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MARCH, 1411.

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1i' his lecture of this term Mr. Cecil Sharp gave a representation of a sword-dance, which we had lately the privilege of witnessing for the first time in company with this authority on folk-lore.

This dance is performed by the fishermen of Flamborough every year about Christmas time, after the men have come up from sea, and this has been a custom from time immemorial. This small town is distinguished in many ways by a strongly conservative spirit ; it is situated on the neck of a rocky and isolated peninsula which goes by the name of Little Denmark, and there are traces to-day of the Danish invasion both in the language of the people, and in their personal appearance ; distinctive traits which are kept up still more by their custom of inter-marriage.

Mr. Sharp had written and announced his intention of watching this dance on a certain day, and so we were welcomed very cordially by their burly and genial chief who led us into his cottage.

There Mr. Sharp proceeded to cross-question him as to certain details, and the fisherman showed his disposition to talk on any and every subject but that of sword-dancing. Still his memory was taxed by skilful questions, and certain facts of interest were elicited as to previous customs which were now in abeyance.

Then we left the cottage, and the air blew fresh and cool from the sea as we went to the schoolroom, where ten young fishermen were waiting to do their dance dressed in white ducks, with dark

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blue jerseys and blue caps. Apparently it had been the practice for them to black their faces and to wear short red cloaks ; but as the last cape in existence had been worn with pride in his childhood by our friend of the cottage, and even that had belonged to his grandfather, this usage had long since died out.

Eight of them then went through a short but extremely effective dance to the sound of the melodion ; they carried ash sticks 'in place of swords, and at the beginning and at the end locked them together, so forming a hexagon. Mr. Sharp was delighted with the whole, for the various figures had certain characteristics of their own which differed from the other sword-dances which he had seen. They had to repeat the dance again and again while he stood by and jotted down the various movements in his notebook ; certain parts also of the dance were done separately to enable him to take it down quite correctly ; and all the time we formed an appreciative audience at one end.

The men were delighted with the interest which was taken in their performance ; above all they desired to see themselves cinematographed, which would have quite spoilt the whole character of the dance.

As we sat there amazed at the knowledge and zeal of Mr. Sharp, our friend the burly fisherman came up and pointing his thumb over one shoulder at the indefatigable man enquired : " And what does he do then?" and for the moment we had no answer. What did he do? We tried to re-

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assure the questioner as to the industry and fame of his visitor, but still he remained unconvinced.

Mr. Sharp did not fish—he had no trade ; travelling all the way from London to watch some fishermen dance was not work, it was pleasure. So reasoned this most excellent resident of Flamborough, and would not he satisfied.

Then we left the schoolroom, having cordially shaken hands with the dancers, and once more we sat in the small yet many trophied parlour.

Mr. Sharp wished to record the music to which the men had danced, and in his music-book he took down the notes of the song which the fisherman sang :Johnny Walker's dead and gone, dead and gone, dead and gone.

Johnny Walker's dead and gone, We'll never see him more.

Evidently he was no relation to the gentleman born in 182o, and still going strong.

There were two other verses with, as far as we remember, equally convincing words, but what especially pleased Mr. Sharp was a certain turn in the music at the close which distinguished this tune from similar folk songs. No doubt we were sceptical, but we could not help wondering if that particular turn was not inserted by the fisherman for his own satisfaction; especially as we learnt that he played the cornet, and was considered musical " in them parts."

And after cordial well-wishings we departed, with a present of two fish which our friend (who it appears had always wanted to be a shoemaker) had brought up from sea that morning ; and we left the picturesque dancers behind us in that straggling old-world town, illuminated by flashes from a great lighthouse, which stands on a white chalk promontory surrounded on all sides by the booming sea.

" town ant 'Prairie in Zashatcbewan."

THE little town of Saskatoon stands at the end of a branch-line of the C.P.R., or, as the people of the district call it, Strathcona's Horse. Some ten years ago a shack or two and a rudimentary store huddled in the curve of the Saskatchewan River. Now the town boasts five churches of different denominations, three hotels, a convertible theatre-concert-room, where they present the most amazing Bret Harte romances, a hospital, a municipal loan which pays a steady eight per cent., and a more complicated and elaborate accumulation of bye-laws than the most ancient and bigoted English borough. The inhabitants, who are for the most part Americans from the Western States, take a particular pride in their progressiveness,

and will point out with a vast deal of complacency the magnificent hardware store that adorns one end of the broad unfinished main street, whose windows show Crown Derby and Wedgwood where three years ago was only brown earthenware or the commonest of common white crockery—jugs and basins ten dollars a set. The one and only milliner will produce monstrosity after monstrosity for your inspection, adding with calm satisfaction that she can sell in Saskatoon " the most advanced creations that can be had from Pahris or N' Yoork."

Saskatoon is the centre of a new but flourishing wheat district, and grows in importance year by year, as witness the number of elevators, compromises between the grim and the commonplace, which follow the curve of the line outside the " deepot " or station. Grumble as they might at octopuses and bloodsuckers, the farmers for as much as one hundred miles out on the prairie were forced to bring their grain to the Saskatoon elevators, their only market and point of contact with the outer world. Elevators are now being built at Delisle, twenty miles south, an infant town two years old, but these will not seriously compete with those of the older town for some time yet ; probably not until the new trans-continental railway opens a new channel east and west through which the wheat can run.

The only way of getting from Saskatoon to any particular point in the prairie is by buggy, or, if you will, by the more aristocratic democrat. The first cross-country ride in a buggy, especially if it is the nondescript vehicle usually found on a homestead, is not reassuring. For some reason or other the buggy rarely has confidence in itself.

It folds its hands as it were, and leaves all to the horses. These strictly speaking are not horses at all, but bronchos ; tough, wiry little creatures, a cross between a pony and a cob, and as it is the pleasant custom to allow the foal to run loose alongside its mother, there is room for endless complications. You soon leave the respectable road just outside the town, which runs for some little distance within sight of the beautiful river with its granite-fringed banks still overgrown with primaeval scrub, and then come into a varied region of slough' bluff which gives way finally to the prairie itself. Theoretically there is a prescribed road-allowance in each section or 640 acres, actually you take whatever trail you fancy, and are glad when the misdirected energy of some settler anxious to work out his taxes has not taken the form of " grading " the road and leaving wide and deep ditches on either side, suitable for the grave of you, your ponies and the long-suffering buggy. These graded roads are things to avoid in the dark. Otherwise you run smoothly enough over the prairie grass or the blackened trail with excursions over gopher or prairie-dog towns by .

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THE FRITILLARY. way of variety. There is only one way of crossing these with unshattered nerves, and that is to detach yourself utterly from your immediate surroundings and the business in hand. Cease to hold on, shut your eyes tightly or admire the sky, and listen quietly to the half-stifled gulps and expostulations of the buggy as it starts, rolls or skips as circumstances require. Between seven and eight in the evening, having covered about forty miles, you arrive at your destination, a lonely little homestead painted bluish-green with white trimmings and a brown-shingled roof. Surrounding it are the usual farm buildings of wood and sod, which in the autumn are overgrown, roof and walls, with every variety of wild aster and michaelmas daisy.

Late sunset is an awesome time to arrive on the prairie, for the wonderful and immense distance seems to lead to the very edge of nowhere, and the sun, after colouring the sky in imitation of the many-hued prairie, disappears with a rapidity that makes the stars, larger and nearer than in the Old World, positively leap into the soft indeterminate darkness. A little wind gets up, runs noiselessly over the gentle swells and undulations of the ground, and then, finding no trees to make noises with nearer than those in a distant bluff, drops as suddenly as it arose, leaving a silence so still that it seems almost possible to hear the world swing round. The deliberate fidgeting of the horses in the stable, the breathing of the cows, the half smothered click of plates being slid into the washtub, all are powerless to infringe on the utter quiet.

Everything concrete is blotted out. Only hushed, almost holy silence remains. " NIKE APTEROS."

On %tpIe. ORIGINALITY consists only in the method of handling things. This is as true of motor-cars as it is of style ; but as I cannot deal with the first I am attempting to do something with the second, and to show how one poor theme may be tortured through many original works. I will begin with the story well known to all from infancy, instinct with all the primitive music of the race. " Little Boy Blue come blow up your horn, The sheep's in the meadow the cow's in the corn.

Where's the little boy who looks after the sheep ?

He's under the hay-cock fast asleep."

Here is the same idea as R. B. would have it :— " As I sleep, as I sleep, Lengthening shadows softly creep Up the grass to my half-heap, As I sleep, as I sleep.

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I suppose these boring sheep In the meadows gaily leap, And the cow's in corn knee-deep As I sleep, as I sleep.

As I sleep, as I sleep, Sight to make the farmer weep— Cattle where the men will reap As I sleep, as I sleep.

Someone approaches up the steep, Round my hay-cock they will peep, Shake me hard and make me leap From my sleep, from my sleep."

Whereas an Oxford parodyist would have it thus :" Brave rugger-blue come blow your own horn * And swagger it well along High, Broad and Corn.

In retreat during Schools it is safest to keep With your head on a foot-ball fast asleep."

And a Persian poet echoes the same refrain in a new metre :" Awake, 0 sluggard 1 sound the loud reveille, For sheep and kine do from their pastures stray : And lo ! the slumb'rous chaperon bath hid

His azured carcase 'neath a cock of hay."

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%ocialtsin anb 3bealtsm.

THOSE who heard Mr. Anderson's speech on the practical side of modern Socialism will be inclined to demur from the verdict of Prof. Henry Jones, when he says that " . the Social philosophy which can make an analogous use of the far deeper Ethics of Idealism has not as yet appeared, except in merest outline . . ." Perhaps he is right ; but " except in merest outline " is a saving clause which seems to me to annul the effect of his adverse criticism. For surely, evolution is of the very nature of an idealistic creed ; and nothing that is evolutionary in character can be clearly defined until its process is complete. The socialist ideal can never be complete : it is to be the actualization of an inner living principle, so its form will continually be changing with the growth and development of the principle itself. The static perfection of bygone Utopias has given place to a belief in a gradual, transitional process in which an enlightened social consciousness shall direct and control every new industrial and economic development as it arises,—not as an external authority, but as a living organism. If this is the ideal of modern Socialism, nothing more than the "merest outline" of a political creed is either possible or desirable : an ideal of continual growth can only be hampered by anything approaching dogmatism. The one guide of

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the widest and sanest Socialism of to-day is an active faith in the principle according to which the highest potentiality of individual well-being is only to be realized in the well-being of the whole community. Until this spirit so permeates the life of the nation that unsocialistic thought has become an impossibility, socialist policy must remain primarily educative rather than constructive.

Mr. Anderson was especially convincing because —although he was dealing only with the immediate and practical point of view—he never for a moment lost sight of the fact that, without the development and strengthening of this social consciousness, all so-called socialistic legislation can only be a more or less extraneous affair, and therefore only effective in a limited degree. The apparent difficulties in obtaining a " guarantee of efficiency " when State ownership shall have eliminated competition and private enterprise (vide French matches argument), are no longer difficulties if only a sufficiently democratic conception of the State is borne in mind. When the State is the People, and the People are the State, there will be no fear of inefficiency in matters which are under State control ; for no man willingly cheats himself, and it is only when self-interest and State-interest have become not merely possibly co-incident, but actually identical, that the potentialities of democracy will have been realized to the uttermost.

Socialism aims at no "unfraternal brotherhood "; at no superficial levelling of class distinctions—no unnatural attempt to make an equal division of this world's goods ; but it does aim at bringing into consciousness the latent spirit of brotherhood between man and man which shall make all things possible.

The necessity for this spirit before a thoroughgoing democracy can be conceived is fully recognized by the broadest-minded Socialism of today—the Socialism which is the outcome not of class-hatred, but of the spirit of Christianity. Mr. Anderson said that he was almost afraid of owning how much of a democrat he is, but neither in his speech nor in the subsequent discussion did he shew any of that spirit of bitterness and hostility towards the "possessory classes" which has alienated so many from -the cause of Socialism, and which in itself is so utterly alien to the socialistic spirit. The general social conditions of to-day have reached a pitch of inequality when re-adjustment has become inevitable ; but if this re-adjustment is only passively acquiesced in, by virtue of its inevitability, instead of being actively furthered because it is seen to be good ; if it is an external and arbitrary, instead of an organic and natural process—we shall have a democracy indeed, but it will be a democracy in the service of Mammon.

fables.

AFTER R. L. S. I. The Workers.

ONCE upon a time a merchant, a factory hand, a scientist, and a member of that class commonly known as the Idle Rich, met together to discuss the relative importance of their contribution to the work of the world. " Without me," said the scientist, " there would be no means for work at all. I supply the thought, the invention, knowledge and system which make work possible." " Without me," said the factory hand, " none of your fine plans could be carried into action. They would remain theories for ever." " Without me," said the merchant, " what you two make by brain and hands would remain idle— I circulate it—facilitate its becoming a necessity." " Without me," Said the member of that class commonly known as the Idle Rich, " there would be no point in your selling or making or planning.

If no one required the things you make such a fuss about, it seems to me you would stop making a fuss. Demand, my friends," added the member of that class commonly known as theIdle Rich, " Demand regulates supply."

As they surveyed the prostrate body of the member of that class commonly known as the Idle Rich, the three remaining said one to another, " There is some truth in what he said, but he had an unfortunate mode of expressing himself. Such cannot be pardoned."

II. The Men of Learning.

THREE men of learning (and such are always argumentative,) met together for discussion in the blue dawn of a spring day, and thus did tend their arguments :" I," said the 'first—he spake aloud and put volumes of emphasis into the " I," for he was yet young—" I can explain Nature. I can subdue her forces to the use of man. I understand her ways. She can hide nothing from me. The Earth and its content, sea, air and heavens, are mine. Surely I am lord of you all." " Not so," said the second—he was aged and of reverent mean, and his eyes were piercing in their glance from long gazing into the past—" Not so, for I know all the ways of man. His story from earliest ages till now, his actions, his laws, all are known to me. Mankind is mine. Surely I am lord of you all."

"Consider," said the third—he spake in level tones and looked full calm—" Consider if it be not more important to look at the mind of man.

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Surely I am lord of you all."

Thus they argued, but at far far greater length, nor saw they the day wax and wane to its setting.

Only when the light died in the west did they realise how long they had spent in talk. Then spake to them Dame Nature—long had she listened—" Do not quarrel, my children," said she. " Go back each to his own toy. At least these playthings of yours have one advantage in common-a–they keep you out of mischief." So the sages went home to dinner. " G. B."

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"Quanb I'Bntour 'neut." met, my darling, I know not where, But my soul was filled with the scents of spring, And the only song that my heart could sing Was the love of your lips and eyes and hair.

Ir • And you r hair, my darling, it wasn't gold, But a tender brown that the sunbeams kissed, And I lost my heart in its warm dark mist, For you willed it to have and hold.

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And Lido washed by the rustling sea, And the dull red lightenings low in the sky, We loved ! and we lived for it, you and I, World of a joy that for ever shall be !

Come to me, darling ! The way is the will, Come ! For the stars are in heaven to-night ; Sip we again of the cup of delight, Here where the waters are pathless and still !

Slumber again with your head on my heart.

While the soft ringlets lie dark on my breast Slumber beloved, and thy sleep shall be blessed, 'Till the pale star fires grow cold and depart.

Still are the waters the path is gone Of the boat that bore us my love and I On the dark lagoon in the days gone by.

They are pathless now where I float alone.

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I gave you much but you gave me all, As a woman does when she loves too well, And you weaved my heart with your wild love spell, When we love do we rise or fall ?

And our lives flowed on in those summer days Like the tranquil waters that floated past 'Neath our windows ; a dreamland first and last !

Lit up in the rose of the sunset blaze.

Ah the fair love-dream of those velvet nights, When the purple skies were empearled with stars, And the moonlit waters had silver bars, In Venice, that dreamland of delights. !

Our boat that rippled along its way Over the pathless still lagoon, As the waters echoed a faint sad tune That throbbed to my heart where your dear head lay. " Where the horizon is lost in the deep There dwells a city that shines like a star.

Hither, the waters that rustle afar Come with a message of silence and sleep.

Perfumes and scents of the far-away years, Warmth of a passion that lingering yet Wakes in thy bosom a tender regret, Venice, thou city of starlight and tears ! "

the %entimentatist's Oxford.

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time the Sentimentalist was lamenting the fact that the casual student overlooked those revelations of human nature which lurked behind the Schools. He has remarked the same callousness in another edifice of equal fame where the _possibilities of Life are seen neither by the eagerminded enthusiast, nor the frankly indifferent reader. For the first hurry into the library, hastily pull out the catalogue in which they hope to find the book that they are seeking, and retire to some favoured niche where they may devour the contents oblivious to any earthquake which may go on around them. (Not that earthquakes do take place inside the library, at present they are confined to the outside.) And the second spend a more leisurely five minutes over the same catalogues, but merely for the purpose of killing a little time, or, of making a favourable impression on a completely uninterested audience. And both these classes fail to discover a perennial source of tears and laughter bound up in these dull-looking volumes.

The Sentimentalist, however, with leisure for reflection, opens a catalogue at random and studies the whimsicalities of human nature.

Amongst other things he finds :LAST

Jenny Jones.

A Ballad beginning " My name's Edward Morgan," and he wonders why the writer should thus rechristen herself when a line such as—" I'm called Jenny Jones" would be so much more euphonious.

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But perhaps the reason lies in the succeeding work :— Jones, J. Not Quite a Heroine, which would account for this change of identity.

A gentleman by the name of Horace Smith has handed down to posterity two children of his genius entitled :—Wild Oats and Dead Leaves, and, The Flirt and Evening Parties. Are the titles, we wonder, mutually interchangeable ? the flirt is certainly sowing his wild oats, while the other two objects are equally relative, provided that the refreshment at those evening parties is not being specified.

Again and again the succeeding works of one writer throw light on a previous composition, for example, Walker, B. publishes a treatise entitled :" An Investigation into the Microscope Anatomy of Interstitial Nephritis," and for those who are still unenlightened there follows, " The Twilight Land " and other poems, which may elucidate the matter still further.

The Sentimentalist wonders when he sees Brown; B. Preparatory Lessons in Arithmetic, and then, Crumbs from the Tables of the Muses, whether the second publication is the same as the first with a more attractive title. But if he is to judge thus, then Brown, D. is actually rude when a book entitled, " Music in Common Things," is immediately succeeded by, " The Thistle, a Miscellany of Scotch Song." But then Brown is not a particularly Scotch name, which would account for it.

And then if we turn to more prolific writers we cannot help wondering why a certain Luard C. does not produce an abridged edition of her numerous works, by composing a new novel which would gather up the salient features of all those which have gone before. The Sentimentalist is almost inclined to help her, and already he has arranged in his mind's eye the outline of the new story by a careful re-adjustment of those works which figure beneath her name. He gives this suggestion for what it is worth, and it reads thus :Ethel Fortescue, or Left in Charge.

Nina's Visit.

A Brave Little Couple.

Kathleen.

Miss Hope's Niece.

Four Peas in a Pod. Robin Goodfellow's Brother.

Cousin Fanny's Neighbour.

The Two Violets.

A Lucky Mistake.

A Christmas Fog. Prisoners.

A Difficult Question.

A Bunch of Roses.

Her own Choice.

The Sentimentalist did not know until now how common a thing it is to ramble through the world in place of other exercise. He has discovered books dealing with rambles in Winter, or in the Enchanted Summer Land, at Sunnyside (or A Week with my Godchildren), in Bible Lands, Rambles among the Ruins, and Rambles and Scrambles. Afterwards follow the Rambles of my Uncle, the Old Man's Rambles. , Rambling Dan the Boy Mountaineer, and the Rambling Lover. The Rambling Miner is a ballad beginning :— • " I am a miner stout and bold," whereas the Rambling Sailor begins :" I am a sailor stout and bold."

Do these ballads continue on equally original lines or do they diverge ? at all events there is a third song of the Rambling Soldier, which commences :— " I am a soldier blithe and gay," and this gives a little variety.

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In conclusion, he would like to record the lucid title :Jones, D. E., of Llanavon y Trawsgoed.

Teithadur Sersong yr cynnwyths y prif reidian er gwybyddiaeth o deithi yr raith, which, it is interesting to learn, is an English • X. Grammar.

To the Editor of the Fritillary.

DEAR MADAM,—Whilst engaged in research work, I recently came across an ancient MS., which I deciphered with considerable difficulty, and which will I think, be of interest to your readers. Though parts are now illegible, enough remains for us to be able to assume, with some degree of certainty, that it is the work of a student. It seems to me to be a satire in the form of a bestiary,sbut I leave it to your readers to draw their own conclusions.

I give the MS. as I found it, only modernising the text. " By [—o—ch]%, gentle reader, I mean not those four-wheeled vehicles which are drawn by the noble quadruped, but rather do I refer to a certain familiar insect which is met with in great abundance in divers places of learning. I was ever of the opinion that these little creatures -

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deserved more consideration, so it bath been my pleasure to deal in brief with some of the most familiar types.

The C.* is a plaguey insect, which requireth to be fed with unfailing -regularity, once a week.

Its chief diet is script, which it ever demands, yet oftimes rejects. To some degree it may be tamed, but can never become a household pet. Let us then examine one or two in greater detail.

Most common is the Pugnacious species (C. Furiosus). It is of a quarrelsome disposition and fighteth much. It biteth off the heads of all whom it lures to its den ; but if its victims are well armed with knowledge, judgment (and its food), much profit may be gained.

Closely akin to this is the Juvenile specimen (C. Cynicus). It is of variegated colour, and hath a sharp sting. Yet may it be trained to much good use, and is a pleasant companion for the nonce."

Here the MS. becomes practically undeciphetable, but the names " C. Timidus . . . . C. Modestus (somewhat rare) and the C. Nervus " can be distinguished. Then in the margin we find the personal note, and a quotation (the source of which I have traced to a contemporary romance) which gives some clue to the date. In a determined hand is firmly and indelibly inscribed this judgment :" Somehow, I know not why, when it behoveth me to give my verdict on these insects (rest them merry I), I am irresistibly minded of the words of a notable wit, when he saith (with how great truth I leave you, gentle reader, to judge) that ; " Everyone is as God made him, and very often worse."

From which it is clear that this student had suffered, as others did before him, and as many are suffering even now. For I judge it to have a modern application.

Allow me to subscribe,myself, Yours, &c., " N'Importe Qui." * This letter evidently refers to, and stands for, the word to unfortunately mutilated in the first line.

'news of the term.

HILARY TERM is always rather quiet. It is the lull between two periods of gaiety—" Michaelmas," when the dreaded summer, time of trials and changes is yet far off, and " Easter and Trinity," when the thought of impending doom forces us to laugh and be merry while we may. However, during the first half of the term things were quite bright.

THEATRE-LOVERS have been unusually fortunate this term (this is not a special reference to the

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O.U.D.S. performance of "A Winter's Tale," which has been discussed high and low already).

Mr. Arthur Bourchier's excellent lecture—" Some Thoughts on the Drama—and Shakespeare "drew crowds to the T-room at the Schools (how frivolous this sounds !) on February loth. King Henry (bluff looked he and bearded much) brought his Cardinal (Sir H. Beerbohm Tree) with him, and reminded his audience that in so doing he was turning the tables on his reverence ; for once when King Hal visited the Cardinal's new college at Oxford, that worthy took the opportunity of reading the monarch a lecture on his misconduct, to which the king listened with a good grace.

Mr. Bourchier has the happy knack of clothing thought with winning language. His lecture would be a lesson to all those who, in the capacity of public speakers, never relieve the high tension of seriousness—we hope it may one day be printed.

THE German puppet-play of " Dr. Faust," acted in the Masonic Hall on February 28th, was most amusing and very well done. The Yorkshire characters were greatly appreciated. Private enterprise in the histrionic line always deserves praise, and the Home Students are to be congratulated on their revival of " Eager Heart."

THE world of which we form a: humble but now recognized part has afforded the usual (and some unusual) forms of entertainment. Torpids were quite exciting this year, and the bonfires and fireworks with which the triumphing colleges celebrated their successes gave the night of March 1st unusual splendour (though of a barbaric nature).

IT has been remarked (and we think justly so) that there appears to have been more than the usual amount of weather about this term. Wind has given proof of its being a force to be reckoned with in our otherwise peaceful but damp valley.

THE epidemic for building new wings has subsided for the present, but things still progress.

Congratulations to the erstwhile St. Hugh's Hall on obtaining the Royal Charter which converts them into a College ! Good luck to the new college, and may they be as successful in the new garb as they were in the old.

AND here let us pause and think how inscrutable are the ways of Law, and what fearsomely wonderful things are Charters and Constitutions and Corporate Bodies and Committees and other things of the same kind.

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SOCIAL gaieties have not been lacking. The St. Hilda's Hall At-Home on February r ith was a great success, for it was a party with a purpose.

The guests were not condemned to self-amusement, but were entertained by "Carols of all seasons" admirably arranged and performed.

The Hall itself was looking its best. It is a sympathetic building, and perhaps because of its heterogeneous character lends itself easily to decoration.

the ground floor, facing south and overlooking the garden. In the flower-bed below my window are flaming yellow crocuses, beyond are green lawns and winding paths, and through the trees I get a gleam of colour from the crocuses in the orchard —a glorious place, where in summer the grass grows long and is yellow with buttercups, where hammocks hang from the trees, and tea-parties are numerous. Now it is bright with crocuses and scyllas, and clumps of daffodils are growing tall.

It grew late as I wandered from floor to floor in CHERWELL EDGE celebrated Shrove Tuesday search of an empty bathroom. Finally I arrived with a dance. in hall and mounted the steps of the High to shake hands with my Vice-Principal—then to ONE more item remains to be recorded :—Miss breakfast. The hall—really the College hall, but Violet Markham's interesting lecture on the also used by Clough Hall as a dining - room—is Organization and Work of the Personal Service large and bright, sunshine and fresh air stream in League. The lecture was given at St. Hilda's from the garden ; one cannot choose but have an Hall on February 2nd. Owing to the weather appetite. the audience was disappointingly small, but inAfter breakfast to work till 1.15. At 12 I tensely appreciative. Miss Markham kindly bicycled down into the town for a lecture at answered any questions raised about the work in King's, and became entangled in Silver Street London, and professed herself ready to help any with a wandering flock of sheep, two motor-cars, who might have time during the Vacs. to take up and an undergraduate on a motor bicycle—which social work in Town in connection with this signifies a raging madman. I returned through League. the " Backs," past the lofty chapel, so grey and old against the spring sky, so well beloved by every AND yet another Vac. is upon us. Why not Newnhamite, across the river where the willows are change " Time flies " to " Term flies " ? It is flushing delicate green, up the gravel path through more appropriate, and certainly more applicable the crocus-starred grass and out on to the road. to the present situation. It is no wonder Oxford As we were peacefully lunching, a small bell life is so dear to us all. We are condemned to rang in the distance ; when a fresher I thought its live it for such a short time that it has no oppor- sound so insignificant that one might well fail tunity of palling. So much has been written on to hear it, but in a short time the first tinkle acts the inner meaning of the charm of Oxford that like an electric shock. Plates flew—or so it seemed it seems presumptuous to offer a further solution —chairs scraped back and fell, the fire brigade to her mysterious fascination, but is it not slightly hurled all before them as they rushed from the connected with the brevity of the eight-week hall. It was a Fire Alarm term ?

In the afternoon the final hockey match was As we go to press we learn that the "scream- played between Sidgwick Hall and Clough for the ing" thing has happened ; the Combined team Hall Cup ; the field was crowded with spectators, of St. Hilda's and Oxford Home Students have sympathisers of either side. The match was hard won the Hall Cup for the first time in history, fought, as ever. In the end the victory was ours. and they intend to celebrate the event with many We flew from the field in order to reach Clough before the team arrived there ; when they came rejoicings. we were drawn up on either side of the entrance hall, the dinner - gong boomed out in sonorous triumph, the fire-bell clanged, cheers and clappings Cambribje letter. resounded. The team fled to tea.

[From the Diary of a Student in Clough Hall, After tea, work followed for two hours or so.

Newnham College. Spring, 1911.]

I had a friend in from Old to dinner. To-day DEAR MADAM,—I awoke this morning to a dim is Saturday, and on Saturday nights there is reverberating sound, increasing in volume as I usually some kind of meeting, a concert given became wider awake. " An avalanche coming by the Raleigh Musical Society, or debate. The downstairs " was my first thought ; my second- Political Society meets every Monday night, but " Oh, a morning practice of the fire-brigade " there is a Debating Society apart from that, which The lieutenant's voice rang down the corridor, meets twice or so a term. To-night me had a banishing dreams " Turn on, turn off, break debate. The Marathon race, which was to have up !" A rattling and clanking followed, a scud- been run to-night, was put off in consequence. ding of feet, and soon all was quiet again. It Peile Hall, the new hall which was opened this was a perfect spring morning. My room is on year, and which forms one of the extremities of !

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After the debate came refreshments and then dancing. As eleven o'clock drew near, the hockey cup played for between Newnham and Girton and lately won by Newnham, was put down on the floor, and we danced round and round it.

Then came " God Save the King."

Four or five of my friends came to discuss cocoa and the debate in my room. It has fallen to the lot of Newnham to have a Senior Wrangler, and to discover the social qualities of cocoa.

What better on a cold winter night, after a hard spell of work from dinner till ten o'clock, than to gather round the fire, curled up comfortably on cushions on the floor, in dressing-gowns and easy slippers, with those few good friends with whom formality is banished, and drink cocoa— made all with milk? Cocoa elsewhere is but a pale and colourless imitation, nondescript and characterless—cocoa at Newnham comforts the soul. And so to bed.

Yours, DOROTHY APPERSON, N. C., College Diarist.

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Stubents' 'Unita lbochev Club.

Friday, February loth.

V. NORTHERN UNIVERSITIES. Won 2-1.

This was a very close and hard fought match.

Our opponents had the disadvantage of having travelled from the North, and played London the day before ; but if they were tired it did not appear to affect their play. Oxford scored soon after the start by an excellent shot from Miss de Putron, whose play was good throughout the game ; and a few minutes later a pass across from the right enabled them to get their second goal. After this the play passed very quickly up and down the field, and both sides looked like scoring several times. But the goals on both sides were good, and the defence of the Home backs excellent. At half-time the score stood 2—o. The North scored their only goal at the beginning of the second half, after a good run in by their left inner.

The result was a satisfactory reversal of last year's bad defeat.

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Team v. Northern Universities.

Goal: Miss Mason* (S.C.).

Backs: Misses Elder*, Newbolt* (L.M.H.).

Halves : Misses Homer, Thomson (L.M.H.),

South well* (S.H.C.).

Forwards : Misses Dixon, East, Kirk (S.C.), Almond* (O.H.S.), de Putron (S.H.C.).

Saturday, February 18th.

UNITED V. SURREY II. Lost 5—o.

Surrey were decidedly the stronger team, and also had the coolness and confidence of seasoned players. During the first five or ten minutes they scored twice, while the Home team did little beyond letting the ball run under their sticks.

After that our defence rallied, and the game became more even. During the econd half our backs did excellent work, and the goal, in spite of having been hurt before the game lgan, made some brilliant saves. The right half was also good, and her pace is most useful, but she has not yet learned all the tricks of a left outer. The forward line worked hard, but did not show sufficient combination, and the shooting in the circle was poor.

Miss Kirk was good in the centre, but in neither this nor the previous match pla yed with the brilliance she had sometimes shown in practices.

Team v. Surrey II. Goal: Miss Mason* (S.C.).

Backs : Misses Elder*, Newbolt* (L.M.H.).

Halves : Misses Homer, Thomson (L.M.H.),

Whyte (S.C.).

Forwards : Misses Dixon, East, Kirk* (S.C.), Almond* (O.H.S.), de Putron (S.H.C.).

Miss Newbolt* (L.M.H.), and Miss Kirk (S.C.), have won their colours this term.

HALL CUP MATCHES. Hilary Term, 1911.

L.M.H. v. Somerville, lost 6-1.

S.H.C. v. S. H il.H. , and O.H.S. (cup match), lost 5—I. S.Hil.H. and O.H.S. v. S.C., won 3-2. * Colours.

Ogorb $tubents' Central tennis Club.

AT a meeting of the Club on January 28th, there were elected :—Secretary, Miss Wadsworth (S.C.) ; Treasurer, Miss Garnett (0.H S.).

A test was held on February 9th, at which were elected :Hon. Member—Miss Moberly (L.M.H,).

Members—Miss Lawson Lewis (S.H.C.), Miss

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Ward (L.M.H.), Miss Latham (S.C.), Miss McGonigale (L.M.H.).

The members have been well kept up at practices during the term.

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TOWARDS the end of the first week of term, a visit was paid to the Oxford Women Students by Miss Paddock (U.S.A.), who has been working for some years in China on behalf of the American Student Y.W.C.A., to promote and prepare the way for the higher education of Chinese women.

On Friday, January 27th, she addressed an inter-collegiate gathering in the new dining-hall at Lady Margaret, giving, with the knowledge of one who had taken—as she casually remarked— two journeys of ro,000 miles through China, an interesting and thought-provoking picture of the new conditions in that Empire.

She sketched briefly some of the more recent of the sweeping reforms—in the constitution, in education, in social life. We were given an idea of the normal existence of the higher class worker, under -the old and under the new conditions. The most conspicuous Chinese virtues, reverence and courtesy, were illustrated by many amusing and instructive examples. Particularly will we try to remember in future the Chinese usage when a guest drops anything with a disturbing bang upon the floor. Instead of the embarrassing and reproachful silence customary in English houses, the company should immediately and in concert exclaim " Oh ! what a pleasant noise ! " We doubt, however, whether it is for the truest welfare of a careless domestic to be told, when she breaks a fragile and valuable possession, " How slippery it must have been I " But the point on which the chief emphasis was laid was the deep and saddening contrast between the outward light and the inward darkness— European civilisation on the surface, pagan barbarism beneath.

Especially striking was the instance of the city, thousands of miles from the coast, yet with streets well lit with electricity and provided with every sign of western comfort, where, in the interests of hygiene, notices were printed by the town authorities directing parents to place their superfluous babies in the Municipal boxes provided for the purpose, instead of throwing them, as hitherto, into the public water supply.

The address closed with a plea for Western University women to give to those of the East the light and education for which they are so eagerly asking.

TiVlorhers' Ebucationat Essoctation.

THE Bishop of Birmingham's speech at the general meeting of the Workers' Educational Association at Reading contains a memorable warning as to the futility and instability of power in the hands of ignorance. In Miss MacMillan's book " The Child and the State," we find these words" Higher Education does not depend merely on leisure and access to the universities, but on the will and power to go through a great deal of hard and long drudgery. One thing. however, is growing clearer every day, that a great number of working people are willing to go through this immense drudgery and more, to welcome trouble of every kind in order to win that knowledge which is power."

Thus the Workers' Educational Association does not create an artificial want. It answers to an existing and insistent demand. This at once justifies the movement and explains its rapid growth, and is the secret of its strength. Its aim is briefly this,— the Education of the Democracy.

A system of tutorial classes, which the members join for a term of years, is the central organization of the Association. These are taken by recognised and paid tutors. There are also short courses, chiefly given by voluntary helpers.

Half the time occupied by the classes is spent in general discussion.

The subjects of the courses are chosen by the workers, the majority are historical and economic.

The Association has other work outside these courses for instance, individuals are taught by correspondence. Expeditions are taken to museums.

The Association works in connection with the Universities. The first committee was held at Oxford, and now it is supported and recognised by many of the Universities of England.

The Association has grown very rapidly—the demand is increasing.

The workers have immense difficulties to overcome in their struggle for education. There is the want of mental training, the difficulty of selfexpression. Then the work is outside their ordinary occupation, and the mere obstacle of lack of time and of a quiet place in which to do the work leads to strange shifts and means, and is in itself a test of the greatness of the need.

The W.E.A. is no accidental personal effort, it does not rely on the initiation and powers of a few isolated individuals. It is not .an attempt to introduce a system of education from above. It represents a fundamental necessity in the realisation of a democratic ideal ; it is says Sir Oliver Lodge, " the initiation of, perhaps, one of the greatest movements of our time," The offices of the W.E.A. are at 14 Red Lion Square, W.C. The subscription is 2s. 6d. a year,

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For 3d. a copy of the speeches delivered at the last Annual Meeting at Reading can be obtained, and there could be no better statement of the aims of the Association.

E. KEYSER. 4s.

Oxford Ztubents' Debating %ocietv.

AN electioneering meeting was held at last meeting of the O.S.D.S. in the Michaelmas Term, 191o.

A. E. POWELL, Esq. (L.M.H.), in the Chair.

Mr. WRIGHT, Liberal Candidate for the Oxford O.S.D.S. division, addressed a large meeting, representative of all classes and shades of opinion.

He was accompanied by his wife and supported

by Alderman Chatwin.

In opening the meeting the CHAIRMAN modestly remarked that he was unused to his elevated position. He had much pleasure in introducing the Candidate, with whose family he was well acquainted and whose integrity in the grocery business he had had cause to appreciate. He appealed to the audience to give the young gentleman a chance, and impressively quoted the saying that it is better to bear the ills we have than fly to those we know not of.

Mr. WRIGHT was greeted with cheers and boos which lasted for five minutes. Himself the staunchest of Liberals he was glad to be able to lay a positive programme before the House. He pointed out the dishonesty of the other party in its policy of obstruction, and declared that the House of Lords must be ended or mended. Mr. Wright spoke amid a torrent of suffragette and other interruptions, and many forcible ejections took place during his speech.

Mrs. WRIGHT was then called upon to address the meeting. She expressed her diffidence and her sense of the inadequacy of her arguments after those of her husband. Although she did not profess fully to understand large political questions, yet she could testify from personal experience to the good effects of Liberal Legislation. Had they not introduced Old Age Pensions and Free Meals for School Children, which were promised by the Conservatives but only carried into effect by the present Government ?

In conclusion, Mrs. Wright appealed to the meeting to give her husband a free hearing and their votes.

Mrs. Wright's personal charm aided by her feminine persuasiveness produced a lull in the unruly proceedings of the meeting.

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Mr. Wright's Candidature was also supported by Alderman CHATWIN, who, although professing a deep veneration for the House of Lords, thought that all truly progressive men would feel with him that the will of the people must prevail. He contrasted the priceless benefits of Free Trade with the proposals for Tariff Reform, which had fallen like a blight on the smiling country. ,He also discussed exhaustively the question of unemployment, and ended with an appeal to the Electors to guard the sanctity of the House and vote for the right party.

In reply to questions, Mr. Wright stated that he was in favour of votes for women and denounced the Referendum as undemocratic.

The meeting was throughout distinguished by a display of vivacity and enthusiasm, which although sometimes degenerating into noisy incoherence was yet a welcome change from the usual frigid atmosphere which prevails at meetings of the O.S.D.S. Hilary Term, 19 r r .

President—Miss SPENCER-SMITH (L.M.H.).

Secretary—Miss HYETT (L.M.H.). _Junior Treaswero-Miss CRICHTON (S.H.C.). fan. : " That the Referendum is

a desirable and inevitable extension of the British Constitution."

Hon. Mover—Miss LEVETT (L.M.H. and S.Hil.H.). The Hon. Mover confined her speech to some practical applications of the Referendum.

She laid stress on its simplicity, popularity and democratic characteristics. She defined the_ circumstances under which it should be used and the particular provinces from which it should be excluded, and incidentally pointed out its connection with Women's Suffrage. She ended by an assertion of Charles I.'s claim to be considered the author of the Referendum. It is always a pleasure to welcome back an old President, and we hope to have it often repeated.

Hon. Opposer—Miss WAYTE (O.H.S). Miss Wayte emphasised the constitutional issue and the effect on representative institutions, and brought out the difficulties in connection with the Irish and Scotch questions and the problem of Imperial Democracy. Miss Wayte has many of the qualifications of a good speaker, but she must be careful not to allow her energy to become monotonous.

3rd Speaker — Miss LENOX CONYNGHAM (L.M.H.), took some of the constitutional points in detail. Miss Lenox Conyngham has a good voice and manner and made a promising maiden speech.

4th Speaker—Miss JERROLD (S.C.), made some pertinent replies to the arguments raised by the other speech, and the matter of her speech was uniformly good and to the point. With practice -she ought to overcome what should be only a tempo-

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rary difficulty of delivery. She has the makings of a good speaker: Public Discussion. The whole question of Public Discussion will be commented on at the end, but it may be noted here how glad we are that already First Years are taking part in debate.

There spoke in Public Discussion :—Miss WooDHEAD (S.C.), Miss MADGE (L.M.H.), MISS THORPE (S.C.), Miss MERIVALE (L.M.H.), Miss GILES, exPres. (L.M.H.), Miss CRAVEN (S.Hil.H.), Miss WRIGHT (S.Hil.H. ), Miss JEBB (L.M.H.).

Feb. r4.—Motion " That an official member of a society is justified in exposing aril criticising publicly the defects in the organisation to which he belongs."

Bon. Mover—Miss SOUTHWELL (S.H.C.), in a rather long preamble, attacked the subject on the philosophical side, and laid down some general principles, e.g. that the stakes at issue were the relations of a particular society to society at large. She pointed out the nobility and responsi•bility of the function of criticism. Miss Southwell is always pleasant to listen to, but she must beware of indulging too freely in generalities. She should also make her contrasts moregharply. lion. Opposer—Miss ODLUM ('S.Hil.H.), spoke of the situation from the ethical and practical standpoint, and gave concrete instances, including the time-honoured illustration of the brick and the building. Miss Odium's speech had the supreme merit of rousing a lively discussion. Her logic was not altogether faultless, and perhaps she tried to compress more into her time than was altogether wise.

3rd Speaker—Miss MORRIS (L. M. H.), vindicated the position of the average man. She shewed the importance to society as a whole that a man should not resign his membership before beginning the work of criticism ; also that the search for truth must result in the disclosure of evil, as a preliminary to its eradication. Miss Morris took up her opponent's points and disposed of them very skilfully.

An excellent maiden speech : we hope to hear Miss Morris often.

4th Speaker—Miss BIDEN (0.H.S.), based her speech on too slender a foundation, namely an analysis of a supposed antithesis between the words expose' and criticise.' Her attitude to the Opposition erred on the side of condescension. Our younger speakers have much to learn on the score of delivery from Miss Biden, but she needs a lighter touch and a more cordial manner.

There spoke in Public Discussion :—Miss WooD:

HEAD (S.C.), Miss HUNTER (S.C.), Miss JEBB Miss SAUNDERS (L.M.H.).

(L.M.H.),

Feb. 28.—Motion : " That this House advocates the immediate granting of Home Rule to Ireland."

Hon. Mover— Miss GREY (S.C.), gave a historical summary of Irish affairs from Roman times

to the present century, dwelling particularly on English mal-administration and the economic crisis. Miss Grey's speech shewed a lack of proportion which made it ineffective. It would have been better to have cut down the historical introduction and to have placed more insistence on the modern points at issue.

Hon. Opposer—Miss LINTON (S.H.C.). Her speech was excellently arranged and thought out : a model of form. She took the subject from both the English and Irish point of view, and made the most of the case against Home Rule. Miss Linton's matter is so good that it is a pity it should not be brought home to her audience by a more animated and forcible manner.

We have little but praise for the 3rd and 4th speakers, Miss SANDYS (S.Hil.H.), and Miss SANDBERG (O.H.S.), who shewed a happy combination of knowledge, arrangement and enthusiasm. Miss Sandys must be careful not to speak too fast, and the end of Miss Sandberg's speech was rather an anti-climax, but matter and manner could hardly have been improved upon. We hope to hear them both often.

There spoke in Public Discussion :—Miss SABIN (S.C.), Miss LEGG (S.C.), Miss COOKE, ex-Sec. (S.H.C.), Miss CUMMING (O.H.S.), Miss SPENCER-

Pres. (L. M. H.) Public Discussion. We have purposely refrained

SMITH,

from giving particulars of discussion as the same remarks apply to all the debates this term. The standard of public discussion is still not as high as it ought to be, or as we can reasonably expect considering the material available. Discussion is meant primarily to centre round points brought forward by the set speakers. At present there is a lack of coherency, and good remarks are often made with so little apparent relevancy as to be ineffective. There should, of course, be new matter in the discussion, but if the debate is to be a well-balanced whole, this matter should be connected with what has already gone before and not thrown out haphazard. We feel that a very great deal might be done to improve debate if members would cultivate the pencil and paper habit, and take note of the points on which they mean to enlarge as they occur. It is very difficult for the majority of people to remember one particular fact, however much it strikes them at the moment, when the sharpness of the impression is blurred by the stream of other facts which follow. The set speakers are beginning to realize this, and we hope soon to see the end of the carefully prepared speech which, for lack of a little quick thinking, is delivered as a detached lecture instead of being grafted on to what has gone before.

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AN Inter-Collegiate Debate was held at Manchester University on January 2oth. The subject was, " That this House considers that some measure of disarmament is within the range of practical politics." The four set speakers represented England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, the mover being Mr. Micklem, President of the Oxford Union. The debate lasted for about three hours, four women taking part in public discussion, among them Miss Giles and Miss Powell, Lady Margaret Hall. The debate was followed by supper, at which the President of the Women's Union presided and proposed the health of the delegates. The four speakers responded with stories characteristic of their various nations, the Welsh delegate proposing what he affirmed to be a health in his native tongue. A concert followed, in the Women's Debating Hall, at which various delegates played and sang their own compositions.

Xbramatic aub Musical 'dotes.

O.U.D.S. " THE WINTER'S TALE." IT was a rather disappointing performance this year. The play itself is a poor one as regards its acting capabilities, and to make it in any degree worth seeing, it should be done by those with real experience. Its very atmosphere also is unsuited to the capabilities of young amateurs, however clever they may be. " Love's Labour's Lost," which is just as weak a play as regards actual technique, would have been more of a success from the purely artistic point of view.

The only redeeming scenes of " The Winter's Tale " are those of the shepherds and the lovers.

But surely no heavier and more carefully correct lovers have ever been seen as this Perdita and Florizel. Why was Perdita so tragic and ungracious, so altogether unlike a hostess to her quite excellent and high-spirited guests? and why did she heavily distribute flowers in the manner of a rather stagey Ophelia? The alternate ranting and aloofness of Florizel probably oppressed her, and neither her dancing nor her basket of flowers could arouse him to any sustained enthusiasm.

He remained for the most part, in a state of sulks, to be occasionally aroused to exclaim, for instance, not to Perdita, but to the audience, that when they spoke or sang or danced, he'd have them do it ever.

Mrs. Ainley Walker looked the part of Hermione perfectly, but was rather unconvincing she stood most admirably as the statue.

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scenes that he was intensely bored with the whole affair, but during the interval of 16 years he grew mellow with age (turning, by the way, into a most aged replica of his former self), and took quite a lively interest in the sombre flirtation of his son.

Leontes also improved with age and sorrow, but became, incidentally, far less whitened with his years than did his friend. One especially admired his neat agility in the third scene, when he so nearly stamped the life out of the baby.

The shepherd was the only person in the play who knew how to treat a baby, and Perdita should have grown up more happily - minded than this one did, under his gay kindliness, and amid the constant giggles of his son.

Autolycus was the most attractive personage, and quite saved the scenes in which he appeared ; he sang too, delightfully, especially his pedlar's song.

Perhaps the most dramatic thing in the whole production was the entry of the messenger into the court with his news of the death of Mamillius ;" the outcry behind the scenes, and the long running of the servant were very effective.

The orchestra played music by Purcell continuously, but not much of it unfortunately, could be heard.

The Esperance Club came up on February r ith, and sang folk-songs and danced Morris dances in their own delightful way. Mr. Clive Carey also sang at their concert, but in a much too elaborate and affected manner for a singer of folk-songs "Bushes and Briars" was especially spoilt in this way.

On the 16th inst., Mr. Cecil Sharp gave a lecture on Morris and country dances, under the auspices of the Oxford Folk-Song Society. He shewed many of the etceteras of Morris dances, such as the hat, shirt, bells and pipe and tabour ; and his lecture was illustrated by some of his pupils. There were two most intricate sword dances which were performed for the first time.

The first O.U.M.C. concert took place on February 8th, and had a delightful programme, though it was too long. Mr. Donald Tovey took the piano part in the Schumann, and Sir Hubert Parry and Mr. Granville Bantock each conducted their own works.

Mr. Slocombe and Mr. Patterson Parker have given two concerts of Brahms' chamber music this term.

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An Adventure. Macmillan and Co. 3s. 6d.

Most people in the present day are interested in psychic experience, though many are half-

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ashamed to confess it. There has been so much superstition and trickery and absurdity associated with " supernatural " happenings in the past, that we hesitate to believe in spiritual manifestations of any sort, and are apt to take refuge in scientific terminology, as if "the potency of Names" were sufficient to solve all difficulties. " Witchcraft and all manner of Spectre-work and Demonology we have now named Madness and Diseases of the Nerves, seldom reflecting that still the new question comes upon us : What is Madness, what are Nerves ?" Or, if we do not shelter ourselves behind such names as these, we incline to regard such matters from the morbidly emotional point of view. Both methods defeat their own object ; it may be pleasant to shudder over a ghost-story, or to amuse ourselves by playing with planchette, in the hope that it will say something mildly shocking ; we may enjoy analysing the emotions produced by contact with the supernatural, and docketing them as neatly as Burton might have done in a new edition of the Anatomy of Melancholy; but neither process is likely to lead us far along the road of intelligent understanding. Both lack reverence and simplicity, and as a modern writer has said, " A mysticism from which the element of love has been withdrawn, whilst restlessness, curiosity and a taste for transcendentalism remain, naturally tends either to relapse into an academic interest, or to pass over into mere occultism."

If glimpses into the sleep by which our little life is rounded, are to bring us any clearer vision of that life itself; they must be accepted simply and fearlessly, and not regarded merely as matter for a thrilling story or for scientific investigation. We owe a real debt of gratitude, therefore, to the two ladies who have related, with such reticence and simplicity, the strange adventure which befel them ten years ago in the grounds of the Petit Trianon at Versailles. Without warning, apparently without reason, they found themselves on Aug. loth, 1901, walking about those grounds, not as they actually were, but as they had been in the time of Marie Antoinette.

So ignorant were they of the place and the circumstances that it was not until afterwards they discovered that they had walked across a nonexistent bridge, and through non-existent trees, that the men with whom they conversed wore the old royal livery—long since discarded,—that the servant who directed them came out of a door which it has for many years been impossible to reach, and approached them walking on a nonexistent terrace. Strangest of all perhaps, is the fact that the two friends did not invariably see the same things or the same personages, though all that they saw belonged to the same period.

The triviality of the details is one of the most striking points in the story, the little line of gold on the Queen's fichu, the ferns growing in the ,

bank by the bridge, the banging of the Chapel door. One reviewer has suggested that the whole experience was an hallucination ; but apart from the strangeness of two people suddenly becoming victims of a similar—but not identical—hallucination and as suddenly recovering, the suggestion does not explain how it happened that the dream, or whatever it was, conveyed to minds ignorant of the minor details of French history, facts which have since been proved to be accurate, but whose very triviality renders it improbable that they were known even to experts at the time. It is a wonderful story, not terrifying or horrible in any way, but wonderful in the truest sense of the word. Some day our groping fingers may find the key to all such mysteries ; in the meanwhile we cannot but be grateful to those who approach questions of the kind in the spirit shown

by Miss Morrison and Miss Lamont.

G. E. H. The Tripled Crown. Henry Frowde. Price 3s. 6d.

This is not a new publication, as it made its first debut in the year 1908, but we would like to emphasize it again as an excellent anthology to give to our young friends. The compilers are we understand, three children hailing from Oxford, who, when they issued this book, ranged in years from six to sixteen. Hence the choice must make an appeal which far surpasses the choice of " grown-ups." If some object to a certain piece as being too advanced for a child, there is the excellent argument ready that it has appealed to one of that age and it must do so again.

There is too, as a foreword, the most delightful poem by " Q." entitled " The Tripled Crown," which breathes the same delirious rapture of childhood which we find in " Dream Days," or in " The Golden Age," when :— "The world was not as yesterday Our homelier world had been— So grey and golden-green it lay All in his quiet sheen, That wove the gold into the grey The grey into the green."

We congratulate the compilers on their really sound judgment and good taste ; and it is pleasant indeed to find that the age of sixteen can appreciate Keats' " Ode to Autumn."

C. M. K. W. The Glamour of Oxford. Chosen by William Knight. B. H. Blackwell. 6s.

One more anthology in praise of Oxford has appeared, thus adding to the number of these which have been published of late years.

The extracts chosen cover a large and comprehensive period, extending from the sixteenth

THE FRITILLARY. century to our own day, and they include a very representative selection from modern poets.

The various pieces are so judicially selected that there is hardly one beauty of Oxford or its neighbourhood which is left unnoticed. Yet our judgment at the end rather conforms with that of the President of Magdalen, who has noticed in his appreciation of Matthew Arnold, that ; " Oxford— most poetical of Universities and Cities—has pro duced, strangely enough, few poets. She had few indeed, worthy of the name, until the last century."

For Oxford is a beautiful city, but her " glamour" lies not only in her outward beauties, but in a peculiar spirit which lies behind them. She is a " fey town " whose elusive charms a few later writers have immortalized in some stray lines here and there. Yet she still surpasses everything that has been written of her, and it may be (though many will scoff at this,) that her true poet has yet to come.

C. M. K. W. The Fritillary. Two-Step, by Godfrey Bosville.

Sydney Acott. 2s.

We have at last met with our namesake in the form of a two-step. Comparisons are odious, but we should be glad to think that we were as successful in our line as is this spirited and catching melody which has not had the notice it deserves.

May we suggest to the uninitiated that, with a very little arrangement, it can be made into a most excellent duet which increases the satisfaction of both players and dancers alike.

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bait 'notices.

LADY MARGARET HALL. OUR sincere apologies are due to Miss McCutcheon, Lady Margaret Hall, for the misspelling of her name.

ON February 17, Mr. Anderson, Chairman of the Independent Labour Party, most kindly consented to come down and debate on a social. istic motion with the students of Lady Margaret Hall.

He made a most illuminating speech, and was particularly brilliant at answering the questions with which he was eagerly plied till late at night.

Miss ALICE WALL, representative of the Women's Branch of the Workers' Education Association,

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gave an interesting and informal address at Somerville College in the fifth week of term.

She sketched the work of the Association, and shewed how much University women could help its work, by leading informal discussion meetings, and getting into touch with working women.

Miss Skrine gave an account of the work she is actually doing in Oxford.

Miss Wall was most eager to keep more in touch with the women students, and proposed that a representative should be appointed in each Hall to keep her informed of the names of old students willing to work for the Association if opportunity offered.

Miss Wall's proposals were thoroughly appreciated by a very sympathetic audience.

POLITICAL DEBATE AND SHARP PRACTICE.— There have been two political debates and three sharp practices this term.

On February i5th, the 3rd speaker, Mr. Anderson, the Chairman of the Independent Labour Party, supported the following motion, "That the social problem will best be solved and the highest interests of the individual Sind the community best secured by the transference of land and industrial capital from private hands to public ownership and control."

The animated discussion which followed Mr. Anderson's speech, the length of time occupied by the debate, and the number of people who changed their opinion during the evening bear witness to its interest and force.

The House has discussed alien immigration, registered its opinion against the adoption of phonetic spelling, and decided to abolish all games.

At a real sharp practice no less than four motions were exhaustively treated.

The House is to be congratulated on its energy ; it is to be hoped that its decision in favour of speech is final. This term there have been none of those silences which, even if they are caused by thoughtfulness, are decidedly depressing.

E. KEYSER. HOCKEY CLUB ( Captain, M. L. ELDER ; Hon. Sec.,

E. P. BRIERLY).

Matches. ist XI. v. Charbury Ladies, scratched.

v. Oxford High School, won 5-2. v. Old Students, not yet played. v. Etceteras, not yet played.

2nd XI. v. Graham Street, won 2—I. v. Somerville, lost 5 —o. v. Baker Street, lost 5-3. v. Home Students, not yet played. v. St. Hugh's Hall II., not yet played.

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First XI. Forwards : Misses Duke, Calvert, Whitehorn, Ward, Brierly.

Halves : Misses Horner, Thomson, Atistin.

Backs : Misses Elder, Newbolt.

Goal : Miss Esdaile.

This term the 1st XI. has shewn distinct improvement. The individual members have learnt each other's play, and shew better judgment in attacking and passing. The goal stops and clears well. The left back is most reliable and neat in her play, but is apt to lose time after securing the ball. The right half has greatly improved since being moved from back, and has played splendidly.

The forward line is still liable to go to pieces at critical moments;but the team as a whole promises well for next year. The one match played was hardly sufficient to form a judgment : the great test of the cup match has yet to come, and we hope will prove that the team can distinguish itself in a hard game.

Second XI. Forwards : Misses Keyser, Vassall, Bishop, Kennedy, Wharam.

Halves : Misses Wilkinson, Head, McGonigle.

Backs : Misses Godfrey, Challoner.

Goal : Miss Leeper.

The and XI. has also improved, and has come out well in matches. The goal uses her feet to advantage, and clears strongly, but is somewhat slow. The right back shews good judgment, and tackles very well, but should try and hit harder.

The left back plays a dashing and usually reliable game, but should be careful not to leave an insecure defence. The halves are all good and steady. The forward line still shews lack of combination and is very weak in shooting, though the passing of the right wing and inside is much improved.

BOAT CLUB—The following have qualified this term :— In Sculling, as Captain: M. Maton ; Captains : H. Chatwin, C. Morris.

In Canoeing, as Captains : L. Baynes, M. Maton.

SOMERVILLE COLLEGE. PARLIAMENT (Prime Minister, D. SHEEPSHANKS, Esq. ; Leader of the Opposition, M. OWEN, Esq.)At the beginning of term the Liberals were returned to power.

On Friday, Nov. I rth, a Government Education Bill was read a second time. The main objects

and the scope of the Bill were very closely and ably set forward by the Prime Minister : it enacted that voluntary schools should be placed under the control of Local Educational Authorities, and that religious education should be provided according to the Cowper Temple system ; that children should remain at school until the age of 15, and should receive some technical education. Mr. Sheepshanks was followed by the Leader of the Opposition, who attacked the Bill with great skill and spirit. A high level of speaking was maintained throughout the evening ; especially to be congratulated were Mr. Dismore (U), who shewed very forcibly the impossibility of keeping Bible teaching entirely free from dogma ; Mr. Tennant (L), who in spite of a serious accident on the cross-benches, continued his speech with remarkable self-control ; and Mr. Giles (L), who shewed an unusual amount of knowledge on the technical side of the education question.

There also spoke for the Government, Messrs.

Rushbrooke, Scott, Skinner, Sabin ; and for the Opposition, Messrs. Daunt, E. Whyte, Hollowell and Ryland. The. Bill passed its second reading by a considerable majority.

On Nov. 29th, a Government Bill for State Insurance was read a. second time. This Bill provided that the State, and workman and employers of the ship-building, building and engineering trades, should contribute towards a general fund for the relief of unemployment ; and great interest in the question was displayed throughout the evening. Mr. Thorpe (L) opened the debate with a very comprehensive speech, and was answered

by Mr. Ryland (U), who displayed in his attack both insight and skill. Considerable discussion followed, in which Mr. R. Whyte (L) and Mr. Scott (L) spoke especially well ; the latter being ably answered by Mr. Lees (U) in the individual style which he is rendering familiar to the house.

The other main speakers were Messrs. East (L), Elligott (L), Thomas (L), Cotterell (U), Ranker (U), and Hollowell (U). The debate was brought to a close by Sir M. K. Pope, who pointed out the insecure condition of the finance of the Bill, and appealed earnestly to the House not to lay upon the country a burden which it might prove unable to bear. In spite of this appeal the Bill passed its second reading by a majority of eight votes.

THE State opening of Parliament took place on February 17. The Peers in their gorgeous robes presented a dignified spectacle when the King and Queen entered the Upper House. Black Rod summoned the Commons to the bar of the House and the King read his speech in an impressive voice.

At the close of this ceremonial the Commons adjourned to the Lower House, and, after the introduction of the new member for N. Monmouth,

THE FRITILLARY. Mr. Hughes, proceeded to a debate on the ad, dress.

Mr. L. P. Scott in an effective maiden speech— which contained a much appreciated reference to the Princes' attack of measles—conveyed the thanks of the House to His Majesty. Mr. Chester seconded.

Mr. Thorpe, Leader of the Opposition, made a telling attack on the Unionist proposals contained in the Address, criticising chiefly their policy with regard to Tariff Reform, the Referendum, and Peasant Proprietorship.

The Prime Minister, Mr. Ryland, replied in a thoughtful and comprehensive speech.

Mr. M. C. Scott followed, and as usual delighted the House with his whole-hearted indictment of his opponent's policy.

Mr. Daunt, the veteran member for Chichester, further developed the Government's new fiscal scheme.

Sir M. Pope visibly impressed the House with his energetic support of the Reform of the House of Lords, proposed in His Majesty's speech.

Mr. Thomas closed the debate for that night, and in spite of a continuous fire of heckling from the Government Front Bench, strengthened the Liberal position on the constitutional question in a convincing speech.

Our best thanks for the success of the State Ceremonial are due to Miss Penrose, who kindly consented to act as King.

HOCKEY CLUB (Captain, S. NIEMEYER ; ViceCaptain, P. DIXON ; Treasurer, K. F. JONES ; Secretary, R. WHYTE).

Results of Matches.

1st XI. v. Games Club, won 8-3. v. Graduates, won 3—I. v. St Hugh's College, won 6-2. znd XI. v. HOme Students, won 8—o. v. St. Hugh's College, won 8—o. v. Lady Margaret Hall, won 5—o. v. Southfield, won 4—I. 3rd XI. v. Games Club II., lost 4—I. First XI. Forwards : Misses Waller, de Zouche, Kirk, East, Dixon.

Halves : Misses Niemeyer, R. Whyte, Jefferys.

Backs : Misses Pantin, Latham.

Goal: Miss Mason.

Second XL Forwards : Misses Elligott, Blackwood, Arnold, Macalister, Walton.

Halves : Misses Owen, K. F. Jones, Hume.

Backs: Misses Bond Scott.

Goal : Miss Hughes.

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Forwards: Misses Ruegg, Markam, Kingsland, E. Whyte, Gray.

Halves: Misses H. Hollowell, Sutcliffe, Darwin.

Backs : Misses Gerrard, Hodges.

Goal: Miss Mann.

This term the first eleven has played three matches. The team as a whole lacks combination, though the forwards play well together ; the passing is good, but the inners need to shoot harder ; the centre forward and right centre play an excellent game. The halves and the backs should support each other more ; the centre-half distributes the game well and tackles with persistency, and the right-back and goal are always reliable, the latter invariably clears with effect. Owing to the weather the cup-tie with Lady Margaret Hall has had to be postponed.

The second eleven has shewn considerable improvement this term. The defence is excellent, and the halves feed the forwards with discrimination. The forwards are too much inclined to pass near the circle, but the centre-forward shoots well.

The team must be congratulated on the result of the matches for the term.

The third eleven has played one match. The team plays well together, but the forwards tend to muddle their passes. The backs support the halves well, but sometimes come rather too far up the field.

This term the Club has twice been coached by Miss Johnson, who criticised the defence and combination, and pointed out the importance of playing a subtle game. The Hall v. West Cup Match has still to be played.

BOAT CLUB.—Boat Club members have had a very strenuous term, and have on the whole shewn splendid enthusiasm. The test which the floods made impossible cast term was held at the beginning of this term, and there is to be a full test during the last week. The Four has been a great addition to boating this term, and our coaches were pleased with the progress made. The thanks of the Club are due to Mr. Carter iand Mr. Cooper, who have so kindly coached us and given us so much of their time.

MISS LEES, Somerville College, lent two MS. Lectures on Chivalry to a student in the Summer Term of 191o, either in connection with Historical or French work, or to help in preparation for a debate. She will be- most grateful if any student who has these papers will return them, as she is seriously inconvenienced by their loss.

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SHARP PRACTICE SOCIETY (President, I. E. H. OTTLEY ; Secretary, G. M. K. HILL). — The

meetings this term have been well attended on the whole. In spite of the fact that the Motions have been serious and, what is more, have been treated seriously, public discussion has been very general and of a high standard. We have been concerned with the appreciation of great men, of poetry and prose, the relative value of books and social intercourse, the justification of the white man in imposing his civilisation on the black.

SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY (President, Miss HOMERSHAM).—The Society has met regularly this term.

It was decided to read King Lear : and the meetings, as might be expected, have proved very enjoyable.

SUFFRAGE SOCIETY (President, G. HILL; Secretary, H. STANSFIELD).—During the second week of term Prof. Geldart gave a very interesting lecture on " The Legal Position of Women at the present day," which was admirably adapted to the comprehension of the lay mind. We were sorry not to give him a larger audience, but owing to Quarantine our numbers were necessarily smaller than we could have wished.

No new members havejoined this term, but the Society already includes the best part of the Hall !

BROWNING SOCIETY (President, V. M. MACPHERSON).—We have met on Sundays this term

to read "The Ring and the Book," a work which has not been attempted by the Society for some years. Though there has been no lack of appreciation, we have found the undertaking a somewhat large one. It is impossible, in the short time at our disposal each week, to do anything like justice to the poem.

PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—The Society has continued to study Ethics as its subject this term.

Miss Jourdain has read us a series of papers, the first dealing with " Good and Moral Good," the rest taking in turn " Different Conceptions of the Moral Law." We hope to have a paper from Miss Linton next week on " Utilitarianism."

MODERN LANGUAGE SOCIETY (President, Miss HART).—In October, 1910, a Modern Language

Society was formed, and now is in a flourishing condition.

The Society began its career by reading Gryphius' " Die Geliebte Dornrose," which was a great success ; some members were keen enough to come to the meetings although they had little or no previous knowledge of the language.

This term Rostand's " Cyrano de Bergerac " is being read with much amusement and enjoyment.

HOCKEY CLUB (Captain, E. CRICHTON ; ViceSOUTHWELL ; Secretary, M. M.

Captain, L. V. Addison).

First XL Forwards : Misses Lawson Lewis, Gwynne*, de Putron*, Druitt, Margoliouth*.

Halves : Misses Southwell, Crichton, Hill.

Backs : Misses Roechling, Smith.

Goal: Miss Bebb. * Colours.

The 1st XI. has not fulfilled the hopes that it raised at the beginning of the year. This has been in some measure due to illness on the part of members of the team, but more to the illattended practices. Our forward line has suffered considerably by the loss of Miss Addison at centre forward, and by the temporary incapacitaation of other members, and this has resulted in a noticeable failure to combine in the two matches which have been played so far. Centre forward can always be relied on to play a good game. A change has been made in the half-line ; we congratulate Miss Hill on regaining her colours.

Right back sometimes plays a useful game, but is very uncertain. Left back has been very keen and energetic. Goal should become good with practice.

At present the znd XI. is uncertain. Several of the forwards have been in requisition to fill vacancies in the 1st._ Matches. ist XI. v. Etceteras, 1st XI., draw 2-2. znd XL v. Somerville, 2nd XI., lost o-8. v. Home Students, znd. XI., lost 5-6 BOAT CLUB (Captain, L. THOMAS; Secretary, P. GWyNNE).•—The attractions of hockey and the prevalence of doubtful weather combine to make boating less popular in the Hilary Term than .usual. At the same time, considerable energy in sculling and canoeing has been displayed by members, especially just before and during the terminal Tests. Half-Captains however, are apt to regard the boats as convenient battering-rams for testing the resistive power of the various landing-stages, and Full-Captains occasionally forget that style is just as important after as it is before qualification.

New Students. to an inadvertence the list of new students was not put in last term.

D. Ibberson, Redland High School, Bristol.

D. G. Lawson Lewis Winchester High School.

J. M. Pym, Bedford 'High School.

M. J. Porcher, Cheltenham Ladies' College.

I. M. C. Druitt, Worcester High School.

M. E. Macdermot, Cheltenham Ladies' College.

P. May, Menstone House, Ramsgate.

E. de Putron, Cheltenham High School.

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THE FRITILLARY. D. M. Richmond, King Edward's High School, Birmingham.

E. Roechling, Roedean School, Brighton.

S. E. L. Rogers, St. Anne's, Abbots-Bromley.

M. R. B. Shaw, Uplands School, St. Leonards-onSea. F. G. Sutton, Truro High School.

M. Whitfeild, Clergy Daughters' School, Bristol.

WE regret that the congratulations to Miss Irwin on her first in History, and Miss Talbot on her first in Science, did not appear in the last number, but they are none the less sincere for being late.

ST. HILDA'S HALL. DEBATING SOCIETY (President, MISS WARD ; Vice-Pres., Miss HASLAM ; Secretary, Miss ODLUM ; Hall Member, Miss VEITCH).—The first debate

of the Hilary Term was held on Feb. 7th.

The Motion before the House was : " That a system of education whose chief aim is the development of individuality is detrimental to the community."

Proposed by Miss E. Clark.

Opposed by Miss L. Bright.

Both speakers made good points and held the attention of the House. Public Discussion was less brisk than usual. The Motion was defeated by 17 votes.

The 2nd debate of the term took the form of a sharp practice.

Motion : " That it is preferable to be one white duck rather than a row of white ducks."

As was to be expected, the strong human interest of the motion resulted in a feast of wit. and flow of soul to which we have been long unaccustomed.

The set speakers especially distinguished themselve, nor did the lack of specialised knowledge on the subject lessen the enthusiasm of the House.

The motion was carried by 9 votes.

The 3rd debate took place on Monday, March 6th, the motion being : " That all attempts to civilize primitive races are to be deprecated."

Proposed by Miss Mellor.

Opposed by Miss Ainslie.

SUFFRAGE SOCIETY.—The Society was affiliated to the National " Union for Women's Suffrage" at the commencement of the Hilary term.

On February 4th, the members of the W.S.P.U. gave a performance of " How the Vote was Won," a play by Miss Cicely Hamilton.

THE ART CLUB (President, Miss MAssk ; Secretary, Miss MELLOR).—This term the Slade Professor, Mr. Selwyn Image, has taken a feW members of the Club round the Ashmolean Galleries. He shewed them especially the Turners,

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and the Michael Angelo and Rafael drawings, and also certain painters of the English and Italian schools.

THE LITERARY SOCIETY (President, Miss MAssk ; Secretary, Miss WARD).— A meeting was held on January 27th, when Miss Doudney read a most interesting paper on Ibsen. Miss Neve will also read a paper this term, on Swinburne.

HOCKEY CLUB (Captain, Miss VEITCH ; ViceCaptain, Miss PARSONS ; Secretary, Miss CORKE).

—The results of this term's matches are as follows :January 28th, St. Hilda's Hall v. Southfield Hockey Club, won 5-2.

February 9th, St. Hilda's Hall v. New College School, lost 1-12.

February r rth, Combined with Oxford Home Students v. Dons and Graduates, lost 1-4.

The following members of the Hall played in the Cup match :—Misses Veitch, Parsons, Corke, Neve, Walker, Craven, Clark, Richards.

BOAT CLUB (President, Miss KEELING; Captain, Miss DONCASTER ; Vice-Captain, Miss BRAIN).—

This term has been so far an exceptionally good one with regard to the amount of boating enjoyed (the rains having carefully avoided our company). The quality of the boating has also decidedly improved. M. Nordenfelt has obtained her whole-captaincy (sculling), D. Odlum her halfcaptaincy (sculling), and the ensuing tests should add several other names to the list of half-captains.

The Four has been out several times in the early morning, and will continue to practise next term.

Members might there take note how to cox, the greatest failing in the club at present lying in its untidy lack of decision in giving commands and steering.

RIFLE CLUB (Captain, E. M. HASLAM).—The Club has now nineteen members. One spoon competition has been held, in which the winner was Miss Tomlinson. Another will be held in the seventh week of term, in which previous winners will be handicapped. The silver medal will be awarded on the term's shooting. The bronze medal last term was won by Miss Tomlinson.

Attendance this term has been good, and we have several promising recruits.

NEW STUDENTS. Michaelmas Term.

Agnes Sandys, Bedford High School.

Hilary Term.

May A. Richards, B.A.Lond., Royal Holloway College, and Cambridge Training College.

Kathleen Aked, Private School, Bradford.

Hedone Cecil Coales, Northampton.

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THE FRITILLARY. Hugh's had done most of the pressing. But the soft condition of the ground told considerably in favour of the Combined, who were much the lighter team, so that during the last quarter of an hour they scored several times in succession.

For the Combined, Miss Corke played excellently, again and again running the ball right up the field herself of the defence, Miss Richards and Miss Anderson were decidedly the best. St. Hugh's right outer centred well and shot their only goal. Miss de Putron was too closely marked to be able to do much. The defence was weak, with the exception of the left back and centre half.

Teams Combined.—Misses Parsons (S.Hil.H.), Goal; Matheson (O. H.S. ) and Richards (S.Hil. H.), Backs; Clark (S.Hil.H.), Anderson (O.H.S.) (i), and Craven (S.Hil.H.), Halves; Veitch, Walker (S.Hil.H.), Almond (O. H.S., Capt.) (r), Neve (I) and Corke (2) (S.Hil.H.), Forwards.

OXFORD HOME STUDENTS. WE regret that owing to a mistake some of the Home Student notices were omitted from last term's edition of the Fritillary.

CONGRATULATIONS to MiSS McFie and Miss Counsell on their Firsts, and to Miss McFie on being awarded the Gilchrist Fellowship.

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OWING to the generosity of many friends the new Common Room at 16 Ship Street is now very comfortably furnished, and is much used by the Home Students. Two socials were held there last term, and three will have been held this term.

We should like to take this opportunity of thanking all those who have contributed to the Common Room A DELIGHTFUL party was given by Miss Quick and Miss Watkins for all the Home Students on February 18th. There was a short programme of music and recitation followed by dancing.

THE Home Students' Sharp Practice debate was revived this term- through the energy and zeal of Miss Quick, after a lapse of two years. Miss Wayte was appointed President and Miss Margaret Segar Secretary.

There were not many members present at the first few meetings, but subjects were chosen with a view to arousing party feeling and discussion, for with such a question for instance as that of the Suffrage, the number of members present becomes immaterial.

At one debate, Miss Cruttwell tried to persuade us that tears are more effectual in gaining one's end than smiles—but we did not believe her. Miss Crecelius read us an exceedingly interesting paper on the arguments in favour of mixing all classes of society in elementary schools, and at the last meeting Miss Sandberg made a very capable and clear speech for Home Rule.

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HOCKEY CLUB.—We have been greatly handicapped during the whole season by the small numbers of the club. Out of fourteen members it is difficult to raise a full team, and this term we have played short in all our matches.

We lost to Somerville II., 8—o (3 short), and to the Etceteras, 10-3 (2 short), and beat'St. Hugh's II. 6-5.

Team.—Mi sses Pierce Jones (Goal), Matheson and Groux (Backs), Wayte, Anderson and Radulesen (Halves), Sells, Goodeve, Barclay, Almond, Jelf (Forwards).

Cup Match.

1st round, Feb. 27th. St. Hilda's and Home Students Combined beat St. Hugh's, 5—I. For the greater part of the time the game was much more even than the score would indicate.

At half time the goals stood one all, and St.

BOAT CLUB (Secretary, J. M. RoPE).—There is not much to record about. the Home Students' Boat Club this term.

Members have been fairly keen, and several have derived much benefit from four professional coachings provided by the Club. Miss Sandberg has qualified as a full-captain and Miss Bartholomew as a half-captain.

DRAMATIC SOCIETY

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MISS BUTLER ;

Secretary, Miss ScHLIcH).—Three performances of

" Eager Heart " have been given, at Headington on Dec. 8th, at Birdlip (Glos.) on Dec. loth, and on Jan. 20th (the Friday before term), at Yattendon, Berks, where the members were royally entertained by Mrs. Waterhouse. The Club has greatly enjoyed its first experience of provincial touring," and has found in all three villages appreciative audiences, and enthusiastic performers of the incidental music.

During term two ordinary meetings have taken place, the first at Miss Butler's house, where Granville Barker's "The Voysey Inheritance" was read ; the second at Cherwell Edge, to read "The Devil's Disciple," by Bernard Shaw. Miss Fox has been elected a member, thus completing the dozen members prescribed by the rules of the Club. '

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NEW STUDENTS.

Hilary Term, 1911.

Sara Ackroyd, Stockwell College, London.

Alice Porter Gregg, High School, Bedford Square.

Barbara Murray Howe, Miss Haskell's School, Boston, U.S.A. Hortense Kriills, Geneva and Berlin Universities.

Rosa Mary Marshall, S. Michael's School, Bognor.

Anna Nussbaum, Ph.D., Vienna University.

Elena Constanta Radulesen, Norham Hall.

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