St Edmund Hall Magazine 1927-28

, The block used for the small print of the Hall appearing on the cover is kindly lent by Mr. E. H. New, of 17 Worcester Place, Oxford, frOJ!l \vhom the original engraving, 13! by 12 inches in size, may be obtained, price one guinea.

The photographs illustrating the opening of the New Building were taken by a photographer of The Times.

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ST. EDMUND HALL fVIAGAZINE. Vol. II, No. 2.

DECEMBER, 1927.

EDITORS. 1927-8.

N. DAWSON, Editor. vV. JoHNSON, Asst. Editor.

DE PERSONIS ET REBUS AULARIBUS. OF THE VISITOR OF THE HALL.

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HE HALL has reason to b e very grateful to its Visitor,

Viscount Cave, for coming to open the New Building on Wednesday, April 27th, and for the congratulatory and encouraging speech concerning our Society which he made on that occasion.

A full account of the proceedings will be found under a separate heading.

OF T!;!E TRU STEES OF THE HALL. In accordance with the provisions of the R evised Statute of the H all, which is now in force, six Trustees have been app ointed : the Principal; t he Bishop of Carlisle; Dr. F . W. Pember, Warden of All Souls; Dr. ]. Wells, formerly Vlard eri. of W ad ham; Mr. H. J. Paton, Professor of Log ic in the University of Glasgow ; and Mr. J. W . Jones, Fellow of the Queen's College. As was explained in t he Maga.zine of 1925, this body of Trustees has been constituted for the H all in order to make good its inabilitv as an unincorporate society to hold on its own oehalf such real 0 1· personal prop erty as may be ' g iven, devised or bequeathed , or otherwise acquire•! for the use and benefit of the Hall, or o f the m embers or of any m ember of it as such.'

OF THE J.C .R. Th e Officers of the J . C. R. elected for the academical year rg 27-8 are: President, B. J. Rushby-Smith; Steward , G. E. J ansenSmith. ' A. W. Henderson has been appointed Ju nior Treasurer of the Amalgamated Clubs.

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CoNGRATULATIONS.

The congratulations of the Hall are due : To the Principal on his appointment as Canon of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury in the prebendal stall of Fordington and Writhlington. This appointment, which was made in April, must be particularly g ratifying to the Principal as confirming a connexion of long standing with the diocese of Salisbury. He has been an Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Salisbury since his appointment by Bishop Ridgeway in 1911. By a happy coincidence the prebendal church of Fordington, which is connected with his canonry, is neig hbour to St. Peter's, Dorchester, of which his fath er, the Rev. T . K. Allen, was rector from 1888 to r8gg. ¡ To the Vice-Principal on being appointed by the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral as a Governor of the King's School, Canterbury, where he was at school.

To E. L. G. Powys on his election to a Heath Harrison Travelling Scholarship in Spanish and to a Goldsmiths' Company's Exhibition for Modern Languages.

To all members of the Hall who ab exam:inator¡i bus honore digni sunt habiti, and especially to the following on being placed in the Second Class in their respective Final Honour Schools : N . K. Brownsell, R. St. J. Fisher (Theology), G. H . Aldis (French Lang. and Lit.), H. Cloke, N. Dawson (English Lang. and Lit. ), G. P. W. Lamb (' Modern Greats'), ]. B. Allan, J. H. T. Clarke, G. H. Franey, H. B. Linton, J. C. W. Ludlow, H . ]. Mills, F. G. R eeves, P. ]. Sandison, R. F. Yates (Mod ern History), R. S. Robinson (Hon. Math. Mods.). The ac hievement of the Modern History candidates is particularly noteworth y, as nine out of eleven candidates secured ' Seconds.' It constitutes a record for the Hall.

This year this record was only beaten by Balliol.

To M. A. McCanlis on his election as Captain of the Oxford University Cricket Club, and on representing the University against Cambridge for the second time both in Cricket an,p in Rug by Football, and on playing for the Rest against England in Rugby Football.

To D. K . Daniels on playing Hockey for the University and on obtaining a Southern Trial a second year.

To A. E. Smith on representing the University against Cambridge at Chess.

To G. H . Aldis on pl ayi ng Hockey for the University throughout the Michaelmas Term, and on obtaining a Southern Trial.

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ToN. C. Moses on winning the One Mile and the Three Miles in the Freshmen's Sports, on running Cross-Country for the University during the Michaelmas Term and on being elected to the Centipedes.

To B. J . Rushby-Smith on rowing ' three' in the Isis Rowing· Club Eight which entered for the Thames Challenge Cup at Henley Regatta.

To F. J. Field on being elected to the Greyhounds.

To W. F . Cummings on winning the Quarter-Mile 111 the Seniors' Sports and on being elected to the Centipedes.

To A. S. Chandler on gaining third place in the Seniors' CrossCountry and on running Cross-Country for the University during the Michaelmas Term.

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THE SCHOOLS .

. TRINITY TERM, 1927.

In Facultat e Juris Civilis pro gradu Baccalaurei: Class II, A. L. Clegg.

In Scientia Naturali: Physiologia Animalium, Class III, R. C. W. Whitling; Chemia, Pars I, D. H . J. Marchant.

In Sacra Theologia: Class II, N. K. Brownsell, R. St. J. Fisher; Class III, P. S. Sprent.

In Literis Modernis: Class II, G. H. Aldis (in lingua Gallica).

In Literis Anglicis: Class II, H. Cloke, · N. Dawson; Class III, F. J. Field, G. E. H. Grigson; Class IV, D. K. Daniels.

In Schola Philosophiae, Politicae, et Oeconomiae: Class II, G. P. W . Lamb.

In Literis Humanioribus: Class I II, C. D. Smith.

In Histo ·ria M oderna: Class II, J. B. Allan, J. H. T. Clarke, G. H. Franey, H. B . Linton, J. C. W. Ludlow, H. J. Mills, F. G. Reeves, P. J. Sandison, R. F. Yates; Class III, A. J. Foster, M. A. McCanlis.

In Schola Disciplinarum Mathematica.r um: Class II, R. S. Robinson; Class III, A. S. Chandler, W. F. Cummings.

Examinatoribus Satisfecerunt: Group A. 3, F. A. J. Lamb; Group B.r, W. D. Gower-Jones; Group B.z, G. C. Pownall; Group B.6, F. A. J . ,Lamb, D. C. Barker; Group D., !i. Cox, R. J. Hamlyn .

Diplom.a in Theology : R ev. E. S. Ferris.

Examination in the Th eory, History and Practice of Education: A. C. Belchamber.

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Examinatoribus Satisfecerunt : Group B.6, S. Cox, R. J. Hamlyn, R. L. Hordern; Group D., D. C. Barker, G. C. Pownall, F. S. W. Simpson.

In Facultate M edicinae et Chirurgiae pro gradu Baccalau.rei in Medicina et pro grculu Baccalaurei in Chirurgia.: A. P. Kingsley.

On February 7th the Rev . E. A. Shattock, M.A., having submitted a thesis on 'The Relation between Morality and Religion in Primitive Society,' satisfied the Examiners appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Theology for the Degree of B.Litt.

OF BATHS.

In spite .of all rumour to the contrary, there was no formal opening of the Bathrooms in the New Building. Their inauguration was of an informal and private character. They were first used in the Christmas Vacation by those schoolmasters attending the Conference for Schoolmasters and College Tutors who were accommodated in the Hall.

OF THE NEW LIBRARY .

The new Library was ready for use at the beginning of Trinity Term. The laborious business of arranging the books and recataloguing them was carried through by the Chaplain, the Librarian, R. S . Orchard, and several volunteers. According to the architect's computation the Library, which is forty-four feet long, has shelf-room for five thousand volumes.

As its main source of supply the Library is dependent for new books upon the terminal subscription of five shillings which is charged on the battels of all members of the Hall in residence.

When allowance is made for certain overhead charges, such as heating, lighting and service, in respect of the Library which the Library Fund has to bear, there remains ava ilable, on the basis of our present numbers, a terminal revenue of about £,15 for the purchase of books. It has been decided that the books provided from this source eac h term shall bear some proportional relation to the number members of the Hall reading the various Honour Schools. A Library Committee has been form ed to deal with this and other matters connected with the vvorking of the Library¡. The Committee consists of seven members : the Vice-Principal, the Chaplain, the Librarian, G. H. Ald is, N. K. Brownsell, F. G. Roberts and F. W. Wilson.

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The New Library would greatly welcome the gift of duplicate copies of the more expensive text-books usually read for the Schools. If every member of the Hall on going down were to spare one such book from those which he had purchased for his own use, while he was in residence, he would be conferring a great boon on his successors-a boon certainly far in excess of any that a secondhand bookseller will confer on him.

OF GIFTS.

In addition to the g ifts of books to the Old Library recorded later, the follo~ing· books havebeen presented to the New Library, to the donors of which the best thanks of the Hall are clue.

A gift of sixty-four volumes from the library of the Rev. Charles Edward Prior, M.A., the Queen's College, late rector of Charltonon-Otmoor.

The Poems and Letters of Andrew Marvell, eel. H. M. Margoliouth, presented by the editor.

Belief in God, Belief in Christ, and The Holy Spirit and the Church, by Bishop Gore; The New Testament Doctrine of the Christ, by Dr. Rawlinson; The Four Gospels, and Reality, by Canon Streeter; The Ideas of the Fall and of Original Sin, by Dr. N. P. Williams; Essays Catholic and Critical-the gift of the Rev. E. S. Ferris on going down.

K. Feiling's A History of the Tory Party, r640-I7I4, presented

by Mr. E. Royle on going down.

A History of the Daubeny Laboratory , Magdalen College, Oxford, by R. T. Gunther, presented by the author: The Satires of Juvenal, eel. Ruperti, 2 vols. Leipzig, r8rg, presented by Sir ] ames Douie, K. C. S. I. OF EXHIBITIONS.

An Examination, beginning on Tuesday, March 22, was held for the purpose of awarding two Exhibitions in Modern Languages (English or French) of the annual value of £40. As a result of this Examination the following election was made : . ]. R. H. Murray, Brentwood School: French.

An Examination, beginning on Tuesday, June 28, was held for the purpose of awarding two Exhibitions in Classics or Modern History of the annual value of £40. As a result of this Examination the following elections were made : B. M. Forrest, Shrewsbury School : Classics.

A. E. Smith, Brighton Coll ege and St. Edmund Hall : Modern History.

E. L. G. Powys was made an Exhibitioner on his election to a Heath Harrison Travelling Schol a rship (Spani;h) in Hilary Term.

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The Exhibition Exarninations for 1928 will be held as follows : On Tuesday, March 13, and the two following- days for the purpose of awarding two Exhibitions in Modern Lang-uag-es (Eng-lish or French) of the .annual value of ÂŁ40.

On Tuesday, June 26, and the two following- days for the purpose of awarding two Exhibitions in Classics or Modern History of the annual value of ÂŁ4o.

OF THE CHAPEL.

The VISJtmg- preachers in Chapel during 1927 were the Rev. J. W. C. Wand, Fellow and Dean of Oriel College (March 6th), the Rev. V. J. K. Brook, Fellow and Chaplain of Lincoln College (May 15th), ~nd the Rev. J. B. Lightfoot, Fellow and Chaplain of New Colleg-e (November 13th).

Our years of heroic strug-g-ling- with plain-song- are now over, and there can be .little question that the chang-e has been amply justified. The English Psalter which is now in use adheres to the Anglican chant, but avoids the banalities of the older pointing-. In the introduction of this psalter, as in many other respects, the music of the services has been g-reatly helped by those who have so frequently and readily found time to attend voluntary practices.

Once more we have to thank the Bishop of Carlisle and Mrs. Williams for the wreath of rosemary which they sent for the War Memorial on Armistice Day. We gratefully acknowledg-e the following- donations to the Altar Cross Fund: Rev. C. E. R?e, 10s.; Anon., ss.-R.F. OF ST. EDMUND's DAY.

In a very delig-htful and diverting speech Sir Michael Sadler, Master of University Colleg-e, proposed the toast of Florea.t Aula at the Dinner in Hall on St. Edmund's Day. In addition to members of the Hall in residence there were present on this occasion the Right Rev. Bishop Wild, Rev. J. W. C. Wand, Dean of Oriel, Professor E. G. R. Waters, Mr. H. M. Margoliouth, Secretary of Faculties, and Mr. R. St. J. Fisher.

For the third year in succession the Rev. R. N. Lawson sent as a donation to the Exhibition Fund for the benefit of a candidate for ordination the offertory taken in his church at Madeley on St. Edmund's Day. We are glad i:o record an Aularian gathering in Ceylon. Mr. H. Beresford Barrett, who was returning- to Burma from lea':'e in Ireland, Mr. S. N. Godfrey, and the Rev. T. W. Gilbert dined together in Colombo on St. Edmund's Eve.

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NUMBERS.

There are IS B.A. 's and 92 undergraduates 111 residence this term, which beats the record of las t year. This may be regarded as a maximum, as the problem of accommodation of rooms in Hall forbids the number of members of the Hall being maintained at so high a figure: OF

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MAGAZINE·.

It is now eig ht years since the Magazine was started·. During this period it has beer! possible to accumulate a modest but appreciable balance. This year the Editorial Committee of the Magazine has decided to make a grant to the Hall of the sum of £25, to be expended for the benefit of the Old and the New Library. £zo of this grant is to be used for the Old Library, and by means of it a beginning has been made with the repair of some of the leatherbound books. To the New Library has been given: McKerrow, An Introductio~ to Bibliog-r aphy; J ohnson and Jenkinson, English Court Hand, Parts I and II; and Jenkinson, The Later Court H ands in England.

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RELIQUIIS.

A correction is necessary with regard to what I wrote last year concerning the provenance of the Oseney fragments . which the Rev. E. A. Berrisford, Fellow and Chaplain of the Queen's Colleg·e, very kindly presented to the Hall. Mr. Berrisford tells m e that the fragments were not recovered from . the silt of Oseney -Basin.

The two tiles and the token-mould were purchased by him as an underg raduate from a grave-digger in Oseney Cemetery about I9I I or I9I2. The corner fragment of tile was found by him near a n ew grave mound in the cem etery about two years ago. This cemetery covers part of the site of the former Abbey Church of Oseney. The fragments recovered from the silt of Oseney Basin, about which Mr. Berrisford had spoken to me, are fragments of worked stone and are at present on the Queen's College Ground awaiting removal.

I might mention here that an early sixteenth centu ry earthenware cand lestick discovered in the course of excavating the cellar of th e New Building has been presented to the Ashmolean Museum, which possesses one of the best collections of English mediaeval pottery.-A. B. E.

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THREE PLAYS ..

HE Dramatic Society divided its talent into three parts on Saturday, February 26th, when it produced three one-act plays, no doubt hoping by this method to gain at least one success and enhance somewhat its youthful reputation. It was a wise plan, for two of the plays were highly successful and it was shown that there was considerable dramatic ability in the Hall.

Perhaps the programme did not begin altogether happily with 'The Dumb and the Bfind,' by Harold Chapin, a sentimental though sincere tragi-comedy of riverside life. G. W. Thornhill as Joe Henderson gave a good performance in the role of the typical British working-man, but G. E. ].anson-Smith as Mrs. Henderson and J. M. Knowles as her daughter Emmie were expected to interpret feminine parts to which it was almost impossible tor them to adapt themselves; and R. W. Britton's pardonable ignorance .o f bargee-life did not allow him to do justice to the part of the wily Bill Pepper.

The second play, J. ]. Bell's' Thread o' Scarlet,' was well acted and went with a swing. The sly villain Butters was admirably played by F. G. Roberts, who managed the startling finale really well. H. H. Hook as the Landlord seemed at home in his inn, but neither K. A. Muir as Smith nor L. C. Baber as Migsworth was an altogether convincing rrian of the world, though each showed talent. W. Johnson as a Traveller and L. W. Hanson as Breen played their parts well, the latter making a particularly exciting entrance.

The third play, ' Rory Aforesaid,' by John Brandane, was likewise successful, largely owing to the brilliant characterisation of Duncan MacCullum by A. VV. Henderson, who greatly enjoyed himself in the witness-box and kept the audience amused throughout. J. A. Smith was a sufficiently obstinate Rory MacColl, and T. C. Heritage, who played Mrs. MacLean, had obviously made a study of landladies. The part of Sheriff-Substitute was played by D. L. Bird, who, though a trifle off-hand in manner, was adequate; K. C. Oliver as Mr. Mawson ~acle a handsome and distinguishedlooking barrister, but his future is probably not at the bar.

The evening was without doubt encouraging, and the credit for the Society's marked improvement must go to the Chaplain, who has spent much time and trouble on its affairs. If in the future it is careful in its choice of plays, the Society will find the Dining-hall much too small to hold all those who wish to see its productions.

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THE REUNION, 1927.

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H E Fifth Reunion of old members of the Hall took place on Tuesday, April 26th. Invitations were sent to all members of the Aularian Association and to all other old members of the Hall who, though not members of the. Association, had subscribed to the New Building Fund. After Evensong in Chapel, dinner was served in the Dining Hall. There were present: The Rev. W. L. Martin, the Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher, the Rev. Canon Gilbanks, the Rev. R. H. Evered, the Rev. F. D. Lane, the Rev. R. S. 0.

Tayler, the Rev. Canon Barker, the Rev. C. P. Shipton, the Rev. A. L. Browne, the Rev. A. E. Clarke, the Rev. Ernest Havergal, the Rev. K. M. Ffinch, the Rev. C. W. Fullmer, the Rev. P. Cunningham, Sir Mark Hunter , the Rev. W . G. Boys Johnston, the Rev. R. H. O'Donovan, the Rev. C. E. Roe, the R ev. C. J. Beresford, Mr. H. N. ffarington, the Rev. C. W. Fisher, the R ev .

Dr. T. H. D . Long, the Rev. F. L. Whatley, the Rev. T . E. R. Wilford, the Rev. A. F. I. Danneman, the Rev. Dr. A. C. Keen e, the Rev. E. Reid, the Rev. H. W. Thorne , the R ev. F. K. Scott, the Rev. P. A. W. Skinner, the Rev. D . Armytage, the Rev. L. H. Coles, the Rev. Canon Davis, Mr. C . Karn, th e Rev. W. A. Congdon, Mr. R. Sayle, the Rev. F. McGowan, the Rev. C. Sampson, the Rev. C. V. Browne-Wilkinson, Mr. H. C. Ingle, Mr. B. C. W. Johnson, Mr. G. J. O 'Connor, Mr. H. C. Sh earman, Mr. M. J. Soulsby, Mr. J. J. G. vValkintor~, Mr. J. W. L. Symes, Mr. H. A. Blair, Mr. A. E. Ellis, Mr. A. B. Hodgson, Mr. G. W. Knight, Mr. C. Lummis, Mr. G. Sayle, the Rev. A. M. Trendall, Mr. J. W. Blair and Mr. D. E. Havergal.

In reviewing the events of the year, the Principal alluded in particular to the completion of the New Building, and expressed his great gratitude for the very generous response that members of the Hall, past .and present, had made to the appeal for funds th at had been issued on beh a lf of the New Building.

The Lord Bishop of Carlisle, form erly Principal, responded to the toast of Flore at Aula. His speech, Inimitable in ¡ its humour a nd in its expression of an affectionate prid e in the Hall, was one of contrasts and comparisons, reflections upon the past and the present within his recollection of the Hall.

After dinner a general meeting of the Aularian Association was held in the Dining H all.

On Wednesday, April 21st, Holy Communion was celebrated in the Chapel at-8.30 a .m. Many were able to stay for the opening of the New Building in the afternoon. '

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THE AULARIAN -ASSOCIATION. N _accordance with p revious cus tom, the Executive Committee of the Aularian Association met at the Principal's Lodgings in the afternoon of the Reunion, Tuesday, April 26th, 1927.

The following members of the Committee were present : The Principal (in the' Chair), Sir Mark Hunter and the Rev. Dr. D. C. Simpson (Vice-Presidents), the Vice-Principal (Hon. Treasurer of the Association}, the Rev. _D. Armytage, Mr, H. A. Blair, the Rev. P. Cunningham, the Rev. C. W. Fisher, the Rev. Dr. A. C. Keene, the Rev. W. L. Martin; the -Rev. F. McGowan, the Rev. R. S. 0. Tayler a nd the Hon. Secretary.

The General Meeting of the Association was held in the Dining H all after the Reunion Dinner, with the President in the chair.

The minutes of the previous meeting were read and signed, and the Bon. Treasurer made his report. He explained the absence of any statement of accounts in the current number .o f the Magazine and submitted his draft statement to the meeting. This, he said, would be found posted on the notice board afterwards, so that members might examine it at their leisure. He reported that the Executive Committee_had, at their afternoon meeting, given him the necessary authority to draw cheques on behalf of the Association.

The meeting .then proceeded to the election of Officers and Committee. The President proposed the re-election: of the VicePrincipal and Mr. R. Sayle as Hon. Treasurer and Hon. Secretary respectively. This was carried.

The President pointed out that Rule 9 of the Association provides that any "member of the Executive Committee who fails to attend the annual meeting of that Committee shall be considered to have lapsed. He had to report the absence of four members from the afternoon meeting and the con sequent occurrence of four vacancies on the Committee. He added, however, that as all these absences had been un avoidable the Committee wished him to recommend the re-election of the members concerned. This was put to the meeting and carried un an imously.

The President then referred to the section of Rule 9 und er which two members representing a period of ten years retire each year, beginning with the earliest period. In the present instance this concerned the years r86s-r874: the Rev. W. L. Martin and the Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher therefore retired from the Committee.

They were unanimously re-el ected.

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Under 'other business' the Hon. Secretary announced that he had been asked by Mr. J. J. G. vValkinton to invite any quondam oarsmen present who still had faith in their own prowess to join him in making up a crew next day. It was hoped that this might add to the gaiety of the occasion, and if the experiment proved a success it might become an annual feature of the Reunion.

It was decided to hold the next Reunion on Tuesday, April 24th, 1928.

The following are members of the Executive Committee for the year 1 927--1 928:~ I865-1874 : Rev. W. L. Martin and Rev. W. G. D. Fletcher.

1875-1884: Rev. Canon A. D, Barker and Rev. R. S. 0. Tayler.

188s--18g4: Rev. P. Cunningham and Rev. C. A. Peacock.

18g5-1904: Rev. C. W . Fisher and Rev. Dr. A. C. Keene.

1905-1914: Rev. D. Armytage and Mr. C. D. Walker.

1915Mr. H. A. Blair and Rev. F. McGowan.

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CAPTA·INS COURAGEOUS. HAVE been asked to record a historic happening arising out of the presence of several old rowing men at the last Reunion.

Amongst them a strong desire to renew acquaintance with the river made itself felt, and, though attempts to get together an eigh t failed, two fours went out.

I am concerned in particular with one of them. Some of the crew, at any rate, felt that a little tubbing would · be a suitable re-introduction to strenuous labours long since given up, but the bolder-or rather the older-and more .adventurous vetoed that, and consequently a clinker four was takeri out. vVith barely the hint of a waver she was taken to the usual spot beyond the boathou se before .. easy ' was called. Starts were tried, ' 10' s ' were rov,ied-both without accident ! At Iffley a little time was spent in regaining ·wind-and in mutual congratulation .

A steady paddle back to the barge end ed an eventful -and also unexpectedly uneventful-enterprise.

All the oarsmen had been, in their time, Captain of Boats; in the following list their weights had better be stated in terms of years than of pounds avoirdupois :~ Bo1v J. ]. G. Walkinton Captain 1921--1922.

2 · Rev. Canon Davis Captain I9IO-·I91 1.

3 R. · Sayle Captain I9I9-I920.

Stroke Rev. E .. Rei.d 49 Captain 189g-J9oo.

Cox C. V. Browne-Wilkinson (Cox 1920-1921).

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THE OPENING OF THE NEW ·BUILDING.

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T may be safely asserted that the Quadrangle of the Hall has

never before witnessed so large an academical ga thering· as that which thronged it on W ednesday afternoon, April 27th, on the occasion of the opening of the New Building by the Chancellor of the University, the Visitor of the Hall. In view of the uncert a inty of the weather it was arranged that the speech-making should take place in the Dining Hall. But before the proceedings began at half-past three, the Dining Hall was already filled to its utm ost capacity, and those members of the Hall, past and present, who had come were obliged to pack themselves into the Buttery.

The Chancellor, who was accompanied by" the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. F. W. Pember, and by the Bishop of Carlisle, was r eceived at the entry to the Hall by the Principal. Before entering the Dining H a li the Principal introduced to the Chancellor th e Rev. W. L. Ma rtin and Sir Mark Hunter as representing past members, and M. A. McCanlis , Pres ident of the J.C.R., and P. S. · Sprent, Captain _of Boats, as representing present members of the HaiL The Principal, who pres ided, spoke as follows :' This is a great day for the Hall, and· it is fitting tha t it should be celebrated by a g reat asse mbly. We extend to you all a most cordial welcome. It is not the first time that the Lord Chancellor has done us the hono\.tr of visi ting the Hall, but it is the first time that he has visited it publicly as our Visitor. We find in his presence here an assurance of his interest and encouragement. We are confident that w e shall have in him a Visitor who will care for the well-being, prosperity a nd advancement of this society as did his illustrious predecessor, Lord Curzon·. W e ar·e also greatly honou·red by th e presence of th e Vice-Chancellor, who has been to me during the seven yea rs of m y principalship a most firm friend and wise counsellor. I also welcome his predecessor as ViceC haticellor, the Warden of Wadham, whose never-failing goodness has been to me and to the Han a great source of strength and encouragement. W e are fortunate indeed in being hona,ured by the presence of so many ex-Vice-Chancellors. W e should have had one more- the Bishop of Oxford-had he not been prevented by a n official et'lgagem ent elsewhere. I welcome especially the Bishop of Carlisle. H e has come a long journey for the sake of the love he bears to the Hall, which, during his principalship and ever since, has owed to him a deep debt of gratitude.

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Quadrangle, through the goodwill of Magdalen College, whose President we are delighted to have with us to-day. We thought that the opportunity should be seized by us as a society. It is a year ago since we launched an Appeal to our own members only, 路 and the Appeal has been responded to splendidly, both by old and present members. The Hall has been able by its own effort and from its own resources to raise upon this plot of ground a building which I hope and believe will secure permanent efficiency. The project has not been altogether without difficulties. There was an awful moment in the Summer Term when it seemed as though we might have to put up indefinitely with an unfinished building and a defaced Quadrangle. Happily these difficulties passed away, and the work has gone forward to completion during the year. I des'ire to pay a special tribute to the untiring devotion of the VicePrincipal, Mr. Emden, in collaboration with the architect, Mr. Rogers, the surveyor, Mr. Babb, and the clerk of the works. We are also indebted to the long-established firm of Symm and Co. for the way they have carried out the work of the New Building and the alte'r ations which we have thought it well to inake in 路 the Quadrangle. We have embarked upon a well-head, having rediscovered for certain the place of the mediaeval well of the Hall, and we thought, greatly daring, that we would like to mark the same. It has been, of course, something of a daring venture to tamper at all with the Quadrangle, but the necessity was clear. 'i\le had to do it, and we hope that we have succeeded in erecting a building which will not only serve an essential purpose but add to the beauty of this very perfect Oxford quadrangle.

This advance is, we hope, the completion of what we have tried to do in the years since the war to make perfectly efficient the existent buildings of the Hall. \Ve hope it will be the precursor of furth er extensions which the Hall, with its present numbers and chat路acter, imperatively needs.'

Lord Cave then spoke. ' It is a real pleasure,' he 路said, ' to be here as Visitor of St. Edmund Hall to take part in these proceedings. I have the honour of being Visitor of a number of Colleges either as Chancellor of the University or on behalf of His Majesty, and I have found the work very light. It is a privilege to be asked to do something for one of my Colleges or for my Hall of St. Edmund. I am glad, too, to be able to congratulate St . .Edmund Hall on the compietion and opening of this New Building , and that for more reasons than one. On that site there stood at one time a Hall connected with St. Edmund Hall, called Grammar Hall, but it passed to other uses, and now has come back to the

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE Hall. I always have a feeling of satisfaction when some old build~ ing passes from private hands into the public care or into the possession of some old foundation. When so much is vanishing around us in Oxford, as elsewhere, one is glad to think that one old landmark is safe in the hands of the trustees of this ancient society of St. Edmund Hall. The mere fact that they are extending their bounds is a sign of prosperity and of life. St. Edmund Hall is the last of the Halls, at all events of the masculine Halls in Oxford, but I regard that not as a sign of obsolescence, but a sign of vitality. I suppose that there was a time when all Colleges were Halls, and there were at one time more than eighty Halls in Oxford. All the rest have gradually disappeared.. St. Edmund Hall at one time stood in some peril of uniting its foundation with another and neighbouring institution. By some means that fate was averted. It is, I think, a good thing that this old form of academical society should not perish from Oxford, but should be continued in this Hall. The saving of St. Edmund Hall was due, I believe, to a large extent to my friend and forerunner, who was then Chancellor of the University, Lord Curzon, whose name will always have a warm corner in the hearts of all Oxford men who knew him. I am glad to hear that the Hall is prospering. It is somewhat striking that the Hall should have trebled its numbers in¡ the last quarter of a century. The successes of members of the Hall in Schools and in athletics have been such as to do honour to the society to which they belong¡. I congratulate them on these signs of life and prosperity, and express the belief that in all their undertakings in the future they will find all the support they require.'

The Chancellor was followed by the Vic~-Chance1lor. ' The Commissioners of r877,' Dr. Pember reminded his audience, 'designed that St. Edmund Hall should come to an end as a separate society; they passed a Statute the effect of which would have been that the Hall would¡ have sunk gradually and painlessly into the ample maternal bosom of the Queen's College. That Statute for the amalgamation of the Hall with Queen's, which was made subject to certain conditions, had not taken effect by the year 1912.

Certain influences had been working in favour of the reversal of the policy of amalgamation, owing to the late Lord Curzon's and the late Dr. Moore's persevering efforts. Passage of time Jed to the reconsideration of the policy of the University, with the result that in 1912 a Statute was passed by the University and confirmed by the King in Council early in 1913 which provided for the continuance of St. Edmund Hall as a separate society distinct from

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Queen's. This decision had the acquiescence of the Queen's College. Shortly after that the Great War broke out, and the Statute did not during that period come to much practical fruition. After the war, however, came the opportunity of the Hall, under the principalship of the Bishop of Carlisle. The numbers of the Hall went up by ·leaps and hounds . The Bishop of Carlisle and the present Principal, whom we congratulate upon his appointment as a Canon of Salisbury, were the men to gTasp the opportunities presented to them. The work which has been done is recognised by the University as a great work, and, for myself, I welcome the fact that it has been possible to maintain this one remaining Hall.

The University feels that it may well be satisfied with the progress which the Hall has made since the War, and as a private individual I most earnestly hope that the University will continue to support it. I may remind you that this University once ardently petitioned for the canonisation of Edmund of Abingdon. If it displays the same spirit to the Hall as it then showed towards the patron of the Hall, I am sure that at least the beatification of the former will be secure.'

The Principal thanked the Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellor for their addresses, and said on behalf of the Hall that they would do all that lay in their power to render the Hall one of which the University should be both fond and proud.

The Chancellor, escorted by the Principal and followed by the Vice-Chancellor, the · Bishop of Carlisle and several Heads of Houses, then passed in procession across the new pathway by the well to the New Building. There the Chancellor, after the architect had been introduced to him, drew aside the Barge-flag which closed the entrance and formally declared the New Building open.

This ceremony over, the informalities of tea, served in the Principal's Lodging and in the Junior Common Room, brought to a conclusion a very memorable occasion in the annals of the Hall.

(Acknowledgment is due to 'The Oxford Chronicle ' and to 'The Oxford Times' for the account of the speeches.)

THE WELL. T has bee1.1 long known that there was a closed well somewhere ·. in the Quadrangle, but its position remained undiscovered until this year. In clearing the gToLind in a corner of that portion of the Quadrangle which was fenced off to form a building yard during the erection of the New Building, some workmen came upon the massive flag-stone with which the mouth of the well had

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been sealed. The removal of the stone revealed a well-shaft built of worked stone, with a drop of about nine feet to the level of the water. On soundings being taken it was found that the water was seven feet deep. There is no doubt that it was from this well that the Hall drew its water until the installation of a main supply in the city. It was probably constructed at the beginning of the thirteenth century, possibly earlier. The existing stone-work may quite well belong· to that period. It is mentioned in the compotus roll of Oseney Abbey for the year Mich. 1469--Mich. 1470; where an entry pro emendacione pro I boket de fonts is included among items of expenditure in connexion wi th the Hall. Reference to it is to be found a .century later, when the buildings of the Hall were being put into repair by the Queen's College soon after the College had come into possession of the site. In the Long Roll of the Collt;ge for the year 1558-9 record is made of 8s. 4d. having been spent in Aula Edmund£ pro 1·eparationibus fontis , and in the Long Roll ,for the following year of 8s. 8d., having been spent p·ru pnrgatione fontis in Aula Edmundi. It may be supposed that at this period water was still drawn from the well by windlass and bucket.

At ·a later date,. however, two leaden pipes were let down into the well .and connected with pumps, the one at the Principal's Lodging, the other half-way along the building on the north side of the Quadrangle. These two pipes were still found in position when the well was uncovered . The one which connected with the pump a t the Principal's Lodg-ing has been cut away, but the other one has been left and connected with a new pump which is being placed close by the spot where its predecessor stood; When I was informed cif the re-discovery of the well, I was reluctant to give orders that this, our oldest possession, should be covered over again and hidden beneath the grass. But the well could not be restored without a·n invasion of the sacred quadrangle of green . This invasion, however, was the easier to ·contemplate since we were already under the necessity of forming a · new path across the grass to the New Building. And so it was decided eventually that a stone w~ll-head should be erected, for which our architect , Mr. Harold S. Rogers, executed the design. I believe that there will be very few who will disapprove the result. There are some who have suggested that the well-head should be complete,d by the erection of ornamental iron-work over it, containing a pulley for a well-bucket, but we have preferred to leave it as it is, at any rate for the present. As a concession to our solicitous friends in other academical societies, a grille is to be fitted across the mouth of the well-head.

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On the coping of the well-head there is carved the following inscription: HAVRIETIS AQVAS IN GAVDIO DE FONTIBVS SALVATORIS. These words, taken from Isaiah, xii, 3, are recorded among those spoken by St. Edmund of Abingdon on his death-bed. In telling the story of St. Edmund's death, John Trevisa, a fourteenth century neighbour of the Hall, has rend~red these words in English : ' Ye schal kecche up water in joye of our Savyour his welles.' In this well we may claim a link with St. Edmund, fot;, if we may assume that he once lived in a house on the site of the Hall, then it would have been from this well that he was supplied with water.

A.B. E.

·THE

EIGHTS WEEK CONCERT

Musical Society is to be congratulated on deceiving the . weather-deities this summer : dropping from the programme the usual phrase ' to be held in the quadrangle ' prmred a successful bluff, and it was at last possible to hold the concert outside again . Appropria tely enoug·h, the Madrigal Club led off with Whittaker's 'Winds gently whisper,' followed by Schumann's ' Song of Freedom ' : the singers are to be complimented on having secured a far clearer enunciation than has been given to part-songs in previous concerts. Later in the evening they were still more happy ·in their vigorous interpretation of Este's ' Ho\\1 merrily we live' and WcJOd's setting· of 'Hob a derry danno.' The seashanties .at the end were less effective, as the essential rhythm of shanties was sacrij;)ced to fanciful touches of unwarranted emphasis. The Hall Quartet sang pleasantly enough in a weak and capricious setting of ' Drink to me only with thine eyes. ' The other · vocal contributions from the Hall were W. W. R. Clotworthy's songs-' Go to bed, sweet Muse' (Robert Jones), 'The Slighted Swai~ '(Old English) and' The Sergeant's Song' (Holst).

His singing throughout was admirable~ ciear, vigorous and genuinely interpretative : he even succeeded in making us almost unconscious of the excessively free tohal vagaries of Holst's attempt to suggest a rataplanish militarism.

Our principal helper from outside the Hall was Miss Bertha Steventon, who gave us first an excellent group of German songs.

Widely varying moods were all suggested with consummate ease, and th·e singer's vitality was strong enough to have profited by Father more colour in th e accompaniment : in the Br·a .h ms particularly the ac·c ompaniment, .as it is commonly called, should · not

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have been treated as such, but should have been brought out as an integral part_of the composition. Miss Steventon's secqnd group, consisting of modern English songs, was as interesting ~n performance as the first : but in two of these three we found that her unfa iling enunciation only made more conspicuous that feebl eness of words so common. in contemporary songs.

The chief instrumental piece was Mendelssohn's Pianoforte Trio in D minor, ad mirably played by Mr. G. J. Higgins (Erasenose), Mr. 0. H. Lee (St. John's) and Mr. D. M. Rosenberg (vVadha m).

Their technique was clear and finished, and the rhythm well-controlled and refreshing: we particularly appreciated the sympathetic understanding of the violin and 'cello in unison sentences. F. H . Trott gave us the first movement of Beethoven's Sonata Appassionata with excellent technique, but with not quite enough courage in his treatment of the famili ar theme. Of the folk-dances by the Oxford Side during the interval it is unnecessary to say much : their kindness ma kes tlie~ a fa miliar feature, a nd the familiarity breeds nothing but increasing appreciation.

R.F.

A HISTORY OF THE -HALL. An Oxford Hall in Mediae'Val Times: Being the Early History of St. Edmund Hall was published by the Clarendon Press in October. I have arranged with the publishers that two hundred copies . of the book shall be available for purchase by members of the Hall, past and present, at I 2s. 6d. a copy~a reduction of 3s. 6d. on the published price. A special subscription form for the use of members of the Hall , together with a prospectus of the book, was circularized to all m em bers of the H a ll whose addresses could be ascertained. If there is a ny reader of the Magazine who has failed to receive his, and who wants to procure a copy. of the book, I will have a subscription form sent to him. The book cannot be obtained at the red uced price except by means of the subscription form.

A.B.E.

THE OLD LIBRARY.

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HE book-cases on the west side of the Library have been - fitted with latticed doors made to lock. These cases at present contain Hall archives other than the Buttery Books, the few MSS. that we possess, and our¡ collection of books of Aularian interest. I mig ht mention that the Hall archives now include records such as the old log-books of the Boat Club and minutebook~ of the Debating Society and of the Essay Society.

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The Editors of the Magazine have made a grant of £25 to the Old Library out of the Magazine Fund . It is their intention that this sum of money shall be expended on the repair of books. This is a most welcome gift, as the Hall has no funds of its own available which it can devote to this purpose. The terminal contribution of five shillings, which every member of the Hall is charged in his battels for the Library, goes to the maintenance and extension of the collection of books in the New Library. It is very many years since the leather-bound books in the Old · Library were overhauled. The number of them now requiring first aid is considerable. A beginning has been made with the finely-printed edition of the Vulgate in eight volumes, published by the Royal Press at Paris in 1642, which Sir Richard Blackmore presented to the Library-a typographical rarity of which I believe the Bodleian has no copy .

The Rev . W. L. Martin has, in a signal manner, once again shown his affeCtionate regard for the Hall by a gift of books.

Especially noteworthy for record here is the Reviser's Presentation Copy of the Old Testament in four volumes, which was given to Bishop Ollivant, the chairman of the Old Testament Committee,· on the completion of the Revision of 1885 . In this gift to our Library the name of Mrs. Martin is coupled with that of her husband.

The -Desiderata Aularia in the last issue of the Magazine consisted of the volumes by Thomas Hearne which we need to complete our collection. This list caught the eye of one always vigilant on the Hall's behalf, that of Mr. H. Beresford Barrett, who, while on furlough from Burma, procured in Dublin a copy of Hearne's Gulielmi Camdeni Annales Rerum Anglicanarum & Hibernicarum regnante Elizabetha and presented it to the Library. I have been able to add three others myself~Titi Livii Foro-Juliensis Vita Henrici V, published in 1716; Roberti de Avesbury Historia de mira.bilibus gestis Edwardi III, published in 1720; and Historia Vitae & Regni Ricardi II a Monacho quodam de E-vesham, published in 1729. There remain five volumes still to be obtained before we have in the Library all the chief works of our first Librarian.

The Rev. R. F. W. Fletcher has presented to the Library a copy of the first edition of Sir Richard Blackmore's King Arthur: An Heroick Poem in Twelve Books, which bears on the title-page the signatu-re 'Thomas Herne.' Was this our Hearne's copy?

The poem was published in 1697. Hearne was then an undergr <~ duate in his second year. Did he at that date sometimes spell

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his name without an 'a'? Certainly other, people sometimes spelt it so; but I have not found any instance of Hearne so doing.

There is nothing in the handwriting of the signature to render such an identification improbable. I have not been able to hunt among the Hearne MSS. in the Bodleian for a specimen of Hearne's spelling of his own name during his undergraduate clays.

It might be doubted whether Hearne had enough money at this time to admit of his purchasing s uch a volume, even though it was the work of a former Vice-Principal who had been knighted that very year, and even though the book appears to have been priced at half-a-crown.

There will be many readers of the last issue of the Magazine who will have enjoyed F. G. Roberts's article entitled Nicho las Cox, a Literary Manciple. I am glad to report that I have been able to add to the Library a copy of the first and of the fifth edition, and of a broadside Heydegger's Letter to the Bishop of London, printed for Cox 'in Story's Passage going out of St. James's Park' in 1724.

In my last notice concerning the â&#x20AC;˘ Old Library I recorded the addition of the late Canon Bourne's copy of a little French life of St. Edmund by Pere Charlet, published in Troyes. I have recently procured another copy of this very rare booklet- this time from an antiquarian bookseller in Frankfurt-on-Main. This copy is complete with the original pink paper cover portraying on the front St. Edmund slaying a dragon. On the authority of Dom Wilfrid Wallace (St. Edmund of Canterbury, pp. 462-3) I described this little book as having been composed at the end of the seventeenth century. But it now appears that this date is too early, for there is printed on the back of the outside cover a list of booklets published

by Jean-Antoine Garnier at Troyes. Among this miscellaneous collection there are Les Oeu~ures badines de Piron , who died in 1773, and L'Arythmetique de Bezou.t, who died in 1783. In view of these dates, it would seem that the date of the publication of Pere Charlet's La Vie de Saint Edmond must be dated at least a century later than that given it by Dom Wallace. I think that it is not unlikely that this book, wi th its collection of prayers for the use of pilgrims to the shrine of St. Edmund at Pontigny, was issued in response to a demand created by a revival of the cult of the Saint that took place in 1825, when the existing shrine was built.

Among other books of Aularian interest that I have been able to ac1c1 to the Library during the year, there are two perhaps which deserve particular mention on account of their rarity . They are both copies of Dr. Geot¡ge Bate's Elenchus i\1otuum nuperorum in

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A nglia : the one being the rare second impression of the first edition, published in Paris in 1649; the other the Edinburgh edition, published in 165o.

Mrs . Bromby, whose late husband, Mr. C. Hamilton Bromby, attorney-general of T a smania , was a member of the Hall (matric.

1862), has kindly presented to the Library a cop y of the Dante Map des igned by her and published by Mr. David Nutt, which reproduces very pleasantly the decorativeness of the older cartog raphers.

I have a lso to r ecord with g ratitude the g ift of the R ev. W. G. Boys Johnston, who has presented to the Lib rary a copy of the interesting history of the Kent and Essex famili es of Boys, by L. Boys Behrens, entitled Under Thirty-S even Kings. This generous g ift is made in recogn ition of the fact that the earliest known Principal of the Hall was a Willia m Boys.

In addition to those already mentioned, the following books of Aularian interest have been presented to the Library during the year:From th e Rev. W. G. D . Fletcher:Four of his studies on a rchaeo-log ical subj ects : ( r) Th e Black Friars of Oxford. Small Svo. Oxford, r882.

(2) Historical Handbook to Loughb orough. Small8vo. Laughborough, 1881.

(3) Battlefield Church, Salop. Small 8vo. Shrewsbury, 1889.â&#x20AC;˘ (,q.) The True Story of th e Marriage of 'the Lord of Burleigh. ' From the Rev . Charles Edward Prior Gift:~ AIRAY, Henry , D.D., Provost of Queen's (matric. 1579).Lectures upon th e whole Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians, delivered in St. Peter's Church in Oxford. With biographical article by A. B. Grosart. 4to . Edinburgh, r86+ Prom the Chaplain, the R ev. R. F. W. Fletcher : BLACKMORE, Sir Richard (mah-ic. r669);-Prince Arthur. _4n H eroick Poem. In T en Books. r2mo. 4th Edit ion. London , 1714.

From th e Vice-Principal : ARNWAY, John, Archdeacon of Lichfield and Coventry (matric. r6 r8).-Th eTablet , or Conce ptions of the Affairs of Ei!gland. Sm. 8vo. London, 1664. (From the Sale of the Britwell Court Library.)

BENNETT, E. N . (Vice-Principal, 1893- c::) .-The Downfall of the Dervishes: being a Sketch in the Final Sudan Campaign of r8g8.

Cr. 8vo. London, 1899.

BLACKMORE, Sir Richard (mati-i c. r66g).-A True and Impartial Histo-ry of the Conspiracy against th e Person and Go"Vernment of King William III of Glorious Memory, in the Year 1695 . 8vo.

London, 1723.

Natural Th eo logy or Moral Duties consider'd apart fr om Positiv e. 8vo. Londo n, 1728.

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A Paraphrase on the Book of Job , &c. 1st Edition. Fo. London, 1700. (From the Sale of the Britwell Court Library. ) Redemption. A Divine Poem, in six books. 8vo. London, 1722.

CARLETON, George, Bishop of Chichester (matric: 1577).-The Life of B ernard Gilpin, a man most holy and renowned among th e Northerne Eng lish. 4th Edition. 12mo. London , 1636.

EDWARDS, J oseph (Vice-Prin cipal 1747-51).-----<The Substance of T wo Actions and th e Proceedings th erein, in the Univ. Court of Oxford. 8vo. London, 1749.

FoTHERGILL, Georg-e (Principal 1751-60). ~Five S ermons preach'd at Oxford on Publick Occasions. 8vo. Oxford, 1753.

HARTCLIFFE, John (matric. 1667).-(r) Discourse against Pur{!atory. 4to. London, 1685. (2) A Sermon preached before th e H onourable H ouse of Commons at St. MarJ;aret Westminster, ]an. ~o, 1694/.r;. 4to. London, 169<;. (3) A Compleat Treatise of Moral and Jn{ellectual Virtues. 2nd Edition. 8vo. London, 1722.

HEARNE , Th omas (matric. 1695).-(r) A Coll ection of Select Discourses written by Eminent Antiquaries, &c. ·2 vols. 8vo.

London, 1771. (2) P eter Langtoft's Chronicle. 2 vols. Royal 8vo.

Oxford, 172_s. Rob ert of Gloucester's Chronicle. 2 vols. Royal Svo. Oxford, 1724. (4) Lib er Niger Scaccarii. 4 vols. Royal 8vo.

Oxford, 1728. (.<;) A Vindication of those w ho take the Oath of A.llegiance to his present Majesty [ ed. M. Bilston l Large pa per.

Royal 8vo. With MS. corrections transcribed from the original MS. in the Bodleian.

KENNETT, White. Bishop of Peterborough (matric. 1678)._:__ Eig-ht sermons, preached on various occasions between 1704 and 1714.

KETTLEWELL, John (matric. 1674).___,.An H elp and Exhortation to W orth'Y Communicatinf!. _sth Edition. 8vo. London, 1706.

(Conta ins on the fly-leaf MS. notes of births and deaths of members of th e Roe family, 1746-1 825.) · MiLT ES, Thomas, Bishop of Waterford (Vice-Principal 1695).Concio habita coram Academia Oxoniensi. Apr. 22, 1707. 4to.

Oxon, 1707.

SALKELD, William, Seri eant-at-Law (matdc. 168-;).-Reports of Case s adjudged in the Court of King's B ench. 4th Edition. Fo. London, 1742.

SHAW, Thomas (Principal 1740-51).~Trav els or Observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant. 2 vols. 8vo.

Edinbuq;h, 18o8.

TuLLY, Thomas, Dean of Ripon (Principal 1658-76).~ Letter written to a Fri end in Wilts . . on the occasion of a Ridiculous PamPhlet wherein was inserted a pretended Prophecie of Thomas Beck et. 4to. London, 1666.

WHATELY. Willia m (incorp. r6o2). -The N ew Birth, or a Treatise of R egeneration . Sm. 4to. London, 1618.

With a view to completing- our collection of the works of Thomas Hearne, I am constituting once more the volumes that the Library still lacks, now reduced to five, as the D esiderata A ularia for this issue of the Magazine.

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DESIDERATA AULARIA. HEARNE, Thomas.-(r) Aluredi Beverlacensis Annales. Oxon, 1716. 8vo-.

(2) Gulielmi Roperi Vita D. Thomae Mori, Equitis Aurati.

Oxon, 1716. 8vo.

(3) Hemingi Chartularium ecclesiae Wigorniensis . Oxon, 1723.

Svo. 2 Vols.

(4) Joannis Confratris & Monachi Glastoniensis Chronica .

Oxon, 1726. 8vo.

(5) Adam de Domerham Historia de rebus gestis Glastoniensibus. Oxon, 1727. 8vo.

A.B. E.

THE l\1 US ICAL SOCIETY'S MISCELLANY ¡

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N Saturday, December 3rd, the Musical Society drew upon its own resources to present a varied program¡rrie.

The concert opened with part-songs by the Madrigal Club. In no way deterred by their conductor's lack of faith in them, they gave a spirited rendering of the carol ' Ring out, Wild Bells ' (Percy Fletcher), followed by ' Swansea Town' (arr. Holst) and ' Hob-a-Derry Danno.' In spite of the weakness of some of the parts, and the efforts of one or two members who had not. seen the first two songs before, the result was not displeasing.

A flute solo was contributed by G. M. Mercer, who played skilfully a Bach piece (Suite in B minor) which perhaps did not give much scope for variety of treatment.. W. W. R. Clotworthy's songs were keenly appreciated : the wide range of his voice and his vigorous interpretation are well known. F . H. Trott assured us once again his great technical ability as a pianist. It is a pleasure to hear so accomplished a performer. We preferred his rendering of Dohranyi's Rhapsody to the Nocturne. So many of .the grea test pianists have concentrated their attention upon the works of Chopin that it is always rather bold for an amateur to attempt them. Grieg's 'Cradle Song,' which was played as an encore, was wholly delightful.

A lively performance of ' Cox and Box ' (Burnand and Sullivan) formed the latter half of the programme. A little judicious pruning had brought .the humour more into line with modern standards, but the success was assured by the original manner in which the performers entered into the spi~it of the comic business; the bluster and facial contortions of Bounc er were happily contrasted with the aristocratic bearing of Box; and Cox's skilful manipulation of the

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gridiron was masterly. The concerted items were particularly well done; to their success T. V. Nicholson's accompaniment effectually contributed. Sufficient to say that (he actors seemed to enjoy themselves quite as much as the a udience. It was a piece of ' admirable fooling ' and a happy conclusion to a very pleasant evening.

W.J.

OBITUARY. NORMAN SALUSBURY. The Rev. Norman Salusbury, Rector of St. Chad's, Lichfield, died on 3rd April, I927, at the age of 68. The son of a parson, the Rev. A. P. Salusbury, of Netley, Hampshire, he entered the Hall in Michaelmas Term, I877. He went out to South Africa as a missionary, was ordained deacon at Pietermaritzburg, and became curate of New Leeds, but in consequence of dysentry was obliged to return to England in I884. In the same year he was ordained priest and appointed curate of Andover, Hampshire.

From I886 to I888 he was curate of Monk Sherborne in the same county, and from I88g to I89o curate of Hale, Surrey. In I89o he was presented to the vicarage of Newton Arlosh, Cumberland, and for the next thirty years he continued to be connected with the diocese of Carlisle, being vicar of Preston Patrick from I897 to 1906, vicar of Troutbeck from Igo6 to I9I I and vicar of Wigton from I9I I to I92 I. In that year he accepted the rectory of St. Chad's, Lichfield, which he held until his death.

SIR WILLIAM JAMES ASHLEY. Although Sir William¡ Ashley cannot be fully claimed as an Aularian, since he was only in residence one term, yet a tribute to his memory would seem due fro m the society through which he entered the University, since he was himself not unmindful of his connexion with it. Three or four years ago he called at the Hall during the Long Vacation, and on returning to Oxford I found the following note pencilled on the back of his visiting-card : 'May I congratulate you on the enormous improvements? I was a member of the Hall for three months, Oct.-Dec., I878. Wm. A.' William Jam es Ashley entered the Hall as a commoner from St. Olave's Grammar School at the age of r8. At the end of his first term he won a History Scholarship at Balliol and migrated there in the following term. From Balliol he took a first in History in I88I, and won the Lothian Prize a year after. After being a Fellow and Tutor of Lincoln College from IS85 to 1888, he left Oxford

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for the Chair of Political Economy in the University of Toronto.

From there he moved to H arvard in 1892 to occupy the first chair of Economic History to be founded in any University. In 1901 he returned to England as Professo r of Commerce at Birmingham, being again the first professor of that subject to be appointed. H e became Vice-Principal of Birmingham in 1918, and continued to hold this office and his professorship until his resignation of them two years ago.

Besides his able ¡constructive work as a University t eacher and officer, he found time to make an enduring r eputation for himself in a new field of historical study. H e will always be remembered with Thorold Rogers and Cunningham as one of the leading pioneers of the study of Economic History in England . He died at Canterbury on July 23rd.

ARTHUR FREDERICK RYDER BIRD. The R ev. Arthur Frederick R yder Bird, M.A., Fellow of St. Augustine's College, Canterbury, died on 3rd July at the age of 66.

He was the third son of Mr. \V. F. vV. Bird, of Wilmington, Kent. H e entered the University as a Non-Collegiate stu dent in Michaelmas Term, 1878, and migrated to the Hall.

He was Captain of Boats and President of the Debating Society in 188o.

He took a third in Honour Classical Modera tions and a third in 'Greats,' g raduating B.A. in 1882. He became H eadmaster of Forest Hill House School in 1886. On his ordination as deacon in 1888, he was appointed curate of St. Augustine's, Honor Oak. He was ordained priest in the following year. He resigned his curacy in 1892 and his school in 1903 . For two years from 1905 he was an Organising Secretary of the S. P. G. for the dioceses of Exeter and Truro. In 1907 he went out to India as Principal of the S.P.G. Training College at Nandyal and Priest-in-charge of Holy Cross, N andyal. After sixteen years' work in India he returned to England and becam e curate of Hanworth, Middlesex . In September, 1926, he was appointed a Lecturer of St. Augustine's Coilege, Canterbury, and in February of this yea r was promoted to a F ellowship.

EDWARD THOMAS LEA. The R ev. Edward Thomas Lea, M.A., sometime H eadmaster of Steyning Grammar School, died on 21st October at Great Sh elford, near Cambridge, at the age of 63. He was the s;econd son of the Rev. Thom as Lea, a nd was born at Falmouth, in Jamaica.

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to the Hall in Michaelmas Term, r883. He took a third in the Honour School of Theology in r887. He was ordained deacon in r893 and priest in r8gs. In the former year he was appointed an assistant-master of Cranleigh School, where he remained until rgo8. While he was at Cranleigh he graduated B.A. and M.A. in the University of London. In rgo8 he became Headmaster of Steyning Grammar School, in Sussex. It has been said of his headmastership by one who knew him that 'he did a work, quietly and without any self-advertisement, of immense and permanent value. A sound scholar, a fine teacher, a sympathetic master, he was essentially a builder of character, and there must be few boys who came under his influence who will not , in after life be grateful for it.' He retired from Steyning in 1924 and went to live at Great Shelford.

ARTHUR EDWARD HUTCHINGS. The Rev. Arthur Edward Hutchings died at Barrowden Rectory, near Stamford, on Saturday, September 17th. Born in r864, he was the third son of the Ven. W. H. Hutchings, of Kirby Misperton, _Yorkshire, Archdeacon of Cleveland. He matriculated at the Hall in Hilary Term, r884. Subsequently he_ entered the Chancellor's School, Lincoln, in preparation for Holy Orders. He was orda_ined deacon in r88g and priest in the following year. His first curacy was at Longfleet, Dorset. In r8go he was appointed curate of Gainsborough, and three years later he was presented to the vicarage of Laughton with Wildsworth, Lincolnshire. In the same year he married Edythe Constance, daughter of Mr. James Marshall, J.P., of Cleveland House, Gains borough. From r8gg to rgor he was rector of East Tisted, Hampshire. In the latter year he was appointed rector of Barrowden. Since rgr6 he has been a Justice of the Peace for the county of Rutland.

WILLIAM ANDRE PEARKES. The Rev. William Andre Pearkes, M.A., died 111 a nursing home in London on 26th January, at the age of 64. He was born at Watford, Hertfordshire, in r864, being the fourth son of Mr. Edward Pearkes. He entered the Hall in Michaelmas Term, r887, and in his third year was Captain of Boats. From fhe Hall he proceeded to Ely Theological College in r8go, and was ordained deacon the following year, and priest the year after. His first curacy, which he held for nine years, was at St. Ives, Huntingdonshire. From there he went, in rgoo, as an assistant-priest to St. Alban's, Holborn, where he remained seventeen - years. At St.

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Alban's he was a well-known figure. It is said that Father Stanton, when asked to preach, would often reply: 'Preach? I cannot preach. If you want a preacher, ask Pearkes .' His fri ends will always remember him for his g r eat geniality and fund of humour.

After leaving St. Alban's, Holborn, he assisted at" the Church of the Ascension, Lavender Hill, until within a year of his death.

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UT FAMA EST. E have discovered that the Bishop of Carlisle and Mrs. Williams celebrated their silver wedding in January last.

They are assured of the very sincere congratulations of af!

A ularians.

We are very g lad ind eed to learn that the Bishop of Carlisle, who was reported in the papers this term as being obliged through illness to cancel his engagements for three weeks, is now well again.

The Right R ev. Bishop Wild, formerly Vice-Principal, was obliged for reasons of health to resign the bishopric of Newcastle in August. The many tributes of reg ard that he received on the occasion of his retirement eloquently evidenced the grateful impression which hi s wise and conciliatory rule during twelve years had made throughout his diocese. Th e Bishop has come to live in Oxford again, where all Aularians will sincerely wish that he may enjoy th e well-merited rest that release from official duties should bring him.

ThP. Rev. Professor Hodgson, formerly Vice-Principal, expects to spend next Long Vacation in England on the fir st visit home which he and his fami ly will have paid since he took up his appointment a t the General Theological Seminary of the American Episcopal Church, New York.

The Rev. Professor Simpson, formerly Chaplain and Tutor, has been appointed Warburtonian Lecturer at Lincoln's l im.

Mr. E. G. R. \Vaters, our Lecturer in French, is to be congratulated on his appoi ntment as Taylori an Professor of Romance Languages. The Hall loses in him the services of a very able and effective lecturer, to whose tutorial g uidance his former pupils at th e H all have owed much.

Aolarians who have enjoyed his vigorous tuition will join in congratulating Mr. J. Bell, Fellow of the Queen's¡ College, Lecturer of the Hall in Class ics, on his appointment as High-mas ter of St. P a ul 's School.

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These two vacancies have been filled by the¡ respective appointments of Mr. H. ]. Hunt, Magdalen College, and of Mr. T. F. Higham, Fellow of Trinity College.

Mr. H. M. Margoliouth, Secretary of Faculties, formerly Lecturer of the Hall in English, is to be congratulated on his scholarly and definitive edition of The Poems and Letters of Andrew Marvell, which the Clarendon Press published in the autumn.

The Rev. H. M. Ainscow has been appointed vicar of Raughton Head with Gaitsgill, near Carlisle.

The Rev. D. Armytage, Vice-Principal of the Missionary College, Dorchester-on-Thames, has been appointed Warden of . St. Anselm's Hall, Manchester. He will be assured of the best wishes of all Aularians in his endeavours to build up this young aularian ¡ society in one of the younger universities. He is to be congratulated, too, on the very favourable reviews that have greeted the appearance of his book entitled Christianity in the Roman World, which Messrs. G. Bell & So~s have published. In a most attractive way he has told a story that is too little known even by those who have some claim to consider themselves educated~' the story of the most interesting and romantic movement in the world's history.'

Mr. H. Beresford Barrett was home on leave from Burma this year.

Mr. F. W. Benton has been appointed an assistant master at Newton College, Devon.

We are very glad to have Mr. H. A. Blair back in residence.

He expects to take up his duties on the Gold Coast as an Assistant District Commissioner in April, after the completion of a course of two terms in Oxford as an Administrative Probationer.

The Rev. G. Branson, vicar of St. Bartholomew's, Camberwell, has been appointed vicar of All Saints', Sydenham.

The Rev. C. V. Browne-Wilkinson has been appointed vicar of Holbeach.

Mr. J. E. A. Bye is to be congratulated on being selected for the Final Southern Hockey Trial and on playing for the South.

He has been an assistant master at Aysgarth School.

Mr. G. V. Carlin has been appointed assistant master at Bloxham School. He has been gazetted Lieutenant, R.N. V.R. ' Mr. A. R. Clark has been home on leave from the Gambia.

Perhaps his best story was that of the part he played in the easing of the waist-band of the Governor's monkey, in its escape overboard and subsequent recapture. Since his return to the Gambia

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he has gladdened at least one village by the present of a hippopotamus.

Mr. A. L. Clegg is to be congratulated on being placed in Class II in the Exa~ination for the degree of B. C. L. ' The Rev. A. B. Dex was ordained deacon, on Michaelmas Day, to N orthwick, Lancashire.

The Rev. M. Donovan has been appointed vicar of St. Agnes, Kennington.

The Rev. F. J. Fish has accepted a curacy at St. Benet Fink's, Tottenham.

Mr. R. L. Franks is at Mansfield College, and not Manchester College, as was stated in error in the last issue of the Magazine.

The Ven. J. Godber has retired from the archdeaconry of Cal" cutta, and has been appointed rector of West Tarring, Sussex, on the presentation of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The Rev. E. T. H. Godwin is migrating with his vicar ftom St. Mark's, Walworth, to Staveley, Derbyshire.

The Rev. A. B. Gwynn has been obliged for reasons of health to resign the rectory of St. Nicholas, Compton, Surrey, which he had held since 1912.

Mr. E. L. Harvey has resigned the Chair of English and Modern History in the University of New Brunswick, and has been appointed Actingc Senior Professor of European History at the University of Washington. He paid a visit to England during the summer for the purpose of research work, staying in Hall while he was in Oxford.

The Rev. Ernest Havergal has resigned the vicarage of Twyning, Glos., and gone to live at Saltford, near Bristol.

Mr. D. H. Hedges has been appointed an assistant master¡ of Dover College.

We are very glad to learn that Mr. L. D. Henderson, who is in Southern Rhodesia, has made a good recovery. from a very serious attack of malaria, pneumonia and pleurisy. He has our best wishes in his up-hill task of developing a new estate.

Mr. A. E. Hill was promoted to the rank of Flying Officer on 18th January. H e has been serving with No. 2 (Army Co-operation) Squadron of the R. A. F. unit attached to the Shanghai Defence Force.

Professor J. L. Hill has been appointed to the Chair of English Literature at Patna College. .

Mr. R. L. Hill has accepted an appointment on the Sudanese Government Railway. At present he is undergoing a year of training with the G. \V. R., preparatory to taking up his appointm ent.

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. The R ev. A. Hill-Jones , curate of St. P eter's, Ealing , has been appointed vicar of St. Matthew's, Stepney.

Mr. W. H. Hindle has been appointed a sub-edi tor of The Tim es .

Sir Ma rk Hunter, who found time from his championship' of Simplified Spelling an d from his effort s on beha lf of the Southampton University Appeal for Endowment to contribute an interesting article on the s ubject of Act-and S cene-Divisions in the Plays of Shakesp eare to The Revie7eJ of English Studies, in July , 1926 , has evoked A R ejoinder fro m Professor J. Dover Wilson in the October issue of this year.

The Rev. W. A. R. Jones has been appointed Acting Curate of Grimsby and assistant master of the Choir School.

Mr. A. P. Kingsley is to be cong ratulated on proceeding to the degree of B. M. Mr. M. M. Knappen, having completed his graduate studies at Cornell University, has been awarded the degree of Ph.D. We were very g lad to see him back in Ox ford this summer. After a Long Vacation spent in Eng land on research work, he returned to the United States in September to take up his new appointment as Assistant Professor in the History D epartment of the University of Chicago.

The R ev. H. Livesey ha s been appointed Sub-Warden of the College of St. Saviotir, Carshalton , Surrey. Prior to this appointment he wa s Domestic Chaplain to Bishop Wild during the closing months of his tenure of the bishopric of Newcastle.

Mr. C . . Lummis has been a ppointed an assistant master of Merchant T aylors ' School.

The Rev. D. S. P. Mackintos h has been appointed rector of P.ishopston, Gower , Glamorganshire.

Mr. F. G. Marcham has been awarded the degree of Ph.D. m Cornell University and has been . appointed Assistant Professor.

We were very g lad to see him back in Oxfo rd before the close of Trin ity T erm. After a busy Long Vacation spent among British Museum MSS . he returned, with Mrs. Ma rcham, to the United States. H e is to be congrat ulated on the birth of a son , John, in November.

The R ev. M. M. Martin has been appointed curate of Ch elmsford Cathedral.

During the summer Mr. B. P. Mohan , with other members of Wycliffe H all, spent a pilgrimage term in Palestine. H e was orda ined deacon on Sunday, December r8th, to ¡ Holy Trinity, Aldershot.

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The Rev. T. G. Mohan has been appointed vicar of Holy Trinity, Cloudesley Square, Islington---'--the first church built by Bishop Wilson (formerly Vice-Principal) after he became vicar of Islington.

The Rev. A. MacL. Murray has been appointed Ov~rsea Secretary for the S. P. G. The Rev. R. R. N attrass was ordained deacon on Sunday, October 2nd, to St. Michael's, Shoreditch.

The Rev. A. H. Otway has been appointed Priest-in-Charge of Christ Church, Scarborough.

Mr. E. G. Price, who is with Messrs . Butterfield and Swire, has been leading a nomadic life in Manchuria with Harbin as his headquarters, The Right Rev. R. E. Ramsay is to be congratulated on his appointment as Bishop Suffragan of Malmesbury: He was consecrated bishop in Westminster Abbey on r8th October by the Archbishop of Canterbury and nineteen assistant bishops. He has also been appointed vicar of All Saints', Bristol.

Mr. F. E. Ray has been appointed Lecturer in Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry at Grinnell College, Iowa.

The Rev. F. H. Robbs was ordained deacon on Sunday, December r8th, to Rugby parish church.

Mr. F. E. Roberts is to be congratulated on his appointment as Headmaster of Malmesbury Secondary School.

Mr. E. Royle has been at Westcott House, Cambridge.

Mr. F . . D. M. Richards has been appointed a Tutor at St. Paul's College, Burgh, for a year, prior to his ordination.

The Rev. A. Sargent, Chaplain of Cuddesdon College, has been appointed Sub-Warden of St. Paul's Theological College, Grahamstown, South Africa.

Mr. R. Sayle is to be congratulated on the birth of a daughter, Elizabeth Stewart, on April r rth.

The Rev. A. B. Selwyn, who has returned from Ceylon, has been appointed a curate of St. Mary's, Bathwick, Somerset.

The Rev. E. A. Shattock is to be congratulated on proceeding to the degree of B. Litt.

Mr. H. C. Shearman has undertaken an experiment on behalf of the Workers' Educational Association in the organization of Adult Educational Courses in the villages of the Eastern District.

His headquarters at present are at Willington, Bedfordshire.

Mr. R. Sim has been at Tallyvich studying the plankton of Loch Swin.

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The Rev. P. A. W. Skinner has been appointed rector of Holy Trinity, Chester, on the presentation of Lord Derby.

The Rev. F. A. Smalley, after spending a year in China to learn the language, took up his appointment at the end of last year as Head of the Hostel for Chinese Students which the C. M.S. has in Tokyo. vVe are very glad to learn that Mrs. Smalley has made so complete a recovery from the injuries she sustained from being knocked overboard into the sea by the swing of some bulky cargo as they were about to land at Nagasaki. They are to be congratulated on the birth of a daughter, Margaret Cecilia, on March 24th.

The Rev. P. B. Spriggs has been appointed vicar of St. Peter's, Ru~hden.

Mr. N. B. Trenham is Secretary of the Educational Commission and Acting Editor of the California Taxpayers' Association, a non-political organization workirig for tax reduction and governmental efficiency.

The Rev. H. H. Vickers has been appointed vicar of Castle Sowerby, near Penrith, on the presentation of the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle.

The Rev. J. W. C. Wand, Fellow and Dean of Oriel College, has been appointed Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Peterborough.

Mr. H. B. Waters has been appointed a Deputy Assistant Director of Agriculture, Nigeria.

Mr. G. N. T . Widdririgton is to be congratulated on his marriage to Miss Margery L. Macdonald at St. Thomas's Church, Toronto, on August 24th. He has joined the staff of Pickering College, Newmarket, Ontario, a residential ,school for boys.

Mr. E . S . Williams has been appointed a Superintendent of Education, Tanganyika Territory.

The Rev. J. B. Wood was appointed vicar of Westward, near Wigton, Cumberland, towards the end of last year.

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We have gathered the following particulars concerning those Aularians who have gone down since the last issue of the Magazine:A. C. Belchamber is a n assistant master at Bancroft's School, Woodford Green.

G. C. Smith is an assistant master at Liverpool College.

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]. E.' A. Bye is an assistant master at Aysgarth School.

I. F. F. Webb is at Wells Theological College. · W. C. Webber is assistant chemist at the Trinidad Leaseholds Oil Refinery.

R. C. W. Whitling is at the London Hospital.

J. B. Allan has joined the staff of Lloyd 's Bank, a nd IS at present at the Covent Garden Branch.

D. C. Barker is at Ely Theological College.

F. J. Field is an assistant master at Bablake School, Coventry.

He has been playing for Coventry Rug by XV. R. St. J. Fisher is at Cuddesdort College.

A. J. Foster is .at Ely Theological College . .

W. D. Gower-Jones is at Egerton Hall, Manchester.

F. A. J. Lamb is at Trinity College, Dublin . • · P. S. Sprent is a t Salisbury Theological College.

R. F. Yates is a t Ely Theological College.

T. E. Inouye is at the Foreign Office, Tokyo.

During the course of the year the following Aularians have been ordained : The Rev. E. S. Ferris, presented by his fath er , the Right Rev. Dr. Ferris, Bishop Coadjutor of Western New York, was ordained according to the American Rite by the Right Rev. Dr. Brent, Bishop of Western New York, in Lambeth Palace Chapel, on July 1oth. The Archbishop of Canterbury also took part in the service, and so contributed to make this ordination .an historic one.

Deacons: A. B. Dex (Blackburn), R. R. Nattrass (London), B. P. Moh an (Guildford), F . H. Robbs (Coventry).

Priests: The R ev . E. 0. Bennett (Carlisle), the Rev. L. O'S. Beere (Gloucester), the Rev. F. Buchanan (Worcester), the Rev. J. B. C. Hordern (London), the Rev. T. H. Horsfield (Worcester), the Rev. M. M. Martin (Chelmsford), the R ev. C. A. Flaxton (Bath and Wells), the Rev. R. E. Priestly (Wakefield), the Rev. D. L. Saberton (Norwich), the R ev. C. N. Wardle-Harpur (Chelmsford).

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SIR RICHARD ONSLOW, Bart.

BARON ONSLOW. Matriculated june 6th, 1671.

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T. Edmund Hall was a flourishing society when Richard Onslow came up from Clandon in Surrey, in r67r, to be admitted as a gentleman commoner. Dr. Tullie was Principal, and his work in restoring its fortunes after the Civil vVar had enhanced his reputation both as a scholar and a tutor. So successful a teacher naturally attracted undergraduates of promise. John Oldham and John Kettlewell (to mention only two) had joined the Hall in the previous year, and we may be sure that young Onslow, just entering upon his eighteenth year, was in congenial company.

Like many of th~ gentlemen commoners then in residence, he came of a leading county family. An Onslow had been Speaker in Elizabeth's reign. His grandfather had been one of Cromwell's most trusted supporters, and h ad almost been exempted from the Bill of Indemnity, because, forsooth, 'when the King went to the Scots, in a speech he compared His Majesty to a hedgehog, saying he had then wrapped himself in his own bristles.' His father, Sir Arthur, had been no less devoted a Roundhead.

Richard Onslow had only a brief sojourn in Oxford, for he left after a year of residence. But he did not go down without leaving the Hall the richer for his presence. The Benefactors' Book records the gift of a silver cup, weighing 52 ounces, and when this, with the rest of the Hall plate, was melted down to pay for the erection of the Chapel, he augmented his gift by a further donation of twelve guineas .

From Oxford he went to the Inner Temple in accordance with the custom of his time, and in r678 he began his political career as Member of Parliament for Guildford, a pocket borough in the hands of his family. His father and he were both zealous for the Protestant Succession, and his conduct in his constituency brought him to the notice of the government. In the State Papers Domestic, r68o-8r, there is reported a conversation between Richard Onslow and Sir Robert Howard, in which the former declared that 'though he thought it his duty to join in the acknowledgment of His Majesty's Government, and¡ to profess his resolution to adhere to His Majesty and his successors, yet he would use all his endeavours that the Duke of York be not that successor.' In r68r his father was turned out of the Commission of the Peace, and both were 'presented at a Quarter Sessions in Surrey for words they had spoken at a bailiff's

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feast at Guildford.' The case was tried before Jeffreys, and things seemed likely tci. go bad with the Onslows. They owed their release to Richa rd 's father-in-l aw, Sir H enry Tulse, Alderman and later Lord Mayor of London, who interceded with Jeffreys on their behalf.

They endured the brief reign of James in silence, and passed their time steadily consolidating the family interest. And when \Villiam of Orange landed, Onslow, now Sir Rich ard since the death of his father, was singled out as ' the most considerable country g路entleman in the kingdom.' He expected preferm ent, and he was not' disappointed. In June, r6go, he became ' lieut-colonel and captain of a marine regiment of foot under the command of the Earl of T orring ton.' His post was no sinecure. For thoug h he himself did not go abroad, h e superintended the embarkation of the regiment. It was still raw and undisciplined, and Torrington in his letter to Notting ham was relieved when it got safely under weigh. ' Sir Richard Onslow,' he adds, 'who has been very diligent in embarking the regiment will tell you of a company's mutinying at Maidstone, encouraged to it by the Mayor of the place.' His military career was short, and later in life he used to say ' his regimental clothes ape! equipage cost him more than his pay carne to.' But his zeal had gained him the fa vourable notice of the King; in r6gr 路 he became a Commissioner of the Admiralty. His tenure of his office brought him little distinction. He could not agree with his colleagues to the appoin tm ent of Haddock as admiral, and Nottingham wrote angrily that he was 路amongst those who opposed the step, ' and th e reason is plain enough, because they dislike Sir Richard Haddock w hom all men else but I have ever heard speak of this matter, do not only app rove, but I .believe would have named to the Queen.' As Commissioner h e m ade his only speech recorded in the Parliamentary History.

It was on the occasion of the debate on the condition of the N avy in November, r6g2. It is so brief that it can be tran."cribecl in full. ' I am improper to speak on this subject, being one of the Commissioners of the Admiralty. I have always observed that gentlemen are tend er of the honour of gentlemen. I believe that, notwithstanding the report that has b een made, the Admiralty can justify themselves. All the complaint of the loss of 路I , soo ships comes from the insurers principally and not from the merchants . Pray proceed head by head on the R eport and Iet the Admiralty a nswer it.' The Admiralty answered it in such fashion that the resolution, ' that His Majesty be himself advised to constitute Commissioners of the Admiralty persons of known experience in the Admiralty affairs,' was narrowly defeat ed .

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comm1sswn. There were still those, however, who had faith in his capacity, and Robert Crosfield petitioning the King in 1695 for a reform · in Admiralty administration names him the first commoner of those whom he would constitute ' a committee of such noble persons, who well understood the nature of the crimes, and are of known integrity and zealous for your Majesty's true interest and happy government.'

Freed from the cares of office he was able to devote ' his constant and unvaried attention to the rights of the people, and the preservation of the whole Gov•ernment in its .Proper distributions.' He had already seen some of the dangers whicl;l attended a standing army during his brief period as lieutenant-colonel of marines. In 1695 he wrote to the Duke of Shrewsbury ' setting forth that some Dragoons. . . . had abused one Steers, an alehouse keeper, and when seized by the constable knocked him down, being set on by the lieutenant.' After the Peace of Ryswick it is not surprising, therefore, to find him deserting the Whig cause and strenuously supporting the Tories in their demand for the reduction of the army. Even his opponents commented on his action. Edward Harley writes 'Mr. T. Pelham carried himself with great firmness, as did Sir R. Onslow.' And Secretary Vernon, writing to Shrewsbury, explains the defeat by saying, 'What could we do . . . · further in this matter when three such men as the Marquis of Hartington, Mr. Pelham and Sir Richard pressed so earnestly, as they did, for the smaller number? ' Evelyn finds more interested motives for his action. 'The House of Commons persist in refusing more than 7,ooo men to be a standing army, and no strangers to be in that number. This displeased the Court party: Our county member, Sir R. Onslow, opposed it also, which might reconcile him to the people who began to suspect him.' In later years he repented his opposition to vVilliam's policy. 'Nothing ever troubled him more than· his having opposed some of that great Prince's measures.'

But his conduct had gained him a reputation in Parliament, and in 1701 he became a candidate for the Speakership in opposition to Robert Harley, and this, although the King had personally asked Littleton, the official Whig nominee, to absent himself from the House. H~ was defeated, however, by 249 votes to r 25, ' which,' says Luttrell, ' his majestie was pleased with.'

This defeat in no way disheartened him. He is found constantly upholding the true interests of the kingdom, and he ·w as still interested in Admiralty affairs. In May, 1701, ' Sir Richard Onslow acquainted the House that great numbers of seamen were tun'd off at Portsmouth, and discharged without pay-Ordered that an

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address be made to his majestie to pay them forthwith with ready money, and a committee was appointed to sit and enquire how they had been abused . ' In 1707 he was appointed chairman of a commission to inquire into merchants' complaints of lack of convoys for their vessels .

It was during this period that he fought a duel with Colonel Oglethorpe over words spoken in the House, and Onslow succeeded in disarming his opponent, although he was much the elder man.

There were times when even his 'easiness in forgiving of injuries' was put aside, and an Order of the House was necessary to prevent him fighting a. second duel with Sir Edward Seymour.

It was natural to think that one so jealous of his own honour would successfully defend that of the House, and so it is not surprising tliat he was unanimously elected Speaker of the House of Commons_ in November, 1708.

Lord W illiam Paulet and Sir William Strickland nominated him for the office, and General Mordaunt, in support, declared ' that, being possessed of a good estate he did not lie open to the temptations that might bias persons who had their fortunes to make against the interest of their country.' Sir Richard ' most earnestly desired to be excused. But the House cried " No, no." And thereupon he sat down in the Chair, and the Sergeantat Arms came up and laid the Mace upon the table.'

His election was, indeed, the outcome of much party discussion.

Sir Richard was the Court candidate, and the W]:Jig Junto only agreed to support his nomination if Somers was given preferment.

'The Lords,' writes Lewis to Robert Harley, ' have pitched upon Sir Richard Onslow to be Speaker, and Sir Peter King to be otherwise considered.' It was thoug·ht that his task would be no · light one, for he was faced by two former Speakers, Harley and Sir Thomas Littleton, himself a former member of the Hall. The trial of Sacheverel roused party feeling to fever heat, but Onslow successfully carried out his duties, and indeed singularly defended the privileg·es of the Commons. When the Speaker went up to the Lords to demand judgment on Dr. Sacheverel, Black Rod endeavoured to hinder him, 'on which the Speaker said, " If he did not immediately take away the Black Rod, he would return to the House of Commons." ' Once inside the House Black Rod again offended, and the Speaker once more threatened to return to the Commons. When at last Sacheverel was brought in, Black Rod stationed himself on the wrong side of the House, and again Onslow threatened to withdraw. Finally Lord Chancellor Cowper directed

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Black Rod to obey the injunctions of the Speaker, 'and thereon Mr. Speaker demanded the judgment, and the Lord Chancellor accordingly ¡ pronounced sentence upon the prisoner, kneeling at Bar.' The Sacheverel trial proved a disastrous party manceuvre, and the election of 1710 told heavily against the Whigs. Onslow's defeat was predicted before the poll was held. Lady Og¡lethorpe wrote to Harley from Godalming, ' l begin to believe that the two old knights will lose it, though they exert themselves ten times more than ever, as you may believe since the Speaker has wrote lately a most submissive letter to a cobbler at Haslemere to beg the favour of his vote and . interest in behalf of himself and his son; that he will stick at no cost to gain his point, which should he miss of he is undone. By ill-luck the cobbler had not learnt to read, not expecting such a letter ; I wish I could have prevailed to have kept his letter, but he hugs it as close as his knight does him.' Sir Richard was indeed undone ; ' the losing of an election at such a tirrie sensibly affected him, though he bore it, as he used to do all misfortunes, with a singular composure of mind, and resolved to live retired in the country for the remainder of his life.' But he was prevailed upon to enter the Commons by way of Godolphin's pocket borough of St. Mawes. He was somewhat unexpectedly appointed a. Privy Councillor when he laid down the Speakership, and the rest of his parliamentary career was spent in ensuring the Hanoverian Succession. He had already piloted through the Commons the Succession Act of 1705, and thereby gained the esteem of Somers. His nephew, Sir Arthur Onslow, later to be Speaker with a mu~h ionger tenure of office, reminds us that he was amongst those ' who ought always to be remembered 'by their country with honour for having so greatly opposed the storm that was then rising upon the Prote~tant Succession.'

The acces~ion of George I again brought him to office. He became second Commissioner of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Cowper took occasion, at the announcement of his promotion, to commend his past services. ' The Government of England,' he said, 'has never stood upon its truer basis and foundation than when Sir Richard Onslow has been called up to posts of trust.' He only enjoyed his new-'Yon honour a twelvemonth. The death of Halifax made any further continuation in office impossible.

He was promoted to the Lords and made Teller of the Exchequer for life. His party zeal seems to have cooled; he retired early from the secret committee which probed Prior's conduct in the negotiation of the Treaty of Utrecht, and he took no part in the

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impeachment of Harley. He was taken ill suddenly in the autumn of 17 17, and died of a raging fever in the December of that year.

His ¡activities in Parlia m ent were preceded in point of tim e, if not of importance, by the struggle a t the polls . And such records as survive throw an interesting sidelight on the electoral methods of the age. As early as 1681 he was awarded £so damages against a sheriff who made a false return against him . In 1697 E velyn 'dined at Sir Richard On slow 's, who treated almost all the gentlemen of Surrey.' The memory must have lingered , for he duly voted for Sir Richard in 1702. But three years later he recorqs ' Most extravagant expense to deba uch a nd corrupt votes for Parliament members. I sent my grandson -with his party of my freeholders to vote for Mr. Harvey of Combe' (Onslow' s T ory opponent).

Onslow's interests were not merely political. As befitted a sonin-law of a Lord Mayor of London he was engaged in commercial affairs, and held the post of Governor of the Turkey C ompany for the last eight years of his life. The family had indeed long standing connexions with the East. H is uncle h ad been a Turkey merchant, and his brother, also an old member of the Hall, was eng aged in trade in the Levant. Sir Richard himself had once thought of applying for the post of ambassador at Consta ntinople.

His outward ch a racteristics were not striking. H e was no courtier, and 'as to his outward person,¡ tall and very thin, not well shaped and with a face exceedingly plain, yet there was a certaif\ sweetness with a dignity in his countenance , and so much of life a nd spirit in it tha t no one who saw him ever thought him of a disagreeable aspect . ' He was no scholar, but 'what h e had thoug ht thoroug hly on he spoke with greatjudgment and perspicuity, and having b esides a great reputation for probity, h e was as well heard, as much relied upon and as much followed in parliamentary affairs as most m en of tha t age.' At a time when close devotion to p a rty interests was the surest avenue to preferment, he did not hesita te to vote against his party leaders when he thought the int e re~ts of the p eople demanded it. No man questioned his unflinching honesty.

Even W illiam III, who h ad cause enough to dislike him , 'a little before h e died sent for him into his closet and bid him continue the honest m an he had always found him .' His winning cordiality a nd personal ch a rm m ade him one of the most popul a r men in the House.

Queen Caroline, who saw him often, declared, 'there was something great in his manner and carriage that drew a particular respect to him as soon as he was seen.' After his death Mr. Edward Wortley lamented , 'There were formerly ~en of that sort in the House, but the race is gone and people now h ave scarcely any idea

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of it and the influence it had . ' Even Sir Richard had his enemies.

Lord Dartmouth in the bitterness of party strife set down in malice that ' He was a very trifling, vain man of ridiculous figure; full of party zeal by which he expected to go shares in the comp:my's merits, though he brought little to the common stock, besides being descended from one of Oliver's lords; which introduced him at last into the House of Lords, notwithstanding the contemptible denomination of Stiff Dick usually given him by the whole party except Bishop Burnet and a few solemn Nonconformists who looked upon hirp with reverence as a man greatly gifted . ' Such 'mean flippances 'must be discounted. We may rest content with the fact that Dartmouth himself contradicted them in the course of his later . writings.

I can conclude no better than ¡with the opening words of his nephew's appreciation. 'My late Lord Onslo;.v's long and eminent services to his relations and friends have raised him a monument with them that will not soon be broken down, but because the remembrance of him ought to live as an example of many virtues to his posterity, for whom I chiefly design this paper, I have put together a few things relating to the character of that excellent man.'

L. W. HANSON.

A COMING PUBLICATION.

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HOPE I may be excused if I trespass upon the columns of the Magazine a little in order to point the merits of a slight work of mine soon to be published, with the title ' Shakespeare and The Game.'

No doubt others than myself were distressed when, on the publication of that otherwise estimable product of serious scholarship ' Shakespeare's England,' they found no section devoted to the Elizabethan aspect of billiards. Cockfighting, bearbaiting, archery, 'horsemanship with farriery '-all these sports are exhaustively treated, but we find a mere couple of casual references to the fine art of billiards (or ball yards, as I would more correctly term it). It is, in fact, definitely stated that the Bard's sole reference to the game is that which he puts into the mouth of Cleo: ratra :~ 'Let it alone: let's to billiards' (Antony and Cleopatra II, v). and even this is labelled as a ' conspicuous anachronism ' ! But it is not my purpose at the moment to become involved in arguments , however profitable, as to the antiquity and venerability of billiards; I am concerned to show that Shakespeare not only made frequent

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mention of the game, but also took in it a personal; almost passionate, interest. Does not Iago say of the English, in that first of patriotic ' puffs,' .

'They are most potent in potting' (Othello II, iii)?

And elsewhere we find the phrase 'To pot, I warrant him' (Coriolanus, I, iv).

References to the implements of the game are numberless.

I give but a few examples :-路

The cue: 'Remember you your cue' (The Merry Wiv es, III, iii). ' 'Tis your cue ' (Much Ado, II, i). ' Every one according to his cue' (Midsummer Night's Dream, III, i).

'Now we speak 路 upon our cue, and our voice is imperial' (Henry V, III, vi) .

'The instrument that screws me from my true place (Twelfth Night, V, i).

The rest: ' Hence therefore , thou nice crutch ! ' ( 2 Henry IV, I , i).

'No rest be interposer 'twixt us twain . . ~路 (Merchant of Venice, III, ii)-the eternal cry of the novice. ' He hath put himself from rest, and must needs taste his folly' (King Lear, II, iv)-the dictum of experience.

'We are too bold upon your rest' (Julius Caesar, II, i).

Evidently guests were as reluctant to use the wall-clips then as now.

The table: ' If any m a n In Italy have a fairer table which doth offer to swear upon a book . . . ' (Merchant of Venice, I路I, ii). ' And therefore will he wipe his tables clean ' (2 Henry IV,

TV, i) .

'How green you are, and fresh' (King John, III, iv).

The balls: Shakespeare's references to the ball s, despite the lyrical ' My love is most immaculate white and red ' (Love's Labour Lost, I, ii) , and the non-committal 'B eaufort's red sparkling ' (2 H enry VI, III, i) are as a rule peculiarly tinged with person al passio n. We find : ' So white, and such a traitor ! ' (King Lear, III, vii).

'Thou scarlet sin ! ' (H enry VIII, III, ii). ' She's a bed-swerver' (Winter's Tale, II, i).

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and, of the first professional to use the 'compo' ball, ' He . .. . thinks himself made by the unchaste composition' (All's Well, IV, iii).

This last citation brings me to the historical aspect of the question. Quite apart from the evidence of Cleopatra's speech, previously quoted, it would seem the game had many devotees among the fair sex. Presumably we may be allowed to deduce this frorri 'Deceiving me is Thisbe's cue' (A Midsummer Night's Dream, V, i). Possibly women used a lighter instrument unsuited to the male touch.

Note also:' I would not break with her for more money than I' 11 speak of' (The Merry Wives, III, ii).

'Go, play, boy, play; thy mother plays, and I play too' (Winter's Tale, I, ii). ' Ah, Nell, forbear, thou aimest all awry ' ( 2 Henry VI, II, iv).

To turn to _scoring. The score would seem to have been kept, as now, by a marker:~ 'Mark thou this ' (Much Ado, I, i). ' God bless the. mark ! ' (Merchant of Venice, II, ii) _ [n this latter quotation I feel constrained t:o emend to ' marker ' ; the abbreviated form of the terminal ' er ' is very easy to overlook in the Elizabethan cursive script. If this surmise is correct, the phrase might be understood ironically.

I have been unable to find that the Swan of Avon shows any extensive knowledge of the finer strokes of the game . Nevertheless he shows a rare contempt of the unimaginative player : ' He speaks plain cannon, fire and smoak, and bounce ' (King John, II, ii).

Vet he himself would seem to be not unguilty here:' Be clamorous, and leap all civil bounds, Rather than make unprofited return' (Twelfth Night, I, iv).

Other references to the ' coup ' are : ' Oh Hamlet, what a falling off was there! ' (Hamlet, I, v) or, more laconically, 'That's off!' (Coriolanus, II, ii).

He has a pretty reference to the amateur's 'kiss-cannon ':'You'll kiss me hard' (Winter's Tale, II, i).

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It is to be .feared that Shakespeare was not always fortunate in his opponents:' Shall we have incision? ' (2 Henry IV, II, iv).

'Oh, these deliberate fools!' (Merchant of Venice, II, ix). ' 'Twill make me think the world is full of rubs ' (Richard II, III, iv)-of the opponent who chalks his cue after every stroke. ' 'Twas I won the wager, though you hit the white' (Taming of the Shrew, V, ii)- a fitting reproof; etiquette would seem to have changed little on this point.

'What's mine is yours and what is yours is mine' (Measure for Measure, V, i)- the rebuff gentle, to the opponent who plays the wrong ball.

Sometimes we see into the very soul of the Master : ' But I do feel, by the rebound of yours, a grief that shoots my very heart at root' (Antony and Cleopatra, V, ii).

One reference, after much pondering, I am compelled to aba ndon as beyond my comprehension :' In the boldness of my cunning I will lay myself in hazard ' 路.

(Measure for Measure, IV, ii).

Might it be policy, under any conceivable circumstances, topocket directly one's own white? Or does the Bard here labour under a misapprehension? I welcome ass is tance on this point.

Me anwhile I hope the above scattered notes have been sufficient to g路ive some idea of the scope and trend of the proposed work. It is likely that only a few copies will be printed , therefore application should be made as early as possible next term at the Buttery, between the hours of 4 and 5 p.m.

N.D.

ST A TUTUl\t1 EST. F, in the words of the poet, 'th ere be nothing new, but that which is hath been before ,' our communal life would seem to offer an illustration of this continual reversion, to epitomize the eternal sameness of Aularian existence. The Jocelinean chronicle of the past reflects all the common problems of the present.

Who will doubt that the Hall tortoise has crawled unfailingly ac ross the pages of Aularian history from the earliest times? T ake the case of the Debating Society, not with the weight of 844 meetings behind it , but in its crude beginnings. In the days when 路the last available member was rudely dragged from his evening 'biberi um ' to make up the necessa1路y quorum, it is certain that

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The fifteenth century Stattda A ularia furnish many a parallel with matters of to-day. Anyone, we read; who engaged ' in a game of dice, hand-ball, the art of the two-handed sword, buckler play or in any other unseemly game disturbing to the peace and distractive from study ' made himself liable to a fine of fourpence.

Might we not take this as decisive on a point which for many terms has vexed the collective mind of the Junior Common Room-the fate of the shove-halfpenny board?

Again , how the club secretary, making desperate efforts to fill the gaps in his team at r.3o p.m., would rejoice in such a ruling as this : ' All members of a Hall, on being directed by their Principal to go off to the fields or other places whatsoever on account of proper recreation and the honour of the community of the Hall shall repair there together and return in like manner, and none of them shall stay at home, except for some reasonable cause, under penalty of a fine of two pence.'

There are statutes to protect the more queasy-minded from the Doric accents and broad jests of the Northerner. When minds are disputacious it is an offence to ' make odious comparisons between one country, or one people, or one class of the community and another.' A reckless debater might be curbed : ' If one scholar shall address another derisively, disparaging his knowledge, his wits or his reason . . . whereby mayhap the peace and tranquility of the Hall be disturbed and learning suffer, he shall be fined twopence or a larger sum at the discretion of the Principal.'

Should we have found very unfamiliar the topics that our mediaeval forebears discussed as they gathered at some early hour near the well, until, at the call of the lectura aularis, they twitched their mantles biack and prepared to do battle with Logic in the Dining-hall?

W. J.

APPROACH TO SPAIN. S the train creaks unsteadily from Pau to Bedous the Pyrenees surge up like blue clouds on the horizon. Gradually the blue merges into green, and grey, and brown, and the summits, capped with snow, detach themselves from the sky. It is then that a feeling of awe for the unknown assails the traveller.

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With the upward circling of the road the trees which girdle the lower and middle ranges become sparser, and the upper slopes are bare, gleaming green and purple in the sunlight. Suddenly, at a turn in the road, the car stops before the stone column which marks the frontier, and the crossing is made under the peering eyes of blue-uniformed carabineros.

The downward journey through huddled villages, by the splashing icy waters of the infant Arag6n, gives already a rich foretaste of the patria .amada.

Soon we approach the red, indomitable crests of San Juan de !a Pefia, rising from the pines which clothe their base; they proclaim themselves as the last line of resistance against the Moors, who could not pass ' St. John of the Rock.'

Opposite the square-cut, rugged face of the Pefia Oroel lies J aca, one-time capital of Arag6n, while to the west, amid fields of luxuriant alfalfa, run the lines of poplars which point to Pamplona and the more verdant slopes of Navarra .

Following the direction of the Reconquest, a southward road leads from France to Saragossa. It passes through another range of forbidding mountains, ashy or red, speckled with the dark green of box bushes; through villages with walls and wrinkled tiles as drab and brown as the stubbled plains which surround them, save where a whitewashed wall glares in the sunshine.

For long stretches the road is flanked by plantations of dusky olive trees.

The view extends to an immense distance on every side, until cut ¡ off, as alvvays, by mountains. A fierce sun shines down from a cloudless sky, and the heat, reflected by the white dust, increases with the journey from Ayerbe to Huesca, from Huesca to Zuera, until in the distance looms up the garden of Saragossa, dominated by the splendid towers of the Templo del Pilar.

E. L. G. PowYs.

BOOK REVIEW AN OxFORD HALL IN MEDIEVAL TrMES : BEING THE EARLY HISTORY OF ST. EDMUND HALL. By Alfred B. Emden. (The Clarendon Press. Demy 8vo., pp. xvi + 320. With two collotypes and six other illustrations. 16s. net.)

A review of the Vice-Principal's book appeanng at so late a date might w ell seem superfluous. But I must urge two main reasons for my contribution to the fu!l-throated chorus of praise which has been swellin g since October last. First, it may be there are some old members of the Hall who have not yet been able to obtain a copy; and secondly, I have myself obtained a reviewer's

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copy. But, seriously, there are decisive reasons for the appearance of a review. Mr. Emden has not produced a mere biography for beginners. He has launched his readers into the midst of a complicated archaeological debate De Originibus ; he has set before them the results of much patient study of documents, and he has woven it all into a clear and detailed history of the academical ha lls.

The main appeal of the book for the general reader will be contained in the expansion of the opening sentences of the Introductory Chapter: ' If one change more than another characterized the passing of the medieval order in the University of Oxford, it was th e supersession of the H alls by the Colleges as the predominant type of academical society for the residence of undergraduates.'

This story is to be found in Chapters ii , iii, viii, x and xi. And one of the things that will strike the reader with the greatest force is the skilled way in wh ich the author has been able to present his institutional narrative as a homogeneous and independent whole.

It is not interrupted by those long discursive interpolations that often m-ake histories of institutions so trying to the patience. ¡ To be coupled with this narrative of development is the absorbing ch a pter on the A ularia.n Statutes of 1483-1490 (Chapter ix).

As these are treated of elsewhere, I shall m erely content myself with remarking the confused genera o( the mediaeval legisl ators who forbade ' sporting dogs, ferrets, hawks and other small birds ' within Hall societies . A charming, but somewh at Utopian, picture is also presented of the whole community of the Hall, in company with the Principal , setting the back garden to rights.

Three controversies died suddenly on the publication of this book- that concerning" the name St. Edmund Hall, for Antony Wood and his prolific citizen Edmund are disposed of (Chapter iv); the theory of mediaeval aularian democracy, owing its calm overpoliticised atmosphere to the ingenuity of D ean Rashdall; and, lastly, that concerning the date of our earliest extant architectural fra g ment , the old kitchen firepl ace , now in the J.C.R., for, in contradiction to several local antiquaries¡, Mr. Emden places it as late as 1455 (p. 184).

Concluding, may I express a hope that Mr. Emden will complete his history of the Hall and g ive us a volume -bringing it down from th e Elizabethan slump, p ast the dangerous days of Victo rian improvements ' to the present positio~ of security under statutes confirmed by an Order of the King in Council?

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SOCIETIES, 1927.

THE DEBATING SOCIETY. HILARY TERM, 1927.

Pre sident: G . E . H. GRIGSON. Vice-President: G. W. THOR NH ILL. S ecre tary: A . W. HE NDER SON. Although Schools fevtr restricted the attendances, especially towards the end of the term, the Debating Society flourished exceedingly.

There was increased respect for formality ; the officers invariably wore and bore their proper symbols of office. Churchwardens and g igantic matches were carried in procession on a great cushion .

The President reinforced his authority with a brass bell. The office of Grand P at riarch rose to grea ter eminence with its holder, C. D. Smith.

Members were fertile in inventing Private Business, and the officers had to repel repeated attacks upon their. cond.u ct and characters . On the 7th March, the President, protesting his unworthiness, was created Honorary Adjutant of the Salvation Army by formal initiation.

The Public Business was notable for the closeness of the divisions. A keen debate on the motion, 'That England owes more to the civilised South tha n to the industrial North,' was won only by the President's casting vote. In the first meeting of the term a curious accident occurred.

F. W. Wilson, who proposed the motion, afterwards got mixed up with his brother, W. T . Wilson, who was seconding the opposition, and criticised his own speech from the other side of the House, no member noticing the change.

The Vice-President was, at the next meeting, commissioned to prevent any recurrence of this behaviour.

During the term two mixed debates were held in the Hall. The first, with Somerville College, decided that examinations wer~ illogical; and the second, with the Beaufort Society of Lady Margaret Hall, enthusiastically supported both philanthropists and fairies. These were excellent debates, producing the best speaking of the term ; the Manciple added to their success by producing most excellent cider cup and other delights.

R esearches were carried out by the President and the S ecretary among the old minute books, and they found that the last m eeting of the term was also the 88oth recorded meeting of the Society.

The earliest record was an order paper of about r83o, when the motion was, ' That the steam locomotive is a useful invention.'

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At this meeting officers were elected for the next Michaelmas Term. R. S. Orchard was elected President, S. A. C. Dickins Vice-President, R. H. Thorne Secretary.

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MrcHAELMAS TERM.

Presid ent: R. S.

Vice-President: S. A. C. DrcKINS. Secretary: R. H. THORNE. vVe can say withou t exaggeration that the Hall D ebating Society has had a successful term. Not only has an interesting· joint debate been held with the Beaufort D ebating Society, ·but several other evenings have provided stimulating discussions on such widely differing subjects as Capital Punishment, Calves, and Cinemas. What little support we have received from the freshmen was good, and has been appreciated. Th ey particularly distinguished themselves in the discussion on the motion, ' That the Cinema is better than the Theatre for the representation of the .Drama.'

It must be admitted, however, that for the officers this has been a trying term; the persistent absence of the Grand Patriarch, and differences of opinion between the House and its officers with regard to the correct m ode of dress (particularly in the case of the Secretary) have led to bitter struggles.

In spite of the opinions of the officers a debate was arranged with the Beaufort Debating Society and, in spite of the misplaced zeal of certain ex-officers, was eventually held. Lively discu.s sions took place on the merits of dancing and the value of the entirely truthful man. During the meeting the representatives of the Hall Debating Society were advised to learn dancing as a suitable training for working a treadmill !

At the last meeting of term S. A. C. Dickins was elected as President for Hilary Term, with the support of A. W. Henderson as Vice-President and ]. A. Smith as Secretary. P. J. Sandison (ex-President) was elected to occupy the position of Grand patriarch to the Society.

R.S.O. ORCHARD.

THE ESSAY SOCIETY. HILARY TERM.

President:

M.

A.

McCANLIS.

The minutes of every Society commence with some conventional expression such as : ' The last meeting of a most stimulating term was held . . . ' varied, ~f course, to s uit the occasion. The Essay Society, however, usually confines itself to such trite gambits as \;·

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'The 1 23rd m eeting of the Society was held in Mr. Blank's rooms.'

Such, at ¡ any rate, is the impression to be gained by a hasty scanning of the records. But a little closer study will r eveal the fact that the Society has a formula-tacit, if yo u will, but still a formula: 'And the people rejoiced exceedingly, for an enemy was come up ag-ainst it.'

Hilary was a very destructive term . At the first meeting G. E. H. Grig son let off a paper on Sitwellism, to which he gave the title 'Hymns Ancient and Modern.' But it might very well have been called ' Hims who have helped me.' The fo llowing week Mr. D . P. Bliss delivered a sincere and original paper upon the danse macabre of m edieval times . The Society was rushed off its pedestal of 'words, words, words' by Mr. Bliss's qui et competence, and was content to flounder in his wake among the uncertain deeps of appreciation. No such trouble, however, was given by C. R. Hiscock's ' Need for Retrogression, ' for we fastened eagerly upon his Gospel according to St. Gilbert K. E. S. Ferris informed the Society about the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, and F. G. Roberts made an appeal for the Irish National Theatre.

Undoubtedly the princip al meeting of the term was Mr. E. Thurlow Leeds's . He led from strength in an acco unt of 'Early Trade in Western Europe.' And not less valuable was the subsequent discussion, which centred mainly around Cornwall.

At a business meeting P. Young was elected President for the Michaelma s Term.

ScuRRIVAGUS IsTE P.J. S. MrcHAELMAS TERM.

President : P. YOUNG. The term began with the discovery of financial liabilities contracted by the Society in the past ; however, by raising the subscription this trouble was soon overcome. At the first m eeting of term P. Young read a paper on 'Jekyll and Hyde,' wherein he sought to show the subconscious effect of past experience upon the literary a rtist's work. The Society was fo rtunate in hearing a paper by Mr. E. Lustgarten, of St. John's, on 'Some Modern Dramatists '; the essayist, who is himself a talented playwright, defended the modern s, such as Maugham and Coward, and con sidered that their work gave a true dramatic picture of our age.

W. Johnson expounded the g reatness of his hero when he dealt with ' William Cobbett,' and recommended his views on m atrimony

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to the Society. S. D. Mangan asked, 'What are we coming to?' and no one dared to answer his vVulfstan-like homily. His hopes · for the future lay in the possible inaccuracy of his diagnosis of the · present; but this raised no happy expectations in his audience.

After B. J. Rushby-Smith had read his essay on 'Some Conditions of Progress,' the Society concluded that ' Progressive ' was an adjective applicable to individuals, but not to nations. At the last meeting of the term Mr. Godfrey Elton, Fellow of the Queen's College, read a very interesting paper on ' Modernism in Literature.' He pointed out that the New Psychology was as important as Darwin's Origin of Species in the history of thought; psychological discovery and not Darwinism was responsible for the new experiments in literature. The craze for publicity at any cost was a factor to be considered in estimating the worth of some of the younger poets of our time.

R J. Rushby-Smith was elected President for the Hilary Term.

P.Y. JOHN OLDHAM SOCIETY. HILARY TERM.

President: H. B.

LINTON.

Secretary: P.

YouNG.

The Society had a very successful term, though the quality of the reading deteriorated. The programme wq.s more varied than . of late. A. A. Milne's plays Mr. Pym Passes By and The Dover Road, and The Frogs of Aristophanes, were well appreciated; .but Androcles and the· Lion and The Wild Duck both met with severe criticism. The Lady of Lyons was described as inferior Victorian melodrama infused deeply with sentimental romanticism.

P. Young was elected· President and F. G. Roberts Secretary for the Michaelmas Term.

H. B. L. MicHAELMA.s TERM . .

President: P.

YouNG.

Secretary: F. G.

RoBERTS.

· Deciding to have as varied a programme as possible, the Society ' began the term with an Elizabethan domestic tragedy, Arden of Feversham. Though unexpectedly modern in treatment, this play has a style which makes reading difficult. To it, and to Galsworthy's Loyalties, a contrast was provided by Ibsen's 'Doll's House; the Society ag reed that the latter was a piece of exceptionalfy ffne craftsmanship. Capek's R. U.R. · and Strindberg's The Fath-er illustrated two sides of the modernist movement, but both were somewhat depressing. Sean O'Casey's The Plough and the Sta·r's

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was amusing to read, and provided much new information about Irish life. At an extra meeting before the end of term, Brewster Morgan gave a reading of one of his own plays. This was the most successful evening of the term.

F. G. Roberts was elected President, and G. E. J anson-Smith Secretary for the Hilary Term.

P. Y. THE MUSICAL SOCIETY. HILARY TERM.

President:

THE CHAPLAIN.

Secretary: W. W. R.

Treasurer: B.

J.

CLOTWORTHY.

RusHBY-SMITH.

The Society this term had a membership of sixty-one. Four meetings were held, and the attendance at all, the first possibly excepted, was good and most encouraging.

On January zgth Dr. W. H. Harris kindly gave a inost enjoyable organ recital to members and their friends on the New College organ (recently reconstru cted and slightly enlarged by Messrs.

Rushworth and Dreaper, of Liverpool). Dr. Harris included in a varied programme works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Wagner and Basil Harwood. The Secretary sang Purcell's 'Evening Hymn.'

The second meeting took place on February gth, when Mrs. Griffiths and Mrs. Maitland contributed a violin and pianoforte recital to a large and enthusiastic gathering of members. The two main items were Brahm's Sonata in D minor and Hand.el's Sonata in A major. A group of Hungarian dances arranged by Kreisler was most delightful.

Mr. Speakman (Solo Alto Lay Clerk, New College) also contributed two groups of songs.

On February 24th an informal musical evening was held in the J. C. R. The programme was very varied and catered for all tastes.

F. H. Trott, S. D. Mangan and G. C. Pownall contributed piano solos, R. C. Thomas sang two songs, and G. M. Mercer provided an enjoyable contrast with a flute solo. The chief part of the programme consisted of the singing of choruses, some of which went with rhythm, and all resulted in a surprising volume of sound, if not tone. A dance band, consisting of Messrs. Beeley, Hamlyn, Orchard and Lancaster, played items at the end of the programme with exhilarating effect!

The last meeting (Guest Night) on March 1 rth was a concert by members of the University. Mr. Purcell (Exeter), accompanied

by Mr. Brain (Exeter), played two groups of viola solos. A University male voice quartet (Messrs. Shipham, Thomas , Clapham and Clotworthy) sang pa rt-songs by Charles Wood, Elgar and

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Vaughan Williams. Mr. Shipham (Keble) and Mr. Clapham (Academical Clerk, New College) contributed songs. Miss Nesta Trueman, the possessor of a pure soprano voice, sang a group of German song·s and one in English. F. H. Trott played brilliantly York Bowen's Piano Sonata .

W. W.R.C. MICHAELMAS TERM.

? ·r esident:

THE CHAPLAI!'-i.

Secreta1•y: R.

Treasurer: F. G.

C. THOMAS.

PHILLIPS.

Three meetings of the Society were arranged for the term. · On Tuesday, November I sth, Messrs. Acott again kindly consented to provide a gramophone and records for a concert in the Dining· Hall.

In many instances the improvement even on last year's records was obvious, and the enormous scope for which the modern record provides was fully demonstrated.

On \i\Tednesclay,. November 3oth, in the J. C. R., Dr. Wood read a most interesting paper entitled 'Tricks of the Trade.' He traced the growth of music from the earlier stages of civilisation to the modern orchestral score, illustrating his remarks on the latter with reference to several completed works in MS. form, and by playing part of E lgar's 'Cockaigne' Overture on the gramophone.

The Madrigal Club m et on Sunday afternoons during the term for the practice of part-songs. The thanks of the Society are clue to W. \i\T. R. Clotworthy for his enthusiastic and patient labours during his term of office as Secretary. The Society realises the great asset which they h ave had in him, and greatly regrets his departure.

R. C. T. SIXES AND SEVENS CLUB. HILARY TERM.

President: F. G.

REEVES.

Secretary: H. B.

LI NTON.

The thought of Schools exercised a somewhat devastating mfl.uence on members of th e Society, a ll being in their third year.

The number of meetings was cut clown to four, and the President had to strain his powers of eloquence to the utmost to obtain the necessary contributions of original stories. That he was successful is a proof of the continued enthusiasm of the members of ·the Society.

Of those who had been persuaded, H. B. Linton proved the close alliance of history and fiction ; F. J. Field gave us some poetry in prose in a story which he persisted in entitling 'Cherrya Phantasy'; and N. Dawson, by a burlesque which h e produced,

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.gave us a glimpse of the pantomime humour which is hidden beneath the pachydermatous exterior of our dour northerners.

Amongst the outside stories read, some were not quite so bad as were others.

For the Trinity Term, D. C. Barker was elected President and F. A. ]. Lamb Secretary.

F.C.R. TRINITY TERM.

President: D. C.

BARKER.

ecretary: F. A. ].

LAMB.

Schools looming even closer, only F. G. R eeves was found willing to provide a story. The ¡ title, 'The Dead Soul,' was considered appropriate to the occasion. The last meeting was held in convivial manner in convivial surroundings extra mu-ros. One may proffer as an excuse the fact that Finals had done their worst (an insufficient superlative !) and had been left behind.

F.G.R. THE MAKERS SOCIETY. The Makers Society proved not quite such a mouse as its birth might have led its members to think. When it did come into being, after a very protracted labour, it revealed that its objects were: ( r) To provide the Holywell Press with work.

(2) To consume port.

(3) To listen to papers read by such distinguished men as it could find.

Its first management was a President, G. E. H. Grigson, and a committee made up with N. Dawson and C. R. Hiscocks, who had been two of its principal foster-nurses.

There were three meetings held in the Trinity Term. At the first the Society -was entertained by the Vice-Principal, who read to it a paper on the history and contents of the Old Library, and then shepherded its members through snowdrifts to a display of the Hall's rarer possessions on the library table.

To the second meeting came Father Ronald Knox, after he had . been unfortunately confused with the Secretary of the Orig:en Society (or, as it was rendered at the Lodge, the Orange Society), at1d read, or rather recited, a discourse on his theories of humour and satire which was not on ly witty, but unexpectedly (and refresh ingly) serious. .

At the last meeting (if a certain depressing interlude at the Chantry is excepted) Mr. Basil Blackwell explained the truth about publishing. It was a delightful entet¡tainment, as witty almost as Father Knox's paper, though in many ways it was a sad dis-

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illusionment to find how thinly inferior margarine covers the bread of most publishers. All the same, not even Mr. Blackwell could quite persuade me that the happy author with no responsibilities is given all the pity which by right should be pourecl out over the malignant, miscreant publisher.

I .understand that the Society has faded rather during the winter months, although a rebirth is expected along with crocm;es and lambs and other beautiful creatures in the Hilary Term.

The officers of the Trinity . Term were M. A. McCanlis, President; C. R. Hiscocks, Secretary; and N. Dawson, Treasurer.

G. THE ORDINANDS' SOCIETY. An Ordinancls' Society was instituted this term, with L. C. Baber as its first President and S. A. C. Dickins as Secretary. It has arranged to hold fortnightly meetings, and two or three special services of meditation for ordinancls will be held in chapel each term. The first three meetings have been a success in every way, and the Society appears to have a useful and prosperous career before it. It should be added that all members of the Hall, whether ordinands or not, will be welcome at the Society's meetings, and ¡ the topics of discussion will usually be such as to be of interest to all churchmen.

CLUBS, 1927.

THE BOAT CLUB. HILARY TERM.

Captain: P .

S.

SP.RENT.

Secretary: B.

J.

RusHBY-SMITH.

The coaching of the Torpid was shared between Mr. J. H. Pain, of Wadham, and the Boat Club officials. Despite the very unpleasant weather conditions which prevailed throughout training, the Torpid did a great deal of work. The able coaching of Mr. Pain, together with three journeys below locks to Sandford, instilled into the crew some idea of work, without which a Torpid is useless. Unfortunately a change in the crew ten days before the races, and sickness during the last week of training, 1.111settled the crew and prevented them from putting on pace in the last days of practice. The Torpid started behind Christ Church II ancl in front of Wadham p. The first three nights we remained in this position. \Ve were in no danger from Wadham, but Christ Church were too good for us. On the Monday the Torpid sank on the way down to

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the start owing to rough water, and the races were postponed.

On Tuesday, the fourth night, Christ Church II bumped St. Catherine's, and we rowed over. On the fifth night we went up on St. Catherine's and got within half a length of them in tlie Gut, but failed to continue the spurt. On the sixth night we were bumped by University II, who had displaced Wadham II on the previous evening. It was disappointing that we failed to hold our position. Mr. J. H. Pain contributes the following remarks and characters : The crew were unfortunate to lose a place on the last night.

Their p erformance was, on the whole , creditable. They were keen and willing, and so were a pleasure to coach. As is the case with most Torpids, they suffered from lack of experience. In a Torpid it is essential that hard work should be done in the early period of training, and this can only be profitabl e if the whole crew has been thoroughly grounded in the elements of rowing du ring the Michaelmas Term. This calls for much tim e and labour from the coaches and perseverance from the oarsmen, but it is well repaid.

CHARACTERS oF THE ToRPID. Bow. R. S. ROBINSON, IO st. Sibs. A somewhat improved oar on last year, but still has a tendency to be late-a fatal fault in a bow oar--consequently he could get no effective work done.

2. vV. V. BRELSFORD, I I st. 2 lbs. Never seemed quite comfortable owing to inexperience. H e must learn to sit up at the finish of the stroke and to be lig ht with his hands coming fo rward . Has great possibilities of developing as an oar.

3路 A. W. HENDERSON, I2 5t. I I lbs. Should cultivate the use of his weight as well as the use of his wit. He was slow with his legs at the beginning and slow with his hands at the recovery.

H e was a valu able asset to the crew in many ways. Both he and ' 6 ' should make a strong foundation for next year's Torpid.

4路 G. M. MERCER, I 2 st. sibs. Was good at tim es, but tired very easily arid then rowed badly. H e must learn to assist the rest of the crew in sitting the boat. A hard trier.

S路 P. G. HIGGS, 12 st. Another much improved oar on last year.

Has length forward wi th the capability of doing a lot of work. 路 His style was spoilt by a weak finish. He also tended to take his rowing too easily.

6. E. P. CARTER, 14 st. 2lbs. His long legs and short body made it difficult for h im to come out to h is work. Inclined to ' dig,'

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especially when tired. A painstaking oar who should be useful with more experience. A very hard worker.

7¡ E. S. FERRIS, IO st. glbs. Not an ideal '7,' as he was often late on stroke through being heavy with his hands forward.

He tried hard and improved a great deal in practice.

Stroke. J. M. ScuTT, IO st. 3 lbs. Perhaps the most effective oar in the boat, and certainly the longest forward . He did his share of the work and a bit more, but was handicapped by having an inexperienced crew behind him. His chief fault was getting the beginning by bending his arms instead of driving his heels into the stretcher.

Cox. J. N. KEELING, 8 st. w lbs. Wa:s gifted with common-sense and, as a result, made a good cox. He was light in weight, efficient in duty.

During the last ten days of the term a prospective Eight went out daily, coached by the Rev. J. W. C. Wand, Dean of Oriel, and .

Captain of S.E.H.B.C. 1906.

TRINITY TERM. The Eight as usual came up a week before term. The order of rowing was settled at once. We were fortunate enough to row together in the same order throughout training, a fact which contributed largely to our ultimate success. For a fortnight the Dean of Oriel gave us hard work in the form of long pieces of paddling.

During the second half of Training we were coached by Mr. H. N. Hodel, of Keble, who showed us the great value of 'leg drive.'

Our times in practice were not startling, but we were above the average standard of Third Division Boats. On the first night of the races, Lincoln II, who were in front of us, broke an oar, and we bumped them half way up the Green Bank. On the second night they bumped us; we made a bad start but they were a better boat, and but for the accident ¡w ould undoubtedly have made a bump the first night. On the third night Lincoln II bumped Oriel II, and we rowed through, showing better form.

On the fourth night we bumped Oriel II opposite the Hertford Barge. On the fifth night Lincoln II, who had failed to bump the previous night owing to a broken slide, bumped University II, and we rowed over. On the last night we bumped University II just after the Gut. This ended a most exciting Eights Week. The two bumps were most encouraging. It is to be regretted that Lincoln II prevented us from making more. vVe are indebted to Mr. H. N. Hodel for the following characters.

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CHARACTERS OF THE EIGHT.

Bow. E. S. Ferris, IO st. IO lbs. Should learn to keep his shoulders square the last piece of his swing forward, and to let his body swing further back. When rowing is inclined sometimes to sky his blade. A neat and useful bow oar who does not stop the boat.

2. J. M. Scutt, IO st. 5 lbs. Tries very hard but has been spoilt by wrong teaching, which, it seems, only a charge of dynamite will eradicate. . He gets his beginning with bent arms, uses his legs only when the stroke is half over, and curls his body round his oar handle at the finish. He should try to assist the rest of the crew in keeping the boat level.

3· R. E. Walker, 11 st. 6lbs. Works hard and improved greatly during practice. His finish is badly weakened by a tendency to curl the body round the oar handle, and the jerk with which he gets his recovery upsets the boat. He should be very useful next year.

4·· W. V. Brelsford, I I st. 5 lbs. One of the hardest workers in the crew. Made good use of his weight and his legs. He was, however, inclined to be a little clumsy at the finish, and was not quite in time with the stern oars. The experience he has gained will be invaluable next year.

5· B. J.. Rush by Smith, I I st. glbs. A little round in the back and inclined to over-reach, a fault which weakened his power of attack. But he sehds down a really good paddle.

6. P. S. Sprent, I2 st. 6lbs . Made full use of his great length, and used his legs to good effect. Very powerful but was inclined to row deep through gripping his oar. A conscientious worker.

7· R. F. Yates, IO st. I I lbs . Put down some very excellent strokes • qncl filled his place well.

He should remember that the beginning comes from the heels on the small of the back, and not from the arms into the shoulders.

Stroke. R . L. Hordern, I I st. 4lbs. Rowed consistently well all through, and got the most out of his crew. His rhythm was excellent. When very tired was just inclined to wash out at the finish.

Cox. H. W. Palmer, 9 st. Lacked decisiveness and was slow with his orders. But his experience and knowledge of the current stood him in good stead, and he steered excellently throughout.

The success of the Eight was largely due to the untiring assistance of the D ean of Oriel and Mr. H. N . Hodel, to whom our grateful th an ks are due . B. J. Rushby-Smith rowed '3' i~ the

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Isis Boat Club Eight which entered for the Thames Challenge Cup at Henley Regatta. It is hoped that more members of the Hall will join the Isis Boat Club and thus benefit by the experience gained from rowing at Henley.

The Boat Club records its best thanks to the Rev. E. S. Ferris for presenting a much-needed clock to the Barge.

P.S.S. MICHAELMAS TERM.

Captain: B.

J.

RuSHBY-SMITH.

Secretary:

R.

E.

WALKER.

The appeal made to freshmen at the beginning of the term met with a splendid response: out of twenty-nine freshmen twenty-four came down to the river in the first week of the term. As a result of this manifestation of keenness, it was possible to put on four crews for Mawdesley Fours. No crew in practice proved of an exceptionally high standard, with the result that the racing was far more exciting. In the finals the crew stroked by E. L. G. Powys managed to win a close race by 2ft. Without doubt it was one of the · best races of recent years. The winning crew was:Bow. A. E. A. Sulston.

2. R. D. Linton.

3· A. C. Hordern.

Str. E. L. G. Powys.

Cox. B. M. Forrest.

During the ten days following the Mawdesley Fours two tub eights went out in preparation for the selection of a Torpid crew.

This latter has bee11 going out regularly the last fortnight of term, and with much strenuous practice, including one journey below locks, the crew seem to have learnt some of the essentials of fixedseat rowing-a long, firm swing and a 'hard ' finish with steadiness and balance over the stretcher.

Old Eights colours men have been out in tubs and light fours with a certain amount of regularity. The assistance of H. A. Blair (ex-Captain), in addition to that afforded by older members of the Club, has been invaluable.

B.J.R.-S. THE CRICKET CLUB.

Captain: G. C.

SMITH.

Secretary: G. H. · ALDIS; and later, H.

B.

LINTON.

The Cricket XI, while not so fortunate as in the previous year, was yet quite successful. For unavoidable reasons the best possible team was never once put into the field. This being the case, the record may be considered good.

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. In the early part of the season the batting was unreliable, and throughout the term depended too much on individuals; but the bowling, after the first match, was very good. The best batting among the regular players was shown by R. C. Thomas : the greater part of the bowling was done by A. 1. Foster and K. C. Oliver, both of whom were really dangerous at times. They were not backed up well in the field, where keenness did not compensate for unreliability, the slips especially being a problem throughout the term, except when D. K. Daniels was able to play. M. A. McCanlis was only able to turn out once, owing to the claims of the University Cricket XI. The best form was shown against Dean Close, Cheltenham, where we were dismissed for 88 and yet won by 40 runs, and in a two days' match with Wadham, which although drawn, provided an exciting finish .

Colours were awarded to 1¡ H. T Clarke, R. C. Thomas and K. C. Oliver. D. K. Daniels was elected Captain, and K. C. Oliver Secretary, for 1928.

G.C.S. THE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB. HILARY TERM.

Captain: F.

1.

FIELD.

Secretary : R. S.

ORCHARD .

Like the Hilary Term of last year, this term has been remarkable for the number of games scratched. The first three weeks were occupied in training for cup-ties. The forwards were bad as a pack all through. term, but had improved considerably before the game against Lincoln; their weakness in tight scrimmages was owing to the lack of good coaching rather than individual fault.

In the first round we beat Lincoln by four tries to a goal and a try. The forwards, after playing themselves to a standstill and allowing the backs to gain a considerable lead, very creditably managed to hold out during the last ten minutes against superior weight as well as against the disadvantages of wind and slope.

1¡ B. Allan, at serum-half, was really outstanding, and this was probably the best game he has ever played for the HaiL During the next fortnight influenza interfered with trammg.

In the second round the whole side were below form, and the much heavier Pembroke pack, on a waterlogged ground, dominated the game except for ten minutes in the second half, when the Hall pack carried play into the home twenty-five. On the whole the final score of 24-o somewhat flattered the winners, who passed into the semifinal of the competition.

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Colours during term were awarded to G. P. W. Lamb . M. A. McCanlis played full-back for the University all term; R. S. Orchard and F. J. Field played for the Greyhounds.

At a meeting of Colours R. S. Orchard was elected Captain, and G. W. Thornhill Secretary for the ensuing season.

F.J.F. MICHAELMAS TERM.

Captain: R. S.

ORCHARD.

Secreta-r y: G. W .

THORNHILL.

At the beginning of the season much was expected of the XV, but results have been disappointing. There is no doubt that if the XV is able to turn out together and play together for some time, a good side will result. This has not so far been practicable. M. A. McCanlis has been playing for the University and C. F. Cardale has been unable to play on account of injuries.

The forwards have shown continued progress. A .. F. Lee has developed into an excellent forward, and is leading the pack well.

He has been ably supported by T. N. C. Holland and C . E. Passey amongst the Fr.eshmen. The Secretary has been invaluable in the loose. On the few occasions on which he has not been able to play his absence has been felt consid erably.

W. Johnson, at full-back, has been a great support to the side.

His handling is excellent, and his kicking leaves little to be desired.

The three-quarters have not been very successful. It has been necessary to field reserve centres throughout the term. A. ¡_H . Mead, although not strong¡ in other respects, has justified his place by some excellent kicking. H. F. Green should play well on the wing in good company. He has never been given a real chance. He is inclined to be a little behind the game, but his tackling is excellent.

J. H. Beeley would do well to increase his speed . . The position of serum-half was difficult to fill at the beginning of the season. It has been necessary to transfer an excell ent hooker in J. A. Smith. He has not yet become good, but he shows decided promise. K. C. Oliver's absence this term has been felt. No colours have been awarded.

R.S.O. THE ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB. HILARY TERM.

Captain: H.

CLOKE.

Secretary: C. D.

SMITH.

This term we achieved some m easure of success in the College Cup Competition. In the first round we defeated Pembroke by three goals to nil, but in the second round, on a ground which was

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better suited to mud-larking than football, we were well beaten by Magdalen.

In friendly matches we achieved a moderate amount of success, but too often our play lacked crispness and vigour. Of the forwards, A. J. Foster and D. R. Bird were quite the best. Sevetal of the other players tried in forward positions were definite failures; some of them often seemed in grave doubt as to the direction in which they should kick. In the defence, L. G. Hayward and E. Urry were frequently brilliant, and the half-back line was as usual sound and steady.

For the Michaelmas Term H. Cloke was re-elected Captain, and E. Urry was made Secretary.

H.C. MICHAELMAS TERM.

Captain:

H. CLOKE.

Secreta-r y: E.

URRY.

The standard of play during this term was considerably worse than it had been for several seasons. At one period it seemed almost certain that the Club would drop back into the Third Division of the League, but with the return of D. R. Bird to the forward line the play of the team improved, and at the end of the term we occupied a respectable position in the League table. D. R. Bird is without doubt a promising left-wing forward; had he played through the term, we should certainly have gained promotion.

Except in one or two games, the other forwards would seem to have forgotten even what they learned of the game at their Preparatory schools. W. J. Lancaster, R. W. Britton and D. M. John sometimes shot well, but the kindest thing that can be said of the forwards as a whole is that they tried hard.

The half-backs were very consistent, L. G. Hayward at centrehalf being really good . C. C. Shaw is very good in attack but poor in defenee, and when F . Yates pays more attention to the game than to instructing the referee in his duties, he will be a useful acquisition to the side. E. Urry and 0. C. Trimby were always reliable at full-back, but the latter must learn to kick first time.

On the whole it was an enjoyable term, even though it caused the club officials considerable anxiety. L. G. Hayward was elected Captain for the Hilary Term.

H .C. THE HOCKEY CLUB. HILARY TERM.

S ecre-t ary: J. H. T. CLARKE. Captain: G. H. ALDIS. The early games of the term did not show the improvement for which we had hoped, and it was only after the defects of the team

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had been frankly recognised that play began to reach a reas.onable level of energy and efficiency.

We were unfortunate in being forced to play against Pembroke in the first round for the Cup on almost the wettest day of the whole term, with a pitch that rapidly became a morass, against opponents much heavier than ourselves, whose energetic tactics under these conditions made stickwork and combination very difficult. In spite of this, the team g·ave a very good account of themselves. Both forwards and defence worked heroically, but the former were unlucky with their shots.

It was in the second half that weight began to tell, and in spite of a great rally towards the end of the game, in which D. K. Daniels scored an only goal from a good centre by R. C. Thomas, three goals were scored against us. Notwithstanding this set-back, the keenness of the team in no way deteriorated during the remainder of the term.

Mention should be made of the untiring play of J. H. T. Clarke, who was consistently good at centre-half and inspired the defence.

H. B. Linton was always sound , and F. G. Reeves and L. W. Hanson improved wonderfully; R. C. Thomas played .some good games on the right wing. As a rule the team played \veil together, but the forwards were weak. With more combination and dash they would have made the task of the defence less arduous than it generally was. Except in the cup-tie match, D. K. Daniels was unable to play for the team, because of the calls made upon him by the University Club. Colours were awarded to P. Young and F. G. Roberts.

G.H.A. MICHAELMAS TERM.

Captain: .

J. H. .

T. CLARKE.

Sec·r etary: H. B.

LINTON.

The Hockey Club has not been so successful this term as previously, there being a singular dearth of hockey talent among freshmen. Also the claims of the University XI deprived us of the services of D. K. Daniels and G. H . Aldis. We compliment them on their success, much as we deplore the loss to the Hall.

Though results may have been a little disappointing, this cannot be said of the spirit of the team. On all occasions there has been a manifest enthusiasm and vigour. Passing to criticism, we must say that the forwards have apparently little idea of combination, depending too much on individual skill. R. C. Thomas should endeavour to bestir himself more on the wing·, whilst the insidesand this applies especially to G. J. Janson-Smith-must combine

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE better. H . B. Linton h as put in some g-ood work at left-half; F. G. Reeves has demonstra ted that hi s real place is in the defence, where h e can play with vig·our. L. W. Hanson' s play in g-oal has shown a marked improvement.

The Chaplain has been th e deus ex machina of the team .

With more combination and a ttention to passing- we may yet go far in the cup-ties ; we have drawn a bye in the first round, and St. Catherine's in the second.

Colours were awarded to R. C. Thomas and L. W . H a nson.

R.' C. Thomas has b een elected Secreta ry for next term.

J.H.T.C .

THE ATHLETI C CLUB. HILARY TERM .

Captain: W . F .

CUMMINGS.

Secretary: A. S.

CHANDLER.

The activities of the t erm were con fined to participation in the Inter-Colleg-iate Sports. We entered for the majority of the events, and L. G. H ayward did extrem ely well in sharing- th e first place in the 220 Yards' Low Hurdles .

It can be confidently said that the Club has steadily been winningrecog-nition for itself on the track as well as in cross-country running-.

Colours were awarded to L. G. Hayward and F. G. Phillips.

At a Colours ' ·meeting- at the end of term A. S. Chandler was elected Capta in and F. G. Phillips ·Secretary fo r next season.

W.F.C .

MICHAELMAS TERM.

Captain : A. S.

C H ANDLE R.

Secre tary: F . G.

PHILLIPS.

The activities of the Club, m the face of poor support, have been strenuous and s uccessful. The H all entered for the InterColleg-iate Cross-Country Cup. On e of our runners lost a shoe, another fell sick, so that despite the fin e running- of N. C.- Moseswho came in sixth out of a field of seventy-we w ere not in the forefront. In the R elays we far ed better. This year has seen a revolution in athletics, the colleg-es being- separated into two divi sions·. W e we.re placed in the second division and came fifth in ·the list, g-aining- five points but losin g- two of them throug-h being- un. able to en.t er a hig-h hurdle team .

Two members, \iV. F . Cumming-s a nd N. C. Moses, have beeh elected to the Cen tipedes Club. W. F . Cumming-s wo n the Sen iors' Quarter-Mile. In th e Seniors ' C ross-Country A. S. Chandler ran

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third and in the Freshmen's Cross-Country N. C. Moses also came m third.

Colours have been awarded to S. D .. Mangan and N. C. Moses.

A. S.C. THE SWIMMING CLUB. TRINITY TERM .

Ca.p tain: P.

S.

SPRENT.

This term the activities of the Club have been sadly curtailed owing to the loss of J. F. Bleasdale and R. L. Hill. The demands of the Eight and paucity of talent made it impossible to enter a team for the Inter-Collegiate Relays. The half-mile river race for the E. J. Matthews' Cup was held on Wednesday, June 8th. It was won by E. P. Carter in fine style with a lead of 100 yards from E. L. G. Powys, who came in second. He ¡ has represented the University at Water Polo. E. P. Carter was elected Captain for next year.

P.S.S. THE TENNIS CLUB. TRINITY TERM.

Captain: C. D.

SMITH.

Secretary: R.

W. WHITLING.

The Tennis team had a most enjoyable season this summer, though it must be admitted that their efforts met with little success in the business of winning matches. We were favoured with very fine weather, and very few of our matches were scratched. We obtained two victories, one at the expense of Queen's 'A,' and the other at that of Wadham, and these were won on consecutive days, our star being for a very short moment in the ascendant ; over the number of our defeats we will draw a decent veil. In the cup-ties we were knocked out in the first round, being defeated, but not disgraced, by Trinity. Only one member of our team had the dis~ tinction of winning his Single, but we gave a much better account of ourselves in the Doubles. The team as a whole contained an admirable blend of the cunning of old age and the impetuous zeal of youth, and the newcomers to it showed great improvement during the season. It is hard to find potential ' Davis Cup' players among our number; but with practice and, if possible, some coaching in ¡ stroke production and tactics, and a slight infusion of new blood, we should give a better account of ourselves next summer. J. C. Toland was elected Secretary for the coming season.

R.L.F.

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DEGREES CONFERRED. February 19th, 1927.-M.A.: Rev. W. A. Jones, Rev. E. L. Millen. B.Litt. : Rev. E. A. Shattock. B.A. : Rev. W. A. Jones, A. R. Clark.

May sth.-M.A. : Rev. A. MacL. Murray, Rev. D. L. Saberton.

June rrth.-M.A.: Rev. R. H. O'Donovan.

July rst.-M.A.: Rev. H. G. Eggleton, Rev. M. M. Knappen.

B.A.: W. D. Gower-Jones.

July 23rd.-M.A.: C. D. Walker. B.A:: F. A. J. Lamb, P. S. Sprent.

August 6th.-B.C.L. : A. L. Clegg. M.A. : A. A. Gordon, Rev. R. E. Priestly. B.A. : R. St. J. Fisher.

October zoth.-M.A. : Rev. W. L. Bunce. B.A. : G. H. Aldis, J. B. Allan, N. K. Brownsell, H. Cloke, D. K. Daniels, N. Dawson, A. J. Foster, G. H. Franey, H. ·B. Linton, J. C. W. Ludlow, M. A. McCanlis, H. J. Mills, D. H. J. Marchant, F. G. Reeves, P. J. Sandison, R. F. Yates.

November z6th.-M.A.: A. B. Hodgson. B.A.: J. H. T. Clarke, F. J. Field.

December 17th.-B.A. : A. P. Kingsley.

MATRICULATIONS. TRINITY TERM, 1927.

Commoner:

R. H. Barff (Shrewsbury School).

MICHAELMAS TERM. Exhibitioners: )3. M. Forrest (Shrewsbury School).

J. R. H. Murray (Brentwood School).

J. L. O'Loughlin (Strand School, Brixton). r:omnwners:

J. E. Beswick (Heath Grammar School).

C. F. Cardale (Durham School).

J. M. C. Clayton (Lancing College).

H. F. Green (Christ's Hospital).

J. N. C. Holland (St. Edward's School, Oxford).

A. C. Hordern (Bloxham School).

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S. Li (National University, Peking).

D. Linton (Queen's College, Belfast).

H. Mead (Bloxham School).

Morgan (University of Kansas).

C. Moses (Dean Close School, Cheltenham).

K. Munro (Bembridge School).

M. Parker (Rossall School).

E. Passey (Bloxham School).

E. Pegg (King's School, Canterbury).

A. Perry-Gore (St. Edward's School).

J. E. T. Phillips (Weymouth College and Non-Collegiate).

M. J. V. Print (St. Edward's School).

W. V. Reynolds (King Henry VIII School, Coventry).

C. C. Shaw (Lancing College).

P. S. Smith (Bloxham School).

A. E. A. Sulston (Aylesbury Grammar School).

F. J. Tackley (Merchant Taylors').

J. L. Tadman (King Edward VI School, Norwich) . .

J. P. Thorp (King William's College, Isle of Man).

0. C. Trimby ·(Taunton's School, Southampton).

F. Yates (Preston Grammar School).

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