St Edmund Hall Magzine 1957-58

St. Edmund Hall Magazine

1957-58

• AULARIAN CALENDAR 1958-9

ST. EDMUND'S DAY London Dinner Hall Ball (if arranged) Reunion Dinner (at Oxford) Residence for Full Term ..

Michaelmas Term . .

Hilary Term Trinity Term Degree Days

Sunday, 16th November Tuesday, 13th January Friday, 19thJune Saturday, 27th June Friday, rnth October to Saturday, 6th December Friday, 16th January to Saturday, 14th March Friday, 24th April to Saturday, 20th June Thursday, 16th October; Saturday, 1st November; Saturday, 22nd November; Saturday, 13th December; Thursday, 22nd January; Saturday, 28th February; Thursday, 3oth April; Saturday, 6th June; Thursday, 25th June; Saturday, nth July; Saturday, 1st August.

ST. EDMUND HALL 1957-58

KEY TO THE HALL PHOTCGRAPH The names are given from left to right as viewed by the reader Back Row

A. G. Stedman, C. H. R. Marriott, M. L. Bird, B. Quinn, P. M. Edmondson, D. Jesson, R . ]. Barber, B. T. Webb, P. M. Garvey, C.]. Lawless, M. D . Clifford, I. D .

Taylor, G. N. D . Smart, A. E.]. Drayton, M. L. Somers, M.]. Archer, R. K. Phillips,]. R. M . Harvey, R. G. Emery, W.]. S. Moorcroft,]. P. Propert, R . G. Hope, I. B. Macinnes,]. L. Phillips, A. G. Williams Second Row

]. B. Macqueen, R . H. Williams, A. J. S. Cotton, D . W. Wilson, B.J. Lamb, A. H. N.Jolly, D. Henderson, D. M. Child, G. R. Heritage, R . B. Cook, D . M. Parfitt, D. S. Dormor, A. G. Ruffhead, G. R. Brown, M. S. Fowler, W. Robson, M. E. W . Vincent, A.]. D. Smith,]. B. Clark,]. D . Kesby,]. M. Mander, G. H. Blake, D. 0 . Cosgrove Third Row

R. M. Blackburn,]. C. Atkinson, R . W. Winstanley, I. B. H . Murray, D. D. Wotherspoon, H . Hardy, G. Wilkinson, T.]. W. Baker,]. Rowell, R. S. Paul, P. Moret, ¡ P.]. Gee, T . R. Ball, P. D . Wilson, D . R. Bouwer, C. A. Wirsig, L. S. Leask, R. M. Siedle, R.H. Hooker, C. F. Hughes, C . ]. MacDonald-Bennett, P.]. Reynolds, 0 . Langhorne, R . W. Jackson, A. W.]. Thomson Fourth Row

D.]. Sturges, R . ]. W. Fisher, D. E. Mellish, J. Leyshon, M . G. Peam, D. R. A. Pearce,]. A. Fletcher, P. H . R. Mercer, P. M. Bevan-Thomas,]. R. Friend,]. D. Farnworth, A. E. Twycross, P. D. Bailey, N. Tonkin, M . D . Martin,]. L. Dellar, G. G. Williams, D . Frayne, R . P. J. Le Feuvre,]. V. Roberts, D . Pugh, G. R. Mihell, K. D. Leaver, M.]. Cansdale, R . W. Smithers, B. S. Wilks, R . Knowles,]. M . Webster Fifth Row

]. C. Wells,]. Billington, P. C. Machen,]. L. Smith, R. S. Macleod, B. P. Middleton, K. H. Ross, M. P. Reynolds, M.]. Neal, R . ]. Nightingale, D . B. Wilson, ]. E. Hancock, F. D . Bishop, D. C. Ford, B. E. Amor,]. M. Hardman, W. R . Weston,]. C . Hemming, M . ]. Rowbotham, M . H. Bottomley, T. D . Day, M. H .

MacCormack, D. Ward, H . F. Denman,].].]. Bell, R. C. Holt, D . M. Nelson, K. B. Harlow, E. Benson, M . T. Abed, A. B. Bromley Sixth Row

]. A. Hawley, P. G. Croissant,]. E. Aves, H.]. Davies, G. R. Gleave, D. H. Johnson,]. W . J. Pinnick, B. A . ]. Walshaw, M. G. Sherratt, G. T. Woods, A. G. P. McGinn, K. P. Please, M . ]. W. Rider, H. B. Thorpe, E. P. Fox, F. ]. Farrell, N . Gray, N.]. Steer, L. P. Tempest, R. H. Caddick, W. I. Mclachlan, H. Lawton, A. S. Golightly, I. P. Asquith, D. M. W. Bolton,]. D . Lees, A. M. Mathieson, G. P. T . Whurr Seventh Row

A. F. Ham, D. A. R. Poole, R. L. S. Fishlock, A. S. Hill, T. P. Nicholson, E.W. Entwistle, E. M . ]. Hilt, D . H . Fielding, N . 0. De Villiers, R . M. Sutton, E. A. V. Casale, D. C. Hughes, D . B. Brown, S. H . Wamsley,]. H. Cooper-Poole, A. J. Featherstone, B.]. Whittaker, G. E. Wiley,]. Gurney, A. P. I. Youell , A. D . Titcombe, ]. D . Andrewes, M. F. C. Harvey, A . ]. Hall, I. P. Johnson, R . W . Truman, E. D. Twaites, S. E. Shepley Front Row

S. T.J. Mazzarella, B. D. Short, M. B. Page, P. G. Slip, C . D. G. Jones, Mr. H . G. Barnes, Mr. G. R. Allen, Mr. R. B. Mitchell, Mr. R. E. Alton, Mr. E. G. Midgley, Dr. R. Fargher, Mr. G. D. Ramsay,]. M. Evans, The Principal, Dr. H. M. N. H . Irving, Prof. W. Hume-Rothery, Mr. C. F. W . R. Gullick, Dr. D. C . M. Yardley, Mr. H. E.]. Cowdrey, Dr. G. W. Series, D.]. Ingle, G. T. Partridge, D. S. Botting,]. E. Bayliss,]. M. Casale, B. W. Atkins, P. Humpris, D. I. Scargill

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE Vol. VII, No. 3

OCTOBER, 1958 EDITORS 1957-8: B.]. WHITTAKER, Editor M. S. FOWLER, Assistant Editor

DE PERSONIS ET REBUS AULARIBUS HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS IT 1s FITTING that the first paragraph in this year's issue of the Magazine should take the form of a tribute, brief but heart-felt, to His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. His visit to the Hall on the afternoon of 6thJune to present the Charter of Incorporation was not only the high-light of the events of an exciting and successful year, but was probably the most memorable occasion, of a public.character, in the Hall's long history. It will certainly live in the recollections of those who were fortunate enough to be present; and, for the benefit of those who were not able to take part in it, a detailed account, with a selection of pictures, has been included elsewhere in this issue. All that need be said here is that the Hall owes Prince Philip a deep debt of gratitude, not only for his kindness in agreeing to come to present the Charter, but also for the wonderful spirit of gaiety and infectious friendliness which he displayed on the occasion and which caused all the arrangements to be carried out smoothly and successfully.

THE PRINCIPAL THE MAGAZINE congratulates the Principal on receiving the degree ofDoctor of Divinity, honoris causa, from the University of Glasgow.

Despite afpearances, there is more than a streak of sentiment in Dr. Kelly s composition, and it was with real warmth of feeling that he returned, on l8th June, to the University from which he emerged in 1929 as the most distinguished graduate of his year.

The Magazine also notes with satisfaction the appearance in the l

autumn of the Principal' s new book, Early Christian Doctrines, 011 which he has been engaged for several years and which should provide theological students everywhere with a valuable standard manual. Dr. Kelly has examined once more for the Honour School of Theology, and on 3rd July he visited Stamford School, with which the Hall has had a noteworthy connexion, and distributed the prizes. During the year he preached at Canterbury Cathedral and Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, and conducted the Three Hours' Devotion at St. James's, Piccadilly.

THE FELLOWS after proceeding to the degree of D.Sc., visited Russia towards the end of November at the invitation of the Soviet Academy of Science to present a paper on 'The Determination of Traces of Indium in Rocks and Minerals by Neutron Activation Analysis' at a conference held in the Vemdasky Institute.

He also gave a public lecture in the main theatre of Moscow University and broadcast twice from Moscow Radio; thanks to some high-powered coaching by R. W. Truman (matric. 1954), he was able to give the introductory part of his talks (which included a graceful tribute to the launchers of the first 'Sputnik') in Russian.

When he lectured he was the only Englishman present, the other delegates being all from the other side of the iron curtain and including Chinese, Polish, Hungarian and Czech scientists, as well as visitors from all parts of Russia. Dr. Irving' s social engagements included the inevitable banquet, two visits to the Bolshoi Ballet (with presentation to Uhlanova), pilgrimage to the tombs of Lenin and Stalin, and dinner with the British Ambassador (a fellow guest being Miss Beryl Gray, who had just arrived to dance with the Bolshoi company in 'Swan Lake').

Dr. R. Fargher has been chairman of the examiners for the Honour School of Modem Languages. The Senior Tutor (Mr. C. F. W. R. Gullick) has been editor of the economic sections of the Oxford Australian Atlas. The Dean (Rev. E. G. Midgley) has again examined for the Honour School of English Language and Literature. He has accepted the position of Senior Secretary of the O.U. Church Union, and has preached in Pusey House. He has been chosen as Senior Member of the recently founded O.U. Tiddlewinks Society; he is also to be congratulated on winning the Sunday Observer crossword competition on 3rd November.

Dr. Yardley has acted as chairman of the examiners for the Gibbs Law Scholarship, and in Hilary Term was one of the examiners for Law Moderations. Mr. Alton has examined for the Preliminary Examination in English Language and Literature.

THE VICE-PRINCIPAL,

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MR. EMDEN'S BOOK offers its sincere, admiring congratulations to Mr. A. B. Emden on the appearance in December of the first volume of his great work, A Biographical Register of the University of Oxford to A.D. 1500. This first volume contains an important introduction, and lists the medieval clerks of Oxford whose names began with the letters A to E. We understand that the two remaining volumes are already in proof and may be expected shortly. A preliminary glance at this work, sumptuously produced by the University Press, conveys the impression of immensely meticulous learning, profound and far-reaching scholarship, and a grasp of life in the middle ages in all its aspects which it is given to few individuals to possess. To a large extent it is based on personal scrutiny of original sources which ar~ not likely to be explored again, and it is clear that, when finally brought to completion, it will be a rich mine of detailed information, unobtainable elsewhere, to which not only students of University institutions but medievalists of every school will have to have continual recourse. Perhaps the most amazing thing about the Register is that it is the work, not of a team of scholars collaborating together, but of a single man investigating the evidence entirely by himselÂŁ It is pleasant to record that, to celebrate the publication of the first volume, a group of medieval scholars arranged a luncheon in Oriel College in Mr. Emden's honour on rnth December and toasted his achievement with enthusiasm.

THE MAGAZINE

THE LATE DR. SCHOLES of Dr. Percy Scholes, 0.B.E., at the ripe age of 82, deprives the Hall of an Honorary Fellow and sometime Trustee as well as of an alumnus who had carved out for himself a quite unique position in the world of musical scholarship and criticism.

An outline of his career is printed on a later page among the obituaries, but it is fitting to place on record here the very real sorrow which the news must occasion to officers and members of the Hall who had the privilege of knowing him personally. Although obliged for reasons of health to spend a good deal of time abroad, Dr. Scholes had a real affection for the Hall, and proved it both by the seriousness with which he took his responsibilities as Trustee and by the friendly interest he always showed, whenever he was in Oxford, in the activities of the Hall Musical Society and its concerts. Only a few weeks before he died he wrote to the Principal delightedly congratulating him on the new status acquired by the Hall and on the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh. He was a THE DEATH

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man of distinctive personality and character, a Yorkshireman who retained many traits of the county of his birth, and his friendliness and shrewd wit, his businesslike good sense and cautious judgement will be greatly missed.

A NEW HONORARY FELLOW shortly before the Royal Visit, the Governing Body elected Sir Douglas Veale, C.B.E., M.A., Hon. LL.D. (Melbourne), to an Honorary Fellowship. So far as the outside world is concerned, Sir Douglas is the distinguished former civil servant who was Registrar of the University from 1930 to 1958. In this capacity he has been at the very centre of University administration during a period of unprecedented academic development, and has won such laurels that he is universally recognized throughout the English-speaking world as the doyen of University administrators.

From the Hall's point of view he is the senior of the Trustees elected under the Statutes which came into operation in 1938, remaining continuously in office from that date until the new Statutes and collegiate constitution came into force on l5th February 1957¡ Thus for almost twenty years he has generously given the Hall the benefit of his friendly and sagacious counsel, and his experience and advice proved particularly valuable when plans for the Charter and new Statutes were under discussion. There are few who have shown themselves greater friends of the Hall, and none who can more fittingly fill the role of Honorary Fellow.

IN TRINITY TERM,

THE LECTURERS and additions have been made this year in the corps of Lecturers attached to the Hall. The Magazine congratulates Mr. C. Grayson, Lecturer in Italian, on his election as Serena Professor of Italian Studies. He has the distinction of being the first Aularian to hold an Oxford chair. Mr. G. A. Kolkhorst, for many years Lecturer in Spanish and as such affectionately remembered by generations of pupils, died suddenly on l lth September after a prolonged indisposition. The Governing Body has invited Dr. C. A. Jones, of Magdalen College, to become Lecturer in Spanish in his place. The Governing Body has regretfully accepted the resignation of Mr. N. C. H. Browne-Wilkinson, Lecturer in Jurisprudence and since 1952 a most stimulating 'week-ender', on his appointment to a permanent teaching position with the Council of Legal Education. At the same time the following new appointments have been

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made: Dirk ter Haar, M.A., Ph.D. (Leyden), as Lecturer in Mathematical Physics, F. M. G. Willson, D.Phil., Research Fellow of Nuffield College, as Lecturer in Politics, and J. C. B. Lowe, late Hearne Senior Scholar and now Lecturer at Queen's College, as Lecturer in Classics. In Trinity Term, it may be remarked, Mr. Lowe took over the classical teaching of the Hall at short notice, filling the gap created by the sudden and lamented death of Mr. John Bell, the distinguished classical scholar and ex-headmaster who made himself responsible for tuition and examining in Classics on his retirement a year ago.

ST. EDMUND JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP who spent the academic year 1957-8 at Princeton University as holder of a King George VI Memorial Fellowship, has resigned from the St. Edmund Jmrior Fellowship on being appointed to an Instructorship at the University of Wisconsin.

During his tenure of the Fellowship he made many friends at the Hall, acquiring almost as great a reputation for his knowledge of science fiction as his sympathetic understanding of music, both light and serious, as for his precocious brilliance in mathematics.

The best wishes of all who knew him in Oxford accompany him as he embarks on his new career in the United States. As his successor the Governing Body has elected Verdel Amos Kolve, B.A., ofJesus College, and he takes up his appointment in Michaelmas Term 1958. Mr. Kolve, who is an American, graduated magna cum laude, with honours in English, at the University of Wisconsin in 1955, being awarded the Herford Prize. He was then elected to a Rhodes Scholarship and entered Jesus College, obtaining an outstandingly good First in the Honour School of English Language and Literature in 1957¡ Since then he has been pursuing research into 'Religious Grotesque in Medieval English Literature' with a view to the degree of D.Phil., and during the tenure of his Fellowship he will continue with this. The Magazine extends a warm welcome to him, and wishes him every happiness in the college of which he has now become a member.

DR. D. E. COHEN,

THE CHAIR OF METALLURGY AULARIAN ~HISTORY

was made by the allocation to the Hall by Hebdomadal Council in Michaelmas Term of the recently founded Isaac Wolfson Chair of Metallurgy. As is well known, it is customary at Oxford for every chair to be assigned to a college, which in return is allowed a certain voice in the election of the Professor; 5

when appointed he becomes automatically a Fellow of the college.

The Hall has never hitherto had a professorship assigned to it, and so, when the news of the establishment of the new chair through Mr. Wolfson's munificence became public, the Principal intimated to Council the readiness of the Hall to take it under its wing. Not the least agreeable result of the transaction is that the Hall has acquired, in the person of the first Professor, a new Fellow of remarkable distinction and many-sided talents. This is William Hume-Rothery, O.B.E., F.R.S., M.A., D.Sc., Hon.D.Sc. (Manch.), who until his appointment to the Chair was George Kelley Reader in Metallurgy. Dr. Hume-Rothery has written numerous authoritative books and papers on his subject, and his great reputation is attested by the honours which have been showered upon him by learned societies in Great Britain, the United States of America, and Europe; his own private recreations consist of painting and fishing.

He was formally admitted to his Fellowship early in January, and the Magazine takes this opportunity of welcoming him to his new society and of wishing him every happiness in his membership of it.

A SCHOLARSHIP IN METALLURGY of the Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers in the City of London, the Hall has been granted the administration of, and the right of election to, what must surely be the most splendid open award offered by any college in Oxford. With the object of commemorating the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of their Charter from Queen Anne, the Company decided to found a scholarship in the University of Oxford to encourage the study of metallurgical science, and (largely through the good offices of Professor W. Hume-Rothery) it has been moved to offer this scholarship through the Hall as being the college to which the Isaac Wolfson Chair of Metallurgy is attached. The value of the scholarship, which is .to be known as 'The Armourers and Brasiers' Scholarship in Metallurgy' and which is to be normally tenable for four years, is ÂŁ500 a year; this is subject to no means test, and the principal condition is that the person elected must read for an Honour School of metallurgical science. The Hall is naturally immensely gratified by, and grateful for, this imaginative gesture on the part of the Company, the effect of which is to bestow on it a substantial benefaction. A deed setting out the terms of the scholarship has been drawn up between the Company and the Hall, and the first scholarship is to be offered, along with the Hall's usual array of science scholarships, at the Scholarship Examination in Natural Science to be held next March.

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FIFTH ANONYMOUS BENEFACTION the Hall's anonymous benefactor has added to his splendid series of gifts. On the same day in May as in the four previous years the Principal received from him a further cheque, this time for £1,500. The object and terms of this fresh benefaction follow closely those of its predecessors. While leaving the Governing Body free to re-consider the matter every seven years, the benefactor expresses the wish that in the first instance at anyrate the interest on the money should be used to endow another Hearne Junior Scholarship; and he again required the secret of his identity to be maintained. Thus he has continued to strengthen, in the wisest possible way, the Hall's armoury where it is weakest, viz. in the provision of awards, senior and junior, for the encouragement of learning. It is difficult to express adequately the gratitude which the Hall, and everyone connected with it, must feel to him for his carefully planned, far-sighted generosity, which has brought the Hall in five years the princely sum of £19,500, and as a result of which the Hall is now able to boast of a junior research fellowship, a senior scholarship and a greatly enhanced array of junior open scholarships.

YET AGAIN

TWO LEGACIES

ms WILL the late Rev. Percy Howard Gabb {matric.

1916), who died on l5th November, 1957, has left the Hall the sum of £5.

Under his will the late Rev. Herbert William Butterworth (matric. 1918), who died on 9th April, 1958, has bequeathed to the Hall, subject to a life interest to his housekeeper, Miss M. E. Snowdon, and certain legacies and reversionary legacies, threequarters of the residue of his estate, and the sum of £ roo, with the request that the Hall purchase a piece or pieces of silver for the dining hall in memory of himself.

The Hall is deeply grateful to both these old members for their generosity.

UNDER

GIFTS are due to the following for gifts which they have kindly presented: To Miss Joyce Brewis, for a large silver Apostle christening spoon.

To Alderman]. S. Tennant, M.A., C.C. (matric. 1909; Mayor of Harrogate, 1945-6), for the sum of £50 in memory of his mother, Mrs. J. Tennant.

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To J. Wheeler (matric. 1950), for a copy of the first edition of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.

To the Isotope School held at the Hall in January under the auspices of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell, for two Georgian silver salt-cellars.

To Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., for the gift of ÂŁ50 to purchase books on scientific subjects for the undergraduates' library.

To the Aularian Association, for three silver tankards to commemorate the winning of the inter-collegiate cups in Rugby Football, Athletics and Tennis respectively; also for presenting, at the initiative and through the generosity of R. Waye, a handsome silver tankard, dated 1724 and made by Thos. Tearle, of London, to commemorate the visit of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh.

A HISTORIC PURCHASE TWO YEARS AGO the Magazine reported the purchase by the Principal and Trustees of the freehold of the block of shops and residential accommodation known as Nos. 55, 55A and 56 High Street. The significance of this move lay in the fact that it represented the first enlargement of the freehold site of the Hall since the middle ages. This year an even more remarkable and ambitious transaction has been carried through by the Governing Body. This is nothing less than the purchase from Magdalen College of the freehold of the whole complex structure known to the older generation as the Masonic Buildings and to our younger contemporaries as the Forum Restaurant. The purchase includes the mezzanine projections of the Besse Building, but not the Besse Building itself, which the Hall continues to lease from Magdalen College. It will be recalled that the Masonic Buildings were erected in 1906 by a certain Mr. Gardiner on a ninety-nine year lease from the College, and that on Mr. Emden's initiative the Hall stepped in and bought the unexpired portion of the head-lease in 1941 on the death of Mr. H. M. Gardiner, the son of the original lessee. The total site, even excluding the mezzanine projections mentioned above, covers about rr,ooo square feet, and its acquisition more than doubles the area already occupied by the Hall. As Mr. Emden pointed out in the 1941 issue of the Magazine, the Hall's only possibility of extension and of obtaining new buildings lies in this direction, east of the inchoate inner quadrangle, and the news that the freehold has at last been secured (without the freehold any project for building would have been hazardous in the extreme) should give immense

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satisfaction to Aularians. At present the proprietors of the Forum Restaurant have a sub-lease which has still three or four years to run; and the premises are also encumbered by three co-terminous sub-leases held by local Masonic Lodges which have the right to use them on certain nights of the year, and with which the Hall will have to come to terms before it can tum the property to its own purposes. These obstacles, however, are clearly only temporary, and the Governing Body has far-reaching plans for scrapping the existing awkwardly designed and unsatisfactory buildings and developing what in fact is one of the most splendid sites in the middle of Oxford. Among other things it envisages the construction of a block, or blocks, housing upwards of seventy-five undergraduates (not so that the total population may be still further increased, but so as to permit of each man's residing two years in college instead of one), and the erection of a new dining hall and kitchens spacious enough to cope with the demands which a society as big as the Hall has become, and seems bound to remain, inevitably puts upon them. Much more will be heard about these plans in the not so very distant future, and Aularians everywhere will follow their implementation with enthusiasm and, it may be confidently expected, with practical financial support. In the meantime the Magazine rejoices that a forward step so pregnant with possibility has been successfully taken, and congratulates the Governing Body on the imaginative courage with which it has embarked upon a policy which, though severely taxing its modest resources at the moment, seems bound to lead to the long-term interest of the Hall.

THE CHAPEL and the Bible in use in the Chapel for many years have fallen into serious disrepair, and they have this year been replaced. Through the generous gift of Mrs. E. Midgley and Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Dyson the Chapel has been presented with a copy (English 4to size) of Oxford Altar Services, containing the Communion Service of 1662 and also that proposed in 1928; the latter is of course not used, but it is convenient to have the Collects, Epistles and Gospels of the Lesser Feasts and Fasts. Printed by the University Press, it makes a handsome volume, and has been specially bound in Maroon Oasis Niger Morocco, hand finished throughout. The Chapel has also received a copy of the New Oxford (Bruce Rogers) Lectern Bible with Apocrypha. This is one of the most magnificent and most beautifully printed lectern Bibles ever produced in Great Britain, and has also been specially bound BOTH THE ALTAR-BOOK

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in Maroon Oasis Niger Morocco, with leather joints, solid gold tooling on edges, Cockerell hand-marbled end-papers, and has been hand-finished throughout. The cost has been met out of funds generously placed from time to time at the disposal of the Principal, to be expended at his discretion, by the Right Reverend Bishop Edward Welles, of West Missouri (matric. 1928), and Mr. R. B. Pugh (lecturer). To both of them, as well as to the donors of the altar-book, the best thanks of the Hall are due. In this connexion it is pleasant to record that Bishop Welles, visiting England for the Lambeth Conference, was able to pay a brief call at the Hall with his family on Saturday, 26thJuly, being warmly welcomed by both the Principal and Mr. Emden.

Further improvements in the Chapel have been the refurbishing of the coats of arms on the North and South sides of the panelling in glowing colours, and the provision of a new carpet covering the foot-pace and steps before the Holy Table. The latter replaces the Persian rug and the Bokhara rug presented in 1923 by the widow of Captain G. S. Salmon and _Principal Allen respectively, which had unhappily become tattered and worn through contact with the rough stone. The new carpet is of a rich green colour and is intended to set off the throw-over frontal which was placed last year on the altar itself.

THE EMDEN ROOM carried through during the summer has been the transference of the Emden Room to the first-floor apartment in the front quadrangle formerly occupied by the undergraduates' library, and the housing of the latter in the double room thereby vacated in the Besse Building. Several reasons of a practical nature lie behind this move, the chief being the desirability (as has been abundantly demonstrated since it was opened) of having the room in which parties and club dinners are held as close as possible to the Lodge and, above all, to the kitchens. The strain imposed upon the domestic staff by the necessity of carrying the several courses of a lunch or dinner all the way to the Besse Building, and even then along passages and up stairs, has proved burdensome in the extreme.

It is also doubtful whether it is prudent to allow the room which provides the venue for parties which are liable to become gay and even hilarious to be situated directly over the High Street. The change looks like being a success, for the two rooms are practically the same size, the new Emden Room is much more accessible to A BIG CHANGE

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IN FULLEST BLOOM

visitors and has been decorated even more attractively than the old, and the new tllldergraduates' library has been fitted with double windows to deaden the noise of the High Street traffic. Perhaps the sight of the Examination Schools across the road will give an added incentive to tllldergraduates browsing over their books. Needless to say, the furniture and pictures supplied by the Aularian Association to commemorate Mr. Emden's Principalship have been placed in the new room bearing his name.

THE WISTARIA which shocked everyone in residence and which is botllld to cause distress to Aularians far and wide is the death of the wistaria which for so many years, whether in full bloom in late spring or vatlllting its rich mass of delicate leaves in mid-summer, was one of the glories of the quadrangle. For the past two or three seasons observers with sharp eyes and long memories have noticed that its flowers have been less luxuriant than usual and that some of its branches have seemed wanting in their accustomed vigour.

This year not a bud or bloom, not a trace of foliage, showed itself; and when it was closely examined, the tree was fotllld to be wholly without life. Experts from the Botanic Garden suggest that the probable cause of the disaster was a slow escape from an tllldergrotllld pipe conveying gas to the buttery and the resultant poisoning, over the past few years, of its roots.

Every effort will be made to make good this tragic loss by planting a new wistaria, probably in a somewhat different position; but many years will of course have to elapse before it even begins to emulate the size and splendour of its predecessor. Even this latter, it is perhaps appropriate to recall, though a queen among wistarias in the eyes of all who knew it, was by all accotlllts but a pale shadow .of that famous and gigantic wistaria which in the late nineteenth century impelled Karl Baedeker to affix three stars to the Hall in his guidebook to Oxford. This amazing tree,.it would appear, rose from the earth next to the drain-pipe immediately to the right of the entrance to what is now the J.C.R., and its spreading branches covered not only the whole of the North frontage of the quadrangle, but a large part of the dining-hall and the Chapel as well. Its demise, according to reminiscences of the late Canon S. L. Ollard, VicePrincipal 1903-14, was occasioned by workmen carelessly hacking about among the roots in the attempt to contrive a more efficient system for draining away water from the rooÂŁ AN EVENT

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INCREASED ACCOMMODATION has seen a noteworthy increase in the number of undergraduates for whom accommodation is provided in Hall.

No. SSA High Street, as prophesied in last year's issue of the Magazine, was brought into effective use in Michaelmas Term, l9S7, room being found in it for eight undergraduates as well as for independent bathrooms, washrooms and lavatories. Since January, l9S8 the conversion of Nos. SS and s6 High Street has been carried out, these houses being linked directly with the Besse Building.

When Michaelmas Term, l9S8 opens, it is expected that some nineteen further sets will be made available. As a result of these operations the total number housed in Hall will be raised to 124, a figure which is almost exactly double the number for whom rooms were provided ten years ago. There is no concealing the fact that, quite apart from the purchase price of the freehold of Nos. SS, SSA and s6 High Street, the adaptation of these buildings to college use and their equipment, furnishing and decoration have placed a heavy strain on the Hall's finances. The Governing Body has, however, set itself the target of raising the period of residence in Hall which each undergraduate may reasonably expect from one year to two, and although the attainment of this ideal is still a very long way off, a modest advance towards it has been made this year. It is hoped that these encouraging signs of progress will stimulate old members who have not yet done so to give their support to the Endowment Fund, which provides the Governing Body with the financial backing without which it would find it difficult to incur the severe capital expenditure involved.

THE PRESENT YEAR

THE NEW LIBRARY THE BEST THANKS of the Hall are due to the following for gifts of books to the New Library: Mrs. Gullick, Mrs. Senior, Mrs. Macfarlane, Professor W. Hume-Rothery, Messrs. C. R. Owston, J. A. Mudge, D. W. Boyd, E.J. McLaren.

Last year we asked any old members who may have in their possession editions of standard works which they no longer use to send them to the Librarian, and many useful books have been sent. May we repeat this request again this year. The greatly increased number of undergraduates in the Hall increases the pressure on the Library's facilities, and the Librarian would be very glad to receive lists of such possible gifts from old members so that he could indicate which items were valuable for us.

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TWO PRIZES AND A GRANT for the two Francis Bennion Prizes was held in Hilary Term. It will be recalled that these two prizes of books are awarded each Trinity Term, through the generosity of Mr. Francis Bennion, a former law-tutor of the Hall, to the authors of the two best essays submitted on a set title. The essay subject this year was 'The Place of the Doctrine of Precedent in English Law', and although the entry was smaller than usual, the Magazine understands that the standard of submitted work was very creditable.

The first prize was awarded to J. D. Farnworth and the second prize to M. J. Cansdale. Both prizewinners are to be warmly congratulated.

A grant from the Graham Hamilton Travel Fund was made in Trinity Term to M. Hilt. The project he submitted was to visit certain of the ruined cities of the Mayan civilization (300 A.D. to 1697 A.D.) in the South East of Mexico, viz. Chichen Itza, Uxmal in the Yucatan, Palenque in the Chiapas, and possibly Uaxactun and Tikal in Northern Guatemala. This trip was to be the logical follow-up of a study of other pre-Columbian Indian civilizations which Mr. Hilt planned to make during the earlier part of the Long Vacation while pursuing his mathematical studies at the University of Mexico.

THE ANNUAL COMPETITION

OFFICERS OF THE J.C.R. elected at the end of Hilary Term, 1958 to hold office until the end of Hilary Term, 1959, were: President: J. M. Evans; Steward: R. M. Siedle; Treasurer: C. H. R. Marriott.

THE OFFICERS

SUMMER BALL goes from strength to strength, and this year 'SOLD OUT' notices around the University proclaimed its popularity. The Forum Restaurant was again the main centre of the dancing, but this year, thanks to the initiative of the Dance Committee, a door from the back Quadrangle let the dancers straight through into the Forum without their having to wander through the no doubt romantic but-at three in the momingvery long tunnel of striped awning which in past years has wound its way through the less attractive areas of the 'Slums'. The Forum had again undergone its annual transformation, this time into an underwater grotto where, ¡beneath a gently waving ceiling of wavelets and the keels of boats and amidst hundreds of fishes which

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would have frightened the most hardened deep-sea fisherman and the painting of which had occupied the artistic members of the Hall for many a long day, music was provided by Harry Temple and his band, happily playing in a temple of fishing nets and sea-shells.

In the Front Quadrangle there was again an open floor hung with chinese lanterns and, although the rains came at about one o'clock, the hours before that again proved that this was one of the favourite haunts of the Ball. The Hall itself became again the Night Club centre with a skilfully done street scene complete with gaslamp and dustbin and the appropriate sort of music for this sort of locale.

It was a very splendid evening on which the Dance Committee are to be very warmly congratulated. They had certainly worked extremely hard for a very long time, and the complete success of the Ball is their best reward.

HIGHER DEGREES having submitted a thesis on 'Synthetic studies of cyclic ketals of cyclohexane- l :2 dione and the synthesis of hydroaromatic steroid hormones' for the degree ofD.Phil., satisfied the examiners appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Physical Sciences.

N. S. Haile, having submitted a thesis on 'The geology of part of West Sarawak, including its relation to the regional geological history', for the degree of D.Phil., satisfied the examiners appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Biological Sciences.

R. T. Holtby, having submitted a thesis on 'The Contribution of Daniel Waterland to the Corpus of Eighteenth Century Anglican Theology' for the degree of B.D., satisfied the examiners appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Theology.

A. P. Leary, having submitted a thesis on 'The Theology of Herbert Thorndike (1598-1672)' for the degree of D.Phil., satisfied the examiners appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Theology.

R. E. THORNTON,

SCHOLARSHIP ELECTIONS AND EXAMINATIONS of the Open Scholarship Examinations in Modem Languages, English, Geography, Modem History, Classics and Natural Science held in December, 1957, and in March, 1958, the following elections to Scholarships were made:

AS A RESULT

IN MODERN LANGUAGES:

John Duncan Bean (Kent College).

John Ellis {Colfe's Grammar School).

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IN ENGLISH:

Jolm Neil Davie (ilkley Grammar School).

Eric Peter Smith (Dulwich College).

IN GEOGRAPHY:

Anthony Bernard Holdsworth (Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield).

Jonathan Andrew Peter Ray (Ellesmere College).

IN MODERN HISTORY :

Simon Court Wilkinson (The King's School, Canterbury).

Michael Edwin Quick (Taunton School).

(Hearne Junior Scholarship) : Edward Andrew Swire Hutchinson (Tiffin Boys' School, Kingston-upon-Thames).

IN CLASSICS

IN NATURAL SCIENCE:

Albert John Haydon (Millfield School).

Malcolm Frederick Lowe (Eltham College).

The following election was made to a Besse Scholarship: Jean Paul Debax (Toulouse University).

Scholarship examinations for the academic year 1958-9 have been arranged as follows: The Scholarship Examination in Modem Languages, in conjunction with New College, Lincoln, Jesus, Wadham, Pembroke and Worcester Colleges, will be held on 9th December, 1958.

The Hall is offering one Junior Hearne Scholarship of £80, one Open Scholarship of £50 and possibly one Abbott's Scholarship of

£50.

The Scholarship Examination in Geography, in conjunction with Jesus, Hertford and Keble Colleges will be held on 9th December, 1958. The Hall is offering one Open Scholarship of £80 and one Open Scholarship of £50.

The Scholarship Examination in English Literature, in conjunction with Lincoln, Jesus, Wadham, Pembroke and Keble Colleges, will be held on 16th February, 1959. The Hall is offering one Open Scholarship of £80 and one Open Scholarship of £50.

The Scholarship Examination in Classics and History, in conjunction with Merton, Oriel, Lincoln and Brasenose Colleges, Christ Church and Jesus College, will be held on 17th March, 15

1959· The Hall is offering one Open Holy Family Scholarship in Classics of £50, and, in History, one Open Scholarship of £80 and one of £50.

The Scholarship Examination in Natural Science, in conjunction with University and Balliol Colleges, New College, Trinity and St. John's College, will be held on l7th March, 1959· The Hall is offering one Open Scholarship of £80, one Open Scholarship of £50 and one Armourers and Brasiers' Company Scholarship in Metallurgy of £500 a year.

The Scholarship Examination in Music will be held on l9th March, 1959· The Hall is offering one Open Scholarship of £50.

THE SCHOOLS TRINITY TERM Honour School of Natural Science: Physics: Class II: B. C. Masters, D. J. Sturges, N. Tonkin. Class III: M. D. Martin. Chemistry: Part I: Pass: J. L. Dellar, J. M. Hardman. Enginef:,ring Science: Class III: H. P. Beaumont, P. R . Lewis. Animal Physiology: Class III: A. C. Warr. Class IV: I. P. Unsworth. Geology: Class III: D. Sullivan.

Honour School of Theology: Class II: E. P. Fox, J. V. Roberts.

Class III: C. K. H. Davison. Class W: T. P. Nicholson.

Honour School of Geography: Class II: J. L. Bartlett, E.W. Entwistle, D. C. Ford, D. R. Hare, R. S. Hurren, B. K. Poulteney, B. S. Wilks. Class III: B. W. Atkins, R. Knowles, J. OwenSmith. Class W: R . M. Eades. Group F2: R. J. Nightingale.

Honour School of jurisprudence: Class II: J. D. Farnworth. Class III:

A. J. Hall, M. F. C. Harvey, P. H. R. Mercer, M. J. Neal, D. Ward, R. H. Williams. Class IV: A. J. Stapleton Cotton.

GroupB4: P. M. Bevan-Thomas,]. E. Hancock, A. G. Stedman, S. H. Wamsley.

Honour School of Modern History: Class II: R. A. Farrand, R. 0. D. Hughes, C. G. Thome, A. E. Twycross, W.R. Weston. Class III: P. D. Bailey, H.J. Davies, C. N. P. Harrison, R.H. Hooker.

Class IV: J. R. F. Curry.

Honour School of English Language and Literature: Class I: M. J. 0 .

Sutherland. Class II: J. H. Barker, J. Billington, D. S. Botting, J. Cox, C. E. G. Parkhouse, I. L. Theaker, D. B. Wilson. Class · III: J.M. Daniels, M. B. Forbes, P. Humphris.

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Honour School of Modern Languages: Class II: J.P. Allen,J. E. Bayliss, J. Maddison, A. M. Mathieson, B. Quinn, R. F. Reynolds.

Class III: I. P. Asquith, P. M. Edmondson, A. G. Pearson, P. G. D. Robbins. Group B2: D. J. Marshall.say.

Honour School of Philosophy, Politics and Economics: Class II: R. T. H. Batchelor, M. G. A. Chadwick, D. Frayne. Class III: J. B. Davies, N. K. Merrylees.

Honour School of Mathematics: Class II: E. A. V. Casale. Class III: J. M. Casale.

Honour School of Psychology, Philosophy, and Physiology: Class II: D. M. Nelson.

Honour School of Music: Class III: M. Willcock.

Honour School of Agriculture: Class III: 0. A. Alakija.

THE REUNION, 1958 of old members was held on Friday, 27thJune, 1958. There were present: The Rev. Dr. J. N. D. Kelly (President), Mr. A. B. Emden (VicePresident), J. B. Allen, G. R. Allen (Fellow), R. E. Alton, J. N. Appelbe, R.H. Barff, H. B. D. Beales, I. E. N. Besley, Maj.-Gen. A. B. Blaxland, J. G. F. Brain, Rev. G. T. Brett, E. J. R. Burrough, M. J. Cansdale, D. M. M. Carey, A. L. Clegg, A. B. Codling, R. A. Cooper, A. C. Corlett, Rev. H. E. J. Cowdrey (Fellow), D. K. Daniels, R. P. H. Davies, C. Douglas-Smith, Rev. A. R. Duncan-Jones, G. East, Dr. R. Fargher (Fellow), G. A. Forrest, C. F. W. R. Gullick (Fellow), L. W. Hanson, Rev. D. E. Havergal, C. J. Hayes, E. A. H. Heard, Rev. T. D. C. Herbert, R. L. Hill, L. G. Holmes, J. P. S. Howe, Dr. H. M. N. H. Irving (Fellow), G. S. Keen, A. P. Kingsley, J. Lee, Rev. E. G. Midgley, G. A. Johnson, A. W. Keith-Steele, Rev. Canon T. G. Le Mesurier, W. J. H. Liversidge, C. Lummis, C. J. Mabey, M. A. McCanlis, R. B. Mitchell (Fellow), S. F. Parsons, Rev. J. E. T. Phillips, H. K. Pusey, Rev. Preb. E. Reid, Rev. J. S. Reynolds, W. V. Reynolds, Dr. G. Series (Fellow), A. G. Slemeck, E. G. Stokes, L. I. Stowe, Rev. F. J. Tackley, Alderman J. S. Tennant, Dr. G. H. Thompson, L. Thorpe, J. C. Toland, Prof. F. D. Walker, J. ].'G. Walkington, R. Waye, Dr. N. J. Williams, E. C. C. Wynter, Dr. D. C. M. Yardley (Fellow).

The toast of Floreat Aula was proposed by the Principal. He was especially glad to see Mr. Emden, the first volume of whose great ~ork had been published; Canon Le Mesurier, who had come up m 1893, and sent two sons and a son-in-law to the Hall; Prebendary THE ANNUAL REUNION

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Reid; and Professor Walker, one of the earliest Rhodes scholars to come to the Hall.

He congratulated the Vice-Principal on his D.Sc. and on a successful visit to (and return from) Moscow. The academic results o( the undergraduates were still awaited. One Heath Harrison scholarship had been won. In sport the record continued to impress.

P. G. D. Robbins had proved a brilliantly successful captain of varsity rugger, and had been succeeded in that office by another Hall man, T. Lombard. The Hall had retained the rugger and tennis cups and had won the athletics cup for the first time.

The term was memorable for the visit of the Dulce of Edinburgh, who handed to the Principal the Charter granted by Her Majesty.

The Chancellor of the University, the Vice-Chancellor, and the members of the Executive Committee of the Association had happily been the guests at this splendid occasion. The plans for the development of the Hall had been shown to the Dulce. The freehold of the Masonic building had been bought, and it was thus possible to envisage a second quadrangle, with a new dining hall. The Hall indeed was expanding so rapidly that it was rumoured that the deep excavations on the site of the Provost of Queens' house were to contain a dug-out retreat for the governing body of Queens when the Hall took over that college.

The annual general meeting of the Aularian Association was held after the Reunion dinner. The Treasurer read his statement, which disclosed a surplus of over £100 on the year's working and a total of £3000 in hand. The following allocations were made : £250 to the Magazine; £200 to the Directory, and £60 to general expenses; £400 to the Scholarship Fund; £100 as an initial payment towards binding the set of the Law Reports which had been presented to the Library; £100 to the Sports Grant Fund; £50 to the Principal's discretionary fund; and three silver tankards to commemorate the winning of the rugger, tennis and athletics cups.

The retiring members of the Executive Committee, Captain Beatty and Major-General Blaxland were re-elected. The Hon. Treasurer and the Hon. Secretary were re-elected. The date of the next Reunion was fixed for Saturday, 27th June, 1959.

Mr. Brain raised the question of the disappearance of the picture at the entrance to the Besse building and the future of the Emden Room. The President explained that climatic conditions had compelled the removal of the work of art to the drier atmosphere of the rooms of the President of the J.C.R. The governing body had decided that the Emden Room, remote from the kitchen and too near the High, was not well situated for the social purposes for which it had been provided. They had therefore determined to change over the Emden Room and the New Library. L.W.H. 18

THE LONDON DINNER, 1958 THE SECOND TUESDAY IN JANUARY again saw Aularians gathering at Simpson's in the Strand for the annual London Dinner.

The Principal was the guest of the evening and with him were The Rev. J. S. Brewis (Vice-Principal, 1929-37), Mr. C. F. W. R. Gullick (Senior Tutor), Professor H.J. Hunt and Mr. R. B. Pugh.

With them sixty Aularians sat down to dinner representing vintages from 1918 to 1952.

The chair was taken by Mr. L. W. Hanson (1925) who welcomed the Principal and proposed the toast of Floreat Aula. He recalled earlier dinners which had been held in much less grand surroundings, one in what the present Principal had described as 'an unsavoury hostel' where difficulties subsequent upon the dinner had been equally unsavoury, one held at a restaurant in Soho on the way to which even Mr. Emden had been asked to spend the evening elsewhere. The progress of the London dinners from those early scenes to their present grandeur yet with the same spirit of Aularian happiness, very much reflected the progress of the Hall from its early small society of under a hundred men with only tin baths, to its present pre-eminence.

The Principal, replying to the toast, admitted that he had been present at twenty-one London Dinners and, as he looked round the room at all the men he had tried to teach and discipline over those years, said that he began to feel his age ! Reviewing the Hall's record over the years, he reported that academically we had kept our head well above water, that sportingly the pages of the daily press gave sufficient publicity, and that artistically and especially in the dramatic world, we were keeping the flame blazing. But above all, we remained a happy community, even though we were larger than we had ever been. The Hall did indeed flourish.

The evening dissolved, as usual, amid a haze of cigar smoke and the inevitable murmur of gossip amongst friends gathered together, recalling, deploring or applauding the past and the present and the future.

The following Aularians were present:

1918 F. McGowan 1919 D. J. Parsons

1920 1921 1922 1924

1925 L. W. Hanson 1926 T. V. Nicholson

J. F. A. Porter H. C. Shearman G. H. Tubbs S. Cox C. Lummis E. P. Brice R. St. J. Fisher

K. C. Oliver J.C. Toland 1927 B. M. Forrest 1928 L. Lieven G. E. Marfell 1929 G. S. Cansdale G. D. Cluer 19

1929 L. Thorpe

D. A. H. Wright 1930 C. J. Hayes W. L. Herbert G. S. Keen G. W. Mason G. B. Timms 1932 D. Floyd 1933 J. Lee 1934 J. C. Cain G. J.P. Courtney M. C. English F. R. Rawes 1935 D. M. M. Carey 1936 G. R. R. East 1937 J. P. de C. Meade 1938 C. Dobb C. L. Robathan 1939 J. D. M. Bell 1941 H. Bradley R. McAdams E. G. Midgley 1942 E. L. Williams 1943 W.R. Dunsmore Z. M. C. Lempicki W. Weir

1944 D. A. Watson 1945 J. R . Paul 1946 R. C. Austin

1947 1948

1949

1950 1951

1952

D. S. Dunsmore N. J. Williams J.C. Graffy H. A. Shearring C. A. Blackman J. S. Clarke P. R.Jones M. J. Plowden-Roberts R. J. L. Breese M.A. Brown E. L. Cunnell J. H. Hedgely J. A. Mudge W. R. von Pachelbel R. J. Southan D. H. E. Wainwright J. M. Kershaw J. Ellis H. M. Plowden-Roberts A. G. Poynter C. J. Lummis J. T. Stoakley

CONGRATULATIONS

MICHAELMAS TERM D. I. Scargill on gaining a First in Geography.

R. W. Truman on gaining a First in Modem Languages.

E. H. Rhode on producing 'Corruption in the Palace of Justice'

by Ugo Betti for the Oxford Theatre Group at the Edinburgh Festival.

J. D. Farnworth on being 'proxime accessit' for the Gibbs Scholarship in Law. J. Cox on being elected Steward of the O.U.D.S. and on producing 'Emani' Jor the Opera Club.

R. S. Hurren on playing soccer against Cambridge.

P. G. D. Robbins, D. Jesson, L. T. Lombard and J. R. C. Young on playing rugby against Cambridge.

J. W. J. Pinnick on running in the relays match against Cambridge.

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J.E. Aves, L. A. Chester, H. Hardy and T. J. Reynolds on representing the University against Cambridge in the Freshmen's Athletics Match.

H. Hardy, T. J. Reynolds and J. R. C. Young on representing the University against Cambridge in the Field Events Match.

D. R. Bouwer, D. I. Gealy, D. Jesson, W. I. Plant and A. G. Stedman on playing rugby for the University.

D.R. Bouwer, D. Jesson, W. I. Plant and R. M. Siedle on being elected to the Greyhounds.

R.H. Caddick on playing soccer for the University.

T. G. Cook, J. D. Lees and A. M. Mathieson on being elected to the Centaurs.

0. A. Alakija, R. M. Sutton and I. D. Taylor on playing Hockey for the University.

I. D. Taylor and B. W. Atkins on being elected to the Occasionals.

S. C. H. Douglas-Mann and M. J. W. Hall (Lincoln) on their win in the University pairs.

J. H. Ducker, J. L. Fage and S. C. H. Douglas-Mann on rowing in the Trial Eights.

P. R. Lewis on captaining the Woodpeckers.

T. J. W. Baker on being elected to the Squirrels.

H. Hardy and J. W. J. Pinnick on being elected to the Achilles Athletic Club.

L. T. Lombard, J. Owen-Smith, C. G. Thome and J. R. C. Young on being elected to Vincents.

R. J. W. Fisher and M. J. Neal on boxing for the University.

HILARY TERM J. D. Farnworth on being awarded the Bigelow Teaching Fellowship at the University of Chicago for 1958-9.

P. G. D. Robbins and J. R. C. Young on playing for England against Wales.

L. T. Lombard on being elected Captain of the O.U.R.F.C. 0. A. Alakija, J.M. Casale and I. D. Taylor on playing hockey against Cambridge.

A. G. Stedman on playing rugby for the Combined London Old Boys.

B. W. Atkins and R. M. Sutton on touring Germany with the University Hockey Club.

W. J. A. Steel on playing golf against Cambridge.

J. W. J. Pinnick and J. R. C. Young on running against Cambridge.

J. H. Ducker and J. L. Fage on rowing in the Boat Race. •

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S. C. H. Douglas-Mann and G. C. H. Shakerley on rowing in the Isis crew.

M. C. Highstead on representing the University against Cambridge at gymnastics and on being elected President of the 0. U. Gym Club.

R. M. Eades on representing the University against Cambridge at Judo.

R. B. Cook on shooting for the University against Cambridge.

P. M. Bevan-Thomas on being awarded an Inner Temple Student Scholarship.

B. D. Kingstone on being awarded a Heath Harrison Travelling Scholarship.

G. A. Blakeley and P. E. Garland on taking part in the O.U.D.S. major production of 'King Lear'.

J. L. Fage, W. I. Plant and W . J. A. Steel on being elected to Vincents.

I. D. Taylor on playing in the England Hockey Trials. ]. Maddison ori playing for Pegasus.

R. M. Siedle on playing rugby for the University.

T. G. Cook on playing soccer for the University.

C. C. Nichols and A. G. Pearson on being elected to the Greyhotlllds.

D. M. W. Bolton and R. W. Jackson on being elected to the Centaurs.

R. C. Holt on being elected.to the Occasionals.

M. D. Martin on being elected to the Woodpeckers.

M. J. Neal on being elected to the Panthers.

T. G. Cook and J. D. Lees on playing for the Centaurs against the C.U. Falcons.

B. W. Atkins, F. D. Bishop and R. M. Sutton on playing for the Occasionals against the C.U. Wanderers.

M. H. MacCormack on playing for the Beavers against Cambridge.

P. E. Garland on being elected President of O.U.D.S. and having his play 'The Great Illusion' produced by the B.B.C. ¡ J. M. Evans and R. M. Siedle on their election as President and Steward of the J.C.R., and C. H. R. Marriott on his appointment as Junior Treasurer.

TRINITY TERM I. D. Taylor on playing for the England 'B' Hockey Team.

J. W. J. Pinnick on being elected Junior Treasurer of the 0. U .A. C. J. R. C. Young on being elected Captain of Centipedes.

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J. E. Aves, H. Hardy, D. H. Jolmson, I. D. Taylor and B. A. J. Walshaw on being elected Centipedes and Taylor and Walshaw on being elected to the Achilles Athletic Club.

S. C. H. Douglas-Mann and M. J. W. Hall (Lincoln) on qualifying to represent England in the Coxless Pairs in the Empire Games.

H. Hardy, J. W. J. Pinnick, I. D. Taylor and J. R. C. Young on representing the University at Athletics.

D. Jesson on playing water polo against Cambridge.

R. M. Siedle on being elected to the Authentics.

G. C. H. Shakerley on being elected President of the O.U. Coxswains Society.

H. B. Thorpe on winning the Farrand Cup. B. W. Atkins, J. H. Ducker, S. C. H. Douglas-Mann, J. W. J. Pinnick and R. M. Sutton on being elected to Vincents.

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DE FORTUNIS AULARIUM F. L. Abel has emigrated to Canada and is assistant in production planning to Messrs. Tooke Bros., Montreal.

J. R. Allchurch has taken up an appointment with British Insulated Cables Ltd. in Karachi, Pakistan.

J. P. Allen is teaching at the British School, Milan.

J. B. Anderson has been appointed senior history master at Archbishop Holgate' s School, York.

The Rev. J. V. Andrews has been appointed assistant curate at the Church of Our Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell, E.C.r.

J. S. A. Ashby has obtained an appointment in Barclays Bank Ltd. I. P. Asquith has taken up an appointment with the Michelin Tyre Co. Ltd. P. Bailey has accepted an appointment with the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.

R. 0. Barritt is at the British Embassy in Vienna.

Albert Baxter is teaching at Bury High School.

J. E. Bayliss has been appointed as assistant at the Lycee Janson, Paris.

H. P. Beaumont has joined the research department of Messrs .

Wiggin Teape Ltd., Beaconsfield.

C. B. Benjamin has been appointed assistant master at Gillingham Grammar School, Kent.

The Rev. G. Bennett has been appointed assistant curate at St. Philip's Parish Church, Norbury, S.W.16.

E. Benson has been appointed assistant master at Rickmansworth Grammar School.

D. W. Bigley is Comptroller of the Immigration Department, Penang, Malaya.

J. Billington has been appointed senior English master at The Cathedral and John Connons Boys' High School, Bombay.

C. A. Blackman has left the Royal Navy, having attained the rank of Instructor Lieutenant Commander, and has been appointed Lecturer in charge of Liberal Studies at the Luton and South Bedfordshire College of Further Education.

R. M. Blomfield has accepted a permanent appointment on the staff of Shrewsbury School.

M.A. Bourdeaux is at Wycliffe Hall, preparing for ordination.

A. W. Boyce, who has been visiting the S. African establishments of British Oxygen Gases Ltd., has now returned to England.

D. W. Boyd has taken up an appointment as resident house physician at the Hammersmith Hospital and Post-graduate Medical School.

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J. A. Brett has been appointed Headmaster of Durham School.

A. J. Brimble is with the firm of Redpath Brothers, importers.

C. Broadhead has been appointed Director in charge of W. A. and A. C. Churchman, Ipswich, and Edwards, Ringer and Bigg, Bristol.

W. Brown has been appointed to a teaching assistantship at the University of Nebraska.

V. A. Bulbeck has been appointed assistant master at the Royal Liberty School, Romford.

K. A. Bulgin has obtained an appointment with the Ziirich Insurance Co. Ltd. The Rev. D. Burden has been appointed assistant curate at St. Mark's Parish Church, Mitcham.

I. C. Byatt, who was awarded a Commonwealth Fellowship last year, has spent the present academic year doing research in economics at the Graduate School, Harvard University.

The Rev. C. R. Campling is Chaplain of The King's School, Ely, and Minor Canon of Ely Cathedral.

M. A. Canning has taken up an appointment in the public relations department of Thos. Hedley and Co., Ltd. The Rev. C. F. Cardale has been appointed Vicar of Portchester, Hants.

D . M. M. Carey has been appointed Legal Secretary and Principal Registrar to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

J. M. Carr has joined the Mineralogical Branch of the Department of Mines, Victoria, C.C., Canada.

A. Cash has been appointed assistant master at St. Olave' s School, S.E.i.

J. F. Chadderton is now Senior History Master at Barrow Grammar School for Boys.

M. G. A. Chadwick has been appointed economic assistant with the Commonwealth Economic Committee.

W. Charlton has been appointed manager of the Reading branch of Shell-Mex and B.P. P. W. Chilver has been appointed Lecturer at the Municipal College, Southend-on-Sea. F. F. Clemence has been appointed Administrative Assistant for School Management with the Nottinghamshire Education Authority.

J. V. Cockshoot has been appointed Lecturer in Music at Westminster College, S.W.I. M. H. A. Collingridge has obtained an appointment with Messrs.

Montague, Loebl and Stanley, of the London Stock Exchange.

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T. A. B. Corley has been appointed Lecturer in Economics at Belfast University.

J. Cox has accepted the (temporary) position of assistant English master at Cheney School, Oxford, while preparing the annual production of the O.U. Opera Club.

B. V. Cudmore, having returned from Australia, has been appointed assistant master at St. George's School, Harpenden.

J. R. F. Curry has taken up an appointment with Messrs. Foote, Cone and Belding, advertising agents.

E. G. Curtis is Dean of Students and Admissions, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana.

B. R. Cuzner has joined the staff of Messrs. Wilfred Smith Ltd., London, agents for chemicals.

J.B. Davies has begun his national service in the Army.

J.P. M. Davies is working with Messrs. Foote, Cone and Belding, advertising agents.

C. K. H. Davison is at Cuddesdon College, preparing for ordination.

F. W. Dawson is with the National Coal Board at Himley Hall, Dudley.

T. E. Dowman has been appointed head of the modem languages department at The John Leggott Grammar School, Scunthorpe, Lanes.

R. Downing has been appointed senior English master at Bilborough Grammar School, Nottingham.

R. M. Eades has obtained an appointment in l.C.I. General Chemicals Division.

G. R. R. East is Inspector of Establishments at the War Office.

H. D. Eastwood, having left the Overseas Service, has obtained an appointment in the War Office.

G. E. Efetie was appointed an Education Officer by the W. Region Government of Nigeria, in 1956, and is at present attached to the Government College, Ughelli, Nigeria.

M. F. H . Ellerton is with F. B. Trethewey and Partners Ltd., management consultants.

E. W. Entwistle has joined the staff of the Westminster Bank Ltd. J. T. Evans has been appointed an agent of The Western Assurance Co., Ltd. R. D.R. Evans, who holds an appointment in the Indian Health Service in Canada, is also a lay reader in the diocese of Caledonia.

J. D. Farnworth has been appointed to a Bigelow Teaching Fellowship at the University of Chicago Law School.

P. A. H. Farrant holds the position of tax manager to Cooper Bros. and Co., chartered accountants.

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B. R. Featherstone has been awarded a Rotarian International Fellowship, and is doing research at Harvard University, U.S.A. F. P. Ferguson has accepted a teaching post in Jamaica.

M. J. Forster is District Officer, Sarik.eti, Sarawak.

E. P. Fox has been appointed assistant master at Alleyne' s Grammar School, Stevenage.

D. Frayne is at Queen's College, Birmingham, preparing for ordination.

G. D. Gilling-Smith is an insurance executive with the Legal and General Assurance Society (Group Life and Pensions Dept.).

G. R. Gleave has been appointed to a graduate assistantship in Geography at the University of Illinois, U.S.A. C. Grayson has been elected Serena Professor of Italian Studies in the University of Oxford.

T. H. Hackett holds the rank of Flying Officer, and is Chief Education Officer at R.A.F. Norton, near Sheffield.

J.E. Hancock is articled to Auden and Son, solicitors, Burton-onTrent.

K. Hardacre, who as well as being a schoolmaster has a private printing-press called The Kit-cat Press, has brought out a limited edition of Poems, by Frederick Palmer.

D.R. Hare has been appointed management trainee with Joseph Rank Ltd. H. B. Harlow has been appointed assistant master at Deacon's School, Peterborough.

P. H. Harris has been appointed housemaster of Hailey House, Haileybury and Imperial Service College.

M. A. B. Harrison has joined the staff of Henbury County Secondary School, Bristol, where he is Head of the lower school.

The Rev. Canon R. H. Hawkins has been appointed to a residentiary canonry in St. George's Chapel, Windsor.

M. T. Hayes has joined Fibreglass Ltd. The Rev. P. M. Haynes has been appointed Priest-in-charge of Holy Cross Church, Raynes Park.

M. Healey is Borough Education Officer, Southgate, Middlesex.

M. Herbert has been serving overseas with the Royal Horse Artillery.

The Rev. J. F. Hester has been appointed Secretary to the Actors' Church Union; he is also Editor of Christian Drama, the journal of the Religious Drama Society of Great Britain.

N. Hillier-Fry is at the British Embassy in Ankara, Turkey.

D. J. Hockridge has been appointed assistant master at Manchester Grammar School.

W. A. Hoet has now completed the Registration Examination of the Library Association and has been made an Associate of that

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body (A.L.A.); he holds a mobile post under the Staffs County Council in the Lichfield area.

The Rev. Augustine (T. K.) Hoey, C.R., is at the Priory of Christ the King, Sophiatown, Johannesburg.

A. Holden, having retired from the post of Secretary to i.he Prime Minister of the Western Region of Nigeria, has been appointed to the administrative class of the Home Civil Service.

J. T. Hollin has gone to Antarctica, having been appointed Chief Glaciologist at 'Wilkes Station', part of the United States network for the Geophysical Year.

The Rev. R. T. Holtby has been appointed residentiary canon of Carlisle Cathedral and Director of Religious Education for the diocese of Carlisle.

R. H. Hooker is at Wycliffe Hall, preparing for ordination.

J.M. Hopkinson is articled to the firm of Arnold, Greenwood and Son, solicitors, Kendal.

B. W. Howes has been appointed assistant master at Uppingham School.

The Rev. G. A. Hughes has been appointed Rector of Allesley, Coventry.

R. S. Hurren has taken up an appointment with Tradax (England) Ltd. S. P. Hutton is at the University College of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

I. Jackson, who is at the University of South Carolina, has been elected to the British Association for American Studies.

D. T. N. James is teaching at Guthlaxton Grammar School, Leicester.

G. A. Jannetta has been appointed assistant master at Maidstone Grammar School.

J. Jenkins is editorial assistant on the staff of the journal Fibres.

The Rev. R. C. Jennings has been appointed assistant curate in the parish of SS. Mary and Chad, Langton.

M. F. Jerrom is with the British Council in Tripoli, Libya.

A. J. G. Jones is at The Secretariat, Dar-es-Salaam.

D. F. Jones has been appointed assistant to the merchandise manager at Messrs. Wedgwood's Ltd. E. C. Jones is teaching at Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School, Rochester.

J. A. G. C. Law has moved from the Paris to the Montreal office of his firm of chartered accountants.

D. H. F. Lay holds an appointment with the British Metals Corporation Ltd., Montreal.

The Rev. A. P. Leary is teaching at the University of Kentucky.

R. P. J. Le Feuvre is teaching at Kearsney College, Natal.

P. N. Le Mesurier is teaching at Bishop's College, Rondebosch.

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T. M. Le Mesurier is at St. Jolm's College, Auckland, N.Z., preparing for ordination.

H. A. Leverett holds an appointment with United Matches Ltd. The Rev. A. R. Lewis, who has been on furlough in this coWJtry, has been appointed Priest-in-charge of St. Faith's Mission, Rusape, S. Rhodesia.

M. G. Lewis has taken up an appointment with Clarkson, Gordon and Co., chartered accountants.

P. R. Lewis has resumed his duties with the R.A.F. T. E. Lewis-Bowen has been called to the bar in the Middle Temple.

H. M. Long holds an appointment as a research physicist with the Linde Company, Tonawanda, N.Y., U.S.A. J. C. Lowe has been appointed assistant master at King George V School, Southport.

R. G. Lunn has been on leave in this country, and has now taken up an appointment with Shell in Indonesia.

A. Lynch is a solicitor on the staff of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board.

A. M. Mathieson has joined T. Wall and Sons Ltd., as a management trainee.

The Rev. N. E. McCurry has been appointed Vicar of St. Edward's, Holbeck, Diocese of Ripon.

J. A. McLaren has been appointed English master at Exeter School.

J. Maddison has been appointed assistant master at North Manchester Grammar School.

P. H. R. Mercer has been appointed to a traineeship with the Imperial Tobacco Co., Ltd. N. K. Merrylees has begun his national service.

V. W. Miles is Warden of the Hall of Residence, Isle of Ely College of Further Education and Horticultural Institute, Wisbech.

K. R. Mills has been appointed assistant master at Wythenshawe Secondary School.

A. J. Milroy is in the advertising and public relations department of Pritchard Wood and Partners Ltd. G. A. K. Missen holds an appointment at Guy's Hospital, S.E.I. F. E. Moeton has taken up an appointment with British Cellophane Ltd. J. V. L. Morgan has joined the legal and claims department of the B. P. Tanker Co., Ltd. C. Mounsey has been appointed Senior Lecturer in Geography at Nottinghamshire County Training College, Haton, nr. Retford.

M. J. Neal has been articled to Messrs. Clarkson, Gordon and Co., accountants, 15 Wellington St. West, Toronto, Canada.

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A. H. W. Nias is Registrar of the Physiotherapy Department at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford.

Professor W. R. Niblett was principal speaker on 'Residential Life in the University To-day' at the 1957 Home Universities Conference.

T. P. Nicholson is at Wycliffe Hall, preparing for ordination.

M. A. Nightingale has been appointed assistant master at University School, Victoria, British Columbia.

B. Nixon holds an appointment in the personnel department of Peak Frean' s Ltd., London.

The Rev. J. O'Halloran has joined the staff of Our Lady and St. George R.C. Church, Enfield, Middlesex.

The Rev. C. R. Oilier has been appointed Chaplain to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.

W. A. Osman has joined the editorial staff of Endeavour the trade journal published by I.CJ. D. C. Owen has been appointed assistant master at St. Nicholas Grammar School, Northwood.

M. D. Palmer has been appointed History master at Aldenham School, Suffolk.

A. J. Patient has been awarded a World Council of Churches scholarship, and is studying at Gottingen University.

B. M. Penn has been appointed an analyst in the management accounting department of the finance division of the Ford Motor Company.

A. J. Phillips has retired from H.M. Overseas Service and is teaching at Ketteringham Hall Preparatory School.

D. Phipps is assistant editor of Motor Racing, and of Sports Car and Lotus Owner.

H. A. F. Radley has been appointed Secretary of the London branch of the Office of Management Association.

G. I. Raftesath has been called to the Bar in the Inner Temple, and has returned to South Africa and is reading in chambers in Durban.

E. Rhode has produced plays for the Guildford Repertory Company, and has been assistant producer at the Opera Festival at In.gestree Hall, Staffs.

S. Richardson has joined the Foreign Service (Passport Control Dept.), and is at the British Consulate General at DiisseldorÂŁ J. W. G. Ridd is at the British Embassy, Buenos Aires.

J. A. Rimmer is a management trainee with I.B.M. (U.K.) Ltd., London.

J. V. Roberts is at Tyndale Hall, Clifton, preparing for ordination.

W. Robson is doing his national service in the R.A.F. 30

D. M. Roff has been appointed to an export sales traineeship in I.CJ. Alkali Division.

T. G. P. Rogers has been appointed Personnel Director of Hardy Spicer Ltd., of Birmingham.

F. D. Rushworth has been appointed head of the modem languages department at HoJland Park School, London.

J. E. Rutherford has been appointed head of the mathematics department at Western Grammar School, Brighton.

The Rev. H.P. Saunders (sometime Assistant Chaplain) has been appointed Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Oswestry.

The Rev. J. G. M. Scott has been appointed Vicar of the combined parishes of Clawton, Tetticott and Luftincott, Devon.

J. C. C. Shapland has returned from the U.S.A. and has taken up an appointment in the War Office.

D. J. A. Shears has moved to the Washington office of Reuters.

J. M. Skinner has been appointed assistant master at Vanbrugh Castle School, Blackheath.

M. J. K. Smith is to be congratulated on being chosen to play cricket for England.

F. R. Smith has been appointed Lecturer in French at King's College, London.

P. E. Smith has been appointed French master at Dean Close School, Cheltenham.

The Rev. N. D. Stacey has been appointed domestic chaplain to the Bishop of Birmingham.

A. G. Stedman has been appointed to a sales traineeship with Messrs. Hoover Ltd. D. J. Sturges has gone to the U.S.A. to take up a teaching post at the University of Minnesota.

The Rev. P. J. Swindells has been appointed assistant curate at St. Mary's Church, Upton-cum-Chalvey, Slough.

R. Taylor has been appointed to an executive traineeship with the J. Arthur Rank Organisation.

H. W. Thomas is teaching at Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham School. .

R. G. Thomas has joined the staff of Messrs. Massey and Ferguson, advertising agents.

C. G. Thome has been appointed assistant master at St. Paul's School, Hammersmith.

R. E. Thornton is teaching at Guthlaxton Grammar School, Leicester.

The Rev. G. B. Timms has been invited by the Archbishop of Canterbury to serve on the Commission for the Revision of the Church Catechism.

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N. Tonkin has accepted a post at the Windscale Works of the Atomic Energy Commission.

N. Bradford Trenham has been appointed chairman of the committee of twenty-one citizens set up by the Los Angeles City Council to propose economies in civic expenditure.

A. E. Twycross has taken up an appointment with the Shell Petroleum Co. Ltd. G. D. C. Tytler has been appointed assistant master at Cokethorpe Park School, near Witney.

E. Urry has relinquished the Headship of Caistor Secondary Modern School and has been appointed Headmaster of Glanford Secondary School, Brigg, Lines.

B. B. Ward has left Jamaica and settled in Barbados, where he holds an appointment ~ the Department of Education.

The Rev. C. N. Wardle-Harpur has been appointed Vicar of Stockton-on-Tees.

A. C. Warr is at St. Bartholomew's Hospital doing his dinical course. ]. Weakley has been appointed to the Overseas Civil Service, and has taken up an appointment in Aden. ]. F. Wearing is attached to the northern division of the Foreign Service, with the rank of First Secretary.

The Rev.]. R. C. Webb is Vicar of St. Augustine's, South Croydon. ]. A. Webber has been appointed senior English master at Ludlow Grammar School.

C.]. Weir, who has been teaching in Oxford, acted as assistant hon. secretary to the Pegasus Football Club last season.

A. Westaway has taken up an appointment with U.N.O. at Santiago de Chile.

M. P. Whitaker has returned to this country from New Zealand, and has been appointed assistant master at Minchenden School, N.14.

D. B. White has been serving as a marine engineer with the training squadron based on Derry, N. Ireland.

D. R. White is assistant master at Caius School, Kingston Buci, Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.

R. M. Whitfield has been appointed company secretary to Messrs. Keays, jewellers and diamond merchants, Salisbury, S. Rhodesia.

The Very Rev. B. W. Whitlow delivered the special series of Lenten addresses at Winnipeg Cathedral, and also received H.R.H. Princess Margaret when she visited his cathedral during the summer.

The Rev. V. M. Wilford has been appointed Priest-in-charg~ of St. Saviour's, Reading.

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M. Willcock has begun his national service in the Army.

G. E. L. Williams has been appointed assistant master at The Hall School, Hampstead.

R. R. Young is senior English master at Hertford Grammar School.

BIRTHS G. R. Allen (Fellow): a daughter, Josephine Sara, on 27th August, 1957.

P. F. Barter: a son, David John, on 25th August, 1957.

J. R. Bates: a son, Peter Michael, on 18th May, 1957.

C. A. Blackman: a daughter, Juliet Eve, on 27thJuly, 1958.

W. A. H. Blair: a son, Andrew Hollingsworth, on 16thJuly, 1957.

C.R. Campling: a daughter, Penelope Marian, on 25th February, 1958.

T. A. B. Corley: a daughter, Hilary Bridget, on nth June, 1957.

R. P. H. Davies: a son, Simon Geoffrey Havard, on 27th May, 1958.

T. E. Dowman: a son, Keith Thomas, on 27th February, 1958.

E. H. Edge: a son, Martin Ewart, on 15th May, 1958.

A. H. Foot: a son, Simon Philip, on 2othJune, 1957.

P. J. Frankis: a son, David, on pth May, 1958.

P. M. Haynes: a daughter, Bridget Mayo, on lst November, 1957· Rev. J. McManners: a son, Peter, on 9thJanuary, 1958.

M. J. Montgomery: a son, Vincent Paul, on 3rd May, 1958.

P. L. Mortimer: a son, Jeremy Lawrence, on 2oth December, 1957.

D. J. Paxman: a son, James Edward, on 22nd May, 1958.

M. Plowden Roberts: a son, Mark William, on 25thJune, 1957· P. B. Saul: a daughter, Dorothy Jane, on 5th May, 1957· B. Seton: a son, John Christopher, on 7th February, 1957· E. Sprague: a son, Gilbert Mark, on 22nd December, 1957· N. D. Stacey: a son, David Robert, on rnth May, 1958.

H. W. Thomas: a son, Keith Raymond Clouston, on 31st March, 1957.

R. W. M. Thompson: a daughter, Clare Bernadette, on 31st March, 1958.

J. B. A. Weston: a daughter, Alison Grace Astley, on 29th October, 1957· C. C. B. Wightwick: a daughter, Penelope Frances, on 2oth April, 1958.

N. J. Williams: a son, Guy Neville, on 2nd October, 1957.

D. B. Wilson: a daughter.

D. C. M. Yardley (Fellow): a daughter, Heather Ginette Millar, on 12th February, 1958.

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MARRIAGES H.J. A. Beechey-Newman married Anne Michell at the Parish Church, Madron, Cornwall, on 18th March, 1958.

C. H. M. Benbow married Patricia Ruth Anne Browne at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, Bermuda, on 6th February, 1958.

P. Brown married Beryl Margaret Baker at St. Oswald's Church, Fulford, York, on 28th September, 1957.

W. Brown married Charlotte Elizabeth Mueller at St. Pancras Registry Office, London, on 16th August, 1957.

F. Busson married Sylvie Mabillot privately in France on 31st July, 1958.

J. H. Ducker married Agnes Mary King at St. Fillan' s Church, Kihnacolm, Renfrewshire on 23rd August, 1958.

John Spencer Clarke married Joan Edwardes at All Saints' Church, Compton, on 17th May, 1958.

E. H. Edge married Julia Mary Preston at St. Mary's Parish Church, Prescot, on 27th April, 1957.

R. A. Farrand married Gillian Hanson at St. Peter' s-in-the-East, Oxford, on 24th June, 1958.

R. D. Gillard married Diane Laslett at St. Luke's Church, Ramsgate, on 28th December, 1957.

R. S. Hurren married Maureen Harber at St. Michael's-at-theNorth-Gate, Oxford, on 6th September, 1958.

H. G. Jelinek married Joan Binnie Atkinson at St. Peter's-in-theEast, Oxford, on 25th August, 1958.

J. Jenkins married Loma May David at All Saints', Margaret Street, London, on 5th October, 1957.

J. H. W. Lapham married Eve Scott in Cape Town, South Africa, on 17th August, 1957.

The Rev. A. R. Lewis married Gladys Rhodes at Flockton Parish Church, Yorks, on 26th April, 1958.

D. A. Lillicrap married Gwyneth Roberts at St. Margaret's Church, Horsforth, Yorks, on 15thJune, 1958.

J. C. B. Lowe (sometime Hearne Senior Scholar) married Celia Duke at St. Mary's Church, Ottery St. Mary, on 5th July, 1958.

The Rev. D. D. Moor married Evangeline Margaret White at St. Mary's Church, Bridport, Dorset, on 3othJuly, 1958.

J. A. Nash married Anne Josephine Hewett at Twickenham, near Nailsea, Somerset, on 22nd March, 1958.

H. M. Plowden Roberts married Susan Jane Patrick at St. Helen's Church, Welton at Melton, E. Yorks, on 22nd September, 1957.

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P. G. D. Robbins married Eileen Lemon at Yardley Parish Church on 1st September, 1958.

D. M. Roff married Diana Susette Barrow ~ately Secretary in the Bursary) at St. Peter' s-in-the-East, Oxford, on 21st December, 1957.

J. Sinclair married Audrey Coupland at St. Andrew's Parish Church, Sheffield, on 8th August, 1957.

D. G. Smith married Mary Gillian Duffy at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Swinton, Lanes, on 18th September, 1957.

H. W. Thomas married Hazel Isabel Stanger Clouston at the Parish Church of Cowley St. John, Oxford, on 2oth June, 1956.

C. G. Thome, having married Beryl Lloyd Jones in the Oxford Registry Office, their marriage was blessed in the Chapel on 28th July, 1958.

R. E. Thornton married Norma Harding at St. Mary's Church, Broughton Gifford, Wilts, on 12th April, 1958.

D. A. A. Weston married Gwyneth Jones at the Mission Church, Shyogure, Ruanda, Belgian Congo, on 13th April, 1957. , W. R . Weston married Judith Morris at Ashby de la Zouche Parish Church on 19th July, 1958.

R. R. Young married Irene Florence Hill at St. Nicholas Church, Gosforth, on 9th August, 1957.

Antonia Helen Pringle (sometime Hall Secretary) was married to Alexander Richard Eames (St. Peter' s Hall) in St. Peter-le-Bailey Church, Oxford, on 5th April, 1958.

K. Unwin married Beryl Riley at All Saints' Church, Leeds, on 12th July, 1958.

OBITUARIES The Reverend Herbert William Butterworth, M.A., died on 9th April, 1958. Entering the Hall in 1918, he took his degree with Honours in Modem History and proceeded to Wells Theological College. Made deacon in 1923 by the Bishop of Bradford, he held a curacy at Orley, and then, between 1930 and 1949, was Vicar successively of Cowling, in Yorkshire, and of Whalley and then Goosnargh with Whittingham, in Lancashire. From 1949 to 1952 he was Rector of Thornton-in-the-Moors, Cheshire. He then moved south, being Curate of Lavington with Great and Little Chevere11, in Wiltshire, from 1952 to 1957, and Rector of Hoggeston with Dunton, in the Oxford diocese, until his death. In these latter years he was a frequent visitor to the Hall, which he greatly loved and remembered generously in his will . . 35

The Reverend Thomas Henry Croxall, D.D., D.Mus., F.R.C.O., died at Oxford on 22nd March, 1958, at the age of 65. He entered the Hall in 1915, at the age of 22, and read Greats. Even then his musical flair was evident, and he had obtained his F.R.C.O. six years previously; he acted as Dr. Hugh Allen's accompanist to the Bach Choir. Ordained in 1920, he served curacies at Lutterworth and later at St. Aldate's, Oxford, and from 1929 to 1935 worked in India as chaplain, organist and choirmaster at Cawnpore and .

Calcutta. After ten years at St. Michael's, Chiswick, he went to Copenhagen in 1947 as Embassy Chaplain with charge of the English Church of St. Alban. He returned to Oxford as Vicar of St. Andrew's in 1955¡ Able as he was as a musician, he acquired an even greater reputation as an expositor of Soren Kierkegaard, the study of whose works became the ruling passion of his life. He was the author or editor of various works, mostly devoted to Kierkegaard, and during his later years at Oxford he lectured on his teaching for the Faculty of Theology. In 1948 the University awarded him the degree of D.D. for a scholarly examination of his ideas.

The Reverend Francis Robert Edmonds, M.A., died at Sidmouth, on 9th May, 1958, at the age of 85. Born in 1873 he entered the Hall in 1897, after a long struggle with his conscience whether to devote his life to music or the Church. He was organ exhibitioner and read Theology, graduating in 1900. For many years he worked as a missionary in Upper Burma, giving of his best cheerfully in spite of the fact that he had to turn his back almost wholly on the musical interests to which he was so greatly attached. Eventually, in 1920, he became Head of the Winchester Mission in Mandalay, and from 1923 to 1924 was Bishop's Chaplain and Cathedral Organist at Rangoon. Moving to India, he was Chaplain to the Presidency General Hospital, Calcutta, 1924-3 l and Cathedral Organist for most of that period. Returning to England, he was curate of St. Paul's, Weymouth, from 1932 to 1936, and Rector of Corsley with Chapmanslade 1936-44. After his retirement, in spite of his great age, he continued to labour indefatigably for the Church, giving assistance to parishes and to his brother clergy wherever he was needed, until his last illness fell upon him a few weeks before his death.

The Reverend Percy Howard Gabb, M.A., died on l5th March, 1957, at St. Leonard's-on-Sea at the age of 66. Matriculating in 1916, he took his B.A. degree in 1921 and proceeded to Salisbury Theological College. Ordained at Winchester in 1922, he served curacies at Milford-on-Sea and St. Mary's, Portsea, and then worked

for several years as Priest-ill-charge of various Southwark parishes.

In 1941 he became Vicar of Holy Tritiity, Lee, and ill 1948 Vicar of Outwood, Surrey, where he remained until his retirement ill 1956.

He was a Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society, and won many awards as an exhibitor of daffodils and dianthus. A keen theologian, he was a life-member of the St. Paul's Lecture Society; and he remained devoted to cricket, havillg been Captaiti of the Hall XI for two years.

The Venerable John Godber, M.A., died on 22nd September, 1957, at Midhurst, aged 86. Enterillg the Hall ill 1898, he took his degree ill 1901 and proceeded to Ely Theological College.

After servitig his curacy at Hammersmith, he went out to India ill 1905 and worked as a Chaplaill of the Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment until 1928. From 1922 to 1928 he was Archdeacon of Calcutta, and when he returned to this country ill that year he left behitid him ill Calcutta and the Church of India generally an honoured name. He was one of the statesmanlike priests who were entrusted by the bishops with their plans for creatillg fuller diocesan and central synodical councils in the Indian Church which would result ill its securillg a proper measure of autonomy. From 1928 to 1949 he was Rector of West Tarring, and from 1949 to 1954 Priest-ill-charge ofWoodbeditig.

The Revei:end Edgar Theodore Harold Godwill, M.C., M.A., B.D. (Leeds), died at his home at East Grillstead on 14th November, i957. He entered the Hall ill 1919, after serving with distinction ill the First War and reachitig the rank of Major ill the Machille Gun Corps; he was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry. After leavillg the Hall he went to Cuddesdon, being made deacon ill 1922, and held curacies ill various parishes ill the Carlisle diocese, where his sometime Prillcipal, Dr. Williams, was now Bishop. In 1931 he was appoillted Vicar of Christ Church, Leeds, and while there pursued his scholarly studies and obtained the degree of Bachelor of Divinity from the University. In 1936 he became Chaplain to St. Ethelburga' s School, Harrogate, and ten years later Priest-illcharge of Beeston Hill, Leeds. In 1940 he moved south, becomitig Rector of Petworth, Sussex, and Sequestrator of Egdean. Durillg the war years he had to face many difficulties, illcluditig the tragic destruction of the greater part of the choir of his church on Michaelmas Day, 1942 and the demolition of the spire, and this took toll of his never very robust health. In 1950 he withdrew to the smaller parish of Heyshott, where he was Rector until his retirement ill 1956. His elder son, J. H. A. Godwill, followed him to the Hall ill 1952. . 37

The Reverend Delanoy Leslie Saberton, M.A., who matriculated through the Hall in 1921, died at Warwick in February, 1956.

He graduated with Honours in Modem History in 1924 and received his theological training at Wells. After serving curacies at St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, from 1926 to 1932, and at Holy Trinity, Coventry, from 1932 to 1938, he was appointed Vicar of All Saints, Emscote, Warwick, in 1938, where he remained until his death.

Percy Alfred Scholes, O.B.E., B.Mus., M.A., Hon.D.Mus., D.Litt., died suddenly on 31stJuly, 1958, at Vevey, Switzerland, in his 82nd year. Born in Leeds in 1877, he started lecturing as a young man for the Country Holiday Association. Through Lord W oolton, who was joint secretary of that association and the Home Reading Association, he discovered the need for text-books for members of the latter association, and as a result was led to found the periodical The Music Student and, later, to embark on the writing of a long series of books on music. He entered the Hall as an older student in 1906, taking the degree of B.Mus. in 1908, and then began his career as a music critic and university lecturer. He undertook extensive lecturing not only for his own university, but for Manchester, London and Cambridge as well; he was also for a time Inspector of Music in Schools for London University, and Inspector of Music for the Board of Education. During the First War he was able to continue adult education through the offices of the Y.M.C.A., and to meet the needs of the troops wrote the :first Listener's Guide to Music, a small masterpiece of intelligible exposition which sold by the thousand for many years. He was early associated with the B.B.C. as adviser and critic, and for several years worked as music critic for both the Evening Standard and the Observer. His success in these efforts enabled him to retire to Switzerland, where he preferred to reside for reasons of health, and there he prepared his remarkable one-volume encyclopaedia, The Oxford Companion to Music, the first edition (it was to prove the first of many) appeared in 1938. He followed this with such learned works as The Puritans and Music and The Life of Dr. Burney, which established his reputation for solid and mature scholarship. During the Second War Dr. Scholes returned to Oxford and joined the newly created Faculty of Music; in his house in Davenant Road he placed the splendid musicological library which he had built up through the years and which provided the rich background of his studies. He received many honours, including the degree of Dr. es Lettres of Lausanne and the Hon. Litt.D. of Leeds, as well as an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Oxford (1943). A man of wide and humane interests, he was a convinced vegetarian, holding office as the VicePresident of the Vegetarian Society, and was Patron of the League

for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports. He was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Hall in 1947, and served as representative Trustee for the Aularian Association from 1950 to 1957¡ He also represented Aularians matriculating in the decade 1905-14 on the Executive Committee of the Association.

George Alfred Kolkhorst, M.A., for many years Lecturer in Spanish at the Hall, died suddenly at his home at Yarnton, near Oxford, on nth September, aged 60 years. Much of his early life was spent in Chile and Spain, and he was appointed Taylorian Lecturer in Spanish in 1921 after obtaining a First at Exeter College and the de Osma Studentship. A colourful figure, with something of the eccentric in his make-up, he took a warm personal interest in his pupils and won their affection in return. He was a great collector of carpets and tapestries, old books and ceramics, and presented to the Hall the magnificent tapestry which hangs in the hall of the Principal' s Lodging.

ORDINATIONS John Viccars Andrews, Deacon (London).

Guy Bennett, Deacon (Croydon).

Derek Burden, Deacon (Southwark).

Tony Erik Frank Coulson, Priest (Chelmsford).

Charles Roy George, Priest (Blackburn).

Peter Richard Henwood, Priest (Coventry).

Roger Vaughan Hodgson, Priest (London).

Robert Charles Jennings, Priest (Lichfield).

John Henry James MacLeay, Priest (Southwark).

Alan Roderick Hugh Macleod, Deacon (Chichester).

John Harry Spruyt, Priest (Winchester).

Philip John Swindells, Deacon (Oxford).

Michael Matthew Wright, Priest (Oxford).

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SPECIAL ARTICLE VISIT OF

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ROYAL IIlGHNESS

THE PRESENTATION OF THE CHARTER of 6th ¡ June, when His Royal Highness the Duke of Eclinburgh visited the Hall in order to present the Charter of Incorporation, were so full of interest and historical significance that it seems fitting to trace the story in detail right from the beginning. It was on 15th February, 1957, it will be recalled, that H.M. the Queen granted the Charter, with the new Statutes annexed to it, at a Council held at Buckingham Palace. The Principal was able to communicate the news to the Fellows at their routine informal meeting on the Wednesday afternoon following, 20th February, and it was there and then unanimously decided that steps should be taken to invite a member of the Royal Family, if that should prove at all possible, to honour the Hall by visiting it and making a formal presentation of the Charter. It emerged soon afterwards, when the Principal made some sounclings in the appropriate quartets, that Nu.ffield College had similar hopes, and had already extended an invitation to the Duke of Eclinburgh to participate in its opening ceremonies some time in the summer of 1958. It was agreed that, if the Hall were to send a parallel invitation, the claims of both colleges might be strengthened; and the Principal accorclingly made an approach to the Duke's Private Secretary. There the matter had to rest in the meantime, for information reached the two colleges from the Palace that, while His Royal Highness was happy to consider their invitations, he would not be fixing his programme for the following year until December or thereabouts. Early in January, however, letters reached the Warden ofNu.ffield and the Principal informing them that the Duke would be pleased to take luncheon at Nu.ffield College on 6th June, and thereafter to visit the Hall to present the Royal Charter and to take tea.

The visit itself having thus been settled, the next task of the Governing Body was to determine the form which the celebrations would take, and in particular to devise a programme which would occupy the time during which the Duke would be in the Hall, roughly 3 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Needless to say, the detailed implementation of these plans placed a considerable burden upon certain THE CELEBRATIONS

officials, notably the Principal, the Dean, the Bursar and the Manciple; and as Trinity Term wore on there were endless discussions with officials at the Palace, the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, the police authorities, the press and the B.B.C., the Central Office of Information, and other interested parties. Two important decisions were taken which deserve mention in case of misunderstanding.

The first was that, in view of the fact that the Duke was to come in Full Term and also in view of the nature of the occasion, the function should be treated as an entirely domestic one. It seemed desirable in itself, and also consonant with what the Duke would wish, that all the undergraduates,¡ numbering about 300, should have the opportunity of being present; and this meant that, owing to sheer limitations of space, invitations could not be sent to Heads of Houses and University officials, much less to members of Congregation generally. Indeed the only outside persons invited were the Earl of Macclesfield, in his capacity as Lord Lieutenant of the County, the Vice-Chancellor (Mr. J. C. Masterman, Provost of Worcester), the Provost of Queen's College and his sister Miss Jones (out of regard for the long connexion between the Hall and Queen's, and also in recognition of the generous attitude of the College in assisting the Hall to gain its freedom), and Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Wolfson (in recognition of Mr. Wolfson's position as founder of the Chair of Metallurgy which has recently been attached to the Hall). The second decision, closely linked with the former, was a much more difficult and painful one to take. This was to resist, with the greatest possible reluctance but none the less firmly, the desire of old Aularians resident in Oxford or elsewhere to be present.

It was appreciated that this decision was bound to cause widespread disappointment, and in the event it did; but as things worked out, it proved fully justified. Not surprisingly, perhaps, literally scores wrote asking to be allowed to be present, and had their wishes been met, as the authorities of the Hall would dearly have liked to.have met them, conditions in the quadrangle would have been chaotic.

As a compromise it was decided to send formal invitations to all the officers and members of the Executive Committee of the Aularian Association and their wives. These responded almost to a man; and as, under the constitution of the Association, they are elected as representatives of the several decades of old members, it was felt that they could be regarded as a token force symbolizing the wider body of Aularians generally.

When Friday 6th June dawned, the chief anxiety in everybody's mind was the weather, for the smallness of the dining hall made it imperative to hold the main ceremony in the quadrangle.

Extremely wet, disturbed conditions had prevailed for some days previously, but the situation looked somewhat brighter in ¡ the 41

morning, although there was an ominous note in some of the Air Ministry meteorological reports. A striped awning had been erected the day before on the south side of the quadrangle, extending from the tree to the Manciple's office (the old Bursary) and outwards from the wall to the edge of the lawn. Under this a table was set, with rows of chairs for the Royal party, the Chancellor of the University and the Vice-Chancellor, and the members of the Governing Body. During the luncheon hour the Hall gate was shut so as to prevent the entry of unauthorized persons, and between 2 and 2.45 the vast company took their places. The Fellows with their wives were to stand at the west end of the quadrangle, on the path in front of the dining hall. The Lecturers and their wives, and members of the Executive Committee of the Aularian Association and their wives, were placed at the south-east corner, in the triangle between the tree and the tunnel leading to the inner quadrangle. As for the great mass of the undergraduates, large numbers of them crowded the windows overlooking the quadrangle, obtaining a splendid view of everything that happened, while the remainder-a surging, swaying melee-were marshalled by the Dean along the paths in front of the J.C.R. and the Chapel. Full academical costume, with white ties, gowns and hoods, and scarlet robes where available, was the order of the day. The Principal, who had been present at the luncheon and the ceremonies at Nuffield College, arrived with the Vice-Chancellor about 2.45 p.m. A few minutes later he took his place, with the Vice-Chancellor and the Vice-Principal, at the gate of the Hall. Meanwhile a huge crowd had gathered in the High Street and Queen's Lane.

The Hall flag was fluttering gaily from its mast when Prince Philip, who had reached Oxford by helicopter in time for lunch at Nuffield College, drove into Queen's Lane about 2.55 p.m.

He was accompanied by Lord Halifax as Chancellor of the University and Visitor of the Hall, while in a second car came the Earl of Macclesfield, Her Majesty's Lieutenant for Oxfordshire, and the Prince's equerry, Wing-Commander Chinnery. The Principal and the Vice-Principal, with the Vice-Chancellor, were waiting at the gate, and after the presentations had been made the Principal conducted His Royal Highness into the quadrangle, and immediately presented to him first, Mr. Emden, and then the Fellows and their wives. The Governing Body then formed an informal procession behind the Royal party and the Principal, who led the Duke past the entrance to the J.C.R. and across the quadrangle to the covered space on the south side of the quadrangle. As he passed the massed ranks of undergraduates, there was an interchange ofgood-humoured banter between the Duke and them, and, stopping in front of one of them, he pointed to his Schools-stained collar and remarked

H.R.H. HANDING OVER THE CHARTER

INFORMAL INSPECTION BY H.R.H.

TEA DURING THE CEREMONY

with a smile, 'Someone's mother doesn't seem to use Persil'. Once the awning had been reached, the Principal took his place at the chair in the centre, with the Prince on his right and the ViceChancellor and Mr. Emden next to him, while Lord Halifax and the Earl of Macclesfield sat on his left; the Fellows ranged themselves on the chairs behind. The main ceremony of the presentation of the Charter, which was lying on the table in front of His Royal Highness, then began.

Lord Halifax rose and spoke as follows: 'Your Royal Highness, as Visitor of St. Edmund Hall it is my duty to welcome you most warmly on behalf of the Governing Body and all members of the College. It is more than seven hundred years since St. Edmund of Abingdon, one of Oxford's most illustrious sons, lived on this spot and taught pupils in his house. Since the middle of the thirteenth century the Hall which sprang up bearing his name has striven to advance the tradition of liberal education and corporate fellowship which he thus inaugurated. But never till to-day have we been honoured by a royal visit, and we are therefore the more grateful that you have agreed to be with us this afternoon and to present our Charter of Incorporation. This is indeed a noteworthy day in the history of Oxford University and a great occasion for the Hall. St. Edmund Hall is the only one of the ancient halls that succeeded in standing up against the powerful competition of the Colleges in an earlier age and the reforming zeal of the University Commissioners in the nineteenth century. Surviving all these vicissitudes it has held its own and, especially since the first World War, has gone forward from strength to strength. We feel, therefore, that, by its size, by the vigour and quality of its life, and by the manifold achievements of its members in all academic fields, it has fully established its claim to a place alongside the Colleges. Of this we are indeed assured by the Charter of Incorporation which Her Majesty the Queen graciously granted to the Hall in February last year, and which sets the seal on a courageous and successful epoch of expansion. Your Royal Highness, we shall be proud and honoured if you will now formally present us with the Charter.'

The Duke of Edinburgh, who seemed to be in high spirits and to be enjoying himself hugely, then got to his feet and said: 'The point of this little ceremony is for me to hand over the Charter of Incorporation to the Principal. As you have apparently been waiting for this for several hundred years, far be it from me to delay the proceedings any longer. However, I must confess that I am slightly surprised at the relatively short interval between the granting of the Charter in February last year and its presentation 43

to-day. The wheels of the bureaucratic and academic machines must have revolved at a quite alarming speed.

'I am afraid that I am in rather a quandary on this occasion because I gather that this Charter does not really affect the academic life of St. Edmund Hall, but only the constitution of the place.

While I can theorize and dogmatize about any part of education with the best of them, I am at a complete loss when it comes to the organization or constitution of Universities and Colleges.

'However, if this Charter, in some mystic way, will benefit St. Edmund Hall in the future, I shall be delighted, although it seems almost incredible that an institution which has survived in an obviously healthy condition for nearly seven hundred years can possibly gain anything from a Charter granted last year. I can see, though, one obvious advantage. In five hundred years from now you will be able to put the Charter on display and say that it was presented five hundred years ago. That, in my experience, is what usually happens, and it is always most impressive because by that time the seal is usually missing and the writing is both illegible and unintelligible anyway. I have also noticed that if, for some pecu1iar reason, the writing is still legible, it usually says something faintly funny. This may have been intended by the writer in the first place, but, as no one reads a Charter until it is at least five hundred years old, nobody can be sure of this. Whatever the case, I strongly advise you to look after this Charter most carefully because throughout history a document of some sort has always been looked upon as a sort of passport to respectability and without it you will never be able to prove whatever it is you want to prove.

'Seriously, though, this is an important moment in the history of St. Edmund Hall, and, in handing over this Charter, I wou1d like to offer my best wishes to all the members of the College for a happy and successful future.'

The Prince's speech was greeted with loud cheers, and he then proceeded to hand the Charter, with the Great Seal of the realm hanging from it, to the Principal. Dr. Kelly then replied as follows: 'Your Royal Highness, it is with pride and gratitude that I accept this Charter, on behalf of the Hall, from your hands. It was a memorable day for us when, more than a year ago, on r5th February, 1957, Her Majesty The Queen granted us a Charter of Incorporation, and we deeply appreciate your kindness in coming here to-day to give it to us-as also your very sagacious realization that we managed for centuries to get on very well without one !

'The Chancellor, our Visitor, has touched on our long history, dating back to the thirteenth century. It is very moving to-day, even for those of us who are not expert historians and are not eve~ 44

very good at dates, to look back over that vast tract of time, during which (the historians present will confirm this) the whole face of England has been more than once transformed. The persistent survival of the Hall, and in these latter days its remarkable expansion, constitute something quite unique in Oxford history. It is fitting that we should to-day pay tribute to some of those whose efforts and co-operation have made this development, and this its symbolic climax, possible. First and foremost, perhaps, to energetic and farsighted Principals of the past, who either defended the Hall in its hours of danger or built it up in its hours of opportunity. Secondly, to The Queen's College, our splendid if somewhat junior neighbour, which saved us from extinction in the sixteenth century and which, though it may have cast hungry looks at us on certain occasions later, has more recently displayed exemplary magnanimity in blessing our endeavours to secure complete independence. Thirdly, to the University, which has always been our chivalrous patron and which has recently proved most generous and helpful, in every practical way, in recognizing our claims.

'The effect of the Charter, though, as Your Royal Highness understandably observed, baffiing to all but constitutional and political theorists, is of course to revolutionize our constitutional structure. We have ceased to be a Hall, and have become a College.

This is a mysterious transition which certainly entails a measure of loss-who that has a touch of sentiment in his heart does not lament the disappearance of a unique relic of medieval university life? But no one can doubt that the practical gain enormously outweighs any conceivable loss. We should all like to hope, however, that, however altered its constitutional arrangements, the essential spirit of St. Edmund Hall will remain unchanged. As a Hall we possessed certain extremely valuable features which went with the genius of a Hall as such. I think particularly of the intimate and friendly, almost family, atmosphere; of the close and understanding relationship between dons and undergraduates (which, I imagine, made it as much a pleasure for the latter to receive, as a pain for the former to administer, the disciplinary penalties which are necessary from time to time); of the vigorous corporate spirit natural to a small society always obliged to be on its mettle. Let us make it our aim to see that these characteristics continue to flourish undiminished within these walls.

'To-day it is natural to look forward, and to look forward with eagerness and hope. As a society we should feel like a young man who has just attained his majority, with the difference that we seem to have taken an unconscionably long time about it. Still, who can predict what manly feats of enterprise and achievement the Hall will be capable of after being hel~ in swaddling bands and adolescent 45

restraints for seven centuries? Certainly there are great tasks ahead, of consolidation and expansion, which will demand all our efforts.

There could be no happier augury of our success in them than the presence of Your Royal Highness here with us to-day.'

The speeches ended, the formal part of the proceedings came to a close. The Principal, accompanied by Mr. Emden and certain of the Fellows, took Prince Philip on a tour of the main buildings of the Hall. First, they visited the dining hall, where the Bursar presented the Manciple, Mr. Gray (Bursary Clerk), Mr. Filer (Chef), and Mr. Alfred Blay (Head Scout) to him, then the Chapel and the Old Library, where the Duke signed his name in a volume of his collected speeches, and then the Besse Building, where the Duke climbed to a bed-sitter on the top floor whence he could get a good view of the Masonic Buildings site. Before making the ascent he had been shown a model giving a measured plan of the area and its relation to the present site of the Hall, and suggestions of ways in which it could be developed as a great second quadrangle. The Prince showed the greatest possible interest in these plans. The Principal then conducted him back to the front quadrangle, where he presented to him, at the well, the President of the J.C.R. (Mr. Michael Evans), the Steward (Mr. Robin Siedle) and the Treasurer (Mr. Charles Marriott), and asked them to take His Royal Highness for a spell into the J.C.R. As they were about to do so, the Duke took the initiative and led the way into the Buttery, where he was shown some of the trophies of sporting tours overseas and was presented with a 'Teddy Bear' tie-an adornment which he accepted on condition that he did not need to undergo the usual qualifying rites. In the J.C.R. itself he met and conversed with some sixteen junior members of the Hall representing various aspects, scholarly, artistic and sporting, of the corporate life. The President then led him upstairs to Rooms 13 and 14, saying that they were 'two typical undergraduate rooms which just happen to have been decorated specially for the occasion'. The Duke examined the rooms carefully, inquiring how far they were from the bathrooms, and then asked if he could see a room which had not been 'specially decorated for the occasion'. The President then conducted him to Room 22, much to the surprise of the 9ccupant (M. J. Cansdale), and after some further conversation there escorted him back to the quadrangle to re-join the Principal.

In the meantime tables laden with sandwiches and cakes had been brought out, and tea was served to all the company present in the quadrangle. The Duke moved about for a while conversing with various people, and finally took a chair near the awning and had tea himself with the Principal and Mr. Emden. The time seemed to pass very quickly, and a little after 4.30 p.m. his equerry made

signs to him that it was time to depart. A great crowd of widergraduates, Fellows and old members were now gathered on the lawn alongside the path to the gate, and they loudly cheered the Duke as he walked slowly out after bidding formal farewell to the Chancellor and the Lord Lieutenant. His next appointment was at University College, of which he is an Honorary Fellow, ~d the Principal escorted him down the Lane, across the High Street (where an enormous crowd met him, and the traffic was held up to allow him to cross), and up Logic Lane to the door of the Master's Lodgings.

Thus ended an occasion which was memorable both in itself and for the delightful combination of informality and dignity with which it went of£ Yet the festivities of the day were far from being concluded. Later in the evening trestle-tables were set up at strategic points arowid the quadrangle piled high with eatables, and dispenses were set up from which beer flowed freely, and free of charge, for all comers. At precisely eight o-clock the Principal inaugurated a great open-air supper, to which all members of the Hall were invited, by giving the toast Floreat Aula from the well. well over two hwidred people participated in it, and throughout the whole evening the lawn and paths were crowded with gay groups eating and drinking, singing songs and recalling the highlights of the day. One or two temerarious gate-crashers from other colleges fowid their way in, but they were painlessly ¡and efficiently ejected. The atmosphere was altogether spontaneous and lighthearted, making a fitting finale to a historic day. The beer ceased to flow at eleven o-clock, and almost immediately, as by a miracle, the crowds disappeared. The rain, too, which had considerately restrained itself during the day, began to fall about the same time, at first lightly and then more and more heavily. By mid-night only one group of widergraduates remained in the quadrangle, sheltering from the weather in the entry to Staircase 7 and singing softly to the strains of a guitar.

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 1957-8.

THE DEBATING SOCIETY MICHAELMAS TERM President: R. F. O'BRIEN Vice-President: J. D. FARNWORTH Secretary: M. D. MARTIN THE OBJECT of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion.' It is a pious belief that this phrase was ejaculated, in 1820, by the young Thomas Macaulay, after he had had the privilege of attending, as a guest, one of the Society's debates. Certainly it is true that Truth sits lightly on the heads of most speakers, to the greater sadsfaction of the House, be it noted, but the wisdom is liberally sprinkled with a Sal Atticum which, alas, can so easily slip into salacitas. Let it not be supposed for a moment that by bringing the attention of the reader to a knowledge of the true state of affairs, there is any criticism, explicit or implicit, of a form of debate which has been peculiarly the Society's own during the past 73 I years. Such presumpdon (with apologies to Dr. Johnson), is the last resort of a scoundrel.

In spite of the ravages of the influenza epidemic, Mr. I. Funnell and Mr. M. Neal, being the only paper speakers unscathed, thrashed out Conservadve party policy between them, and a vote of confidence in the party was returned. The following week, a large number attended the first meeting of the Society to be held in St. Anne's, an innovation that drew in many new faces, and resulted in an entertaining debate on the fate of the living theatre; the theatre was saved by seven votes.

After two serious motions, the House was delighted to welcome the Hearne Society, and to debate the ambiguously worded motion 'that History is made at night'; the motion was carried, despite the ambiguity which increased with each speaker, until everyone was in the dark. Mr. S. A. Schorr-Kon and Mr. G. R. Mihell crossed swords in the next motion, 'That this House would prefer to lead hearts and diamonds, to spades and clubs', and the House was also treated to a heartfelt rendering of some Victorian songs, and dramatic scenes from the novels. The final meeting of term was a deeply felt and eloquent discussion on whether the House feared the

Jabberwock. Mr. J. D. Farnworth admitted that he knew nothing about the subject under discussion; this was the type of hard, incisive, cut and thrust that the House loved, and the motion was defeated by a large majority.

A notable departure from tradition took place at the elections when Miss W. Chalcraft of St. Anne's was unanimously elected Vice-President. She is the first and only woman ever to hold this much coveted position.

R.S.M.

HILARY TERM President: P.R. LEWIS Vice-President: Miss W. CHALCROFT Secretary: R. S. MAcLEOD The Hilary Term is usually a restful term; there are fewer debates and the newer members of the Society are casting anxious eyes into the future. The numbers at debates, however, did not diminish, and three excellent meetings were held, in the first of which, the House condoned the privacy of the Englishman's private life, despite eloquent defences of the police state.

For the second meeting the Society once again visited St. Anne's College, and those faces whic;:h had been absent from meetings since the last visit, reappeared to listen to a logomachy on the relative merits of Mars and Venus. Most of the ladies, as was to be expected, yearned for Mars, most gentlemen plumped for Venus, and the disciples of Love carried the day. The last meeting was given over to a renewal of the age-old rivalry between the North and the South; unfortunately, almost every speaker thought it incumbent upon himself to produce examples of 'Northern .Humour'; bewhiskered, Blackpool chestnuts were disinterred from comers of the mind that can only be imagined, not described, and the meeting ended to thick cries of 'Ee bah goom !', and imperfect imitations of Albert Modley. The motion was . defeated! At this meeting the new officers were elected, . and Miss A. Hon:ie cf St. Anne's was elected as a new fourth member of the committee.

The Society's Dinner was held on 7th March, and this year it was honoured by the attendance of the Principal of St. Anne's and the Dean of St. Edmund Hall.

R.S.M. D

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THE ESSAY SOCIETY MICHAELMAS TERM

President: M. G. A. CHADWICK DARK AUTUMN EVENINGS brought members again to the comforting warmth and light of the Emden room to cluster moth-like about the fireside lamp, the green Goddess and the essayist's chair.

Discordant noise of traffic on the High, rising intermittently to crescendo, served as reminder of the world analysed in successive essays. Reading 'O Altitudo' Mr. R. W. Truman deplored the gulf between the abnormal atmosphere of university, a closed circuit in itself, and the world glimpsed fleetingly in the long vac.

Mr. W. R. Weston was serious and thought provoking. Leading members to the windows of their closet he drew aside the curtains, bid them look upon an ordered complexity, and then see behind it the hand of a wise creator. Mr. A. G. Pearson in unpatriotic fervour called Englishmen to abandon well-meant but narrow-minded sentimentality in discussion of the colour problem. The Society responded with an attempted sociological analysis in place of political condemnation. Mr. D. I. Scargill examined Britain's fuel and energy problems. For all that our economy rests beneath the oily thumbs of Arab sheiks he advocated procrastination in developing nuclear power, but only suave resort to baffling technicalities stifled the indignation of commercial nationalists.

Mr. P.H. R. Mercer is no schizophrenic but his essay swung from idealism to pessimism. 'One and All' analysed the multifarious divisions of a world that is a pot-pourri of diverse elements and in ensuing discussion the Society found no reasons to suppose it might alter radically.

Mr. A. E. Twycross blandly dissected the political animal.S of the world. 'Entente Vegetale' condemned .dangerous and costly liabilities engendered by force of diplomatic habit. A detailed expose of the Suez campaign served to demonstrate the insidious influence of the tottery politics and internal maladies of France. The latter constituted a respectable yet provocative Aunt Sally to give reassurance to British superiority. Somnolence followed a memorable terminal dinner and, wreathed with tobacco smoke and the heady vapours of mulled claret, the President tried to ÂŁnish the tale about the shifting crowd outside.

M.G.A.C.

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HILARY TERM

President: R. W. TRUMAN The diversity of a term's discussions that included a consideration of the establishment of a National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Mountains and the cultural superiority of French taxi.drivers over their British colleagues, was but superficial. In reality, the essayists were all concerned with one theme: relativity. Mr. J. S. S. Whiting, with transmogrificatory wand, changed our whole perception of the nature of things, showing how the notions of absolute space and motion were meaningless. Mr. J. P. Allen extended Einstein's theories to morality, and our world-picture was shattered. For the rest of the term we wondered whether we should ever worry about Absolutes again.

Mr. D. Ward thought we ought. With professional expertise he demonstrated to us that we should wholly abstain from drinking anything which conjured up insubstantial pageants, and abandon fine frenzies for solid, sober, indisputable fact. Mr. R. O'Brien, with little of the benignity that he claimed to be a natural virtue of the Irish, chastised the English for their unwillingness to be fundamental and their determination to tolerate any convictions so long as these could be regarded simply as 'views'. Mr. D. C. Ford was kinder, but admitted his scorn for a society which generally did not seek that total self-knowledge which comes from pitting one's strength and cunning against mountains.

Mr. C. K. H. Davison sought less absolute achievements, yet scored a notable one in saying something worth hearing on the actual and possible role of public schools in modem education without upsetting either those who had or those who had not themselves been to such schools. Mr. D. I. Scargill was for the relative and the moderate, showing the complexity of the relations between civilizations and the weather, and how the English generally, and Yorkshiremen in particular, were much indebted to the moderation of their climate. The presidential essay tried tactfully ¡ to put an absolute view on relative judgements, and since it was read after the terminal dinner, those who disagreed did so quietly, while the rest were complacently of the opinion that the matter was beyond dispute.

R.W.T. TRINITY TERM

President: D. I. SCARGILL We began by travelling. We travelled in space and time, we discoursed upon nobility, and finally we were moved to put our own house in order.

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Mayflowers in early May, and the Society's Pilgrim Father, M. C. Seymour re-entered the arena, fresh from the taming of the Wilder West, and bringing back a shaggy dog and other reflections upon American language. 'That's the way the cookie crumbles' lamented the passing of the prairie pioneer whose vocabulary, as colourful as his homed cattle, is now neutralized in the Reader's Digest, the beef cube of culture.

Sir Roger Casement proved to be 'The Ghost at the Door', his knockings directed by the hand of J. D. Farnworth. Called to unbar a legal door we followed a troubled spirit in a flitting tour of Europe, and so, through the magic eye of telepathic vision, to the trial, and we were there. Judgement is awaited.

D. M. Nelson sought to restore body to spirit by means of 'Flesh of Her Flesh', yet this was an analysis of the spirit of a body, of nationalism as exemplified by Israel. By carpet, now, we toured the Middle East, observers froni more or less united nations, though Mr. Wiley was accused of Midland cynicism, representing neither South nor North.

No Cabbage this term, but the Savoy, as Malcolm Willcock in 'Quasi Stella Matutina' assessed the contribution to English music of Gilbert and Sullivan. Tripping hither, tripping thither, to Japan in the Pinafore under Captain Shaw, and back to Basingstoke, pirates, peers and poets alike, we danced our flowery way around the world of comic opera and pronounced in favour of G. and S. An essayist's patience was rewarded.

The return of a happy wanderer, a teacher from the land of Wackford Squeers, and a Senior Ex-President, E. J. McLaren, made a plea for nobility. Indirections find directions out, but 'Assays of Bias' straightly charged the Society to approve an evangelical faith, to discriminate in the acquisition of knowledge, and not to build any more Town Halls like Birmingham's.

The emphasis now was on time, not space, from Ex-Presidents forward to Presidents-Elect, and backward glances in G. E. Wiley's 'From Roses to Hormones', an essay reflecting upon the changing role of courtly love in literature. Time was when repulsed love was cured by solitude and melancholy, now the answer lies in algebra and logs.

So halted the time machine of a term of space travel, for it was appropriate on an occasion when spirits were high and comprehension wide of the mark, that the President should read 'Home Rule All Round', a call for more parish pumps and fewer handles to their politics.

D.I.S.

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THE MUSICAL SOCIETY MICHAELMAS TERM

President: M. WILLCOCK Secretary: S.]. T. MAZZARELLA OWING TO THE ASIAN 'FLU EPIDEMIC during November the customary Christmas concert in the Church of St. Peter-in-the-East had to be cancelled and in its place the Society presented a concert of lighter nature which was held in the Hall on Thursday, 28th November before an enthusiastic and seemingly satisfied audience.

The programme was as follows: r.

Overture 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Mendelssohn Piano Duet: R. W. TRUMAN and M. WILLCOCK

2.

Trio Sonata in G Trio Sonata in E minor Violins: B. D. SHORT and D. PARFITT Violincello: M. ]. CANSDALE Piano: C. K. H. DAVIDSON

3.

Sea Songs Stanford (i) Drake's Drum (ii) Outward Bound (iii) Devon, 0 Devon (iv) Homeward Bound (v) The Old Superb Bass: M. A. BORDEAUX Male Chorus Piano: M. WILLCOCK

Bach Vivaldi

4.

Glees Calkin (i) 'Night Winds that so Gently Blow' Calkin (ii) 'Sleep Gentle Lady' . . .. .. (iii) 'Foresters, Sound the Cheerful Hom' Bishop Coooter Tenors: E. THWAITES, M. WILLCOCK Tenors: D. I. GEALY, H. B. THORPE, R. W. SMITHERS, S.]. T. .

MAZZARELLA Bass: M. A. BORDEAUX 5.

6.

Lieder (i) 'Wie hist du, meine Konigin' (ii) 'Die beiden Grenadiere' (iii) 'Erlkonig' Baritone : R. W. SMITHERS Piano: M. W1ncocK These you might have loved Orphic Quartet. Lea~er: SIGNOR ScHORTIKOWSKY 53

Brahms Schumann Schubert

TRINITY TERM The Trinity Term Concert was held in the Quadrangle ¡ on Friday, 3oth May. Fortunately the weather was fine for the duration of the concert and the hearts of all concerned were gladdened by the attendance of an appreciative audience of some two hundred people. The success of the concert was acclaimed by all and it is felt in the Society that the coming year may be regarded with great enthusiasm and optimism.

The programme was as follows: 1.

Madrigals 'All Creatures now' John Bennet 'Draw on, Sweet Night' ..

Wilbye 'April is my Mistress' Face' Morley The Choir, conducted by M. A. BORDEAUX

2.

Sonata in E major, Op. 1, No. 4 ..

Violin: M. J. ARCHER Violin: B. D. SHORT 'Cello: M. J. CANSDALE Piano: R. W. TRUMAN

3. Baritone Solo. Arias from Marriage of Figaro 'Non piu andrai' 'Aprite un po quegli occhi' Baritone: R. W. SMITHERS Piano: M. J. CANSDALE

Vivaldi

Mozart

4. Male Voice Glees Drinking Song from 'The Student Prince' Romberg 'Come to the Fair' arranged 'Simple Simon' arr. Jackson Male Voice Choir, conducted by M. J. CANSDALE with: J. V. ROBERTS, Piano 5. Madrigals 'Awake, Sweet Love' 'Come again! Sweet love doth now invite' 'Weep yo~ no more sad fountains' 'Fine Knacks for Ladies' The Choir, conducted by M.A. BORDEAUX 54

Dowland

6. Irish Folk Songs Words collected by E. G. MIDGLEY. Music by H. M. N. H. IRVING 'Oh, I know my love' 'Belfast linen' Popular Song from Facade William Walter and Edith Sitwell Baritone: E. G. MIDGLEY Piano: H. M. N. H. IRVING

Bach

7.

Vivace from Double Violin Concerto in D minor Violin: M.J. ARCHER Violin: B. D. SHORT Piano: M. S. CANSDALE

8.

Part Songs Vaughan Williams 'Linden Lea' 'Bobby Shaftoe' arr. Whittaker 'The Goslings' J. F. Bridge The Choir, conducted by M.A. BORDEAUX

THE JOHN OLDHAM SOCIETY MICHAELMAS TERM President: K. G. MEADOWS Secretary: G. E. WILEY HILARY TERM President: G. E. WILEY Secretary:

J.

C. C. MAYS

TRINITY TERM President: K. G. MEADOWS Secretary: J. C. C. MAYS THE SOCIETY has lost none of the ground which it won last year. It has gathered in its support a large number of freshmen, and . several members of Hall in their second year. The Hall play, performed this year in the third week of the Trinity term, can rarely have been the product of such combined effort in which no one sought glory for himselÂŁ The continuance of such a spirit among those who are interested will ensure the healthy state of the Society in years to come.

The Michaelmas term was largely occupied with the O.U.D.S. Cuppers, which gave interested freshmen an opportunity to reveal their acting ability, which opportunity they readily accepted. The General Meeting of the Society felt that it was more important to afford this opportunity than to win 'Cuppers.' As a result the Second Act of 'The Doctor's Dilemma' was hastily chosen and produced by 55

the Secretary. On reflection, one has to admit that it was not a particularly well inspired choice, as the performance of any extract would seem to offer the adjudicator more than enough reason for dismissing it by referring to the play as a whole. It did however, fulfil the requirements of the Society, as it contained five male parts, which were acted by Michael Page, Roland McCleod, John Wells, Geoffrey Mihell and James Smith. The fact that three of these, Roland McCleod, John Wells, and James Smith, had major roles in 'Widower's Houses', the Hall's summer production, confirms this observation.

As my predecessor pointed out, the Society is now affiliated to the Amalgamated Clubs of the Hall. Consequently it was able to become a full member of the British Drama League, and enabled to borrow individual plays and sets of plays at will. Sad to admit only one play was produced in the Hilary term, Samuel Beckett's 'Wairing for Godot'. Those who took part, and those who listened were however, very pleased with the outcome, and we hope that the approaching academic year will bring us more readings of this quality. One difficulty which limited their number was the success in University dramatics of some of the best fitted to produce such readings. In the O.U.D.S. production of 'King Lear' Patrick Garland had the part of Oswald, and Godfrey Blakely that of Albury. Patrick Garland has since been elected President of 0. U .D.S., and on behalf of the Society, and indeed, of the Hall as a whole, we should like to congratulate him. We wish him a successful and rewarding term of office.

Trinity term is, of course, that of the Hall play, the Society's major production, a review of which appears elsewhere. For this production, which was in the capable hands ¡ of Keith Meadows, the Clarendon Press Institute took on a new look; thanks to the efforts of Peter Whurr, Fred Farrell, Brian Whittaker, and a host of assistants, a stage was constructed at the back of the Institute and the position of the Auditorium reversed. The play may not have attracted the plaudits of 'Ghosts', last year's production, but the standard was high, and the high reputation of the Hall in dramatic circles was maintained.

On the whole, it has been a successful year, in no way an anticlimax to last year's phenomenal success. Fresh and proven talent has blended and worked together, and the Society can face the future with assurance, justly proud of the achievements of its immediate past, and confident of its continued success in the future.

In University dramatics we are nobly represented, and at home there is sufficient talent, if less brilliant and less dedicated, to ensure the high reputation which the Society now enjoys.

G.E.W.

THE HEARNE SOCIETY MICHAELMAS TERM

President: A. E. TWYCROSS

Secretary: C.

J.

LAWLESS

AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE TERM Mr. M. G. Pitt, of Worcester College read a paper on 'The Old Alliance, England and Austria in the Eighteenth Century'. Mr. Pitt stressed that England tried to gain the Austrian alliance without heavy commitments and that the treaty only bound her when it suited her. Austria, on the other hand, was very anxious to keep the alliance in order to protect her enormous responsibilities. The alliance was weakened by the War of the Polish Succession, and finally broke down when England tried to prevent war over Silesia.

The attitude of the University and the Hall to Methodism was revealed in the next paper when Mr. V. H. H. Green, of Lincoln College, read his paper on 'The Expulsion of Six Students from St. Edmund Hall in 1768'. At that time there existed an evangelical nucleus in the Hall and there was considerable friction between the Principal and the Vice-Principal. Six undergraduates were accused of methodism, and an inquiry was held by the Vice-Chancellor of the University. The undergraduates were sent down, but although the Hall remained strictly Anglican, it was for some time a centre of evangelism.

Oxford was again the subject of the final paper of the term, when Mr. H. E. Ball, of New College, read his paper on 'Longwall, the History of a Street'. There is evidence that the wall existed as early as the thirteenth century and the founder of New College had to maintain the wall with the land he bought, and its towers were used for college lodgings. The ditch in front of the wall remained open as a sewer until the late nineteenth century and there were few buildings in the area. Eventually the buildings were used for undergraduates' lodgings and as premises for local tradesmen.

HILARY TERM

President: A. E. TWYCROSS

Secretary: C.

J.

LAWLESS

This term both papers were read by members of the Society.

In his paper entitled 'Beau Nash and his Circle at Bath', P. G. Slip pointed out that after attending Jesus College, Oxford, Nash's ready wit and gracious manners subsequently gained him the position of Master of Ceremonies at Bath, which was a fashionable spa and health resort in the .eighteenth century. Strict etiquette was maintained, however, and ~ere were regulations about gaming and 57

dress which Nash rigidly enforced. Many of the stately buildings of present day Bath date from this time, and numerous balls and dances were held in them.

When the traditional mulled claret had made its rounds at the last meeting of the term, the President read his paper entitled 'Diplomatic Intrigue at the Kaiser's Embassy'. After pointing out that at the beginning of this century there was still some chance of an Anglo-German alliance the speaker gave an account of the intrigues of Baron von Eckhardstein, the First Secretary of the German Embassy in London. The Baron falsified accounts of conversations with Lord Landowne and both countries therefore gained a false impression of the other's position in the moves towards our alliance. However when the German ambassador discovered the duplicity of his First Secretary the death knell of the alliance was rung. After the presidential paper, officers for the forthcoming year were elected.

TRINITY TERM President: R. W. WINSTANLEY

Secretary: T. R. BALL

The Rev. E. G. Midgley was the only speaker of the term when he read a paper entitled 'Captain Cook, Some Popular and Poetic Reactions'. The Dean stressed that the voyages of Cook captured the imagination of the public at the time and that many people were interested in the relics and plants which were brought back to England. The publication of some accounts of Cook's voyages laid special stress on the conception of the noble savage and on the sexual freedom allegedly enjoyed in the islands. With the reading of some extracts from poems and pantomimes satirising the conduct of the ladies at court, the year's activities concluded in a suitably light vein.

T.R.B.

THE LIDDON SOCIETY MICHAELMAS TERM President: D. FRAYNE

Secretary: G. WILKINSON

THE SOCIETY was strengthened by four freshmen ordinands at the first meeting of term, when the Chaplain with his usual precision spoke on 'Prayer and Bible Reading'. He reminded the Society of the five basic aspects of prayer-adoration, thanksgiving, penitence, petition and intercession-stressing that prayer should be considered

not as time taken out of the day but rather the devotion of the whole day to God with some special intercession. Discussing corporate worship, he emphasized that the natural place for taking Holy Communion was in the society with which one worked and lived.

The Rt. Rev. D. G. Loveday, Bishop Suffragan of Dorchester and a former Headmaster of Cranleigh, talked about 'Christian Education' on 4th November. Amid much wit he described his experiences at school at Shrewsbury and as chaplain at Clifton, strongly advocating short services for school chapels. He suggested that services should be held at a late hour.

At the third meeting the Rev. Canon E.W. Kemp, chaplain of Exeter, outlined the slow revision of the canons of the Church.

Parochial Missions was the subject of the final meeting of the term when the Rev. Father Gibbard, S.S.J.E. addressed the Society. Good personal relationships were essential he said and stressed that the really vital work in such missions was done by the laity before and after the mission itself. It was a most valuable evening.

HILARY TERM

Secretary: G. WILKINSON

President: D. FRAYNE

The term opened on a personal note when the Ven. G. Youell, Archdeacon of Stafford, spoke on 'High Days and Holy Days in an urban parish'. He warned of the dangers of indiscriminate baptism and suggested that the parish priest should have the authority to confirm when a person was ready. The Archdeacon regretted that funeral services were conducted in an austere manner by the Burslem Co-operative and Dividend and deplored the influence of Sunday papers. The Church lacked imagination and did not make sufficient demands.

The Rev. R. C. C. Watson of the Oxford Pastorate addressed the Society on 'Christian Life in the World' on roth February. He discussed God's concern for the world in creating and maintaining it and said it was important to remember that God treats our circumstances as if they were perfect. A former Chaplain to the Fleet, the Rev. Canon A. D. Gilbertson, talked about 'The Post Confirmation Life' at the third meeting of term. He described his experiences as a naval chaplain pointing out the unusual position they enjoyed.

At the business meeting of the year an important change was made in the constitution of the Society. It was decided that in future 59

the Society should have open membership and that the activities of the Society should as far as possible appeal to all Christians in the Hall. It was felt that there was a need for an Anglican evangical group and without forming another society which would add to the demands on people's time this was surely the most satisfactory way of doing it. The ordinand group should remain at the core of the Society. ¡

TRINITY TERM President: G. WILKINSON

Secretary: W.W. BUDDEN

From the attendances at both talks this term, it was clear that the reconstitution of the Society has greatly enhanced the vigour of its meetings. 'Prayer' was the subject of the first meeting when the Rev. Canon E. S. Abbott, Warden of Keble, spoke to the Society. Every Christian, he said, must be convinced of three things -a capacity for prayer, a need for prayer and the priority of prayer over all things. He stressed that progress in prayer was achieved by a crisis or 'an agonizing reappraisal' and that the ultimate aim of our prayer was to be received into Christ. It was important to progress from vocal prayer to contemplative prayer which involved a change from words to silence or from 'comparative complexity' to 'absolute simplicity'. The Psalter and the New Testament were the best sources of inspiration for prayer. The Society is indebted to the Warden for an invaluable evening.

The Rev. R. Browning, Lecturer of Cuddesdon College, talked on 'The Christian Understanding of Death' at the second meeting of term. Anxiety about death, he said, almost made it an evil.

Mr. Browning clearly outlined the excesses of both Roman and Protestant positions about life after death. In the former it was a matter of a period in purgatory helped by the masses of the living followed by the judgement of God. The latter implied that one went straight to Christ or to hell, though the book of Common Prayer in its concept of peace presented a more authentic doctrine.

Discussing suicide he said that no man had the right to deprive society of himself, the Christian religion was foremost in its firm condemnation of suicide and that essentially a man's life belonged to God. W.W.B. 60

THE DENTON SOCIETY MICHAELMAS TERM President: J. D. FARNWORTH Secretary: D . WARD Treasurer: P. S. CLAYSON must at once be given to any previous Officers of the Society who may read this report with memories of the optimistic birth of the Society that the fact that only one moot was held during the term does not reflect any undue indolence on the part of their successors. Three moots were arranged, but one had to be cancelled because of the unpreparedness of opposing counsel, members of a Society appropriately named after a Lord Chancellor notorious for his delays in delivering judgements, and another was frustrated at the last moment when a common virus succeeded in penetrating even the cloud of juridical mythology which surrounds the learned editor of Salmond on Torts.

Non-existent oil wells in the Middle East formed the subject of a moot against the Ellesmere Society of B.N.C., judged by Mr. R.H. Maudsley, also ofB.N.C. The Denton Society was represented

by Mr. M. F. C. Harvey and Mr. A. J. Hall. The latter's learned arguments on Private International Law unfortunately could not be discussed as the Ellesmere Society was understandably not conversant with the topic, but they inclined the judge in favour of the Denton Society to the destruction of the whole case of the Ellesmere Society which had succeeded on all other points.

The Society enjoyed the hospitality of the Ellesmere Society at a meeting in B.N.C. addressed by Professor H. G. Hanbury on 'The Viewpoint of an Arbitrator on the Industrial Disputes Tribunal'.

The attention of old members is drawn to the admirable Society tie which displays on a background of dark green a repeated motif of a lion passant or between three annulets argent-a design based on the version of Mr. Justice Denton's coat of arms which appears on the bay window on the north side of the Middle Temple Hall.

The tie is obtainable from Castells at the price of one guinea.

D.W. ASSURANCES

HILARY TERM President: D . WARD Secretary: P: S. CLAYSON Treasurer: R. S. PA UL Owing to the .default of its opponents and the illnesses of several judges, the Society began the term with the prospects of having to arrange all its moots internally, but after some initial difficulties it was possible to hold two moots against other colleges. Nevertheless, 61

it was very difficult at times for the Officers of the Society to persuade members to participate, and the members attending each moot were sadly few in number.

In the first moot, the Society welcomed the Eldon Society of University College to contest a case on Constitutional Law. For the Society, Mr. J. D. Farnworth argued effusively, if unconvincingly, on several cases, but showed a surprising ignorance of the existence of some relevant statutes. Mr. J. E. Hancock added weight to the previous arguments, and the Society was able to record a win.

The second moot was against The Queen's Bench of The Queen's College, which had been postponed from the Michaelmas Term.

Arguing on behalf of the Society, Messrs. P. H. R. Mercer and D. Ward were able to secure an honourable draw.

The only extra-judicial event was the Annual Dinner which was held on Wednesday, 26th February. Among the guests of the Society were Mr. J. B. Butterworth, Bursar of New College, Mr. J. F. Lever, the Principal, Mr. A. W. B. Simpson and Dr. D. C. M. Yardley; twenty members were present. After an excellent meal, Mr. Lever, proposing the toast of the Society, delighted the¡ company by explaining his desire to introduce a further paper into the Law School, to be entitled 'After-dinner jurisprudence'. Replying on behalf of the Society, the President outlined several obscure jurisprudential theories, which included a summary of the statutory requirements of a jelly. Mr. J. D. Farnworth, ex-President, proposing the toast of the guests, gave the Society some interesting insights into the personal lives of each guest, a speech which appeared to con,tain more truths than its victims might perhaps have liked.

In replying, Mr. Butterworth related the notorious exploits of a few of his former pupils, more than one of which took place outside a court of law. Later, Mr. Simpson and Dr. Yardley were persuaded to air their views on life and the Society retired soon afterwards in high spirits.

At a final meeting of the Society, the following Officers were elected for the Trinity and Michaelmas Terms; President, P. S. Clayson; Secretary, R. S. Paul; Treasurer, H. B. Thorpe.

P.S.C.

THE SOCIETY OF COSMOGRAPHERS Hon. Secretary: D.

President: R. KNOWLES

J.

INGLE

since last year has almost doubled its membership, due to the large in.flux of this year's mem.bers and the ability of our weaker members to prove their true mettle when put to the test.

THE SOCIETY

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Our congratulations are due to D. I. Scargill on obtaining a brilliant first. We hope that this may become a habit within the Society, and so begin our first tradition.

MICHAELMAS TERM The term began with the usual cocktail party, a function which is becoming increasingly necessary, in order to introduce the large numbers of new members each year.

TRINITY TERM Again this year we note, with some apprehension, the Herbertson Society's sparse representation from the Hall, either in officers of the Society or members. Being the largest single representative body of geographers in the University, it seems incongruous that the monoP.oly of the Herbertson Society should lie in the grasp of another College.

Due to the limited space in the Emden Room, this year's annual dinner was transformed into a new experiment of a sit-down buffet. We were very pleased, this year, to have as our guests the Principal, Mr. and Mrs. Gullick, and for the first time Professor Gilbert, who in former years has been unable to attend. We were disappointed that Dr. Beckinsale and Mr. Pollock were unavoidably absent. However, the occasion was a great success and relatively quiet in comparison with some years. Professor Gilbert expressed his pleasure at being able to attend what was the only Cosmographical society in Oxford, even though he expressed some doubt as ,to the identity of a Cosmographer, and punctuated his speech with some very amusing limericks. Mr. Gullick, called upon to speak by the President, spoke some words of comfort to those who were to take Finals two days later, and yet had nobly consented to come along. The coffee was then served and the proceedings of a very enjoyable evening drew to an informal close.

D.J.I.

THE QUANTA for the . physicists of the Hall, during their course up here, to give a scientific talk to their fellow physicists. In the Hilary term I958, under the instigation of Dr. G. W. Series, its President, the Society was formally founded and named 'The Quanta'. At present its members, fifteen in number, comprise only the physicists of the Hall.

The terms' reports are as follows:

IT HAS LONG BEEN THE PRACTICE

HILARY TERM . Chairman: W. H. FOX, B.A.

Secretary: R. TURNER, B.A.

There were three meetings during the term, at which papers were given by Mr. M. D. Martin on 'Herology', Mr. N. Tonkin on 'Neutrinos' and Dr. R. Hindmarsh on 'Controlled Thermonuclear Reactions'.

TRINITY TERM Chairman: R. TURNER, B.A. Secretary: P. M. GARVEY During this term there were three meetings, all of which were held in the Bishop William's Room. At the first members heard a paper by Mr. E. M. J. Hilt entitled 'Applications of Boolean Algebra'. At the last two meetings members heard talks given by guest speakers. Mr. M. H. R. Soper, M.A., of the department of agriculture gave a talk entitled 'Some Aspects of Scientific Application to Agriculture' and Mr. H. Hopkins, B.A., of the Clarendon Laboratory gave a talk entitled 'Bubble Chambers'.

At the last meeting elections were held for the coming Michaelmas term, Mr. Garvey being elected Chairman and Mr. M. Somers Secretary.

On r4th May the Society held its first dinner, an event which it is hoped to hold annually. It was held in the Hearne Room, the Principal being present as the guest of the Society.

P.M.G.

THE BOAT CLUB MICHAELMAS TERM Captain:

J.

L. FAGE

Secretary:

J.

H. DUCKER

FOR THE UNIVllRSITY Coxwainless Fours Races in the fourth week of term, Hall rowing history was made again when for the first time two fours were entered. The First IV was the experienced and not unsuccessful four of last term, while the Second IV was composed entirely of freshmen oarsmen of no little experience.

The latter, however, suffered unavoidably by the lack of a regular . coach and by having to use ¡a decrepit, borrowed boat, but in spite of this reached the semi-final only to be narrowly beaten by the winning Christ Church Second IV. The First IV also was the victim of outrageous fortune: just at the vital stage in training, about ten days before racing, R. J. Nightingale and J. H. Ducker fell victims to the current Asian influenza epidemic, and returned only in time

virtually just to step into the boat and race, both badly unfit and the crew very much out of practice. It was remarkable, for this very reason, that we won three races to reach the final, and almost cruelly unfair that our opponents should have been the Christ Church IV, who were probably the only crew of all that had not been affected by illness. It was almost inevitable in the circumstances that we should have lost, but we lost by only 6 sees., a margin far less than was expected by most critics, and a decision we felt sure we would be able to reverse at a later date racing on equal terms.

After Fours two eights were formed, trained and entered for the Balliol Long Distance Race at the end of term. Both crews consisted almost entirely of freshmen, the first eight of those who had rowed before and the second of novices. Both crews performed creditably enough and both finished tenth.

At the same time several of us were required for the University Senior and Junior Trial Eights. R. L. S. Fishlock, M. G. Sherratt, and G. C. H. Shakerley were in the Junior Trial Eights. R.H. B. de Vere Green was again most unfortunate very narrowly to miss selection for the Senior Trials: J. L. Fage, J. H. Ducker and S. C. H. Douglas-Mann were awarded Trial Caps. The latter had already crowned a very successful partnership with M. J. W. Hall of Lincoln by winning the University Pairs race and went on to row Bow in the successful Isis crew of the Hilary term of which G. C. H. Shakerley was the Cox. J. L. Fage and J. H. Ducker rowed at 7 and 3 in the Oxford University Boat Race Crew, and this was the first time that the Hall has had two oarsmen in the Blue boat.

FIRST IV Bow R. J. Nightingale (steersman) S. C. H. Douglas-Mann 2 3 J. L. Fage Str. J. H. Ducker

Bow 2

3 4 5 6

7 Str.

Cox

LONG DISTANCE VIII G. H. Blake J. W. Harrison D. E. Mellish R. W. C. Holliday" I. B. Murray M. P. Hickey D.S. Dormor D. A. R. Poole A. N. H. Jolly

SECOND IV Bow G. H. Blake (steersman) 2 R. W. C. Holliday 3 M. G. Sherratt Str. R. L. S. Fishlock NOVICE VIII Bow B. D. Kingstone 2 A. Stewart 3 M. C. Highstead 4 5 6

M.Jon~s

R. Mizen

J. A. Ford J. A. Fletcher

7 Str. W. W.Budden

Cox P. J. Reynolds J.H.D.

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HILARY TERM Captain: J. L. FAGE Secretary: J. H. DUCKER The First Torpid came up a week before the beginning of term and began training with Mr. I. P. Foote with whom good progress was made, in spite of unpleasant weather conditions. R. J. Nightingale took over coaching for the next two weeks, before J. L. Fage added the final touches in the last few days before Torpids.

The first night found us in front of a fast Christ Church crew.

Excitement and first bumping-race nerves contributed to a very disappointing row and the House caught us on the Green Bank. On the second night we settled down and had a greatly improved rowover, and on the last two nights we went up a little on Christ Church, but not enough to catch them, and we finished fifth on the river.

The Second Torpid covered themselves with glory by making a bump every night, their victims being Magdalen II, Oriel II and St. Peter's Hall II. Though by no means a pretty crew, they succeeded in moving their boat very quickly under the guidance of M. G. Lewis.

After Torpids the 1st boat stayed together, and after two changes started training for the Head of the River Races at Reading and Putney, but exams being upon us, we did not have time for prolonged training and at Reading we had a comfortable, but not very fast row and lost ten places in the final order, finishing 34th.

After Reading we moved to Henley where we rowed with Jesus College, Cambridge 1st and 2nd crews with Mr. Dereck Mays-Smith. On the Sunday before Putney we started on the journey from Henley to London by river, stopping for the night at Marlow and Weybridge, and reached Putney at lunch time on Tuesday.

During the rest of the week we had two outings each day and we were very lucky in having very good conditions all week.

The race itself was rowed in warm sunshine and after starting 257th we covered the course from Mortlake to Putney in 20 minutes, 22 seconds and finished 58th. This leaves us in a good position for next year's race if it is decided to enter a crew.

FIRST TORPID

SECOND TORPID

Bow 2 3 4 5

G. H. Blake D. A. R. Poole I. B. H. Murray M. P. Hickey D. S. Dormer 6 M. G. Sherratt 7 A. G. Williams Str. R. L. S. Fishlock Cox A. B. Bromley

Bow 2 3 4 5 6 7 Str. Cox 66

E.W. Entwhistle A. L. Stewart M. C. Highstead J. W. Harrison R. Mizen M. Jones A. J. D. Smith C. F. Hughes I>. J. Reynolds

CREW FOR THE HEAD OF THE RIVER RACES

Bow G. H. Blake 2 M. P. Hickey 3 I. B. H. Murray 4 R. L. S. Fishlock 5 D. S. Dormer 6 M. G. Sherratt 7 R. J. Nightingale Str. R. H. B. de Vere Green Cox A. B. Bromley M.G.S.

TRINITY TERM Captain:

J.

L. FAGE

Secretary: M. G. SHERRATT

The prospects for the First VIII this year were good, particularly as five members of last year's crew were available. The crew came up a we.e k before the beginning of term and started training at Godstow, coached by Mr. Ian Scott of St. Edward's School. After many experiments to settle the final order of rowing, rapid progress was made in the first three weeks. For the final three weeks before Eights, we returned to the home stretch where once again Dr. D. H. Richards brought the crew up to racing pitch, so that on the eve of Eights Week, our outlook seemed bright.

On the first night we were behind Balliol, whom we caught in r min. 17 sec. just above Donnington Bridge. This we repeated on the second night when we caught Magdalen. After this exciting start, we were disappointed on the last nights when we failed to make any impression on Merton and had to be content with rowing over.

The Second VIII was coached by Mr. I. P. Foote, G. C. H. Shakerley and J. Mead of Merton. With several members of this year's First Torpid, the crew settled down quickly and soon looked like being a fast crew. The first night of Eights found them behind Christ Church II whom they quickly caught. Magdalen eluded them on the second night by catching Oriel II who fell to the Hall on the third night.

The Third VIII, known as usual as the Schools Eight, in spite of lack of training were potentially good, and shaped well in the hands of J. L. Fage. They proved their worth by bumping Trinity II and Hertford II. The Fourth VIII this year consisted largely of the Second Torpid and were coached by J. H. Ducker and M. G. Lewis. Starting

head of the 7th Division, they only just avoided being bumped on the first night by Pembroke Schools Eight, but were caught on the second night. On the last two nights they went up two places by bumping St. Peter's Hall V and Balliol V. The Fifth VIII this year must surely have been the heaviest crew on the river, averaging 13 st. 5 lb. Coached by I. P. Macdonald Unsworth the crew developed into powerful, but not very graceful boat-movers, and their efforts were rewarded on the third night when they caught Hertford Ill. This year, for the first time, a Sixth VIII was formed. This crew, comprising of beginners, showed great promise and keenness, and it is not at all to their discredit that they only just failed to make the grade in the getting-on races.

Three members of the Boat Club has performed outstandingly this year. J. L. Fage and J. H. Ducker were invited to represent the University against Cambridge in the Boat Race. This is the first time a member of the Hall has rowed in the Blue Boat since 1947¡ S. C. H. Douglas-Mann was invited to represent England in the coxless pairs with M.J. W. Hall ofLincoln in the Empire Games at Lake Padarn.

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CREWS FIRST VIII Bow A. G. Williams 2 R.H. B. de Vere-Green R. J. Nightingale 3 M. G. Sherratt 4 J. L. Fage 5 6 J. H. Ducker S. C. H. Douglas-Mann 7 Str. R. L. S. Fishlock Cox G. C. H. Shakerley

SECOND VIII D. E. Mellish G. H. Blake A. J. D. Smith M. P. Hickey I. B. H. Murray D. A. R. Poole D.S. Dormer C. F. Hughes P. J. Reynolds

THIRD (SCHOOLS) VIII E.W. Entwistle D . C. Ford W.R. Weston A. E. Twycross N. K. Merrylees P. M. Bevan-Thomas P. D. Bailey C. K. H. Davison M. D. Martin

FOURTH VIII B. D. Kingstone A. L. Stewart J. G. French W. W.Budden R . Mizen M.Jones M. C. Highstead J. W. Harrison D. D. Mussell

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FIFTH (RuGGER) VIII Bow R. A. Farrand 2 J. Owen-Smith 3 W. I. Plant 4 L. T. Lombard 5 P. G. D. Robbins 6 C. E. G. Parkhouse 7 A. G. Pearson Str. M. B. Forbes Cox R. T. H. Batchelor M.G.S.

REGATTAS TRINITY TERM, 1957 (As the Regatta Report for Trinity Term, 1957 arrived too late to be included in last year's Magazine, we print it this year.)

Having proved its worth in Eights by going up three places, the First VIII felt justified in entering themselves for a number of regattas prior to Henley Royal Regatta, ostensibly to gain experience for the latter, secretly to have a bit of enjoyment 'pot-hunting'!

The same considerations led to the formation of a four, which for the first time in the Boat Club's history, entered for the Visitors' at Henley.

At Walton Regatta a potential First IV was entered for the Junior-Senior event, the Second VIII for the Junior Eights, and J. L. Fage and J. H. Ducker for the Open Pairs: greatly to their own surprise the latter won their first two races, only to be beaten in the Final by a more experienced pair. The Second VIII unfortunately met their match in the very first round. But the four saved the day, and brought ¡no little attention and honour to the name of the Hall by winning their event, the first of a series of victories.

At Reading Regatta, the following Saturday, the First VIII and the First IV, now in its final order, added further feathers to their caps by winning both their events: though these were only JuniorSenior events, it was no mean achievement by any standard to row over a mile-long course nine times in only six hours, and to win every time.

At Marlow Regatta the next week however we expected a more difficult task since we had to enter for Senior events. And so it proved to be: the First VIII, much to their satisfaction, dealt with Magdalene College, Cambridge, convincingly enough and beat them by 1! lengths; but in the next round they met a very powerful

Crowland crew who only just beat them in the last half minute, winning by a bare half length, and who went on to win the Final by at least a length. The four however, again having to cover the course eight times in the afternoon, rose admirably to the occasion, and any feeling of disappointment occasioned by our failure in the Eights was forgotten when with the last race of the day the Town Cup crowned the day's efforts: this victory was especially gratifying as we were the only Oxford or Cambridge college to win any event. But this, the best of our successes, was also destined to be the last.

Henley Royal Regatta. Undoubtedly our failure at this, the climax of all our training, was due to no small extent to our previous success, paradoxical though it may seem. It was certainly not due to bad coaching, for under E. V. Vine the First VIII made noticeable improvements in the last stages of training. Perhaps it was as clear a case as ever of pride coming before a fall! But though no one would deny that we were struck with not a little over-confidence, the oarsman's inevitable and inveterate enemy, yet our lack of success at Henley was the direct result of having trained for and raced in so many shorter races, so that coming to race over a longer and more gruelling course and against crews of a generally higher standard, we were found sadly wanting both in fitness and experience of such racing. It was ironic that our opponents in the first round of the Ladies' Plate should have been our erstwhile opponents at Marlow, and it was poetic justice indeed that we should now be beaten by those whom we had previously beaten: Magdalene College, Cambridge losing over a length in the first two minutes, but rowing at a much lower rating than ourselves gradually fou~ht back and went on to win by nearly a length.

In the Visitors the four met with hardly any better fortune: having in the first round been able to dispose of a very poor W adham four by paddling over the whole course at a rating of at times as low as eighteen to win by over two lengths, we seem to have been lulled into a false sense of security so that when we met the Magdalene four in the next round we quite unnecessarily allowed them to take the lead early in the race and left our finishing spurt far too late. We lost by only half a length after being down over two lengths most of the way rowing at a rating of only 28 to their 34. Of course we could easily have won. Unfortunately it is so mrely that one realizes this during a race when all seems lost !

Let us hope however that next year we may learn by our mistakes of this year and have an even more successful season than this: for, in spite of or lack of success at Henley, in every way we believe this to have been one of the most successful years, if not the most successful, in the Hall's rowing annals.

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FIRST VIII R. H. B. de Vere-Green M. P. Hickey J. C. Wilkinson P. M. Bevan-Thomas J. L. Fage S. C. H. Douglas-Mann R. J. Nightingale J. H. Ducker G. C. H. Shakerley

FIRST IV Bow J. L. Fage 2 S. C. H. Douglas-Mann 3 R. J. Nightingale (steersman) Str. J. H. Ducker Average weight of both crews 12 st. 12 lb.

THE CRICKET CLUB Secretary: A. F. HAM

Captain: D. C. HUGHES

THE 1958 CRICKET SEASONonthefaceofitappears,withtwice as many wins as losses, moderately successful. The full details for the First XI are these: Played 21, Won 8, Lost 4, and Drawn 9, whilst the corresponding details for the Second XI were: Played 9, Won :i, Lost 2, Drawn 5.

The nine draws would seem to indicate that there were a large number of uninteresting matches, but of these, five games ended with one or both sides close to victory, ten runs or two wickets being the outside margin. Three of the defeats were by less than ten runs. The first match of the season, one of the new fixtures with clubs foreign to Oxford, was against Trinity College, Cantab.

This we won by six wickets and, with D. C. Hughes and M. E.W. Vincent both achieving half-centuries, the Hall batting seemed likely to be of no mean strength, but unfortunately the promise was rarely fulfilled. This was probably due to the lack of established batsmen, for in all 44 members of the Hall batted during the season.

Schools and an unhappy last term restricted the activities of a number of very useful players. This fact was illustrated by their success in the few matches in which they managed to play for the Hall, and on two occasions by their efforts for the opposition.

Of the five book-bound Authentics, C. N. P. Harrison scored 280 runs in IO innings (av. 28.00), including a 63 against Oldhill and a 50 against South Oxford Amateurs, who were the only team to convincingly beat the Hall, and B. W. Atkins took 19 wickets for 163 runs (av. 8.58), including 7 wickets for 50 against the Authentics. In the latter game R. M. Siedle made a fine century, which temporarily was overshadowed by a furious Atkins' onslaught. Siedle was the most successful all rounder, making 322 runs in II completed innings (av. 29.27) and taking 21 wickets for 71

288 rnns (av. 13.71). The victory by over 40 rnns was naturally a highlight but it was nnsuspected to the extent that the Authentics' last 7 wickets fell for 17 rnns.

Another fine match was the victory by 2 wickets over a Gonville and Caius College, Cantab. side, including 0. S. Wheatley, the Cambridge blue, by a not very strong Hall side. The match at Oldhill resulted in a draw. The wicket was palatable to the batsmen and A. C. Warr 75, I. R. Briars 42, put on 117 for the first wicket.

Oldhill slumped from 81 for 1 wicket to 119 for 6 wickets, but our hopes were never realised and they reached 212 for 8, 40 odd rnns short of our total for 6 wickets. Further successful batsmen were Hughes, 323 rnns in 14 innings (av. 23.78), I. Vincent, 216 rnns in 10 innings (av. 2i.60) and Briars 254 rnns in 16 innings (av. 15.88).

L. S. Leask took 6 wickets for 20 rnns to help dismiss the Old Cliftonians for 80 rnns less than the Hall total. A. F. Ham and M. H. Bottomley were fairly consistent if not always penetrative, taking 38 wickets for 455 rnns (av. lI.97) and 30 wickets for 309 rnns (av. 10.30) respectively. Siedle achieved an Authentic and was, with Briars and Vincent, elected a Hall Colour. The next season's elected officers are: Captain C. N. P. Harrison, Vice-Captain R. M. Siedle, Hon. Secretary M. E.W. Vincent.

A.F.H.

THE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB Captain: C. G. THORNE

Secretary: D. H. JOHNSON

MICHAELMAS TERM of the Asian epidemic heralded the start of the term. Although the worst was over a few were to feel the full impact of it before the end of term. Perhaps it was this factor that acconnted for the general lack of fitness apparent in the two trials.

Amongst the Freshmen, a few players of above average class were noticeable, in particular D. R. Bouwer, D. I. Geally, D. Jesson, and R. M. Siedle, all of whom were destined to play for the University before the end of the full season and the former two to break a collar bone each.

The opening match-our annual friendly against St. Peter's Hall -who had come up a week early for training in anticipation of the event, resulted in a convincing win for the Hall and most certainly augured well for the rest of the term. With a side whose main strength lay in a heavy and powerful pack of forwards we cruised through most of the term's rugger. Nevertheless, a sound THE DEATH RATTLE

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warning against complacency came fairly early in the term, when Christ's, Cambridge showed up some of our more glaring weaknesses, especially those of defence. But for R. F. O'Brien's accurate place kicking we would surely have lost. R.M.E. Shrivenham, probably the strongest side we play, were soundly defeated. This was a match in which all rose to the occasion and in particular A. G. Pearson in the lines-out.

When most of the team anticipated a special dinner for not only gaining promotion in the league but by being unbeaten throughout, we ran into Merton and Trinity-our last two games and lost them both. Merton simply outplayed perhaps a somewhat stale and tired side, while the match with Trinity was played under freak conditions. The ground was hard with frost and to see across the field was impossible. It turned out that in these circumstances possession can be an embarrassment.

The Second XV under the enthusiastic leadership of T. H. Batchelor had an excellent season winning all twelve matches.

L. T. Lombard,]. R. C. Young and D. Jesson were invited to play against Cambridge at Twickenham. P. G. D. Robbins captained the side and the feat of beating Cambridge, of whose.powers so much had been heard, speaks for itself.

HILARY TERM Almost thirty members of the Rugby Club came up early in order to do some organised pre-term training, with a view to 'Cuppers' later in the term. Once under way the term produced a variety of weather resulting in several cancellations, especially with regard to the Second XV. However those matches that were played resulted in only one being lost and that was away at Cambridge with a weakened First XV. Besides the official matches several games were organised by 'the Hilarians' in which a few players were to be seen, who had taken courage in both hands and played for the first time in Oxford. This meant that most people who wished for a game, obtained one.

The first match in 'Cuppers' was against Hertford and provided a chance for combination in attack if nothing else, in which seven different players scored. It was pleasing to find the side settling down, as the game progressed, into an inexorable scoring machine, which resulted in a win of 40 points to 3.

In the second round against a well-balanced Corpus Christi side the inclusion of Bouwer in place of R. A. Farrand brought the number of players in our pack, who had represented the University, to six. In conditions far from ideal, with heavy wet ground and a 73

smart wind blowing, the Hall side probably played its best game and, latterly, most entertaining football. Three push-over tries were scored and, once victory was assured, the ball was thrown about resulting in two splendid tries on either wing. Once again our line had not been crossed, the 3 points, against the Hall total of 22, was the result of a penalty scored in the opening¡minutes of the game.

Slow heeling and lack of penetration in far from attractive conditions, resulted in much negative football in our third round match against St. John's. Nevertheless, we survived the mud bath by 6 points to nil and had won through to the semi-final.

The semi-final was as exciting as the score, 6 points to 3, suggests and, had Trinity possessed a reliable place kicker, they might well have emerged the victors. The inclusion of an A.A.A. sprint champion among our backs was in this match and the final to prove invaluable to a threequarter line whose penetrative qualities were somewhat lacking.

Once again it was St. Peter' s Hall who were our opponents in the final. Robbins was now back in the side and among the threequarters to give more punch to the attack. The play surged to and fro, but neither set of backs looked like scoring and it came as a surprise when O'Brien made a half break and slipped the ball to Young, who, with the necessary yards to move, went for the line with an electrifying dash. This was to be the only score in a hard fought final which, apart from the excitement value, was a poor game of football. However, the Hall had won 'Coppers' for the third year running.

It would be invidious to mention names in what was essentially a team triumph, but certainly our thanks are due to an inspiring and enthusiastic captain in C. G. Thome.

Teams: R. M. Siedle,J. R. C. Young, K. P. Please, D. H. Johnson, T. J. Reynolds, C. E. G. Parkhouse, R. F. O'Brien, L. A. Chester, D. Jessen, A. G. Stedman, L. T. Lombard, P. M. BevanThomas, D. R. Bouwer, A. G. Pearson, R. A. Farrand, C. G. Thome, W. I. Plant, P. G. D. Robbins, J. E. Hancock.

Colours: R. M. Siedle, T.J. Reynolds, K. P. Please, R. F. O'Brien, L. A. Chester, L. S. Leask, D. Jessen, D. R. Bouwer, C. C. Nichols, T. D. Day, P. M. Bevan-Thomas.

For next season: W. I. Plant was elected Captain and L. S. Leask Secretary.

The Club congratulates P. G. D. Robbins on playing for England throughout the season and J. R. C. Young on playing for England against Ireland; L. T. Lombard on being elected Cattain O.U.R.F.C.; C. G. Thome, A. G. Pearson and C. C. Nicho son being elected to the O.U. Greyhounds R.F.C. L.S.L. 74

THE CUP-WINNING RUGBY FOOTBALL TEAM

THE CUP-WINNING ATHLETICS TEAM

THE ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB MICHAELMAS TERM Captain: J. MADDISON

Hon. Secretary: J. B. CLARK

WITH ALL BUT TWO of our winning Cup side in residence and a large number of freshmen arriving, hopes of emulating last year's League and Cup double were high. Unfortunately an early spell of influenza, which at one time or other affected every member of the side, succeeded in getting the team off to a bad start in the League from which it never quite recovered, eventually finishing third.

A much weakened side lost the first League fixture to Jesus by the odd goal in nine and the cancellation of the next match by our opponents, who could not raise a team thanks to influenza, provided a welcome breather. By the time Emmanuel College, Cambridge arrived, most people had recovered and a convincing 9-1 victory restored our hopes. The second League match, againt Queen's, nearly proved disastrous, but after a gallant rally by Queen's began to fade in the second half, two quick goals by the Hall turned the result into a respectable 4-2 victory.

The friendly against Balliol will be remembered chiefly for its entertainment value, the Hall winning n-5, while the next match against Magdalen followed a similar pattern with the score 7-3 in our favour.

After this light interlude the League match with W adham was approached with caution. Determined to wipe out their defeat in the Cuppers Final, Wadham defended dourly and aided by some bad finishing by the Hall the game ended with no score.

The annual fixture with the Old Aularians was blessed with more favourable weather than last year and the Aularians including R. W. Hall and R. G. Lunn promised us a heavy defeat. Despite the exuberant efforts of D. Forster, our guests found the pitch too vast in the second half and the Hall ended a most enjoyable match with a 5-r victory. The customary dinner held after the match gave further evide~ce of the spirit that has developed on this, by now traditional, occasion.

The next League match was a visit to Worcester and although still hampered by injuries the Hall succeeded in recording a comfortable 7-0 win, which was followed by a 2-0 victory over Keble in a friendly.

For the visit to St. John's, Cambridge, only five first team players were fit and the prospects were not bright. However by hard tackling and first-time passing on a wet surface the team achieved one of its best results of the term in a narrow and deserved 2-r victory despite finishing the game with virtually nine men.

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After this performance the crucial League fixture with Pembroke was approached more confidently. However, despite having threequarters of the play some very poor finishing left little scope for errors in defence and our 1-0 defeat was the reward, giving Pembroke the Championship. A mid-week match against St. Catherine' s was lost 4-2 and brought to a close a rather unfortunate week.

The next League match versus Exeter was drawn 2-2 and was followed by a visit to Southampton University who had already defeated the Centaurs. After a brisk opening, Southampton took the lead in the process of which we lost our goalkeeper with a broken hand. With only ten men, a goal down and most of the game still-remaining, our chances seemed remote, but as at Cambridge, everyone seemed to play far better and we equalised just before half time. A goal half-way through the second half gave us the lead, but weight of numbers eventually told and despite a magnificent performance by the defence, Southampton equalised just before the end of a hard and very enjoyable game.

The final League match of the season was won 1-0 and the term closed with the pleasure of a visit from Heidelberg University who beat us 3-2 after we had established an early two goal advantage.

The Choughs won their League with considerable ease, gaining maximum points and finishing with a goal average of 38-3, a performance made the more creditable by the many last minute calls upon the side to fill vacancies in the First XL In the fourth week of term a dance was held in aid of the Paris Tour arranged for January, and for its success the Club wishes to express its thanks to the J.C.R. for the tremendous support it gave on that occasion.

RESULTS FIRST XI

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League Team players: B. T. Webb; B. Laycock, T. G. Cook; J. Maddison, G. R. Heritage, R. W. Jackson, A. M. Mathieson; J.B. Clark, R.H. Leech,J. D. Lees, R. F. O'Brien, M. Rowbotham, D. M. Bolton.

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HILARY TERM The First XI returned from France at the beginning of term lllldaunted by the divers maladies contracted in that land of temptation. A week of intensive training for some and lllltroubled rest for others, with a solitary match against Alleyn' s School, which was won comfortably enough 6-o, brought us to the Preliminary Rolllld of Cuppers against Corpus Christi. With Hurren and Caddick playing together in the side for the first time during the season, a comfortable passage was anticipated, and after a shaky 20 minutes such proved to be the case. The score 13-0, a repetition of last season's performance, seemed to augur well for a successful defence of the trophy.

A salutary defeat at the hands of St. John's, Cambridge, 2-1, served to remind the team that enthusiasm as well as ability is needed in a successful Cuppers team. Consequently the First Rolllld against Wadham, last year's finalists, despite a stubborn defence was eventually won 6-1, with the forwards at last beginning to shape well and fight for the ball.

The Second Rolllld was again preceded by a defeat, this time

by King's College, London, who, in a torrential downpour, won 4-2. The Cuppers match itself, against St. Peter's Hall, opened disastrously with two defensive errors, each costing a goal in the first ten minutes. The Hall, however, though not striking its best form, steadied enough to be 3-2 in front at half-time and ran out eventual winners 7-3.

In the Semi-Final against B.N.C. the defence made up for its earlier lapses with a fine display in which all played well. Unfortllllately the forwards again failed to make the most of all their opportunities and had to be content with a 2-0 victory.

Enjoyable games against St. Peter' s Hall, beaten 6-3, and the Seventh Club, beaten 4-1, gave a hint of the latent goal-scoring ability of the forwards, so that the Final was approached with confidence and a desire to wipe out the memory of our last defeat in the Final by Keble. The match was played on Christ Church grolllld in ideal conditions. From the start Keble played with a fire and determination which the Hall never matched. An early, rather fortllllate, goal served only to add confidence to their enthusiasm.

With the inside-forwards failing to link up with the rest of the forward line and the defence often panicking llllder pressure, the Hall took almost lllltil half-time to settle down, when a beautiful volley from Caddick into the far comer of the net brought the equaliser. The second half followed a similar pattern, the Hall struggling to find the necessary rhythm and space in which to use their greater ability, and Keble stubbornly denying them the 77

opportunity to find either. Eventually the stalemate was broken by two opportunist, breakaway goals from the Keble centre-forward.

Thereafter the Hall fought gamely but never looked capable of penetrating a strong defence. Maddison earned praise for his unflagging efforts on and off the field, which deserved more than an honourable mention.

We congratulate J. Maddison on playing for Pegasus, and R. H. Caddick, T. G. Cook, R. S. Hurren and R.H. Leech on playing for the University.

We also congratulate D. M. W. Bolton, T. G. Cook, R. W. Jackson, J. D. Lees and A. M. Mathieson on their election to the Centaurs, and thank P. D. Bailey, P. S. Clayson and I. R. Briars for their services as referees and linesmen throughout the season.

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Cuppers XI players: B. T. Webb, R. H. Leech, T. G. Cook, J. Maddison, B. K. Poulteney, A. M. Mathieson, J. B. Clark, R. W. Jackson, R. H. Caddick, D. M. W. Bolton, R. S. Hurren, J. D. Lees.

Colours were awarded to: Bolton, Lees, Jackson, G. R. Heritage, J. Gurney, B. S. Wilks.

Officers for the season 1958-9: Captain, T. G. Cook; Secretary, R. W. Jackson.

R.W.J.

THE HOCKEY CLUB MICHAELMAS TERM

Captain: F. D. BISHOP

Hon. Secretary: R. M. SUTTON

of last year's team still available and with the arrival of some promising freshmen, prospects looked good for another successful season. In fact, only four matches were lost, to King's College, London, Exeter College, Swindon Town H.C. and B.N.C. in Cuppers. All the other sixteen gan:es were won. There were the usual cancellations because of the weather, but in general the hockey was enjoyable.

For the first time, Cuppers were played this term. The first round gave us an easy 8-r win against Corpus Christi. In the second

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round we beat Oriel 2-0, but the play was not too convincing.

A much harder struggle was expected against B.N.C. in the third round, and in fact we lost a very exciting game 3-2. After having most of the play right up to the end, we held a 2-0 lead with only ten minutes left. However, B.N.C. then scored three quick goals, to the dismay of both the players and supporters. So our interest in Cuppers disappeared, and we were left to ponder over what might, and possibly should, have been.

The main concerns this term were the finding of the best halfback and forward combinations. I. D. Taylor was tried at centreforward, where he scored a lot of goals, but in the game against B.N.C., he went to the right wing, with 0. A. Alakija in the centre.

R. M. Sutton moved from centre-half to inside-left, and with D. C. Hughes at inside-right, this seemed to be our best line.

R. C. Holt and D. B. Brown were brought in at half-back. We were fortunate in having a good pair of backs in J. M. Casale and F. D. Bishop. The main weakness of the team was its finishing.

The Second XI enjoyed another successful year, losing only one match. The composition of the team varied considerably, but the enthusiasm ran high, and the games were enjoyed.

J. M. Casale, 0. A. Alakija, I. D. Taylor and R. M. Sutton are to be congratulated on playing for the University. J. M. Casale also had a South trial. B. W. Atkins and I. D. Taylor were elected to the Occasionals H.C. Cuppers XI: B. W. Atkins, J. M. Casale, F. D. Bishop, J. H. Barker, R. C. Holt, D. B. Brown, I. D. Taylor, D. C. Hughes, 0. A. Alakija, R. M. Sutton, R. G. Emery; also p1ayed: S. H. Wamsley, R. M. Blackbum, M. J. Rowbotham.

HILARY TERM Bad weather caused the cancellation of many matches. With Cuppers last term, the hockey was less serious. We were not always able to field a full side, but we were fairly successful, losing only two matches. We lost 2-0 to the Occasionals Committee XI, but only after a very hard game. As this year's Varsity match was played in Birmingham, we had a morning match there against the Orientals H.C., losing 3-2 in the snow. Afterwards we watched the Oxford v. Cambridge game, where the three Hall players played an outstanding part in Oxford's win.

The Second XI won most of its matches. An interesting point was that it lost 8-o to Mansfield College after beating them 9-I in the Michaelmas term.

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J.M. Casale, 0. A. Alakija and I. D. Taylor are to be congratulated on representing the University against Cambridge; R. M. Sutton and B. W. Atkins on representing the University during the term; these five on going on the University Tour of Germany during the vacation; F. D. Bishop, R. M. Sutton, and B. W. Atkins on representing the Occasionals against Cambridge University Wanderers; and R. C. Holt on being elected to the Occasionals H.C. I. D. Taylor played in the England Hockey Trial, represented England 'B' XI against Holland 'B', and this summer is touring South Africa with the Hockey Association party.

Colours were awarded to: I. D. Taylor, R. C. Holt,J. R. Friend, D. B. Brown, R. M. Blackburn, W. J. S. Moorcroft.

For the 1958-9 season R. G. Emery was elected Captain and R. C. Holt Hon. Secretary.

R.C.H.

FOLK.ESTONE EASTER HOCKEY FESTIVAL This year we again visited the Folkestone Festival. After last year's successes, we were anxious to do well, but unfortunately five players were on the University tour in Germany. The results were reasonable, but one felt that they could have been better.

The weather was rather against us, producing either wet pitches or hard bumps. Off the field, the Hall acquitted itself nobly, and it was perhaps surprising that the hockey was so good.

Only three matches were played, of which we won one, drew one and lost one. In the first match we lost 4-2 to Cliftonville after a very good game. Rather surprisingly we did better in the second half, D. C. Hughes scoring two goals. The next match against St. Thomas' s Hospital was cancelled, so we then played Radley Galleons. The game ended in a goalless draw, although we had almost all of the play. In the final game, we did well to beat London University 2-1, with opr defence at full stretch.

As we had a weakened team, with players in unaccustomed positions, we did well in our encounters.

The following represented the Hall at the festival: W. J. S. Moorcroft, N. F. Lockhart, F. D. Bishop, D. B. Brown, R. C. Holt, S. H. Wamsley, J. J. J. Bell, J. R. Friend, E. A. V. Casale, D. C. Hughes, R. G. Emery.

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SOUTHAMPTON SIX-A-SIDE TOURNAMENT On Sunday, 27th April, the Hall again took two teams to the Southampton six-a-side tournament, and a most enjoyable day resulted. The organisation was excellent and the weather fine.

Each team played four matches. The First VI finished second and the Second VI fourth in their respective pools. Both teams appeared to have the edge in skill over their opponents, but this alone would not bring victory. Obviously more six-a-side practice is needed.

However, the day was enjoyed by all. Perhaps the climax came when E. A. V. Casale was projected into the children's paddling pool.

The following represented the Hall in the tournament: First VI: J. M. Casale, F. D. Bishop, D. B. Brown, I. D. Taylor, 0. A. Alakija, D. C. Hughes.

Second VI: B. W. Atkins, R. C. Holt, J. H. Barker, E. A. V. Casale, R. G. Emery, J. R. Friend.

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THE LAWN TENNIS CLUB Captain: M. A. BOURDEAUX Secretary: M. H. MAcCORMACK has had yet another successful season this year by retaining its position as winners of the First Division League and of Cuppers.

We were fortunate in having four of last season's VI back this year; and although the latter could not give very much of their time to tennis because of Schools, they nevertheless were invaluable.

Our progress through the early rounds of Cuppers was by no means easy, for in the third round we met St. Catherine' s whom we beat by the narrow margin of 5-4.

The final of Cuppers was played against Lincoln. After a hard struggle we obtained very much of a paradoxical win. Our success lay mainly in the efforts of a promising and progressive third pair, namely R. C. Holt and D. B. Brown.

J. E. Bayliss continued to represent the O.U. Penguins against the Cambridge Grasshoppers this year and M. A; Bourdeaux was elected a Penguin.

The following represented the Hall for Cuppers: M. A. Bourdeaux, J. E. Bayliss, M. J. 0. Sutherland, R. 0. D. Hughes, R. C. Holt, D. B. Brown and R. W. Jackson.

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THE ATHLETIC CLUB MICHAELMAS TERM President: R. KNOWLES

Secretary: J. W. J. PINNICK

of last year's team was still in residence so that there was an added interest in the athletic ability of the freshmenespecially those concerned with the more specialised events. Not only was the influx a large one, but the Freshmen's Sports had seven Hall finalists of whom four-J. E. Aves (120 yards and 220 yards Hurdles), T. J. Reynolds (High Jump), H. Hardy (Discus and Shot), and L. A. Chester (Pole Vault)-represented the University in the Freshmen's Match against Cambridge.

It was with a certain feeling of confidence, therefore, that we entered two of the Inter-College Competitions for the term. The Field Events Cup was won by a clear margin, for with nine teams in Division I our lowest position in any event was only third. On the track, in the Relays Competition, we were not to have things all our own way. We had only just missed promotion out of Division II last year, but at the same time a strong Pembroke team had been promoted from Division III so that we knew the struggle would be very close. Both teams eventually gained promotion, but with the Hall in second place only two points down. Our main weakness had been the hurdles where we collected our lowest points in fourth position while our 4X 220 yards team (J. R. C. YoungR. H. Leech-A. D. 0. Williams-]. W. J. Pinnick) won by some 25 yards in I min. 34.5 secs.-only 0.2 sees. outside the record.

Our other activity this term, Cross-country, has never been very strong in the Hall and this term was no exception. We did manage to win three out of the six College matches that were run, but two of these wins came later on in the term after a disheartening drop to 12th place in Cuppers. M. S. Fowler was the first man in for the team in 47th place.

Hall Colours were awarded to Hardy, Reynolds, Aves, and B. W. Atkins.

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HILARY TERM Cuppers this term were reorganised and instead of a number of colleges being in the same heat, a knock-out system was introduced.

In the first round, on 5th February, we were drawn againt Keble and the combination of the new points system plus several good athletes at their disposal created a certain amount of anxiety.

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our opponents gaining maximum points in only three out of the fourteen events. In the second round, against Merton on the rnth February, the results were much better despite continuous drizzle and a very soft track. Once again our opponents won six of the fourteen events, but on no occasion did they have another place to back up their winner. On the other hand, the Hall took fourth place in only one event and won by 78-48. By the third round-St. Peter' s Hall on the l4th-the team was 'going' much better and several personal bests were recorded in our 72-54 victory. Young recorded 9.8 sees. for the 100 yards, B. A. Walshaw 5r.8 sees. for the 440 yards, while Pinnick and Aves took first and second places in the High Hurdles for the third time in succession, recording 15.8 and 16.2 sees. respectively. Mention must also be made of the consistent 'throwing' of Hardy in the Discus and Weight, which had so far given him five firsts and one very close second.

Three days later, on Monday, l7th February, came the match ¡that had been dreaded since our encounter last term; we were to meet Pembroke in the Semi-Final and on the results to date the winner of this match was more than likely to carry off the Final and the Cup. Both the optimists and pessimists alike had worked out a probable result that differed by only a couple of points in each case. As usual, however, surprises were sprung by both sides and all the prophets were dumbfounded. In the first event, the roo yards, we took the first two places and gained the advantage of an 8-1 lead where one of 6-3 had been expected. This was the signal for several events to go against the book. Our hurdlers were defeated even more drastically than expected, though this was then counterbalanced by Young running his first 440 yards for two years and beating the more fancied Pembroke runner in a time of 5l .2 sees.

The distance races all went to Winch, the Pembroke mile Blue, although in winning them, he first of all forced W alshaw into his first sub-two minutes 880 yards (1 min. 59.2 sees.) and then R. Knowles into lowering his own Hall record for the three miles by over half-a-minute, to l 5 min. 20 sees. Then interest focused onto the Pole Vault pit where the Pembroke pair were having difficulty in maintaining the form they showed in their warmer, native Nigeria. All four competitors were still vaulting and the bar had reached 9 ft. o in.-12 in. higher than the Hall pair had reached during the term. M. H. MacCormack eventually cleared his best height at 9 ft. 6 in. to win, with Atkins second equal on faults at 9 ft. o in., and the Hall had won through to the Final by 73 points to 53 points-a difference that does not fully represent the tenseness and above all the closeness of each event throughout the match.

The Final was run on the 21st February-our fifth match in sixteen days-and consequently there were no outstanding times set

up. Our opponents were Lincoln who had beaten us last year for a place in the Final, but revenge was sweetened by our largest win of the term by 82 points to 44 points. In the Field Events, Lincoln won the Shot, Discus and Long Jump as expected, but had to wait until the last event of the afternoon-the 440 yards-before gaining a victory on the track. On the other hand, the Hall had maximum points in five events with a winning lead after only ten, and the Cup was ours for the first time in the Hall's history.

Hall Colours were awarded to: Walshaw, Thorpe, MacCormack, N. J. Steer, T. D. Day, and S. E. Shepley.

In the University Trials that followed at the end of term, Young ( 100 yards and 220 yards) and Pinnick (120 yards and 220 yards Hurdles) were awarded their Blues, while Walshaw, Knowles and Hardy were also invited to take part, the last named coming a ¡ very close third in the Discus.

At the end of term Pinnick was elected President of the Club, W alshaw the Secretary and Thorpe the Captain of the Crosscountry team.

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TRINITY TERM

President: J. W. J. PINNICK Secretary: B. A. J. WALSHAW During the vacation, Young and Pinnick ran in the match against Cambridge and the former won the 100 yards (10.5 sees. in arctic conditions).

This summer the team continued to flourish and many personal best times were achieved. Indeed it could be said that some of our individual members are a little too good as they continually deserted us last term to respond to the prior claims of the University !

We had five matches, the results of which are as follows: Wednesday, l4th May at Iffiey Road St. Edmund Hall . .

110 points 2 Bristol University 71 points 3 University College (Oxon) 58 points 1

We avenged last year's defeat by Bristol with a convincing win.

This year no less than five College records were broken, showing the rise in the athletic standard during the past year. I. Taylor ran well to win both the loo yards and 220 yards, establishing himself as a sprinter.

Wednesday, 21st May at Iffiey Road St. Edmund Hall . .

85 points 2 Imperial College 80 points 3 St. Catherine's Society (Oxon) 51 points I

In this match the team lost four members to the University (competing at Loughborough). This however turned out to be more of a spur than a deterrent and the Hall won by five points with good performances by D. H. Johnson (10.2 sees. for the 100 yards) and Aves (5 ft. 7 in. in the High Jump).

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Saturday, 24th May at Southampton St. Edmund Hall & Pembroke 149! points Southampton University 124 points 95 points Barclays Bank King's College, London 85 points Southampton Athletics Club 52t points

Conditions were poor at Southampton. Times were sluggish owing to a strong wind blowing down the length of a loose soft track. But we won comfortably enough, thanks to the consistent depth of our team. Southampton suffered their first defeat in two years. Aves gave a remarkably good first-ever performance in the Hop, Step and Jump (40 ft. 6! in.).

Wednesday, 28th May at Iffiey Road St. Edmund Hall . .

86 points 58 points 2 Pembroke College . .

3 King's College, London 45 points I

An unexciting match. King's College had difficulty in finding a team, as they had provided several members for their University side. But the fixture was brightened for us when Pinnick broke the College 120 yards Hurdles record (15.3 sees.) and the relay team (Johnson, Pinnick, Drayton and Taylor) broke the 4 x 110 yards record in 45.2 sees.

Wednesday, nth June at Birmingham 1 Birmingham University 92 points 2 Leeds University 76 points 3 St. Edmund Hall and Lincoln 66 points It was a pity that we were unable to raise a truly representative team for this match. But circumstance was against us. This, with

strong Birmingham and Leeds teams, combined to give us our first defeat in fourteen matches.

Apart from College athletics, Gleave, Hardy, Pinnick, Taylor, Young and Walshaw have represented the University, while Aves, Chester and Shepley ha_ve competed for the Centipedes.

The College has now six members in the Achilles Club and nine in the Centipedes.

B.AJ.W.

THE SQUASH CLUB Captain: ¡T. J. W. BAKER Secretary: A. W. J. THOMSON was on the whole successful, and this was due mainly to the relatively large number of players who could play in the first team without reducing the standard much below that of the full Cuppers team. The full team was not very strong and we lost in the first round of Cuppers to Hertford, an unexpected defeat, but Hertford had a strong team through the order and deserved to win. On the other hand we were promoted to Division I of the League without losing a match. This however might be explained by the low standard in Division II rather than our own ability.

Several interesting outside matches were played, of which we won more than we lost and a good time was had by all.

T. J. W. Baker is to be congratulated on being awarded a Squirrel.

The Principal' s Squash Competition was won by A. W. J. Thomson who beat T. J. W. Baker in the final. Officials for next season are Captain, A. W. J. Thomson; Secretary, C. H. R. Marriott. Hal1 Colours were awarded to J. J. J. Bell.

A.W.J.T. THE SEASON

THE BADMINTON CLUB Secretary: P. G. SLIP

Captain: P. R. LEWIS

w AS AN HISTORIC TERM for the Second Team played al1 their League matches for the first time ever and won all quite convincingly. The team was B. W. Atkins and P. G. Slip; E. Entwistle and D. R. Pearce. The First IV led by the Captain and M. D. Martin and including the two freshmen A. S. Hill and R. W. Jackson finished runners up in Division I, only losing in the singles to Oriel. A third team was started and although forced THIS

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to play in the same division as the second team did remarkably well and even won one League match to finish away from the bottom.

The use of Manor Road Gym has improved the facilities for play in Oxford and, indeed, the Hall has more players or rather potential players than any other college.

Five friendly matches were played and lost but these were enjoyable and gave less expert members of the Club match practice although the third team also provided interest.

HILARY TERM Once again the team made history by winning its first friendly match since any of the present members can remember. Our unfortunate victims were Osberton Radiators. Six other friendlies, however, were lost.

The Cuppers side consisting of A. C. Warr and C. N. P. Harrison; Lewis and Martin reached the semi-final but were defeated after a close and entertaining match by Queen's, who were the eventual winners. Martin was awarded his Colours.

Harrison captained the O.U.Ba.C. throughout a successful season even though Cambridge won the Varsity Match.

Lewis also captained the Woodpeckers against the Cockerels and went down nobly in defeat.

Martin was elected during the term to the Woodpeckers.

Officers for next year : P. G. Slip, Captain; A. S. Hill, Secretary.

P.G.S.

THE SWIMMING CLUB Captain: A. G. PEARSON

Secretary: M. JONES

AS USUAL the Hall has been represented in the League during the Michaelmas term and in Cuppers during the Hilary term. Unfortunately no great success was encountered, but everyone enjoyed themselves and the atmosphere was distinctly informal. The salient feature in the team's memory is of the retiring Captain, A. G. Pearson laughing on the side, whilst the rest of the team ploughed hopefully through a relay believing that he too was somehow involved in it all.

The annual Head of the River race for the Farrand Cup, which the Principal kindly started, took place during the last week of the Trinity term. Active participation was disappointing but the more cautious were numerous in their support from the bank.

H. B. Thorpe won the race by a narrow margin from P. Croissant despite the prolific disorder of river steamers, eights and various scullers on the Isis.

M.J.

THE FENCING CLUB MICHAELMAS AND HILARY TERMS

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there was a very limited number of fencers in the Hall.

However, it was possible to enter a _team for Coppers, and out of the six college teams entered the Hall came fourth. The team consisted of: S. Schorr-Kon, Foil; J. D. Farnworth, Epee; A. J. Hall, Sabre.

A. J. Hall and S. Schorr-Kon have been elected to the Assassins Fencing Club.

Colours have been awarded to S. Schorr-Kon and J. D. Farnworth.

A.J.H. THIS YEAR

THE TABLE TENNIS CLUB MICHAELMAS TERM

Captain: I. R. BRIARS

Secretary: R. G. EMERY

of our half-Blue P. R. H. Davis and several stalwarts of last year's successful team the fortunes of Hall Table Tennis have undergone an eclipse this year. Lack of practice has also contributed to the poor record. This term all our League matches were lost, only one game being taken from all our opponents, and nothing could prevent our relegation to Division II. WITH THE LOSS

HILARY TERM Although we again lost all our League matches, and were unable to repeat last year's Cupper' s success, our losing margins decreased steadily throughout the term and the Coppers team were unfortunate to lose the first round against Jesus only by the odd game.

Lack of adequate practising facilities through the season has been the main cause of the sharp drop in the Hall standard of Table Tennis, and .the cause of the scratch teams which were produced on many occasions. Next year we hope to have the use of the University tables which should improve play and teamwork, and establish the Hall back in Division I. The following represented the Hall during the season: D. D. Mussell, M. P. Reynolds, A. Page, L. Chester, R. G. Holt, J. J. J. Bell, Briars, Emery.

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THE GOLF CLUB Captain: A. W. J. THOMSON

Secretary: B. E. AMOR

THE COLLEGE GOLF CLUB is now in its second year, and after its encouraging start last year continued to flourish, the number of golfers in Hall apparently growing daily. In the Cuppers competition this year, we won our first round match by a most convincing margin, but went out in the second round to the might of Magdalen, the eventual winners. To our own team's credit, it should be said that the result was far from being a foregone conclusion. We look forward to better things next year.

A number of matches have already been played this term. A team from St. John's, Cambridge visited us in the first week, when our own team contrived to win by a sufficiently large margin. A week later, another victory was recorded, when we faced a ladies' team at Burford. Since then, however, our fortunes have not been as favourable: a men's team from North Oxford G.C. proved altogether too strong for us, while a most enjoyable day's golf in Surrey as the guests of a most genial team from Cuddington Golf Club resulted in another defeat. Matches against a ladies' team from Frilford Heath and against a men's team from Burford have yet to be played.

An innovation this term is a knock-out golf competition, based on handicap, which has received good support from golfers in the College of widely varying capabilities. The competition has been the cause of much amusement and speculation among those taking part, and must certainly be repeated in succeeding years.

Finally, we should like to congratulate W. J. A. Steel on being chosen to play for the University against Cambridge.

B.E.A.

THE SAILING CLUB Captain : D. R. HARE Secretary: A. G. BRIDGEWATER THE HALL regained sailing Cuppers having previously won in 1956.

The first of the four rounds of the competition was the closest, against St. John's, and the Hall just won after a tie on points. The team was A. G. Bridgewater, D. R. Hare (Capt.), L. P. Tempest ¡ and G. G. Williams.

During the vacation D. R. Hare sailed well to win the Easter Trophy, with three first places out of four, at Lymington, against strong competition and later led the University team to victory in the British Universities Sailing Association Team Trophy on the Welsh Harp.

A.G.B.

THE HILARIANS Secretary: P. G. SLIP

Treasurer: R. G. HOPE

FOR THE UNENLIGHTENED, the Hilarians were formed by a group of enthusiasts in order to play rugby socially or perhaps without having to train. The self-appointed secretary originated the side in the Michaelmas as 'Major P. G. Slip's XV' but this victorious side was really organised in the Hilary term when five games were played out of the thirteen arranged. A team hastily drawn from the H.Q. of the Club, the Buttery, lost narrowly to the Radcliffe Infirmary 3-0. However, Trinity College 'Ticks' or Second XV (Cantab.) were beaten 5-3 while on our next visit to the 'illiberal seminary across the fens' Downing 'Squirts' were trounced 14-3.

After cancellations due to the weather, Victory College, Sandhurst were beaten 6-o. The highlight of the term came when the Hilarians met the Phantoms-a remarkable masquerade of rugby stars in unusual positions. After a fast and hard-fought game the Phantoms won by 5 points to nil. Some forty members of the Hall played in these five matches, clearly demonstrating the need for such a club.

Next season it is hoped that the Hilarians will flourish and retain our strong fixtures. It is hoped to resume our fixture with Downing Squirts and Trinity Ticks and also meet Corpus 'Cretins' (Cantab.) ¡ and other social sides.

P.G.S.

THE JOHN OLDHAM SOCIETY'S SUMMER PRODUCTION WIDOWERS' HOUSES

by G. B. SHAW TRINITY TERM PRODUCTION' the John Oldham Society chose to do G. B. Shaw's first play, the seldom performed 'Widowers' Houses'. This was an enterprising choice, and it also proved to be a play of considerable human interest, mercifully free from excessive radical sermonising, in which the dramatic situations arise so spontaneously out of character and social background that all three elements are more successfully unified than in many of Shaw's more famous works.

Ente~prise did not end with the choice of play. Oxford's despicable lack of a suitable home for small undergraduate productions forced the Society for the second year running into the Clarendon Press Institute. This time, however, the audience was turned about FOR THEIR

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and the play presented on a low platform stage set against the balcony pillars. This made for exceptional intimacy between actor and audience, but demanded the most careful natura1ism of performance. Any kind of forcing or stylization was bound to be immediately conspicuous-and fatal to the tenor of the production.

On the other hand, could the right pitch be found early on and sustained, a minimum effort of projection would be required to achieve maximum effect.

Under these circumstances, accurate casting is vitally important, and here Keith Meadows' production had some conspicuous successes. To begin with, everyone looked Shavian and wore the costumes with unfailing ease, while the slightly period cadence of Shaw's dialogue was caught. Outstanding among the performances were those ofJohn Wells as the young Doctor Trench and Roland Macleod as the parvenu Lickcheese. The implicit contrast between these two of, on the one hand, a radicalism indistinguishable from common decency, and on the other, a capitalist opportunism which is no more than common sense, was well defined, especially in the cynical undermining of the former by the latter in the last Act. John Wells managed to give every mood of his performance a consistently winning quality. At times only just audible, at others relaxed to the point of inertia, the whole was finely judged to the perceptible side of a murmur or a reaction. He sounded and looked convincing, and caught both the exuberance and the inadequacy of the man very well.

Perhaps Lickcheese could be played less sympathetically than he appeared in Roland Macleod's performance. However, this actor chose a broadly comic interpretation. Seizing on the part with infectious enjoyment, he delivered point after point with a rich, fruity assurance, to give, probably, the outstanding undergraduate comedy performance of the year.

Other performances in the small cast fell short of this high standard, but without in any way letting the production down.

Susan van Noorden defined the outlines of Shaw's unsympathetic heroine, Blanche, capably. If at the climaxes her emotional range proved inadequate, her playing elsewhere was suitably firm, vigorous and impressive. James Smith's Cockane was an uneasy portrayal of stuffy, nervous conventionality which inevitably transferred some of its uneasiness to the audience. His grasp of comic portrayal being as yet immature, he by turns delighted with his deftness and outraged with over-emphasis. Shaw is often tempted into parody in his writing for this part, which makes any even conception of it difficult to achieve. Nevertheless, it appeared that James Smith needs most to learn the difference between acting a part and affecting it.

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The part of Sartorius, the most important in the play, was played

by David Short, who was acting on the stage for the first time in his life. Possessed of a good presence, he made quite an impact in this difficult part, but his inexperience inevitably showed throughout. He used some tiresome vocal mannerisms too often, but more fundamentally, one missed the general shape and detailed development of characterisation which comes of careful and intelligent thought in rehearsal. As it was, he often gave the impression that he was failing to take himself seriously, whereas the vital point about Sartorius is that he takes himself very seriously indeed.

The production was simply and clearly mapped out on a wellset stage. It capitalized on the intimacy of this method of presentation, at times to a fault, with some over-relaxation and sluggish pacing. Generally speaking, however, the dramatic spell was pleasingly maintained, drawing the audience into the world of the play effortlessly. Disappointment came with the ending, which is dramatically poor anyway, and also at some of the climaxes, where as a rule the actors had not gained sufficient momentum to strike really hard. The setting by Christopher Denyer (New College) was intelligently economical and very effective.

One did not come away from 'Widowers' Houses' feeling outraged about landlordism and nineteenth century politics, which might well have been the case in a more determined or committed production. On the other hand, the play stands well enough as a study of human predicament without recourse to dialectic to eke out the interest. In fact, Shaw is more concerned here with bringing people to life in a situation they cannot alter, showing rather cynically how disgust arising from decent feeling is soon dispelled by economic exigencies of maintaining middle-class living standards. It is not one section of society which is evil, but an entire inherited system of which they are all, willy-nilly, components. All the people in this play can be sympathetic, and often are, but they are poisoned and perverted by society. The mood of the piece is comic, with an aftertaste of cynicism, and it was in achieving this delicate blend that Keith Meadows' production could be said to have fully justified itself. ¡

J.C. 'BEETROOT DAYS' some years lapsed was revived on Tuesday, 17thJune, when the Summer Revue, 'Beetroot Days' was presented in the Quad. It was favoured with a perfect evening and an audience of gratifying proportions. From the moment that the strident radiogram opened the proceedings to the final number of our A HALL TRADITION

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debonair chorus, the spectators were right royally entertained. It is perhaps impossible and indeed irrelevant to judge objectively of such a revue as this, when so much of the pleasure it gives derives from an intimate appreciation of the impact of a casual phrase, the vivid recognition of an idiosyncrasy at which on a different occasion one has not dared to smile, when mention of the Dean or the appearance of Alf is enough to render successful song or sketch. But the devisers, let it be said, never took unfair advantage of this commanding position and provided plenty of entertainment which appealed alike to the initiated and their guests.

David Short had for some weeks been a dedicated man, scribbling out snatches of catches in odd moments, while in the organist's room the music had evolved and gathered momentum. Our principal actor, Patrick Garland, supplied a touch of distinction in the first sketch before the 'Schools Eight' gave utterance to some of Mr. Short's compositions. From buffoonery we tum to talentthe two strains were judiciously alternated throughout the eveningwith Ted Aves and his guitar. 'Sit Back in Custard' was a sociological study devoted to the problem of the (prevalent) delinquent tendencies among the 40-60 age groups. Youth, represented by Roland Macleod and John Wells, attacked the problem with vigour.

Youth and age alike, however, must have been stirred to frenzy by the provocative trio of Bevan-Thomas, Neal and Hancock, had not the timely intervention of The Geranium Court Orchestra, conducted by David Short, arrived to calm the savage breast. It was about this time that an over-boisterous radiogram began to show signs of strain and had to be replaced by a small and more subdued specimen. Glasses were refilled and several items inadvertently improvised while the management met the emergency. This was our darkest hour, but for every such hour there is a man. For this one it was the Rt. Hon. John Stapleton-Cotton. His polished eloquence prevailed and the response from the chaps was splendid.

Meanwhile the Dypso-Ditherers had fought their way through the preliminary rounds of the All South Gart Rutlandshire Skiffier Contest. The reward was an appearance on a programme which was shortly to reach its climax with 'Baby Doll'-to convey the essence of which in the staid prose of this Magazine would be as impossible as to translate the grunted exclamations of an aboriginal dialect into the French of the eighteenth-century salon. Sufficient to say that the aphrodisiacal subtlety of Rock Reynolds triumphed, not without a struggle, over the dynamic brawn of Tony Pearson for the large hand of the six foot three inch doll. The tension was dispelled once more by our jeunesse doree in their closing chorus.

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as a commwial effort. But is is perhaps Raymond Smithers, John Wells and Rolarid Macleod whom one must thank especially for supporting the initiative, efforts, and talent of David Short in presenting to us a revival which amply justified itself and which was · its own reward.

F.J.F.

SOCCER TOUR S.E.H.A.F.C. 7th-14thJanuary, 1958 THE NBWHAVEN-DIEPPE boat train departs from Victoria Station, London, at 9.15 a.m. most mornings. The S.E.H.A.F.C. with a characteristic 'calme et phlegmatisme' later so to enchant the histrionic French crowds and so to exasperate its captain, eventually assembled in totality at 9.14 a.m., and entered the train.

After a switch-back crossing of the Channel, of such severity as to cause Mr. Bolton and Mr. Heritage to abandon their crosschannel drinking competition, th,e team arrived at Paris. Carrying a maximum all-up weight the team melted into the Metro, emerging near the Jardins de Luxembourg.

Immediately the language difficulty was brought home most impressively. An eccentric old Frenchman, when asked the direction of the Hotel Gay-Lussac in the Quarrier Latin, proved conclusively that the quickest way between two points is not to go arowid the · other two sides of a triangle. Consequently the S.E.H.A.F.C., after a forced march of l l miles eventually staggered, palpitating and asthmatic, into its lodging-place.

The Hotel was pleasant, exceedingly pleasant when the cost of accommodation was considered. Most of the team fowid themselves at the furthest end of the building, upon the top floor. The climb to reach these quarters was either fittening or flattening according to the proportion of red-wine in the bloodstream. The hotel keeper was agreeable, and the 'maisonette', despite a certain air of being:

'of a buth as rare As 'tis for object strange and high.' combined well with the team.

As the first match was not to be played for several days, the team was pleased to acquaint itself with Paris. Those with inclinations towards mowitaineering scaled the heights of Notre Dame, Sacre · Coeur, and the Eiffel Tower. Those with artistic inclinations wandered.arowid La Louvre or perused the book-stalls upon the banks of the Seine. Those with an instinct for exploration and adventure attacked Montmartre and the Rue Pigalle. Social study groups 94

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visited the Windsor, Le Grisbe, Le Petit Bouchon and other such places, and strengthened their ethical principles by observing nude femininity and alcoholism.

The first scheduled match of the tour, against S.H.A.P.E., the N.A.T.O. H.Q. at Paris, was rearranged. Consequently scouts from Chaton (the venue of the next fixture) anxious to assess our potential, offered us the use of their ground on which to train. As both goalmouths were under six inches of water, and as the pitch consisted mainly of sand and shingle in which a few desultory blades of grass lay dying, a certain informality about the practice was excusable.

Upon its arrival at Chaton on the next day the team was immediately escorted to a rather suspicious looking 'bistro', and was welcomed by the proprietor, M. Charles, hale, hearty, bald and beaten. He, overflowing with a not disagreeably aggressive 'bonhomie' sat us down to what was expected to be a light meal before the game. However, the team was soon to learn that the French consider the English, Food and Roast Beef as a trinitarian unity, and many thick slices were consumed, red as the wine that sluiced them down.

After a final cognac, M. Charles made a concupiscent suggestion which delighted many members of the team. As a souvenir of its visit each member should embrace 'la cuisiniere', a buxom and comfortably attractive wench of 19 years. Some members, flushed with wine, attacked the proposition with relish: others, betrothed and constant, bowed their heads and kissed her hand.

With the advent of fresh air, events became confused, until the team eventually found itself playing tag on the field. I am assured that immediately prior to the game M. Maddision had spoken a few words into the recording apparatus of a local broadcasting station. His first oration was interrupted in its fluent flow by the seizure of the machine, which greatly perturbed the coloured gentleman who was operating it. But a knowledge of mechanics restored the situation, and the captain resumed his portentous speech.

Understandably enough the first minutes of the game were an ordeal. Quickly the home team scored twice, assaulted the crossbar, and generally created an impression of great power. The Hall rallied, however, and managed to score twice. The fmal result, 3-2 in favour of the home side, reflected no discredit. The S.E.H. A.F.C. Supporters' Club consisted (upon this occasion) of Brian Featherstone, at present working in France, who was informed of the match by an advertisement in the French national newspaper, Le Figaro, a measure of the publicity which the tour attracted.

The next game was to be played against Rambouillet, a picturesque town some 59 kilometres south of Paris. On arriving by 95

train at the local station the team was driven at nigh-suicidal speed to the anticipated 'bistro'. Some time remaining, the team was shown the local beauty spots: the one the architectural charm of the Ch:iteau de Rambouillet, the present home of the French President, the other the picturesque Hotel where Gina Lollobrigida slept 'And finds a fairer Rambouillet in you' One member of the team, of Northern Lincolnshire, dared to criticize the local architecture, certain proof of his already suspected aesthetic deficiency.

Lunch was more formal an occasion than at Chatou. Various local dignitaries welcomed us, stressed the importance of the 'entente cordiale' between our countries, and recounted various jokes.

One old gentleman, of Napoleon III vintage, told a story in which figured an Englishman, an American, a Frenchman and a Dutchman, two of which committed suicide, and one murder: the Englishman survived.

Champagne was produced, and everything in sight was toasted, from the dual entente to the waitress' legs. Mr. Caddick, affectionately known to the French crowd as 'l'idiot', quickly reduced himself to a state of greater incoherence than normally.

A process of trial and error saw the team arrayed in its playing kit, arranged with stiff precision for the kick-off. The S.E.H.A.F.C. scored five quick goals: its opponents twice. Mr. Caddick, having acquired a camera, wandered around the field indiscriminately snapping birds, trees, rabbits, and pretty women. His puppet-like gestures, magnified by red wine, endeared him to the French crowd.

After the match the team repaired to the Hotel 'Maison de Ville' where Mme. le Maire, after arriving fifty minutes after schedule, stressed the 'dual entente' and congratulated us upon 'le match bien amical'.

The return to Paris was remarkable. The team, chanting the vernacular equivalent of 'Exultate Jubilate!' boarded a train. Their singing so transported the ticket collector that he, far from paying us for our harmony requested that we should pay him. Admittedly 1st class travel upon a 2nd class ticket is not the done thing, but surely money cannot fix the worth of brphic counterpoint? A spirited discussion followed, in which were mentioned the United Nations, British Railways, cricket, and humanitarianism. But officialdom triumphed, and the team travelled 1st class 300 francs the poorer.

The game against S.H.A.P.E. was for many a mixed experience.

Those of us who cannot but remember the stultifying boredom which is the price of serving Her Majesty, could not but react again to the atmosphere of futility which seems to settle like a permanent cloud over all Army Camps. To cheers from the ranks of

'Come on Jeremy! Oh you rotter, I'll tell the Mater!' the team, tired and fatigued at this their third consecutive game, managed to draw 2-2, to the surprise of the opposition.

Driven back to Paris in a coach whose speed seldom fell below 60 m.p.h., the team attended the Opera in the evening. A middleaged Romeo, stout and sturdy, wooed a massive Juliet, tall and broad, to the music of Gounod. The frequent intervals were relieved by singing 'Mlle, de Chocolate, parlez-vouz?' at the wilted beauty who sold ice-cream and the rest. The member from North Lincolnshire transgressed the unwritten law of France when he refused to tip the programme girl. The reaction was cataclysmic. But at least one person's idea of service is not to be escorted from his seat to the cloakroom and back four times: an unfair example of linguistic mal-practising, it was felt at the time.

The tour drew quickly to its close. Little remained but to pack bags and return to England. The journey was uneventful, and for those suffering from gastric troubles, a relief.

The team wishes to express its sincerest appreciation to the J.C.R. for the financial support which made the tour possible.

The following took part in the tour: J. Maddison (Captain), J.B. Clark, ]. Gurney, R.H. Leech, T. G. Cook, A. M. Mathieson, B. Laycock, G. R. Heritage, R.H. Caddick, R. Turner,]. D. Lees, R. W . Jackson, D. M. W. Bolton.

THE A ULARIAN BOOKSHELF THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATIONS by members or officers of the .

Hall have come to our notice. We would be glad to have news of any such publications for inclusion in this article. We thank all Aularians who have sent us copies of their works in the past year; we are especially glad to receive them and to arrange for them to be placed on the Aularian shelves in the Old Library, where a collection of books and articles by Aularians, past and present, is being gradually built up. In the following list an asterisk against the title of a book indicates that the author has presented a copy to the Hall.

G. R. ALLEN (Fellow) Essays in The Unser.vile State. London, 1957¡

B. W. CAVE-BROWNE-CAVE (matric. 1934) Two poems in Modern 1900-1950. Oxford University Press, 1958.

E. J. DOBSON (sometime Lecturer) *The Phonetic Writings of Robert Robinson. Edited for the Early English Text Society, No. 238.

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A. B. EMDEN (sometime Principal; Hon. Fellow) *A Biographical Register of the University of Oxford to A.D. 1500. Vol. I. A to E. Oxford, 1957· P. J. FRANIUS (matric. 1948) *'The Testament of the Deer in Shakespeare'. Article in Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, 2.LIX., 1958.

J. C. GRAFFY (matric. 1948) The Man Who Was Not Himself London, 1958.

G. E. H. GRIGSON (matric. 1924) England (photographs by E. Smith). London, 1957· The Painted Caves. London, 1957· D. TER HAAR (Lecturer) *Elements of Statistical Mechanics. New York, 1954· K. HARDACRE (matric. 1939) Punctuation. London, no date.

H. S. HARRIS (matric. 1945) *'Thematic Philosophy' and *'Hegelianism of the "Right" and "Left" '. Articles in The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. XI, 1958.

M. M. HENNELL (matric. 1937) *John Venn and the Clapham Sect.

London, 1958.

L. HODGSON (Hon. Fellow) For Faith and Freedom. Vol. II. London, 1957· H. M. N. H. IRVING (Vice-Principal) (with F. J. C. Rossotti) 'The Extraction of Indium from Hydrobromic Acid into Mixed Organic Solvents'. Article in Journal of the Chemical Society, 1956, 2475 . (With D. H. Mellor) 'A New Application of the Theory of Corresponding Solutions to Measurements of the Stabilities of Some Metal Complexes'. Article in Journal of the Chemical Society, 1955, 3457. (With Hazel Rossotti) 'Some Relationships among the Stabilities of Metal Complexes'. Paper in Acta Chimica Scandinavica, 1956, 10, 72. (With A. R. Pinnington) 'The Bromination of 8Methoxyquinaldine'. Article in Journal of the Chemical Society, 1957, 285. (With A. R. Pinnington) 'Some Broniine-substituted Derivatives of 8-Hydroxyquinoline'. Article inJournal ofthe Chemical Society, 1957, 290. Complexometric Titrations: a translation and revision of Die komplexometrische Titration, by G. Schwarzenbach.

Methuen and Interscience, 1957· J. N. D. KELLY (Principal) *Early Christian Doctrines. London, 1957· M. A. KNAPPEN (matric. 1921) *An Introduction to American Foreign Policy. New York, 1956.

E. E. LOWE (matric. 1931) *Introductory English for Malayans: Preliminary Reader. *Introductory English for Malayans: The Reader. *Introductory English for Malayans: Teacher's Manual. All University of London Press, 1957· G. W. SERIES (Fellow) Spectrum of Atomic Hydrogen. Oxford University Press, 1958. (With K. Willis) 'Note on the Li II Spectrum'.

Article in Proceedings of the Physical Society, 71, 274.

J. W. C. WAND (matric. 1904; Hon. Fellow) The Road to Happiness. London, 1957· P. G. WINCH (matric. 1947) *'The Universities and the State'.

Article in Universities Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. l (Nov., 1957). *'Authority'. Article in The Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume, Vol. XXXII. D. C. M. YARDLEY (Fellow) *'Prohibition and Mandamus and the Problem of Locus Standi'. Article in Law Quarterly Review, October, 1957· *'Statutory Limitations on the Power of the Prerogative Orders in England'. Article in The University of Queensland Law Journal, December, 1957· *'Remedies in Administrative Law'.

Article in British Journal of Administrative Law, March, 1958. *'The Scope of the Prerogative Orders in Administrative Law' : Parts I, II and III. Articles in Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, Summer, 1957, Winter, 1957, Spring, 1958.

THE ENDOWMENT FUND DURING THE PAST YEAR the appeal for the Endowment Fund has continued to make steady, if somewhat unspectacular progress.

Gifts, Deeds of Covenant or Bankers' Orders have been received from seventeen new subscribers. By 3lst July, when the Hall books were closed, the total receipts for the financial year, including tax recovered, amounted to £869. us. 9d. As the Fund stood at £9,022. 13s. 4d. at the end of the previous financial year, this means that it has now reached the grand total of £9,892. 5s. rd.

Below is attached a list of subscribers whose subscriptions or gifts had been paid into Lloyd's Bank Ltd., Oxford, by 31stJuly.

An asterisk against a name indicates that the subscriber has paid

by Banker's Order, and a dagger that he has made a single giftin several cases a gift annually repeated; all the remainder have completed Deeds of Covenant. It is hoped that if any subscriber's name has by an oversight been omitted, he will at once communicate with the Bursary Clerk. Needless to say, the gratitude of the Hall goes out in fullest measure to all who have so generously contributed.

While no special appeal is being included with the present issue of the Magazine, it is earnestly hoped that old members who are not already subscribers will seriously consider whether they shou1d not begin to contribute to this all-important Fund. The future development of the Hall in every direction, as well as its general consolidation, depends on a constant inflow of fresh money, for only so can the lack of endowment from which it so grievously suffers be compensated. Anyone who is interested should communicate with the Principal, who will gladly supply him with appropriate forms.

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J.B. Allan Mrs. E. M. Allan {Friend) Mrs. Allent {Friend) .R. E. Alton* Rev. R. C. Austin J. G. Ayers H. Bagnall N. G. Barnett J. L. Bartlett* L. E. Batht E.T. Beckwith* {Friend) J. D. M. Bell C. H. Benbow* J. E. Beswickt Rev. H. A. Blair Maj.-Gen. A. B. Blaxland D. Bloom Rev. Canon G. Branson R. J. L. Breese M.A. Brown P. Brown* K. A. Bulgin*

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D. V. Orton Rev. A. H. Overell H. E. Packer P. C. Palmer* R. C. Patersont (Friend) Rev. E. L. Phillipst Rev.]. E. T. Phillipst S. W. N. Phillips S. B. Pierce Mr. & Mrs. H. T. Pike (Friends) P. H. Phizackerley J. L. Pinniger D. H. Piper M. W. Pitt S. Plowden Roberts* (Friend) E. Guard Price, C.B.E. H.K. Pusey F. R. Rawes H. A. F. Radley J. D. H. Reddickt W. V. Reynolds* M. A. Ritchie A. W. U. Roberts F. G. Roberts ]. M. U. Robins* Rev. C. E. Ross R. R. Rylands P. J. Sandison* G. W. Series I. L. Serraillier J. C. C. Shaplandt H. A. Shearring D. J. A. Shears Rev. R. Shepheardt J. Sinclair A. P. L. Slater Rev. A. E. Smith N. M. Smith E. D. Spraguet D. L. Stevens A. R. Stewart A. W. Street (Friend) Rev. C. H. Sutton* Rev. F. J. Tackley Rev. D. R. Tassell IOI

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MATRICULATIONS

MICHAELMAS TERM Scholars: Aptaker, Jonathan Nicolas (City of London School).

Ball, Terence Reginald (Colston's School).

Budden, William Walters (Abingdon School).

Debax, Jean-Paul (University of Toulouse).

Kesby, John Douglas (Bancroft's School).

Laycock, Colin Bryan (King Edward VII, Sheffield).

Mays, James Carthew Carden (West Buckland School).

Porter, William Anthony (King Edward VI, Southampton).

Pugh, David (Garw County Grammar School).

Smith, James Leslie (Harrow County Grammar School).

Steer, Nevil James (Sutton High School, Plymouth).

Wells, John Campbell (Eastbourne College).

Wilson, Peter David (Nottingham High School).

Wotherspoon, David Douglas (Merchant Taylors').

Rhodes Scholar: Bouwer, Dennis Ronald (Rhodes University).

Commoners: Archer, Michael James (Magdalen College School).

Aves, James Edward (West Hartlepool Grammar School).

Bell, Jeremy James John (Epsom College).

Blackburn, Robin Maynard (Cheltenham College).

Blake, Gerald Henry (Monkton Combe School).

Bolton, David Michael William (St. Francis Xavier's College).

Bottomley, Michael Herbert (Giggleswick School).

Brown, Geoffrey Richard (Birkenhead School).

Chester, Lewis Alexander (Bancroft's School).

Clarkson, William Andrew Macbeth (Trinity College, Glenalmond).

Clifford, Martin David (Magdalen College School).

Coleman, Ronald Wesley (Hamond's Grammar School).

Cook, Roger Brian (Blundell's School).

Cosgrove, David Owen (Prince ofWales School, Nairobi).

Croissant, Peter Geoffrey (Caterham School).

Day, Timothy David (Bradford Grammar School).

Denman, Hugh Frederick (Caterham School).

Dormor, Duncan Stephen (Oundle School).

Douglas-Miller, Robert Alexander Gavin (Harrow School).

Drayton, Anthony Eric John (St. John's School, Leatherhead).

Fisher, Roger John Waldron (St. Edward's School, Oxford).

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Fishlock, Richard Laurence Seymour (The King's School, Canterbury).

Fletcher, James Anthony (The King's School, Canterbury).

Ford, John Anthony (Epsom College).

Fowler, Michael Staniland (Wolverhampton Grammar School).

Gaskell, Colin Simister (Manchester University).

Gealy, David Irlwyn (Llandovery College).

Gee, Peter John (St. Paul's School).

Gilbert, Robert Arthur (Peter Symonds' School).

Golightly, Alan Stanley (St. Clement Danes Grammar School).

Gray, Nicholas (Dulwich College).

Hardy, Howard (Henry Mellish Grammar School).

Harrison, John Womack (Bedford School).

Hawley, James Appleton (Uppingham School).

Hemming, John Charles (Brentwood School).

Heritage, Geoffrey Rolfe (King Edward VII School, Sheffield).

Hill, Anthony Stephen (Selhurst Grammar School).

Holliday, Roger William Dargue Chester (Shrewsbury School).

Holt, Roger Cunliffe (Monkton Combe School).

Hope, Richard Geoffrey (Rochdale Grammar School).

Hughes, Christopher Frank (Oundle School).

Jackson, Robert William (Mitcham County Grammar School).

J esson, Dennis (West Hartlepool Grammar School).

Johnstone, Ian Anthony (Durham University).

Jones, Adebayo Emile Walter (Prince of Wales School. Sierra Leone).

Kitching, Nigel Howard (Leighton Park School).

Kon, Stephen Amir (Mill.field).

Lamb, Barry John (Mathematical School, Rochester).

Langhorne, Oliver (Dauntsey's School).

Lawton, Harold (Salford Grammar School).

Leask, Laurie Stuart (Oundle School).

Leaver, Keith Drummond (Westcliffe High School).

Leech, Peter John Julian (St. Bees School).

Lees, John David (Bury High School).

Leyshon, John (Llanelly Boys School).

Little, Geoffrey Latham {Melbourne University).

Macdonald-Bennett, Christopher John (Fettes College).

Macinnes, Iain Baird (Fettes College).

McLachland, William Ian (Ryde School).

MacLeod, Roland Stuart (Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Boys' School).

Maguire, Michael Taaffe Ralph St. John (Downside School).

Mander, John Malcolm {Workington Grammar School).

Marriott, Charles Henry Richard (Bedford School).

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Marsden, Dennis Arthur (Royal Military Academy, Sand.hurst).

Meldrum, Keith Ian (Marlborough College).

Mellish, David Edward (The King's School, Canterbury).

Middleton, Brian Patrick Benedict (Henry Thornton School, Clapham).

Mihell, Geoffrey Robert {Seaford School).

Mitchinson, Robin Charles (The Royal Latin School, Buckingham) .

Mizen, Raymond {Wallington County Grammar School).

Murray, Ingram Bernard Hay (Bedford School).

Nichols, Colin Campbell (Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield) .

Ogunsulire, Ebenezer Omotayo (Fourgh Davy College, Sierra Leone).

Page, Michael Bruce (Chichester High School for Boys).

Parfitt, David Michael (King Edward VII, Sheffield).

Pearce, David Rodney Aubrey (St. Edmund's, Canterbury).

Pearn, Malcolm Gwynne (Llandovery College).

Phillips, John Llewellyn (Tiffin Boys' School).

Phillips, Richard Kevin {Bancroft's School).

Please, Keith Patrick {Ryde School).

Poole, David Arthur Ramsay (The King's School, Canterbury).

Reynolds, Peter John (Uppingham School).

Reynolds, Thomas Joseph (Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield).

Robson, William {University College, Durham).

Rowbotham, Michael Barrie (King Edward VII, Sheffield).

Rowbotham, Michael John (Kent College).

Ruffhead, Anthony George (Peter Symonds' School).

Senter, Michael John (King's School, Worcester).

Shepley, Stewart Emmerich (Richmond Grammar School).

Sherratt, Michael Graham (St. Edward's School, Oxford).

Siedle, Robin Murray (Cape Town University).

Smart, Graham Noel Johnston (Fettes College).

Smith, Anthony John Douglas (The King's School, Canterbury).

Smithers, Raymond Walter (Dulwich College).

Somers, Michael Lawrence (Probus School, Truro).

Sommers, Charles Alan (Leeds University).

Stewart, Alastair Lindsay {Edinburgh Academy).

Taylor, Ian David (St. Edmund's School, Canterbury).

Thorpe, Hilton Blurton (Cranleigh School).

Twaites, Eric David (Sir Walter St. John's, Battersea).

Vincent, Michael Edward William (The King's School, Canterbury).

Walmsley, John Brian (West Hartlepool Grammar School).

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Walshaw, Barry Anthony John (The King's School, Canterbury).

Webster, James Michael (Dulwich College).

Williams, Anthony Gerard (St. Edward's School, Oxford).

Wilson, David William (West Hartlepool Grammar School).

Wirsig, Claus Adolf (Alberta University).

Withnall, Donald James (Cambridge University).

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1957 2nd March B.A.: R. G. Thomas.

DEGREES

3rd August M.A.: *P.R. Sykes.

17th October B.A.: R. Dewar, R. P. J. Le Feuvre, R.H. Norburn, A. Sutton, J. S. S. Whiting, S. Young.

B.A.& M.A.: *M. C. Winsor-Cundell.

M.A.: M. C. Seymour, J. H. Spruyt, J. Thornton.

J.

2nd November B.A.: E. Benson, J.M. Blackbum, M.A. Bourdeaux, A. G. Cox, J.P. M. Davies, P.R. H. Davis, R. A. Dunbier, G. R. Gleave, K. B. Harlow, D. R. Hooper, A. W. Laughton, E. J. McLaren, J. V. L. Morgan, M. D. Palmer, J.M. Preston, G. I. Raftesath, J. A. Rimmer, B. A. Saunders, C. F. Taylor, R. W. Truman.

M.A.: M. J. Williams.

D.Phil.: *N. S. Haile.

B.Litt.: *U. M. Malla.

23rd November B.A.: R. Carter, A. Cash, M. H.P. Webb.

M.A.: *B. R. Coates, D. V. Johnson, J. M. H. Scott.

B.D.: Rev. R. T. Holtby.

D.Sc.: Dr. H. M. N. H. Irving.

14th December

B.A.: M.A.:

J. C. Lowe, S. S. MacLoughlin.

D. A. Lillicrap, *J. A. Mudge.

1958 23rd January B.A.: *N. H. H. Osmond.

M.A.: *J. M.Jaffey, *R. 0. Simmons.

1st March B.A.: A. M. Crowe, C. R. J. Miller.

M.A.: *C. M. Armitage, Albert Baxter, G. Heddle.

D.Phil.: R. E. Thornton.

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W. Brown, *R. D. Peverett,J. R. Woodhead.

P. J. Blake, D. G. Clarke, R. H. Roberts, T. G. P. Rogers, W. H. Slack.

M.A.& B.C.L.: G. I. de Deney.

1958 7th June

B.A.:

M.A. :

J. E. Arthure, *H. J. A. Beechey-Newman, S. R. Bilsland, B. R. Featherstone, G. M. Hartley, K. M. Hounslow, B. W. Howes, N. M. Isaacs, E. Jackson, G. A. Jannetta, J. B. Shepherd, J. A. West.

G. D. Gilling Smith, *M.A. Ritchie.

26th]une

B.A. : B.A.& M.A.: M.A.: D.Phil. :

T. E. Lewis-Bowen, *F. R. Smith. *E. H. Edge.

C. C. B. Wightwick.

Rev. A. P. Leary.

i2th July

M.A.:

A. J. Brimble.

2ndAugust

B.A.: B.A.& M.A.: M.A.:

J.P. Allen, J. Billington, I. Conolly, J. D. Farnworth, D. J. Sturges. *R. D. R. Evans.

J. A. Akroyd, B. C. Arthur, C. H. Benbow, *W. H. C. Brown, R. H. Irvine. *In Absence

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