St Edmund Hall Magazine 1950-51 by St Edmund Hall

St. Edmund Hall Magazine

St Edmund Hall Boat Club St Edmund Hall Oxford OXl 4AR

27th February, 1991

Dear Warden, I have just heard that a little while ago, a new Radley VIII was named "Donald Richards" in honour of that great oarsman. I thought you might be interested to know that at a meeting of twelve former Captains of the St. Edmund Hall Boat Club last Saturday, without us having any knowledge of the event at Radley, i t was unanimously agreed to name our new boat "Donald Richards" in his honour as a great coach who took over our VIII in 1951, when we were deep in the lower di visions, and took us to tlie dizzy heights of Head of the River. The Christening took plade the following Sunday, so Donald now has a small flotilla on the Thames.

The St. Edmund Hall Boat Club sends best wishes to the Radley VIII and good fortune to all who row in her. Sincerely,

GRAHAM MIDGLEY Fellow Emeritus and Presiden~t of the St. Edmund Hall Boat Club The Warden, Radley College, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 2HR.

From THE WARDEN

D.R . W. SILK, J.P., M.A . TEL: ABINGDON

(0235) 520294/520585

Radley College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2HR

6th March, 1991

I was thrilled to have your delightful letter and to know that great minds really do think alike! Donald has been an outstandingly ioyal and generous Old Radleian ever since I first met him as a Radley parent back in 1968 when I came to Radley. His knowledge and expertise on the river have been an inspiration to all generations of Radley oarsmen and obviously just that also to the St. Edmund Hall Boat Club. How lucky we are to have a person of Donald's stature and quality keeping a fatherly eye on us both. It is a very pleasant thought on your part to send the best wishes of the St. Edmund Hall Boat Club to the Radley VII I and I reciprocate in full measure. May the gods of the river smile upon us in this coming season.

Graham Midgley Esq., St. Edmund Hall Boat St. Edmund Hall Oxford OXl 4AR

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KEY TO HALL GROUP, 1950 Th e 11aimes are given from left to right as viewed by the reader. Back Row:

J. H. H edgely, M. A. Brown, H . Lear, K. M. Grayson, C. B. Tembey, J. Sinclair, H. A. Wydell, D. A. Kins ley, C. Thompson, P. T . Ford, J . R. Down es, A. J. Grayson, P. G. B. Barker, A. J. G. Jones, P. R. Sykes, G. J. Insley, D. H. E. Wainwright, R. J. Southan, R. D. Strapps, D. A. G. Turner. Second Row: D. G. Bayliss, J . A. Mudge, J. McElheran, M. A. Ritchie, A. Shepherd, M. Pike, P. F. White, C. G. Hadley, T. P. Kelly, N. G. Barnett, A. A. Dudman, D. B. Coltman, D. M. Burden, J. M. Jaffey, C. H. Davidson, P. S. D. E . Gass, J . A. Baldwin, M. A. Canning, C. J . Lane, E. L. Cunnell, D. P. Jones. Third Row: M. Turi, E. C. Jon es, J. W. Snelling, E. F. W. Seymour, H. T. Andrews, E. D. Sprague, R. Tracey, I. P . Foote, ]. B. Bowes, A. S. J effreys, E. P . A. Furness, G. R. Allford, S. G. Downey, H. A. R . Long, A. J. Knight, F. F. Nicholls, M. J. Plowden-Roberts, D. Brotherton, S. H a rtley, P . H. Phizackerley. Fourth Row: D. A. Ward, L. E . Bath, F. B. Wood, B. Tulloch, W. Miller, S. B. Pierce, J. H. B. Williams, D. H. Stevens, R. W. M. Skinner, A. R . Douglas, C. S. Cullerne Bown, R. J. L. Breese, N. Milliken, M. G. Jordan, ]. K. Chadwick-Jones, E. Lewis, J. D. H. R eddick, A. J. Brimble, D. A. Garnett, J. A. Ba ker, R. T. Beckwith, D. J. Marsden, E. G. Stokes, N. J. Williams, A. Ward, H. N . Grindrod, M. W. Parkin, N. D. Stacey. Fifth Row: P. G. Winch, P . L. Roussel, R. Day, J.B . A. W eston, W. P . Asbrey, A. P. Haworth, B. J. Wicker, J. C. G. H a lley, E. J. Morgan, R. V. Kings, P. J. Frankis, G. H. Jones, C. Dobb, D. H. Bennett, Albert Baxter, R. A. Dickin son, Arthur Baxter, M. A. B. H arrison, D. A. Ellis, E . G. Price, E. H. Edge, M. F. H. Ellerton, G. D. Gilling-Smith, V. A, Bulbeck, W. W eir, B. Bigley, D. J . Hardy, R. W. Hall, M. J. Summerleee. Sixth Row: H. Crane, M. P. Kent, M. N. Dobbyn, J. D . H a nson, D. A. Abbey, G. B. Archer, W. H ardy, L. G. D. Sanders, D . J. Derx, C.R. Hill, M. G. Ward, P.R. Jones, B. R. Munday, J. N. McMa nus, D . A. Singleton, D. Chewter, E. M. Smith, H. A. B. Latimer, T. Dowman, D. A. A. Weston, G. Frost, T. W. Ditchburn, D. G. Smith, J. N . Gill, E. F. Hayes, A. R. Stewart, D. M. Forster, A. W. Shaw. Seventh Row: W. Thorpe, F. E . Wak elin, R. Downing, D. S. Collison, G. G. Allen, W. J. Tunley, J. O'Halloran, D. P . Tidy, A. H. Foot, N. A. Dromgoole, P. Nichols, J. S. Cla rke, _Mr. C. H . Jenner (Bursar)._Mr. G. D. R amsay, Ca non J. N. D. Kelly (Vic e-Principa.l) , R ev. C. E. Ross (President of the ].C .R .), Mr. ":ÂˇB . Emden (Principal), Dr. H. M. N . H. Irving, R ev.]. McManners (Chaplain), Dr. R. F argher, Rev. T. Dyson, ]. Doctorow, J . A, G. C. La w, G. H . Winter, G. S. Wind ass, J. B. Price, H. A. Shearring, A. H . W. Nias. Front Row: D. Craven, J. H. 0. Pa rker, J . R. Paul,] . R . Moss, C. A. Blackman , T. W. Silkstone, P. R . Turk, Montgomery, P. W. Glover.

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ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE Vol. V, No .

DECEMBER, 1950

RDITORS 1950:

P. NICHOLS,

A. R.

Editor. Assistant Editor.

DOUGLAS,

DE PERSONIS El' REBUS AULARIBUS OF

THE LATE SENIOR TUTOR

N the first week of Michaelmas Term, on Friday, 13 October, the Hall sustained a grievous loss through the death by heartfailure of the R ev. R. F. W. Fletcher, Senior Tutor, Fellow and Trustee. An obituary notice by the Principal appears on another page. At noon on the following day, at the church of St. Mary Magdalene" a quarter peal .of Doubles was rung half-muffled by members of the Oxford University Society of Change-Ringers, including three members of the Hall, as a m emorial tribute. The fu neral service was held in St. Peter's-in~the-East at 2.15 p.m. on Monday, 16 October. The crowded congregation, representing the University as well as Mr. Fletcher's family and the .Hall, bore impressive t estimony to the .v ariety of his interests, and to the widespread esteem and affection in which he was held. The Bishop of Dorchester, who had married Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher in the same church in 1928, sat in the choir and gave the blessing. Mr. Fletcher's remains were afterwards cremated, and by the decision of the Principal and Fellows his ashes have been deposited under the pavement of the Chapel, almost immediately opposite his stall .as Senior Tutor. An inscribed marble slab rec ording his name, offices, age, and the date of his death, has been placed over the spot.

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THE PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS

At Encaenia, on 21 June, the Principal had the satisfaction of meeting Monsieur Antonin Besse, the founder of St. Antony's College and the munificent benefactor of the Hall and several other

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societies . The meeting was a brief one, for M. Besse was on a flying visit to Oxford, but the Principal was able to express to him the heartfelt gratitude of the Hall, and to give him an outline picture of the objects to which his generous gift would be devoted. Early in July the Vice-Principal's book, Early Christian Creeds, began to appear in the bookshops. A notice of it has been inserted on another page: here it is sufficient to remark that the work has had a most favourable reception, both at home and in foreign countries. The Vice-Principal acted as Chairman of the Examiners in the Honour School of Theology in Trinity Term. In the course of the year he has consolidated his connection with .t he Woodward Foundation by accepting appointment as Senior Chaplain of the Southern Division and by joining the governing body of Lancing College. Dr. H. M. N. H. Irving is to be congratulated on his election to the Council of the Royal Institute of Chemists. Those who have had an opportunity of looking Âˇi nto the volumes of the recently published, and vastly improved, new edition of Chamber's Encyclopaedia will have observed that, in addition to being a substantial contributor himself, he has had editorial responsibility for articles dealing with chemistry. We extend our warmest congratulations to Mr. C. F. W. R. Gullick on his election, as from Michaelmas Term, to a Fellowship and Tutorship . Mr. Gullick, who is University Senior Lecturer in 'Economic Geography, has been a Lecturer at the Hall for several years, and his connection with the Hall as Geography tutor goes back to the middle thirties. Under his inspiration, and largely as a result of his sympathetic teaching, there has sprung up at the Hall a flourishing nursery of geographical studies, and the Hall has become one of the few societies in the University offering open scholarships in this subject . His reputation as an authority in matters geographical is firmly established, as is shown by his being selected to contribute a large number of articles to the new edition of Chamber's Encyclopaedia; and in the summer there appeared from his pen a completely revised and re-written edition of J. McFarlane's classic volume, Economic Geography. As an undergraduate at Queen's Mr. Gullick was awarded his cap as an Occasional, and his enthusiastic interest in, and support ofÂˇ Hall games has been not the least of the factors which have endeared him to Aularians.

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Mr. Gullick must also be congratulated on his appointment as Senior Tutor. When that onerous and important post fell vacant on the death of Mr. Fletcher, it seemed to his colleagues that he was the obvious candidate to fill it. We are confident that, with his combination. of business capacity and a sympathetic understanding of human beings, his tenure of it will be highly successful.

OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE HALL

In the course of Trinity Term the Right Rev. H. H. Williams, C.H., D.D., who was appointed representative Trustee · of the Aularian Association when the new Statutes came into operation in 1938, indicated that he did nQt desire his appointment to be renewed. His term of office had expired, and he explained that, as he grew older, he found it increasingly difficult to .m ake .the journey 'from Chester to attend meetings of the Trustees. Dr. W;illiams, who is Honorary Fellow of Queen's College and Hertford College as well as of the Hall, has been almost continuously concerned with the government of the Hall since he . became ·Principal in 1913. As Bishop of Carlisle he was elected Trustee under the old Statutes in 1927; and was one of the original Trustees appointed ·under the new Statutes. It was with deep regret, and with the warmest appreciation of his long and affectionate service to the Hall, that his decision was accepted. In his place the Aularian Association, at its annual general meeting in June, was unanimous in approving the appointment of Dr. P. A. Scholes. After many years' residence in Switzerland, Dr . Scholes has now settled in Oxford: he is the first former undergraduate of the Hall to join the body of Trustees. He has for some time been an Honorary Fellow, and a long succession of published works, learned and popular, on musicological subjects h,as made his name famous in the wider world and brought him the highest academic honours. On 27 April Dr. Scholes received the degree of D.Litt. at Oxford, and we congratulate him heartil; on this further recognition of his contribution to learning and music. Another Trustee who has felt obliged, with regret, to resign his office is Sir Henry P . Price. Although his appointment only dates from 1947, he has managed to attend several meetings and has developed a keen interest in the affairs of the Hall. His doctors . have for some time been pressing upon him the desirability of curtailing his activities, and in July he decided that he must listen

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to their advice. The Trustees, and the Hall generally, are grateful to him for putting his experience and counsel so generously at their disposal, and unite in wishing him prosperity and good health in the years to come. With the death of the Rev. R. F. W. Fletcher, the representative Trusteeship of the Fellows fell vacant. As Mr. Fletcher's successor, the Fellows have appointed Dr. H. M. N. H. Irving, Tutor in Natural Science, and next in seniority to the VicePrincipal among the Fellows.

OF LECTURERS

Mr. R. E. Alton, himself an Aularian, was appointed Lecturer of the Hall in English Literature as from the beginning of Michaelmas Term. Mr. Alton came up to the Hall in 1938, and served throughout the whole war in the Eleventh Hussars, being awarded the Military Cross, and took his Final Schools in 1948. Mr. B. D. Giles was appointed Lecturer in Economics at Bristol University at the end of Trinity Term, being thereby obliged to relinquish his Lecturership at the Hall. Mr. G. R. Allen, M.A., of Exeter College, who is a member of 1!he Institute for Research in Agricultural Economics, has been appointed Lecturer in his place.

OF THE BURSAR

The Bursar, Mr. C. H. Jenner, is to be congratulated on the conferment of the degree of M.A. by decree of the University.

OF A GREAT BENEFACTION

It gives great satisfaction to be able to make public to Aularians everywhere that, as a result of the imaginative generosity of a Frenchman who at first preferred to remain anonymous, but has now, with his full consent, been revealed as Monsieur Antonin Besse of Aden, the Hall has become the recipient of a princely benefaction amounting to ÂŁ38,ooo. The world at large has already been apprised of Monsieur Besse's munificent gift to the University, in 1948, of a million pounds for the foundation of a new college, to be called St. Antony's, in which young Frenchmen and English~en might live

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and work together. At the same time he placed at the disposition of the University the further sum of ÂŁz50,ooo to enable existing colleges to co-operate with him in realising his ambition to foster closer relations between French students and the University of Oxford. A committee was immediately set up to advise on the distribution of the money, and on r6 May, 1950, Congregation gave formal approval to its recommendations. In pursuance of these. sums of varying size have been allocated to Exeter, Lincoln, Wadham, Pembroke, Worcester and Keble Colleges, and to St. Peter's Hall, while the sum of ÂŁ38,ooo has been assigned to the Hall. The grant made to the Hall, while equalled by those made to three other societies, exceeds all the others. A benefaction of such proportions has a dazzling quality about it : it is, in fact, the largest that has ever fallen to the Hall in the course of its almost seven hundred years of existence. On the evening of the day on which Congregation sanctioned the proposed allocation, the Principal despatched a letter to Monsieur Besse expressing the heartfelt gratitude of all . Aularians, past and present, for his generosity. He assured him of the special pride which the Hall cannot but feel, in view of the ties between it and France forged in the lifetime of St. Edmund and maintained in appropriate modern forms to-day, in the opportunity now presented to it for helping to strengthen Anglo-French relationships within the University. Although detailed plans are still being worked out, some indication can now be given of the objects to which, in compliance with rhe terms laid down, the benefaction will be devoted. Special priority, naturally, must be given to the establishment of scholarships for the support of young Frenchmen. This is a condition which the Hall, with its record of interest in French studies, accepts with particular readiness. The life of an academÂˇ1c community is bound to be enriched by the presence in its midst of a succession of representatives of the great Republic in . which European culture has reached its finest flower. Secondly, a certain proportion of the grant will be earmarked for Open Scholarships, and for providing part of the endowment of a tutorial Fellowship. The importance of this, at any rate as a step in the right direct_ion, will be appreciated at once by anyone who reflects that the Scholarships offered by the Hall are at present, perforce, markedly fewer than those offered by the colleges, and that none of the existing Fellowships is endowed.

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More than half the total benefaction, however, will be dedicated to th~ extension of residential accommodation. The scheme which the Principal and Trustees have in view envisages obtaining the lease of four more houses in the High Street continuous with the ones already in occupation and known to Aularians as Staircases 8-10. Negotiations with the college which owns the site are .in progress. If they prove successful, the Hall will have at its disposal, after the necessary adaptation of the houses has been -carried through, additional sets of rooms for more than thirty undergraduates, as well as a new lecture room and sets for resident" ·Fellows. This is a feature of th~ Besse Grant which will, inevitably, strike a special chord in the hearts of all who are acquainted with · _the -hopes and aspirations of the Hall. Ever since it entered on its .i;emarkab1e period of expansion in the early 'twenties, it has found ,i,t;sel-f _cramped by the narrow bounds of its historic site, but ·Mons·i eur Besse's unexpected and most welcome munificence opens up new horizons. If the projects now in hand go through, the HaU will at last have assured itself of residential accommodation proportionate to the size to which its numbers have swelled and at which, as it would seem, they are likely to remain.

OF HIGHER DEGREES

G. H. Jones, having submitted a thesis on 'The Development of Jacobite Ideas and Policy, 1689-1746,' for the degree of D.Phil., satisfied the examiners appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Modern History. The Venerable N. Patrinacos, having submitted a thesis on 'The Nature of Sex. A study of the Metaphysical and Moral Character of Sex,' for the degree of D.Phil., satisfied the examiners appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Theology. E. G. Midgley , B.A., having submitted a thesis on 'Pope's Knowledge of English Literature from Chaucer to Dryden,' for the degree of B.Litt., satisfied the examiners appointed by the Board of the Faculty of English Language and Literature. · The Reverend J. S. Reynolds, having submitted a thesis on 'The Evangelicals in Oxford, 1735-1871 ,' for the degree of B.Litt., satisfied the examiners appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Modern History.

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CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations are due to the following members of the Hall in statu pupillari. _To the Ven. N. Patrinacos and G. H. Jones on qualifying for the degree of D. Phil. . To the Rev.]. S. Reynolds and E. G. fylidgley on qualifying for the degree of B.Litt. To E. F. W. Seymour on being placed in the First Class in the Final Honour School of Natural Science (Physics). To J. D. H. Reddick on being placed in the First Class in the Final Honour School of Mathematics.

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To J. V. Cockshoot on qualifying for the degree of B.Mus. To the following members of the Hall who were placed in the Second Class in their respective Final Honour Schools: M. P. Kent and E. Lewis (Theology); N. R·. Wynn (Physics); J. W. Vail (Chemistry); S. G. Downey and P. W . Glover (Geography); R. A. Dickinson •and J. E. M. S. Russell (History); D. S. Collison, M . 'N. Dobhyn, P. J. Frankis, D. M . G. Jones, G. I. Needham, J. .O'Keeffe, E. M . .Smith, R. G. Furnival, M. Paterson, M. S. Rogers , D. P. Tidy (English Language and Literature}; D. A. Ellis, E. G. Price, R. B. R enton, J. Sinclair (Modern Languages); ,H. A. Shearring, E. L. Sprague (Philosophy, Politics and Economics). To R. K. Pitamber on being elected to the Divots. To. G. H. Hallsmith on winning the Freshmen's Tennis Tournament . · To R. W. Hall on being elected to the Centaurs. To D. P. Tidy on playing hockey for the University. To J. V. Cockshoot on being elected President of the University Music Club. To R . Day on being elected President of the Union. To N . D. Stacey on being chosen to repr esent Britain at the · Empire Games, and on being elected President of the University Athletic Club. To J. R. Paul on being elected to the Penguins. To D. Craven on being eleoted to the Dolphins. To C. Thompson on being elected Secretary of the University Badminton Club. To B. \!Vicker on being elected to the University Music Club .Committee .

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At the beginning of Michaelmas Term J.M. Carr and E. F. W. Seymour were elected Senior Scholars of .the Hall. Mr. Carr gained a First Class in the Honour School of Geology in Trinity Term, 1949, and , after spending a year in research at Durham, has returned to Oxford to complete his research. Mr. Seymour gained a First Class in the Honour School of Physics in Trinity Term.

OF THE SCHOOLS TRINITY TERM

For the Degrees of B.M. and B.Ch.: In Animal Physiology: D. W. Boyd, J. A. Riley. For the Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery: Human Anatomy and Human Physiology: A. H. W. Nias. Diploma in Economics _a nd Political Science: R. V . Hodgson.

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Certificate in Public Administration: P. L. Roussel. Diploma in Anthropology: F. Waind. Diploma in 'Theology: A. H. Overell. Honour School of Theology: Shortened Examination B: Class II: M. P. Kent and E. Lewis. Honour School of Natural Science: Physics: Class I: E. F. W. Seymour. Class II: NÂ·. R. Wynn. Shortened Examination: Chemistry: Class II: J. W. Vail. Honour S chool of Mathematics: Clas s I: J. D. H. Reddick. Honour School of Oriental Studies: Chinese: F. B. 'Vood. Honour School of Geography: Class II: S. G. Downey, P. W. Glover. Class III: M. J. Summerlee. Pass Groups: Bi, B2 & E: P.R. O'Donovan, B6: J. Doctorow, L. G. D. Sanders, F1: G. G. Allen, J. W.. E. Snelling. For the Degree of Bachelor of Music: J. V. Cockshoot. Honour School of Jurisprudence: Class II: G. H. Winter. Class III: J. A. G. C. Law , J. R. Paul, M. J. Plowden Roberts. Class IV: R. V. Jones.

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Honour School of Modern History: Class II: R. A. Dickinson, J. E. M. S. M. Russell. Group Bi & B3: S. Hartley. Honour School of English Language and Literature: Class II: D. S. Collison, M. N. Dobbyn, P. J. Frankis, D. H. G. Jones, G. I. Needham, T. O'Keeffe, E. M. Smith. Shortened Honours: Class II: R. G. Furnival, M. Paterson , M. S. Rogers, D . P. Tidy. Class III: A. J. Knight, J. F, Stephens, P. R. Stott, H . E. Street. Honour School of Modern Languages: Class II: D. A. Ellis, E. G. Price, R. B. Renton , J. Sinclair. Class III: A. W. Shaw, M. Turl, J. B. A. Weston. Shortened Honours: Class III: D. J. Hardy, J. P. Le Pelley. Honour School of Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Class II: H. A. Shearring. Class IV: C. E. Ross. Shortened Examination A: Class II: E. D. Sprague. Class III: H. Meltzer, C. B ~ Tembey. Shortened' A' Pass Groups: P3, Ec4: M. F. H. Ellerton. Examination in the Theory, History and Practice of Education: D. G. Bayliss, W. A. H. Blair, D. Brotherton, H. N. Grindrod, P. H. Harris, D. P. Jones, E. C. Jones, F. F. Nicholls, W. J. Tunley, P. R. Turk, W. Weir, P. R. H. Sykes.

LONG VACATION

For tl~e Deg ree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery: In Human Anatomy: G. Bennett. In Pharmacology and ' Principles of Therapeutics: J. A. Riley. In Forensic Medicine and Public Health: B. R. S. Mainwaring. In Special and Clinical Pathology: B. R. S. Mainwaring.

MICHAELMAS TERM

For the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery: Organic Chemistry: D. A. Lillicrap, ]. H. B. Williams. Examination in the Theory, H istory and Practice of Education: D. R. V. Chewter, R. E. Ford, M. A. B . Harrison, A.' M. Maslen, E. G. Stokes, F. E. Wakelin.

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SCHOLARSHIP

EXAMINATIONS

As a result of the Open Scholarship Examination in English Literature, Modern Languages and Geography held in conjunction with Jesus, Lincoln, Worcester and Wadham Colleges on r4 March and the two succeeding days, elections were made as follows: A.

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Felsenstein, Mercers' School, Holborn (English).

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M. M. Philpott, Stamford School (Geography). As a result of the Open Scholarship Examination m History and Social. Studies held on 21 March and the two succeeding days, elections were made as follows: P. R. Snoxall, The King's School, Canterbury (History). N. Teller, Owen's School, London (History).

Scholarship · Examinations in 195 l have been arranged as follows: It has been decided to join, as last year, with Jesus, Lincoln, Worcester and Wadham Colleges for Scholarship Exam' inations in . English Literature, i\fodern Languages and Geography on Tuesday, 13 March and the two following days. The Hall is offering three Open Scholarships in Modern Languages and English Literature, and one Open Scholarship in Geography, all of the annual value of £40. . On Tuesday, 20 March, 1951, and the two following days, an "Examination will be held for the purpose of awarding two Open Scholarships in Modern History and Social Studies, each of the . annual valu e of £40.

THE NEW LIBRARY

The best thanks of the Hall are due to the following donors for gifts that they have made for the benefit of the Library: -i

To Mr. E. Gordon and his sons, for the gift of one hundred and twenty-five volumes of Slavonic books from the library of his . brother, the lat e Mr. A . A. Gordon, M.A. (Matric. 1921), as a memorial to him .

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To Mrs. E. M. Young, widow of the late Mr. P. Young, M.A. (Matric. 1927), for her gift of one hundred selected books from her husband's library, as a memorial to him. To Mr. and Mrs. H. Hayes for a further gift of ÂŁ5 for the purchase of books in memory of their son Henry Trevor Hayes (Matric. 1932). To the Rev. Canon J. N. D. Kelly, M.A., Vice-Principal, for the gift of his book Early Christian Creeds. To Mr. C. F. W. R. Gullick, M.A., B.Litt., Fellow and Tutor, for his gift of J. McFarlane's Economic Geography in the fifth edition revised and largely re-written .by himself. To Mr. H. G. Barnes, M .A., Lecturer in German, for his gift of Emil Steiger's Meisterwerke Deutscher Sprache im 19. Jahr~ hundert. To Mr. E. C. R. Hadfield (Matric. 1928), for his gift of his book British Canals.

To Dr. S. R. Dunlap (Matric. 1935) for the gift of his book of the poems of Thomas Carew. To Charles R. Ritcheson (Matric. 1948), for his gift of the volumes so far published of Prof. E. E. Morison's History of United States Naval Operations in World VV:ar II. B. ]. Wicker was appointed Junior Librarian, but owing to a temporary illness did not come into residence in Michaelmas Term. In his place R. ]. L. Breese was appointed Junior Librarian, _and E. L. Cunnell Assistant Junior Librarian.

OF UNIVERSITY PREACHERS

The list of Select Preachers before the University in Michaelmas Term had a distinctively, and flatteringly, Aularian flavour. On 15 October the Rev. Dr. L. Hodgson, Regius Professor of Divinity and Canon of Christ Church, held forth from St. Mary's pulpit. He was followed on 22 October by the Rev. Dr. F . J. J. Shirley, â&#x20AC;˘ Head Master of the King's School, Canterbury, and Canon of Canterbury. On 29 October the preacher was the Ven. A. Sargent, Archdeacon of Canterb~ry. The h~nour of supplying preachers on three successive Sundays - a veritable homiletic hattrick-cannot often have fallen to a single society in the University.

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STAINED GLASS

The Hall is indebted to Mr. E. Gordon Roe, of Princes Risborough, for the gift of a number of fragments of late medieval stained glass. The central fragment, composed of several smaller pieces, is vesica-shaped, 12 x ro inches, and represents the arms of the H all surmounted by a knightly face set between two female profiles. It is hoped that they will soon find a permanent home in some part of the Hall buildings where the quality of the glass can be displayed to advantage.

A HOCKEY MATCH

An exciting finale to Hilary Term was provided by a hockey match, played on Tuesday, 7 March, between the Senior Common Room and the Essay Society. The senior side included able exponents of the game like the Senior Tutor, Messrs . Ramsay, Gullick and Pusey, and the Chaplain, and complete novices, like the Vice-Principal: it was stiffened by a handful of young graduates usually engaged in research . The Essay Society, Âˇ too, not trusting entirely to its dialectical and ar:tistic prowess, had called upon the services of a few trained players. The game was fiercely cont~nded, and until the last moment it looked as if the dons would emerge tri umphan t. Just before the whistle blew, however, the umpires awarded a short corner to the Essay Society, and the final score was the perhaps diplomatic one of 2___:2.

NEW PORTRAITS

Two new portraits have been added to the collection of oil paintings in the dining hall. The first, which hangs on the west wall looking down on the high table, is of Dr. G. B. Allen, Bishop of Dorchester, and is the gift of the Aularian Association. Painted by Mr. Allan Gwynne-Jones, D.S.O., it depicts Dr. Allen in the full scarlet of episcopal Convocation dress, with a gold pectoral cross. Its fittingness as a tribute to h}s long concern for the H all as Principal (1920-.28) and, in later years, as Honorary Fellow and Trustee has already been qcclaimed. The other is a profile of the great Tractarian leader and saint, Henry Parry Liddon, who was appointed Vice-Principal in 1859, and later, as Canon of St. Paul's, established his position as one of the giants of English

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pulpit oratory . It has been presented by the executor of <the late Miss King, niece of Cannon Liddon, and comes to the Hall through the good offices of his nephew, the Rev. E. P. Liddon. It has b een placed on the west wall directly facing the doorway into the hall.

TANKARDS

Âˇw ith the purchase of two silver tankards of the full pint size, the sum of money generously given by Mrs. Freeman in fulfilment of the intention of her late husband, Dr. W. Ludford Freeman, has now been expended. The new tankards make a h andsome addition to the array of silver in use on the high table. The retiring J. C. R. President, the R ev. C. E. Ross, has kindly presented a pewter tankard bearing the following inscription:

Hoe Poculum A U LAE STI. EDMUND I In Univ. Oxon. D.D. Vir Revs. CLIFFORD EDWINUS ROSS, A.B., Commensalium Praeses, Longam Ut Sperat Seriem E xorsus 1950 Skilled Latinists will deduce from these words that it is hoped that others will imitate Mr. Ross 's initiative, so that his tankard will inaugurate a long series of similar pewter drinking-cups for use throughout the dining-hall. Although the cost of . pewter is, unfortunately, rising, and seems likely to rise even further, the cost of such tankards still remains well within the scope of individuals or groups who would like to add to the amenities of Hall dinner.

OF THE OLD MEMBERS) TENNIS MATCH

The revival of the Annual Tennis Match between an Old Members ' VI and the Hall VI in Trinity Term, 1949, was a revival of the unbroken tradition of victories for the Old Members. This summer, however, the spell was broken; in a hard-fought and most enjoyable match the Hall was victorious.

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Bad weather had compelled the postponement of the match, and, as a result, the Old Members were not able to field their full side on the new date ; their numbers being made up by the Chaplain (who .switched over from the Hall side), and a future Aularian', J. Lummis, R.A., who was on week-end leave from his military duties. The other four memb ers of the team were E. L. H. Kentfield, C. Lummis, J.C. Toland and P. C. Palmer. The details of this ann.ual fi xture are arranged by Mr. Clifford Lummis, and any Old Members who would like to play should send him their names with a note of their tennis record.

OF THE SUMMER .BALL

. The officers of the ].C .R. for the academic year 1950-51 are: President, E., E. Murph\}'; Steward, A. J. G. Jones; Junior Treasurer, A. A. Dudman. Mr. Murphy, who is a Rhodes Scholar, is the first American citizen to hold the office of President in the Hall.

OF THE SUMMER BALL

We here insert a n account of the Hall Summer Ball from the Secretary of the Ball Committee. The Hall Summ er Ba ll (secretly known as the Commemoration Ball), was held on Thursday, 15 and Friday, 16 June in weather which was fine though perhaps a little cold. It is believed that the Committee, headed by A. H . Foot, considered the Ball a success. The gentlemen concerned would probably have thought the same whatever the event, though perhaps in this case their satisfaction was ju'stified. D. L. Stevens was largely responsible for the romantic floodlighting which considerably enhanced Aularians' prospects in both quadrangles, and for the awnings which mercifully hid Staircases 9 and 10 from view. J. R. Paul designed a model programme; T. W. Silks tone planned the supper and buffet like the epicure we all know him to b e ; and C. A. Blackman ran a private bar with similar zeal, in addition to holding the. purse-strings. The Bursar, President, and Steward were at all times mos.t helpful with their shrewd advice and business acumen, and Mr. Hallier, the manager of the Forum, was an indispensable aid.

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The dancing - and a barbaric variant known as the Eightsome R eels - took place in the ballroom of the Forum to the music of the indefatigable Tommy Kinsman and his orchestra, who played rhythmically and incessantly from 10 p.m. to 5.30 a.m. The Vice-Principal, who ' would only s1ay an hour or so, you know,' pa id to the organisers the compliment of staying all through the nigh t, finishing up an obviously tired man at the bottom lefthand corner of the Ball photograph, taken in the quadrangle in the clear light of morning somewhere around 6 a.m. A feature of the Ball was the Âˇprevalent taste for exotic decoration by means of which many rooms had been transformed into archaic, candle-lit, fern-laden arbours. The excellent Punches to be found therein lived up to the extravagance and potency of their surroundings. At 5.30 a.m. the survivors threw themselves abstractly into the last frenzy of the traditional 'John Peel' Gallop. Mr. Kinsman amazingly was still going strong. We limped to our rooms and fell asleep over coffee. And did somebody whisper, ' Breakfast .. . ? ' No? Good .. That is so kind of you all. C.A.B.

APUD LONDONIENSES The London Dinner was held early in J an'uary at Simpson's in the Strand. Excellent arrangements had l:ieen made by Claude Hayes, who himself was abroad on duty at the time, anq the sixty Aularians who assembled were able to mingle freely with old and new friends in the comfortable and commodious bar lounge put at our private disposal both before and after the dinner itself. The R ev . George Branson, who matriculated in 1902, was the senior Aularian present, and at the other end of a wide range was a resident undergraduate member of the H a ll, who was especially welcomed by the evening's Chairman. The Principal 's keen regret at being unable, for reasons of health; to be present, was conveyed to a sympathetic company, and in his absence the Vice-Principal, responding to the toast of Floreat Aula, gave us a most interesting summary of the highlights of Hall history during the past year. C.L. B

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AULARIAN ASSOCIATION The Executive Committee met both before the London Dinner and on the afternoon of the Reunion. The General Meeting followed the Reunion Dinner. In the absence of the Treasurer the Principal read and explained the accounts. It was agreed not further . to increase the subscription, but to make an appeal for the Activities Fund in the Magazine. The Association allocated ÂŁ40 to a scholarship either in Modern Languages or English Literature. It renewed its gratuity for clerical assistance rendered by the bursary staff. The progress of the War Memorial Appeal was reviewed and it was agreed to found a scholarship as soon as the necessary capital became available. Dr. Percy Scholes was elected the Association's representative Trustee of the Hall, Mr. J. F. A. Porter was elected Honorary Auditor, and Canon Branson, the Rev. C. E. Burkitt and the Chaplain were added to the Executive Committee. L.W.H.

THE REUNION, 1950

HE Reunion took place on Thursday, 22 June, 1950. After Evensong, dinner was served in a Hall gay with flowers grown specially for the occasion by J. L. Hill. The fo llowing accepted invitations to be present: The Right -Rev : the Bishop of Dorchester-Rev. Dr. L. Hodgson-Mr. G. R. Brewis, Rev. Canon D. Armytage, Mr. R.H. Barff, Mr. R. 0. Bar.r itt, Mr. A. F. Bluett, Mr. G. J. F. Brain, Mr. C. Broadhead, Rev. C. E. Burkitt, Mr. C. P. R. Clarke, Mr. A . L. Clegg, Mr. A. C. Corlett, Mr. J. M. Edmonds, Rev. vV. G. Fallows, Mr. W. W. E. Giles, Rev. T. P. Hamerton, Mr. L. W. H anson, Rev. D. E. Havergal, Mr. C. J. Hayes, Rev. T. D. C. Herbert, Mr. R. L. Hill, Mr. D. T. N. James, Mr. A. C. Jenkinson, Mr. G. S. Keen, Mr. A. W. Keith-Steele, Mr. W. ]. H. Liversidge, Mr. H. R. McK. Law, Mr. C. Lummis, Mr. T. V. Nicholson, Rev. K. C. Oliver, Mr. P. C. Palmer, Rev. J. E. T. Phillips, Mr. J. F. A. Porter, Mr. H. K. Pusey, Rev. G. A. H. Rainbow, Rev. C. E. Ross, Mr. C. D. Smith, Mr. J. C. Toland, Mr. J. ]. G. Walkinton, Mr. N. J. Williams, Mr. T . G. C. \iVoodford .

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The Principal was given an enthusiastic reception when he rose to propose the toast of Floreat Aula. The Principal said that in these days of faith, hope and parity the Hall was doing as well as could be expected. Five Firsts had been gained in the Schools, and the President of the Union and the President of the Athletic Club wer~ both members of the Hall. Over the descent of the Eight, as rapid as it was unexpected, It was best to draw a veil. He had done his best to see that the needs of the Boat Club had not been entirely overlooked among the October admissions. The numbers of the Hall were still high owing to unpredictable entries, but they were aiming at a maximum of 200. The provision of further accommodation for this number had been greatly helped by the munificence of the founder of St. Antony's. The Hall had been allocated ÂŁ38,000 from this ben efaction . It was hoped to secure more ho1,1ses along the High, as well as to provide scholarships and a fellowship. L.W.H.

THE ACTIVITIES FUND Those who study the accounts printed on another page (and we hope they are many) will see that the ordina~y revenue of the Aularian Association is now largely devoted to paying for the Magazine and the Directory, so costly has post~war printing become. In the past the Association has been able to make many notable contributions to the amenities of the Hall. The provision of Exhibitions, both for open competition and for the sons of Old Members, has been continuous. The Chapel, the Hall, the Library and the Hearne Room have all been enriched by gifts. The heavy cost of sending the Eight to Henley was forme rly largely borne by the Association. Everyone will wish all these kinds of gifts and activities to continue. But they can only continue if the income of the Association is increased. Many Old Member~ of the Hall are not members of the Aularian Association. We appeal to them to join. To all, we commend the Activities Fund. A contribution to this fund will enable the Association to provide for the needs of _the H all as they arise in every sort of sphere. A form of donation is included in this issue of the Magazine. L.W.H.

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WAR MEMORIAL APPEAL The following subscriptions have been received since the publication of the las.t Magazine: ]. C. Adamson, £3 3s.; tG. ·w. H. Adcock, £I IS.; R. H. Barff, £I Is.; G. Barner, £50; Rev. K. M. Bishop, £3 3s.; Right Rev. A. H. Browne, £2 2s.; ]. C. Cain, £5; *G. S. Cansdale, £I; S. ]. H. Cooke, £2; G. ]. P. Courtney, £I Is.; Rev. N. E. G. Crutwell, £A2; Rev. E. P. M. Elliott, £I Is.; Rev. Ivor Evans, £2; Mr. and Mrs. W. ]. Farmelo (in memory of C. B. Farmelo), £3 3s.; tRev. R. St.]. Fisher, £1; Rev. P.H . Gabb, £1 IS.; Rev. D. E. Havergal, £I; C. R. Hiscocks, £10; tJ. Lee, £I; The Right Rev. the Bishop of London, £5 5s.; R. F. Mackay, £2; *C . Mounsey, £I Is.; Rev. A. Mc L. Murray, £2 2s.; B. A. Nicholas, £2 2s.; F. G. Roberts, £I; M. G. Robinson, £I; i"Rev. G. Sayle, £I; *E. W. Slaughter, £I; C. D. Smith, £10 10s.; E. G. Stokes, £I IS.; Rev. C. H. Sutton, £I IS.; H. Taberner, £2 2s. * = 7-year Covenant; t =Banker's Order.

OBITUARY RONALD FRANK WJLLIAM FLETCHER With characteris.t ic energy Ronald Fletcher decided to celebrate his 6oth birthday last Long Vacation by a holiday among the Scottish mountains : and it is now known that, following on top of a heavy term of teaching and examining, the ascents that he undertook must have overstrained him. With the briefest premonition of serious illness he died from heart seizure on October I3th . Fletcher entered the University in 1909 when he came up to Lincoln College from King Alfred's School, Wantage, as an open scholar in modern history. It was not easy in those days for an aspirant to the study of English Literature to convince his College authorities that the Honour School in that supject was one suitable for masculine academic effort: but Fletcher had good reason to be grateful to those of his College that they should have required him to read Modern History before passing on to read the English School, in which he obtained a ' First '. After his return to Oxford twenty-seven years ago Fletcher, in his academic work, devoted himself to three dominant calls upon his energies and interest. As Chaplain and Tutor, a nd, later, as

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Senior Tutor, Fellow and Trustee of St. Edmund Hall, he engaged wholeheartedly in the many-sided activities of an expanding society . Under his ever-modest but most effective guidance the Honour School of English Language and Literature has found in the Hall one of its ch.i ef sources of undergraduate support in the University . As a tutor and lecturer he impressed his pupils by his soundness of judgment, his sureness and lucidity in the handling of evidence, and by the constructive quality of his criticism. H e was quick to assay their potentialities and busied himself to help them to develop fully their own aptitudes. He was, in fact, an accomplished teacher. The successful initial experience in teaching that he had. gained as an assistant master at Weymouth College and at Rugby School, and, later, as a lecturer at St. John's Training College, York; contributed not a little to his effeotiveness as a College tutor and University examiner. From 1929 to 1947 Fletcher served the Delegacy of Local Examinations with marked capacity as its Assistant Secretary, and, during the war years, as its acting Secretary. Expeditious and busin esslike, he applied himself with relish to the administrative work ofÂˇ an ex acting organisation. H ere again his personal knowledge of the educational requirements of schools gave his judgment and advice in all matters concerning examinations and syllabuses a special value. Since the end of the last war his own Faculty, of which he has been an ass iduou s member for so many years, has found in him an energetic an d perceptive chairman, equipped at all points to help its Board to resolve the divers problems that have confronted it . In his punctual dispatch of business and his rapid mastery of forms and regulations he proved hi1!1self in recent years a model Senior Tutor, and in this capacity the Senior Tutors' Committee as well as the Hall benefited much from his expertness. But Fletcher's activities were by no means confined to the academic field. Since his promotion to Holy Orders in 1915 he combin ed ministerial duties with all his teaching appointments: and in 1923 accepted the cure of the tiny Oxfordshire parish of Broughton Pogis . As the son of parents who had been greatly respected as the schoolmaster and schoolmistress of Buckland in Berkshire, h e was familiar with the countryside, and understood country people. By a most carefu l dovetailing of his various duties,- he divided his time between Oxford and Broughton with an adeptness and fidelity which his abundant vigour of mind and

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body alone made possible. He continued rector of Broughton until difficulties of war-time transport obliged him to resign. As an undergraduate Fletcher wielded a hockey stick to good purpose on behalf of his College. He had ever since retained much of his youthful agility, as senior and junior members of the Hall discovered last spring when he took the field with graduate members of the Hall in a matcti against an undergraduate hockey team. Another of his favourite diversions was indulgence in amateur ~heatricals as both actor and producer. His village productions of Gi1bert and Sullivan operas at Broughton Pogis. discovered him in unexpected vivacity to those who knew him only as a . somewhat retiring academic . But even in his academic relationships, Fletcher, in conversation and comment, was always characterised by a sprightly, if shy, humour. In 1928 he married Cynthia Mary Woolner, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Woolner, of Croom's Hill, Greenwich, and grand-daughter of the well-known sculptor. His happy home life gave him great sustenance, and it was with eager anticipation that . he looked forward to his only son entering the University next year on completion of his Army service. A.B.E

HAROLD JOHN TERRETT DAY In Harold Day who died in October last the Hall has lost one of the staunchest of the small (as judged by present figures) company of Hall men who were bringing new vigour and success into its life in the days immediately preceding the First World War. Day entered the Hall from Monmouth School in Michaelmas Term, 1912, and identified himself keenly with all its activities. His residence, however, was cut short by the outbreak of war in the sumrner of 1914. Having already served in the University Officers' Training Corps he joined the .A rmy straightaway and was commissioned in the rnth Battalion of the Welch Regiment. He saw active service in France and Belgium, was mentioned in despatches in 1918, and was appointed a Staff Captain at G.H.Q. At the end of the war he did not complete his Honours course, but took advantage of the war-time privileges of the Univers ity and graduated M.A . in Trinity Term, 1920. After obtaining the necessary qualifications he entered upon the profession of a Chartered Accountant, and joined one of the best known firms in

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the country, Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company, and eventually gave so good an account of himself that he became the chief representative of his firm in Birmingham. Tall, well-built, kindly an? forthright, he generated confidence in all who met him. There was a refreshing directness .and sinc erity in his approach to all matters that came his way. His Âˇinterest in the Hall and its welfare was eagerly sustained. As a member of the Executive Committee of the Aularian Association he will be greatly missed. The keen sympathy of all who knew him here will be as.s ured to his wife and family. A.B.E. CECIL MICHAEL KELLY A year ago the Magazine gave the news of Michael Kelly's marriage: this year it has to record his death. Just after 8.30 p.m. on 10 November he was driving from his house at Tarkwa, Gold Coast, when his car collided with a railway engine at a level.crossing. The car was immediately wrapped in flames, and when his body was recovered he was dead. He was only a little over thirty-two years old, and ten days before his wife had borne him a baby daYghter. Michael Kelly came to the Hall in 1937 from S_t. John's, LeatÂˇh erhea d . With a background of classics, he adopted Modern Greats as his Honour School, and took his degree in it. He played Rugger for the First _XV, and held the position of Junior Librarian. He was a prominent figure at the Forestry Camp at Dulverton in June-July, 1940, and proved himself one of its most efficient axemen. Shortly after the camp broke up, he joined the Gunners, and was soon sent to the O.C .T.U. at Shrivenham. On 12 November, 1940, however, almost ten years exactly to a day before his death, he was seconded from the Army to the Colonial Service, for which he had been a candidate, and was appointed to be a cadet in the Gold Coast. Apart from periodical leaves, he remained here for the rest of his life, absorbed in his work and showing promise of becoming a highly successful administrative officer. For some time he was at Keta , to the east of the Colony, but when he died he was District Commissioner at Tarkwa in t:he south-west. With his strong, kindly personality and cheerful attitude to life, Kelly made a multitude of friends, both at the Hall and wherever he was stationed. It was easy to take to a young man so buoyant and tolerant, so even-tempered in success and failure, so ready to

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understand other points of view, and yet so honest and firm in his own convictions . As an undergraduate, and equally as a mature colonial officer, he took his full share of enjoyment in debating the great issues of . man , the state, and human destiny; but his feet were a lways firmly planted on the ground, and }evel-headed commonsense marked his judgment. Beneath his banter and goodhumour one could without difficulty detect a strain of serious purpose which had an almost religious colouring, and this later found an ever-deepening satisfaction in his work of colonial administration. As a boy at school he had set his heart on the Service, and, in .s pite of inevitable spells of frustmtion, he never looked back with regret on that choice. Those who talked to him during his le;i.ves, or w.e re recipients of his long, frankly expressed letters, quickly sensed that for him his profession was a vocat.i on, and was dominated by a vision, none the less practical for its idealism, of the future of the African native. His deatih at such an early age, so soon after his marriage and with so many years, as it appeared, of devoted, perhaps· distinguished, service before him, is a tragedy which only faith in divine providence, such as he himself possessed, can set in its true perspective. J.N.D .K.

DE FORTUNI S AULARIUM Mr. I. Alexander has been appointed to a traineeship with the John Lewis Partnership. Mr. R. E. Alton, M.C., has been appointed Lecturer at the Hall in English Literature. The Rev. R. E . Austin has been appointed assistant curate at St. Michael's, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees. Mr. J. G. Ayers has been appointed an Assis.tant Keeper at the Victoria and Albert Museum. · Mr. N . W .. Barr has been appointed assistant master at Shebbear College, Beaworthy, N. Devon. Mr. Atbert Baxter has been appointed assistant master at Preston Roman Catholic College. Mr. Arthur Baxter has been appointed assistant master at King Edward School, Stafford. Mr. D. G . Bayliss has been appointed assistant master at Bedstone Sohool, · B~cknell, Salop. '

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Mr. J. D. Jl4. Bell has been appointed Lecturer m Modern Economic History at the University of Glasgow. The Rev. K. M. Bishop has been appointed Vicar of Deane, Bolton, Lancashire. The Rev. H. A. Blair has been appointed Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Salisbury. Mr'. W. A. H. Blair has been appointed assistant master at Toxteth Secondary School, Liverpool. The Rev. J. H. Boothroyd has been appointed Rector of St. Margaret's, Addington Park, West Malling, Kent. Mr. D. W. Boyd holds a temporary research post and demonstratorship under Professor R. A. Peters in the Department of Biochemistry, Oxford. Mr. M. S. Bradfield has taken up a position in New York as representative of Messrs. Tootal, Broadhurst, Lee, and Co., Ltd. , Mr. Vernon Bradford is to be congratulated on completing fifty years' service as organist and choirmaster at All Saints' Church, Edmonton, Alberta . Mr. G. J. F. Brain was admitted as a solicitor in March, and has become a notary public: he holds a position in the firm of Brain and Brain, Reading. The Rev. G. Branson' is to be congratulated on his appointment as Honorary Canon of Southwark. ~

Mr. B. T . Buckle, of the Middle Temple, has been called to the Bar. Mr. J. Bull has been appointed assistant master at the City of Norwich School. Mr. . J. E. A. Bye has been appointed assistant master at Beeston Hall SchooT, West Runton, Norfolk. Mr. W. J. Camkin holds the position of Golf Correspondent on the staff of the News Chronicle. Mr. C. R . ,C ampling is at Cuddesdon College. Mr. G. S. Cansdale, Superintendent of the London Zoo, is to be congratulated on a record of over three million visitors during the first year of his appointment. Mr. J. F. Chadderton has been appointed assistant master at the Alfred Barrow County Modern School for Boys, Barrow-inFurness.

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The Rev. I. Church, after serving for a year as Chaplain and Lecturer at .Cuddesdon College, has returned to Australia to take up an appointment as Priest-in-charge of Christ Church, Brunswick, Melbourne. Mr. A. T. Clark has been appointed assistant master at Bemrose Grammar School, Derby. Mr. J. K. Clark has been appointed assistant master at the Grammar School, Welwyn Garden City. Mr. D. H. Clibborn has been seconded for two years from the Foreign Office to the Commonwealth Relations Office, and has been appointed to the staff of t1he D eputy High Commissioner, Madras. Mr. H. F. Cook has been appointed assistant master at Bemrose Grammar School, D erby. Mr. T . A. B. Corley has obtained a permanent appointment on the staff of the Bank of England . Mr. G. J. P . Cou;tney has been appointed head of the Modern Languages Department, Kingswood School, Bath. The R ev. S. Cox has been appointed Senior Ohaplain to the B.A.O.R., Hamburg Sub-Area. Mr.. E. G. Curti s has been appoirnted to the staff of Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, U.S.A. Mr. R. P. H. D avies , having left Budapest with the expulsion of the British Council by the regime, has taken up a position with the Council in, Tel Aviv, Israel. . Mr. H . G. Dawber has been appointed Assistant Director of Further Education at Sheffield. Mr. R. A. Dickinson has been appointed to a traineeship m the yarn processing department of Messrs. Courtalds, Ltd. Mr. J. Dixon has been taking the Diploma course at the London In stitute of Education. Mr. M. N. Dobbyn is at Cuddesdon College. Mr . . S. G. Downey, after holding a travelling scholarship at the University of Illinois, has been studying the Canadian textile industry. The R ev . A. C. J. Eastwood has been appointed assistant curate at St. Mary's, Portsea. Mr. B . F. Edwards has obtained an appointment in the sales promotion department of tJhe Carborundum Company, Ltd. Mr. M. F. H. Elledon has been appointed to a traineeship with the T r iplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd ., Willesd en.

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The Rev. E. P. M. Elliott has. been appointed Education Officer for the Church of Ireland in the six Northern Counties. Mr . L. H. Elliott .has been appointed assistant master at Latymer Upper School. Mr. D. A. Ellis is working as a trainee on the staff of the Grand Hotel, Bournemouth. Mr. J. B. Evans, after holding a temporary post on the staff of St. David's College, Lampeter, is now at St. Michael's College, Llandaff . The. Rev. R. H. Faulkner has been appointed assistant curate at St. Michael's and All Angels, Macclesfield . Mr. M.

Fawcett is reading for the Bar Final Examination.

Mr. N. G. Fisher, Chief Education Officer of Manchester, having been granted leave of absence, has completed a report for the Colonial Office on education in Hong Kong, and has now returned to his duties in Manchester. Mr. J. Fletcher-Cooke, who has recently been serving as Coun·sellor (Colonial Affairs) on the United Kingdom Delegation to the United Nations, is to be warmly congratulated on having been appointed Colonial Secretary, Cyprus. Mr. A. H. Foot has been appointed assistant master at Russell School, ' Ballards ', Addington, Croydon. Mr. R. E. Ford has been appointed assistant master at Leiston Grammar School. Mr. B. M. Forrest is to be congratulated on his appointment as headmaster of Southgate County Grammar Sohool, Middlesex. Mr. A . A. J. Foster has been appointed assistant master at Dulwich College. Mr. R. G. Furnival has been appointed assistant master at the ·County High School, Brockenhurst, Hants. Mr. P. A. Garrett has been appointed to the staff of the Vox Institute, Madrid . . Mr. W. W. E. Giles, until recently Director of Education, Seychelles, has opened a new preparatory school at Ketteringham Hall, Norfolk. Mr. D. J. Gillam · has been appointed Head of the English Department at the Ecole Superieure de Commerce at La Chaux-deF onds, Switzerland. Mr. D. F. Goldsmith has been appointed assistant master at Radley College.

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Mr. C. N. Gowing has been appointed Curator of the Alton and Basingstoke Museums. Mr. M . C. H . Guyler has obtained .an appointment in the Colonial Police Department, Singapore. Mr. D. W. Hall has entered on a course of training at the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Mr. M. A. Halliwell has been appointed assistant master at Holmwood House School, Langton Green .Âˇ Mr. D . ]. Hardy has been appointed a sales trainee on the staff of the Calico Printers Association, Manchester. Mr. H. S. Harris is to be congratulated on being awarded the Schaeffer Fellowship at Northwestern University, U.S .A ., where he is now engaged in research. Mr. P. H. Harris has been appointed assistant master at Haileybury College . Mr. M. A. B. Harrison has been appointed assistant master at Cheltenham Grammar School. Mr. S. Hartley has been appointed a production trainee on the staff of Messrs. Lotus, Ltd., Stafford. The Rev. R . C. Hastie-Smith has been appointed Chaplain of Adisadel College, Gold Coast. Mr. P. M. Haynes is at Cuddesdon College. Mr. C. R. Hiscocks is to be congratulated on his appointment as Professor of Government in the University of Manitoba, Canada . Mr. J. Hobbs has been appointed a trai.nee on the staff of Messrs. F . W.. Woolworth, Ltd., Hereford . Mr. R. V. Hodgson has been commissioned in the Instructor Branch of the Royal Navy. The. Rev. Fr. Augustine (Thomas Kenneth) Hoey, C .R., made his profession in the Community of the Resurrection, Mirfield, on 25 July. The Rev . S. H. Hoffman has been appointed Vicar of Shottermill , Haslem ere, Surrey. The Rev. T. 0. Hoyle has been appointed assistant curate at All Saints', Luton . Mr. R. Illsley has been appointed Social Scientist in the S-0cial Medicine Research Unit, Department of Midwifery, _ Aberdeen University. Mr. M. G. A . Jack has obtained an appointment on the staff of the Daily Mail Ideal Homes Exhibition .

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Mr. M. James h'a s been articled to the firm of Smallfield, Rawlins and Co., Chartered Accountants, London. The Rev. W. A. W. Jarvis holds an appointment on the staff of Bishop's College, Calcutta. The Rev. D. R. Jones has been appointed Lecturer in the Old Testament in the University of Dur'ham. Mr. E. C. Jones has been appointed assistant master at Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School, Rochester. , Dr. G. H. Jones has been appointed to the staff of Hofstra College, Hempstead, New York. Mr. M. P. Kent is at Cuddesdon College. The Rev . J. M . S. King has been appointed assistant curate at St. Paul's, Ryhope, Sunderland. Professor M. M. Knappen is to be congratulated on his appointment as President of t'he Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, Michigan. Mr. A . J. Knight has been appointed a trainee on the staff of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, Ltd. Mr. J. P. Le Pelley has been appointed a tr;iinee in the overseas departme~t of tlhe Dunlop Organisation. Mr. E. Lewis is at St. Michael's College, Llandaff. Mr. J. S. R. Lewis has been appointed a trainee with the Ford Motor Company, Ltd., Dagenham. Mr. J. R. P. Line has been appointed surveyor in Northern Rhodesia in the Colonial Survey Service. The Ven. F. McGowan, M.B.E., is to be congratulated on being appointed Archdeacon of Sarum. Mr. R. F. Mackay has returned to New Zealand tci take up an appointment as assistant master at Wanganni College. Mr. A. M. Maslen has been appointed assistant master at Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby. Mr. H. Meltzer, after holding part-time appointments in the Norwegian Foreign Office and under the commission administering Marshall Aid in Norway, has been called up as a lieutenant in the Norwegian Army. Mr. D. Michell, D.F.C., has been appointed Political Officer, Trucial Coast, $harjah, Arabia. The Rev. E . L. Millen has been appointed Rural Dean of Bath. Mr. P. K. C. Millins h;:ts been appointed assistant master at Bryanston School.

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Mr. ]. E. Morris has been appointed ·assistant master at Keighley Boys' School. The Rev. T. J. Morris is serving on the staff of the Mission to Seamen, Glasgow. The Rev. E. C. Mortimer has been appointed a governor of Bloxham School. Mr. G. A. Moss has been articled to the firm of Shenton, Pain and Brown,. Solicitors, Winchester. Mr. F. R. Mountain has been appointed assistant solicitor to the Evening Standard. Mr. F. F. Nicholls has been appointed assistant master at Haverfordwest Grammar School. Mr. P. R. 0 'Donovan has obtained an appointment in the Paris branch of Lloyd's Bank. The Rev. K. C. Oliver, O.B.E., has been appointed Commandant of the R.A.Ch.D. Training Centre and Depot, Bagshot Park, Surrey. Mr. J. C. Palmer has gone into partnership with Messrs. Penny and Harwood, Solicitors, Tiverton. Mr. V. T. H. Parry has been appointed student librarian in the Manchester Public Libraries. Mr. M. Paterson holds an appointment in the Passage Office of the P. and 0. Shipping Company. The Ven. Dr. N. Patrinacos has gone to the United States of America, where he holds tJhe provisional appointment of Vicar· General of the Orthodox Church iµ Missouri. Mr. J. R. Paul has been articled to the firm of Chalmers, Wade and Co., Chartered Accountants. Mr. M. J. Plowden Roberts has been articled to the firm of Pennington and Son, Solicitors, Lincolns Inn Fields. Mr. A. T. G. Pocock has been appointed to the staff of the Saturn Press. Mr. L. T. Podmore has been appointed Assistant Railway Superintendent to the Manchester Ship Canal Company. Mr. N. C. Pollock has been appointed Lecturer in Geography at Fort Hare Native College, South Africa. The Rev. R. W. M. Powell has been appointed assistant curate at Hale, Cheshire. Mr. J. D. H. Reddick has entered on a course of training at the London Sdhool of Mines in preparation to taking up an appointment with the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, Ltd.

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The Ven. P. G. Reddick is to be congratulated on his appointment as Archdeacon of Bristol. Mr. S. Richardson has obtained an appointment on the staff of Messrs. Tootal, Broadhurst, Lee and Co., Ltd. Mr. J. Riley has begun his clinical course at King's College Hospital, London. Mr. M. S. Rogers is at Cuddesdon College. The Rev. C. E. Ross has been appointed Administrative Chaplain to the Bishop of Coventry. ÂˇMr . P. L. Roussel has obtained an appointment in the Sudan Political _Service. Mr. F. D. Rushworth is an assistant master at Tottenham Grammar School. The Rev. B. B. Russell has been appointed Rector of Monifieth, Angus, Scotland. Mr .] . E. M. S. Russell has been appointed to the staff of the B.B.C. Mr. T. Russell has been appointed assistant master at Ashbourne Grammar School. The Rev. S. Salter has been appointed assistant curate at St. Wilfred's, Brighton. Mr.]. G. M. Scott is at Bishops' College, Cheshunt. Mr. A . W. Shaw has been appointed a trainee in the sales department of the Powers-Samas (Accounting Machines) Company, London. Mr. D. J. Shears has been appointed to the staff of Reuters. Mr. K. F. Smart has obtained an appointment in the Colonial Education Service. Mr. P. G. Smart, having passed the Law Society's Final Examination, has been articled to the firm of Langham, Parkins and Mason, Solicitors, Eastbourne. Mr. E. M . Smith has been appointed to the staff of the Executor and Trustees Department, Lloyd's Bank, Southampton. Mr. P. S. Snell, M.C ., has been appointed a management trainee on the staff of Messrs. J. and P. Coats, Ltd. The Rev. V. M. Spencer Ellis has been instituted to the benefice of St . Joihn 's, Keswick. Mr. E. G. Stokes has been appointed assistant master at Queen Mary's School, Basingstoke. Mr . H. E. Street is engaged in literary work in London.

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The Rev. G . A. R. Swannell has been appointed assistant curate at Crowborough, Sussex. Mr. H. Taberner has been appointed Education Officer at the Prince of \i\lales Sdhool, Nairobi. Mr. Âˇ C. Tembey is at the London School of Economics, and has been elected a student member of the Institute of Personnel Management. Mr. D. L. Thawley is at Cuddesdon College. Mr. B. F. W . Thomas has been awarded a bursary m Hospital Administration by tlhe King Edward VII Furid, and has entered on a course of training in hospital administration. Mr. D. P. Tidy has obtained an appointment in the Colonial Administrative Service in N . Nigeria, and is at present attending the Colonial Service Course at Oxford. The. Rev. J. C . Townsend has been appointed assistant curate at St . Michael's Church, Maohen. Mr. W. J.Tunley has been appointed assistant master at West Hartlepool Grammar School. Mr. P. R. Turk has been appointed assistant master at Colston 's School, Bristol. Mr. J. H. Tyzack has set up Queenstown, South Africa.

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Mr. K. Unwin is at Ely Theological College. Mr. J. vV. Vail has obtained an appointment m tihe Colonial Chemical Service in Tanganyika. The Rev. B . N. Y. Vaughan has been appointed to the staff of Codrington College, Barbados, B.W.I. Mr. D . Vear has been appoint6d assistant master at Loretto School. The Rev. D. Walser has been appointed assistant curate at St. Gregory's, Horfield, Bristol. Mr. A. Ward has been appointed Lecturer in English Language at Wadham College. Mr. R. Waye, M.B.E., is to be congratulated on being awarded Âˇ the Territorial Decoration (with First C1asp). Mr. J. F. Wearing has been appointed Second. Secretary at the British Legation, Helsinki . Mr. W. Weir has been appointed assistant master at Dartford Grammar School.

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The Right Rev. E. R. Welles is to be warmly congratulated on l:>eir:ig consecrated Bishop of West . Missouri in the Cathedral, K:ansas City, .on I9 April. Mr. J. B. A. Weston is reading for the Diploma in Education at I~ondon University. Mr. M. P, Whitaker has been appointed Lecturer in English Literature in Otago University, New Zealand. M:. P. A. Wilde has been appointed Assistant Information Officer at the British Embassy, Bankok, Siam. Mr. N. J. Williams has been appointed an Assistant Keeper at Jhe Public Record Office. Mr. .H. A . ·wills is at the Scholae Cancellarii, Lincoln. Mr. G. H. Winter is preparing for the Bar Final Examination at the Inner Temple. Mr. E. B. Wood is at Cuddesdon College. Mr. C. J. Woodcock has been appointed assistant master at King George V School, Southport. Mr . N . R. Wynn has been appointed to t he staff of Selo ( Ilford), Ltd., at Shenfield, Essex.

BIRTHS Mr. R. E. Alton: a son, Angus Clive, on 5 July. Mr. D. M . M. Carey: a son, Jonathan Hugh David , on I2 September. Mr: M. J. F awcett : a son, Mark John, on I3 May. The Rev . D. E. Havergal: a daughter, Margaret Ann, on II July, I949· Mr. J. L. Meigh : a son, John Christopher, on 6 September. Mr. G. de B. Mitford-Barberton : a daughter, Helen Frances, on 23 August, 1949. Mr. F. R. Mountain: a da ughter, Linda Alison , on 25 April. The. Rev. K. Prebble: a son, Edward Howard, on 26 September,

1 949· Major J. C . C. S.h apland: a daughter, Joanna Mary, on 17 February (christened in the Chapel on 23 July). Dr. C. J. H. Starey: a son, Nigel Harvey Leonard, on 30 July. Mr. D. L. Thawley: a son, Michael Joseph, on 16 April. The Rev. R. F .. Yates: a son, John Richard Crawhall, on 9 February.

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MARRIAGES Mr. H. B. D. Beales was married on l April to Monica, daughter o f Mr. and Mrs. Brian Mansfield, at St. SaYiour's Church, Lurgashall. Mr. G. J . F. Brain was marr ied on 19 August to Miss Pamela Martyn G reen a t St. Michael's Church, Tilehurst. Mr. F . vV . Cosstick was married on 12 August to Miss Elizabeth Gustafson at Nairobi, Kenya. Mr. M. F. H. Ellerton was married on at S t. P eter 's Church, Binton.

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Captain D . vV. Everton, R.A., was married on 18 February to Miss J oan Moore at St. Margaret's Church , Great Barr. Mr. B. F . A.. Geoghegan was married on 18 Februa ry to Dorothy Anne (Na ncy), daughter of Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Congdon, at Sidlow Bridge Church, near Rei gate. Mr. M . A. B. H a rrison was married on 1 July to Miss Mary Mc.c\r thur lVIiller at Jordanhill Church, Glasgow. Mr.. S. Hartley was married on 2 December to Miss Marian Diana Halstead a t St. John the Baptist Church , Halifax. Mr . R. Mclsaac was married on 9 August to Miss Audrey Elizabeth Fletcher at the P arish Church, Hinton Charterhouse, near Bath . Mr. H . Meltzer was married on 8 July to M iss E leano r L ind at St. Mary's Church, Oatlands , Weybridge. Mr. G . L. Nation-Tellery was m arried on 16 September to Miss Ma rga ret Richards at St. J ohn's Church, F elbridge , East Grin stead . Mr. I. M. Sciortino was ma rri ed on 8 May to Miss Sheena Gillespie at Christchurch, Down Street, vV. I . ' Mr. C . E . B. B. Simpson was married on 18 February to Miss Norah Youn g. Mr . P. G. Smart was married on 24 June to Miss Hilda Jones P arkin at St. Mary 's Church, Eastbourne. Mr. J , F. G. Soother a n was married on ro June to Miss Mary J oy Colegrave at Hook Norton Church, nea r Banbury . Th e R ev . H. V . vVhitsey was married on 21 October to Miss J ean Ma rgaret Bellinger at St. Peter' s Church, Burnley . Mr. P. A. \ i\Tilde was ma rried on 22 July to Miss F ra nces Elisabeth Candida Bayliss at Epping.

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ORDINATIONS The R ev ; R. E. Austin, deacon (Durham). The. Rev. D . E . Davies , priest (St. Asaph). The Rev. R. H. Faulkner, deacon (Chester). Th e Rev . VJ. P. Head, priest (Southwell) . The R ev. G. ,i\T. Henshaw, priest (Lichfield). The Rev . T. 0. Hoyle, deacon (St. Albans). The Rev. R. Jeans, priest (Durhain). The R ev. J. M. S. King, deacon (Durham). Th e Rev. R. M. W. Powell, priest (Chester) . The Rev. S. Salter, deacon (Chichester). The Rev. G. A. R. Swa'.nnell, priest (Chichester). The R ev . J. C . Townsend, deacon (Monmounh). The Rev . D. Walser, deacon (Bristol). The Rev. H. V. 'W hitsey, priest (Blackburn).

SOCIETIES, 1950 THE DEBATING SOCIETY . HILARY TERM

Presiden t-C. A.

Vice-President- H. A. R. Secretary-N. G. B ARNETT

BLACKMAN

LO>\G

This term proved a successful one for the Debating Society. Three meetings were. held, the second of which took place a few week ~ before the General Election, thus enabling us to debate the last~minute issues before. Polling Day. At the third debate we were pleas ed to welcome the ladies of the Oxford University InterCollegia te D ebating Association. At the first meeting, A. R. Douglas proposed that 'This House would prefer 'i\Tar, The Borgias, and Michelangelo to five hundred years of peace and good fellowship , a Swiss canton and the cuckoo clock . ' M. Rogers., opposing the motion, loved cuckoo clocks and Switzerland and was bored with Michelangelo. ]. Doctorow, however, thought war was a good thing, as it was motivated by American. Capitalism. The Secretary preferred the laziness of a cow to any of the alternatives of a riotous life. At the political debate, A. H. Foot and P. Nichols spoke for Labour, N. A . Dromgoole and T. P. K elly for the' Conservative Party , and M. A. Ritchie and H.J. Harris for the Liberals. J. C. Gratfy spoke on behalf of the Independents, but was attacked by

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P. L. Roussel, who said that if there were too many Independen ts they would form a party, and if they di,d not form a party: th~y would not ' ge.t on.' _ In the debate with 0.U.LD.A., t4e motion that' None but the brave deserve the fair,' was defeated by thirteen votes . . E. E. Murphy a ccused women of dragging to the depths of moral degradation the flower of youth in this country, while Miss Horsfield thought that the brave deserved nothing more than the V.C. and the Last Post, and saw no reason why they should take the fair as part of the booty . J . C. Graffy, as a brave man, said he did not want the fair, and Miss Colegr.o ve thought that Âˇwomen deserved something more than the brav_e. Thus the fundamental principles of humari nature that Miss Bentley quoted in support of the motion were. gaily dismissed. N.G.B. TRINITY TERM

President - C . A.

BLACj{MAN

Secretary -

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LONG

The debate with the Oxford University Inter-Collegiate Debating Association the previous term had been so successful that the Association was ag_a in invited, this time to debate a more specific motion, ' That women should propose.' N eedless to say, the motion was rejected , probably fo r the . reason that M. W. Parkin gave, that the right to propose was m a n's last stronghold against emancipated women. We were glad to welcome Miss- Coleg rove again, .and also Miss Bentley, who g ave us an amusing account of how the ma rriage ceremonies would have to be conducted if the women did propose. P. L. Roussel supported the motion very ably, his main argument being that men had no wealth to offer in marriage as they had .in the past. And at any Âˇrate, did not women already propose-on February 29th? D. M. Forster must be. congratulated on an excellent impromptu speech on .t he paper. On June 2nd we w ere honoured with a visit from Mr. P. HennikercHeaton , a ssistant editor of Punch and sometime Secretary of the British Sriailwatchers' Society, and also Secretary of the International Snailwatchers' Society: He treated us to an amusing discourse on the founding of the Snailwatchers' Society, and told us of the. many ways in which mankind had benefited fro'm the existence of the sriail. The motion he proposed was, ' That this House gratefully a:cikhowledg es humanity's debt fo the. snail:' H e was opposed by

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N. D. Stacey who, though he claimed to come from a snailwatching fam ily , preferred amoeba-watching, which he found ' utterly stimulating.' He quoted Aristotle to support his case and denounced snailwatching as a wicked vice. P. Nichols seemed delighted with a phrase he culled from the Encyclopaedia Britannica, ' One family ofsnai-ls' usually found at the seaside.' Mrs. Beeton 's book contained mai1y recipes for cooking snails, one of which was an excellent cure for whooping cough, judging by P. Nichols 's account of it. M. A. Ritchie, however, hated the snail, and called it an aggressive enemy of humanity. The motion was carried by 16 votes to 5. During the latter meeting the following elections were made for the ,l\Iichaelmas Term:-For President, H. A. R. Long; VicePresident ; ~T . G. Barnett; Secretary, D. M. Forster. N.G.B. MICHAELMAS TERM

President -

H. A. R. LONG . Vice-President - N. G. Secretary- D. M. FORSTER

BARNETT

The SOciety has had four meetings this term. The first was the F reshmen's Debate., when speakers upon the paper included N. A.' DrOmgoole and C. A. Blackman (ex-President). Freshmen tO c;Hch the eye were J. C. D. Holmes, J. R. Allchurch and J. \Vheeler . In our second debate we welcomed the St. John's College Debating SOciety, and, thanks to D. J. Derx, A. W. S. Brown (St. John's) and J. Gibbon (St. John's) we heard a succession of good speeches, and a lively floor debate followed. For our third debate we wer!3 invited by the ,Trilleck Society of St. Peter's . Hall, and t hose present will not forget J. Doctorow's entertaining speech on thr discovery of America. For our .final debate we welcomed the F ox Society ?f Hertford College, when the subject of the continental Sunday was debated in lighter vein. T he officers elected for next term are :-President, N. A. D rom g oole ; Vice-President, D. M. Forster; Secretary, J. C. D. Holmes.· D.M.F. THE ESSAY SOCIETY HILARY TERM

President- H. S. HARRIS On the whole essays this term were shorter, though there were certain •notable exceptions; D. S. Collison opened the term with ari ·ess«iy entitled '\!Vords, Words, Words': but he began with ari almost; traditional 'Apology for an Essay-that-was-never-written,'

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which was almost an essay in itself; and· his unwritten essay on 'A New Humanism' haunted discussions throughout the term. His essay proper was concerned with the possibilities and limitations of Poetic Drama, a cause which was, he felt, like his Humanism, already lost since both were limited to tiny cliques of enthusiasts. But however grii;n the outlook, the poet must leave his hory Tower and come down into the world. There was a hea ted discussion over the definition of ' poetic drama,' but eventually the Society settled down to decide ·whether the bear in the 'vVinte r's Tale' was originally a real one. J . C. Graffy preached the new gospel of 'Mortalitarianism ,' the study and practice of Euthanasia in order to prevent one-'s friends from boring themselves to death. The discussion centred mainly on practical difficulties. C. D obb, an ex-President, read a long essay entitled ' Travels with a Donkey,' to a rather small house. His s ubject, announced in a page-long first sentence reminiscent of Henry James, was ' Culture,' defined as ' the cultivation of those kinds of activity and enjoyment which have as their foci the literary and plastic arts, Music a nd Dram a , Philosophy and those methods of enquiry which are closely related to it.' Though this cultu re, Western European culture, is confined to the few who feel tha t to be cultured is a worthy ideal, yet we must preserve it, menaced as it is by the twin barbarisms of America and Russia~ the profess ors of ideals who triumph by materialism and the professors of materialism who triumph by ideals . The discussion was m ainly concerned vlith the inter-relations of culture and religion . P. Nichols, in his essay on 'The Looks of vVomen,' offered an extract from the detective novel that Henry James might have written, as a p relude to his main thesis, which ·was that women naturally possess the faculty for detailed objective analysis that James had acquired so painfully . They were prevented from developing this gift, he argued, by their preoccupation with the family. 'After the family has taken its toll, some men, but very few women, are ever heard of agafo. ' Let us abolish it , he pleaded. The Society was very interested but not wholly converted. P. H . Phizackerley 's essay , 'Panta Rhei,' concerned the reg ulation of water supplies and especially the methods of irrigation used in India. He drew a grim picture of the food situation in relation to the increase of population: and the Society was mainly occupied in discussion with the problem of population control.

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G. H. Jon es discussed ''!'he Tale of Genji,' written by an anonymous Lady-in-\Vaiting at the Japanese court in the eleventh century and translated in six volumes by Arthur vValey. The authoress, who is generally known as Lady Murasaki after her heroine, 路produced a somewhat idealised picture of an imag路inary Japanese court, but the Society had to agree that her work was a masterpiece; the present writer has since read it. A lively discussion on the 路novel in general ensued. The Presidential Essay took an hour and a quarter to read, and ranged from the one hundred and fourth Psalm to the medieval ' Gospel according to the Silver Mark.' The title, ' Twang dillo dee,' was taken from a passage in K eats-'s letters. Keats had proposed that it be used as an ' Amen to Nonsense,' and the essayist expanded Ke ats's doctrine into a 'New Humanism' which began from the refusal to think only in platitudes and act only by conventions. Adventure was the key to real living: and the body of the essay was made up of an account of personal adventures the music of Vivaldi , the writings of ' Baron 路 Corvo , ' the joys of Medieval Latin and other things. The term ended with a hockey match against the Senior Common Room, which resulted in a draw. H.S.H. TRI '.\i lTY TER M

President- G. H. Jmms N. J. \ iVilli a ms, ex-President, began the term's 'endeavours with an essay on the economic interpretation of history, 'fundamental but not important,' under the title 'A Runcible Spoon.' D. J. Derx followed with an exploration of morale, containing a digression in to the writings of Fourier, which commenced a heated discussion between H. S. Harris and the rest of the Society, ending in a denial of chance and the reiteration of the question 'Why? ' R. T. Beckwith abandoned his wish to write an essay on Virgil's phrase, ' Principes Caelum,' to read one instead on ' Egregious Human Folly, ' with emphasis on particular instances. R. J. Southan enjoined flexibility of mind in 'Men's Arrowroot' in order to reach a common acceptance. at once of Keats and Wordsworth, of Munnings arid Picasso. ' Nostrorum Petitioni Sociorum,' the presidentially titled essay of Arthur Baxter, was propaganda for the views of Malthus on population. 'The family is an _overrated institution,' said Mr. Baxter . R. McAdams, ex-President, contributed the view, in the subsequent discussion, that society has

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always existed for the benefit o~ small groups. A. R. Douglas outrageously and courageously set forth an extreme view of the influence of disease on history, using as examples the pest-ridden sta te of most of the great figures of the past. The President brought the term's activities to a close with his 'Valedictory,' ·a frivolous account of a North American's adventu re m Europe, a bit of 'frou-frou ' with a touch of ' oh-la-la.' G.H.J."' MrcHAEL'IHS T ERM

Preside 11t- E .

MoRGAK

The Society was noticeably reduced in numbers, having lost several senior members and all its ex-Presidents at the end of the Trini ty T erm; but the rema ining· me mbers, with numerous wel~ come additions, have had little cause to complain of any lowering in the general standard of essays. P. G. W inch opened the term's meetings with a philosophical excursion entitled '\Vords,' in which he investiga ted some of the ways in which philosophy might be helpful in clarifying the use of language: his subj ect gave rise to an interesting , though not always relevant, discussion. P. J. Frank.is, in ' One of our Conquerors,' voiced what he called a ' peevish compla int ' against divers varieties of the superman, ranging from the ·over-robust sportsman to Alexander the Great ; and, although he was taken to task by certain of the P .P .E. school present for mi xing his catego ries, he mainta ined his points' and half-convinced hi s a udience. M. Turl explained that he had been sitting on the fe nce since joining t he Society, and there~ore had entitled his essay, 'Humpty Dumpty.' Being forced from ' this neutral position, he had decided to launch a plea fo r more attentio? to be g iven to the Russian novel - a plea to· which he a dded weight first by p ointing out how many had been translated, and later by quoting Shchedrin as · an example. J. M . Jaffey's essay; ' \ iVit en Swart,' not only provided a survey of the colour problerii in South Africa and Rhodesia , but also sug·ge.sted a possible 1ong~ terrn solution to this problem from a liberal point of v iew. Thi~ was examined ri1ore thoughtfully than usual, perhaps, and wannfy applaude.d by the Society; the later discussion was spent more in gleaning informat ion t han in criticising. As J. A. V '. Riley - had been unable to attend, N . A. D ro mgoole came as Guest Read'~r at short notice for the sixth meeting of ter~n. He arriYed late an'd read his essay on ' The Artist in Society, ' which proved to' 'be 'a

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sally against those who condemn the artist simply because i1e happens to be original or unpunctual. He asked for tolerance from less gifted m embers of society, and the skirmishes between the essayist and H . A. R. Long were at length resolved in general agreement. At the final meeting , the retiring President read .his essay, ' Soio '- a series of digressions from the central theme of loneliness. E.J.M .

THE MUSICAL SOCIETY HILARY TERM

P resident -

]. \ · . CocKsHooT

Secretary - T. Vv . S1LKSTONE .

The weekly Gramophone Concerts in the Vice-P rincipal's stud y were continued during most of the Sat urday e\'enings during the · t erm with varying attendance, culmin a ti ng in a performance of Bach' s ' St. Matthew Passion.' The Society also 'presented a Concert in the Hall on the evening of Monday, 13th February , in Torpicls \ iVcek . The prograi:nme was a.s follo ws :

B eetho ve 1i

P ianofort ~

Songs - Pete'I' ·w arlock · Passing by Lover's ·M aze F'a ir and True Yarmouth Fair J. H. B. "VVILLIAMS, acc.]. V. CocKSHOOT

Sonata in E minor, Op. go T. V\T. SILKSTONE

_-;. Sonata for T vvo Clarinets C. HALLEY an d B.

-+·

Poulenc

\VICKER

Glees Non Nobis Domine Glorious Apollo Crabbed Age and Youth Strike t he Lyre

F R.-\:\K1s,

By rd - S. W eb be, Sr, R. ']. S. Ste·vens T. S. Coohe

vv. R . M1LLER, c . H. DAvmsoN , J. v. COCKS HOOT

S · P \anoforte Solo

N ovelettc in B flat mi nor \ Suite in C f !R. D. STRAPPS

Poulenc

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Schubert

6 . Der Hi rt auf dem Felsen, Op. 129 (The Shepherd on the Rock) :!VIARITA QUELCH,

HA LLEY,

COGKSHOO'f

7. :VIadrigals, Rounds and Catches N ow Jet i.1s Make a Merry Greet ing

TV eelhe s

(a) The Bells of Osney Anon. (b) To Portsmouth - Anon. (c) Hark, the Bonn y Christ Church Bells Henry. .4.lclrich Matthew White (d) My Dame hath a lame, tame crane (e) Great Tom H. LawÂˇes (f) Vi!ould you know my Celia's Charms? S. Webbe, Sr. TVeellies

F arewell my Joy

ST.

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ST.

ANNE'S SOCIETY

MADRIGAL GROUP

An apprec1at1ve a udi e nce found plenty of variety and much of inte rest in the Concert. After a thoughtful performance of the Beethoven Sonata by T. V\T. Silkstone, J. H. B. vVilliams sang four songs by Peter \i\Tarloc k in a very engaging manner, addi ng another, 'Piggesnie,' by way of encore. C. Halley and l3 . J. Wicker found their liste ners ready to enjoy Poulenc's quirks of mood in his little Sonata. Thereupon fo llowed a group of glees, preceded iby 'Non Nobis Domine,' sung by a vocal quartet. English vocal music of the later eighteenth century has often been peremptorily d\smissecl as of little account, but an examinatio n of the best glees written at this time show them to be comparable \vith the string quartets of Mozart and Haydn. The three glees sung in the conce rt are clearly on this ca libre, and their good performance and enthusiastic reception should encourage the inclus ion of glees in future concerts. After the interval, R. D. St rapps showed himself a very competent p erformer in two works by Poulenc. The guest artist, Marita Quelch (soprano) gave a most charming rendering of Schubert's song ;(almost the last one he wrote), in Âˇ which she was ably assisted by C. Halley (clarinet obbligato). The programme ended with a set of rounds and catches : three on bell subjects (one of domestic interest) alternated with three others; the last of which, as sung by the vocal quartet, provided an a musin g finish to the concert. J .V .C.

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President -

TRINITY TERM .') ecretary - T. \i\! . SILKS TONE V. COCK SHOOT

The following programme was Â· presented in the Quadrangle on the evening of Tuesday, 23rrl May : r. Scaramouche. Suite for Two Pianofortes

Darius Milhaud MARJORIE OGDEN and R. D. STRAPPS 2 . Songs Schubert Das W andern } Thranenregen from 'Die Schone Miillerin,' Op. 25 \i\!ohin? E. STOKES, acc. N. J. VVILLJAMS Ireland 3. Fantasy-Sonata for Clarinet and Pianoforte B. J. \i\TICKER and J. v. COCKSHOOT 4. Madrigals - M ichaeL East 0 Metaphysical Tobacco - Thomas Bateson With Bitter Sighs - Robert Jones I Come, Sweet Birds ST. IEDMLJND HALL AND ST. ANNE' s SOCIETY. MADRIGAL GROUP 5._ .K ing P est, Rondo Burlesca, from Summer' s Last vVill and Testament Constant Lambe-rt J. V. CocKSHOOT and T. 'i\T. S1LKSTONE 6. Three-part Canzonets Thomas Morley T hough Philom el;,t lost her love Blow, Shepherds, blow Spring-time mantleth every bough

J. FRANKIS, B. J. WICKER and J. H. 0. PARKER (Recorders) 7. Songs of Farewell I know my soul hath .power to know all things Never weather-beaten sail There is an old belief ST. EDMUND HALL AND ST. A:"iNE's Socrn:rv MADRIGAL GROUP (augmented )

Parry

As has been customary in recent years, the Society had as its sole activity for the Trinity Term the production of the Eights W eek Concert. Throughout the first half of the term, eyes were roving the sky and various more or less qualified prophets were assessing the chances of its being the first outdoor concert since 1947. The clay itself opened looking unconvincing, becoming quite cloudy though remaining warm. A final reference to the Meteorological Ofricer, Upper Heyford, assured us that there would be no rain, and preparations were accordingly made.

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE After Milhaud' s wild Samba, we welcomed an old association when N. J. ' Villiams accompanied E. Stokes in some delightful Schubert songs. B. J. \Vicker gave a sympathetic performance of Ireland's Sonata, a nd the interval followed a group of Madrigals · which included one by the former Aularian , Robert Jones. Despite the difficulties involved in the transcription of Lambert':; Masque, T. VI. Silks tone and J. V. Cockshoot did their best to convey the pestilential nature of winter-time in Elizabethan London. The highlight qf the evening, ho:vever, was the three recorder-players, who in the Morley Canzon,ets showed themselves a well-balanced ensemble, and their efforts were deservedly encored . It is worthy of note that this group contributed to the incidental music for this t erm's production of 'Much Ado about Nothing' at Wadham College. The augmented Madrigal Group ended the programme with fine performances of three of Parry's Songs of Farewell. This report would not be complete without a reference to the co-operation (?) of a blackbird in the quadra ngle ! At the General Meeting on 2nd June, the following were elected to hold office for the year 1950-51 : President, T. \V . Silkstone; Secretary, R. D, Strapps; other members of the Committee, C. Halley (re-elected), D. H. E. 'i\Tainwright and B. J. \Vicker. J .V.C .

MICHAELMAS TERM

Pr:.;side;it-T. \V.

SrLKSTONE

Secret a'ry -

R . D . STRAPPS

The activities of the Musical Society this term have been confin~cl to giving a C~rol Concert in St. P eter-in-the-East on the last Thursday of term. The programme , conducted by T . W. Silkstone, was a s fol~ows, the carols of J .· V . Cockshoot being particularly well received : Hymn 0 come, 0 come, Emanuel Christmas Oratorio J. S. Bach 1. Symphony 2 . ReciL : And there were shepherds 3. Chorale: Break forth, 0 bea uteous heavenly light 4. Recit. : And this is the sign to you 5. Chorale: Within yon gloomy manger 6. Recit.: And suddenly there was with the angel , 7. Chorus : Glory to God · ·. 8. Recit. : 'Tis. right that angels thus should sing· 9. Chorale : With all thy hosts Tenor : R. A. AncocK ·Bass: W. SUMMERS

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE Two Choral P reludes - Âˇ . Orga n : A. CuRRY Carols Make we merry To-bliss God bring us T he Holly and the Ivy This Endnis night Lullay my liking Sweet was the song Hymn

] . S. Bach

]. v,

Cockshoot Cockshoot Traditional - English 15th c. Gustav Holst - WilliamBallet

0 come, all ye faithful T.W.S .

T HE LIDDON SOCIETY MICHAELMAS TERM

Chairman -

J. J.

HOGAN

Qne meeting of the Liddon Society was held this year, at which the speaker was the Venerable E. M . H. Capper, .A rchdeacon of Lindi, in the diocese of Masasi, Tanganyika. He described the work of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa, dealing with , the litu rgy, language and missionary problems of the African Church. The aim of U.M.C.A. was to found a Church deeply .rooted in African ideas and culture, whose members would be well-instructed in the Faith, not merely converted by a set of slogans a nd having but a superficial Christ ianity. lntending converts became ' hearers ' for three months before being admitted to the catechum enate. The Eucharist was the main service and its emphasis upon fellowship preserved to some extent the former tribal unity. Bible and Prayer Book had been translated into Swahili, but much work â&#x20AC;˘needed to be done in the sphere of Christian literature in general. Little impression had been made by evangelistic efforts among the Moslem communities of the diocese. The speaker gave an absorbing account of the African initiation rites , wh ich had beeri Chri stianised largely because of the lead given by Bishop -Vincent Lucas . The spirit tree in the centre of the initiation camps had been .replaced by an apse housing ' a Christian altar. Questions during the ensuing discussion covered m any topics, including schools, hospitals and leper clinics, and the African groun d-n ut scheme . J.J.H.

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President- N. A.

DROMGOOLE.

The year's freshmen produced surpri.singly few creative writers. Familiar faces appeared Âˇ at meetings throughout the year, and familiar styles have continued to delight us, but with the approach of examinations our numbers dwindled sadly. A revue and a play, both written by-members of the Society, were at one time accepted by Mr. Codron, President of the Experimental Theatre Club, and their authors looked forward happily to fame and notoriety respectively. Later, alas, they announced with regret that, unversed in the faction and intrigue which animate dramatic circles in Oxford, they had each endured the rejection of their masterpieces by a hostile committee. The Society, nevertheless, has been congratulating them and it~elf ever since. J.E. M. S. Russell, R. G. Furnival and M. R. Seymour-Smith were the mainstrings of both The Isis and The Cherwell, and gained for the Hall a quite disproportionate share of .space in University publications throughout the year. In spite of falling numbers, the Society has managed to maintain a remarkably high standard of writing, and, far more important, it has remained outside the ivory towers which artistic circles in Oxford are all too fond of building for themselves. The Society met only once during Michaelmas Term. N.A.D .

JOHN OLDHAM SOCIETY HILARY TERM

President - .R.

TRACE.v

Secretary- N. A.

DROMGOOLE

The term's activities began with a reading of P.inero's 'The Magistrate,' which ensured an hilarious evening. C. A.. Blackman, R.. J. Southan and R . Tracey had a fine sense of period, while J. C. Graffy supplied remarkable sound effects. \Vebster's 'Duchess of Malfi' was a greater test of the Society's abilities. P. Nichols had read Lord David Cecil and was able to provide a suitable introduction on the religious philosophy of the play. Everyone maintained a high standard of reading, particularly Miss Robbins, in the title part, and P. Nichols, who gave a literary critic's interpretation of Bosola. A work by Priestley, with a seutimental political bias, received a rather cynical treatment.

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The ' Cenci,' altfiough considered unreadable by on e member of the Society, was vigorously championed b y the Secretary, and prov ided what was perhaps the best reading of the term . For the ' vVild Duck ' the Society was fortunate in having a genuine Scandinavian to play the female lead, although the honours of the evening went to D . Coltma n, superbly insincere as Hja lrna r Ekdal. 路路 N .A.D.

TRINITY TERM

President - N. A. DROM GOOLE Secretary- D. B. COLTMAN The term started with great promise when we paid a visit to the ladies of Somerville with whom we read Christopher Fry's ' Venus Observed.' Some . difficulty was encountered with the author's somewhat sparse punctuation, for this was for most a first meeting with the pla:y, but J. B. Price created a delightfully bewildered and good-natured Reedbeck for us . Next we attempted, in company with St. Anne's Dramatic Society , to recapture the morbid atmosphere of Emlyn vVil!iarns 's 路 Trespass ' in the brightly sunlit J .C .R. of Musgrave House. Our moderate success was due in large pa rt to R. J. Sou than 's unselfconscious and intense rendering of the central figure , a mock ItaloGallic medium.

iVI. Barrie's 'Mr. .Pimm Passes By' was our next victim.

\ iV e read it with St. Hugh' s at their urgent request and are happy

to heap the blame for the choice elsewhere than on our own .shoulders. In both thought and style the piece was utterly dated and an hour of calling the ladies of St. Hugh 's ' old girl ' and assuring them how 'jolly decent ' they were was sufficient to betray even the most well-meaning into burlesque. The secretary then invited Lady Margaret Hall's Dramatic Society to read 'Dncle Vanya' with us. 路 We are ass ured by Stanislavsky, J. B. Fagan and other connoiseurs that there is a strong undertow of comedy in Chekov's plays, which compensates for the pathos and quiet tragedy. Unfortunately, in our version, the comedy was not apparent during the first Act with the result that, except for rare moments, the pathos failed to show throu.gh at all. Nevertheless, I think we may say that' Uncle Vanya ' was appreciated a lthough this appreciation was not expressed in strict accordance with the rules. D.B.C.

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President-D . B.

CoLTMAN ·

Secretary-'C .

S. C uLLERNE-BOWN

Th,e Society's numbers have been considerably augmented by new members from among its freshmen. Readings of' The Lady's Not for Burning ' and ' An Ideal Husba nd ', with the ladies of St. Hilda 's College and Somerville College respectively, produced much laughter and some drama . N. A. Dromgoole, last term's President, kindly placed his comfortable rooms at the Society's disposal; but owing to his attendances at various · University political elections he was unable to come to readings. By virtue of the Society's ·comparative strength at present, it was possible to hold an all-male reading of 'A New Way to Pay Old. Debts,' when the ladies of Lady Margaret Hall were prevented from comi~g to us at the last meeting of term; This, it is believed, was caused by the :v ariety of dramatic attractions in Oxford at the time. An added zest was, however, noticeable in the reading of th is particular play . C.S .C.B. THE QUEE N 'S BENC H M ICHAELMA S TERM

Secretary - R.

S ouTHA::-1

Support was not sufficient to warrant activity in the Hilary a nd 'frinity Terms . After this period of torpor, the Queen 's Bench has been considerably more active this term. Three moots have been held, two of which were with other college societies, and an open m eeting at which a lecture was delivered by Walter Raburn; K.C. T he first of the term's moots, 'Hambrill v . The Queen's Dam . Cricket Club,' was in tort, and argued on the questions of negligence and causation. The judgement, deli v· er ~ d by Mr. D erek H a ll, M .A., of Exeter College, was for the plaintiff, who received damages for nervous shock . P laintiff was represented by J. A. Colem a n, and J. Leff mah of the Queen's College, while the defendant's counsel were H. Crane ·a nd R. J. Southan, instruct ed by Asbrey,. Asbrey and Son, solicitors. Mr. Hall, in the course of his judgement , was pleased to refer to the many ingenious suggestions :-nade by the defending counsel, which had embraced physics, medicine, psychology and ballistics - he regretted, however , that he . was un able to accept any of them.· After the moot, Messrs.

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and Soµthan ·were observed carrying away the files qf large with which they had endeavoured ~o support their contentions. The other two moots, 'Yorick v. Loyejoy,' in frustration, and 'Dribble and the B.B.C. v. Thunderbolt,' in defamation, were with Lincoln and Keble Colleges respectively. Qn November 25th, \/\'alter Raburn, ~Z.C., addressed the Society on ' Statelessness and the World State.' His talk was very stinrnlating and led to many questions. A lively discussion ensued, which ended with honours slightly in Mr. Rabm:n's favour; a vote of thanks was moved on behalf of the Bench by the President. vV. P, Asbrey has been elected Treasurer of the Society for Hilary Term, 195r. R.J.S.

bool~s

LA SOCIETE. FRAN(,":AISE HILARY TERM

President: T. E. DowMAN

Secretaire: D. A.

GARNETT

Ce trirnestre, pour eviter un programme trop charge, la Societe s'est reunie seulement tous les quinze jours, lundi soir, faisant alternance avec la Debating Society. On a done tenu trois seances : un concours de ' Vingt Questions ' ; une lecture de quelques courtes pieces de theatre du XXieme siecle; .e t une soiree de ' lectures favorites,' a laquelle chaque membre a lu un OU deux extraits, en prose ou en vers, tires d'un autJ;ur prefere, et oµ 011 a parcouru les siecles, de Corneille jusqu'a Sartre. A la derniere reunion T . .E. Dowman a ete reelu comme President, D. A. Garnett comme Secretaire et R. V, Kings comme Tresorier. Il a ete decide de suspendre les activites de la Societe pendant le trimestre Trinity, mais aussi de restaurer 1es reunions hebdomadaires des le commencement du trirnestre Michaelmas. MICHAELMAS TERM

Vu le plus grand nombre de membres parmi les Freshrn,en, on s'est attenclu a avoir une as'sistance assez nombreuse chaque lundi so1r. Malheureusernent, ces esperances ont ete trompees, mais la Societe a fonctionne quand meme. Il y a eu six seances, dont la premiere etait un ' Quiz ' sur les affaires frarn;:aises contemporaines. La deuxieme a pris la forme d'une serie de discours et de c.auseries au sujet des aventures des membres a l'etranger, la piece de D

!JO

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resistance etant une description d 'un voyage en Italie donnee par B. Arthur. Le 6 novembre, on a lu deux pieces en un acte de Marivaux-' Arlequin poli par l 'Amour' et 'La Meprise '--qu'on ~! trouvees fort amusantes. La reunion la plus interessante a eu lieu le 20 novembre, lorsque Dr. Fargher nous a lance un discours divertissant et provoquant a la fois-a en juge,r par la vive discussion qui s 'ensuivit-au sujet de l'etude et de l'enseignement des langues etrangeres. 11 a ete a regretter que si peu d'etudiants aient pris inter~t aux affaires de la Societe franyaise; et ainsi, il a ete question, a une seance du 27 novembre, continuee le 29, de terminer la Societe pour tout de bon . Ceper:<:lant, on a dresse .un programme quel9ue peu plus ambitieux pour le trimestre prochain, et elu comme President B. Arthur. D. A. Garnett continuera comme Secretaire. D.A.G. HEARNE SOCIETY

President -

NICHOLS

Secretary- H. A. R.

LONG

.-\t the beginning of the Trinity Term, the Hall had no Historical Society . By the end of that term, steps had been taken to supply this missing feature, and meetings were begun in Hilary Term. Original impetus came from Mr. Ramsay, who has read papers to similar societies around the University, but hasÂˇ not, until this year, been able to do so within the precincts of his own College. Opinion was sounded. It was generally m favour and the Society was called into being. The event occurred in the Lecture Room on 23 May at a business meeting. Mr. Ramsay controlled the proceedings until two officers were chosen to fulfil the necessary functions of a President and a Secr:etary. After his election to the Presidency, P. Nichols took the Chair from Mr. Ramsay. H. A. R. Long was elected Secretary. The ma+n- censtitutional suggestions wer~ that the Society should be open to all members of the Hall reading History; that such a member should be entitled to bring a guest to meeting ; that a small subscription be raised to cover the cost of the printing of cards; that the Society be named, inevitably, the Hearne Society. Full meetings began in Hilary Term. By the kindness of the Chaplain, all of these took place in the comfort of his rooms. The first was addressed by the Regius Professor of History on the subject, generally appropriate for an inaugural meeting , ' A Study of

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History.' The date was 17 October. There were coffee, beer and many lighter moments in the course of the Regius Professor's talk . The President expressed his gratitude to all those present for assisting in bringing the Society into active life, to the Regius Professor for coming at all and for the value of his words, and to Mr. Ramsay for his part in forming and establishing the Society. His customary place at meetings has become a modest window seat, but his guida!'lce is always available and often sought. The second meeting, on 7 November, was addressed by N. J. \Villiams, now of the Public Record Office, but until recently in residence. His subject was ' The Tudor Merchant Seaman.' The prese,r;ce of the Principal, was an honour to the Society and provided added weight to the discussion which followed the reading. The first implementation was made of a suggestion that guests should be asked to leave a copy of their papers for the Society's files. Mr. \i\Tilliams did so. The third meeting took. place on 21 ' November. Its main preoccupation was a long-awaited paper from Mr. Ramsay on the subject ' A Study in English Commercial History.' In the unavoidable absence of the President, the Chair was taken by H ,. A .' R. Long. No a lterations were propounded in the handling of the Society's business. The conduct of its affairs appears quickly to have taken a convenient constitutional form. Financial requirements were underestimated, but that will be rectified. No details may be included in this report of the President's and Secretary's plans for the future, but this first term has given no reason for uneasiness at the thought that the Chaplain's rooms are practically within ear-shot of Thomas Hearne's earthly remains: P.N. THE BOAT CLUB HILARY TERM

Capta.in-F . F.

NICHOLLS

Secretary-M.

PLOWDEN-ROBERTS

'''After the long distance race the Captain and Secretary had the task of deciding on crews for the forthcoming Torpid races. As a result of 'their deliberations both prospective crews began serious training on the first day of term. The First Torpid w~s coached by Mr. Desmond Hi!~ of St. Edward's School and by R. C. T .. James, a member of the 1939 Hall crew. Between them, these two coaches ironed out the roughness of whaf still remained a ponderous Torpid.

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE The Capta in and Secretary coached the Second Torpid ahd were '. hampered by constant illness which necessitated many changes in the boat, but despite setbacks they managed to p ut a full crew in the races. '

Unfortunately, the Second Torpid started Torpids Week badly and was bumped by the Queen's College boat fairly soon afte r the start. However, the First Crew had the honour of ma king the first bmnp in' Division I · when they caught Trinity College just after the concret e bridge. After this initial success the First Torpid had hopes of going even higher but were fated to suffer four days ·of frustration. D espite a very fast start which always took them up on the crew ahead, ·t he bump was never made , as energy always seemed to flag at the Gut . when opponents were allowed to d raw away . On the second, third, fourth and fifth days, · Christ Church College was always in danger, but managed to k eep clear, although at one time the Hall came within three feet o f their · rudde~. In g eneral, the crew rowed well but were not capable of rowing hard for more than two minutes, so were thus never able ·to row down their opponents. On the ·la st day the vVorcester College boat, wh,ich had made a bump every day, was behiri.'d the ' First Torpid and caught it in the Gut. This time the ere~ did not row well. Thus , after four days of rowing over and two of b umping, one up a nd one down, the First Crew once more found itself in the same position as it had started, namely, fourth on the river. Sincere thanks are due to both Mr. Desmond Hill and .R . T . C. James for all the hard work .which they put in on. the towpath and in tub-pairs . In contrast to the rather unexciting adventures of 'the' First TC:)rpid, the Second Crew was destined to have a very a rduous and varied week. On the second day they were rammed by Keble College II as a result of an obstruction ahead, and severa l members of the Hall decided that swimming could be far more pleasant than rowing, but not as pleasant in a cold, flooded river . Some of . the crew returned to the Boathouse on foot whilst four stalwarts rowed their sinking ship back to its base. The re-rnw OU.• the following morning brought about no change in position ;b u t in the ;afternoon Balliol College II were quickly bumped . '

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On Monday: the Second Torpid reached the head of Divisioh III by quickly bumping B.rasenose College II. Thus they had to row . at the bottom of Division .II soon afterwar.ds and al~ough ..they came up to within a quarter of a length of the crew ahead . they

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were unable to hit them. On the following day they again rowed through at the top of Division III and at the bottom of Division IL As on the first day, so on the last, the Second Torpid was destined . to go down, and after . a long dispute Lincoln College II were awarded a bi.imp against them . The crew rowed well and twice. washed off Lincoln College II near the b::1. rges but the judge d ecla'r ed that . a bump had been made and so the Second Torpid returned to its starting position, second in Division III. CREWS

B ow . 2.

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5·

St·r. Cox.

FIRST TORPID D . G . Smith M. Pike J. .c. Graffy R. W:. M: Skinner I. P . Foote M. ]. Plowden-Roberts P. F . White T. E. Gillman E. E . Murphy

B ow. 2.

3·

4· 5. 6.

Str. Cox;

SECOND TORPID L. E. Bath J. R. Downes H. Lear T . W . Ditchburn P . R. Sykes l\IL c. Winsor-Cundell P. T. Ford R . v. Hodgson M. A. Canning ] .E .G.

TRINITY TERM ·The crews representing the Hall

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3·

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7. Str. Cox .

B ow . 2.

3·

4·

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?11 the Isis th.is term were:

FIRST VIII D. G. Smith P . T. Ford I. P. Foote J. E. Gillman J. C. Graffy M. J. Plowden-Roberts P. F. White F. F . Nicholls E. E. Murphy

SECOND VIII L. E . Bath H. N. Grind rod H. Lear P. H. Harris M. YV. Parkin R.W . M. Skinner R. A. Mason R. V. H odgson M. A. Canning ·

Bow. 2.

3· 4·

5·

7. Str . Cox.

THIRD VIII B. V . Clifton J. R. Downes C . J. Lane T . w. Ditch burn M . A . Brown G.]. Insley J. A. Baker D. Brotherton M. A. Ritchie

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In view of the catastrophic descent of the first two crews it is perhaps worth while remarking that the total number of oarsmen of any experience was no more than sixteen. Whenever substitutes were required for the First VIII, they had to be drawn from the Second, and vice versa. The Third VIII, which did very creditably in Eights Week, was mainly composed of novices, who were zealously trained during this term by W. A. H. Blair. The First VIII, which trained under Messrs. D. S. Balman, D. M. M. Carey, J. Hayes and R. H. P. Irvine, was hampered by sickness in its first week, progressed rather slowly in training and found it difficult to master the fundamentals - balance and timing. However, the second trial course was rowed in a satisfactory time, and no rout was expected in the races. But two early bumps by Worcester and Balliol Colleges on Thursday and Friday upset morale badly and on the third day we fell a victim to a determined St. John's College crew. The Hall's reputation was partially redeemed on Monday, when the welldriHed and powerful University College crew only just succeeded in bumping us a few yards from the finish. On Tuesday and Wednesday the rot set in again, and Pembroke and Lincoln College boats bumped us. The Second VIII suffered from similar limitations, though very courageously and skilfully stroked by R. V. Hodgson. It, too , found it difficult to obtain pace, and it went down to keen, hardworking crews who had learnt how to bury the blade and race hard from the start. Of the crews which bumped the Se~ond VIII only one - New College I I - was a second boat. The Third VIII, racing with great enthusiasm, scored two devastating bumps on Exeter College IV and Worcester College III, but was rapidly caught by ' Schools 'VIIIs of trained oarsmen from New College and University College. Altogethe~ it was a melancholy week. Âˇ F.F .N. HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA ' WYFOLD ' FOUR

Bow. P. F. White Steers. F. F. Nicholls 3Âˇ I. P. Foote Str. M . J. P. Lancaster To show that no defeatism had resulted from the events of Eights Week a ''i\Tyfold' Four was entered at Henley Royal

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Regatta. Despite reports to the contrary in the London Press, a hard won victory over Queen's College, Cambridge, provided full justification for the attempt. Though Oriel College succeeded in beating us in the next round, one win, at least, has, we hope, :turned the tide of earlier disasters. ·

P.F.W. '.\1IcHAELMAS TERM

Captain -

P. F . Vl HITE

LONG DISTANCE VIII ' A ' .Bow. M. W. Parkin 2. P. T. Ford 3· P. F. White 4· R. W. M. Skinner S· I. P. Foote 6. J. E. Gillman 7. J. Wheeler Str. M. J. P. Lancaster Cox. M.A. Canning

Secreta1'y-J. E. GILLMAN LONG DISTANCE VIII ' B ' Bow. C. J. Lane 2. J. R. Downes 3· B. V. Clifton 4· H. N. Grindrod 5· J. A. Baker 6. G. J. Insley 7. L. E. Bath Str . R. E. Waddington-Jones Cox . P. L. Mortimer

NOVICES' FOUR M . J. Williams 2. H. A. Shearing 3. N . T. Andrews Str. D. B. Heffer Cox. P. L. Mortimer

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A consistent policy of hard training and high mileages paid ·dividends in the race at Radley. The 'A' crew was officially placed sixth on the river, though fai lure to record the times of the first four boats may have proved detrimental to our final position. This is an advance of nine ·places on last year. Long outings to ·Godstow in all weathers, coached by Mr. R. H. P. Irvine of Magdalen College, hardened the crew to the high level of fitness vital in this 3-! miles' race. Special credit in the event must go to ·our stroke, M. J. P. Lancaster, who kept up a consistently high rating over the course, only interrupted by well-timed spurts. The revived 'B ' crew gallantly advanced five places and well justified i ts existence. The week before this race, the Hall once more entered a Novices' IV, which crushed Exeter College by five lengths. In the semi-finals faulty hired equipment forced an early withdrawal, but its earlier victory made the resuscitation of a Novices' IV well ·worth while. P .F.W.

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Captain-A. H. FooT

S ecretary- R. V.

KINGS

This was not a very satisfactory ~eason ; throughout the Captain h ad a difficult task. H e was frequently unable to call upon his strongest, or even near strongest, team for a variety of reasons , but mainly b ecause a number of our best players were taking examinations and because there was not as many good players among the freshmen as had been hoped. Once again we derived .great satisfaction from defeating our old rivals from Cambridge - Emmanuel College. After an inconclusive match 路with the Queen's College, and a severe defeat by the Stoics - a much stronger .side - we had a very enjoyable away match at Halton. This was concluded, appropriately enough, by the . Captain making the winning hit just before stumps were clue to be drawn; thus recording our first victory. A sporting declaration by A . H. Foot in the St. Peter's HaU match encouraged our opponents to go for the runs. In an exciting finish they were successful with a few minutes to spare. Good fielding was not a feature of the team's performances. with the exception of A; J. G. Jones, who fielded consistently ;well. In the last minutes of the St. Peter's Hall match nothing was given away; this was proof enough that the team was capable of improvement in the field, and had this attitude prevailed throughout the m atch the result might easily have been reYersed. In the match against Emmanuel College, Cambridg路e, the most enjoyable of the term, the visitors were dismissed for only 81 runs, thanks to an excellent spell of off-spin bowling by E. G. Price. We passed their total before tea for the loss of only five wickets. After tea each side batted for half an hour. E. G. Price and B . E. Cooke made I02 for the Hall, and Emmanuel College in a last minutescrarnble passed our total for the loss of five wickets. \!\le had another good g ame against Andover C.C . , who beat us by three wickets. R. V . Kings carried his bat for 78 against accurate bowling on a rain-soaked pitch. P. S. Taylor batted路 well for 56 against Pembroke College; with the score board showing 24 for 6, he saved our face if not the g a me! Taylor's 513 not out against V/ycliffe Hall contained several lusty clouts and assured us of victory, as did Kings' 71 against the College Servants . Bowling performances were headed by Price's 5 for 22 against Emm anuel College, Cambridge . Taylor took 5 for 25 against路

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Hawks ley C .C., and R. E. Alton 4 for 14 against the College Servants. Of the 13 games played, 4 were won, 6 lost and 3 drawn . In conclusion, we wish to c ongratulate A. H. Foot, R. V. Kings and A. J. G . Jones on having played for the Authentics; J . .A . G. C, Law on ha ving been invited to play for Scotland in representative m atches; and P. S. Taylor a nd IE. G. Price on having been award ed 't heir colours. R.V.K.

CRICKET TOUR In favo urable weather, p artic ula rly on the last two days, Hall cricketers enjoyed a short but highly succes-sful Tour in Sussex, based Oti Eastbourne. The team, streng thened by several playe rs not reg ula rly available durin g ter m, was successful in winning the firs t t hree matches and securing what is generally known as a ' m ora l victory ' i n the fourth. The . first game, on the Tuesday, was against Lewes Prio ry, a nd our captain, A. H. Foot , winning the toss, gave us first use of a good true wicket. The opening partnership of R. V. King-s a nd P. S. Taylor proceeded at a slQlw pace, showing rat her more res pect than an uninspired attack appeared to demand. At 40 T ay lor had the misfortune to be run out, but with the new bats~ man , J . A . G . C. Law, t h e rate of scoring. stea dily improved . Aft er a few lofted pulls to. the mid-wick et and square-leg boundaries , Kin gs vv<b eventually caught for 41. The partnership of Law and A . J . G . Jones, who made 37, then produced the most interesting batting of the Hall's innings, a nd when the former was finally run out for 56, the pair h ad added 65 in 70 minutes. Th e capta in declared at 158' for 4, leaving our oppon ents three hours' battingÂˇ. I t soon became evident that L ewes wo uld be sorely tried to score the required runs, and their la te r bats me n fared badly aga inst the accura te off-spin attack of E. G. Price and R. E. Alton, who took 4 for 40 a nd 6 for 30 resp ectively, leaving us clear winners b y So runs . After this match Jones was aw a rded his Hall cricket colours. ~Te'clnesday' s match at Heathfield Park found even slighter opposition . The ground, set in picturesque surroundings, was small a nd fa r from true ; neverth eless our opponents w ere un a!bie to take aclva ntagÂˇe of their superior knowledge of it, and the H a ll captain had few problems in dismi ssing them for 108 shortly atte r lunch . The bowling honours were taken by Price with 5 for 20. Afte r ini tial set~backs, Law (62) and Alton (24) succeeded in passing our opponents' score for th e loss of three wickets.

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Our visit to Lancing College provided us, as we had ant1c1pated, with far stiffer opposition in a team composed of masters and boys. On losing the toss, we were sent into the field in ideal cricketing weather. Before lunch our opponents' captain, C. J, Weir (an Old Aularian and 'Authent'ic '), in partnership with the School's opening batsman, was content merely to keep his wicket intact, and only 42 runs came in that time. On the resumption, however, the score proceeded more rapidly, and with some fine drivÂˇi ng Weir reached his 50. An excellent innings of 40 by a' Free Forester' saw the l50 mark passed, and a gay if unorthodox assault by E. J. \i\Timperis (another ' Authentic ') upon our tired bowling produced 47 in as many minutes, enabling Weir to declare at 223 for 8. The best performance among our bowlers was Alton's 4 for 70. There were three hours left for play when the Hall innings began, and after painstaking innings by Kings, Taylor and Alton, Law took charge of the scoring, and mastered the bowling to such good effect that, assisted by P. P. Eloy, he brought the Hall victory with 15 minutes to spare. His innings of 133 not out was a _ characteristic one, consisting largely of well-timed pulls in the region of square-leg off balls short of a length, and punishing off-drives from the pitched up ball. The final match of the tour, on the famous ' Saffrons ' ground against the Eastbourne Club, was begun in a confident spirit on ' the strength of previous victories, and, winning the toss, Foot chose to bat on an easy wicket. Kings and Taylor laid the foundation for a good score by a solid first-wicket partnership, and were still together at lunch-time with 107 on the board : Kings 56, Taylor 44 . After the interval Taylor lost no time in completing his 50, but was caught soon afterwards behind the wicket. Law then set about a repeat performance of his previous innings; and, after Kings had gone for 70, found an able partner in Alton (31) . A series of well-timed pulls and drives quickly completed Law's cen. tury, and our captain was able to declare at 292 for 2 wickets. It soon became obvious that Eastbourne, set to score nearly 300 to win in 220 minutes, had no intention of attempting this difficult task. Though wickets fell, and frequent bowling changes were tried, stumps were eventually draÂˇw n with Eastbourne still needing 150 to win and 4 wickets remaining. The most remarkable feature of the tour was the consistent batting of Law (the photograph was taken after his second century

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at Eastbourne). In his four innings he compiled an aggregate of 365 runs for once out (and that 'run out ') at roughly a run a minute. The bowling honours were shared by Price, who took 13 wickets for 139 runs, and Alton, 10 for 140. The fielding, though improving with each match, was on the whole untidy, though Jones in the deep and Kings at cover may be to some exJent exempted from this criticism . R.V.K. RUGBY

FOO~BALL

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HILARY TERM

Captain-F. E.

vVAKELIN

Secretary -

' iV.

SHA w

The season as a whole was disappointing. The main interest centred around our first round Cup tie against Exeter College. In this match , which we lost by 18 points to 8, the highlights were the duel between the University captain and H. A. Wydell at forward, and the elusive running of C. E. vVinn. The closing stages of the game found the H a ll a ttacking the Exeter College line determinedly, a nd tries w ere scored by A. V./. Sha•v and J.M. Jaffey. A. \V. Sha•v converted one try. It is interesting to note that once again the team that defeated us went on to reach the final. Our prestige was in part redeemed by a victory over Pembroke College, Cambridge, by r r points to 3. Colours were awarded to : ]. R. Moss, R. Downing, H. Crane, W. Thorpe, A. J. G. Jones and A. R. Douglas. A.W.S.

MICHAELMAS TERM

Captain- E. G.

PRICE

Sec·r etary -A. ]: G.

JoNE:S

The response from th e freshmen at th e beginning of the Michaelmas Term gave every promise of an encouraging and successful season ; the Hall trial game gave rise to enthusiasm and considerable optimism. Promotion to D ivision I was spoken of as a probability rather than a possibility. Then, however, fate took a hand, and the problem of team selection, which at one time had been the emibarrassing one of who could be omitted, became a grad ua lly increasing difficulty as to who was available. So heavy was 'the crop of injuries that at no time during the term were we able to field our considered best side, of whom no less than twelve were unfit for periods ranging from one to eight w eeks. ~t is undeniable that had fortune treated us more kindly we would have

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enjoyed a successful sea son, but the results, even for a depleted side, have been disappointing. Two victories, one of them ·in t.h e Leag ue, haye been our sole successes, and relegation to Division· III is a blow indeed. Of the freshmen, D. Pollard, G. Thomas, H. N . R. Leach and T. P. Denehy have played consistently well; and of the seniors, W. Thorpe, who has captained the side 'since E. G. Price in]ured his shoulder early in .the season, has led the pack. with skill and industry. \ "!V. Thorpe h as been eleded Captain for Hilary Term. A featur e of the term has been the re2dy co-operation of the Hockey and Association Football Clubs, to whom our thanks are due. Finally, a word of sympa thy must be extended to >' H. A. vVydell , who, when well in the runnin g for a Blue, jo ined the ranks of the injured. A.J .G.J.

ASSOCIATION F OOTBALL CLUB HILARY

Cn ptain- M. ].

S uMMERLEE

TERM

Secreta:ry-C. A .

BLACKMAN

The Hall XI continued to play up to the high standard attained in the previous term, a nd wheth er its reputation as ' a team: that had played on the Continent ' had any psychologica l effect upon· it s opponents or not, its playing record left li ttle to be desired : • Pl ayed

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I I 60 30 15 3 ·:','' However, there was one great disa ppoi ntm ent, and that was. our comparatively early ex it from the Cup t ies at the quarter-finals stage. For the second year in succession th e team w hich elim inated us went on to w in the competition, and for t he second year in succession the a pologists rnai:le full capital out of this fo1°tunate eventuality. This Cup tie defeat - by Worcester College - was convin c ingly avenged la ter in the term, as was a surprisingly heavy home defeat by the College of St. Mark and St. John, London . St. John's College, Cambridge, was responsible for our third and last defea t in a game that was 'yet again perha ps the hardest fought of the w hole s eason, in spite of the fact that the Hall lost E. L ewis, who sustained a badly cut eye, shortly after the kick-off . There is little need to elaborate on the victories, though perh a ps the crushing · 8- o win over the St. Catheri ne' s Society X I , a good average First Division side, in the firs t ro und of t he Cup t ies should be record eel.

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:;compared wih ;last season's crop of injuries, the casualties duri1)g •949-50 \Vere gratifyingly few in numbe r, this·. good fort une being due in no sm all measure to the great improvement in the surface of th e playing field in t he Parks. ; A . Club Dinner was held on Thursday, gth March, which both . th e :Principal and the Vice-Principal attended , and at which both .Pr:ini:;ipal and Vice-Principal-the latter with some difficulty- were persuaded to speak. Everyone found occasion to pat everyo ne else on the ; back, and the season ended in great satisfact i,on at ari early 'i hollr ·of the morn ing in som e ()bscure and much-abused room on that outer belt of oivili sation, Staircase _1 0. B. Bigley was elected Captain for the 1950~51 season , . and G. · Frost, ·Secretary . D. J. Hardy gained an overdue recognition when he was elected to the Centaurs in the last week of term . C,A.B. MICHAELMAS TE.R M

Captain -

B. BIGLEY

Secretary - G.

FROST

Encouraged by last year's very successful season, we started the terrti witl1 high hopes that th is tim e the Hall Team would gain ' the: League championship; with the exception of D. J. Hardy and E ,- Lewis our team was s ubstan tially the same, and the few fresh; men :who revealed their talents seemed to be just what was ' wanted . to _, replace these two · stalwarts . · However, circum stances and the · atl-round improvement of Inter-College Soccer, we re to dash our ' hopes. \ Ve opened the season in great style by defeating Bra'senose College; last year's champion s, by four goals to two. Our forwards played fast opportunist fooball and easily dominated the first half ; the second half was much more evenly shared, but our eventual win was well d eserved. After drawing the game with New College- a game which we should h ave won-we were convincing ly beaten by University College. They played the best football that even the most senior members of the Hall team had ·seen in Int e r~College football, and it is to our credit that, after being four goals down in the first twenty minutes, we managed to prevent our opponents scoring again and finished possibly the stronger of the two sides . We drew with Keble College , two goals each, in a game which produced a fairly high standard of football but was considerably "slower ·than t he match wi.th University· College; At this point we stin had an outs ide chance of winning the League Champions.hip;

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but this, however, disappeared in the mud and mire of the pitch where the a dvantagÂˇe of the 'big fellow,' in such conditions, was clearly shown. The Hall team, instead of having aspirations to League glory, was now faced with the very real prospect of relegation to the Second Division ; but by winning against Magdalen College, 4-2, and drawing a very poor game with Pembroke College, our position in the First Division was made secure. The final Leagu e record read_s: Played, 7; Won, 2; Drawn, 3; Lost, 2; Goals for, 17; Goals aga inst, 18 ; the Hall finished fourth in Division I of the Inter-College League, During the season, R. v.,r. H all was elected to the Centaurs and YI. J. Summerlee played on several occasions for the University _; the Captain, B. Bigley, was elevated to the position of TeamManager in the Centaur's Club. G.F. THE HOCKE.Y CLUB HILARY TERM

Captain: D. P.

TIDY.

Secretary:

J. S.

CLARKE.

A rather mediocre season culminated in a defeat inflicted upon the Hall in the second round of Cup ties by Magdalen College, who won 2 - 1 . The Hall had previously beaten Corpus Christi 4-2. On the whole our chances were marred by lack of reserves, the secretary often having difficulties in raising a side, even for important matches. It contributed much to the credit of the Hall t hat D. P. Tidy, A. H. Foot and B. E. Cooke w ere frequently called upon to play for the Occasionals , but for the team it proved an added source of weakness. To our credit it must be said that the team succeeded in beating the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, in wh'at became a Âˇthick fog. It proved a ' most enjoyable visit and our hosts, after giving us lunch in the ' Painted Hall,' showed us round the buildings and entertained .o s ,again after the match. In addi t ion, we held our own against University College, London, though at first slightly thrown off our balance by our opponents' ability to 'flick' in contrast to our ' drives.' Towards the end of the season we began to start scoring goals and cease letting them through. J. S. Clarke and P. S. Taylor in the forward line grew quick to take advantage of the opportunities offered by A. H. Foot at centre-half. D. P. Tidy remains to captain the side again. H.A.R.L.

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Captain - D. P. TIDY

Secretary-H. A . R. LONG

T o the five members of last year's team were added about fifteen fres h men, and the prospects for the Hall in ' Cup-Ties ' look better than they were at the beginning of last season. T he results this term have been unusually disappointing. We have only won three First XI matches and scored very few goals indeed. T here have been good reasons for these initial set->backs. In the first place we have been bereft of the skill of D. P. Tidy and J. Sa unders-Griffiths who have played for the Occasionals frequently. Secondly, three and, sometimes as many as five of our team have been called on to fill the ranks in the Rugby XV as their members became injured. (At the end of the term the 'walkingwounded' returned to play for us once again.) Thirdly, owing to previous difficulty in raising a side, there were no Second XI fixtu res and consequently it has been necessary to change the team much too frequently for successful results in order to give other players an oeportunity to improve and a chance of a game. To set against our results, therefore , should be the know!edge that we have about eighteen players with sufficient experience to constitute, not only a g ood team this year, but possibly a full team with reserves next year. It is these reserves that we have lacked in the H.A.R.L. past . THE ATHLETIC CLUB HILARY AND TRINITY TERMS

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N. D. STACEY ·Secretary-]. H. B . vVILLIAMS Captain (Cross-Country)-M. S. ROGERS. T he1.relaying of the Iffiey ·. Road Track was ·not completed until the long vacation, and athletic cup-ties and all home matches were cancelled. in consequence. , If the Hall Club was thus unable to distinguish itself, it gained distinction from the activities of its President. N. D. Stacey ran for the British Empire Games Teq.m in New Zealand, ran 100 yards and 220 yards in the University Sports for the second year in succession, and was elected President of the O.U.A.C. for the season 1950-5i. The Secretary was elected to the Achilles Club, and P. Gass competed for and was elected to the Centipede Club. Hall colours 'were awarded to E. L. Cunnell (cross-country) and P. Gass (hi gh jump). J.H.B.W .

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President ., - ]. H. B.

WJLLIAMS

Captain (Cross-Country) -

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S ecretary-P. G..\ s'g

E. L. CuNNELL

The Inter-College Relays were held on the new track after a break in continuity of one year. The Hall was enabled to win second place in Division two, and promotion to the first Di vi sion, la rgely in consequence of the sprinting of the O.U.A.C. President, and the keen support of freshm en who made up half the team. As usual the other Hall Clubs were kind enough to a llow som e of their members to take part. C . A . Blackman and N. D. Stacey with fine quarter-miles brought us in second to Keble College, which has two of the best University runners at that distance . .-\ . A. Dudman and T. P. Denehy each ran in both the sprints: the Hall won the final of the 4 x no ya rds . We also won the low hurdles, with] . H. B. vVilliam s, R. 0. Simmons; and J. D. S. Purves. The latter a lso put the w eight in the University freshm en's match against Carnbridge. N. D. Stacey and J. H. B. \ iVillian\s ran and hurdled respectively in the inter-,University relays . Colours were awarded to C . A. Blackman, A. A. Dudinan, T. P. Denehy, J. D. S. Purves, C. ]. D. Saunders-Griffiths, R. 0. Simmons. P.G.

CROSS-COUNTRY The Cross-Country Club ran eight matches this term , including a friend ly match with a team from Lincoln College and a Âˇ social ' fixture with Cuddesdon College . Although on results it was not a successful term's running, the Hall did succeed in entering two t eams for cross-country cup-ties for the first time for many years. Of the thirty-nine teams entered, the Hall first team was placed twentieth-a considerable improvement on last year's result . G . ]. Paxman and A. B. Curry have run consistently well for the team, and E, L. Cunnell was on several occasions selected to run for the University second and third teams . Thanks to the enthusiasm of our ma?y faithful supporters, it was only necessary to cancel one match. Hall colours were awarded to G. ] . Paxman and A. B. Curry. Thanks are due to D. H. E. Wainwright for offering his -services as starter, recorder and timekeeper.

E.L.C.

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secretary -

ÂˇCaptain - J . R. Moss

MONTGOMERY

This year the standard of tennis in the first division has been high and the captain of tennis was therefore very pleased to have at his disposal last year's captain, ]. R . Paul, elected to the Penguins during the term, and t he Chaplain, always a most reliable and competent player; in addition, there were several freshmen whose ability was such that the secretary had to fight hard for a place in the first VI. Starting badly, the first team had settled down by mid-term a nd played so well that they were able to revenge their defeat by St. John's College in the first round of cuppers by beating them 5-3 in an important First Division League Match. Once more we were glad to welcome the Old Aularians whose somewhat depleted team we succeeded in beating 5-3. The match had been postponed from the previous week and their best player, A. P. Kingsley, an old blue, was unable to join them. The second team won all their matches most convincingly . The tennis courts in the Parks were again used extensively and we hope that the hockey pitch has not suffered too much damage from our beauti':fully-timed smashes and 'hard drives to the baseline. An enjoyable fixture was held on our courts with St. Paul's Training College, Cheltenham, and it is to be hoped that we shall see them again next year. Colours were awarded to A. R. Douglas who was also elected captain for next year. R. \N'. H all was elected secretary. M.J.M.

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Captain -

P. R.

TURK

Secretary- D.

CRAVEN

In cup-ties we entered for the water polo, the medley relay, the free style relay, and two individual events. We were eliminated in the first round of the water polo by Wadham College. Our performance in the relays was only fair, but we gained second place in both the individual events. During the term, both D. Craven and J. H. 0. Parker swam once for the

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Captain-P. R.

TURK

Secretary- D.

CRAVEN

There are no inter-College swimming acti,Âˇities in the Trinity Term, and the only official swimming perfon:n.ance to be recorded is that of D. Craven, who has swum repeatedly for the Dolphins and has been awarded his Dolphin colours. Hall .swimming colours have been awarded to D. Craven and J. H. 0. Parker, who have been appointee! captain and secretary respectively for the year I9.)o-5 I. P .R.T. JVlrcHAELMAS TERM

Captain -

CRA VE"1

This term's Hall activities have been restricted to the vV <lter Polo League. vVe have played thtee matches, two of which were against Exeter College II, th'e score being r - r in each game. The third game, against Keble College, was lost 5-0, the Hall unfortunately having to play with one m(ln short. Being at the bottom of the League, as at the end of last year, the Hall was required to stand down on two weeks. Congratulations are due to J. E. Hughes (free-style) and C .. M. Armitage (back-stroke) who have both shown great promise this term at Oxford University Swimming Club. D.C.

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Captain -

PAUL

Secretary -

:Yioss

liVith the well-balanced team of the Michaelmas Term . unchanged, the Hall were unfortunate to be beaten 3-2 in cup-ties by a stronger \i\T orcester College side. Two new fixtures were arranged, both of which proved very successful and enjoyable. Against the Weston .M anor Hotel S.R.C. a Hall team 1,von 5--0, while in London a close match versus King's College resulted in a 3-2 victory. Owing to unavoidable cancellations there were only four Second V fixtures; nevertheless,. the team did well to Jose only one match. In cup-ties the Hall were represented by the Captain and ?ecretary, J. A. G. C. Law, P. R. Phizackerly and R. F. Benton.

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while the Vice-Principal, P. R. Sykes and A. J. G. Jones frequently played f;or the First V. At a meeting of squash rackets colours J. R. Moss was elected captain and P. R. Sykes secretary for the following season.

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Captain-]. R. Moss

Secretary -

P. R. SYKES

In spite of the loss of our one remaining ' Squirrel ' at the end of the T rinity term the Hall First V has met with more Âˇ than average success this term, winning more than half of a formidable list of matches. The results of the Squash Racquets League are not yet p ublished but the Hall has won three of its five matches in the second division of the League and so can await the final placings w ith a fair measure of confidence. In addit ion to th e fixtures with other colleges the First V played a most en joyable match with the Shillingford Bridge S.R.C. who beat us by four games to one. Th e foll owing played regularly for the First V : J. R. Moss, P. H. P h izackerley, J. A. G. C. Law, A. J. G. Jones, P.R. Sykes and M. d e L. Hart. The assistance of the Vice-Principal and D. K insley was very welcome in times of stress. J. R. Moss has also played for the ' Squirrels ' S.R.C. during the term. T he Second V has also had quite a successful term, winning four matches easily and losing two by the narrow margin of three games to two. P.R.S. THE BADMINTON CLUB HILARY TERM The u niversity Badminton Club began an inter-college tournam ent in Hilary Term, 1950. The Hall entered a team and played four matches in League Y. (This being a new competition, the two leagues X and Y were of equal standing). The team had the same four members in all the matches: C. Thom pson, Albert Baxter, D. Singleton, A. Nias. RESULTS.-(1) Against Trinity College, lost l-3; (2) against Balliol College, drew 2- 2; (3) against St. Catherine's Society and Jesus College, won 4--0; (4) against Hertford College, walk over. As a result of these matches the Hall finished second in League Y, only being beaten by Trinity College.

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There had not yet been constituted an official Hall Badminton Club and no officers were, therefore, elected. A. H . W. Nias acted as organising secretary for the league matches. A.H.W.N. MICHAELMAS TERM

Captain-A.

NIAS

Owing to the non-return of C. Thompsqn this term, A. H . vV. Nias was appointed captain for this year. The Hall was placed in the Second Division of the newly constituted inter-College Badminton League and two matches were arranged for this term. The match against St. Catherine's Society was not played owing to the last-minute withdrawal of our oppon ents . The Hall took the points for this match, as a walk-over. The match against St. Peter's Hall was won by the Hall, five games to three. Next term we shall be playing Oriel College and Balliol College in the league, and also cup-ties. Hall Badminton colours were awarded to A. H. W. Nias and to T. D. Weston. A.H.W.N. THE CHESS CLUB MICHAELMAS TERM

Captain :

T. DowM AN

Secretary: H.

CRANE

An attempt was made this term to revive regular meetings of the Chess Club. Attendances have varied considerably . Their irregularity and the fact that the Club is emerging from relative obscurity account for the lack of success in the Inter-College Cup. One team of three was entered for this event and was defeated by three games to one in the first round, by Brasenose College. J. R. Allchurch was elected captain and J. D. Hanson secretary for the next season. J.D.H. MICHAELMAS TERM

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A practice match was held on Sunday evening, 22nd October. A first and a second ' Three' were selected to compete in the InterCollege Cup.

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The Inter-College Cup has been changed this year from the ' Knock-out' to the ' Swiss Handicap' Competition System, which is based on principles similar to those of ' Eights ' in the rowing world. The following matches have been played. First Team: v. University III, won 2 - 1 ; v. Jesus I, lost 1 - 2 . Second Team: v. St. Catherine's II , lost 0-3; v. Keble II , lost 1 - 2 . The m atches in the Inter-College Cup will be concluded in the Hilary Term.

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DR. SHAW IN BARBARY (Continued) N T unisia in Shaw 's time it was customary for the Bey, who was the Turkish Sultan's Viceroy, to collect the tribute in person and for this purpose to visit ' with a flying camp, once every year, the pri ncipal parts of it; traversing, in the summer season , the fertile country in the neighbourhood of Keff and Baijah, and, iG the winter, the several districts betwixt Kairwan and the Jereed.' Shaw makes these ci rcui ts the basis of his description of the country, corresponding in area as they do pretty nearly to the Zeugitania and the Bizacium of Roman times. It will be well to a llow Shaw himself to contribute a few descriptions of pl aces that interested him.

' The gulf of Bizerta,' he writes,' is a beautiful sandy inlet, near four leagues in breadth . The bottom of it being low, 'gives us a delightful prospect, through variety of groves and plantations of olive trees, a great way into the country. But, to the eastward, the eye is bounded by a high rocky shore, which reaches as far as Cape Zibeeb ; a place so called, from the great quantity of Zibeeb or raisins that are rriade upon it. The eastern extremity of this cape is remarkable for the whiteness of its cliffs, and for having the Pil-loe (as these people call) a high pointed rock, in the shape of their favourite dish of that name, which is placed below it. Betwixt this and the white promontory, are some low flat islands, called the Cani or dogs, which were the Dracontia of the ancients, and ought to be ca refully avoided by mariners. ' After noting Porto Farina he comes to the river Medjerdar which reminiscently he describes as ' equal to the Isis united with the Cherwell.' He gives detailed attention to its tendency at its mouth ' to find out one new channel after another, as each of them

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in its turn was filled up.' And taking account of these successive encroachments h e was able to identify the site of Utica ' at a pface called at present Boshatter, where besides the eminence taken notice of by Livy, we have a great variety of old walls, a large aqueduct, cisterns to receive the water and other traces of buildings of great extent and magnificence.' As might be expected, he examined the ruins of Carthage with particular interest. 'In rowing along the sea shore, the common sewers,' he notes, ' are frequently discovered; which, being well built and cemented together, length of time has not been able to impair. The cisterns are other structures, which have very little suffered; for besides those appertaining to particular houses, which are very numerous, there are two sets of them b elonging to the publick; the greater whereof, which was the grand reservoir for the famous aqued uct (a great part wh ereof is still standing), Jay near the western wall of the city, and consisted of more than 20 contiguous cisterns, each of them roo feet long and 30' broad. The lesser is in a higher situation , near t he Cothon and the Byrsa; being contrived to collect the rain water which fell as well upon the top of it as upon some adjacent pavements made for that purpose.' And then he adds characteristically: ' This reservoir might be repaired with little expense; the small earthen pipes , through which the rain water was conducted from the roof, w an ting only to be cleansed and opened.' Characteristic, too, is his examination of the famous aqueduct: ' \N" e see at Arri-ana, a little village, two leagues to the northward of Tunis, a long range of its arches, all of them entire, 70 feet high, supported by columns r6 feet square . The channel, that conveyed the water, lies upon these arches, being high and broad enough for a person of an ordinary size to walk in. It is vaulted above, and plastered in the inside with a strong cement; which, by the stream running through it, is discoloured to the height of about 3 feet. T his will .s ufficiently show the capacity of the channel; but as the re are several breaches in the aq ueduct, sometimes for three o r four miles together, I had no method to determine the velocity or angle of descent, so as to ascertain the quantity of water that might be daily conveyed through it to Carthage.' Passing on to Tunis and its neighbourhood he rem arks upon the ' no small beauty ' which the lake between Tunis 路 and Le Goulette receives from the many flocks of flamingoes tha t sometimes frequent it, and a lso upon the fame of this lake 'for the number and largeness of its mullets, which; are accounted the sweetest upon the coast of Barbary ; the 路 roes whereof, after they are pressed and dried, are acCd tjh ted a great delicacy, and known by the name of Bo-targo. " 路 ,: 路

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Iri follo wi ng the coast beyond Tunis he mentions that the small towb of Sol;-man ' is chiefly inhabited by Andalusian Moors, who, being more civ ilised tha n thei r brethren, a re very courteous to Christians, and still retain the Spanish ton g ue. ' And so , plate by place, he ma kes th e tour of Cap Bon a nd down th e east coast to H ammam et , the na me of which h e derives ' fr om the Hamam, or wild pigeons , that cop iously breed in the adjacent cliffs ,' and on to Hergla wh ich he n:otes as r emarkable for the many flocks of Numidian cran es to b e seen there .

Shaw then ret ur ns Âˇwestward and p roceeds to describe some of the inland places on the Bey's summer circuit, following the banks of .th~ river :VIadjerda to Zow-an which w as 'in great repute for the dyeing of scarlet caps, and th e bleaching of linen. ' In following the Bey' s winter circuit Shaw b egins again at the sea-coast. From H erg la, h e passes to Susa 'the chief mart of this kingdom for oil and linen,' and then on to Sfax ' a n eat thriving c ity,' and to Ga bes, famous then for its cultivation of hennah, the leaves of which plant , 'after they a re dri ed a nd powdered, are disposed of to good advantage in all the m arkets of this king dol1).. For wi,t h this all the African ladies that can purchase it, t inge their lips, . hair, ha nd s a nd feet, r en dering them thereby of a tawny !1a~r,on , colour, Âˇwhich, with them, is reckoned a great b eauty .' Everywhe re he found evidences of the Roma n occupation. Turning inland again h e first describes Kairwan. As a Christian he was no t permitted to enter the great mosque which he learn ed was ' supported by a n almost incredible number of g ranite pilla rs ' -five hundred was the estimate given him by local informants, but h e managed to satisfy himself that none of these ma ny pillars bore an)' class ical inscription. N ext to Kairwan he singles out El J em as the mos t notable place in this region, b eing ' most rem a rkably distinguished by the bea utiful rema ins of a spacious a mphitheatre . ' This building had recently been used as a fortress by Arabs in revolt against the Bey, who, in capturing it had blown up four of its arches; 'otherwise,' says Shaw, ' .t o the ou tside at least, nothing can be more entire and m agnificent.' Both in th e Sha le! a nd in the J erid, Shaw busied himself with th e identifica tion of ancient site s. The two other places in Southern Tunisia that impressed him most, on account of the extent . of 't h eir ancient ruins, were H aidrah on the Algerian frontier and Sbeitla. His s urvey concludes with an account of the salt lake, Shott el Jarid , and its neighbourhood. Tuzer on its northern

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shore he credits with producing the most esteemed dates, on which account there was ' a great traffick carried on by several merchants, who travel once a year as far as the Niger, and bring with them from thence a number of black slaves, whom they usually exchange for dates, at the rate of one black for two or three quintals of that fruit.' Throughout his book there occur passages which exemplify his zest for enquiry and verification. In the course of visiting Arzen in the western part of Algeria and of observing the many evidences of Roman remains he was quick to detect that ' a well finished Corinthian capital of Parian marble supports. the smith's anvil; and in the Kaide's house, I accidentally discovered a beautiful Mosaic pavement, through the rents of a ragged carpet that was spread over it.' At the hot springs of Hammam Meskouteen to the east of Constantine he ascertained that fhey were not proper to bathe in by proving that they were capable of 'boiling, as I made experiment; a breast of mutton very tender in a quarter of an hour.' The lion and the leopard were already growing scarce in North Africa; and, in recording that 'the flesh of the lion is in great esteem, having no small affinity with veal, both in colour, taste and flavour,' Shaw may be presumed himself to have dined off the king of beasts, when a rare opportunity of doing so was given him. Indeed, from the description that he gives of the hunting of the lion it may further be presumed that he had witnessed a hunt ' when a whole district is summoned to appear ' and take part in the chase . To descend to the smaller fauna , Shaw notes that porcupines and jerboas make good eating. He writes interestingly about the inhabitants and their mode of life, but was clearly disappointed to find that the Arabs and Moors had so far declined from the standards of learning to which they had attained in former centuries. 'Upon my arrival at Algiers,' he writes, ' I made it my business to get acquainted with such persons as had the character of being. learned and curious; and though it is very difficult (as well from their natural shyness to strangers as from a particular contempt they .h ave for Christians), to cultivate with them any real friendship, yet, in a little time, I could find the chief astronomer, who has the superintendance and regulation of the hours of prayer, had not trigonometry enough to project a sundial', that the whole art of navigation, as it is practised by the corsairs of Algiers and Tunis, consisted in i

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nothing more than what is called the pricking of a chart , and distinguishing the eight principal points of the compass . Even chemistry, formerly the favourite science of these people, rises no higher than the making of rose-water.' Yes, Dr. Shaw could evidently, on occasion, wax sarcastic: let us take another look at his portrait in the dining hall, and, I think, we must agree that the artist was in no doubt as to that. But, even so, the eminent record of his travels that he compiled would not have been the rich mine of information that it is, if he had not possessed in a notable degree the ability to win the respect and confidence of Muslims in every grade of society . Shaw came home in 1732, -being ' very much sollicited from Queen's College . ' 2 He had little inducement to stay longer in Algiers. The payment of his salary as Chaplain by the Crown was three years overdue; and it had cost him ' already upwards of .£400 in travelling in the Levant, Egypt, Arabia and Barbary.' Bu t, nevertheless, indefatigable traveller that he was, Shaw expressed himself to Sir Hans Sloane as willing, if he could, to spend .£50 or £60 in visiting ' several places in Numidia and the Mauretania Sitifensis 3 which I have not yet seen.' In 1740 Shaw was appointed principal of the Hall. It may be claimed that no Head of a House in Oxford before him had visited the sacred cities of Jerusalem, Cairo and Kairwan, had explored the cities of Carthage and Tyre, had stood upon the back of the Sphinx, had penetrated into the recesses of the Great Pyramid, had ascended Mount Sin a i, and had encamped in the Sahara. A. B.E.

DEBATING TOUR OF U.S.A . .·\ t the encl of Hilary term, 1950, Robin Day was elected President of the Oxford Union, being the first Aularian to hold this office . Earlier , he had been chosen with Geoffrey . Johnson-Smith of Lincoln College to represent the Union in a tour of nearly fifty American universities and colleges during the winter of 1949.

E should have fiv e thousand people to hear you,' said the student who met us at Philadelphia station, with his own huge Buick. ' The British Consul is coming- and fifteen hundred high-school girls.' Only a few hours earlier we had landed from 2 3

Brit. Mus. Sloane MSS. 3986, fo. 60. Th e region round Setif.

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the Mauretania. Already, and with a hundred dollars in our pock ets; railroad t ickets for a fortnight and a n itinerary t imed to the minute, \Ve had begun our tour. That night vvÂˇe spoke in a vast auditorium normally us ed for basketball. It was about the size of an aircraft hangar, and the audi ence of three thousand five hundred was one of our largest. After t he open ing speeches, called in America ' constructiYes, ' all four debaters paused for an ' intermission ' to prepare their replies or ' rebuttals.' These are tradi tionally delivered with great gusto, and are considered the real part of the debate. Apparently, '.Ve had made some effective points, as the three judges gave us the decision . E veryone shook hands and the British Consul told us we were a credi t to the Empire. Our firs t day had patterned the routine for the next nine or ten wee ks -:-campus tours, talks, broadcasts, receptions~ all prepared with the utmost care and arranged with every possible kindness a nd courtesy . Included in our forty-five engagements was almost eve ry type of educational institution. The big modern state un iversity, t he old university in the East, t h e vVesleyan college and the Catholic convent, the srnall private college and the military academy - all were on our list. Universities were not our only hosts. Returning to New York we were entertained to luncheon by a group of business executives. Between courses, men from Coco-cola a nd Standard Oil asked critical questions abo ut nationalisation. At \Vest Point we saw our first game of An1erican football. The crack army team trounced Columbia. Over a hundred players were involved. They participated in shifts under the highly controversial ' platoon ' system. Earlier, there had been a fine massed parade of West Pointers in their grey Ruritanian uniforms. , Disciplin e was extraordinarily strict. ' From New York to Vlashington-where our appearance had been advertised by a poster headed : ' Brought back after 26 years .' Underneath was a photofacsimile of a 1923 newspaper reporting an Oxford debate on Ruh r policy. At Richmond, Virginia, were displayed details of a debate in 1926 when the U nion team suffered a heavy defeat in opposing Prohibition. Our lack of titles obviously disappointed one D ebate Coach who commented 'vVe had a lord on the last team.' All we could offer was a h yphen between Johnson and Smith. This however was inv;aria bly discarded along with the Johnson, a nd Geoffrey (always pronounced Joffry) Âˇwould

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Qe billed as ' Laborite Smith . ' An exceptio_n occur red when an opponent referred to him as G. Jonathan Swift! In the south the Confederate cause was expounded to us at great len gth. \!Ve were presented with 'rebel' hats and small confederate flags. \!Ve inspected the memorial museum to General Robert E. Lee. 'The Civil War' t hey told us up north 'is still going on in the south. ' Âˇ A week-end with an all-female college at Atlanta introd uced us to a severity of discipline unknown in any O xford vvomen 's college. No smoking on campus . No drinking on campus . ' Dates ' could be met a nd received only in 'date-parlours,' specially furnished, whose doors could ne ver be closed. Ou r only v ices were to blow bubble-gum under careful inst ruction and to eat popcorn - accurately described to us as a fo rm of granulated cardboard. Âˇ \!Vith luggage reduced to forty pounds apiece w e flew from Florida to Louisiana. For our th ree days in New Orleans we lived in a frate rnity house at Tulan e University. Fraternity m en enjoy the advantage of a friendly, comfortable communal life in their own house on campus . Newcomers are carefully screened before election and carry out 'faggin ' duties until fully admitted. Each local fraternity is a branch or 'chapter' of a national fratern ity . These are named by various combinations of Greek letters, such as Phi Gamma Delta, or Sigma Chi. Membership is lifelong, and is a valuable contact after leaving the University. Opinion on fratern ities was divided. Fraternity men regard them with deep affection, and speak of their com rades hip and fine character-training. President Roosevelt' s fraternity pin we saw displayed in a place of honour at the H yde Park Memorial Library. Critics usually non-fraternity men --: brand the system as exclusive, pernicious and the A merican equivalent of the old school tie . ' Co-eds ' - g irl students - explained to us the etiq uette of 'pinning.' A jewelled pin of special design,' is the fraternity man's treasured badge of membership. When given to a girl friend it signifies near-engagement . This custom is much less expensive, slightly less momentous, and more easily terminated than an engagement proper. Up the Mississippi to Tuscaloosa to debate the University of Alabama. After dinner in a sorority hou se the ' sisters ' sat around us on the floor. Vv e were alone, unchaperoned in the midst of forty American g irls, charming, unaffected and perfectly groomed. For an hour we answered their questions. How did we pronounce

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' laboratory? ' Did we. have television in England? Did we know Princess Margaret? The Coach of Debate rescued us just in time to go on the platform. By ai:r t o :'.'Jashvitle, 'where we enjoy ed a debate with the students of Fisk, the fine negro university. In Nashville itself we were shown th e ' only original duplicate of the Parthenon.' In the Middle West our most popular topic was 'that -the British Empire is decadent,' which we were asked to oppose. But, off the platform, as everywhere we went, most questions put to us were about the National Health Service. Its progress is of domestic importance in the United States, where the AMA 's million-dollar drive to stop Mr. Truman's own health plan is making ' socialised ' medicine a top-line 'i ssue. Thanksgiving Day found us in Chicago. Colonel McCormick's Dai ly Tribune carried a leader attacking the University of Chicago

for not producing students who could beat the British. But Chicago is not what it was - not since 1920 has a Chicago Mayor run his election campaign solely on an anti-King George ticket. Then through Indiana, a very R epublican State. For several weeks we had been hearing of the great plans for our visit to Wabash College . 'Operation Oxbash' it had been brightly designated by a Merton Rhodes Scholar. Wabash went English for the day. A bagpiper preceeded us on campus to make us feel at home. Jellied eels were on sale. Aust'in A 40s bought as novelties by rich students, drove us around. Wabash men wore gowns and scan-es and rode bicycles, and we played cricket with baseball kit. For the evening debate an overflow crowd packed the chapel, fortunately unconsecrated . Our Merton friend had coached the whole of \!Vabash in Union etiquette. Our opponents congratulated the President of the Oxbash Union on his magnifi<_:: ent victory over nonÂˇ- existent candidates in an imaginary election . ' Your election, Sir,' opened Geoffrey, 'was as clean as any in American h istory.' (Prolonged applause. ) Excitement was added by the presence of Senator Homer E. Capehart, Indi ana's senior Senator, who had made a fort une out of juke-boxes . He had flown from Washington specially to hear the debate. ' "Solon " to attend to-night's Oxford Debate' ran the headlines. The Senator was not the only visitor present. In the a udience of students a nd general public were our opposing teams for the

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next th ree nights on the same topic, taking_ careful notes. This often happened. One team drove 150 miles to hear us. 'We hope you don't mind,' remarked the Di rector of Forensics as we mounted the platform, ' but we "scouted '' your St. Louis debate.' Into Ohio, where even the dentists advertise on the radio. Then by air to vVashington and to the Naval Academy at Annapolis. The midshipmen were very able and amusing debaters. Their officer felt this was due to their debat'i ng being extra-curricular and for their own enjoyment. Generally, the debaters we met were graduates in Speech guided by a Coach of Debate. Speech Department instructors would have an M.A. or a Ph.D. in Speech. Courses are frankly vocational, designed for lawyers, teachers and broadcasters. The resultant style has many merits. It is the product of hard research, and is often cogent and penetrating, qualities which would do few Union debates any harm. Frequently our friends had never faced an audience before. The room had been empty except for three or four judges, who awarded points for logic, articulation, gestures, argumentation (and, in one of our own debates in Jersey City, for dress). This system was generally suspended for o~r visit. With characteristic American courtesy, ' O xford style ' debates were arranged with interruptions and points of information. To an audience at the English-Speaking Union in New York we recalled some of the favourite scenes and 'incidents of our journey. Our drive in Virginia over the Blue Ridge . The crowning of a Campus Queen. Flying into Washington at night with the great Capital flood-lit below us. General E'isenhower's brick remarks on Socialism. Our day at Hyde Park, where Mrs. Roosevelt graciously entertained us to lunch, and herself drove us round the estate in her old convertible. Her stories about Mr. Churchill. We recalled also the countless gestures of hospitality, not only from our scheduled hosts but from complete strangers. And the extreme efficiency with which the Institute of International Education had at ranged our tour. We made our bow in the American way. Our very last engagement was for the Mutual Broadcasting System of New York. All our previous broadcasts had been non-commercial, 'public service ' fea tures. This one was sponsored. Not until we were on the air did we realise that a debate between Columbia University and the Oxford Union Society was being sponsored by the makers of TipTop Paradise Fruit Cake! 0

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BOOK REVIEWS These are reviews of recently piiblished books that have a special Aularian interest due to their authorship or contents. We shall be glad to have books and articles brought to our notice . All books and articles received are added, after review, to the collection of Aularian books in the Hall Library. EARLY CHRISTIAN CREEDS . By the Rev. J. N. D. Kelly, VicePrincipal of Si:. Edmund Hall, Oxford. pp. xi + 446. Longmans, Green & Co. 1950. 26s. The Vice-Principal penned the preface to his Early Christian Creeds on Christmas E ve, 1949, and, by the autumn of this year, the learned geriodicals were busy with their preliminary verdicts. As the book was the result of over ten years' work on a vast and labyrinthin e subject, the review~rs were cautious; the present reviewer will be more cautious st'ill and restrict himself to a review of the reviews. Calling the writer by various titles - ' Mr. Kelly,' ' Prebendar_y Kelly,' 'Canon Kelly' and, in one case, with pardonable prevenience, 'Dr. K elly , ; the reviewers were entirely favourable. Both the Tablet and the Methodist Recorder gave the book an unqualified recommendation. In . a full page art'icle, the former declared the Early Christian Creeds to be 'sound,' 'scholady,' ' comprehensive,' ' objective ' and ' prudent,' not to mentio~ the fact that ' the reader is never bored.' The ' Book Causerie ' section of the Meth odist Recorder observed that this was ' one of the most satisfactory and scholarly works of its kind that has appeared of late.' The Church Times agreed - ' nothing comparable to this book has so far appeared in English.' Previous researches 'concealed in foreign tongues or scattered in technical periodicals.'' said The Times L it erary Supplement had now been harmonised and codified into a volume which would be ' a standard work for a long time to come.' Monthly and quarterly theological journals devoted a good deal of space to the book in reviews or articles . On the one ha nd they welcomed the arrival of a work of synthesis, urgently needed, on a wide, far ranging and controversial subject; 'le besoin d'un ouvrage synthetique' devenait de plus en plus imperieux au fur et

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rn esure que s 'accumulaient des ma teriaux riches ma1s disparates . ' 1 - ' if Mr. Kelly had only given us a careful conspectus of r ecent wo rks . . . h e would have put us all in his debt. ' 2

On the other hand they pointed out that the old problems had been restated and reassessed a n d Âˇ new solutions proposed. 'Old problems,' wrote Professor Turner 'have been examined afresh a nd the sta mp of a k een and vigorous mind impressed upon the whole su bj ect. ' 3 The c riticism of the traditional views wh ich premat urely assumed the existence of fixed credal formularies, the rejection of the argument of Hort and Harnack that the Nicene Creed ,,-as based on th e creed of CIBsarea, the reha:bilitation of the contention that the old Roman creed of the fourth century can be reconstructed from Rufinius and Marcellus of Ancyra are singled out for special comment. 4 The reviewers a ll agree, that while there is much that is new, .there is no reckless theorising, in short 'uni" composit ion synthetique nuancee aussi eloignee des hypothese!> o utrancieres que des appreciations superficielles. ' 5 Then there was praise , too, for other m e rits in the book- the spirit in w hi ch it is written. 'After so many dry or aggressive works on th e Creed,' observes one writer, ' Canon Kelly's calm Christianity and sci entifi c candour offer an attractive inv itation to cons ideration in the "directly theological order. ' 6 Th e re we re, of course, a few complaints on points of detail has th e Vi ce-Principal overlooked a recent comment on the DerBalizeh papyrus? - can we agree with his view of the relative order of St. Ambrose 's De 1\fysteriis and D e Sacrameritis? Perhaps one or two furth er sniping shots a re due from a card index in som e libra ry in Germa ny or monastery in Greece . But clearly, the cliche ' a book invalua ble tb both students and expe rts , ' seems, for once , to be wholly applicable . ' Comme jadis A . E. Burn et aYeC autant de mod est ie, J. N. D-. K elly ve ut s'adresser surtout am; et udi ants. Qu'on n e s'y trompe pas ! ! 'auteur a parfaiternent su rnen er de front un expose synthetique et des recherches originales; l 'ouvrage fourrnille de notations personnelles dont Jes specialistes fe ront leur profit . ' 7 I 2

J. Gonsette S.L in Nouvelle Revue Theolof{ique. D ec., 1950. pp. no6-7. H . E. W. T urn er in Church Quarterly R ev.i ew, Oct.-Dec., 1950. pp. 92-97.

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H. Srawley in Th eology, O ct., 1950. pp. 389-90. 1V 011v elle Revue Th eo logique (as above). H enri de Riedmatten, 0.P., in Blackfria.rs, Dec., 1950. pp. 599-6oi. No uv elle Revue Theologiqu e.

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FAST! WYNDESORIENSES: THE DEANS AND CANONS OF WINDSOR, By S. L. Ollard, D.Litt., F.S.A. 25 illustrations. pp. xiv + 174Âˇ O xley and Son (Windsor) Ltd. When Dr. Ollard was appointed to a canonry in St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle in 1936, he made an enduring contribut ion to the fame of that eminent royal foundation b y .instituting, in conjunction with Dr. R. W. Baillie, the D ean , a series of monographs treating of various aspects of th e history of the college and its members. For his own part he set about p reparing a biographical record of the Deans and Canons since 1352, the year in which the present foundation originated. This volume, Fasti Wyndesorienses,' is the posthumous product of his undertaking. Unfortunately the disabilities of ill-health prevented him from fully completing the work and from having the satisfaction of seeing it published. But before he died last year it had so far progressed that the Introduction which he had written and his r ecord of the Deans were already in print, and the material for his record of the Canons, arranged in the order of their stalls, formerly twelve in number, now only three, was collected in card index slips, ready to be cast into final form. Th e task of finishing this monograph and seeing it through the press was taken up with assiduity by Mr. M. F. Bond, Honorary Custodian of the Muniments of St. George's. In his valuable Introduction Dr. Ollard, out of the fulness of his knowledge of English church history during the last 600 years, reviews most informatively the long and distinguished succession of dignitaries who have held office as Deans and Canons. It is, indeed , a remarkable gallery that is here presented, one that may well exceed in notability that which any cathedral foundation in the country can offer in comparison. Considerations of space have not made possible the inclusion of more than summary biographical particulars for each name recorded; but, even so, there will be found among them many illuminating pieces of information, culled from unfamiliar sources, and here and .there, where opportunity invited, set down with that to uch of humour which was so characteristic of the author. A.B.E . THE CREST ON THE SILVER. Press. 15/-.

By Geoffrey Grigson .

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Mr. Grigson has written a book about which it is easy to say pleasant things. Samples might be taken at many points throughout his text and brandished to demonstrate the felicities of his

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prose. Such specimens would especially come from . his descrip~ tions of ' flora.' His literary gift combines with his great interest in plant~life to conjure up vivid impressions of ' . . . blessed flowers 'i\Thich grow thick by the stream In the natural gardens . . . ' Or, at a more urgent stage iri. his reflections, mention might be made of an excellent chapter dealing with his journey across Europe to Austria. It was made, on an impulse, at the height of the crisis in 1938. The brittle atmosphere is concisely preserved in the words of its description. War was expected almost hourly. It was postponed by the intervention of Neville Chamberlain in the interests, if of no one ese, of Mr. Grigson and his fiancee . This international incident is excitingly told. The tone of the book, however, and indirectly its merits, suggest a loftier theme than incidental excellences. A sensitive mind is depicted in its relationship with an inconvenient world; the world of a Cornish v icarage with crested silver supported only by appearances; a world of ' mentally lilliputian undergraduates,' an d of Colman's .mustard. This adventure of the mind gradually supercedes all other considerations. The book begins with a detailed picture of life at the vicarage . As it proceeds, the details of the background become less and less distinct until they pass from view. The mental search remains, and is fascinating in itself. The cost of such a method is very great. Much, perhaps too much, has to be excluded for the sake of self-conscious integrity. 'Many untoward things can I remember,' wrote Cellini, ' such as happen to all who live upon our earth.' Mr. Grigson 's untoward things are exclusively personal. They are well told and constantly interesting . But he himself would not have attached to the earth a possessive adjective in the first person plural. P.N. Sm THOMAS w ,YATT: THE COLLECTED POEMS. Edited by Kenneth Muir. (Routledge, Kegan Paul: Muses Library edition. IOS. 6d.) · Mr. Muir has given us a long-needed authoritative text of the poems 0£ Sir Thomas Wyatt. At the time of his death in 1542, Wyatt 's poems existed only in various manuscript versions, and they remained in manuscript until 1557, "in · which year most of them were published in Tottel's F

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Miscellany. Tottel, however, was an unscrupulous editor, and did not hesitate to ' improve' whatever seemed irregular or unpleasing according to his own rather limited standards of versification; the resulting text of vVyatt's poems was sadly mangled. Tottel established an unfortu nate editorial tradition with regard to Wyatt, for all subsequent editors before Mr. Muir seem to h ave inherited someth ing of Tottel's infinite capacity for making mistakes : where they have not merely reprinted Tottel's corrupt text, they have succeeded in adding new errors of their own making. Wyatt is so highly indivi dual a poet that he suffered more from this treatment than a less distinctive writer would have done. Mr. Muir is not the first editor to refer back to the original manuscripts of Wyatt's poems, but he is the first to apply this principle with complete success: as a result, we have here for the first time a reliable text of the complete poems of vVyatt. While the textual notes at the back of the book should satisfy the scholar, the less exacting reader can read a text happily free from any distracting italics, parentheses and footnotes, and read it with the assurance that he is probably as near to Wyatt's intended version as it is possibl e to be to-day: and all this within the limits of a volume that fits ' comfortably into the coat pocket so as to be a useful travelling companion as well as an adornment to the library shelf. P.J.F.

BRITISH CANALS . By Charles Hadfield. London, Phoenix House. 16s.

The passing of the Transport Act in 1947 closed an epoch in the history of canals as well as of railways and road haulage. Hence Mr. Hadfield has chosen an appropriate moment for casting a backward g lance at the development of inland waterways 111 Great Britain. He starts with an account of the bold initiative of the third Duke of Bridgewater, who in 1759 obtained power to build a canal from his collieries at Worsley to Manchester. From this he passes . straight to ' the canal age,' which continued until about 1840. H e describes the building of the canals, emphasising the way in which they served as the arteries of the industrial revolution. There are chapters on their links with the great ports and .the sea ; and the Manchester Ship Canal comes in for special treatment. The story traverses decades . when h~pes gleamed bright, but ends with g enerations of accumulating decline.

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Mr. Hadfield has long been recognised as an authority on this subject. Here he has allowed himself sufficient scope to deploy his immensely detailed learning to advantage. Yet his narrative is never heavy, never dryly academic. If he is acutely conscious of the economic issues, he also has a warm appreciation of the human aspects of canal development. A fascinating feature . of the book is the abundance of illustrations: there are sixty of them, many reproducing contemporary prints and drawings, as well as fifteen maps. As the first proper history of British canals to be written, it is essential to the .student of eighteenth and nineteenth century h istory; but it is a delightful volume to browse over for the thousands of ordinary men and women who find communications, whether by ship, rail or canal, an absorbing hobby.: J.N.D.K. THE STATE

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RIDGES' CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. Eighth Edition. By G. A. Forrest, M.A. Stevens & Sons Ltd. ÂŁ2 2s. T he immortality .of the English Constitution, cannot more convincingly be proved than by this revision, after thirteen eventful years, of an authoritative treatise on constitutional law. Rewritten chapters on ' Defence ' and ' Foreign Affairs ' recall that England was during these years threatened with invasion, and that she now must contemplate international relations of a m,ore formalised type. A treatment in greater detail of the law of the B riti sh Dominions is testimony of the independence of Eire, of the anomaly Âˇ of an Indian republic, and of a growing equality among members of the British Commonwealth. An expanded discussion of the problems of administrative law and revenue speaks of the bloodless social revolution which Engfand has experienced since the last edition. It is to the credit of Mr. Forr'est that in bringing the book up to date he did not alter the useful organisation of earlier editions. The textual material which he has added, notably a short exposition of ' The J udical Function ' and an analysis of the Crown Proceedings Act of 1947, is admirably presented from the standpoint of undergraduate students of constitutional law. E.E.M. EvERYMAN'S GUIDE TO EVENSONG. By the Rev. Brian Whitlow. Supplies Depar tment, General Board of R eligious Education, Toronto. The remoteness of the Church's liturgical services from the thought-attitudes of ordinary modern people is a commonplace. In the case of Evening Prayer it results in a misunderstanding which is peculiarly distressing, for in many districts convention decrees that s"imple working folk attend church in the evening. Mr. B. W. vVhitlow has therefore rendered the Church a real service by preparing this admirably direct and illuminating explanation of an office which, while in fact one of the most beautiful and significant in the Prayer Book, all too often seems to people a puzzling piece of formalism. Evensong, he shows, reaching its climax in the Magnificat and the Niinc Dimittis , is the Church's act of praise for the incarnation of her Lord, and every stage in its stately development is shot through with meaning. Designed for use in the

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Canadian Church, this little volume deserves to be widely known , and studied at home. It is a fine example of that liturgical renaissance which aims at making the Church's services come alive, and which achieves its end by representing them for what they are, dramatic vehicles of the great facts of the Christian r evelation. J.N.D.K.

THE AULARIAN BOOKSHELF, 1950 Among other publications of Aularians, the following have been brought to our notice : K. Allott: The Poems of William Habingt on. (Liverpool English Texts and Studies; 15/-. Rev. T. H. Croxall, D.D.: Translation of Soren Kierkegaard's Pilgrimage to Jutland. (Danish Tourist Association, ~,g48.) J. M. Edmonds: Laboratory for Geology and Mineralogy in Oxford. (Nature, vol. 164, 1949路) Rev. R. M. French: The Eastern Orthodox Churches. (Hutchinson's University Library; 7/6.) Rev. Dr. L. Hodgson: The Doctrine of the Atonement: being the Hale Lectures delivered in the U.S.A. (Nisbet; 12/6.) Dr. H. M. N. H. Irving (with others): Steric Hindrance in Analytical Chemistry Journal of the Chemical Society, 1949; No. 317) . Metal Comple.xes and Partition Equilibria. (Ibid., 1949; No. 394). The Dissociation Constants of 8-Hydroxyquinoline. (Ibid., 1949; No. 562). Introduction and Volumetric Anlaysis in Analytical Chemistry. (Ann. Reports of Chemjcal Society, vol. 45).

Mayne: Revised edition of C. E. Hughes 's Early English WaterColours. (Ernest Benn; 15/-.)

K. A. <Muir: Three Hundred Years pf Milton's Poems. (Penguin New Writing, 1945.) Shelley's Heirs. (Ibid., 1946.) The Future of Shakespeare. (Ibid., 1947路) Matthew Arnold and the Victorian Dilemma. (Ibid., 1947路) Unpublished Poems in .4dd. MS. 17492. (Leeds Phil. and Lit., 1947路) The Plays of H. R. Lenormand. (Ibid., 1947.) Sonnets from the Hill. (Ibid.,

ST . E D MU N D H ALL MAGAZ INE 1950 .) Timon of Athens. (Mod . Q uarterly Miscella ny, 1947.) The Problem of Pericles. (English Studies, 1949·) William Congnve. (Leeds University Journal, 1949-) The Uncomic Pun. (Cambridg e Jo urnal, 1950.)

F. D. R ushworth: An article on 'Victor Hugo and his Marxist Critics,' contributed to French Studies . I. L Serraillier: There's no Escape. (Jonathan Cape; 9/ -.)

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MATRICULATIONS HILARY TERM Rhodes Scholar Jaffey, Julian Michael (University of Cape Town) . .

TRINITY TERM Commoners Bayliss, Donald Gordon (Manchester University). \!\Tard, John Owen (DulwicÂˇh College) . MICHAELMAS TERM Scholars Allchurch, John Richard (The King's School, Canterbury) . Baldwin , Michael (Gravesend County Grammar School). Curry, Anthony Bruce (The King 's School, Canterbury). Snoxall, Philip Ron ald (The King's School, Canterbury) . Rhodes Scholar Simmons, R alph Oliver (University of Kansas). Commoners Adcock, Roger Anthony (St. Catharine's College, Cambridge). Armitage, Christopher Mead (Wrekin College). Arthur, Brian Cecil (Municipal College , Portsmouth). Artus, Conway Darell Stokes (The Crypt Grammar School, Gloucester). Bellamy, John Gilbert (Nottingham High School) . Burt, Gerald Matthison (Lewes c;ounty Grammar School). Congdon, John Jameson (Eastbourne College). Denehy, Timothy Patrick (Rendcomb College). Earle, James Foster (St. Edward's School) . Elliott, \ !\Tilliam John (Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby). Foster, Myles Birket (The King's School, Canterbury). Gibson, Brian Thomas (William Hulme's Grammar School, Manchester) . . Goodhead , Dennis Gerald Cave (Gateshead Grammar School). Griffin-Smith, Christopher Derek (St. Paul's School). Groocock, Desmond Eric Towers (Market Harbo rough County Grammar School). Hallsmith, Guthrie Harvey (Sherborne School).

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H arvey , Noel (Kingswood School, Bath). H eal, J ohn Harris (\i\Tinchester College). H eddl e, Graham (Southend High School). H effer, Douglas Barnett (Diocesan College, Rondebosch, Cape Colony). H ollin, John Trevor (Nunthorpe Grammar School). Holmes, John Christopher Dav id (Hampton Grammar School). H orne r , Keith Ma rshall (St. David's College, Lampeter). Hughes, John Edwin (Princeton University). I rvine, Robert Hannay (Sedbergh). K ershaw, John Michael (St. Edward's School). Lancast er , Michael James Poynter (St. Edward's School). Lawrence , Peter Douglas (Maidstone Grammar School). L each, Henry Norman Richard (St. George's College, Buenos Aires). Lee, Raymond John (Ashford County Grammar School). Lillicrap, David Anthony (St. Edward's School). Lynch , Anthony (Hitchin Grammar School). lVI ortimer, Patrick Lawrence (Sherborne School). P axm an, Graham John (Dorchester Grammar School). Penn , Barry Mayson (Kelly College). P itambe r, Raj Kumar Shun Shere (Westminster School). Pollard, David (Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield). Preg er , Jacob (Stand Grammar School, Whitefield). P urves , John David Stuart (Hutton Grammar School). R ussell, Derek Gordon (Emanuel School, Wandsworth). Sande r son, \i\Tilliam Harold Anthony (Eeckenham and Penge County Grammar School). Saun ders-Griffiths, Christopher John Douglas (Ruthin School). Scott, John Leonard (Leamington College) . S ep hto n, David (Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, Sutton Coldfield). Seymour, Maurice Charles (Wallington Grammar School). Smith, Peter Edwin (Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham School). Sp ruyt, John Harry (St. Augustine's College, Canterbury). T hom a s , Geoffrey (Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefi eld). T horn ton, John (St. Augustine's College, Canterbury). \i\Taddington-Jones, Raymond Elliott (St. Edward's School). \t\ aqvick, Jack (Almondbury Grammar School). \ iVest , Robin (Beaumont College).

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S . Richardson. Albert Baxter, Arthu r Baxter, C. R. Campling, D. R. V. Chewter, J. B. Evans, R. E. Ford, M. A . B. Harrison, P. M . Haynes, C. S. Hope, M . James, A . M . Maslen, D . J. Paxman, E . Rhodes, S. Richardson, P . L. Roussel, E. B . vVood.

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April 27 D.Litt.: P. A. Scholes. M.A. : W. A . H. Blair, *J. F. Chadderton , P. M. Haynes , E. B. Wood, -K-F . Yates. B.A.: N. W. Barr, *J. F . Chadderton, :.YI. C . H. Guyler, D. W. H all, J. G. M. Scott, "'F. Yates . June 3

B.Litt.: E. G. Midgley, ]. S. Reynolds. M .A.: P . N. V. Keep, *\ i\T. J. Stafford, H. A . Wills, C. R. Ullyatt. B.A.: D . Brotherton. June

D .Ph'il.: G. H. Jones, N . Patrinacos. M.A.: T . P. H amei-ton, vV . H. Murdoch, F. F ; 'Nicholls, -w. vVeir. ,. B.A.: M. A. H alliwell:

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