St Edmund Hall Magazine 1925-1926

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St. · Edmund Hall Magazine

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THE HOLYWELL. PRESS, ALFRED STREET

The block used for the small print of the HaJJ appearing on the cover is kindly lent by Mr. E. H. New, of 17 'iVorcester Place, Oxford, from whom the full-plate engraving may be obtained, price one guinea.

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE. DECEMBER, 1925.

Vol. ¡I, No.6.

EDITORS. 1925-6.

J. F. P.

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Editor.

Asst. E.ditor.

BLEASDALE', SANDISON,

DE PERSONIS ET REBUS AULARIBUS. OF

THE UNIVERSITY COMMISSION,

URING the last two years the University and all its constitutent societies have been busy with the revision of their respective Statutes, as a result of the setting up of the Statutory Commission for the University under the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act, 1923. For the Hal.l this task; apart from the work involved, has happ¡ily proved a light affliction. In fact, this opportunity of ~mproving the Statute which was made for the Hall by the University in 1912 and approved by the King in Council in 1913 was welcome, for this Statute had proved deficient in several particulars.

The innovations in the revised Statute most likely to interest Aularians are those' which relate to the vesting and the administration of ' all real and personal property that shall hereafter be given, devised, or bequeathed, or otherwise acquired for the use and benefit of the Hall, or of the members or of any member of it as such.' The constitutional feature which in the eyes of lawyers has distinguished academical Halls from Colleges has been their unincorporateness. Owing to this absence of legal personality, it has been customary for any benefaction made to a Hall to be vested in some corporate society-in the case of our Hall it has been either the University or the Queen's College-to be held in trust. Under the new Statute the Hall will have a body of six Trustees of its own. Provision has also been made for the formation of a Building and Extension Fund and of a Special Reserve Fund. It is probable that the new Statute will come into force during the course of next year. It is to be hoped that the Trustees

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on their appo~ntment may be given an early occasion for the exercise of their functions ' for the use and benefit of the Hall. ' OF APPOINTMENTS.

The very cordi'al congratulations ·of the Hall are due to Viscount Cave, M .A., Hon. D . C.L., the new Chancellor of the University, who by virtue of his office is Visitor of the Hall.

The Principal has been appointed to the Delegacy · for the Training of Teachers and to the Delegacy for Nomination of Candidates for Ecclesiastical Benefices, and so adds two more to his numerous U nivers.ity. appointments. . .

The Senior. Tutor is one of the Pro-Procto~~ for the proctorial year 1925'-6. , OF

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The Officers of the J.C.R. elected for the academical year 1925-6 are: President, R . L. Hill; and Steward, M. A. McCanlis.

C. D . Smith has been appointed Junior Treasurer of the Amalgamated Clubs in succession to F. W. L. Evans.

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CoNGRATULATIONs.

The congratulations of the Hall are due :To the Senior Tutor on his son, J. S. Brewis, scholar of Hertford College, being placed in the First Class in the Final Examination of the Honour School of Mod. History. . ;· To all members of the Hall who ab exarninatoribus honore 'di:gni sunt habiti, but more especially to G. A. Johnson and A. E : Ellis on being placed in the First Class in the Final Examination of the Honour Schools of Mod. History and Natural Science respecti-vely, and to the following on being placed in the · Second Class in their respective Honour Schools: H. A. Blair, M. M. Martin (Theol.), A: R. Clark, R. L. Hill, A. D. Yates (Mod. Hist.), R .' R. Na~trass (Eng! : Lang. and Lit;), C. D . Smith (Hon. Mods.), and A. C. Belchamber (Hon. Math. Mods.).

To A. E. Ellis on being awarded th~ Christopher · ·welch Scholarship i'n Biology.

To the Eight on making four bumps-the best record that a Hall Eight has made since r86g.

To J. F ; Bleasdale on his election as Presid~nt of the Oxford University Swimming Club and on having represented the .Univer-· sity against Cambridge fqr th,e thjrd time, : ,

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To J. E. A. Bye on his election as Captain of the Oxford University Hockey Club.

To R. L. Hill on his election to the Standing Committee of the Oxford Union Society in the Trinity Term and to the Secretaryship in the Michat:lmas Term . . To D. K. Daniels on having played Hockey for the University throughout the Michaelmas Term.

To W. H. Taylor on having run ,-egularly for the University in Cross-Country matches.

To M. A. McCanlis and D. K. Daniels on being elected to tht.

Authentics. , To M. A. McCanlis on having played Rugby Football for the University and for Blackheath.

To C. Lummis on having p,layed Water Polo for the University.

To D. S. P. Noakes on having played Hockey for the University.

To vV. vV. R. Clotworthy on his rendering of the part of Charon in Monteverde's' Orfeo,' which was produced at the Oxford Playhouse at the end of the Michaelmas Term for the first time in England, and on the appreciative references which his singing evoked from musical criti.c s in the Press.

OF THE ScHooLs .

HILARY TERM, 1925.

In L iteris Graecis et Latinis : Class II, C. D. Smith.

Examinatoribu-s Satisfecerunt: Group B.z, A. B. Dex, T. H .

Horsfield.

'J'RINITY TERM.

In Scientia Naturali: Class I, A. E. Ellis (Zoo!.). Class III, B. Barber (Sci. Mach.). Class IV., R. Sim (Zoo!.).

In Sac¡ra Theologia: Class II, H. A. Blair, M. M. Martin.

Class II I, L. O'S. Beere.

In Literis Angiitis: Class II, R. R. Nattrass. Class Ill, F. W. Benton, E. P. Brice, G. V. Carlin, B. P. Mohan, F. B. vVesley. Class IV, G. St. V. R. Thackeray.

In Literis Modernis: Class III, L. N. Harvey, J. L. Hill (in lingua Gallica). Class IV, H. A. Trfffitt.

In Historical Moderna: Class I, G. A. Johnson. Class II, A. R. Clark, R. L. Hill, A. D. Yates. Class III, W . H : M. Branston, C. N. Harpur, D. E. Havergal, J. F. Hopkinson, W. H. Taylor. Class IV, G. Sayle. . •. , ,

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Diplonza in Economics and Political Science : S. Iguchi.

In Schola Disciplinan~m Mathematicarum: Class II, A. C. Belchamber.

E xaminatoribus Satisfecerunt : Group A. I, F. Buchanan. Group B. I, T. H. Horsfield, A. C. Parr, E. Royle, .G. Xavier.

Group B.6, J. W. Blair. Group D, J. B. C. Hor'dern.

Examination in the Theory, History, and Practice of Education: \V. H. Hindle, B.A., C. Lummis, B.A., H. Turpin, B.A. MICHAELMAS, TERM.

Exam·i natoribus Satisfecerunt : Group A. I, F. H. Robbs. Group B.1, A. B. Dex, J. L. Jenkins. Group B.6, J. E. A. Bye. Group D, J. W. Blair, A. B. Dex, J. L. Jenkins.

OF GIFTS.

The best thanks of the Hall are due to the following donors for the gifts which they have generously made ~ A silver Chalice and Paten. has ·been presented by nine members of the Hall : the Rev. R. H. Hawkins, the Rev. A. Sargent, the Rev. P. B. Spriggs, the Rev. F. McGowan, the Rev. E. T. H. Godwin, the Rev. H. Livesey, Mr. A. C. Cooper, the Rev. A. MeL. Murray and Mr. H. G. Eggleton. This Chalice and Paten were designed and executed by Mr. Hart, of Chipping Campden. This very acceptable gift owes its inception to the Rev. H. Livesey.

These vessels are used at the week-day celebrations of Holy Comnmmon.

A festal frontal has been presented by Mr. A. C. COoper in memory of his mother. This very handsome frontal, composed of alternate panels of red and yellow and of white and yellow silk brocade, was designed by Mr. Harold S. Rogers, M.A., F. S. A., and made by Messrs. Watts and Co. Mr. G. N. T. Widdrington has presented 2 salt-cellars, 2 pepper-castors and 2 mustard-pots in. silver.

The Rev. Ganem Simpson, D.D. (formerly Chaplain and Tutor), has presented 2 silver sugar-dredgers on the occasion of his appointment to the Oriel Chair of the Interpretation of Holy Scrip. ture.

Mr. C. E. Baldwin has presented three silver forks, dated I744-5· S. Iguchi has presented a salt-cellar, a pepper-castor and a mustard-pot in s~lver as a gift on going down.

The Rev. K. E. Kirk, B.D., Fellow of Trinity College, has presented two gavels for use at high table.

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OF THE CHAPEL.

Since the beginning of Trini.ty Term there has been a daily celebration of the Holy Communion in Chapel during full term.

This addition to our Chapel Services, which was asked for by undergraduates, is being well supported. During the present term Holy Communion has been celebrated at 8.30 a.m.. on Sundays and at 8. 5 a.m. on week-days, bei"ng preceded on week-days by Matins at 7.50.

The Vice-Principal has presented an Altar-book, printed by the University Press i"n Fell type, for use in Chapel.

IN MEMORIAM. The Hall has to acknowledge with gratitude the generous gift to the Library by Mrs. Mitcheson of 25 books which belonged to her son, Maurice Arundel Mitcheson, who died in December, 1924.

OF THE NEW LIBRARY.

Besides the books presented by Mrs. M!itcheson, the following gifts of books to the Library are gratefully recorded : From. the Author : 'The Place of Reason in Christian Apologetics,' by the Rev. L. Hodgson, Fellow of Magdalen College; and Nestorius's 'The Bazaar of Heracleides,' edited by Mr. G. R. Driver arid the Rev. L. Hodg son , Fellows of Magdalen College.

From. the Author : 'Europe in the Seventeenth Century' and 'Selden's Ad Fletam Dissertatio.' By Mr. David Ogg, Fellow of New College.

From. the Rev. H. W. Butterworth : 'The Times of St. Dunstan. ' The Ford Lectures for 1922.

By the Very Rev. the Dean of Wells.

OF EXHIBITIONERS.

A. E. Ellis was made an honorary Exhibitioner in recognition of his election ¡to the Christopher Welch Scholarship.

An Examination, beginning on Thursday, June 25, was held for the purpose of awarding three E.xhib~tions of the annual value of ÂŁ40. As a result of this Examination the following elections were made:S, D. Mangan 1 Sheffield Central Secondary School (French).

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ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE F. G. Roberts, Market Drayton Grammar School (Modern History).

F. W. Wilson, The Royal Grammar School, Colchester (Modern History).

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EXHIBIT10NS.

The Exhibition Examinations for 1926 will be held as follows : On Tuesday, March r6, and the two following days an Examination will be held for the purpose of awarding two Exhibitions in Modern Languages (EngHsh. or French) of the annual value of £40.

At the same time an Exa mination will be held for the purpose of awarding an Organist Exhibition of the annual value of £35· On Thursday, June 24, and the two following days an Examination will be held for the purpose of awarding two Exhibitions 111 Classics or Modern History of the annual value of £40.

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DAY.

The Rev. J. W. C. Wand, Dean and Fellow of Oriel College, replied to the toast of Floreat ~ ula at dinner in Hall on St. Edmund's Day. On this occasion there were also present, in addition to members in residence, the Rev. Dr. Simpson (formerly Chaplain and Tutor) ; Mr. H. M. Margoliouth (formerly lecturer in English}, Secretary of Faculties; the Rev. D. Armytage, VicePrincipal of the Missionary College, Dorch ester-on-Thames; Mr. R. Sayle, the Rev. H. H. Vickers, Mr. H. C. Ingle, the Rev. F.].

Fish, Messrs. H. A. Blair, C. A. Plaxton, R. E. Priestly, J. B. C. Hordern, F. Buchanan and L. O'S. Beere.

Mrs. Wi.lliams sent a wreath of rosemary for the W tar Memorial, on behalf of the Bishop· of Carlisle and herself, as she ha s done each year.

To mark the day the Rev. R. N. Lawson sent as a donation to the Exhibition Fund for the benefit of a candidate for ordination the amount of an offertory taken in his church at Madeley on St. Edmund's Day. This is a welcome innovation \vhich may commend itself to other Aularian incumbents.

OF NuMBERS.

There a re 98 members of the Hall in residence this term-rs B.A. 's and 83 undergraduates,

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'A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS.'

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HE Dramatic Society produced its first play, 'A New Way to Pay Old Debts,' by Philip Massinger, on February 14th, 1925.

The attendance was bad-chiefly due to the overweening modesty of the players, who publ~cly insisted that the show would be exceedingly bad. In this they were wrong, but the warning had its effect. Modesty is not to be encouraged in any art that has become professionalised.

The lighting arrangements were generally effective, but apparently precarious. The failure of the limelight occasionally left the fore-stage in complete darkness and, without assisting the play, amused the .audience.

The play-bill was attractive and uncommon. The Chaplain must be congratulated upon this, as upon his success in .the more arduous matter of product~on, which was shared, during the later rehearsals, by G. St. V. R. Thackeray. The producers managed to make a good entertainment out of a very poor play. The choice of this for a first play was not altogether sound. It is an artificial comedy based upon fallacies, the diction is strange and unreal to modern ears, and the characters so generalized as to swamp any but a most experienced and talented actor. It is a play of puppets, and it forces puppetry upon the actors.

The Elizabethan costumes were the most charming and effective part of the production.

J. G. Coghlin, who took the most important character, that of Sir Giles Overreach, showed an almost Gallic sympathy with the rant which was the culmination of his part. He was the only member of the cast, except the Chaplain, who flung himself into a serious role regardless of its absurdities. F. D. M. Richards as Frank Wellborn, the theme-character of the play, made a charmingly handsome hero. F. Buchanan wore a black velvet cloak lined with cdmson silk that contrasted well with his fair hair : he added greatly to the spectacular effect of the play. J. F. Bleasdale as the innocent and love-lorn squire was unconvincing : partly because a large amount of his speeches had been cut out, mainly because he looked as if he were apologising for Philip Massinger. H~s bride, Margaret Overreach (played by J. Fox), rewarded her lover with a fixed and fishy stare, her pince-nez having been previously removed ; otherwise she was charming.

The Chaplain, as Marral, sneaked about the stage admirably: the

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adequacy of his acting may be judged from the fact that he made himself thoroughly detested by the audience. Greedy, the hungry Justice, was admirably cast in C. A. ¡ Plaxton. His enthusiasm lightened a dull play and kept the interest of the audience alive.

P. J. Sandison made a nervous and angular Lady AUworth. Of the other characters, R. F. Yates looked realisti.c ally blowzy as Froth, and G. P. W. Lamb seemed a suitable husband for her.

Mention must be made of the American accent of E. M. Fitch, which added much to the broad humour of his part as cook.

J. G. Coghlin, the Chaplain, and the costumes saved the production from being a failure. But the choice of this play was an unhappy one : for amateurs, an impossible one. The Society will be well advised to choose in future plays more in harmony with modern sentiments and speech : the strain upon the histrionic qualities of the actors will be less, though the criticism of the audience will be sharper.

The Society must be congratulated on its first production for carrying off a mistake so well.

J.F.B.

THE EIGHTs¡ WEEK CONCERT. E find ourselves in a difficulty. 'We,' we should explain, are not the editor and his subordinates, but merely the person entrusted with the task of reporting the Eights' Week Concert.

For how shall we report unless we hear? And how shall we hear unless we gain admission? In 1924 the weather rained cats and dogs and decisively drove the concert into the Dining Hall. This year it played cat and mouse and remained indecisive : but no risks were taken and the concert was again given inside. Hence our d~fficulty in reporting it. We held to our seat for some time ; but as we had omitted to provide ourselves with a feminine pretext for holding on grimly to our chair, we soon saw a graceful retirement inevitable.

All, therefore, that we can honestly say of the first half of the programme is that we hope that the Hall Sextet sang their first Part-Songs with del~cacy or vigour (whichever may have been appropriate), that we are very grateful to Dr. and Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Griffiths for coming to play the Brahms trio in C minor, that in our room we did get a distant hint of the powers of \V:. W. R. Clotworthy as he sang' Now Phoebus sinketh' and 'Sigh no more, ladies,' and that there was certainly something rollicky happening later, which, from an investigation of the programme, we conclucte

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must have been the Musical Society's nautical resonance in seashanties.

Meanwhile we had been summoned from our retirement to deal with a delicate problem. Earlier ~n the day a message had been despatched to warn the Oxford Side of Folk-dancers that the concert could not be given in the quadrangle. But the message miscarried, and they presented themselves as anxious to dance as ever.

An interval free from rain enabled us to ask them to dance in the quadrangle between the first and second parts of the programme, and a truly delightful interval they made of it. The spirit of their dancing is always irresistible.

After the interval we were fortunate in finding half a chair in the Dining Hall. Yet we hesitate to comment on the first two items of the second part-Ke~th Douglas's setting of Chaucer's ' JV[erciles Beatt~te' for voice and piano quartet, and Mrs. Stewart's Adagio and alleg¡ro for violin and piano. Both were new works, and, frankly, we should need to hear them again before we could pretend to foHow them. Of the Hall Sextet's second pair of partsongs, 'Summer Ev¡e ' was unsuited to the singers~attempting to sing piano is not the forte of young men. 'The Fll'og,' althoug h a more trivial composition, was better sung, simply because it was obviously in a more natural vein for the singers. Clotworthy's second group of songs showed that he undoubtedly has as fine a voice in the making as we are Hkely to hear in the Hall for a long time : it is unfortunate for us that the Dining Hall is too small to suit either the power or the timbre of his voice. Another shanty, 'Shenaml,oah,' was sung by the Musical Society with quite the right suggestion of mercantile sentimentality. Besly's 'Freights ,' which followed, suffered by the contrast-its modern characteristic of straining after effects by quaint surprises of noises seemed oddly ineffective after the coherent phrasing and cadence of a first-rate shanty. But, taken as a whole, the programme offered plenty of genuinely interesting music.

R.F.

'CAPTAIN BRASSBOUND'S CONVERSION.' HE Dramatic Society produced their second play on the last Wednesday of Michaelmas Term. It had been decided to act a modern play, and 'Captain Brassbound's Conversion' was chosen chiefly, one would suspect, because it contains only one female part. The play was certain of some success, because the plays of Bernard Shaw are often better to read than to see acted.

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There were two characters in the cast who were brilliant. One was the Chaplain as Sir Howard Hallam, and the other G. Sayle as the cockney Drinkw-ate·r. The Chaplain managed to carry off a difficult part very well, and gave a charm~ng presentation of a Judge on holiday. The character has great importance, as it is the Law (as personified by Sir Howard) that it is one of the minor objects of Bernard Shaw in this play to expose. G. Sayle was uproarious whatever he did, and ga~ned the attention and amusement of the audience by storm. L. W. Dodd as Lady Cicely Waynfiet e, the most important character, was disappointing. He looked miserable during the entire performance, and his manly movements contrasted strangely with their matronly appearance. G. V. Carlin's Scots accent was· much appredated by those of the audience who had never visited Scotland. The character he represented was a fixed one, and he was consistent. J . .w. Blair differentiated his parts as Hassan and Osman: by wearing his spectacles in the latter r6le. L. G. Hayward as MMzo looked his part better than he spoke it. The part of Ca.pta;i n Brasshound (played by J. G. Coghlin) was a di.fficult one. It is serious, and represents a growth of character. It also contains a love scene which, in a cast limited to one sex, and that the amateur one, is at best improbable and generally impossible. His make-up was unconvincing, the clotted beard being especially bad. Bedbrook arid Johnson (by J. H. T. Clarke and G. P. W. Lamb) were mi.nor characters played adequately. H. Cloke as the Sidi el Assef made an imposing Sheikh. His fight for the possession of the heroine was one of the most impassioned pieces in the performance.

The American accent of C. D. Smith as Captain Kea.r ney was unfortunately forced ~nto comparison with that of E. M. Fitch. It seems strange, also, that the captain of an American gun-boat should appear dressed in the uniform of the Royal Navy. His .

American accent smacked too much of the stories which purport to come from that land. E. Mt. Fitch as an American Bluejacket was observed to sleep on duty.

Although from some points of view this was an easy play to act, it possessed some obvious difficulties. The most immediately apparent of these was the inability of most of the actors to speak a strange dialect. Only five of the whole fourteen characters spoke ordinary English. The rest wasted most of their histrionic powers in vocal mimicry.

On the whole an encouraging performance, · but most of the actors should learn their parts more thoroughly.

J.F.B.

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THE OLD LIBRARY.

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HE accessions that have been made to the Old Library during¡ the course of this year have been numerous, and in several cases of great Aularian interest. Two of the most interesting have come to the Library through the instrumentality of Canon Ollard.

Of the latter, the first consists of the MSS. of nine sermons preached in the Hall Chapel by Dr. Uddon when he was VicePrincipal. Canon Ollard received these sermons from the late Canon Johnston, Liddon's biographer and one of his literary executors. Six of them relate to Michaelmas Term, r859, Liddon's first term at the Hall, and three to the succeeding term. Of those preached in the autumn of 1859, all but the first form part of a series on the petitions of the Lord's Prayer. Unfortunately one of the series-that on the text 'Thy Will be done '-:-is missing.

Previously only the MS. of one sermon preached by Liddon in the Hall Chapel-a sermon on: the subject of St. Edmund for St. Edmund's Day, r86r-was in the possession of the Library. We hope to ascertain whether there are in existence the MSS. of the rest of the sermons -.,vhich he preached in the Hall, for it would a ppear from his Life and Lette-rs, by Canon Johnston, that they ' were mostly written out, like his earlier Cuddesdon addresses.'

The other MSS. which Canon Ollard has directed our way are the papers which the Rev. J. Higson, the Vice-Principal who instigated the expulsion of six students from the Hall for Methodist practices in 1768, collected in connexion with these proceedings. As these papers came into Canon Ollard's hands after the publication of his monograph on the Six Students, they form a new source of information for the history of this incident. There is printed elsewhere in this issue of the Magazine an interesting Note which Canon Ollard has written on these papers.

The Rev. A. Du B. Hill has placed in my ¡hands for preservation, if I think fit, twenty small volumes comprising the diary of his grandfather, the Rev. John Hill, Vice-Principal from r8rz to 185r. Hill succeeded his tutor, Daniel Wilson, in the Vice-Principalship, and served the Hall devotedly for the longest period that anyone has held that office. His Diary; contained in these volumes, extends from r8zo to r8ss. the year of his death. So far as I have examined them, they contain much valuable information concerning the Hall during the thirty-two years of his Vice-Principalship which they cover. But their Aularian interest does not exhaust their historical value. Hill was a prominent Evangelical in the University; and his Diary throws considerable light on the activi-

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE ties of the Oxford Evangelicals during this period. The Library of the Hall is certainly the appropriate depository for the personal record of one who was actively connected with the Hall for fortyfive years from his Matriculation on March 12, 1&>6.

One of Hill's most notable pupils at the Hall was the Rev. J. E. Riddle. It happens that this year the Rev. A. E. Riddle, his son, has very kindly presented to the Library some papers of interest concerning his father, together with his father's annotated copy of the Bampton Lectures delivered by him in 185.2, a copy of the Folio Edition of the English translation of Scheller's LatinGerman Dictionary which his father undertook by comm~ssion. of the University, and five other of his father's works.

Thomas Hearne's copy of Ciceronis Epistolae ad Familia.res, printed in a Izmo edition by Robert Robinson, London, xsgx, has been most generously presented to the L~brary by Professor C. H. Tumer, Fellow of Magdalen College. It contains an inscription in Hearne's elegant handwriting: 'Suum. cuique. Tho. Hearne.

Sept. 19, 1726. Given me by Mr. Bartholomew, Gen. Com. of Univ. Coli.'

To this I have been. able to add another book at one time in Hearne's possession: The Life off the 70 Archbishopp off Canterbury presentlye Sittinge Englished and to be added to the 69 lately Sett forthe in Latin. This numbre off seventy is so compleat a number as it is great pitie ther shold be one more; but that as Augustin was the first so Mathew might be the last. ( 12mo., printed in a foreign Gothic type, 1574). Concerning the book and its author Hearne has written the following note on the fly-leaf : ' The true Author of this Life (wch is a Translation from the Latin, that is in very few Copies of the London Ed. & is wholly omitted in the Hanover Ed~tion) was John Josselin. It is a very great Rarity. The marginal notes were done by some Puritan.

I have seen two or three other Copies of this little book, but without the Table prefix'd to this.' On the same page there also appears in Hearne's hand his name, his' Suum cuique,' and the date 1723.

According to Anthony a Wood, this little life of Archbishop Parker was translated by ' a thoro-paced separatist, with very vile notes added in the margin, endeavouring thereby to bring an odium on the Archbishop, and make him ridiculous for erecting his monument whUe he lived.'

The other Hearniana of i'n terest which have been added to the Library consist of six volumes of his publications, bound in the original boards and vellum backs, as sent them to one of his subscribers, the Rev. Edw. Acton, rector of Bentworth, Hampshire,

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together with the letters and receipts which relate to them. The first of his chronicles which Hearne sent to Acton was Walter Hemingford's Historia de Rebus Gestis Edwardi I, Edwardli II, & Edwardi Ill, in two volumes, published by him in 1731. In Vol. I there is inserted a letter from Hearne to Acton, written at the Hall'on March 16 of that year. In this letter Hearne informs Acton that Hemingford is published and that the price is a guinea.

He goes on to make mention of the other chronicles which he had in hand. On March 29, 1733, he wrote to inform Acton that his edition of the chronicles of Thomas Otter bourne and of John Whethamstede, Abbot of St. Albans, was out and copies were ready to be sent to h~m. 'The Price of the Book is a Guinea, the Binding one shilling.' This letter is inserted in the volume containing Otterbourne. Next year Hearne had his edition of the Annals of Dunstaple ready. For these two volumes Acton also subscribed.

In Vol. I of his copy of the Annals there ~s inserted the receipt for £1 2s., dated June 7, 1734, which Hearne sent him. These volumes, with the letters and receipts inserted in them, I purchased from Messrs. Maggs Bros. A little while later I came across, in a catalogue of autograph letters and documents sent to me by another antiquarian bookseller, an item simply described as a note in Hearne's handwriting. On sendi'n g for it I found it to be the note which Hearne sent Acton on receipt of his subscription for the two volumes containing Otterbourne and .W hethamstede. It is not often that a waif MS. is reclaimed like that. It i's now pasted on the fly-leaf of the Whethamstede volume.

For some time I have had in my possession a s~all folio volume containing a MS. collection of Ordnance Office Papers extending from 18 Jan. 168gjgo to 6 Sept. 16go, addressed to the Hon. Charles Bertie, Treasurer and Paymaster of the Office. This I have now handed over to the Library, as most of them bear, among other ·signatures, that of a distinguished alumnus of the Hall, Sir Thomas Littleton, Bt. (matric. Apr. 21, 1665), who was afterwards Treasurer of the Navy and Speaker of the House of Commons.

At the beginning of the Michaelmas Term, with the help of H. A. Blair and C. A. Plaxton, some preliminary steps were taken towards the re-cataloguing of the Library.

A list follows of the books of Aularian interest that have been presented to the Library during the course of the year : From the Rev. A. E. Riddle, M.A., Worcester College:RIDDLE, Joseph Esmond (matric. 18).-----(•1) Lexicon Totius Latinita#s ; A Dictionary of the Latin Languag-e originally com-

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE piled and illustrated with explanations in Germ.a n by I. J. G. Scheller, revised and translated into English by J. E. Riddle, M.A. Folio. Oxford, r835. (2) The Natural History of Infidelity and Superstition in contrast with Christian Faith. Bampton Lectures for r.852. W'ith MS. notes by the author. 8vo. Oxford, r8sz. (3) Ecclesiastical Chronology. 8vo. London, r84o. (4) Words of Truth and Love. Six Sermons. London, r86o. (S) A Manual of the whole Scripture History and of the History of the Jews between the period of the Old and New Testament. r2mo. London, r8S7路 With notes by the author's sister. (6) Ditto. A new impression. r898. (7) Household Prayers. A new edition. London, r887.

From G. E. H. Grigson : The Methodist Tenet of Conversion as taught by the Rev. R. Aitken shewn to be antagonistic to the Theory of the Church. By a Cornish Curate. Oxford and London, r854. The author of this Pamphlet was the Rev. F. E. B. Cole, B.A. (matric. 1838), subsequently Vicar of Pelynt, Cornwall.

From tile Vice-Principal :~ CARLETON, George, Bishop of Chichester (matric. rsn). (r) Jurisdiction: Regal!, Episcopal, Papal!, wherein is declared how the Pope hath intruded upon the Jurisdiction of Temporal! Princes.

4to. r6ro. (2) A Thankful! Remembrance of God's Mercie. 4to.

1630路 JENKINS, David (matric. r6oo).-The Works of that Grave and Learned Lawyer Judge Jenkins, Prisoner in Newgate.

Upon Divers Statutes, Concerning the Liberty and Freedom of the Subject. r2mo. London, 1648.

WHATELY, William (incorp. r6o2).-Sinne no More, or a Sermon preached in the Parish Church of Banbury, March 4, r628, upon Occasion of a most Terrible Fire that happened there. Reprinted by J. G. Rusher, Banbury, r824.

BATE, George (matric. r624).-(r) The Regall Apology, or the Declaration of the Commons. Feb. II' I647. canvassed : wherein every objection and their whole charge against His Majesty is cleared. 4to. Secretly printed. 1648. (2) 路 Elenchus Motuum nuperorum in Anglia: 12mo. Lutetiae Parrisiorum, Pro. R. R. An. Dom., 1649. The 1st Edition of this popular defence of Charles I. (3) A Short Narrative of the Late Troubles in England. Being a reprint of an English Translation of the Elenchus M otuum edited

by Edw. Almack for the Stuart Library. 8vo. London, 1902.

CHAMBERLAYNE, Edward (matric. 1634).-Angliae Notitia,, or the Present State of England ; together with divers Reflections upon the Ancient State thereof. 166<}-1702. Continued by his son John under the title Magnae Britannia e Notitia, 1703-55路 In all 36vols.

8vo. and sm. 8vo. This appears to be a complete set of the most important directory of British officialdom that is available for the period covered by these volumes. It lacks the eleventh and thirteenth editions, but as these two editions are wanting in the sets in the Bodleian and in the British Museum Library, it is almost certain that these two editions for some reason or other miscarried.

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BLACKMORE, Sir Richard (matric. 1668/9).-(1) A Satyr against Wit. First edition. Sm. folio. London, 1700. (2) The Kit-Cats: a poem. First edition. Folio. London, 17o8. (3) Commendatory Verses on the Author of the Two Arthurs, and the Satyr against \Vit; by some of his particular friends. First edition. Folio.

London, 1700. A squib at Blackmore's expense. (4) The Creation : a Philosophical Poem demonstrating the Existence and Providence of God, in Seven Books. 12mo. Third edition. London.

(5) Prince Arthur: an H'eroick Poem, in Ten Books~ Folio.

London, 1lJ95.

OLDHAM, John (matric. r67o).-Satyrs upon the Jesuits. First edition. 8vo. London, r6&>/ I. KENNETT, White, Bishop of Peterborough, sometime VicePrinci'pal (matric. 1678}.-(r) Memoirs of the Family of Cavendish.

Post 8vo. Printed and sold by H. Hills, in Black Fryars, near the water-side, for the Benefit of the Poore, 17o8. (2) A Volume of miscellaneous Sermons, etc. : containing Kennett's Funeral Sermon on William, Duke of Devonshire, preached at Derby, 1708, and the tract which it evoked : The Hazard: of a Death-Bed Repentance, to which is added an Essay on Conjugal, Perjury, addressed to the Husbands of Quality that keep Misses.

(3) Bibliothecae Americanae Primordia: An Attempt towards laying the Foundation of an American Library, in several Books, Papers and Writings, given to the S.P.G. 4to. London, 1713. (4) A Glossary of Words and Phrases ..

HE>\RNE, Thomas (matric. 16ÂŤ)5).-(1) Reliquiae Bodleianae, or Some Genuine Remains of Sir Thomas Bodley. First edition.

(2) Thom<JJe Caii Vindiciae Antiquita.tis 8vo. London, 1703.

Academiae. Contra Joannem Caium, Cantabrigiensem. 2 vols.

8vo. Oxon. 1730. (3) Ductor Histooricus : or a Short System of Universal History. 8vo. London (Vol. r), 16~; (Vol. 2) I704¡ (4) Johannis de Fordun Scotichronicon Genuinum. 5 vols. 8vo.

Oxon, 1722. (5) Te x tus Roffensis et Leona?'dli Hwtteni Dissertatio .

8vo. Oxon , 1720. (6) Ectypa Varia ad Historiam Britannicam illustra1ndam a.ere olim insculpata. Studio Thomae Hearne. Folio.

1737. (7) Reliquiae Hearnianae: The Remains of Thomas Hearne, M.A., of Edmund Hall; being Extracts from his MS. Diaries, collected with a few Notes by Phili'p Bliss. 8vo. Oxon, 1857.

This copy was a gift from the author to the Rev. H. 0. Coxe, Bodley's Librarian.

MILL, John, Principal (1685-1707).-Novum Testamentum juxta Exemplar Millianum-Typis Joannis Baskerville.

Folio.

Oxon, 1763. This Edi'tion was printed at the Clarendon Press with Baskerville's type.

GRABE, John Ernest.--An Essay upon Two Arabick MSS. of the Bodleian Library and the Doctrine of the Apostles. 8vo. Oxon, 1711.

FELTON, Henry, Principal (1722-40).-Sermon at the Funeral of the Duke of Rutland, who was interred at Bottesford, Feb. 23, I710/I. 8vo. 1711.

SHAW, Thomas, Principal (174o-51).-Travels or Observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant. Illustrated with Cuts. Second editi'on, with great improvements. 4to. London, 1757.

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HANBURY, William (matric. 1776).-Essay on Planting. 8vo.

Oxon, 1758. Also, A Plan for a Public Library at Church Langton, in Leicestershire. 8vo. 1760. Bound up together.

WILSON, Daniel, Bishop of Calc.utta, sometime Vice-Principal (matric. 17g8) . ~The Life of, by J. Bateman. Second edition, revised and condensed. 8vo. London, 1861.

LA'!1HBURY, Thomas (matric. 1821).-History of the Non-jurors.

8vo. London, 1845.

RIDDLE, Joseph Esmond (matric. x825) .-IIIustrations of Aristotle on Men and Manners from the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare. Sm. 8vo. Oxon, 1832. Contains the autograph of W. H. Havergal (matric. 1812).

LIDDON, Henry Parry, Vice-Prir\.cipal xSsg-62.-(1) Life and Letters of, by the Rev. J. 0. Johnston. 8vo. London, rgo4. {2) Life of, by G. W. E. Russell. (Leaders of the Church, 18oo-1goo Series.) 8vo. London, 1905路 (3) Life of, by Rev. A. G. Donaldson.

8vo. London, rgos. (4) Selections from the Writings of. 8vo.

London, 1882. (S) University Sermons. Third edition, revised.

8vo. London, 186g. (6) Passiontide Sermons. 8vo. London, 18g1. (7) Some Elements of Religion. 8vo. London, 1872. (8) Explanatory Analysis of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans. Fourth edition. London, 1&)9. (9) Explanatory Analysis of St. Paul's Final Epistle to Timothy. 8vo. London, 18g7. (1o) Sermons Preached on Special Occasions, 186o-188g. 8vo. London, 1897.

(11) Thoughts on Present Church Troubles. 8vo. London, 1881.

(12) Christmastide in St. Paul's. 8vo. London, 1889. (13) Essays and Addresses. 8vo. London, 1892. (14) Th路e Magnificat. 8vo.

London, 1889. (xs) Sermons on the Old Testament. 8vo. London, I8gi.

LEE, Frederick George (matric. x8s1).-{1) The Christian Doctrine of Prayer for the Departed. New edition. 8vo. London, x87_c; . (2) Sermons, Parochi'a l and Occasional. 8vo. London, 1868. (3) Glossary of Liturgical and Ecclesiastical Terms. 8vo.

London, 1877.

MooRE, Edward, Principal 1864-1903路-Dante and his early Biographers. 8vo. London, 18go.

As we have learned from gifts mad e in the past that there are members of the Hall who like to have an opportunity of helping to make the collection of books of Aularian. interest more complete, I propose to draw up a short list of Desiderata each year for publication in the Magazine with the object of indicating book~ which, if presented to the Library, would fill gaps in our collection.

This year's list, which is confined to the works of Dr. Liddon, shows that, notwithstanding recent accessions, our collection of his works is still very far from complete.

DESIDERATA AULARIA. By the Rev. Dr. LIDDON. 'Advent in St. Paul's'; 'Easter in St. 路Paul's ; 'Clerical Life and Work';' Sermons on Some Words of Christ'; 'Sermons on Some Words of St. Paul'; and all A. B. E. single Sermons published separately.

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THE HIGSON MSS.

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HESE are the letters and papers used by the Rev. John Higson, M.A., then Vice-Principal of St. Edmund Hall, in conducting his case agai,nst the seven Evangelical undergraduates in March, 1768. They include a sort of 'brief,' as well as correspondence substantiating the cha rges brought against the men . Mr .

Higson ceased to be Vice-Principal immediately after the affair, but from 1754 he had been also a chaplain at Christ Church , an d had also been presented by that House to the vicarage of Batheaston in November, 1766. He cUed Vicar of Batheaston in 1787, and presumably the dossier was in his possession until then. I have not discovered his will, so I do not know to whom his papers passed. I am bound to say I have not searched very carefully, and I expect a little research would clear up that point.

Fifty-two years later, in 1839, the Rev. Edwin Sidney, A.M. , who had already published Lives of Rowland Hill, Samuel Walker of Truro, and other works, published The Life of Sir R ichard Hill, Bart. In that book he tells (in chapter v, pp. 104-128) the story of the persecution of the Evangelicals at St. Edmund Hall in 1768, and quotes from Mlr. Higson's MSS . , i.e., from the papers with which this Note is concerned. Mr. Sidney is a little mysterious about them: ' I have been favoured with Mr. Higson's own manuscript,' he writes on p. 114, and adds, in a foot-note : ' This fa vour was obligingly conferred on me by the gentleman to whom they belong.' It is possible, indeed probable, that this anonymous gentleman was Sir Rowland Hill, Bart, to whom Mr. Sidney inscribes his book 'as a testimony of g ratitude for the confidential use of various papers and manuscripts, very kindly entrusted to his discretion, and as a mark of the most sincere esteem and regard.'

If that guess be right, then it may well be that Sir Richard Hill had bought Mr. Higson's papers on his death, for he survived him twenty-one years, dying in r8o8. Sir Richard was unmarried, and evidently his papers and MSS. came to his nephew, Sir Rowland. In April, 191 r, I published an. account of the six undergraduates whose expulsion was secured by Mr. Higson's effo rts , and I noted there Mr. Sidney's use of the Higson MSS. Six months later Mr. F . Madan , Fellow of B.N.C. and then Bodley' s Librarian, called my attention to an item in a catalogue of a forthcoming sale at Sotheby's: the item was Mr. Higson's MSS. Mr.

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Madan very kindly arranged with Messrs. Quaritch to buy the lot for me, and I shall not forget the thrill when, on a day in November, rgr r, I receiveq a felegram to ·say "the collection was mine.

Since then the MSS. have been in..my possession until, in January of this year, . ig2s, I s_old them to the successor of Mr. Higson and myself; the present Vice-Principa~, for the Hall Library, where i( mi1.y" be hoped they wiU evermore re~ain. Many links in the ·story are missing, as will be observed. · I ·was, so far as I remember, ·unable to discover how the MSS. came into the hands of Messrs. Sotheby in· rgr r. My impression is that I enquired and was told that-they came from a privafe collection. But the ~mport­ ·ant th.ing is that they are back at last at their original home, the

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y purchase from Magdalen College, the Hall has recently ac-

. qui red on the south side of the Qwidrangle a small plot of .ground situated . between the east end of the Principal's Lodgings and the red-brick structure in the occupation of the firm of Minty. ,This· plof has been ·separated from the upper end of the gardens or yards in .rear of Nos. 42 and 43 High Street~ Upon the part cut off from the garden of: No. 42.there is standing ali 'that remains of the seventeenth century building known in modern times as Link Lodgings. This remnant consists of two. rooms, whi.ch were used by their late tenant as an apothecary's store-house.

This acquisition re-attaches to the Hall-fhis time permaneritly·__;part: of a site which was conneCted with it during two flourishing periods in· its history. Before 'the fo'uridation of Mag~ dalen· College the sites of Nos: 42 and 43 High Street· were th~ pro·perty of the Hospital of. St. John the Baptist. In .the thirteenth century the tenement which stood there was known as Chapel .Hall.

'Between j 446 and r·45o these· premises, which seem ahvays ·to· have been used ·until then as· a private dwelling-house, ·were . rented 'by the Principal of · St. · Edmiu'ld .Hall, John · T'emmys, for the· sum of zos. ·a- year; and ··were re~namcd St. Hugh's Hall: The object of Temmys in making this extension seems to have been the establishment of a Grammar-Hall for younger scholars. F'r om 145'o to 1459 it appears that this annexed Hall was in the charge of Master Hugh, thf' Grammar-Master, otherwise known as Master Hugh Careswelle . . In the rental of St. John's Hospital for 1478 it is entered as ' the Hall called Gramerhalle which Master Broke holds.'

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It continued to be attached to St. Edmund Hall under Temmys's successors, Thomas Lee and Richard Broke, the latter of whom had held the post · of Grammar-Master there. This arrangement was not immediately affected by the dissolution of the Hospital and the transference of its site and property to Bishop Waynfiete's new foundation in 1458. But during Broke's principalship the Grammar Hall fell into disrepair, as appears from the Magdalen rental of 1487 : ' Gramerhalle, Master Broke : nothing from it, because ruinous.' Perhaps there is mon~ than coincidence in the fact that the Grammar School which vVaynfiete had planned in connection whh his College was now open. That the Hall should ever have had its own Grammar School is striking testimony to its vigour as an academical society at this period.

During the next one hundred and fifty years the premises which replaced the ruinous Grammar-Hall were let by Magdalen to a succession of tenants unconnected with our Hall. But in 1636 Adam Airay, B. D., Principal, took a lease of the property-and at the same rent as that paid by his mediaeval predecessors. As he is credited by Anthony Wood with having rebuilt that corner of the Hall on which the oldest part of the Principal's Lodging now stands, it is possible that he used these premises as his own residence. After his death in December, 1658, the lease was taken up in the following August by one Christopher Airay, bookbinder.

According to Wood, Christopher Airay erected in 1665-6 a fivestoried building at the north end of the messuage ' for the accommodation of Chambers when those belonging to the Hall were full.'

In a lease dated December 6, 1683, this new building, 'consisting of six chambers whereof one is used for the common room, and the five chambers have two studies in each of them,' is describec: as 'lett to Edmund Hall,' as are also 'three other chambers of the tenement of Christopher Mickleton,' that is, No. 42 High Street.

All are referred to as being late in the tenure of Christopher Airay, deceased.

The identity of this Christopher Airay presents difficulties which at present I am obliged to leave unsolved. In the article on the Hall in John Gutch's edition of Wood's History and Antiquities of the Uwiv·e rsity, Christopher Airay is described as 'nephew of Principal Airay.' In the lease of 1659 above-mentioned his profession is given as that of a bookbinder. In a passage in Wood's Diary under the date July 2, 1662, there occurs an entry: 'I bought of Mr. Airy a parcell of books which were his uncle's Dr. Airye's , 4s. 6dl.' The editor, Mr. Andrew Clark, however, in a foot-note identifies this Mr. Airy with Christopher Airay, ·a Fellow of

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Queen's, who was one of the pioneers in English Logic, and died in I67o, vicar of Milford, Rants. If Clark's identification is correct, then Christopher Airay, the bookbinder, and Christopher Airay, Fellow of Queen's, were one and the same person. But that cannot have been the case: and so two Christopher Airay's must be allowed for, and Mr. Clark for once must be convicted of error.

What, if any, was the relationship between the Christopher Airay, Fellow of Queen's, and Princi'pal Airay I have not ascertained.

There is some reason to believe that the Principal's nephew, the bookbinder, had intended to procure the permanent attachment of these new Lodgings which he had built to the Hall, but died before he could carry this into effect. There is a note among the papers of Bishop Kennett (Vice-Principal 1691-s), preserved among the Lansdowne MSS. in the British Museum, to the effect that in his day these Lodgings were 'still call'd Airay's Lodgings but were never settled to the publick uses of the Hall.' \Vhen or why they acquired the name of Link Lodgings I have not yet discovered.

By December, I6g4, these Lodgings had ceased to be connected with the Hall, and had passed into the occupation of Ann Croney, widow. For exactly how many of the thirty years since their erection they had been used for the Hall I do not know. In the 'new Leiger Book for St. Edmund's Hall' which dates from I684 there is entered on the last page but one a list of all rooms in Hall with their respective rents. In this list there has been inserted over each room the name of its occupant. Although no note of term or year is given, it seems likely from an inspection of the names that the list belongs to the year I6g4. Rooms situated in Airay's Lodgings are included, and appea r as follows:The little New buildings: Upper room Next room 3d Room (Sr. Tomlinson) 4th R'oom (Mr. Salkeld)

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In the two occupants named, Robert Tomlinson, afterwards a Prebendary of St. Paul's and a benefactor of the Hall, and W!illiam Salkeld, afterwards a serjeant-at-law and a learned legal author, we have probably the last members of the Hall to reside in. Airay's Lodgings.

After I694 the Lodgings were never re-converted to academical use. Their occupant in 176s was a peruke-maker, by name Tobias Baylis. But there is no need to trace the decline of this building in detail. In its last days it served as a common lodging-house.

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inglorious termination to its career.

How inglorious was its latter end may be judged from the name-Sots' Hole-by which it eventually came to be known by townsmen. This Hogarthian title I learned from the workman by whose aid I discovered the existence of a cellar underneath the remnant of the Lodgings still standing. About the year 18g1 the building was pulled dow1i except for the ground floor, and evidently the cellar was allowed to be filled up with debris.

A vi'e w of Link Lodgings may be seen in the lithograph eng raving of the Quadrangle made by Whittock for his Topographical and Historical Description of Oxford, published in 1829.

This drawing, which is reproduced in this issue of the Magazine, is a poor' piece of work, and exaggerates the size of the building as compared with the eastern portion of the Principal's Lodging.

The earliest drawing of it, so far as I know, is that which figures in Loggan's bird's-eye plan of Oxford.

In this new plot of ground, therefore, small though it be, we have the satisfaction not only of possessing a site which may be turned once more ' to the publick uses of the Hall,' but also ' of having gone some way towards the recovery of a lost province.

Before long, perhaps, i't may be possible for members of the Hall to pass once again through the doorway in the south wall of the Quadrangle, which ha's been blocked up for more than two hundred years. ¡ A.B.E.

THE REUNION, 1925.

HE Third Reunion of old members of the Hall took place on Tuesday, April 21st. Invitations were sent to those whose names are on the Books, and to those others who had expressed the wish to become members of the Aularian Association. There were present: The Rev. L. Hodgson, the Rev. Dr. D. C. Simpson, the Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher, the Rev. R. S. 0. Tayler, the Rev. Canon A. D. Barker, the Rev. C. P. Shipton, the Rev. Ernest Havergal, the Rev. E. T. Lea, the Rev. F. L. H. Millard, Sir Mark Hunter, Mr. H. N . ffarington, the Rev: C. W. Fisher, the Rev. Dr. T . H. D. Long, the Rev. Dr. A. C. Keene, the Rev. P. A. W. Skinner, the Rev. G. Bra nson, the Rev. F. K. Scott, the Rev. E. C. Lace, the Rev. D. Armytage, the Rev. L. H. Coles, the Rev. A. C. Davis, Mr. E. D. Walker, the Rev. W. A. Congdon, Mr. R. Sayle, the Rev. H. J. Miller, the Rev. S. A. Howard, Mr. H. C. Ingle, the Rev. H. Livesey, and the Rev. A. MeL. Murray.

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At the dinner i_n Hall, the Principal passed in review all events of Aularian interest that had occurred since the last Reunion, and then spoke of the progress that had been made in enlisting members of the Aularian Association. He invited all who were present to attend a constituent meeti_ng of the Association later in the evening, at which the outline of a co~stitution might be decided upon and an executive committee appointed. The toast of Floreat Aula was responded to by Sir Mark Hunter, who, though expressing himself to be nervous in the presence of so many Reverences, made a breezy and amusing speech.

On Wednesday morning Holy Communion. was celebrated in the Chapel at 8.30. After breakfast, a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Aularian Association was held in the J.C.R. It is pr'Oposed to hold the next Reunion ( 1926) on Tuesday, April 2oth.

THE AULARIAN ASSOCIATION. CONSTITUENT MEETING of the Aularian Association, at which Sir Mark Hunter took the chair, WllS held in the Dining Hall after the Third Reunion Dinner on the evening of April 21st.

The objects of the Association were stated to be : (a) To rally round the Hall all old members who wish to uphold and assist the Hall ~n every way that they can. (h) To enable old members to keep in, touch with one another and with the Hall, especially by means of the Hall Ma:gazin:e路 and Reunions. 路 At the meeting resolutions touching the constitution of the A'ssociation were passed i_n the following terms : -

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r. Members hip. That all officers, ex-officers and old members of the Hall shall be eligible for membership.

2. Subscriptions. That present arrangements with regard to subscriptions shall remain in force for the current academical year.

1路 Executive Committee. That an Executive Committee shall be formed, to consist of a President, an Honorary Treasurer, an Honorary Secretary and twelve other members. That the Committee elected at this meeting shall hold office for one year.

4路 Powers of the Executive Committee. That the Executive Committee shall be empowered to define the aims and constitution of the Association. That their resolutions and proposals shall be printed in the Magazine to be published in January,' r926.

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5· Meetings of the Executive Committee. That the first meeting of the Executive Committee shall be held in the J.C.R'. at 10 a.m . on the follow~ng morning (April 22). That the Committee shall meet again; on the afternoon of the Reunion, 1926.

6. Collaboration of Members with the Committee . That any member of the Association wishing to criticise or to supplement the proposals of the Committee here printed may send his criticisms or suggestions to the Hon. Secretary with a view to their consideration by the Committee before the next General Meeting of the Association.

7· General 1'v!eeting of the Association. That the next General Meeting of the Association shall be held on the occasion of the Reunion, 1926.

The meeting then proceeded to the election of officers and an Executive Committee as follows : President: The Rev. G. B. Allen, D. D., Principal.

Hon. Treasurer: Mr. A. B. Emden, Vice-Principal.

Han. Secretary: Mr. R. Sayle, 44 St. John Street, Oxford.

Executive Committee : Rev. L. Hodgson (formerly Vice-Principal).

Rev. Dr. D. C. Simpson (formerly Chaplain and Tutor).

Rev. R. .S. 0. Tayler (188o).

Sir Mark Hunter (1885)· R'ev. C. W . Fisher (18go).

Rev. Dr. A. C. Keene (18g6).

Rev. G. Branson (I<}02).

Rev. D. Armytage ( 1go8).

Rev. A'. C. Davis ( 1go8).

Mr. E. D. W!alker ( 19o8).

Rev. H. Livesey ( 1919).

Rev. A. MeL. Murray (1920). ~t was resolved that the following should be invited to become Vice-Presidents of the Association :--o The Lord Bishop of Carlisle (formerly Principal).

The Lord Bishop of Newcastle (formerly Vice-Principal).

The Rev. Canon Ollard (formerly Vice-Principal).

Sir Mark Hunter.

All of them have since accepted this invitation.

The Executive Committee of the Association met in the J.C.R. on Wednesday morning, April 22, with the Principal in the chair.

At this meeting it was decided that a letter should be sent out in the name of the Committee to all members of the Hall who had not

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already joined the Association, with the object of informing them that the Association had been definitely instituted and of inviti'n g them to become members. There was some discussion on the subject of the constitution and the activities of the Association, and it was agreed that a draft scheme should be circularised amongst the members of the Committee so that definite proposals, worked out in detail, might be brought before the next General Meeting of the Association on the occasion of the Reunion, r926. ,

The Most Han. GEORGE NATHANIEL, MARQUIS CURZON OF KFDLESTON, D.C.L., CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY, VISITOR OF THE HALL.

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O society within the University has better reason to regret the death of Lord Curzon or to render grateful tribute to his memory than the Hall. It seldom happens that a . Visitor has the opportunity of performing a vital service in defence of the academical society over which his authority extends ; but such an opportunity fell to Lord Curzon. Visitor of the Hall by virtue of his office as Chancellor of the University, he brought to bear the full weight of his influence and authority on behalf of the Hall at a crisis as great as any thai: has occurred in its long history.

Between 1903 and 1913, in view of the intended resignation of Dr. Moore, steps were taken to put into force the scheme approved by the Statutory Commissioners for the University in 1877 for the union of the Hall with the Queen's College. If this scheme had obtained the assent of the University, the last of the mediaeval H¡a lls would .have passed out of existence. That the Hall was eventually spared was in great measure due to the decisive advocacy of Lord Curzon. To him the antiquity and the unique historic character of the Hall strongly appealed. And, in additionJ he had confidence in its capacity, despite its smallness and lack of endowment, to justify its continuance as a separate society.

In place of the scheme of r877, a Statute was made by the University in 1912, 'and approved by an Order of the King- in Council, by which the separate status of the Hall was secured.

But Lord Ourzon?s active interest in the Hall did not rest there.

When the Bishop of Carlisle (then the Rev. H: H. Williams), after his accession to the Principalship, issued an appeal for funds on

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behalf of the Hall in June, 1914, Lord Curzon displayed his Interest not only by heading the signatories to the appeal, but by offering suggestions beforehand concerning the form which the appeal should take. Unfortunately the outbreak of the war cut short the cffect~veness of the appeal. But, after the war, he again shewed his practical concern for the welfare of the Hall. As a Trustee of the University Endowment Fund, he was instrumental in securing for the Hall an important grant of £,300 a year for three years, which was made conditional upon the University providing an annual sum of £,zoo for the same period. Although at the time, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, he was immersed in national business, he did not let slip this occasion of rendering the Hall a further service of great consequence.

In a tribute to him which appeared in the pages of the Oxford Magazine after his death, the President of Magdalen, in enumerating the Chancellor's good offices on behalf of the University, made mention that it was he who saved the Hall. There were, of course, others who were ~nfluen.tial in their exertions for the same end, but without Lord Curzon.'s active intervention their labours would certainly have been fruitless. Than Lord Curzon the Hall has never had a more timely and effective champion.

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JOHN CHARLES OAWTHERN.

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N March 2-his 81st birthday-the Rev. John Charles Gawthern, M.A. , died at his home, Englemere Cottage, Sheringham. Educated at Lancing College, he spent his school-days under two Headmasters connected with the Hall, J. Branthwaite, who came to the Hall as Principal in 1861, and H. Walford, who had been Vice-Principal from 18ss to 1859· In 1863 he followed his former headmaster to the Hall, matriculating in the Hilary Term. He was an Exhibitioner of the Hall, and graduated B.A. in 1869 and M.A. in 1876. After several years' teaching as an assi.stant master at Harrow and Marlborough Preparatory Schools and as a private tutor, he decided to take Ho·ly 01"ders. In 1888 he entered Sarum Theological College and was ordained deacon the same year. His first curacy, which he held for four years, was at East Bridgford. I-ie was ordained priest inl 1890. I111 1B92 he be· came Master and Chaplain of the Jesus Hospital, Bray, which post he held until 1913, when he was appointed Vicar of Edstone. In Igi8 he resigned this benefice and went to live at Dersin.gham, near King's Lynn, and £10m there removed to Sheringham.

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Of h~s gifts and benefaction to the Hall full particulars have appeared in previous issues of this Magazine. His name will be permanently associated in our Hall with that of his great-greatuncle, Archbishop Seeker, whose memory he designed to commemorate by the benefaction whi.ch he made last year. In the prayer for the Patrons and Benefactors of the Hall he will always be gratefully recollected with those who by their generosity . have helped substantially to benefit our society.

RICHARD EMMERSON GIRAUD.

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HE Rev. Richard Emmerson Giraud, M.A., died on July 13, at the House of the Servants of Christ, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, of which Community he was Warden. Giraud matriculated at the Hall in Michaelmas Term, 1873. He coxed the Eight in 1874 and in the two following years, for the latter of which he was secretary of the Boat Club. He graduated B.A. in 1878, and M.A. in 1881. After a year spent at Ely Theological College, he was ordained deacon in 1879, and accepted the curacy of St. John's, Bury St. Edmunds. In 1884 he went as assistant priest to St. Matthew's, Westminster, where he remained for sixteen years.

There his gift of making friends had full scope. Whether they were the occupants of the eleven blocks of Peabody Buildings specially allotted to his care, or the children who found him so easy of approach, the pari.shioners of St. Matthew's loved him from the first. In their service he spent himself unsparingly, so that in 1900 he was well advised to find less exacting work in the chaplaincy of St. James's Diocesan Home, Fulham. At the end of five years he was appointed to the vicarage of St. Mary Magdalene, Munster Square. There he proved himself the right man to maintain the distinctive tradition of this church. ' His influence lay,' writes one who knew him well, '~n his deep personal religion, unobtrusive goodness, and devoted life. Men still speak of the very wonderfully devotional character of his preaching, of the immense number of his penitents. He has bequeathed to Munster Square the memories of a . saint.' It was at St. Mary Magdalene's Clergy House that h~s great friend, Bishop Weston-they had been curates together at St. Matthew's-usually spent the short holidays which he allowed himself from his diocese of Zanzibar. In 1922, after seventeen years as vicar, Giraud resigned, being thoroughly exhausted and worn out, and accepted the wardenship of the House of Prayer, an enclosed community devoted to the contemplative li.fe and intercessory prayer.

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IVAN LESLIE SIMPSON.

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VAN LESLIE .S IMPSON, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W ,. R. Simpson, died at his parents' house in Blackburn on May 8th, 1925.

After leaving Blackburn Grammar .School, he prepared to enter his father's profession of architect and land surveyor. Meanwhile he served with the Territori.al Force, and recdved a Lieutenant's commission in the 4th .B attalion of the East Lancashire Regiment.

On the outbreak of war he accompanied his Battalion to Egypt, and in 1915 was in Gallipoli. Before th~ end of the year he was transferred to the Western front, where as a ¡ Captain he saw arduous service until he was invalided home in 1917. In Trinity Term of the following year he came up to the University as a Forestry student and was admitted to the Hall. Having obtained a Diploma in Forestry, he accepted an appointment as Forestry Officer under H.M. Forestry Commissioners in 1919, and was p~aced in charge of a district including a greater part of North \Vales. He returned to the Hall for Michaelmas Term, 1920, in order to complete one of the two terms of residence which it was necessary for him to keep before he was statutorily eligible for the B.A. degree. Eventually his strenuous duties in supervising the cleadng and planting of mountain slopes overtaxed a constitution already impaired by his military service. To his efficiency as a district officer Lord Lovat, the Chairman of the Forestry Commission, has paid this well-merited tribute : 'Mr. Simpson was a man who showed whole-hearted devotion to his work and, despite his poor health, di.d excellent work in our service.' Those who knew him while he was at the Hall will not need to be informed that he won the affection and confidence of all who were associated with him in the Forestry service.

UT FAMA EST. As the result of a course of six lectures delivered at All Saints', Margaret Street, during Lent, 1925, Canon Ollard, formerly Vice-Principal, has written an admirable survey of the Oxford Movement, which has been published by Messrs. Mowbray and Co. under the title The Anglo-Catholic Revival.

The Rev. L. Hodgson, Fellow and Dean of Divinity of Magdalen College, who was Vice-Principal from 1914 to 1919, has ac-

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cepted the Chair of Christian Apologetics at the General Theo¡ logical Sem~nary, New York. He visited the Seminary in the Christmas Vacation 1924, and delivered four lectures there on the Place of Reason in Christian Apologetics. These lectures have since been published by Mr. Basil Blackwell. He saile9 for New York in September whh Mrs. Hodgson, Brigid and Christopher; and is happily settled in his new surroundings. Sine~ his departure the Oxford University Press has published the edition of the Bazaar of Heracleides of Nestorius upon which he and his Magdalen colleague, Mr. G. R. Driver, had been working. This scholarly edition constitutes the first English translation of a work of great interest to students of eafly Church History and of Christian doctrine.. It ~s based on a Syriac translation preserved in a single mutilated sixth century MS., the original Greek text having perished. Professor Hodgson is to be congratulated on his two books and on his new appointment : in his tenure of the latter; he is assured of the continuing and affectionate regard of all who knew him at the Hall.

The congratulations of the Hall are due to the Rev. D. C. Simpson, D.D. (formerly Chaplain and Tutor), on his appointment as Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture.

To this professorship there is annexed a Canonry in Rochester Cathedral. This appointment will have met with the applause of all Aularians, and not least of those who have experienced his great gifts as a tutor. There is an appropriateness in Dr. Simpson succeeding to a Chair whose occupant from 1885 to 1go8 was also a former Chaplain and Tutor of the Hall, the Rev. T. K. Cheyne, D. D. The Synod of the Church of England in Bermuda, at a meeting held on. April 30, unanimously elected the Rev. Arthur Heber Browne, D.D., Vicar of St. Michael and All Angels, Paddington, to be Bishop of Bermuda. The Church in the island has been under the supervision of the Archbishop of Nova 'Scotia since 192 1.

Dr. Browne was consecrated Bishop in Westminster Abbey on June r r. He is assured of the best wishes of the Hall in his work as the first Bishop of Bermuda.

The congratulations of the Hall are due to the Rev. J. W. C. Wand, Vicar of St. Mark's, Salisbury, on .his appointment as Dean and F'ellow of Ori.el College. Mr. Wand was Captain of Boats, 1go6-';. He obtained a First Class in the Final Honour School of Theology in 1907. We are very glad to see him back in Oxford.

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The Rev. A. E. Addenbmoke has been appointed Vicar of St. Stephen's, Cheltenham.

The Rev. C. ]. Beresford has been appointed Rector of St. George' s-in-the-East.

The Rev. C. A. Peacock, C.B.E., on his resignation from the post of Assistant Chaplain-General, has been appointed Rector of Stoke Dry, Uppingham.

The Rev. F. G. Croom, Vicar of St. M~chael's, Shoreditch, has accepted the charge of St. Cuthbert's, Philbeach Gardens, Kensington.

The Rev. P. E. T. Widdrington is one of the General Editors of the New Series of Anglo-Catholic Congress Books dealing with the social aspect of Christianity.

The Rev. A. L. Browne has been appointed Rector of Great Rissington, near Cheltenham.

The Rev. J. G. Barrow has been presented i:o the Vicarage of Little Malvern by the University of Oxford.

The Rev. G. F. Seaver is an assistant curate at St. Mark's, Camberwell.

The Rev. vV. A. Congdon has been presented to the Vicarage of Norton, near Gloucester, by the Dean, and Chapter of Bristol.

Congratulations to the Rev. S. W. Worster on his marriage to Miss Evelyn Norah Sheasby. The wedding took place ~n Rugby Parish Church on January 6th. He has been appointed Vicar of Thornaby-on-Tees.

The Rev. R. N. Lawson has been appointed to the Curacy-inCharge of Lycett and Madeley Heath, N. Staffs.

The Rev. E. C. Mortimer has been presented to the Vicarage of Chittlehampton, near Barnstaple.

The Rev. G. C. Gardner is an assistant curate at St. Mary's, \Vindermere.

1 The Rev. A. F . G. Christie is an assista nt curate at St. Paul's, Weymouth.

Mr. C. B. Trevor has been appointed assistant organist of \Veils Cathedral.

The Rev. F. McGowan has been appointed Vicar of St. Mark's, Birmingham.

The R ev. F. N. Robathan has been appointed a priest Vicar of Lincoln Cathedral.

The Rev. J. Boultbee is an assistant curate a.t Cheadle, Cheshi;e.

The Rev. J. L. J enk~ns has been appoinl:ed c11aplain to the Mission to Seamen in Calcutta.

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The Rev. C. Sampson is an assistant curate at St. Paul's, Rusthall, Tunbridge .Wells.

Mr. H. A. Barnes-Lawrence is a medical student at the Westminster Hospital.

Mr. H. B. Barrett, District Forest Officer, is at Henzada, Lower Burma.

The Rev. M. D. Grieve is an assistant curate at Christ Church, Whitehaven.

The Rev. P. T. Jefferson is Rector of Prieska-a parish about the size of Ireland-in Cape Province.

Mr. H. McK. Law is District Forest Officer, Guntur District, S.

lnd~a.

Mr. H. G. Lickes has been appointed an assistant master of Liverpool College.

Mr. G. J. O'Connor is attached to the British Legation, Havana.

Mr. R. Phillips is an assistant master at Kirkby Lonsdale Grammar School.

Mr. F. E. Ray is Principal of the Community High School, Cropsey, Illinois.

Congratulations to the Rev. F. A. Smalley on his marriage to Miss N. Harrison, M.A. (St. Hilda's Hall). He and his wife have been appointed to the charge of the Chinese Miss~on. in Tokyo under the C. M.S. Before taking up this appoinment they are spending a year learning Chinese at Nanking.

Congratulations to the Rev. H. H. Vickers on his marriage to M~ss Josephine Marjory V/oolmer.

The wedding took place on August 12 at the Abbey Church, Bourne, Lines. He is now assistant curate at St. Mary's, Egremont, Cumberland. ' Mr. C. E. Baldwin is an assistant master at Maldon Grammar School.

Mr. S. N. Godfrey has been appointed Divisional Inspector of Schools in Ceylon.

Mr. G. W. Knight has been appointed to an ass~stant mastership at Dean Close School, Cheltenham.

Congratulations to the Rev. W. L. Guyler on his marriage to Miss Grace Edith Trevis on June II. Since the middle of July he has been Priest-in-Charge of BaJa and Mactier, Ontario.

Mr. T. N. Lloyd is in the Education Department, Lagos, Nigeria.

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search F'e llowship in History at Cornell University. He was over in England during the summer, returning with his wife to the United States in September.

The Rev. P. G:. Reddick has been appointed assistant curate at Holy Trinity, Sydenham.

The Rev. A. MeL. Murray has been appointed Secretary of the Overseas Department of the S.P.G., and takes up his new duties from the beginning of the New Year.

Mr. E. G. Pdce, who is with Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, is stationed at Hankow.

The Rev. W . A. R. H. Morris is an assistant curate at Christ Church, Summerfield, Birmingham.

The Rev. W. L. Bunce is an assistant curate at Holy Tl'inity, S. Wimbledon.

The Rev. H. G. Eggleton is assistant curate to the Rev. R. H .

Hawkins at St. Mary's, Maryport.

Mr. N . . B. T'renham is studying for the deg ree of Ph.D. in the University of S. California, Los Angeles.

Concerning Aularians who have gone down since the last issue of the Magazine we have gleaned these particulars:A. P. Kingsley is 'walking the wards' at Bart's.

H. A. Blair is a tutor at the Missionary College, Dorchesteron-Thames.

W. A. H. Green is an assi.s tant master at Birkenhead School.

J. L. Hill has been appointed Professor of English in the Muslim University , Aligarh. He is assured of the best wishes of the Hail fot¡ his tenure of a Chair which numbers among its previous occupants the late Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Theodore Morrison.

W. H. Hindle is an assistant master at Batley Grammar School.

C. Lummis is an assistant master at Bury Grammar School.

V. W. Miles is an assistant master at Calday Grammar School, W. Kirby.

C. W. Plaxton is at Cuddesdon Theological College.

R . E. Priestley is at Cuddesdon Theological College.

D. L. Saberton is at \Vells Theological College.

H. Turpin is an assistant master at Bury Grammar .S chool.

B. Barber is an assistant master at Preston Grammar School.

L. 0' S. Beere is at Guddesdon Theological College.

F. Buchanan is at Cuddesdon Theological College.

A. R. Clark has been appointed an Assistant Travelling ¡Commission.e r in Gambia:.

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZ.IN:E: A. K Ellis ~s an assistant master at Lancing College.

C. N. Harpur is at Wycliffe Hall.

L. D. Henderson is farming in S. Rhodesia. His and his brother's estate is call.ed 'Carfax,' one half bearing the sub-title 'Teddy Hall,' the other that of ' .Hertford.'

J. F. Hopkinson is with a firm of solicitors in Kendal.

G. A. Johnson has been attached to the staff of the Yorkshire Post preparatory to taking up the post of an Assistant Editor of the Madras Mail.

S. Iguchi has returned to Tokyo for duty at the Foreign Office.

R. Sim is engaged in scientific research work at Glasgow University.

G. St. V. R. Thackeray is teaching in U.S.A.

During the course of the year the following Aularians have been ordained : Deacons: W. A. R. H. Morris (Birmingham.), G. C. Gardner (Carlisle), W. L. Bunce (Southwark), F. J. Fish (London), H. G. Eggleton (Carlisle), G. F. Seaver (Southwark).

Priests: T. W. Gilbert (Chelmsford), A. MeL. Murray (Salisbury).

JUDGE JENKINS. CoMMONE;R OF ST.

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ENKINS was a man of principle. A Welshman and a Royalist, he blended in his person the aggressive ferocity of a fanatic wi.th the calm determination of a martyr. A judge of great sessions for the counties of Carmarthen, Pembroke, and Cardigan., he cast aside the ermine for the sword when war came marching westward over Severn, and fought with the Royal forces holding the garrisons from Raglan and Brecknock to Hereford.

According to Aubrey, he 'was of great courage; rode in ye lord Gorand's army in Pembrokeshi.re, in the forlorne hope, with his long rapier drawne, holding it on-end.' Captured along with Governor Scudamore at the siege of Hereford in the winter of 1645, he was taken a prisoner to the Tower and indicted of High Treason. He suffered seven years in prison, lay another seven under surveillance, lived the while in daily danger of his life-a nd all for C):turch and King.

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The times were unfitted for fatalistic acquiescence in what Jenkins called a ' Bloudy Revolution.' On the outbreak of war the learned judge arrested several of the leading worthies of Carmarthen. and Glamorgan, including Erasmus Phillips and MajorGeneral Laugharne, both of whom subsequently escaped. When Laugharne, from the security of his ship riding at anchor off Cardiff, sent an ultimatum to the Royalist Governor, it was Jenkins who inspired the reply informing Laugharne, in so many words, that he was a blackguard and a traitor. The hatred was mutual. 'There is a lawyer in Wales,' reported the Kingdom's Weekly Intelligencer (No. 77; Oct. 1644), 'whom they write is the patron of this villainy . . . The man's name is David Jenkins, who, in times of peace, lived like a heathen and swore like a devil.'

On the collapse of the R'o yal armies in the West-the valiant Hopton i.n Cornwall and Gorand in Wales-Jenkins was brought to Westminster to be indicted before the Parliamentary Committee of Examinations, presided over by Miles Corbett, one of the members from the Associated Eastern Counties, a future regicide, who had already shown excessive zeal in managing the evidence against Laud.

Mr. Presiden.t Corbett was unaccustomed to prisoners of Jenkins' mettle, and he mistook his man. To the charges brought against him the Judge made bold reply : ' Gentlemen, I stand condemned by the House of Commons for High Treason, for not acknowledging nor obeying the power of the two Houses by adhearing to the King in this Warre. I deny this to be treason.'

The Committee was ¡unused to this kind of answer. In the following spring he was dragged out of prison to answer further charges of treason. The old man had meanwhile published his creed under the title of 'The Vindication of Judge Jenkins,' written from the Tower, a pamphlet which moved the Committee to prosecute printer as well as writer. ¡ Throughout the spring and summer of 1647 Jenkins was thundering forth his fiery bolts against the enemies of the King.

He denied the competence of Parliament to try him ; to those who accused him of High Treason he replied with all the force of the Common Law: 'to usurp the Royall Power is High Tresaon.'

The learned Judge then turned his attention to his enemies in Town. In 1647 appeared 'The Cordiall of Judge Jenkins to the Good People of London in reply to a Thing called an Answer to the poysonous seditious Paper of Mr. D.J.,' in which the wretched adversary was trounced unmercifully. Not many weeks passed

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before there appeared ' A .S courge for the Directory and Revolting Synod, which hath sitten these five years, more for 4s. a day than for conscience sake '-a dig at the Presbyterian Saints frorri beyond the Tweed.

Miles Corbett virtually owned himself beaten by this stubborn prisoner, and, acting on Henry Martin's suggestion that Sangu.is Ma;r tyrum est semen ecclesiae , allowed the case to drop, and Jenkins was permitted to reside under surveillance in Oxford and V/allingford. On the Restoration the old man returned to his native Glamorganshire, spending his remaining years in encouraging the local eisteddfod and in ma naging his estate at Hensol.

He died in 1663.

It was hinted (and Wood was expelled from the University for the hint) that had he consented to bribe Lord Chancellor Clarendon he might' have been made one of the judges of Westminster Hall.

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Jenkins' opinions on matters of law were held in great respect by his contemporaries. His Rerum ]udicata.r um Centuriae Octo, a digest of leading cases at Common Law, which were decided in the Court of Exchequer Chamber upon writs of error, to the year 1623, has gone through four edit~ons in two centuries. It is in this compendious work rather than in his polemical pamphlets that the greatness of the man is revealed. His exposition of the Royalist conception of the Crown ~s irreproachable in its clarity.

No one is a more judicious authority on the true relations of King and Common Law than Jenkins ori cases of pardon by non obstante. ' In my time¡ no such pardon was passed and allowed (that I ever heard of) without the judges' certificate, before such a pardon was granted. If any such pardon be pleaded before any judge, he ought not to be tam fracti a.bjectiqtte an,imi, to allow it immediately ; if he does so, he is not worthy to be a judge.'

EXpounding Calvin's Case (6 ]ac. Case 7: lxxvi), Jenkins explains at length the implications of the Lords' decision in respect of land and' real property conveyancing.

Jenkins, on the case of Dispensations repudiates the assumption of untrammelled arbitrary power on the part of the king. ' The King cannot grant to anyone a power to dispose with any penal statute. Justice and mercy are inseparably annexed to the Crown and cannot be transferred.' In this Jenkins anticipates the opinion of the one dissentient, Street J., ~n Godden v. Hales:' the King's prerogative is politickall and not despotical.' The Common Law does not recog-nise the despot.

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These are the opinions of a learned authority on the Common Law, who was the slave neither of Court nor of Parliament. With Hyde and Falkland, he had not hesitated in 1640 to criticise the excesses at St. James'. But wh~n the gulf between King and Parliament grew too wide to be bridged, it was for Church and King they fought, and for that faith Hyde suffered exile and Falkland rode to his death among the hedgerows of Enborne Field.

Such men, whether good or bad their cause, were built of n ¡1 common clay. They went through tribulation for conscience' sake, and David Lloyd, on the title-page of his Memoires, placed Jenkins and Falkland among the host of those ' noble and excellent personages that suffered by Death, Sequestrat~on, Decimation, or otherwise for the Protestant Religion and the great Principle thereof.'

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MORE FLEMING LETTERS. EOltGE FLEMING, son of Sir Daniel Fleming of Rydal Hall, Westmorland, was entered at St. Edmund Hall in the June of 1688. And there, save for occasional visits to his home, he remained until the autumn of 1&)7, following a course of study in Divinity, Languages, Mathematics, Law and Logic. He was a dutiful correspondent to his father, and seventy-s~x of the letters which he wrote have been preserved. They are printed in Volumes II and III of The Flemings in Oxford, where the Provost of Queen's has given them the life as a series that they lacked as disconnected letters. A review of Volumes I and II, dealing mainly with Sir Daniel and George's elder brothers, has already appeared in these pages. But for Aularians their interest is far surpassed by that of the third which has just left the press. It contains sixty of the seventy-six letters, and many of S~r Danjel's replies.

George's literary style has undergone a great change since he first went to Sedbergh School and wrote home to his father :

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I according to your command sent to Mr. James Cook for a Luvius Florus, for we begunt in it as soune as wee begun the schoole, and as for a Gudwin.s Anticqueties I can gett none heare unless I should give more than you may gett for one. Sr, if you have any of Erasmus is workes except his Colloques, as De lingua or De copia virborum I desire you that you would lett me have some of them which is all hoping that you will be pleased to bestow your blessing upon. us both at present from Your very obedient Son always to command whilst GEORGE. Fr.EMJ â&#x20AC;˘c.

But five years after, in July, '91, he writes thus:

SR, I think I may be so bold as to challenge any one to shew me the least tittle in wch I have been wanting in my duty to you (having always esteemed your advice and commands so sacred, as yt J took it for granted to be impossible for me to live well & contentedly unless in the highest conformity to them) except in this one thing, expences, in wch in all humility I confess myself to have erred, and God knows how much I have been avers to it. I wish to God you could but see my heart, you would upon this account, & out of fear to offend you find it in an agony, & distilling drops of blood; but Sr, to come to the point, wch I could be glad to have no occasion to do, as I now am sorry for the contrary I do most humbly desire you would be pleased to contribute more to wt you have already sent me ; for this will not be able to keep me out of debt. , .. '

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But whether this formal style was the outcome of a study of 'The Young Secretary 's Guide,' or whether it was natural, is hard to say. 'The Young Secretary's Guide' is mentioned in a catalogue of books which George took with him to Oxford, and it professes to contain ' The True Method of writ\ng Letters upon any Subject, whether concerning Business or otherwise; fitted to all Capacities in the most smoothe and oblig ing styles, with about 200 Examples neve r before published.'

All through the correspondence runs a warning to economy, which George observes through inclination and duty. In his accounts no unnecessary or luxurious items appear-save this once, when the entertainment of a cousin had got him into arrears. And evidently Sir Daniel thought that he merited a sharp reproof, for he wrote: . ' I find your charges do swell much beyond my expectation, much of which I take for granted hath no way advanced your studies, especially such charges as relate to any of ye Female sex.

I hope you '1 make good your prom is, of Extenuating your Expences & of Augmenting your studies according to your letter. I hope this will preserve you from all Extremities and Agonies ; and yt you! take for ye Future care not to do anything i.mprudent or which may incline me to doubt your veracity.'

George took heed, and never again merited such a rebuke with 1egard to financial matters. His total expenses for a year, including travelling expenses, were in the neighbourhood of £49· Of this total £28 ss. 4d'. consisted of payments made under heads now covered by Hall battells, and £2o 14s. 8d. may be labelled personal expenses. Shoes he bought for three-and-sixpence the pair, but they only lasted for eight weeks. His laundress received three-and-sixpence the quarter, while his barber was paid five shillings for the same period.

A clerical career had been planned for George, who accepted his destiny not without grumbling and indeed revolt. In r689 he had wished to study law, but was dutiful and submissive. And in June, 1692, he wrote: 'I am not yet in orders, for Dr. Mill advised me to ye contrary, saying that it will not be convenient for me to be in orders until I have a sufficient cause for it. I wish ~t may be soon, for I find my mind very wavering as long as I am not settled to any one particular function.'

To this Sir Daniel r·e plied in haste, but without any real fear for his son's obedience. Yet in November of that year George revolted. He had been refused ordination by the Chaplain of the Bishop of Oxford, as apparently he had not really wished to be

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ordained. And he wrote to his father with many professions of obedience : SR, . There is not any one that with greater alacrity would lay hold of an opportunity of shewing him self a most obedient son, than mv self; . . . ¡ Now Sr, being debarred holy-orders and thereby not able ever to be of that fraternity; for as yet I never heard of any that after one repulse ever made a second efiort, my desire is that you would be pleased to make a second choice for me, or grant me that liberty, which I would employ no otherwise than either in serving his Majesty this Spdng in his Fleets or Armies, or in some place about the court. . . . ' His father was naturally annoyed and wrote : SoN GEORGE,

:W hen Sons pretend Innate Aversions {& I cannot tell what) against their own Good, & their Fathers desires ; it often happens that such sons may live to repent it, & see ye vanity of their own fond wandedng Projects and Designes. . . .

The Lord direct you in all your wayes and Actions ; and be not like to those persons, who grow Elder and Fonder.

But George was determined not to continue in his studies, and so he went to London in order to be in the way of civil preferment.

His father, too, was obstinate, and left him to go his own ways without assistance; and in February George returned to Oxford and wrote to his father : SR, OxoN: Feb. 21st, '92.

I am sorry r should be so long in such a cloud, as not to see my own intrest & what is more my duty, but being now Sr myself, I cauuot but admire my own illbehaviour and your clemency ; my undutifulness & your most paternal affection ; in return for which, and alass ! but a poor requital, I do now protest for the future to square my actions according to your commands; and to make whatsoever sha.ll please you, my greatest satisfaction, doing nothing without or contrary to your pleasure, and so do with tears desire you to excuse what is past, and to grant me your blessing, and to account me Sr Your most obedient son GEORGE FLEMING.

After this letter there is a long gap in the correspondence between GeGrge and his father, and the next letter finds George in Oxford, in October, 16g4, as the Rev. Geo¡r ge Fleming. In the following March he became absentee vicar of Aspatria, and thenceforward his steps to ecclesiastical preferment were rapid. He appeared to have no objection to the practice of pluralism, and at one time he was holding five benefices. In 1727 he was made Dean of Carlisle, and in 1734 Bishop.

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George's character as revealed in these letters is dull, studious, cautious : he shows himself to have a keen insight into character, a good brain and a pleasant manner. He won the admiration and regard of the Principal of the Hall, Dr. John Mill. He seems never to have indulged in the pleasures and vices of the Oxford of his time. But for a unique account of these, reference should be made to two letters that passed between James and Roger, George's younger brothers, who came into residence at Queen's while George was at the Hall. James and Roger are original, even in their letters to their father. And whereas George was always ¡'Your most obedient son,' or 'Sr your most oblieged & most obedient son GEo. FLEMING,' the pair once signed themselves 'You~

e¡x pensive sons RoGER FLEMING, }AMES FLEMING.' A touch which can be understood when letter DCXVI is read : QuoNDAM STAin; MAN,

By Tom I received one from my Father and one from my Bro: Henry, wch I made bold to peruse, yett finding nothing of any moment, I did not thinke it worth time to return them; I hope you'll excuse me; considering the great business I have had lately in hand about our extravigancies, and my own imposission, wch is not as yett finish'd, Mr. Day! has been pleased to give me another, wch I have at this time, wch Mr. Brougham was not well pleased with when I acquented him with it. . . .

As for ye ticke [b~ll] at Noes-Ark mounted to more than either you or I did think of. Several, but of what societies I know not as yett, had made bold tu use our names. . . . Our bear [beer J is too strong as several say's but I do not find it. Eastgate Ginny has got a comrade from London as bad as herr self, scarce soe pritty. . . .

This letter and another of the same sort are a comment on the dutiful prayer that George penned to his father : ' I wish Sr that you could dispose of one, or bothe of my Brothers, for I fear they wi.ll never answer expectation where they are; they having made greater progress in Smoaking then any other thing.'

For the Hall, the period was, in the words of the Provost of Queen's, "one of the golden periods in its history.' And this third volume of The Flemings in Oxford gives a most interesting account of the academic and the social life of the University at that time. The Provost of Queen's is to be congratulated upon bringing his three volumes to a successful close, and upon providing a third volume no less interesting than the other two.

P. J. SANDISON.

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SOCIETIES, 1925.

THE. DEBATING SOCIETY. HILARY TERM.

President:

E.

M.

Vice-President: Secretary: E. G. RowE.

FITCH.

J.

F. BLEASDALE.

Although the .S ociety led a rather precarious existence because of the sma~l numbers in attendance upon debates, interest did not wholly fail and a few good meetings were held. Topics of a political or economic nature seemed to be the most successful in stimulating members to argument and oratory. An attempt to make theological controversies legitimate material for discussion was defeated in a close division.

A return debate, at whkh we were the guests of the L.M:. H. Debating Society, evoked more enthusiasm than any other fixture of the term. The Society was also glad to have as its guest J. L .

Parker, of New College, who consented to speak on paper at a mid-term debate.

Wlhatever merits the debates of the term possessed was given them by the loyal support of the ex-officers.

E.M.F. MrcHAELMAS' TERM.

P·r esident: E. G. RowE. Vice·-President: E. RoYLE. Secretary: iG. E. H. GRIGSON. Both as far as attendances and the general standard of debating are concerned, the Society has held a most satisfactory session. One would mention especially the debate with the Beaufort Club, L. M. H., and the last two debates of term. A joint debate was also held with the XX Club, New College, and at another C. S. M. Brereton and D. M. Foot, of Balliol, were guests of the Society.

The officers for the Hilary Term were elected as follows : President : E. RoYLE. Vice-President: P. J. SANDISON. SecreE.G.R. tary : c. n. SMITH. THE ESSAY .SOCIETY. President : A. E.

HILARY TERM.

ELLIS.

The essayists were chosen with a view to variety ; all were admirably themselves, but G. St. V. Thackeray surpassed himself.

In the first meeting F·. W. Benton read an essay on ' Count D'Orsay, the Prince of Dandies.' He vindicated his immorality through his dandyism. R . L. Hill spoke for the Conservatives in his essay on ' Imperialism and Reality.' Mr. R. Sayle read a paper

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on 'The Poetry of T. E. Brown,' and told some amusing stories about the Isle of Man. The Sodety was fortunate in being privi¡ leged to hear the paper that the Vice-Principal read on ' The Old Library. ' After informing the Society of the manner in which the Hall Library grew up, the Vice-Principal adjourned with the Society to the Old Library itself, where he illustrated his paper from the original. The last essay of the term was provided by G. St. V. Thackeray, who wrote upon 'Rubbish Heaps.' This proved to be a detailed and fascinating account of the Egyptian burial customs of the earlier dynasties. The enthusiasm of the essayist was contagious, and he managed to impart a large amount of his very intimate knowledge of the subject. This terminated a very interesting programme.

J. F. Bleasclale was elected President for the Michaelmas Term.

J.F.B.

President:

MICHAELMAS TERM.

J.

F.

BLF.>\SDALE.

The term opened with financial troubles, which were solved in a Private Business Meeting by raising the terminal subscription.

The Rev. H erbert Livesey began a very successful programme with a paper on ' The Psychology of Remembering and Forgetting.'

This provoked a great deal of discussion, and the Society adjourned late that night. G. E . H . Grigson read an essay on ' Thomas Lovell Beddoes,' a subject of which most of the Society knew little, but upon which they soon became anxious to learn much. E. M. Fitch related some 'stories concerning his visit to Germany : he apologised for these, but the Society found them very entertaining. He called his essay 'Pretzels and Beer.' F. W. L. Evans potted ' Kant,' and worked his willing audience a trifle hard . M. A. McCanlis informed the Society how gods were made, and then proceeded to expound the one religion that did not acknowledge one-Buddhism. In the last meeting of term E. G. Rowe read an essay on ' Coaching Days.' He treated the subject on the whole romantically, to which G. E. H. Grigson took exception and made some rude remarks about charabancs. G. Sayle told a very good story about a Manx forefather.

E'. :M'. Fitch was elected President for the next term.

J.F.B. THE GUILD. MICHAELMAS TERM.

President : R. L.

FRANKS.

At the Terminal Meeting of the Guild, which was held in the Dining Hall on Thursday, November 26, Mr. H. V. Elwin, of Merton and Wycliffe Hall, read a paper on 'Religion.'

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THE JOHN OLDHAM SOCIE.T Y. HILARY TERM.

Presitknt: L. N.

Secretary:

HARVEY.

J.

G.

CoGHLIN.

Perhaps the most notable feature of this term was the improvement in the standard of reading. We hope it will continue. A love scene now resembles a love scene, and not a ser~es of mumbled inc:oherencies. However, the .S ociety does not err on the side of dec,lamation, and perhaps it is as well that members should be reminded that it is better to commit this fau~t than to mutter into imaginary beards. Though we had but a limited selection of plays from which to choose, every meeting was thoroughly enjoyed, and perhaps the most successful reading was provided by St. John Ervine's' Lady of Belmont,' in which B. Barber, as the club bore, Antonio, scored a notable hit. For the Michaelmas term, J. G. Coghlin was elected President and J. H. A. Rusbridger secretary.

J.G.C. M.!CHAELMAS TERM.

President:

J.

G.

CoGHUN.

Secretary:

J.

H.

A.

RusBRIDGER.

We deprived Messrs. Cottrell Horser of a fruitful source of revenue and secured our plays at cheaper rates from a London firm.

The improved reading, we rejoice to say, continues, and nowadays there is no frenzied haste to complete the play in hopes of getting in an hour's Bridge. Shaw has been very popular, and the reading of 'The Doctor's Dilemma ' provided lively entertainment; in fact, this meeting was the most successful within remembrance.

'The Playboy of the Western World' unfortunately proved too much for the insular sentiments of the majority of the Society, and was abandoned before the end. Barrie's pretty-prettiness always appeals to our more sentimental brethren ; 'Alice Sit-by-the-Fire' amply satisfied them. An interesting and exhilarating term. For next term J. H. A. Rusbridger was elected President and H. Cloke ~ecretary.

J. G. C. THE MUSICAL SOCIETY. HILARY AND TRINITY TERMS.

Secretary: D. E.

HAVERGAL.

Treasurer : G. C.

SMITH.

The Hilary Term was a period of quiescence in anticipation of the Society's major effort, the Eights' Week Concert. The Society's contributions were two groups of Part Songs by the Hall Sextet and a selection of Sea .Shanties. These showed all the signs

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of insuffic~ent practice. The two soloists were members of the Hall, W. W. R. Clotworthy (an invaluable addition to the Society since Christmas) and R. E. Priestly.

The Society will miss the support of C. Lummis and C. A. Plaxton., and it is to be hoped that we shall be able to replace their resonant vigour.

D . E. H. MICHAELMAS TERM.

During the past year the Society has been extremely fortunate in twice securing the help of Dr. Ernest Walker. On November 1st, 1924, he gave a pianoforte recital for the Society, his programme illustrating the development of pianoforte music. Beginning with Couperin and D. Scarlatti, Dr. Walker played illustrative compositions by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Chopin, proceeding by way of Schumann and Brahms to contemporary music by Debussy and Scriabin. All this in an hour and a q!larter !

Dr. W 'a lker paid us another visit on November sth, 1925, and this time all members of the Hall were invited, non-members of the Musical Society being charged 1/-. Jt is regrettable to record that only eighteen persons were present. The programme consisted of pianoforte music chosen from the works of Brahms.

Beginning with two Ballades from Op. 10, Dr. Walker interpreted the composer's development at various stages as far as Op. 1 19, which was written only a few months before his death. Great thanks are due to Dr. Walker for coming to such a small Society as ours.

It is encouraging to note that during the past year the membership of the Soc~ety has increased from twenty to thirty-five, and that financially the Society is on a sound basis.

E. P. B.

CLUBS, 1925.

THE BOAT CLUB. HILARY AND TRINITY TERMS.

Captain: C. A.

PLAXTON.

Secretary: L. D.

HENDERSON.

Once &gain the coaching of the Torpid was taken over by the Boat Club officials. In the early part of the term the crew made rapid progress, and by the time they went into training showed considerable polish, especially when paddling. Then came a series of set-backs in the shape of the 'flu germ. For a week they were without their stroke, and then, no sooner had he come back, ' 3 ' collapsed for a day or two. This occurred at a critical time, when it was necessary for the crew to get thro~gh a. great deal of hard

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work, and there is no doubt that the Torpid survived a very trying period with great cheerfulness. By the time of the races they had developed into what promised to be a very fast crew.

On the first day m~sfortune overtook us again. We were behind Hertford, who had in front of them St. John's II, a bad boat, so it was necessary to catch Hertford early in the race. We failed to do so. '7' was ill, and retired to bed with 'flu immediately afterwards. On the second day, in spite of a change in the boat, we bumped St. John's II at the Free Ferry. On the third day we came very near to bumping Hertford, but seemed unable to produce the requisite spur.t at the critical moment. The saddest day of all was Monday ; after being within inches of Hertford in the Gut, a bad crab caused us to be bumped by Wadham II well up the Barges. On the fifth day St. Catharine's pressed us hard, and on the last day they bumped us coming out of the Gut. Unfortunately '6' was ill on these two days and was only able to路 row with difficulty. Under such trying circumstances the crew must undoubtedly be congratulated on doing as well as they did.

CHARACTERS OF THE TORPID. E. RoYLE, 10 st. rzlbs. Seemed able to improve up to a certain point and then got no better. As last year, his performance during training was poor, but he improved during the races and was worth his place.

A. L. CLEGG, wst. zlbs. Had no ~dea of steadiness or where his feet ought to be, but worked hard and kept time.

R. L. HoRDERN, I rst. 3lbs. Remarkably steady forward, but inclined to be ponderous in his rowirig. If he learns to sit up and show more dash he should develop into a useful oar. \V. C. WEBBER, rzst. olb. Very easily upset by any unusual happening, and showed great distress in a rolling boat. The reason for th~s was that instead of swinging himself forward properly he merely curled : consequently a large hump appeared in his back, and he was not on his feet. Worked hard and seemed to last well.

P. S. SPRENT, rzst. Ilb. Improved rapidly during the early part of the training, but then seemed to come to a standstill.

He was slow with his legs and tended always to row deep. A very hard worker.

T. H. HoRSFIELD, wst. 3lbs. Undoubtedly he was stale during the races, but he never regained his form of the previous year. He was fairly steady on his feet, and his blade-work was as neat as ever,

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7· J. W. FoRD, 1 ISt. I lb. He was brought in at a moment's notice on the second day of the races and rowed with great pluck.

He soon adapted himself to the rest of the crew, and worked and kept time as well as anyone.

Stroke. J . F. BLEASDALE:, 12st. Ilb. A thoroughly pretty oar to watch and a good stroke. He always showed a tendency to drop the rate of striking and allow the rest of the crew to get dead, but this fault almost disappeared during the races.

Co x . H. W. PALMER, 8st. olh. His chief qualification was his weight. He lacked decision, and was never equal to an emergency. Perhaps when he gains in confidence he will show more authority.

During the last week of the Hilary Term a prospective eight went out daily, and Mr. N. A. Coghill, of Exeter, took up his duties as coach.

TRINI1Y TERM. The Eight came up a week early and, after a few days in a heavy clinker, took to the new shell eight, St. E'd!mund of Abingdon. The new boat suited us well, and under the able coaching of Mr. N. A. Coghill we improved steadily. Our times in practice . were never startling, but our coach undoubtedly taught us what we had never learned before-the elements of real hard work.

This, combined with the fact that we were well together, accounted for our ultimate success. On the first night of the races we had in front of us St. John's II : these we bumped before the Gut. On the second night we bumped Lincoln II. On the third n~ght we failed to bump Trinity II, a boat which had already been down twice, and on one occasion Lincoln II came dangerously close to us ; this wRs probably due to lack of confidence on our part. On the fourth n~ght we were not successful, but on the fifth, by a mighty effort, we bumped Trinity II half way up the Barges. On the last night Trinity altered their crew and tried hard to re-bump us, but though they got very near in the ·Gut, we drew away and bumped Keble half-way up the Green Bank.

This ended a memorable Eig·hts Week for the Hall. For the following account and characters of the Eight we are indebted to our coach, Mr. N. A. Coghill: The crew was at first sluggish and erratic in style, but owing to a \\"onderful keenness and unanimjty of purpose, they rapidly learnt how to work hard and together. Their four bumps were entirely due tr. h~trd and determined effort, and what may be called ' racing temper.' If this had been steady through the whole of

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Eights \Veek, the boat would undoubtedly have gone up every night.

Their extreme willingness, and the great progress they showed, made them a delight to coach.

Bow. J. V/. FoRD, I 1st. Ilb. Did more effective work than most bows do and considerably straightened his back, though this might still be kept straighter while swinging forward. z. L. D. HENDERSON, 13st. olb. \Vas handicapped by a late advent into the crew, but worked admirably and improved, and regularised his swing in time to be really useful in the races.

3· P. S. SPRENT, 12st. zlbs. Though his style suffered from haste and lack of co-ordination, he improved considerably and acquired experience which will be invaluable next year, if he is properly tubbed.

4· C. LUMMIS, 13st. 6lbs. Kept the bows well together for the most part, but used hi.s slide too quickly coming forward ; his swing was rather short forward, but he could push a fair pile of water.

5· H. A. BLAIR, I 1st. 8lbs. Made very marked progress in style during training, and on the whole had his swing more under control than anyone during the last week; slightly lacking in power of attack; but this developed towards the end and he was in a fair way towards reaiiy hard work.

6. C. A. PLAXTON, 11st. wlbs.

Very powerful, but tended to crouch forward, having stampeded his recovery beyond the perpendicular. He worked very hard, and had an ideal rowing temperament.

7· R. F. YATES, wst. 13lbs. A promising oar, if a little strained round the shoulders at times, but with a good sense of rhythm.

He should be very useful next year.

Stroke . J. F. BLEASDALE, 12st. 3lbs. Very nearly a good oar, but is spoilt by over-reaching with his outside shoulder and by tilting up his outside elbow coming forward. This ultimately tends to make him wash out. His racing qualities are very sound and dogged, but he found difficulty in: beating up the rate of striking.

Cox. H. W. PALl\IER, Sst. alb. Steered good courses during practices and paid a ttention. I could not see his courses during the· races. He should aim at the cox's psychology-how to be at once the autocrat and scape-goat of the crew. He lacks incisiveness ; next year experience may have added this quality to his habitual good humour. Coxes should have both.

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Members of the Boat Club cannot thank Mr. N. A. Coghill enough for his untiring efforts on their behalf. Mention must also be made of the very whole-hearted support given. by all members of the Hall to the Boat Club, which means so much to everyone at the river and which contributed so largely to the year's success.

C.A.P. MICHAELMAS TERM.

Captu.in: R. F.

YATES.

SeC'retary: P.

S. SPRENT.

This term almost all the Freshmen came down to the river, and, after ten clays in tubs, three crews for the Mawdesley Fours went out. All three crews were very keen, and a quantity of inaccurate forecast was circulated on the subject of the winning crew. The actual winners showed their complete superiority; in the first heat they drew the Oxfordshire side and won by two lengths ; in the final they drew the Berkshire side and won by six lengths. The performance speaks highly for the eiforts of the stroke, to whom the victory was mainly clue. The winning crew :

Bow. R. S. Robinson.

2 . G. P. Lamb.

3¡ L. G. Hayward.

Str. P. ]. Sandison.

Cox. F. A. ]. La¡mb.

In accordance with the precedent set last year, we had hoped to put on a Senior Clinker Four, but upon the advice of the coach this was withdrawn after a week's practice.

The Old Torpid Colours went out in tubs while the Freshmen were practising for the Mawdesley Fours, so that after that race it was possible to get out a prospective Torpid at once. We have been fortunate to get as coach this year Mr. J. H. Pain, ofWadham, and \Vycliffe Hall. The crew has done some hard work this term and went one long journey to Sandford.

R.F. Y. THE CRICKE.T CLUB. Captain : W. H.

M . BRANSTON.

Hon. Sec.: F. W. L.

EVANS.

Owing to the- difficulty of play~ng representative teams at all consistently in the early part of the season, our record was not imposing. The arrival of hard wickets brought about such an improvement in the batting that in most of the matches which we did not w\n we had none the worse of the argument. There were many good performances with the bat, but J. E. A. Bye's century against Wadham surpassed all the rest. The bowling reached a very fair standard, but the fielding was often patchy, sometimes

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good, never, however, thoroughly sound--one or two individuals generally being at fault. M. A. McCanlis proved a useful allround player on the few occasions he played, and L. N. Harvey's absence was always felt.

An encourag~ng feature of the season was the fine form and enthusiasm shown by the Second XI, one or two members of which did well in higher company. There was no lack of rungetters, the bowling was quite effective, but the fielding as a whole was deplorable.

The record for the season was as follows :~ FIRST XI: Played r6, lost 3, drawn 9, won 4¡ We won our matches against Queen's, Keble and Corpus.

SEcOND XI : Played 5, lost I, drawn z, won 2. We won our matches against Pembroke and Keble 2nd XI's.

Colours were awarded to J. E. A. Bye, M. A. McCanlis, D. K. Daniels and H . Cloke. The following officers were elected for 1926: Captain, F. W. L. Evans; Hon. Sec., G. C. Smith.

F.W.L.E. THE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB. HILARY TERM. Captain: F. BucHANAN. Secretary: F. H. RoBBS. The first part of the term was devoted to training for the first round of the Cup ties. All members of the XV turned out every day, so far as they were able, show~ng real keenness and a certain amount of promise. It was unfortunate that we had to meet Oriel straight away, as they had a very good side which included the Scottish captain. We were beaten 61---o, and it is fair to say that the heavy score was due to there being no sign of combination in the Hall side. There were, however, one or two good individual displays, especially that of H. A. Blair, who received his colours after the match.

For the rest of the term the side was handicapped by not being able to fill positions vacated through illness. Accordingly several matches were scratched. But on those occasions when the side did turn out it showed marked improvement. This was especially so in the match against Exeter, when the Hall suddenly woke up after half-time and really showed what it could do. It was only just beaten in the last few seconds after the best display it has ever given.

At a meeting of Colours, M. A. McCanlis and L. VV. Dodd were elected Captain and Secretary respectively for the ensuing season.

F.B.

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Ml:CHAELMAS. TERM.

Capain: M. A. McCANLIS .

Secretmry: L.

w ¡.

DODD.

Ten First XV matches have been played during the term, of which five have been won, four lost, and one drawn. In addition, two 'A' XV matches were both won. Though these results are far from startling, the side may undoubtedly be considered an improvement upon last year's, especially when it is remembered that on no s~ngle occasion has it been at full strength. It has been most unfortunate that L. W . Dodd, owing to injuries and various reasons, has been prevented from playing during more than half the term.

At present, the predominant fault is Jack of speed-of speed in thinking and speed in ant~cipation rather than of speed in actual running. We hope we shall be forgiven if we take it upon ourselves to say that the secrets of success in Rugger are two-correct position and quickness. The positioning of the side is better, but it is still slow. It is slow to settle down in the first place, and when it has got into its stri.de its natural game is marked by correctness rather than by dash.

To turn to individual members of the team : E . M. Fitch ha s been wonderfully sound at back; his tackling in particular is something to be remembered, and he is one whom the XV could least spare. Of the three-quarters, F. J. Field has improved greatly since last season; he is a ~trong runner, with a good eye for an opening, but still has a somewhat unaccountable habit of dropping an: occasional pass unexpectedly. At outside-half, R. S. Orchard , who played in Freshmen's Trials, has filled a difficult position very successfully. He has a good pair of hands, is quick off the mark, and can cut through well , but is at present inclined to Job his passes. At the beginning of the season there was not a serumhalf of any description ~n the Hall. J. B. Allen, who was taken out of the pack to play the_re, improved as the term went on. He is very plucky, but slow, while it must be allowed that his slowness is accentuated by the slow heeling of the pack.

The forwards have been weJJ led by W. H. M. Branston, whose enthusiasm is always ~nspiring. As a pack they are good in the tight and have shown themselves capable of ¡several good rushes.

They are bad, however, out of touch, and their heeling is slow.

G. E. H. Gri'gson's methods of dealing with the opposition are most commendable. Both F. W. WUson and W. T. Wilson can dribble. W. J. S. Cooke is always on' the ball, while none ~orks harder in the open than R. J. Hamlyn. N. Dawson, though he

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only played at the end of the term, shows good promise of becoming a rea!Jy good forward when his knowledge of the game has increased.

Colours have so far been awarded to R. S. Orchard and F. J. Field.

M.A.McC. THE ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL GLUB. HILARY TERM,

Captain: L. N.

HARVEY.

S ecretary:

H.

J.

A.

RusBRIDGER.

At the end of the Michaelmas Term, I924, the place of the Club in the League was higher than ever before. ,;ve were runnersup to Hertford for promotion to the First Division, and a strenuous battle with that college, which we lost 2-3, was the deciding match. The Club would like to express its appreciation of the touch-line support during the game. The record for the term was : Played I I, won 6, lost 3, drawn 2.

In the preliminary round ¡of the Cup Ties we met and lost to Lincoln, 2-3. We attribute this defeat to the storming tactics and the determined play of Lincoln during the second half.

The visit of the St. Alban's F.C., Fulham, provided us with the best game of the season. The forwards played a fast game, and were well supported by the half-backs. The accurate shooting of L. N. Harvey at centre-forward enabled us to win by the odd goal in five.

The chief goal-scorers during the term were L. N. Harvey 20, R. J. Davies 4¡ The Club's play was, on the whole, steady rather than brilliant. The half-backs~R. C. W. Whitling, E. G. Rowe and G. C. Smith-were consistently good in defence, but their feeding of the forwards often Jacked accuracy. H. Cloke in goal was always good, and was a keen judge of the advisability oi leaving his goal to obtain possession of the ball. He would improve his play enormously if he could overcome his inability to dive at full-length to a cross-shot.

LN. H. H.J.A.R. MICHAELMAS ThRM.

Captain: L. N.

HARVEY.

Secretary:

H.

J.

A.

RusBRIDGER.

As was the case last season, we, were narrowly beaten. in the race for promotion to the First Division. The League matches resulted as follows:Played Io, won 5, drawn 3, lost 2.

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The full results of the term were : Played 15, won 9, drawn 3, lost 3路 The goal-average was 36 for, 23 aga~nst.

The team played together well and was consistent. For some years now the Club has maintained a steadily high level. Much of the credit for this is due to the defence; the half-back line-R. C. W. V\<'hitl\ng, E. G. Rowe and G. C. Smith--has played together for almost three years, and has rarely let the side down. The forwards, if at times brilliant, are very apt to be erratic, and do not always >vork together well. Most of the goals are the result of individual play. Passing is at times very erratic. Better ball control is needed throughout the team.

In spite of these criticisms, there have been times, as in the matches against University and Keble, when the whole team has played a fast, clever game. The better our opponents, the bette1路 the Club plays, and, it must be said, vice 路versa.

Colours were awarded during the term to R. C. vV. Whitling.

L.N.H. THE HOCKE路Y CLUB. HILARY TERM.

Captain: D. P. S. NoAKEs.

Secretary: F . B.

WESLEY.

As far as Cup Ties were concerned this term was a most disastrous one. The collapse was chiefly due to a lack of cohesion, resulting from the spirit of 'win at any cost' in which previous matches had been played. I should# like, therefore, to urge the team this year to play not so much to win, desirable as this may he, but to improve the team work. That is to say, the backs and halves, instead of being content to get rid of the ball somehow, should try to ensure that 'their clearances are to one of the forwards, or, if hard pressed, to one of the other halves or backs.

With regard to the forwards, these should keep well apart and tackle back hard. Not enough use is made of the ' through ' pass behind the opposing backs ; this at any time, and especially on bad grounds, is calculated to rattle the backs, and thus to be productive of goals. If this is persisted in, even at the cost of, at first, losing matches, the eventual result may well be that teams which are better individually will be beaten by superior team work.

As regards the individual play of the team, R. L. Franks in goal was always good, and in some matches even brilliant. The backs, L . O'S. Beere and F. vV. L. Evans, were usually good, but inclined, when hard pressed, to be unsteady and to hit wildly. The

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halves, G. H. Aldis, D. K. Daniels and J. H. T. Clarke, were the mainstay of the team, and in the replay of the Cup Tie were magnificent. Clarke should be careful to stick to his wing man and not hold the ball too long. Of the forwards perhaps the less said the better. Though at times good, their efforts in the Cup Tie were deplonble. The inside forwards were too much inclined to bunch and to pass square, and the outsides to take the ball down too far before centering.

D.S.P.N. Mli:CHAELMAS ThRM.

Captain: F. B.

WESLEY. H on. Secretary : D. K. DANIELS. A casual glance at the fixture card is sufficient to show, firstly, that there have been many matches scratched this term, and, secondly, that of the matches which have been played the Hall has won only a very small percentage. In these two respeCts the term has been like all other Michaelmas terms ; the weather has been "no better and no worse than that of other years, but the difficulties attendant upon putting a representative side into the field have been greater. In the first place, we have never before had two members of the Hall playing regularly for the University, and, in the second, we have never had so many of the side playing for the Occasionals. The result of the demands of the University and the Occasionals upon the Hall side is that practically everybody in the Hall has wielded a hockey stick either for the First or for the Second XI on one occasion dudng the term, and thus we at least know what material we have to work upon for the more serious business of Cup Ties in the Hilary Term.

On both the occasions on which a full side was put into the field we were beaten. The best match of the term , against the Occasionals, was lost by one goal ; and an apparently demoralized side lost rather badly to Magdalen. It is to be hoped that the Hall will find the form shown against the Occasionals early next term.

Colours were awarded during the term to J. 'G. Coghlin and J. H. T. Clarke. The officers elected for next term were: Captain, F. W. L. Evans; Secretary, G. H . .A:ldis.

F.B.W.

THE. ATHLETIC CLUB. HILARY TERM.

Captain : H. W.

TAYLOR.

Secretary : G. C.

SMITH.

As a result of the comparative somnolence of the Club during the Michaelmas Term, i.t was anticipated that the few members who comprised it would reveal something of their true form in the

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Inter-College Sports. This hope was shattered when the sum total of points gained was only It , despite the gallant efforts on the part of H. A. Blair. E. G. Rowe jumped well, and was the only individual to score. It ~s to be regretted that several members of the Hall who might have done the Club some service were prevented from competing by more pressing engagements.

Officers for next season were elected as follows : Captain, G. C. Smith ; Secretary, R. J. Hamlyn.

H. W. T. MICHAE'LMAS TERM.

Caiptain: G. C.

SMITH.

Secretary : R.

J.

HAMLYN.

The past term has been one of unprecedented activity and success. The most pleasing feature has been the keenness shown for athletics by many members of the Hall. W dthout this excellent spirit we could have accomplished nothing. Several entirely new experiments have been made, and each has been almost an unqualified success. The first was to enter a team for the InterCollegiate Cross-Country Cup. The team was composed of G. C. Smith, H. W. Taylor, W. W. R. Clotworthy, A. S. Chandler and R. E. Walker, and ran fourth to Oriel (the ultimate winners), B.N.C. and New College, beating Queen's, University and Corpus. As only the first three colleges ran in the final, we got no further, but the result amply justified the enterprise.

In the competition for the Inter-Collegiate Relay Cup and Batons, the Hall entered for the One Mile and the Two Miles Relays. The teams were composed of the following: G. C. Smith, H. W. Taylor, D. E. Havergal, A. S. Chandler, W . F . Cummings, J. H. Beeley, R. E. Walker and S. D . Mangan. In the first round the Hall ran third in each relay to Balliol (ultimate winners) and University, beating Keble, and thus earning the right to run in the semi-final. In the semi-final of the Two Miles Relay we were beaten by a yard for a place in the final, a very plucky effort by the last Jesus man taking him over the line just ahead of Taylor. In the One Mile we were drawn in a very strong heat, and were last nearly all the way.

We also ran two cross-country matches, one with the City of Oxford School, which we won by 20 points to 41, and one with Magdalen College School, which we won after a very fine strugg le by one point, 27-28. The Hall was represented in these events

by G. C. Smith, A. S. Chandler, W. W. R. Clotworthy, R. E. Walker, D. E. Havergal, G. V. Carlin, F. G. Phillips, J. H. Beeley and L. G. Hayward.

ST; EbMUNb HALL MAGAZ-INE To turn-to individual achievements, W. F. Cummings is to -be congratulated on his success in the Freshmen's Sports, where he was a good second in the finals of the 100 Yards and Quarter-Mile.

A. S. Chandler ran sixth in the Freshmen's Cross-country race, and ran for the University second team against Surrey A.C. But ofcourse all individual doings have been dwarfed by the outstanding performances of W. H. Taylor. Coming into the University CrossCmmtry -side at half-term, he ran consistently and - well, being placed among the six men who counted in every race, and always doing good times. In spite of this; he has only been selected as reserve for the team against Cambridge. He thoroughl;y. deserved his Blue-none more so.

I hope that future Captains of Athletics will follow the precedents which have been set up this term and will enter teams-- for the Cross-Country and Relay Cups, no matter how poor the prospects may seem to be. It is the first time the Hall has got through · a round of an inter-college athletic competit~on.

G.C.S.

TruNITY TERM.

Captain :

J.

F.

BLE:AsDALE.

- The activities· of the Club are necessarily limited: by the fact that all members of the team are also members of the_Eight. The Club took part, however, in the Inter-Collegiate Relays, but failed to get \nto the final round_. The standard of swimming throughout the Univeq;ity has improved, and though we had the same team as in the previous year, we did not do so well. The Club will miss the services of H. A. Blair and G. Lummis.

The half-mile race in the river was held late in the term. It was won, as usual, 'by C. Lummis, who swam well and used his knowledge of the current. H . A. Blair was second,-a foot in front _ of R. L. Hill. These two were necj{-and-neck for the .last 200 yards and provided a most exc~ting race.

J.F.B. ·

THE TENNIS CLUB. TRINITY TERM.

Capta<in: F. B.

WESLEY.

Secretary :

J.

E. A.

BYE.

Looking back upon last summer term from the chilly 'dis~om- : fort of a wet November day, perhaps it is natural that I sho~ld first remark upon the first three weeks of term, in which the weather

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was so cons~stently bad as to make play on grass courts either impossible or extremely uncomfortable. In the latter half of the term, however, we had no grounds for complaint on the score of the weather, and, when we could set aside such disturbing influences as ' Schools,' we managed to fulfil the greater part of our remaining fixtures. With the smaller colleges we met with considerable success, but we came to grief at the hands .o f Christ Church and ~n the Cup Tie match with New College, although I think most of the VI will agree that these two matches were the most enjoyable of the season. J. L. Hill and J. E. A. Bye were the best pair of a fairly even and, incidentally, a very erratic VI. At the meeting of Colours, J. E. A. Bye was elected Captain and D. S. P. Noakes Secretary for 1926.

F.B.W.

DEGREES CONFERRED. January 22, 1925.-M.A.: Rev: F. M. Beddow, Rev. H. Livesey, Rev. F. A. Smalley, Rev. R. B. White.

February 14.-M.A. : Rev. C. Cole, Rev. A. H. Otway.

April

3o. ~M.A.:

Rev. H. W. Butterworth, W. J. Carter, Rev. T. D. C. Herbert, Rev. T. G. Mohan, Rev. P. G. Red-tick.

May 23.-M.A.: B. C. W. Johnson.

June 18.-M. A. : G. W. W. Brear, Rev. E . T. H. Godwin, Rev. H. L. Hustwayte, Rev. A. R. Janes. B.A. : G. W. W. Brear.

July 25.-B.A.: H. A. Blair, F'. Buchanan, A. E. Ellis, T. H. Horsfield, M. M. Martin, G. N. T. Widdringtom August 5.-B.A'. : J. F. Hopkinson, G. W . Knight.

October 15.-M.A.: C. E. Baldwin. B.A. : B. Barber, F. W .

Benton, E. G. Brice, C. N. Harpur, D . E. Havergal, R. L Hill, B. P. Mohan, G. Sayle, H. A. Triffitt.

November 14.-M.A.: S. N . Godfrey, Rev. H . H. Vickers. B.A.: G. V. Carlin, L. N. Harvey, J. B. C. Hordern, R. R .

Nattrass, R. Sim, F. B. Wesley, E. S. Williams (in absence).

December 17.-M.A. : D. P . S. Griffiths, Rev. T. H. Croxall, Rev. B.A. : Rev. J. L. Jenkins, G. A. J. L. Jenkins.

Johnson,

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MATRICULATIONS. HILARY TERM, 1925.

Commoners: J. H. T. Clarke (Dean Close School).

W. W. R. Clotworthy (Kelly College).

R. J. Hamlyn (Cranleigh School).

MiicHAELMAS TERM.

Exhibitioners : S. D. Mangan (Sheffield Central Secondary School).

F. G. Roberts (Market Drayton Grammar School).

F. W. Wilson (Royal Grammar School, Colchester).

Commoners : W. R. Bartlett (City of Oxford School).

J. H. Beeley (Berkhamsted School).

J. R. Bett, B.A. Lond. (University College).

V. E. H. Card (St. Boniface College, Warminster).

A. S. Chandler (Cjty of Oxford School).

W. J. S. Cooke (Lower School of Lawrence Sheriff, Rugby). vV. F. Cummings (City of Oxford School). â&#x20AC;¢ J. D. Fox (Tonbridge School).

L. W. Hanson (Heath Grammar School, Halifax).

L. G. Hayward (West -Ham Secondary School).

P. G. Higgs (City of Oxford :School).

T. Inouye (Tokio University of Commerce) . ]. M. Knowles (Watford Grammar School).

W. J. Lancaster (Balshaw's Grammar School, Leyland).

R. S. Orchard (Liverpool College).

F. G. Phillips (Whitgift Grammar School, Croydon).

G. C. Pownall (Tonbridge School).

R. S. Robinson (City of Oxford School).

B. J. Rushby-Smith (Magdalen College School, Oxford) R. E. Walker (Brighton Grammar School).

W. T : Wilson (Royal Grammar School, Colchester).

P. Young (St. Peter's School, York).