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number of tutorials. The office upon which he entered on I September is a key one in a modern educational institution, and everyone at the Hall will extend to him a hearty welcome, confident that he will tackle his responsibilities with drive, efficiency and more than a touch of gaiety.
THE CORONATION
Sunday, 3I .May, was observed, by the Queen's command, as Coronation Sunday, and large congregations attended the morning and evening services in Chapel. A special combined University and City service was held in St. Mary the Virgin at I .I a.m. On the following day more than half the junior members of the Hall made their way, by a surprising variety of modes of transport, to London, there to camp in the street or, if more provident, to prepare for taking their prearranged places by the processional route next morning. Tuesday, 2 June, the actual day of the Coronation, was a Unive,rsity holiday, and in the evening a Coronation Banquet was held in the dining hall and was attended by the Principal and Fellows and a goodly body of undergraduates who had not made the journey to London. The Principal gave the loyal toast, in which all present, including the servants, joined with enthusiasm. The Manciple and his staff had presented the Principal with a magnificent cake, bearing on its richly iced top a replica of the coronation coach drawn by nine horses, and this the Principa l and Fellows, along with the wives of the latter, consumed before watching the ceremonies in the Abbey on television. The ' Teddy Bears ' celebrated the occasion by playing a cricket ' match against Stanton Harcourt, the stakes being four and a half gallons of beer.
OXFORD TREASURES IN LONDON
To mark the year of the Coronation the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths and the Oxford Society arranged a notable display of historic treasures of Oxford in Goldsmiths' Hall. In addition to paintings, drawings, tapestry and illuminated manuscripts, this exhibition included a splendid collection of University and college silver, and it is pleasant to record that the Hall, although not richly endowed with such precious objects, was able to cm~tribute two outstanding pieces reflecting the beauty of English design and craftsmanship at very different periods. The first was the