St Edmund Hall Magazine 1924-1925

St. Edmund Hall Magazine

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ST. EDMUND HALL ·MAGAZINE. Vol. I, No.5·

DECEMBER, 1924.

EDITORS. I

1924-25.

G~ A. JoHNSON, Editor.

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F. BLEASDALE, A• E • H ILL,

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EDITORIAL

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HE Editor must apologise to his successors for · the abandonment of the precedent set last year. To our knowledge there exists no handbook for editors ; so personal caprice · may render the first page of a magazine interesting. at -least psychologically. May fancy be allowed to caper grotesquely, but · unrestrictedly, across one page? Is this the place for a bill of fare?.

Or must it be an hors d' reuvre? Or even in ·itself a complete dish? It may be prepared for the hurried diner, or for the lingering epicure; but above all it must be suited to the editorial palate.

Enough ; here are rules emerging. Retire, oh imprudent Editor !

Bat first, thanks, - contributors; who have responded freely to public appeal and . private pressure. We · were wearying of our double labour; diffidence or deafness among contribuables has ·in the past made 'editor ' synonymous with ' author.' May it never be so again.

A new honour has been conferred upon us since our last issue.

An Old Members' Association has sprung into existence; its · con~ stitution has been drafted; and the Magazine has been adopt~d as its official organ. Since our career is thus bound up to some extent with that or' the Association, our good wishes 'cannot be construed as entirely disinterested. None the less, Aularian Association, we greet thee; ave · . . .- atque vale.

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DE PERSONIS ET REBUS AULARIBUS. OF A BENE'FACTION.

y a decree of Convocation passed on March I I, the Univer-

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. sity accepted the offer of the Rev. John C. Gawthern, M.A., St. Edmund Hall, to transfer to the University, in trust for .S t. Edmund Hall, certain securities of the value of ÂŁI,700, subject to his and his wife's life-interests therein, for the foundation of an Exhibition or Exhibitions at the Hall, to be known as the Archbishop: Seeker Exhibition or Exhibitions, and to be held by students who are in need of financial assistance.

Mr. Gawthern is entitled to the appreciative thanks of the Hall for having made to it a most useful benefaction. ¡ The association of the name of Thomas Seeker, Archbishop of Canterbury (If'93I768), with this benefaction will arouse curiosity. In making this gift Mr. Gawthern was prompted not only by his warm regard for the Hall, but also by a desire to make some restitution for the act by which a relative of Archbishop Seeker obtained the setting aside of certain charitable dispositions in the Archbishop's will. It appears that the Archbishop had intended a certain large sum to be devoted to the foundation either of almshouses near Canterbury or of scholarships for poor students at the University. In a twofold sense, therefore, Mr. Gawthern's benefaction merits the ascription, pietatis causal.

In I9I8 Mr. Gawthern presented to the Hall a handsome portrait in oils of Dr. Seeker, as Archbishop, which now hangs in the Dining Hall, and in I92 I the Archbishop's seals, walking-stick (ebony, with silver handle decorated with mitres), and an interesting account-book containing a record of his receipts and expenditure during the years I746-58, when he was Bishop of Oxford. It is interesting to note that Seeker was himself a benefactor of the Hall, his name being recorded in the Book of Benefactors: Vir R everendissimus Joannes Potter, A rchiepiscopus Cantuariensis; Virique admodum Reverendi Edmundus Gibson, Episcop.u s Lon.diniensis; et Thomas Seeker, Episcopus Oxoniensis contulerttnt Quindecim aureos Guinea.nos. These contributions were made towards the restoration of the building on the north side of the Quad rang'~ OF THE EIGHTS WEEK CONCERT. For the first time the Committee of the Musical Society failed to make arrangements for securing- the help of kindly weather on

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the Saturday of Eights Week. On the other _hand, they are to be congratulated on the ready facility with which adaptations were made to enable the concert to be given in the Dining Hall. The Oxford Side of the English Folk-dance Society were as stouthearted as ever. When it became clear that the- concert would have to be transferred from the quadrangle to the Dining Hall, it was necessary to offer to release the folk-dancers from their kindly promise to entertain us ag ain. But they resolutely declined to be released: they arrived as cheerily as last year, and, although deprived of the scope of the quadrangle and therefore unable to give set dances, they proceeded to dance most exhilarating jigs on the few square feet of the dais.

To the kindness of visitors we also owed the chief musical pleasure of the evening: Faure's piano quartet in C minor was magnificently played by Mrs. Joseph, F. G. Lawrence, of New College, C. I. Anderson of Exeter, and S. Watson of Keble.

The variety of treatment of the successive movements was excellent, and was secured without any loss of unity. The Society took a step in the right direction in providing a piece of such substantial musical interest.

F. H. Bressey, of St. John's College, sang two Negro Spirituals. The present taste for these is perhaps not altogether sincere, but Mr. Bressey sang them so attractively as to persuade us to !SUSpend rational judgment of the artistic genuineness of such compositions. With R. E. Priestly, he also sang Purcell ' s ' Let us Wander' and ' Sound the Trumpet. ' These were finel y sung; the vigour and rhythm of the second were admirably maintained.

In arranging1 the contributions from members of ¡our own Mus ical Society, the Committee took the sensible step of abandoning the old part-songs in which any member might assist irrespective of the problem of balancing the voices. In the way of ' massed effects,' they substituted four of Terry's breezy SeaShanties, which could be sung in unison, and lent th!'!mselves to the spirited interpretation which they received . For part-singing, a carefully chosen and properly balanced quartet (D. E. Havergaf, R. E'. Priestly, C. A. Plaxton, ano.

Lummis) gave a group in each half of the programme : the humorous pair, for some obscure reason, were actually sung better than the more delicate quartets

by Wood and Elgar.

R. E. Priestly also sang two solos ; but trouble with his throat prevented him doing himself justice. His first song was an excellent triumph over difficulties. C. H . Trevor, rapidly making a

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reputation as organist at St. Michael's, came back to' us for the evening to accompany. We hope he will come again.

OF THE J.C. R. The Officers of the J.C.R. elected for the academical year I924-25 are: President, H. A. 'Blair, and Steward, R. L. Hill.

OF THE ScHooLs. The congratulations of the Hall are due to all who ab examinartoribus honore. digni sunt habiti, but more especially to W. H .

Hindle and J. L. Hill, who were placed in the First Class in their respective Schools.

MICHAELMAS TERM, I923.

Examinatoribus sa.t isfecerunt, Group A. I : C. A. Plaxton, G. H. Sharpe. Group A.3: F. C. Bazett-Jones. Group B:6: C. Smart.

HILARY TERM, I924.

In Literis Graecis et Latinis, Class III: J. G. Coghlin.

TRINITY TERM, I924.

In .Literis Humanioribus, Class III: E. C. Lamb.

In Scientia Natur'ali (Physiol.), Clas~ III : A. P. Kingsley.

(Geol.), Class IV: N. P. Castle.

In Jurisprudentia, Class IV : S. A. Husain.

In Sacra Theologia, Class III : A. R. H. Morris.

In Literis Anglicis, Class I : J. L. Hill. Class III : W. A. H. Green, V. W . Miles. Class IV: W. R . M. Chaplin.

In Literis Modern is, Class I: W . H. Hindle (in lingua Gallica).

In Schola Philosophiae, Politica;e, et Oeconomiae, Class III: N. B. Trenham.

In HistCYYia M odernaJ, Class II : E. G: Price. Class III : C. Lummis, R. E. Priestly, D. L. Saberton, H. Turpin.

Exminatoribus Satisfacerunt, Group A. I : J . B. C. Hordern.

Group B.6: C. A. Pla:cton, G. H. Sharpe. Group I): F. Buchanan, C. A. Plaxton, C. Smart.

MICHAELMAS TERM, I924.

Pro gradu Baccalaurei in Medicinal: in Aruitomia et Physiologia Hominu.m: A. P. Kingsley.

Examinatoribus Satisfacerunt, Group B. I : J. B. C. -Hordern.

Group¡ B.6: F. Buchanan; T. H. Horsfield,

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OTHER CoNGRATULATIONS.

The congratulations of the Hall are due to L. N . Harvey on winning a Heath Harrison Travelling Scholarship (in French), to J. E. A. Bye on being elected Hon. Secretary of the 0. U.H .C., to V. W. Miles on being elected to the Centaurs, to R. L. Hill on coming out at the top of the poll for the Library Committee at the Union this term, to M. A. McGanlis on being elected to the Greyhounds and on his playing for Kent and Blackheath, and to D. K. Daniels on being awarded his Occasional Colours.

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APPOINTMENTS.

The Principal has been appointed a Delegate for the Training of Teachers and a Membet of the Council of University College, Exeter.

The Vice-Principal has been appointed a Delegate for Licensing Lodging Houses.

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EXHIBITIONERS.

An examination beginning on Thursday, June 26, was held for the purpose of awarding three Exhibitions of the annual value pf £4o. As a result of this examination the following elections were made:~

G . . H. Aldis, Dean Close School (French).

M. A. McC:anlis, Cranleigh School (Modern History).

P. J .• Sandison, City of London School (Modern History).

The Exhibition Examination for 1925 will begin OX\ Thursday, June 25.

L. N. Harvey has been made an honorary Exhibitioner in recognition of his election to a Heath Harrison Travelling Scholar'ship (French).

OF

THE CHURCH CONGRESS.

The Hall offered hospitality to all old members of the Hall attending the Church Congress in September. The following old members stayed in Hall on that occasion : The Rev. G. W r. H. Edwards, the Rev. R. H. Evered, the Rev. C. W. Fullmer, the Ven. J. Godber, the Rev. A. Hill-Jones, the Rev. C. P. Shipton, the Rev. J. T . Taylor. Canon and Mrs. Ollard, who were also in ·Oxford for the Congress, paid the Hall one of their far too rare visits.

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OF 'I'HE OLD LIBRARY.

The Library has at last emerged from the state of congestion and confusion into which it had for a .long time been brought by over-crowding books into it. The first reform was to start a new library to contain such books as are of use for University examinations. This is at present housed in a double room in the Principal's Lodging. The next move was to weed out the defunct Schools books and to place them on shelves. in the Lecture Room. This clearance led to the removal of the obstructive book-cases which occupied the middle of the room. In their place two oak tables, each set on a pair of stout baluster legs, have been introduced, and six Goldsmith chairs. The room has once more resumed the appearance of a library. At the base¡ of the gallery balustrade three carved oak shields have been placed, bearing the respective coats of arms of Principals Tullie, Penton and Mill-the Principals to whose initiative the Hall is indebted for the Library. All the older books-that is to say, those which formed the library in 1776 '(the date of the 2nd Catalogue)-have been brought together again and re-arranged in their original order, but not in their original . places, for that is impracticat>.le. Four gifts of books that had been made to the Haii~the Rev. John Herriman's (176s), Dr. Dixon's (178o), the Rev. Laurence Heapy's (1842), and the Rev. Tullie Cornthwaite's (1847)~have been re-assembled and. appropriate inscriptions set over them. The collection of books written by or concerning former members of the Hall has also been brought together, and pl~lCed in the lower part of the Library.

The long task of re-cataloguing the Library 'still remains to be done.

In the 'Dini'ng Hall on Monday afternoon, December rst, the Vi'ce~Principal read a paper on ' The Hall Library, its Growth and Contents,' to the Oxford Bibliographical Society. After the reading of the paper the Society visited the Library, where a small exhibit of books of special interest was displayed.

DE SCRIPTORIBUS AULARIBUS.

The following books of Aularian interest have been added to t!Je Library : ~ From J . L. Hill:B'LACKMORE, Sir Richard (matric: 1668jg).~Eiiza : An Epick Poem in ten books, to which is annex'd an Index explaining Persons, Countries, Cities, Rivers, &c. Fo., London, 1705.

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From the Rev. W. J. Webber Jones:~ PAYNE, Peter (Principal, 14ID-I414).-A Forgotten Great Eng-.

Iishman, or the Life and Work of Peter Payne, the Wycliffite. By James Baker. 8vo. London, 1894-.

From the Vice-Principal:___...

ST. EDMUND OF ABINGDON.-The Mirror of St. Edmund. Done into Modern English by F. M. Steele, with a Preface by the Very Rev. Fr. Vincent McNabb, O.P. 12mo., London, I905路 OLDHAM, John (matric. I67o) .-(1) Satyrs upon the Jesuits: written in the year 1679路 And some other Pieces by the same hand. The 2nd Edn. more corrected. 8vo. LoQdon, 1682. (2) Some New Pieces never before Publish'd.

By the Author of Satyrs upon the Jesuites. 8vo. London, 1684. (3) Remains of Mr. John Oldham in Verse and Prose. 8vo. London, 1684.

Bound in one Volume.

KENNETT, White (sometime Vice-Principal, Bishop of Peterborough, 1718-28).-Seven Sermons. (1) A Sermon preached in the Church of St. Botolph Aldgate, in London, on September 7, 1704, the Day of Solemn Thanksgiving for the late Glorious Victory obtain'd over the French and Bavarians by the Forces of Her Majesty and Her Allies under the Command of the Duke of Marlborough. 4to. London, 1704. (2) The Duties of Rejoycing in a day of Prosperity Recommended in a Sermon Preach'd before the Queen at Her Royal Chapel in Windsor on Sunday, June23, 17o6.

8vo. London, .17o8. (3) A Sermon Preach'd before the Honourable House of Commons, at St. Margaret's, Westminster, on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 1705/6. 8vo. London, 17o8. (4) A Sermon Preach'd before the Queen, in Her Royal Chapel at St. James's, on Tuesday, the 22nd of Nov., 1709: The Day of Publick Thanksgiving for the Signal and Glorious Victory at Blaregnies, near Mons in Hainault. 8vo. London, 17og. (5) A Sermon Preach'd before the Archbishop, Bishops and Clergy of the Province of Canterbury, in Convocation Assembled, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in London. Svo. London, I7II. (6) A Spital Sermon Preached at the Church of St. Bridget on Easter-Monday, March the 3oth, 1719, before the Right Honourable Sir John Ward, Lord-Mayor, the Court of Aldermen, the Sheriffs, and the Presidents of Hospitals in the City of London, with an Application to the vain Attempts of a Spanish Invasion in the year 1588.

8vo. London, 1719. (7) A Sermon preach'd at the Funeral of the Rt. Noble William, Duke of Devonshire, in the Church of All Hallows in Derby on Friday, Sept. 5, I70'J路 With, some Memoirs of the Family of Cavendish. Post 8vo. London, 1708.

NEWCOME, P. (matric. 1676).-An路 account of Perquisites and Proffits arising from the Vicarage of Hackney, I6go-1731, a neatly-written MS. recording the names of all Burials, Marriages, and Baptisms, together with the fees charged for same. Interleaved throughout. A Particular Account of my Preaching expressing ye year, ye Order, ye Text, ye Church, ye County, ye Time of ye Day, etc., 1679-1736; 4 vols., sm. 4to, in the autograph of Peter Newcome. From the library of the late Lord Amherst.

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Fox, Francis (matric. I6g8).---<A Sermon preached in the Cathe.dral of Salisbury, at the Assizes held for the County of Wilts, July the 22nd, 1710. Published at the Request of the Grand-Jury. 8vo.

London, 1710.

BuTLER, Lilly (matric. 1f.i5.7 /8).-.:..-A Sermon preach'd before the Lord-Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of London at the CathedralChurch of St. Paul, on the sth Nov., I7IO. 8vo. London, I7IO. KETTLEWELL, John (matric. I674).-The Measures of Christian Obedience : or a Discourse shewing What Obedience is indispensibly Necessary to a Regenerate State, and what Defects are consistent with it; for the Promotion of Piety and the Peace of Troubled ·Consciences. 8vo. 6th Edn., corrected. London, 1714.

HEARNE, Thomas (matric. Iti95).- Robert of Gloucester'<> Chronicle. 2 vols., 8vo. Reprint of 1724 Edn. by S. Bagster.

London, I'81o.

Peter Langtoft's Chronicle. 2 vols., 8vo. Reprint of 1725 Edn. by S. Bagster. London, 1810. .

FOTHERGILL, George (Principal I7SI-6o).-The Fothergills of Ravenstonedale. By Catherine Thornton and Frances McLaughlin. 8vo. London, I905· \VliLSON, Daniel (matric. 1798, sometime Vice-Principal; Bishop of Calcutta 1832-58).-Letters from an Absent Brother, contaimng some account of a tour through parts of the Netherlands, SwitzerIand, N. Italy, and France, in the summer of 1823. 8vo. London, 1824. .

LEE, F. G. (matric. 185I).-The Life of Cardinal Pole. 8vo.

London, 1888.

MooRE, E. (Principal I864-1913)· Opere di Dante Alighieri.

1st E(}n. 8vo. Oxford, 18g4.

The Time-References in the Commedia.. 8vo. London, 1887.

DE DONIS. The Rev. A. MeL. Murray has presented to the HaJI a silver salt-cellar, pepper-box, and mustard-pot as a gift on going down.

The Vice-Principal having discovered that the memorial brass of John Darley, B.D., Principal c. 1414-I432, is preserved in the Church of St. Martin, Herne, Kent, H. G. Ingle, who for some . time lived in Heme, very kindly undertook to obtain a rubbing of this brass, and eventually made a special journey himself for the purpose. It was not easy to obtain a good rubbing, as the brass is badly worn ; but Mr. Ingle and the Vice-Principal have overcome these difficulties. Mr. Ingle has had the resultant rubbing mounted and framed, and presented it to the Hall. It now hangs in the Principal's Lo~ging.

The Vice-Principal has added a portrait of the Rev. Josiah 'Pratt (matric. 178g, Secretary of the C.M.S. 1802-24) to the collection of portraits of alu.mni in the Dining Hall.

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The Rev. S. A. Howard sent as a present from Great Yarmouth a box of the renowned products of that sea-port.

DE Scuns.

The sections devoted to the College and the Hall m the ·university Calendar for the year 19i4-25 are headed with new representations of the respective coats of arms, drawn under the supervision of Dr. F. P. Barna rd (Hon. Fellow of Pembroke College and formerly Professor of Mediaeval Archaeology in the University of Liverpool). We commend the representation. of our own arms- Or, a cross patonce gules cantoned by four Cornish choughs proper-to all who may be in search of a correct example.

It will be noted that the four martlets which inaccurately figured in the former representation have given place to the four Cornish choughs. The preface to the section devoted to the Hall in the Calendar has been re-written.

OF

ST. EDMUND'S DAY.

The Rev. Canon Simpson (formerly Chaplain and Tutor) replied to the toast of F'loreat A ula1 at dinner in Hall on St. Edmund's Day. On this occasion there were also present the Rev. L. Hodgson (formerly Vice-Principal), Fellow of Mag dalen, and the Rev. H. Livesey.

The Bishop of Carlisle and Mrs. Williams sent a wreath of rosemary for the War Memorial, as they ~ave done each year.

OF NuMBERS.

There are 99 members of the Hall in residence this term-nine B.A.'s and 90 undergraduates. For the first time it was necessary this term for a second dinner to be served ·in the Dining Hall on three or four occasions.

DE ALMA UNIVERSITATE. By a decree of Convocation passed on December 2nd, the University authorised the Curators of the University Chest to pay to the Principal, for the general purposes of the Hall, the sum of £s'oo a year for five years from the first day of Michaelmas Term, 1924. The decree was proposed in Congregation by Dr. F. W. Pember, Warden of All Souls, one of the Hall's most active friends in Oxford .. Notices of different grants made to the Hall from University sources have appeared in the M a.gal:!line from time to time, since the first grants were awarded in the academical year 1919-20.

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These grants altogether have furnished the Hall with an annual increment of £soo to its revenue. The recent decree of Convocation provides for the continuance of this assistance for five years.

The substantial aid which the Hall has received and is continuing to reeeive in this way marks a very welcome and serviceable recognition on the part of the University of the title of the Hall to due consideration as the last of those academical societies over which the University has always exercised a parental authority, if not always a parental solicitude. All members of the Hall have reason to be grateful to the University for its continued generosity.

OF

THE SMOKING CoNCERT.

The Musical Society, encouraged by the success of the Eights Week Concert, gave the Hall another entertainment on the evening of December 1st, this time without outside assistance of any kind. The concert opened with a rendering by A. L. Clegg of Debussy's' Clair de Lune,' played sympathetically but with rather too little decision. C. A. Plaxton then sang 'Sea Fever,' by John Ireland, with fine spirit.

Two quartets-an Elizabethan lyric and ' Beleaguered,' by Sullivan-might have been made perfect by practice.

R. E. Priestly's 'Twelve Days of Christmas' was really good, as was his encore. E. P. Brice played Chopin's Scherzo in D flat (Opus 31) with force and understanding; he sometimes-rightly, as a rule-allowed impressionism to -supersede technique. C. A. Plaxton sang ' Time was when Youth and I were well Acquainted' (Sullivan), and, as an encore, the 'Crown of the Year ' (Easthope Martin) ; the latter song suited him perfectly, and it was as well sung as anything in the evening. R. E. Priestly shouid remember, in choosing his 'what-nots,' that most of the Hall is not altogether unacquainted with a certain pair of nursery-rhymes ;. his voice is too good to squander on trifles of this sort.

'Trial by Jury~ filled the second half of the programme. It was quite the best performance we have ever seen in the Hall.

The chorus was admirably vigorous and beautiful of aspect; H .

Turpin's frock-coated elegance was inimitable.

The Rev. R. Fletcher made a charming and roguish judge, while C . A .. P1axton as counsel for the prosecution was at once vigorous and amorous.

L. W. Dodd was a beF"itching plaintiff, better versed, however, in the employment of eye than hand ; he has a very pleasant voice.

G. H. Aldis, the defendant, was a little nervous ; he, too, has a pleasant voice. C. Lummis was resonant ;md adequate as· the

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usher. E. P. Brice accompanied, and the Rev. T. H. Croxall conducted. The Society must be thanked heartily for a very pleasant evening.

THE ADMIRABLE BASHVILLE: Or, CoNSTANCIE UNREWARDED. WRITTEN BY BERNARD SHAW.

As it was privately acted on the Ninth of February by the Dramatic Society.

A NY examination of Oxford no doubt proves that Man cannot I1 be compelled to learn. This characteristic he shares with most of the wilder animals, and is .what is generally known as ' human dignity.' . . .

No blame, therefore, can attach itself to the producer for any of the actors' unfamiliarity with the play that he was producing.

The actual production of the play was admirable. The programme prepossessed everybody in the play's favour with its seventeenth century ornament and imitation Elizabethan English-a parody of an Elizabethan advertisement is impossible : one can but imitate it sympathetically and at a distance. The scenery was the delightful minimum. The two trees in tubs which stood so primly and so sufficiently for Wilstoken Woods were changed for chairs, and one was obviously in high society and London. The substitution of a notice against one of the most common of American vices for the somewhat shaken palaeography of the warning to trespassers was the chief difference between the woods and the ' Hall ' of Husbandmen.' The prologue in very choice blank verse was all that a prologue should be, and did all that a prologue should do except say a good word for the author of the play.

'The Admirable Bashville' is not so subtle a¡ parody of Shakespeare as ' Savonarola.' There is something of delicacy even in M'ax Beerbohm's horse-play which Shaw's quietest moments lack. But it is a play which can be acted as ' Savonarola' could never be acted even if another ' Brown ' were to supply the missing fifth Act. It is a play which can rely on its own merits to produce a certain rather obvious merriment. It is extraordinary how well this mixture of rather badly burlesqu~d Shakes. peare and genuine Shaw can read. At any rate, if it is a play worth acting--<loubt is quite excusable'--it should be trusted. It cannot be redeemed by physical contortions or a continual exaggeration of its most obvious points. M. A. Mitcheson's excessive

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fear expressed by the greatest extravagances indicative of that emotion was the only serious flaw in his version of Lucialn.

R. E.. Priestly's monotonous grief and monotonous joy were among the many serious blemishes of his singularly imperfect performance. It would seem that he knew no more than the broad outlines of his part and exaggerated them lest he should forget them too. If the play had been a parody of one of the later Shakespearean tragedies, and not of the conventions of the Histories, the rather ungrammatical prose he made of the hlank verse would no doubt have been less noticeable.

That there is an art and rules in the acting of parody, and a decorum to be observed even in exaggeration, seemed most clearly recognised by G. Sayle and R. R. Nattrass. Cashel is the most important part in the play, and Sayle filled it admirably-though, striving_to amuse, he occasionally resorted to metfiods which are too characteristically his own. Nattrass was so good as a bashful minx of forty-five, with all the smiles and graces of the unsuccessful second-rate actress, that one wished the part of Adelaide twice as long. It was perhaps the best performance of the evening.

F. J. Fish made a ;s uperb entry as Cetewayo, but a moment later too strong a light revealed the full stickiness of the chocolate on his face. His great speech in defence of the noble Zulu was excellently delivered, and when his part in the proceedings became more aggressive he was still excellent. C. Lummis as Paradise, the prize-fighter, never quite recaptured the heights reached in his opening lines. There was a wonderful freshness in their very modem Cockney presenting a contrast to the Elizabethan versification and the poetic diction of Cetewa.y o's neighbouring speeches. ' G~ V. Carlin, as Ba.shville, had some good moments and few really bad ones. J. G. Coghlin took full advantage of the several good things in his part, and was wise enough not to try to force it by acceptin~ any of the frequent opportunities for the downing that it presented. N. B. Trenham was not more than adequate. W. F .

Ingram-Cotton was well-dressed as Lord Worthington. The Prologue was spoken excellently by M. A. Mitcheson.

Though stricter or more frequent rehears_als seemed necessary for anything approaching polish, the play provided a pleasant but not exhilarating entertainment. There were many lines mis-spoken ; the rhythm of the verse was frequently lost by misquotation; cues at times went astray. It would be impossible to call the performance good.

But P.erhaps the play was not worth anything ~tter.

J.L.H.

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THE RE-UNION, 1924.

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HE: Second Reunion of old members of the Hall took place on Tuesday, April zznd. This year invitations were sent to those who have their names on the boo~s, and to those whose names are not on the books but whose addresses are known and who were unable to come to the Reunion last year. There were present: The Rev .. L. Hodgson, the Rev. Dr. D. C. Simpson, the Rev. A. F. R. Bird, the Rev. H. F. Watson, the Rev. Eustace Havergal, the Rev. R. S. 0. Tayler, the Rev. H. M. ffinch, the Rev. C. W. Fullmer, the Rev. P. Cunningham, the Rev. S. Gresham, the Rev. A. C. Hair, the Rev. C. E. Roe, H. N. ffarington, the Rev. F. G. Croom, the Rev. F .E. Dewick, the Rev. P. A. W. Skinner, the Rev. G. Brap.son, the Rev. R. M. French, the Rev. L. H. Coles, the Rev. E. G. Mortimer, the Rev. T. H. Croxall, the Rev. P. H'. Gabb, the Rev. F. McGow;.~n, the Rev. H. L. Hustwayte, B. C. W . Johnson, the Rev. H . J. Miller, T. D. Baxter, the Rev. T. G. Mohan.

At the dinner in Hall, after an account of the activities of the Hall during the past year, the Principal put forward definite proposals for the formation of an Old Members' Association. The keen approval with which the scheme was greeted after the Principal had outlined the constitution and objects of such an Association augured extremely well. . The toast of Floreat Aula. was res- ¡ ponded to by the Rev. Dr. D . C. Simpson. He delivered il most entertaining encomium , producing spectacular statistics in illustra-. tion of the progress of the Hall. His figures ;md his fancy were well addressed to suit the confident mood of a most genial and gratulatory gathering.

Holy Communion was cel~brated in the Chapel ;.~t 8.30 on the following1 morning. Breakfast in the Dining Hall brought the Reunion to a close.

It is proposed to hold the next Reunion (1925) on Tuesday, April 21st.

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HE most astonishing fact about the Hall is its survival. That this Hall, unfortified either by endowment or by incorporation, should ¡be found flourishing and well able to hold its own be~ side firmly-constituted collegi;.~te societies is in itself noteworthy : that it should be found doing so after nearly ;seven hundred years is without parallel. At the same. time, we cannot forget that it is

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the last of jts race. In 1438 there were still seventy Halls in Oxford; after the Reformation there were n ine; in r88r, four; in I9QI, two; to-day, one. These figures are a challenge to us and a wammg. If the last of the Halls is to live on, it must needs count on the tenacious loyalty of its members, past and present.

Therein lies our most valuable endowment. For every college in Oxford it can be claimed that the support of old members is necessary to its welfare : for the Hall, such support is essential to its existence. Without the rally of old members ten years ago .this Hall would inevitably have gone the way of all its kind. An out: standing need of the Hall to-day is to harness to it the support and loyalty of its old members in such a way as to render it invulnerable. In recognition of this need there was instituted at the last Reunion dinner an Aularian Association.

The objects of the Association, briefly stated, are:-

(al) To rally round the Hall all old members who wish to uphold and assist the Hall in every way that they can. (b) To enable old members to keep in touch wtth one another and with the Hall, especially by means of the Hall Maga zine and Reunions.

All old members are eligible for membership. Invitations to the annual Reunions in future will only be sent to members of the Association.

The terms of membership are as follows : (r) An old member whose name is on the books of the Hall and who is already a subscriber to the Magazine will be admitted to membership without the payment of any subscription. ¡ (2) An old member whose name is on the books of the Hall but who is not at present a subscriber to the Magazine will be admitted to membership without the payment of any subscription if he becomes a subscriber to the Ma.ga!Zine.

(3) An old member whose name is no longer on the books of the Hall but who is a subscriber to the Magazine will be admitted to membership on the payment of a subscription of 2s. 6d. This subscription will be annual.

(4) An old member whose name is no longer on the books of the Hall and who is not a subscriber to the, Magazine will be admitted to membership on the payment of a subscription of ss. (which will entitle him to a copy of the Magazine). This subscription will be annual.

It will be noted that subscription to the Ma1gazine is an essential condition of Membership of the Association.

The Hon. Secretary of the Association will be the Chaplain of the Hall, the Rev. W :. R. F. Fletcher. All payments should be made to the Bursar, St. Edmund Hall.

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For purposes of reckoning, the Association's year will be the academical year. After the present academical year, all annual subscriptions will fall due each year in the month of July.

It is hoped to form an Executive Committee of old members at the next Reunion on April 21st.

All old members who were not present at the Reunion last year (when all who attended joined the Association) are hereby invited to become members of the Aularian Association. Why not fill up the accompanying form at once, in case you should forget?

IN PARTIBUS CARLIOLENSIBUS.

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the happy instance of the Bishop of Carlisle and Mrs .

Williams, there took place at Rose Castle on July 16th a gathering of old members of the Hall who are working in the diocese. They began to arrive by ones and twos towards the close of the afternoon, and in the end mustered ten-ten out of a possible fourteen. For this gathering the Principal and the VicePrincipal had come up from the South. To call it a reunion might be correct in fact, but in feeling it was more like the homecoming of a large¡ family. And indeed that is exactly what had happened : the familia .4 ularis at work in the diocese had been brought together for one ni ght just to see itself as a family. We sat and talked; ""e stroll ed and talked in twos and threes, up and down, round and about the gay walks. of that unforgettable garden. Next morning we met for Holy Communion in the Chapel.

Breakfast over, the gathering dispersed-a gathering it had heen such as gives new heart to old loyalties . . There were present the Rev. W. F. Gilbanks, the Rev. R . H .

Hawkins , the Rev. C. Williams, the Rev. W. E. Lambeth, the Rev. F. J. Buckle, the Rev. E. T. H. Godwin, the Rev. M. D. Grieve, the Rev. H . Palmer, the Rev. H. H. Vickers, and the R ev. H. Livesey.

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A DANIEL WILSON CENTENARY. HUNDRED years ago, on July 4, 1824, Daniel Wilson (matric. 1798, Vice-Principal I&Y;-1812) was inducted as Vicar of Islington. The centenary of this event was celebrated by the parish and rural deanery of Islington on July 3 and the Sunday following. By a happy coincidence, an old member of the Hall, the Rev. T. G. Mohan, is at present an assistant curate of the parish and took part in these .celebrations.

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The appointment of a leading Evangelical Churchman like 'iVilson to the incumbency of a parish was quite unusual. For the most part the Evangelical clergy were ministers of unconsecrated - proprietary chapels, which· received episcopal licence for the performance of church services. Wilson, since he resigned the VicePrincipalship, had been minister of such a chapel, .St. John's, Bedford Row, 'the chief refuge of the despised party.' 'Evangelicals had gone through half a century of hatred and contempt.'

Wilson's appointment marked a turn of the tide in their favour.

Wilson's predecessor at Islington had been a typical vicar of the old school. During his time the parish church had morning and evening services on Sunday, the latter being in the afternoon, for an evening service was Methodistical and ' un-church-like' ; and no early or weekly Communion. The first Sunday in the month was 'Sacrament Sunday,' and the time about one o'clock, at the close of Morning Prayer and Litany and sermon. Church expenses were met by church rates, levied yearly at open meetings of the parshioners held in the body of the church. The only collections were at the monthly Communions, for the poor.

At St. John's, Bedford Row, on the other hand, 'Wilson had regular early Sunday morning Communions, Sunday evening services, services on Saints' days and every Wednesday and Friday; and he at once introduced them at Islington Parish Church.' These innovations raised stormy protests from his parishioners as newfangled methodistical practices. 'Nilson persevered. Charles Simeon wrote from Cambridge to encourage him : ' I take the moon for my pattern ; when she is at the full the dogs bark at her; but I never yet heard of her stopping to inquire why they barked.' At his first Confirmation, Wilson presented 780 candidates to the bishop.

Wilson was at Islington eight years. . During that ·time he built three new churches, each to seat 2,ooo people: Holy Trinity, crbudesley Square; St. John's, Upper Holloway; St. Paul's, Balls Pond. At his invitation the Church Missionary Society established i~ Islington the first Missionary College of the Church of England. In 1832 he was appointed Bishop of Calcutta, and devoted the rest of his life to the work of the Church in India, dying under the stress of the Mutiny in, 1857· [The passages quoted in this note are derived from an article by Dr. Eugene Stock contributed to the Record for Thursday, July 26. For these and other newspaper cuttings relative to the Daniel Wilson celebrations in Islington we are indebted to the R,ev. T, G. Mohan.]

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PROFESSOR BARRY'S ADDRESSES. On November I4th, rsth and r6th, by invitation of the Principal, the Rev. F. R. Barry, D ..S.O., Professor of New Testament Exegesis at King's College, London, formerly Fellow of Oriel and Principal of Knutsford, gave us three addresses in Chapel.

We believe this to have been the first occasion of the delivery of a course of addresses on the Christian vocation to any individual society in Oxford; and we feel sure that all those who were fortunate enough to hear Professor Barry speak will agree that the experiment was well worth making.

For his first address, on the Friday evening, Professor Barry took as his subject, ' What is the meaning of Life? ' After reminding us that life has no meaning if the spiritual factor be omitted, he went on to show that Christianity alone faces the facts of ~ife, recognising the brutish element in man, and yet providing him with the hope of conquering his lower nature by the Gospel of a perfect Life lived in the flesh . . Moreover, even the life of Christ ended apparently in disaster, as if the President of the Immortals had finished with Jesus. But the Power behind the universe vindicated the faith of Jesus by His rising from the dead, reassuring us that the character of Jesus is the character of God. We cannot escape the challenge of the VV' ay of Life exhibited by Jesus; many people have given up Christian doctrines (or what they believed to be such), but who has heard of anybody who sincerely tried the Christian way of life and found it or the Lord of it unsatisfying?

On Saturday evening Professor Barry proceeded to discu ss ' The Art of Living.' The self-centred life is always chaos : even social service, without God, only means disillusionment. The Kingdom. of God is God's Kingdom, and no mere matter of human policy. It ·is an inward thing, dependent upon character. Love is the clue to true life; and our existence is a series of alternatives, wherein, we are continually obliged to make choices which influence our character and our destiny. Psychological study of character, if it is merely morbid interest in the unclean, is dangerous. Christianity stands for self-control, discipline, the inhibition of the sensual. Courage is nec.e ssary to come out on the side of Jesus, to take up the Christian vocation as a Way of Life,-which indeed it was to the early Christians before it became a philosophy. Faith is· an experiment; and the ·Christian

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faith, tested experimentally, vindicates itself in the transformation of life.

The concluding address was delivered as the sermon at Even·song on St. Edmund's Day, Sunday, November r6th. As the goal of his preceding addresses, Professor Barry presented Jesus as 'The Lord of all good Life.' As often. as Christ has been buried in the world's Golgothas, He has risen again in the cities of His people. The people ' heard him gladly,' for He gave them Himself.

We need to recapture the sense of personal friendship with Him, to realise His courage, His staggering faith in human nature, His gentleness, His challenging originality, His life of service. So we are led, as His disciples were led, to accept His divinity as the only adequate spiritual valuation of Him, to accept Him as our Judge because His life is the test and standard by which all our lives must be measured. By faith in Him our richest experiences are triumphantly vindicated and affirmed. ' I have seen Him in war·, in slums and cottages, in the homes of the wealthy, in trains and buses, in college rooms, in ships and in business offices.

But one thing I have never seen, nor will any while the world endures: I have never known Him to fail.'

We hesitate to a ttempt any comment upon the inspiring vigour with which Professor Barry spoke. He held attention from be- . ginning to end, for conviction and reality were in every .sentence he uttered. vVe are greatly indebted to him for his kindness in giving us three days from a busy life. H e would, we feel cet·tain, desire no better thanks than to be assured that he helped us much.

EBENEZER WILLIAM EVANS, :1865-1924.

BENEZER WILLIAM EVANS, the youngest son of the Rev. David Evans, of Llansantffraid, co. Merioneth, was matriculated as a Non-Collegiate student on October 17, r885. In the Hilary Term of r887 he migrated to the Hall and was appointed Organist Exhibitioner. He graduated B.A. in r888, and M.A. in r8gz. After passing one year at Ely Theological Cb llege he was ordained deacon in r88<), and priest in the following year. He was assistant curate of Tarporley, Cheshire, from r88g until his appointment as Vicar of Little Budworth in r8g8. In igo3 he was appointed Vicar of Helsby, Cheshire. He died on At!gust .:pod this year.

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MAURICE ARUNDEL MITCHESON, 1902-1924.

In his last term before his Final .S chools, Mitcheson was taken seriously ill with a:n internal complaint, and obliged to give up his work. Although his condition had become more hopeful by the end of the Long Vacation, he was stiU far from strong enough to resume residence. During¡ the autumn he seemed to be making a good recovery, but he suffered a relapse and, after being in bed for two days only, died on .December 20., Mitcheson came to the Hall from Denstone College, matriculating in Michaelmas Term, 1924.

At school his literary facility attracted attention : this promise he well substantiated in the course of his reading for the English .School, and was expected to acquit himself with credit last June. With him the study of English literature was a dominant interest, and in his pursuit of it he happily employed his powers of criticism and resourceful enquiry. He was President of the Thomas Hearne Society in Michaelmas Term, 1923, and took an active part in promoting the formation of a play-acting society in addition to the existing play-reading societies within the Hall. ljis fondness for music was no less marked. A strenuous and plucky forward, he was awarded his Rugby Football colours in Michaelmas Term, 1922.

In her grief at his loss, his mother is assured of the condolences of every one who knew him in the Hall. In the memory of many of his contemporaries h~s friendship will always stand out among the recollections of their undergraduate days.

UT FAMA EST. Sir Mark Hunter has returned to England and is living at Ascot. He is devoting his energies at present to furthering the cause of Reformed Spelling.

The Rev. Canon Simpson, B.D., proceeded to the degree of D. D. on March 29th.

The Rev. F. J. Shirley has been appointed Headmaster of St: Cuthbert's College, Worksop.

The Rev. A. R. Browne-Wilkinson, M.C., has been appointed Diocesan Missioner of the Southwell diocese.

The Rev. E. E. Yelverton, B.D., O.B.E., proceeded to the degree of D.D. on February r6, being the first to do so under the new regulations. .

The Rev. Canon OUard (formerly Vice-Principal) preached in Westminster Abbey on the Confessor's Day, October 13. In the

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course of his sermon he noted that ~ the bodies of only two Englishmen who have been canonized remain in their shrines to-day,' the one being the body of St. Edmund of Abingdon, in the Abbey Church of Pontigny, the other that of St. Edward, King and Confessor, in Westminster Abbey.

The Later Non-Jurors, by Henry Broxap, recently published by the Cambridge Uni vers ity Press, is dedicated to Canon Ollard.

H e has contributed to it an Account of the Brett MSS. and the Scottish Papers. Thanks to his exertions, the Brett MSS., which contain a most valuable record of the Non-Jurors' Controversies written by Dr. Brett about the year 1728, were secured for the Bodleian in 1916.

The Rev. R. Shepheard has been appointed curate-in-charge of Cotherstone, near Darlington.

The Bishop of Lichfield has appo•i nted as his domestic chaplain the Rev. S. A. Howard, who will also undertake the additional duty of diocesan chaplain, to arrange the work of the special service staff.

The Rev. P. H. Gabb has been appointed assistant curate of St. Mary's, Portsea.

Congratulations to H. C. Shearman on his marriage to Miss Frances Mary Jameson on January 1st.

The Rev. T. D. C. Herbert has been appointed Chapl~in of the Forces, and is stationed at Aldershot.

H. C. Ingle has been appointed Manager of the Wokingham Branch of the Westminster Bank.

The Rev. H. Livesey has been appointed Chaplain and Tutor of the Bishop's Hostel, Lincoln.

Congratulations to the Rev. ·P. B. Spriggs on his marriage to Miss Winifred Adson, which took place in the parish church of Peterborough on July znd.

Ei. R. L. Ward has b.e en called to the Bar and has returned to the Barbadoes to practise.

Congratulations to· F. D. Walker on his marriage to Miss Dorothy Robbins Griffith on August 16th in Los Angeles, California. He is responsible for English and Dram·a tics at the Francis W. Parker .School at .S an Diego.

The Rev. A. MeL. Murray is an assistant curate of Holy Trinity, Dorchester.

The Rev. T. W. Gilbert is an assistant curate of St. Alban's, Westcliff.

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINit During the year the following old members are known to have visited the Hall :-The Bishop of Carlisle, the Bj.shop of Newcastle, Sir Mark Hunter, the Rev. T. G. le Mesurier (from Observatory, Cape Colony, whose speech at the J.C.R. meeting at the close of Trinity Term was much appreciated), _S'. A. Horwood (on leave from the Gold Coast),T. H. Espley and A. C. Cooper (on leave from Nigeria), the Rev. A. B. Selwyn, the Rev. A. F. B. Christie, D. H . Hedges, the Rev. E. T. ¡ H. Godwin, F. G. Marcham, and the Rev. H. Livesey. This list does not include old members attending the Reunion or the Church Congress, or those presented for Degrees.

Concerning Aulares who have gone down since the last issue of the lvJ)wgazine we have gleaned these particulars : ~ H. A. Barnes-Lawrence is studying at the Westminster Hospital.

W. L. Bunce and A. R. H. Morris are at Ripon Hall.

H. G. Eggleton is at the Bishop's Hostel, Lincoln.

F. J. Fish is at the Bishops' College, Cheshunt.

A. B. Hodgson is an assistant master at the Municipal Secondary School, Bury.

F. C. Bazett-Jones is ah assistant master at Eagle House, Sandhurst.

W. R. M. Chaplin is an assistant master at his uncle's school, Arnold House, Uanddulas.

S. A. Husain (Middle Temple) was called to the Bar on July 2nd and has returned to India to practise.

E. C. Lamb is an assistant master at Barnstaple Grammar School.

E.. G. Price has joined the Eastern Staff of Messrs. John Swire and Sons, Ltd. N. B. Trenham has returned to Los Angeles, California, working his passage across in a tank steamer.

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During the course of the year the following Aulares have been ordained :--1 Deacons: T. ¡ W. Gilbert (Chelmsford), A'. MeL. Murray (Salisbury), P. Clegg (Manchester).

Priests: L. W. Hart (Winchester), P . J. Reddick (Southwark), F. A. Smalley (Liverpool), T. E. Williams (Bangor), H. W. Butterworth (Bradford), C. Cole (Manchester), T. G. Mohan (London), R. B. White (Liverpool).

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THE EAST WINDOW OF THE CHAPEL. N the course of a visit to the Fitz-William Museum in .C ambridge during the Christmas Vacation, I923, I noticed in a show-case of MSS. an account-book which Sir Edward BurneJones had used to record his charges for work that he had done for the firm of :VVilliam Morris. Knowing that all the firm's accounts relating to the earlier orders for the stained glass windows executed by them had been lost in a fire, I obtained permission to inspect this account-book in order to find out whether it contained 'any reference to the East window of our Chapel. I found no entry which could be connected with our window; but the . Director of the Fitz-William, Mr. S. C. Cockerell, who kindly came to my aid, recommenaed me to communicate on the subject with Mr. J. R. Holliday, who is the greatest living authority on BurneJanes's work. I am indebted to Mr. Holliday for the following detailed account : ' The arrangement of the various panels was due to .Philip :VVebb, who did the decorative work of the window. In th~ early days of the firm he knew more about mediaeval stained glass than the other partners. The entry in his account with tbe firm is : -

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The entries in Burne-Jones's account with the firm are:-

I865. Jan. Chorus Angelorum I and Angels to Crucifixion St. John for , St. Mary for ,, Baptism . . .

Last Supper Worship of the Lamb . . .

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In the Crucifixion the figure of Christ was a design that had been used before. It wa.s done for Amington, :VVarwickshire, in I864, but the Angels surrounding the Cross and the figures of St. Mary and St. John were new and had been specially designed for this window.

The Nativity had been used before, and was often repeated in the firm's windows of early date. It was first designed for Amington in I864.

The Baptism was new, as were the Last Supper .and the Worship of the Lamb.

The designs for the Chorus Angelorum I and 2 were afterwards finished as water-colour drawings. I remember them being sold at Christie's some years ago, when they were bought by a Dublin dealer whose name I cannot at the moment recall.

The cartoons for the Baptism, the Nativity, the Last Supper and the Worship of the Lamb are in the Birmingham Art Gallery.

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The two other designs in the window are by W )lliam Morris.

They are the Men of Galilee gazing up to Heaven (Acts I, g-1 1) and the three Maries at the Sepulchre. Both designs were often used in the early days of the firm : sometimes, as at Brighton, the design of the three Maries was altere'rl to fill two lights.'

On receipt of these particulars I wrote again to Mr. Holliday asking him two more questions. To these he most kindly replie~ as follows : ' I believe the designs for the Chorus Angelorum 1 and 2 were used only in your Cl1apel~at any rate, I have never found them elsewhere.

The Worship of the Lamb I found at Gatcombe in the Isle of Wight, but that, as far as I know, is the only place where the design has been repeated.'

Photographs of the water-colours of the Chorus Angelorum can be obtained from Mr. Frederick Hollyer, 9 Pembroke Square, Kensington.

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THE VOICELESS SINGERS. Each shrouded deep in gloom we brood alone.

The tremulous, swift moments rush apace Like frail, transparent wings across our face; Yet still we sit gazing, with eyes like stone, Before us blind. Something within us cries, Cries everlastingly like a small child, Till all our thoughts grow vagabond ¡and wild, And limitless and awful like the skies.

The world heeds not our inarticulate cry, Our life work weak and ineffectual.

Still cries within us what we caJ].not tell, Nor shall not till across the quivering sky, Unloosed from earth, we sweep like fire and swell The chords of the triumphal harmony.

J.F'.B.

SEA-WATER. The long ,dark rollers .showed white-capped in .the gathering dusk of the northern afternoon. Overhead the sky was wrapped in dark, threatening clouds. The south-easter hummed shrilly through the taut rigging , blowing an occasional puff of sulphurous oil smoke across the narrow destroyer bridge. The foc'sle gleamed wet below, and the look-out had retired from the eyes of

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZ;INI!: the ship. She was pitching badly, screwing her sharp bows into the water like a whippet at a rag, shivering as she ascended, trembling with the muffied power of the turbines.

A tall wave licked up across the bow and flung a shower of spray over the bridge screens. To starboard a little steam drifter was making bad weather of it, with her mizzen set to hold her head up to the wind, the smoke from her tall funnel running parallel to the dim horizon. Another sea brok'e over the foc'sle, and the drenched bridge shed streams of sea-water over the unfortunate signalmen.

I saw my relief struggling, wet and savage, along the waist of the ship, holding hard to a life-line, and I gratefully prepared myself for the warmth of the ;stove below.

I came forth from the light into the blackness of chaos again.

I steadied myself against a shroud of the mainmast as an encroaching wave swirled round my sea-boots, and I gave thanks for their protection. A moment later we began to alter cours¡e. The steering engine panted its wrath below as the quartermaster put the helm over; the ship swung slowly to starboard, hung for a moment, and then lurched over on her beam-ends. With the same steady movement she righted herself, and rolled over to starboard. A towering sea broke over her, shaking her very entrails.

I was buffeted against the deck-house, but as she shook herself free from the water began to make my way forrard on the life-line.

We held on across the storm, rolling horribly. Everything was battened down, as sea after sea swept over the decks or thudded on the superstructure forrard.

The bridge was constantly awash, and spouted waterfalls down the ladders. All was in darkness, and the instruments were swathed in canvas to protect them from injury. Only a tight hold on the stanchions made it possible to stand up. The deck was clear, everything movable having long ago parted, and there was no place for man there with the mighty seas rushing over. A few seamen, drenched despite their muffiing oilskins, crouched before the foremast, trying in vain to keep wet pipes alight a'n d to maintain a conversation in shouts.

The storm was a little abated, but still promised to last. I had to struggle with the hatch-cover to my cabin, and . when I had opened it could not close it again, for which I soon had reason to be th~nkful, as the atmosphere below was unbearable. Oil was oozing up. from the valves of the tank below, and spread an ill-

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smelling- brown stream over the deck, where my clothes, br ushes, boots and instruments Jay scattered amid overturned chairs. At length I reached my bunk and, stowing what clothes I removed in the book-case, turned in under a rug and oilskin. Sleep, how. ever, would not come. The din of the engine-room w;:ts ever in my ear, the smashing of the waves as they raced past the tightlyclosed portholes. At every roll of the ship the debris on the deck clattered from side to side. I noticed that my deck-chair seemed always the first to bring up with a crash against bulkhead or locker, to be followed by a dozen other collisions each of which had its own distinctive noi se. Then, as every sea swirled overhead, I could hear a cascade pouring down the hatchway. Soon the lapping- of water was joined to the myriad other sounds in the cabin, and the lighter articles began to float. At length everything- was afloat, and with the clatter thus subdued I fell asleep.

I was awakened at four by an oath in the dar.kJness. It was from the sub. I was to relieve, who had slipped dow.n the ladder into two feet of water and muttered curses as he groped for the electric light switch.

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TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH. Empty is lifeA little love, A little strife, Then on we move.

Short are our days, Our hopes but fewFew dreams amaze Us. Then adieu.

G.V.C.

AN IMPRESSION. ' A step, a single step, that fr¡e ed me from the skirts of blind vapour, opened to my view glory beyond g-lory ever seen.'

E had ascended above the thick banks of cotton-wool cloud and were enveloped in a humid mist of varying thickness throug'h which from time to time we were presented with wondrous views. . In front and below us, through gaps in this white fog-, appears the silvery glassiness of a deep lake under the rays of the evening- sun, with the sparkling- sea above ~t, far away

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on the horizon. Looming up behind the banks of cloud as if in a world of their own, two twin peaks jut out into the heavens with their cairns conspicuously silhouetted, worthy altars for the gods.

In ati opposite direction, a mighty 'crag on one :side, and a range of lofty fells .on the other, enclose a rough and foan1ing sea of vapour. But no\v the mist around us thickens so that nothing can "be seen but folds of fleecy cloud . rushing past us in endless succession. So farewell, 'unimaginable sight,' which comes· t'o mari not often.

F. BucHANAN.

A CHRONOCRAM. SANCTVs :EnMVNnVs HVIVs AVLAE LVX. St. Edmund of Abingdon was canonized In the year 1246~

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L'INFELICE LODOVICO PETRUCCI CAVALIERE.

A BOUT the -year I6IO 'Ludoviso Petrucci or a Petruccioli, or .fl. as _he ~ri_tes himself, Ludovi_cus Petr'lfccius in felix Eques/ was ent~red a .Commoner of the Hall.

Little is known of him, .and tl;lat -little is derived from his own writings: of these the main source · of information is a curious medley of verses entitled 'Roccolta d' Alcune Reine de Cavaliere Ludovico· Petrucci, N a bile Toscamo.' This collection was published at Oxford in 1613-too late to celebrate the wedding of Frederick, elector Pala'tine, to the Princess Elizabeth, as poor Petrucci had intended. He was ever. unfortunate.

Accordio.g to his own account, he was the son of one Aridante Petrucci, or Petruccioli, a Tuscan noble, who had fought against the Turks and who had died of wounds received at the siege of Castel Nuovo. Foliowing the military . care~r of his father, Ludovico abandoned the study of letters for the profession of arms. In other words__:__the words of Anthony Wood-before he had made proficiency in academicals, he became a soldier of fortune. Yea• ~ of intense misery followed. Ret1ouncirig Roman Catholicism..:_fqr what reason it is impossible to say-he was condemned by the I'riquisition, and lay four years in the prison of Padua. The cruelty of the · Paduan Inquisitor, however, · was somewhat mitigated by the charm of the Duke Grimani's daughter, who visited the unhaP-PY ,m_a n in prisol). .. ,

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Released from the surveillance of the Holy Office, Petrucci entered the service of the Venetian Republic, which at that time was waging war against the Infidel ; and we next hear of him in Crete, where, in r6o2, he is a sergeant-major¡ of the Venetian garrison under the great Benedetto Taiapeiera. Quitting the service of the Republic, Petrucci entered the Imperial army and fought once more against the Turk in Hungary, at first under Count Sulma and then under Ferdinand de Kolonitsch. For some time he appears to have been stationed in Prague, and although the Thirty Years' War had not yet broken out, the young Condottiere already perceived ominous signs 6f the approaching struggle : Uncle ego in Austricias redeuns miserabilis oras, Dum mala Matthiam et Rudolphum iurgia vexant, Certus eram dubii ten.tare pericula belli.

Quitting Hungary, he joined the service of the Prince of Brandenburg and Neuburg. At length Petrucci seems to have grown tired of the gaudy glory of war. He resigned his commissions, and for some reason: or other left the Continent and crossed over to England. He does not say whether his meeting with ¡ Englishmen at Dusseldorf affected his decision. Coming to Oxford, armed with a letter of recommendation from the Earl of Pembroke, this e~-condottiere was admitted to the Hall. In token of his proper z'eal for study, it may be noted that he was 'entered at the Public Library' early in r6r r. He later migrated to Balliol.

Altogether he spent five years or so as a member of the University, and Wood remarks in his favour that he 'frequented the prayers and sacraments according to the Church of England.'

The University at this period was being r:ent by the fiery controversies of rival theol'?gical schools. Freedom of speech, even in the smallest degree, did not exist. Wood tells of a certain 'young forward Bachelour of Trinity College who let drop some treasonable passages in his disputations at Austen's and was forced to recant publickly.' This happened the year before Petrucci's arrival in Oxford. In r6rr great care was taken by the new Chancellor, Lord Ellesmere, ' to use aJ\ good means to discover and find out all such as shall justly be suspected to be addicted or inclined to Popery or Puritanism, and not to suffer any such to h1rk or hide themselves in or near this famous University.'

Suspicion lurked everywhere.

Sma:ll wonder if Petrucci, whose foreign accent and lack of English may have aroused the curiosity of the vulgar, began to be :;useected by the doctors of the lJ~iversity of being a :Papist 1

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or at least of being ' addicted to Popery.'

Wood relates how that, after several objections had been made against him, he was asked to leave Oxford : ' Such were the jealousies of the Puritannical party in the University.' Petrucci attributes the suspicion cast upon him to the machinations of the Jesuits-a stock charge of the day-but it is more probable that it came, not from his enemies, but from his friends.

The exact year of his departure is uncertain. His own ' Oratio qua:ndo statui relinqu.ere Academiam ' is unfortunately undated.

He can scarcely have left before r6rs, for Robert Abbott, who was Master of Balliol during Petrucci's residence at that college, and who left the University in that year ta become Bishop of Salisbury, writes of Petrucci in a prefatory note to the Apologia. as quinquennium a.ut circiter Oxoniae tempore nostro commoratus.'

The wording of the 'Exemplar Testimonii Aula S. Edmundi' would suggest that Petrucci was still in residence when Abbott left Oxford in r615. He was probably still in residence at the time of the death of Dr. George Rivers, Warden of New College, in memory of whom Petrucci wrote some verses. · In his Apologia published in London in 1619, Petrucci took egregious pains to prove to the University authorities his unswerving loyalty to Church and State. To this end certificates from various dignitaries literally permeate his rather miscellaneous writings, and it is from these certificates that we gather the fragmentary evidence of his life at the University.

At that time the Hall was under the charge of Dr. John. Rawlinson, formerly Fellow of St. John's .College, who became Principal in the year of Petru~ci's arrival at Oxford. Whether or not the latter was out of favour with the Principal is uncertain, but it is noticeable that in none of the ' certificates does · the Principal'·s name appear. Not so, however, with the Vice-Principal, Anthony Richardson, whose signature appears with others a't the foot of a certificate which purports to testify to Petrucci's noble lineage, orthodoxy, and virtue. In this document it is explained that the number of undergraduates at the Hall was small. In another certificate, signed in this case by Rudolph Frekeand Henry Rannisford, Masters, and published with other testimonials in the Apozo._ gia, we learn that Petrucci was (then) resident four years at Oxford, that he abhorred Popery, that he regularly attended church , and that he demeaned himself becomingly and virtuously. Among the remaining certificates there is a copy of one signed by a certain Enrico Pergulirro, .Chancellor of the .S yndic of Petigliano,. Pet-

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rucci's native town. This certifies Petrucci's ancient ancestry; it is written in Italian, and is dated r6oo. His writings form a curious farrago, and Wood, who knew them, states bluntly that it appears ' that the author was an unsettled man and delighted, as it seems, in rambling.'

Of the actual circumstances of his departure from Oxford Petrucci tel.ls us nothing. In r6r9 he was in prison in the Fleet.

Thence he issued his ApologiUJ. It gives the impression of a wrecked career, of a life without purpose and without hope: 'Vale mi Domine,' he wept, 'va:le benigissima, sanctissima, et in aeternum foelicissima mea Mater Academia!' And with that, so far as history is concerned, he dies.

R.L.H.

SOCIETIES, 1924.

DEBATING SOCIETY. HILARY TERM, 1924·

President: G. SAYLE. Vice-Presid;ent : R. L. Secretary: F. · BucHANAN.

HILL.

In spite of the fact that the Hall in general continued to evince no very enthusiastic desire to attend debates, the meetings were not entirely devoid of interest. Late in the term a serious attempt fundamentally to alter the constitution of the Society-by reducing its numbers to fifteen-was defeated by a narrow majority.

It is perhaps a rare term that passes without a single maiden speech, yet such was this. Those new members, however, who showed considerable promise during the previous term-notably E. M. Fitch, C. D. Smith, A. L. Clegg and A. E. Hill-spoke fairly regularly, and continued to develop and improve their style.

The first three questions for debate reflected the extreme reactionary views. of the President ; views, however, not shared by the Society, which voted strongly in favour of further evolution, against a return to the Victorian Age, and, with the help of the Vice-Principal (who was the guest of the Society at the third meeting of the term) in approbation of the Renaissance.

In the next two meetings, the House was able to demonstrate its Conservatism, by rejecting motions in favour of abolition of the monarchy and of private property (the latter at a joint debate with St. -Hugh's College). It suffered a relapse in the first debate

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of the term, when it put its faith in the existing (Labour) Government, probably in deference to C. R. de Gruchy, of Jesus College, an ex-President of the Universities' Labour Federation, who was the guest of the Society.

On the whole an· enjoyable term.

G.S. MICHAELMAS, 1924.

President: R. L. HILL. Vice-President: Secretary: E. M . FITCH.

J. F.

HoPKINSO!If.

Following an. excellent example set by a long line of ex-Presidents, the Society has been engaged this term in the discussion of more or less serious motions. · E:xper)ence has taught the wisdom of adhering to the axiom that whereas a deliberately comic subject is apt to be precisely what it suggests, a . serious subject will never restrain spontaneous wit. And that this policy has proved an entire success may be inferred from the fact that the more ponderous type of humourist-to whom a bad tradition once accorded the monopoly of College Debating Societies-has faded into oblivion to give place to his more serious, and yet more witty, nephew of the Statistical Age. A considerable number of motions debated this term have been commenced with questions of sociology and public morals.

Undoubtedly the most successful, as well a s the most brilliant, debate of th~ term was that on a motion for a reform of the existing Divorce Laws. A joint debate was held with Lincoln College Debating Society. In the course of this debate modern morality was duly examined without a single acknowledgment either to Nietzsche or to Mrs. Nesta Webster.

Some attempt has been made to invite visitors from the Union · or from the various political clubs to speak. at the debates, and their valuable contribution to the discussions has been much appreciated by the Society.

During the term the Debating Society h.a s enjoyed the wholehearted support of the Hall. Members have realized the importance to the body politic of increased rhetorical activity.

The spirit of intellectual levity-that die-hard relic of the Lower Fourth~has utterly deserted us; and best of all, the Freshmen, several of whom have already made promising speeches, seem determined to continue the high standard of deba.t e which has characterized the term.

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THE/ ESSAY SOCIETY. HILARY TERM, 1924.

President: G. A.

JoHNSON.

There was some divergence of opinion in this term as to the length which was suitable for an essay. In the beginning the President deprecated the literary tradition which had seized the Society, and to which he had himself contributed in the pre~ious term; it was not the presence of style, but the choice of subject which was to be criticised. This served as an introduction to a rather more vivid programme, including ' Auto-Suggestion,' 'The Future of Civilization;' 'Humour,' 'Fascism,' and 'Buddhism,' with only one essay of exclusively literary interest. J. E. Flecker's life and style were analysed_at some length by W. R. M. Chaplin, an evident devotee. ' Humour,' as a serious contribution, was received with great incredulity ; the vagueness with which the subject was enshrouded was ruthlessly torn away by the Society and some astonishing conclusions were reached. R. L. Hill's essay on civilization was much appreciated ; without being an optimist, he was not intensely pessimistic; he exhibited certain bogies and powers behind the throne, but carefully concealed the rusty chains by which they hung from their ancient gibbets.

R. L. Hill was elected president for the Michaelmas term. S. Iguchi, G. St. V . Thackeray, J . F . Hopkinson, and F. W. Benton were elected new members.

G.A.J. MicHAELMAS, 1924.

President : R. L.

HILL.

The term began with an excellent paper by A. E. Ellis on the subject of ' Social Patasitism,' which he treated with lucidity and almost distressing candour. He put forward a fearless thesis which the Society greatly appreciated. On October 26th J. F. Bleasdale made known the existence of Ernest Dowson, whose charming verses he treated with sympathy. The following week a well-balanced essay on ' Prohibition in Amreica ' was read by E. M. Fitch; and at the next meeting F. Buchanan read a pleasing review of the life and work of Jane Austen. The power Gf graphic description is: certainly an accomplishment of J. F. Hopkinson's, who recounted a thrilling tale of Border Raids in the days of Black Douglas and the Percies. At the last meeting of the term S. Iguchi dealt ably with the racial problem of the East. On this occasion A. E. Ellis was elected President for the next term.

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THE THOMAS HEARNE, SOCIETY. HILARY TERM, 1924.

President: G.

SAYLE.

Secretary: G. A.

JOHNSON.

The term was, on the whole, disappointing. The funds were very low, and it was decided to ,employ a new scheme of hiring plays at 25% of cost, instead of loading the Society with useless lumber as formerly. The plan worked quite well, and at the end of the term there was a substantial balance, which would have proved useful to the new officerS! had it-not been for an unforseen occurrence in the Trinity Term-a joint meeting with the Home Students. ' Unfortunately there was some delay in gettin'g the plan into execution, and only four plays were read : 'The Trojan Women,' :'Outward Bound,' 'The Lady of Belmont,' and 'Our Betters.' Some of the readings were poor, especially in point of attendance ; but ' Outward Bound ' was a great success. It was decided during the term that, as a saving of expense, cardS! should not be printed as hitherto, at least for that term.

G.A.J. MICHAELMAS, 1924¡

President: G. A.

JOHNSON.

Secretary: G.

St.

V.

THACKERAY.

Th~ Society -made the best of a not too brilliant series of plays, the choice proceeding on lines of rejection rather than of selection. Owing to the limitation involved in dealing with sm;Ul local shops, the Society decided to order its plays from Mr. W. J. Bryce, London, where at equal cost a much larger selection of _plays was available. The Society read' A Roof and Four Walls,'

by Temple Thurston; Three Plays (~cond Series), by ' A. A. Milne, including ' The Great Broxopp,' ' The Dover Road,' and ' The Truth about Blaydes ' ; ' Magic,' by G. K. Chesterton ; and J. M. Synge's 'Playboy of the Western World.' Of these, the A. A. Milne plays seemed the most popular. The reading of ' The Playboy of the Western World ' was greatly enlivened by the Irish accent of the members who had frequented the Playhouse. P. J. Sandison was elected a member to fill the place of A. R. Clark, who withdrew from the Society. The repeated absence of A. L. Clegg resulted in his resignation. The Society elected G. St. V. Thackeray president and ]. F. Bleasdale secretary for next term. .

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JOHN OLDHAM SOCIETY. HILARY TERM, 1924¡ President: . W. H. HINDLE. Secretary: E. G. RowE. The meetings held in the Hilary Term were not quite so enthusiastically attended as those of the previous term. ' Hassan ' and ' She Stoops to Conquer,' however, were extremely successful. Ibsen's 'Ghosts' and Karel Capek's 'R.U.R.' were also read. The plan was adopted of allotting parts before the actual meetings, and proved more .satisfactory than the previous rather hap-hazard system. At the end of the term E. G. Rowe and L. N. Harvey were elected President and Secretary respectively for the Michaelmas Term; and J. G. Coghlin and F. B. Wesley were the new members elected to replace A. R. H. Morris and C. Smart.

MICHAELMAS TERM, 1924.

President: E. G. RowE.

Secretary: L. N. HARVEY.

Owing to the resignation, at the very beginning of term, of W. A. H. Green and A. D. Yates, it was decided to depart from customary methods of election, and to .elect two members to fill their places at once. The gentlemen elected were R. L. Franks and J. H. A. Rusbridger. .

The play-reading during the term was a distinct success, the best receptions being accorded to 'Mr. Pim Passes By' . and 'Our Betters.' For some time there has been a disinclination amongst the Society to read the well-known 'classic' English plays, and at the .s hort business meeting held at the end of the term all the plays chosen for next term were modern. To fill the places of members going down, H. A. Triffitt and H. Cloke were elected. The officers for next term are : President, L. N . Harvey; Secretary, J. G. Coghlin.

L.N.H. MUSICAL SOCIETiY. Evidences of this .S ociety's existence during its first year have been neither numerous nor striking. A delightful pianoforte recital

by N. C. Suckling, of Queen's, and a concert given by members formed the two meetings of Hilary Term. ¡At both of these the attendance was poor. During; the Trinity Term the sole object of our efforts was the Eights W.eek Concert. The Society contri-

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buted four of the Sea Shanties (Richard Terry's collection), and these were very heartily rendered-perhaps more heartily than artistically.

For our first meeting of the Michaelmas Term we were very fortunate in securing a pianoforte recital by Dr. Ernest Walker.

A good number of members attended and greatly enjoyed it. Dr. Walker's programme was a chronological series of short pieces from Scarlatti to Debussy and Scriabin. The Society organised a Smoking Concert for the Hall; it took place on the last Monday of term.

D.E.H.

CLUBS, 1924.

THE BOAT CLUB. HILARY AND TRINITY TERMS.

Captain : H. A.

BLAIR.

Secretary: G. A.

PLAXTON.

At the beginning of the Hilary Term the Torpid looked rather uncouth but showed signs of some promise. Owing to a failure to get a coach from outside, the coaching was done by the Boat Club officials. By the time Torpids Week arrived, the boat was excellently together, if inclined to be short. On the first day we had very bad luck; ~ 7' collapsed at the Free Ferry, and although he had partially recovered at the Gut, his rowing had naturally gone to pieces. It was an extremely creditable performance on the part of the rest of the crew that they were not bumped by Lincoln II. The doctor pronounced '7's' collapse due to nerves, so he risked rowing again. On the second night we caught St. Catharine's at the Willow on the Green Bank, and on the third we caught Wadham ·II just before the Boathouse. On the fourth day, after Sunday's rest, '7' had recovered to a great extent; B. N.C. II, however, through bad coxing, took us very little farther than Weir's Bridge; we ~hould in any case have caught them before the Gut. St. John's II failed to get their bump on Jesus, having caught two crabs, and so on the fifth day we were robbed. of our bump by John's II catching Jesus early in the race. On the sixth day we went steadily up on Jesus from the start, and caught them most convincingly just before the Gut. Four bumps were more than ·we could have expected with two ·pieces of bad luck, and it was a most creditable performance on the part of the crew ..

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CHARACTERS OF THE CREW.

Bow. ]. W. BLAIR.

A weak and rather lifeless oar, with a pretty swing forward though a poor finish; a hard trier.

2.

D. E. HAVERGAL. Undoubtedly lively, but singularly unsteady. He has a queer rhythm of his own which he follows, and which often fails to correspond with that of stroke.

He works hard, but does not exercise enough mental concentration to correct his faults.

3路 E. ROYLE.

Until three days before the races he had shown little improvement, but then he began to improve fast. Quite a pretty oar, though slow and unsteady; worth his place in the races.

4路

J.

F. BLEASDALE. He cultivated a singularly detached method of rowing, and to the casual observer appeared to keep time entirely by intuition. In spite of this his time-keeping was good and his ' beginning ' effective, but his ' finish ' was extremely weak and short. When it occurred to him, he worked as hard as anyone. A very cheerful person on the training table.

5路 L. D. HENDERSON.

A very hearty, if rather clumsy, oar; he was rather slow at the beginning, but his finish, though very awkward, was effective. He also was a delightful person to have on the training table. One of the hardest workers in the boat.

6. T. H. HoRSFIELD. A thoroughly sound and conscientious oar.

In spite of numerous faults, he was the most useful man in the boat, and combined self-possession admirably with hard work. In was due to him, together with ' 5 ' and ' 4,' that we were not bumped on the first day of the races.

7路 F. W. BENTON.

In training he improved considerably. After his collapse on the first day he was naturally of little use as far as work was concerned ; however, hy the end of the week he had recovered some of his lost form.

Stroke. B. P. MoHAN. A good stroke, but not a good oar. He rowed extremely pluckily, and gave the crew plenty of life during the races; he spurted very creditably for every bump. His faults were a tendency to ' clip his finish ' and to miss about three inches of his beginning, Without his leadership the crew would not have done nearly so well as they did.

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Cox. J. F. HoPKINSON had had sufficient_ experience in rowing to be a sound cox, and was quite good at using his voice; he steered very sound courses throughout.

The Eight started to go out shortly after Torpids. We had secured A. R. Armitage (B.N.C.) to coach us, and he started at once. The crew stayed up late in the Hilary Term for practice.

SUMMER TERM. On the Tuesday before term the Eight came up, and was settled before a week of the term had passed. The order and selection of men w.as done almost entirely by Armitage, who was very cheerful and delightful as a coach. By the dme Eights Week arrived we were all quite hopeful.

On the first day we went up on Oriel II, but failed to spurt sufficiently at the Free Ferry to catch them, and they bumped Trinity II along the Green bank. On the second day we went up on Trinity II, and were overlapping at the Gut (as photos testify).

However, we missed them, and swung on to the wrong side; we were then bumped by Pembroke II. O_n the third day we narrowly missed re-bumping Pembroke II, but we bumped them on the fourth day at Weirs Bridge. On the fifth day our starter failed to hold the boat, and Pembroke were within a length ot' us when we got off, also we started with the boat drifting backwards. We all lost our heads, and were re-bumped. On the last day we were bumped by John's II in the Gut, for some unknown reason, and finished bottom. A thoroughly disappointing, and perhaps a little unlucky, week.

CHARACTERS OF THE EIGHT. His faults on a fixed seat were accentuated on a slide, especiaUy as regards his finish, at which he usually caught badly.

Bow•. J. W . BLAIR.

2.

D. E . HAVERGAL. Very unsteady. He does not bring all his mind to bear upon the curing of his faults, and consequently he improved slowly. He works hard.

3· L. D. HENDERSON. Quite one of the hardest workers in the boat ; but he starts by adopting a hunched position, and therefore never gets full value for his work. Inclined to be stiff and clumsy.

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learn that paddling may be quite as hard work as rowing.

Inclined to let things go when the boat went badly.

5路 G. SAYLE. Much of what has been said of 路' 4' applies equally to him. His work is confined mainly to a ' lug ' in the middle of the stroke ; tried hard during races.

6. C. A. PLAXTON. Excepting stroke, quite the best oar in the boat. His faults are a tendency to ' catch ' with his arms at the beginning and to show a rather light finish. If the rest of the boat had concentrated as much as he, we should not have gone down ~

7.- H. A. BLAIR (captain).

Stroke. vV. R. M. CHAPLIN.

An excellent oar, but disappointing

in practice ; not a stroke.

Cox. G. V. CARLIN.

Uses his voice well, and sits very steadily in the boat. He steered less well in Eights Week than he had hitherto, and hardly fulfilled his last year's promise.

H. A.B. MICHAELMAS TERM,

Captain : C. A. PLAXTON.

1924.

Secretary : L. D. HENDERSON.

This term has been remarkable for the increased spirit of enthusiasm for the Boat Club throughout the Hall: it has been a great encouragement to every one. at 'the river. Of the 32 Freshmen, 22 gladly came down and submitted themselves, with the result that it was possible to put on four crews for the Mawdesley 路Fours-considerably above the average. There was some good racing , though in each case it was the crew which had the Oxford side which won. The following crew was the winner : -

Bow. H. B. Linton.

2. G. H. Franey.

3路 J. W. Ford.

Str. P. S. Sprent.

Cox. H. W. Palmer.

The chief event of the term, however, was the putting on of a four for the Senior Clinker Challenge Cup, for the fi,rst time in the history of the Boat Club. We were fortunate in obtaining the services of the Rev. E. A. Berrisford of Queen's as coach, and there is no doubt that under his care the Four improved beyond recogmt10n. In the actual races, which were changed this year into time races owing to the heavy :s tream, the Hall were perhaps unfortunate in drawing New College I and also the back station. In spite of a bad start, the boats were practically level

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both at Weirs Bridge and at the Freewater Stone. In the Gut, New College gained about three-quarters of a length, but lost it again up the Green Bank. At the Red Post it was still a level race, but New College, as 'SOOn as they got out of the stream above the O.U.B.C., forged ahead and won ;m exciting race by a little over two lengths. The Hall Four consisted of:Bow. D. E. Havergal. ~· C. A. Plaxton.

3· H. A. Blair.

Str. C. Lummis.

Cox. H. W. Palmer.

There is no doubt that the extra racing experience and coaching was very valuable indeed, and that it was well worth while putting on a crew. During the last fortnight of term a prospecG.A.P. tive Torpid crew went out daily.

CRICKET CLUB. TRINITY TERM, 1924·

Captain : V. W. MILES. Secretary : W. H. M. BRANSTON. Bad weather played the most important part in cricket this season. From this cause, no less than nine matches ·had to be scratched. Our record does not look imposing-played xo, won 3, drawn 3, lost 4· Our only justification is that colleges this year paid us the compliment of turning out full first elevens against us instead of 'A' teams as formerly. The standard of cricket in the Hall is undoubtedly improving, and there is cause for expecting much better results next summer. Owing to the wet season, averages are no indication of merit; it is enough to say that there was little to choose between number one batsman and number eleven. The bowling was in the · same position. Congratulations to W.. H. M. Branston on receiving a Seniors' Trial. W . H. M. Branston has been elected Captain. for next season and F. W,. L. Evans Secretary.

V. W. M. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB. HILARY TERM,

Captain: V. W.

MILES.

1924.

Secretary: L. N.

HARVEY.

As the championship of the Third Division of the League had been won in the preceding term, we arranged a more ambitious fixture list than usual, with the object of gaining experience for our debut in the Second Division during the coming Michaelmas Term. We played .14 matches, won .8, lost 5, and drew 1. Un-

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fortunate enough to draw B. N.C., the cup-holders, m the · first round of the Cup, we succumbed by one goal to five. Our opponents again won the cup, so that we were by no means disgraced by the defeat.

Two new fixtures w~re made during the term-the University College, Reading, and St. Alban's F.C., London. The former we vanquished on their own ground ; the match with the· latter was a ·draw, ten goals being divided.

V. W. Miles was ag.a in a prolific scorer, netting 25 of the 31:! goals scored by the Hall. He is to be . congratulated on being elected to the University Centaur Club. During the term colOUfS .wen~ awarded to G. C. Smith, J . H. A. Rusbridger, and C. Smart.

V.W.M .

MICHAELMAS TERM,

1924.

Captain: v. w~ MILES. Sec·r etary: L. N. HARVEY. This term was a most successful one. We rose to the third place in the Second Division, and had luck been with us we might have entered the First Division. Our League record is : Goals Played. Won. Drawn. Lost. Points. For. Agst.

10

7

2.

IS

25-IO

In non-League matches we quite held our own with ·First Divi· sion and other teams. H. Cloke has been awarded his colours.

The goals were mainly scored by V. W. Miles (32) and L. N. Harvey (8). We have drawn Lincoln in the Cup, and look forward to a very fine game.

The officers for next term are: Captain, L. N. Harvey; Secretary, H. J. A. Rusbridg·e r.

V.W.M.

RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB. HILARY TERM, 1924.

Carptain: W.

H. M. BRANSTON.

Secretary : F.

BucHANAN.

After the promisi~g form displayed during the Michaelmas Term, this term, on the whole, proved rather disappointing. Injuries and the influenza. epidemic prevented us from putting into the field a full team in any match, and lack of efficient reserves handicapped us severely.

In the ordinary college games we were, however, fairly successful, but we weFe quite· overwhelmed in the Cup Tie against Jesus. This was due entirely to the absolute impotence of the backs,' who were without the . inv·a luable help "of E. C. Lamb, and who were further weakened

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by mJuries during the game. The forwards, however, played magnificently, and not only held, but often beat, a pack which had . the reputation of being one of the strongest in the University.

During the term colours were awarded to C. Lummis, G. A. Johnson, J. H. A. Rusbridger, and F. H. Robbs.

W.H.M.B. MICHAELMAS TERM,

Captain-F.

1924.

Se•c retary-F.

BucHANAN.

H. RoBBS.

The Rugby side this term has maintained itself excellently under the circumstances in which it has been placed. There are not so many players in the Hall as there were last year, and many of those· who do play are frequently required for other sports, so that it has not yet been possible to put the best side into the field.

Of the eight matches which have been played, three have been won and five lost.

The forwards occasionally show signs o~ last year's form, a standard they should reach by the time of the Cup Tie. They require, however, much more pace, more precision at marking in the line-outs, and more decided tackling abilities.

The back! division is weak both in defence and attack. But it showed respectably agg.r essive qualities in the match against Mag· dalen 'A' XV, owing largely to the half-back play of M. A. McCanlis and L. W. Dodd, who opened out the game in a way which has not been equalled this year.

M. A. McCanlis has been elected a member of the Greyhounds and played in the team which beat the University. He has also played for Blackheath and regul.arly for Kent.

F. B.

HOCKEY CLUB. HILARY AND MICHAELMAS TERMS,

Cap·t ain: W. F.

1924·

192·3-24.

Secretary: D. S. P.

INGRAM CorroN.

NoAKES.

1 924-25.

Captain: D. S. P.

NoAKES.

Secreta1ry: L. O'S.

BEERE.

The Hilary Term, 1924, was on the whole successful.

It proved that hockey had come · to stay in the Hall, and laid permanent foundations for its future. In the eup Tie · we ·drew Oriel irt the first round. We played them on their ··own ground, and achieved the satisfactory win of s-::z. In the second round

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we met the House, and though we held them to half-time (2-2), we failed to hist out and were defeated by z--8. During the term I I matches were played, 6 won, 4 lost, I drawn. The aggregate of goals was 52 for and 44 against. We have to congratulate J. E. A. Bye on obtaining the first Hockey Half-Blue the Hall has had. Colours were awarded to F. B. Wesley.

The Michaelmas Term, 192 4, was the most successful Hockey term the Hall has known. J. E. A. Bye was elected Hon. Sec. of the 0. U.H.C. The Hockey Club received two useful Freshmen in D. · K. Daniels and G. H. Aldis, both of whom played in the Freshmen's and Final Trials. D. K. Daniels was a.\varded his Occasional Hockey Colours. During the term fifteen matches were played, I I won and 4 lost. The aggregate of goals was : so for, 25 against .

Colours were awarded to F. W. L. Evans.

L.O'S.B. ATHLETIC CLUB. HILARY TERM, I924.

Cap.tain----.E. G. RowE.

Secretary-W. H.

TAYLOR.

Our performance in the Inter-Collegiate Sports was disappomting. In spite of the fact that the team comprised several promising competitors, only two gained a place in a ny event.

E. G. Rowe tied for second place in the High Jump, while N. B. Trenham obtained fourth place in Putting the \Veig ht. This gave us a total of only two and a half points, so that we failed to pass into the semi-final.

During the term Taylor ran in the Half-mile in the University Sports, and also represented the University in Cross-Country races against the Army and against Ranelagh.

Poor as these results may be, members of the Club have gained considerably in experience, which will be of u se next year.

W. H. Taylor was elected Captain, and G. C. Smith Secretary for the fol!owipg season.

E'. G. R. SWIMMING CLUB. .

TRINITY TJERM,

I924

Captain : "R. L.

HILL.

The ·club has every reason to congratulate itself on a most successful season. Six members of the Hall · joined the 0. U. Swimming Club and obtained facilities for practising in the baths at S't,

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Edward's School. J. F. Bleasdale, after a strenuous term of University swimming, again represented Oxford against Cambridge at the Bath Club. He won a good race as first string in the so Yards in 26 seconds_:_ a recCl'rd-but was unable to save the University from a defeat on points. In water-polo, C. Lummis, who represented the University during the tour, played on two occasions, against Otters and Old Citizens.

In the Inter-College Relay Races the Hall did remarkably well.

In the first heat we beat University College and came second to Queen's. In the final heat, which was won by B.N.C., we tied with New College for second place, beating Queen's, the winners of our first heat, by three yards. The Hall team, which was the :same a'S last year, swam in this order : C. Lummis, R. L. Hill, H. A. Blair, J. F. Bleasdale. The success of the team was in a large measure due to C. Lummis's excellent racing dives and to J. F. Bleasdale's speed.

So many as thirteen entrants swam in the race for the E . J. Matthew Challenge Cup, which was won by C. Lummis-for the third year in succession-with R. L. Hill and H. A. Blair close . behind. The winner's success was due to his combination of finished technique with a skilful use of the Isis current.

R.L.H. LAWN TENNIS CLUB. TRINITY 'f.ERM, 1924

Ca:ptain: A. B.

HoDGSON.

Secretary: F. B.

WESLEY.

This summer of 1924 was even more English than usual : the majority of our matches were scratched. It had been decided at the end of last season that .the sounder policy would be to meet only College First VI's, as a match can only be lost by nine to love. This policy more than justified itself, as the results show. we won 4. lost J, and drew 2. This is certainly the best record the Hall has had for some years.

We were rather fortunate in having five of last year's VI available at the beginning of term. But of these A. P. Kingsley was usually playing for the University, and only represented the Hall in the cup match against Trinity, played on their courts. After one or two changes the team soon settled down. E. G. Price was very steady, and supplied the tenacity which often pulled the first pair through. J. L. Hill could always round off a rally with some pretty scoring stroke. ¡ In the second pair, A. B. Hodgson and J. E. A. Bye were well matched i they are both too 1,meven to be

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good first pair men, but could help each other over the bad patches quite well. F. B. Wesley found a suitable partner in W. A: H. Green, and they won most of their matches.

The popularity of the game made it possible to place a Second VI in the field, and only the weather is to blame that it was not seen oftener.

Colours were awarded to E. G. Price, J. E. A. Bye, and W. A. H. Green. F '. B. Wesley was elected Captain and J. E. A. Bye Secretary for next season., A. B. H.

DEGREES CONFERRED. January 24, 1924.-M.A. : Rev. H. J. Miller, R. S. Foster (in absence.

February 16.-D.D.: Rev. E. E. Yelverton.

March 29.-M.A.: Rev. P. H. Gabb.

May z.-M.A.: Rev. S. A. Howard.

May 24.-M.A.: Rev: F. MdGowan. B.A.: R. B. Burston, R. Phillips.

June Ig.-M.A. : Rev. H. Palmer, Rev. G. H. Sharpe. B.A. : Rev. G. H. Sharpe, F. C. Bazett-Jones.

July 5.-B.A. : C. Smart.

July 23.-B.A. : S. A. Husain, N. B. Trenham.

August 5.-B.A. : E. C. Lamb.

October 16.-B.A.: N . P. Castle, W. A. H. Green, J . L. Hill, A. P. Kingsley, C. Lummis, V. W. Miles, A. R. H. Morris, C. A. Plaxton, R. E. Priestly, D. L. Saberton, H. Turpin.

November 15.-B.A.: E. G. Price.

December 17.-M.A. : R. Sayle.

MATRICULATIONS. HILARY TERM, 1924.

Commoner: S. Iguchi (Tokyo· University of Commerce).

MICHAELMAS TERM. Exhibitioners : G. H. Aldis (Dean Close School).

M. A. McCanlis (C:ranleigh School).

P. J. Sandison (City of London School).

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE Commoners: J. Allan (Trent College).

H. Bagnall (Manchester Grammar School).

D. C. Barker (Whitgift Grammar School).

N. K. Brownsell (Stationers' Company's School).

H. Cloke (Rotherham Grammar School).

A. G. Cooke (Bp. Vesey's Grammar School, Sutton Coldfield).

D. K. Daniels (Kent College, Canterbury).

R. J. Davies (Wrexham County School).

N. Dawson (Bury Secondary School).

L. W. Dodd (Denstone College) .

F. J. Field (Carlisle Grammar School).

R. St. J. Fisher (Worksop College).

A. ¡ J. Foster (Parkstone School).

J. A. Fox (Tonbridge School).

G. H. Franey (Aske's Boys' School, New Cross).

W. D. Gower-Jones (Bolton Church Institute School).

G. E. A. Grigson (St. John's School, Leatherhead).

R. L. Hordern (Hurstpierpoint College).

F. A. J. Lamb (Victoria University, Manchester).

G. P. W. Lamb (West Ham Secondary School).

H. B. Linton (St. Peter's School, York).

J. C. W. Ludlow (Nuneaton Grammar SChool).

D. H. J. Marchant (King Edward VI School, Southampton).

H. J. Mills (Sir W. Turner's School, Redcar).

H. W. Palmer (Magdalen Coilege School, Brackley).

F. G. Reeves (King Edward VI School, Southampton).

F. G. Riley (London University).

P. S. Sprent (Lancing College).

R. F. Yates (St. Peter's School, York).

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