MARY ELIZABETH STUART WEIR, M.A., St. Andrews University. CECILY MILDRED WHEATLEY, Truro High School. EDITH WILSON, Bede Collegiate Girls' School: London School of Economics (Extra-mural Delegacy Scholar). DORIS FLORENCE WRIGHT, Lambeth Diploma.
Hilary Term, 1947 ANNE ELIZABETH NAPIER WHITTINGHAM, Challoner School: W.R.N.S.
OBITUARY On August i3th, 1946, at Great Horwood, Bletchley, LADY IRVING (née Margaret Mary Crick), Clara Evelyn Mordan Scholar 1898-9, 1901-4. Aged 68. On October 4th, 1946, BETTY BERYL KENDALL, M.A., Commoner of the College, 1920-3. Aged 46. On October loth, 1946, at Neath, JOAN MYFANWY LEWIS, Commoner of the College, 1943-5. Aged 20. On February 3rd, 1947, CICELY KNIGHT, B.A. (née Chorlton), Commoner of the College, 1922-6. Aged 45.
MARGARET MARY IRVING (née CRICK) MARGARET CRICK came up to St. Hugh's Hall in 1898, going down after a year to nurse her mother through her last illness. She returned in 1901 and, after taking Mathematical Moderations, read History. She was the first Mordan Scholar, and as Miss Mordan liked to know her scholars personally, she was introduced to her. In this case the acquaintance ripened into a friendship. A keen historian, with many friends in the College and in the University, and acting as Senior Student for two years, she lived her Oxford life to the full. At the same time she was playing a mother's part by her younger brothers and sisters. After holding various teaching posts in England, including that of Mistress of Method at Whitelands College, she was made Principal of Queen Mary's College, Lahore, in 1914. Her pupils were the daughters of chiefs and other high-class Indians, and she was soon on very friendly terms with Indian ladies. They showed their confidence in her after her marriage by electing her as President of the Indian Women's Educational Conference, an unprecedented honour for the wife of an English civil servant. Her work in connexion with the women and children evacuated from their homes during the Amritzar riots won for her the thanks of the Punjab government. When Sir Miles and Lady Irving returned to England they settled at Bayswater Farm, Headington, which became a pleasant centre for their friends and those of their three daughters. The Sandhills Housing Estate was just coming into being nearby, and Lady Irving took it under her wing, doing much to make it into a community. Her manifold activities during the war included work as a billeting officer and as County Officer of the Order of St. John. 'Margaret is a rock', a College friend once said. Wise, courageous, and unfailing in her kindness, people turned instinctively to her for support. Her first thought was to serve those among whom she lived, and their interests became her own. Her love of God was as spontaneous and as real as her love of man. c. M. A. 23