas when following a ship they can feed on refuse or on organisms churned up by the propeller. Also, if they tend to fly to the edges of stormy water they would_, naturally be met with by ships about to enter it. The word Petrel is said to be derived from St. Peter, as when feeding they sometimes pat the water with their feet and hence give the impression of walking on It. The last Petrel we !"hall consider here is the Fulmar. This grey and white bird is • s:uperficially like a Gull, but is easily distinguished by the absence of black tips to the wings and its typical Shearwater-Petrel flight.

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south in winter to the latitude 40° N. It makes a habit of following ships; so, once away from land, it is one of the most noticeable birds following in the wake.

The Shearwaters and Petrels are the only truly oceanic birds likely to b e met in the North Atlantic, with the exception of the Kittiwake, which will be considered later. They are one of the · most difficult groups of sea birds to identify, and certainly so for the landlubber, who never sees them in the ordinary course of events. They are entirely independent of land except for breeding, and even then can only be seen at night. Typically, they nest in holes _in the earth or rock and spe!:\d all the daylight hours at sea, except when incubating their single egg. The chick is only fed once a day in the evening, and is left alone for the whole of the follow~ ing day. Due to their high specialization for an oceanic life, they are very awkward and defenceless on land, and if still ashore· at dawn they fall an easy prey to the larger species of Gull. · Manx Shearwater colonies in the British Isles will be found strewn with the carcasses of foolish mothers who emerged from the protection of their burrows in daylight. The flight of Petrels is often described as bat-like, and from t he landsman's point of view the p arallel can he extended to their mysterious disappearance in the daytime. The Fulmar must be considered a rather typical Petrel, for not only in superficial resemblance is it like a Gull , but also in its breeding behaviour; as , instead of nesting in holes, it nests on cliff edges a nd may be seen in the day time. It has its own peculiar method of defence, which consists in spitting an evil-smelling oil at the intruder.

The oceanic birds which we have been considering feed largely on the planktonic life in the surface of the sea. The larger ones also feed on Cephalopods, which are a g roup of Molluscs with an interna l shell , sometimes popularly known as cuttlefish. As we move towards the coast on to the continental shelf and, incidenta lly_, t owards the comm ercial fi shing grounds, we find an entirely d ifferent bird fauna - the Gannet, Auks, Terns, Cormorants, and Skuas, feeding principally on fis h, and the Gulls , feeding on shorelife, refuse and carrion .

The Gannet is related to the Boobies of other oceans, but, being the only bird of its type found in the North Atlantic, it is easily identified. Som etim es known as a Solan Goose, it is superficially like a g·oose in size and heavy build , though it is far more graceful in the air and is parfrcularly noted for its remarkable di-v es after fish. In colour it is w hite with black wing-tip and a yellowish head. Its breeding r a nge is restricted to a few large

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colonies 'in the latitude of the British Isles_, Iceland and Newfoundland, and within its range it is met with to the edge of the continental shelf, which is roughly represented by the hundred fathom line. In winter it is found as far south as North~west Africa.

An important group of off-shore sea-birds feeding on fish and peculiar to the colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere is the Auk family. T hey are easily distinguished from other groups by their predominant black and white colouring, their small, stocky build, their short necks and small, narrow wings. They are usually met with resting on the water in small groups, or flying low with a characteristic direct and rapid flight. Inc;identally, they are also frequently seen in amateur bird photographs, seated on the rocky ledges of their breeding haunts, where they make particularly obliging subjects. In this stance they are almost as common as the traditional horse and plough silhouetted against an artificial sky.

In Brit.i sh waters there are four common Auks - the Common Guillemot, the Black Guillemot, the Puffin, and the Razorbill. The Black Guillemot is the least common and the most easily distinguished, as in ¡ its breeding plumage it is entirely black with white patches on the wings, whereas the others have white undersides. It can often be seen in Scapa Flow, as it is fairly common in the Orkneys. The other three are difficult to distinguish at sea, particularly when they are in winter plumage. The size and shape of the beak is a good guide, that of the Puffin being the largest and that of the Guillemot the smallest. The Guillemot can sometimes be identified by its brown as distinct from black upper-parts.

The same four species occur in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, and, in ;;iddition, Bri.innich's Guillemot, which can be distinguished by a pale line on its bill. In the A.retie a further species, the Little Auk, is common. In the winter there is a general movement towards the equator, as with the other groups of sea-birds we are considering; and the Guillemot and Puffin may be met with as far south as North Africa on the east side of the Atlantic and New York on the west. Similarly, the Little Auk extends south to Norway, Iceland and Newfoundland.

Another group of fish-feeding coastal birds are the Terns. As in the case of the . Auks and Petrels, it is very easy to say that a bird is a Tern, but hard to identify the particular species. Round the British Isles they .are not seen a great deal from ships, and hence the n,umerous species will be dealt with very briefly. In general appearance they resemble Gulls, but are more graceful and lightly built. Typica:lly, they are grey and white with a black crown and forked tail. The Sandwich, Arctic, Common and Little

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Tern are the common species of the British Isles in summ er : they move to Africa and as far south as the Cape in winter. Several other European species are common off the African coast in winter.

For instance at Freetown, in Sierra Leone, the commonest bird in the harbour in winter is the ·Black Te rn, while the Caspian Tern is a lso fairly common. In Newfoundland and Nova Scoti a the same species of Tern are found as on the eastern side of the Atlantic, while in the West Indies the Sooty Tern should be looked for. The on ly Tern likely to be metl as far north as Iceland or Murmansk, even in summer,, is ,the Arctic Tern.

The familiar Cormorants (from Corvus rnarinus) are a common g roup of predominantly fish-eating birds. Two species can be seen round British coasts throughout the year. The Common Cormorant is the most familiar in harbours and ·can be distinguished by the light colouring on its throat. It is also common on the western side of the North Atlantic and in Iceland .. The Green Cormorant is. smaller and has no white throat patch. It is restricted to the eastern side of the Atlantic and is replaced by the Double-crested Cormorant on the western side.

In the study of birds to be seen from ships the Skuas form an important group. They live primarily in the coastal zone, where t hey feed largely on fish, which they frequently capture from T erns a nd Gulls. But they are also met with well off shore when they are on their long migrations to and from the Southern Hemisphere, where they mostly spend the winter . Four species of Skua occur in the Northern Hemisphere-the Great Skua , the Pomatorhine, the Arctic; and the Long-tailed Skuas - and a ll four are common at certain seasons in the North Atlantic. They are predominantly brown in colouring and slightly resemble immature Gulls. The· Pomatorhine, Arctic a nd Long-tailed Skuas have a black cap, light under-side, and two elongated central tail feather s. They are difficult to distinguish, but the central ta il feathers are quite different in each species . In the Arctic Skua they a re of moderate length a nd pointed; in the Pomatorhine they are blunt an d . twisted; while in the Long-tailed they are much more elongated. These three breed in the Arctic, though south to the British Isles in the case of the Arctic Skua, and in winter they move south to coastal areas in the Tropics and Southern Hemisphere. The Pomatorhine and Arctic Skuas may be met with in winter off West Africa , and, in the case of the latter, as far south as the Cape. Curiously enough the winter quarters of the Long-tailed Skua, which is far from being an uncommon bird, are unknown : The Great Skua is larger than the other three, is brown all over with the exception of two

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white patches on the upper surface· of the wings, and has no elongated central tail feathers. It is the Skua most often seen in the North Atlantic, but is more restricted in range than the others.

It breeds from the Nor th of Scotland to Southern Greenland, and in winter may be met with to the tropic of Cancer. The identification of Skuas is complicated by the occurrence of dark forms and by the fact that immature birds have no elongate tail feathers.

However, they all have a characteristic tough hooked bill. Also, once identified, they can be- recognised as Skuas by their flight.

Lastly_, we come to the important and familiar · group of seabirds, the Gulls, which a re characterized by their typically grey and white plumage and by their buoyant flapping flight. They are characteristic of the inshore :wne, where their food varies from inS.e cts and earthworms to carrion and refuse. Six species are common in the British Isles - the Greater Black-backed Gull, the Lesser Black-backed Gull, the Herring Gull, the Common Gull, the Black-headed Gull and the Kittiwake. The Herring and the Blackheaded Gulls are usuall y the commonest in British harbours and can be distinguished by their size. The Black-headed is much smaller, and, though it loses its black head in winter, it can be identified by its red legs and bill. The Lesser Black-backed Gull is the same size as the Her-ring Gull, but has a dark black, while the Greater Black-backed is similar but decidedly larger. The Common Gull is one of the least common and is like a small edition of the Herring Gull. The Kittiwake is about the size of a Common Gull and distinguished by its neater appearance, black legs and black wing-tips without white beyond them . It is a very ex:ceptional Gull, as it has oceanic.habits and in winter may be met with almost anywhere in the open Atlantic as far south as the tropic of Cancer.

The juvenile form looks very different, as it has a dark diagonal band across the upper surfac,e of the wings.

On leaving a British harbour the first sea-birds to be left behind are the small Gulls, the Terns and the Cormorants . Then at about the hundred fathom line we see the last of the larger Gulls, the Auks and the Gannet . For the next section of our trip, until we reach the continental shelf again, we .are left with the Shearwaters and the Petrels, an occasional Skua · and, curiously enough, the Kittiwake. In North Atlantic waters between the British Isles and, Canada the two commonest birds following .the ship will be found to be the F'ulmar Petrel and the Kittiwake.

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population is similar except that the Black-headed does not occur and the Common Gull is replaced by the Ring-billed Gull. In the winter there is a · general movement south down both coasts, and the Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls enter the tropics. Three additional species of Gull breed in the Arctic - the Glaucous, the Iceland and the.Ivory Gull. The Glaucous and Iceland Gulls, which are the size of the Greater Black-backed Gull and Lesser Black~ backed respectively, have pale gr·e y backs, while the Iceland Gull is completely white. They move south in \,,,-inter, when they may be seen in Iceland.

Besides the groups mentioned, others such as the Waders, Ducks and .Divers have members which are largely or entirely dependant on salt -water for their food, but these are more often seen from the shore than from ships and hence are irrelevant to this brief survey. Those already mentioned cover nearly all the birds likely to be seen on the Atlantic convoy routes until we come to the tropics; where other groups such as the Tropic birds, Frigate birds and Skimmers are also met with. In the Mediterranean much the same .sea-birds will be found, with the exception of the Arctic members. In the South Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans the same predominant types will be met with, but the species will be different.

Finally, it is worth noting that such little published information as is available on the distribution and movements of ocean birds h8;s been pieced together from observations made principally from passenger liners on the commercial shipping routes. Convoys go by very variable routes, and anybody who spends much time at sea, if only to be ferried out to North Africa, can make interesting original contributions by recording descriptions of birds seen and their position. There will probably be some points of value even if most of it is just a weather catalogue, e.g. 'Nov. 15th. Feels as if it is blowing a full .gale to-clay. Have not ventured on the upper deck. No birds seen.' Or, more hopefully, 'Nov. 16th. (note on the weather, preferably in the usual naval enigmatic form as entered in the log, as being more concise). Noon position (easier to give than actual position, as it can be inserted later from the log), 50° 41 1 N.; 20° 15'W.. Speed ilm. North-bound. First Dog. A group of Great Shearwaters with one Sooty. First Fulmar. An av.erage of about six · Storm Petrels following: not identified definitely, but presumably Wilson's.'

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PARDON, POWER, PEACE A SERMON by the REV. EDWARD RANDOLPH vVELLES, S .T.B ., M.A. (matric. 1928), Rector of Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia, delivered on the occasfon of the NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, I Janu.a1')', r942, to a congregation which included the President of the United States and Mrs. Roosevelt, the Prime Minister of Great Britain and the British Ambassador (Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Visitor of the Hall). Christ Church, where this serrnon was preached, is: one of the most historic churches in the United States: it was attended by George Washington, who was one of its founders. After returning to the White House in Washington from the service in this church President Roosevelt and Mr. Winston Churchill signed, together with the representatives of twenty-four other nations, the United Nations Pact.

UR Pre. sident has ~ppointed. this first day of 1942 ' as. a Day of Prayer, of askrng forg iveness for our shortcommgs of the past, of consecration to the tasks of the present, of asking God's help in days to come.' We ar·e to pray for three gifts from God: PARDON, PowER, and PEACE.. Pardon for past shortcomings; Power for the present task of achieving victory ; and Peace enduring Peace-by God's help in days to come.

As my text I am choosing· a story of King David, perhaps the greatest figure in the Old Testament, beloved monarch, and the one from whom Jesus Christ's earthly ancestry was traced .

'And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord.

And Nathan said unto David, the Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die' (II Samuel, xii, 13). You will recall that David had coveted Bath-sheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite. Jn order to dispose of the husband, King D avid arranged for Uriah to be sent into the forefront of the hottest .battle and be killed.

The King's plan worked to perfe~tion. Uriah was slain and David gained another wife . Then God sent the prophet Nathan to the King. The prophet told David about a rich man who had many flocks and herds but yet took from a poor man the latter's one little ewe lamb. David became indignant at this tale of injustice and he said to Nathan: 'As the Lord liveth, the man that hath clone this thing, shall surely die.' And Nathan replied: 'Thou art the man.' And David said unto Nathan, ' I have sinned against the Lord.'

That is the first requirement, if we would have the Power of God for ·any task. If we admit our shortcom ings, are sorry for them, and ask God's forgiveness, He is quick to resporid with Hi s Pardon. He did in David's case, for immediately after David's

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humb.Je words, ' I have sinned against the Lord,' Nathan said to him: 'The Lord also hath put away thy sin; th~u shalt not die.'

Thete is a modern parable about three gangsters who made a covenant among themselves to divide and share the monopoly of a certain racket - they even signed a leg¡al agreement. Then two pf the gangsters forced the third gangster out, and he appealed to the Judge for justice. The Judge, in the interests of justice, hanged all three as criminals. \i\Te Christians, who protest the sins of our neighbors against us, are in the same boat. We have all sinned, and all of us are guilty in God's eyes. And so it is with the nations of the world: ¡ all nations have black spots on the record. We are well acquainted with the sins of other nations and we often talk about them, but we seldom think, much less speak, of our own. We ought to be ashamed of our treatment of the Indians at home and of the worst features of Yankee imperialism and exploitation abroad.

But by far our greatest sin as a nation is the sin of international irresponsibility. We want our country and our people to have power and prestige, pleasures and possessions, but we balk at the international responsibility which those privileges impose. Nationally we have been like the priest and the Levite in the story of the Good Samaritan -we have passed by on the other side when we have seen qther nations in need or peril, or we have given them aid at the e.nd of a 3,000-rnile pole, fearful of involving ourselves in danger or drastic sacrifice. We have wanted other nations to pay the supreme price for human liberty while we gave them dollar credits !

That is not the way of Jesus Christ. He endured His cross and we nationally must accept our cross too. For the cross of sacrifice and danger and even death is the price of spiritual power. Thanks to the foresight of our President \ve are not entirely unprepared in a military way f~r this war-but spiritually we are in bad shape.

Pearl Harbor resulted in a new national unity based on resentment.

But that is not enough. We must have a deep spiritual ~mity that will make us ready, even eager, to sacrifice our material goods, and when necessary, evea life itself, for the moral principles for which this war is being fought. America cannot have God's Power unless she will also accept proportionate responsibility throughout God's world for God's other children-alhmankind. We cannot hope to build an enduring peace by going back after this war to the old status quo which produced this war !

Is there then no difference between the Japanese and the people of the United States, or. between the Germans and the British?

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We are now arn;wering that question by our national attitudes and actions. The Germans and the Japanese have shown no signs of . regret for their past shortcomings; they scorn God's principles of honesty, justice, freedom and the other fundamentals of the good life . Yet, since the beginning of this present war the British · peoples have displayed qualities on a national scale almost unique in hjstory : they have shown genuine humility for past imperfections side by side with untroubled conviction in the right of their present cause and courageous determination that that cause shall prevail come what may. I believe that British penitence has won God's Pardon and Power. . Few of us here, when France fell, dared hope that the British Isles would long survive. God granted a miracle at Dunkirk, and that miracle contributed to a s.e cond : the continued security of those embattled isles .

The leader of our Nation with great spiritual vision has called upon us as a people to ask God's forgiveness for our shortcomings of the past. If we respond to his call ; if we are truly sorry for our past national sins and desire God's Pardon, then God will surely forgive us as He forgave Da,vid- and, like David, WE SHALL Norr DIE, WE. AS A NATION SHALL LIVE. For with that divine Pardon we shall receive the divine Power, which no merely human violence can long resist.

But some people are saying that this whole world situation is too complicated for them. They · say : ' I am confused and bewildered by lies and propaganda. I am only one single individual among millions, so I cannot tell what's right, or what I ought to do.

Now we are in the war; it may be right; it may be wrong; I'm all confused-but patriotism demands that 1 support my country right or wrong.' Such fence-sitters deserve either our pity or our scorn.

We can do infinitely more good for our beloved country if we say, rather, ' May my country. always be right, and I'll do all I can to help it be right and keep right.' . The highest, finest, truest patriotism demands not backboneless scepticism, hut discernment, vision, and unstinted courage !

A dead fish cannot go upstream .; it can only float downstream with the current. For the love of God and Country that is in us, let us this day dedicate ourselves anew to struggle for the truth, however unapalatable it may sometimes be ..,-- confident that the only enduring viotbry and liberty our. cou:nt·r y can achieve must be based upon Right ~nd Truth and Justice .1 Towards the attainment of that goal, God will give us i,mspariQ.gly of His Power.

I believe that . this present world . struggle is at its core a spiritual struggle aqd that much of the evil is on our side. We

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Americans need to be purged and cleansed individually and nationally before we are worthy to survive. But imperfect though we are (and we must repent and return to God if we are to be saved) it is important that we discern the vast difference between our aims and those of the Nazis. The democratic way of life does enc.ourage the Christian way of life, does strive to promote freedom and honesty and the other Christian virtues. The Nazi regime scorns freedom and honesty and purity and love of one's neighbor. The Nazi regime aims to destroy Christianity and enslave all mankind. I believe that the spirit of Christ alone stands in the way of successful Nazi world domination, for it alone can inspire a successful will to resist and provide sufficient power to achieve victory. The German leaders recognize this fact far more clearly than do most Christians. That is why Nazism must crush Christianity to win and to survive. The world .cannot remain half slave and half free; half pagan and half Christian; half Nazi and half democratic. We must fight Nazism and its allies to the death, or they will dominate and enslave us and the whole earth.

In this hour our President has given us a spiritual call to arms.

Let us respond wholeheartedly. Let us pray : for Pardon for past shortcomings ; for Power for the present task of achieving victory ; and, finally, for Peace. I am convinced that we and our Allies shall win the war; Let us pray, and not to-day only, but every da:y from now on, that God will help us win a new era 路 of Peace, a Peace built upon the only basis which can produce enduring justice and truth : the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of all Mankind.

BOOK REVIEWS Unde路r this heading there are noticed or reviewed recently published books or articles that possess a special A i~larian interest due to their authorship. or .to their .contents. TVe shall be glad to have such books or articles brought to our notice.路 CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By M. M. Knappen. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Coy., 1942.' pp. 607.

With Maps and Illustrations.

Dr. Knappen indicates 路in the Prefiice to this voltime that it is primarily intended for Anierican students, for whom ' a new textbook in this field is desirable.'

The author has sought to embody in his history the results of recent scholar.s hip on consfituional and legal problems, and, in the ma1n, he has undoubtedly succeeded in his immense task. Unlike

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so: many constitutional historians, he has not allowed the complexity of his. ·subject to reflect itself in his literary style . On the contrary, a noticeable characteristic of the book is the skilful clarification , of the issues under discussion, together with a straightforward exposition of contemporary problems and ·the use of a simple literary technique. What gives the work characte r, however, is the fact that, whilst Dr. Knappen shows dearly where a particular issue is the subject of dispute, yet he always states his own viewpoint with conviction . .The plan of the work is so arranged as to give first the political, economic a nd cultural background, then the resulting governmental system , and then, thirdly, the legal system. Such a plan has disadvantages, and occasionally they are apparent in this study. 1483, for instance, is presented as too arbitrary a dividing line, with the result that the m ediaeval character of Henry VII's reign is not sufficiently stressed, and later developments are anticipated.

The general surveys of political and social developments often suffer from generalisations which do scant justice to the known facts - Dr. Knappen's remarks a bout the Revolt of 1381 are illustrative of this deficiency. Again, there is an undue stress on the despotic aspects of the Stuart regime, and the analogy with Fascism is, to say the least, unhistorical. H ere the author migtht well have attempted to illustrate the complex nature of the l7th century conflicts by a survey and comparison of the views of Charles I, Clarendon and the various Parliamentarians, sett ing it against the background of the work done by Professor Tawney and others on the social and economic developments.

Tlhere are similar deficiencies in the review of the l8th century.

Dr. Knappen - and this is. perhaps a criticism applicable to the whole study-tends too readily to foresee futur e developments. His remark:s on the constitutional position of George I and George II are ~ani.festly contra.ry to the most recent study on the subject and ·are certain1y opposed to the views of .contemporaries . A great deal more attention mig ht have ·been paid to the . highly important researches of Professor Namier on l8th century politics. The legal histofy is_; on' the whole, treated witlh a dearer perspective; though not at such. length, and here the author does not .succumb to the danger of isolating particular· periods.

The wbrk is to be recommende d to' the student of constitution·a l and legal history . and to the layman. Herein lies its achievement : it ;is a comprehensive study beginning with the Anglo-Saxon invasions,,and ending in "1941. As already indicated, its ·outstanding foult ;is ,:i:he tendency to adopt a1most a 'Whig' interpretation.

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There is, however, a corresponding advantage : the book has a unity and a theme. Few would challenge Dr. Knawen's main point that the principal characteristic of English constitutional and legal devel opm ent is the orderly process towards efficient government which, at the same time, safeguards individual rights. We may differ about the causes. The fact is indisputable.

R. :T . HOLTBY. CHARIOT OF WRATH: The Message of John Milton to Democracy at VVar. By G . Wilson Knight. Faber and Faber, 194.<?. !OS.

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The general theme of Mr. Wilson Knight's successor to This Scept¡red Isl e was concisely expressed nearly o ne hundred and fifty years ago, at a similar crisis in our history, in a sonnet by Wordsworth. Firmly believing that England still hath need of Milton, Mr. Knight brings all his eloquence into play in an attempt to make him re-live at this hour. Though doubtless he would claim that t he field of his latest work is vast and his canvas filled with nothing less than two great crises in our national history and with our whole national destiny, yet he deals with but a part of Milton.

The greatness of Paradise Lost consists in more than Milton's personal tragedy, more even than a national message.. It is, as someone else has said, '¡ the tragedy of the modern world ; the conflict of the individual will in revolt against the determinism of inexorable fate.' This is the real message of Milton for our time, and for all time, expressed in Belia l's ' . . . this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through Eternity' ; and Satan's ' What though the field be lost?

All is not lost : the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield ; And what is else not to be overcome? ' (It is significant-and a point of which Mr. Knight does not seem to take sufficient cognisance - that Milton' s real message is declared through the mouths of the fa llen- angels, and that .the inexorable fate against which they are in revolt is the divine decree .)

To circumscribe Milton's message to a narrower fielc! is dangerous ; and it is most of all to be doubted whether his religio-political message it valid to any age but his own , even perhaps to any other mind than that of John Milton . But Mr. Wilson Knight ventures on -this strait and narrow road and works out a .less universal theme, helped by his entht1siasm and his almost mystical belief in

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the power of words-though occasionally, it must be admitted, hindered by them. As in his earlier work, his 'psychological hyphentics ' -like 'Christ-consciousness,' 'power~content,' 'powerwill ' - are still bemusing : symptoms of his use of language as mere notation rather than as denotation.

And he is still apt to be led away from his real argument by interesting but unimportant parallels. Dalila's 'patriotic' excuses are said to correspond to the overleaping and insular nationalism ardent in modern Germany; 'Satan's sense of injustice under the enthronement of Messiah as God's vice-gerent exactly reflects Germany's view of Great Britain 's ascendancy'; and his conference with the fallen angels in Book II of Pa1'adise Lost is comipared at length with one of Hitler's Nuremberg rallies.

Chariot of Wrath witnesses the widening of the field on Mr. Wilson Knight's work in another respect, for it is the outcome of his view of history- as one long tale of invasions, of 'an almost wearisome sequence of oasis-cultures subjected by viri le tribes from the harsher training grounds, who in turn grow effete and are subjected,' and of ' the patent fact of the will to power within the human psyche.' The lesson that history teaches is this : ' That goodness not backed by authentic energy (which among nations must on occasion express itself as military force) is of all thipgs the most pitiful and even blasphemous, for it makes game of God's most cherished purpose-that far-off resplenden t creation of humanity in whom goodness and power co-exist which is shadowed dimly by all dramas of their opposition. Therefore one sign of godlessness will always be a dislike of energy and power as such and a fear of both the. authentic in literature and the authoritarian in government' (p. 14).

This is a perspicuous revelation of a mistake that has stalked through the pages o.f European history. It received its most extreme manifestation, perhaps, in the defe\lt of the Slavs on the field of Kossovo. 'They knew,' Miss Rebeccfl West has said, 'that in this m a tter they were virtuous, therefo,re. it was fitting they should die . In that belief they betrayed all the virtuous who came after them for five hundred years. And I have sinned in the same way,' she continues, 'I and my kind, the Liberals of Western Europe. \Ve had regarded ourselves as far holier t han our opponents . . . .

Vve forgot that we were not performing the chief moral obligation of humanity, tvhich is to prntect the works of love.' In Chariot of TVmtli the late Toronto professor, now in the island fortress of the horneland, sets out to combat this 'g¡odlessness,' this betrayal of virtue, with the help of John Milton, who took a primary delight in military prowess, and Oliver Cromwell, the Miltonic cou'nterpart

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in the field of action. But the emphasis is misplaced: on goodness, rather than on power and authentic energy.

'It is a strange message this triumvirate brings us: On Great Britain and her succession of poet-prophets the Providential choice h as elected to lay the responsibility of some great, vicegerent (to use Milton's habitual phrase) responsib iiity, indeed sovereignty, under God; not unlike that wherewith the Son w as installed in the speech which so infuriated Satan' (p. 141) .

There is rnore than a touch of the British Israelite; and infuriate is certainly the key-word here . Milton's Michael becomes 'a St .

George figure' and the Messiah an English gentleman. The idealist , moreover , looks beyond the realities of power-politics of the present conflict: 'Whether we win or lose, the statement stands.

Indeed, from a long-range view, loss with Messiah-recognition might prove more fertile than v ictory without it' (p. 187).

Mr. Wilson Knight, it is dear, is possessed. of an adventurous though reckless intuition ; but , if it leads sometimes to extravagance, it is also responsible for the best things¡- .and there are many - in his w ork .

K. HARDACRE;.

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R oMANTIGS . An Anthology chosen by Geoffrey Grigson. Geo. Routledge & Sons, 1942; Svo, pp. xii + 356 . ros. 6d. net .

This is unquestionably an interesting anthology, fresih and independent. It contains perhaps too much of the eccentric and too little of the centric forces of the Romantic movement to be truly represe ntative-too much of Christopher Smart and William Blake, with contemptuously little of Byron and nothing of H azlitt. But it forestalls complaint about some omissions by a handsome acknowledgrnent that it does no t attem pt ' to reset all the crown jewels of Romaniticism,' and the space saved by such 'o missions gives room for many novel and attractive excerpts. Part I is especially successful in illustrating t he climate of the movement, partic ularly in prose extracts exemplifying the growing delights in Nature. It seems that the Romantic poets would have won recognition more speed ily and easily if Mr. Geoffrey Grigson of New V e¡r se had been there to cond uct the critical rece ption rather than Mr. Francis Jeffrey of The Edinburgh Review.

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CHURCH CEREMONIAL. Four addn~sses given in St. M ark 's Chapel, Bishop's University, L ennoxvine, Quebec Province, Canada, by the Rev . Dr. G . Basil Jones, Dean of Divinity and VicePrincipal. pp. 26 .

These addresses on the subject of Church Ceremonial have been printed at the request of those who hea rd them, and this imprimatur

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1s m itself substantial testimony to the clarity and understanding which characterizes the attempt here made by a former Chaplain of the Hall to arouse the interest of a body of Canadian undergraduates in the reason for ceremonial , more particularly in the worship of the Church. It is a s ubject in which the laity, w hether young or old, of the Anglican Communion receive too little coherent instruction. In these four talks Dr. Basil Jones_presents a very well r:onsidered line of_approach.

A.B.E. NoRBITON CHURCH, 1842-1942. By the Rev. A . E. Smith . pp. 40.

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Eric Smith has seasonably commemorated the centenary year of the foundation of the parish church of St. Peter' s, Nor b iton, of which he is vicar, by writing an informing account of its first hundred years of service since the parish was carved out of that of All Saints, Kingston-on-Thames.

A.B .E. CIVILIAN FIRE FIGHTER. A Manual for all memb ers and organi sers of Fire Patrols. By E. C. R. Hadfield. The English Universities :Press, London_, 1941. pp. 126. rs. net.

In this concise and well designed handbook Hadfield h as brought together a great 9eal of information that should be found useful by fire-watches and fire-fighters. He helps us not only to battle with fire, but also to battle with all the official regulations relating to A .R .P. A.B.E. Tim. DISTRIBUTION OF THE CLOTH INDUSTRY IN l 561 - 2. Contributed

by G. D. Ramsay to TheEnglishHistoricalRe¡vie7.IJ, July, 1942.

Mr. Ramsay is to be congratulated on having found time during a brief space of leave from his war-time duties w ith R.A.F : to make available, with an introductory note, lists of clothiers fined during the year 1561-2 for marketing cloths that came short of the standards of the clothing statutes. These lists giving. the names of manufacturers, their village, town or county, and the type of cloth concerned furnish useful material for a fuller knowledge of the working of the woollen industry early 111 Elizabeth's reign before the new draperies came into vogue.

A.B.E. THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE KoRDOFAN SAND. Contributed by J. M. Edmonds to the Geological Magazine, Vol. lxxix, No. I. Jan.Feb., 1942 .

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face sand which are to be fo und over large areas to the west of the White Nile in the central part of the Ang·lo-Egyptian Sudan, part icularly in the province of Kordofan, a nd contributes his own solution. Meterological du t ies w ith the R.A .F. have prevented him from giving fuller evidence as ye t of the very fruitful to urs that he carried out in the Sudan as Government geologist before ill-health obliged him to return to England. Thi s paper invites the hope that he has in the making further contributions to the study of African geology.

A .B.E. CANALS BETWEEN THE ENGLISH AND THE BRISTOL CHANNELS . Contributed by E. C.R. Hadfield to T he Economic History R eview, Vol. xii, Nos. l & z , 1942.

In this a rticle Hadfield offers the fi rst-fr uits of his researches into the history of canal development in this country . It is surprising that more work h as not been done by economic h istorian s on a subject which should figure prominently in any history of the great revolution in means of transport which was one of the most marked features of the establishment of the new iron age in Britain.

It is to be hoped that, when peace returns , Hadfield may ext end hi s · s urvey into other counties, for he has made it eviden t in thi s ar ticle dealing with the canals of Devoti and Somerset that he has a n exceptional familiarity w ith the sources of information .

A.B.E. T HE HISTORY OF THE CONCEPT OF ENERGY. A Lecture delivered before the Royal College of Science by A. E. Bell. Published in the Royal College of Science Journal, 1941, Vol. x i, pp. 81-93.

It is good to have substantial evidence in this lect ure t hat A. E. Bell has earned for himself a place in that select b and of teachers of science who believe in the importance of developin g a n historical approach .to the study of fundamental scientific concepts .

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