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KEY TO HALL GROUP , 19,\8.

The na¡111 es are ,given from. 7.eft to right as 1n:e1ued by the reader.

Bach Row.-C. P. \Yaish, D. R. Rankin, D. G. C. Salt, M. M. Hennell, .J. C. Palmer, E. H. Nicholson, C. H. Jellard, M. S. Preston, J. H. Mayne, A. G. Slemeck, D. C. Kennedy, H. B. D. Beales,]. H. P. Hadd en, M. \V. Dittmer, G. Carruthers, D. S . Morgan, A. M. Reid, J. vV. Hurford, R. M. A. Lawson, '\. J. Lee.

Fifth Row.-P. Vloodhouse Smith (almost obscured), H. H. Pen ningon, N. Bartleet, W. H. Huntingdon, J . 0. Donnison , D. vV . .-\lien, H. R. Durham, J. Lyall, E. L. '.11oor, A. C. J. Eastwood, S. R. Dunlap, J. McManners, J. S. Vlynn e, S. H. Hoffman, D . .f. Holm es , J. Vii. King, L. D .. \. Baron, R. D. R. Evans, M. R. Larson, N. A. Lowden, K. A. Gourlay, B. J. \Vigan, T. J. :\forris, :\. E. Mccurry.

Fourth Row.-K. B. Hallowes, V. C. H. Brown, G. S. Tothill, J. H. Edinger, A. \V. Fowler, H. A. F. Radley, H. V. James, G. LI. Thomas, J. G. 1'.ideout, D. R. Wilkinson, G. A. H. Rainbow, R. J. Lund, D. D. Moor, R. E. Lyth, H. A. Jennings, T. R. H. Cuff, J. Rashleigh, C. de N. Hill, D. H. Clibborn, J. W. Dowding, C. L. Ward, R. G. Strong, E. C. Hinson, S. V. Peskett, J. H. Stephens, J. M. U. Robins, R. R. Rylands, E. G. H. Turner.

Third Row.-]. S. M. Dashwoocl, R. Lister, M. H. A. Boyd, G. R. 1~. East, P. A. H. Farrant, .J. P. de C. Meade, 1 A. Holden, J. C. L. Hawkins, T. K. Hoey, R. L. Sharp, B. F. A. Geoghegan, F. R. Rawes, N. J. Strachan, J. Shipwright, E. C. Whitaker, J. B. Squire, N. E. G. Cruttwell, G. J. P. Courtney, R. E . Raynor, G. vVorth, A. F. Finch, A. C. Jenkinson, S . J. H. Smith, A. W. W. \ Vatson, H. K. Girling, J. E. R utherfonl, D. T. N. James .

Second Row.-H. C. Marston, W. J. H. Liversidge, D. M. M. Carey, Saunders, Dr. H. M. N. H. Irving, the Rev. R. F. W. Fletcher, (Principal), the Rev. J. N . D . Kelly (Vice-Principal), Mr. G. R. J. P. Burrough, G. J. P. Merifield, R. A. Cooper, J. A. Brett, J.

H. Taberner, \V. S. Mills, H. Eyre, A. C. \\lace, the Rev. H. E. P. M. Elliott (President of J.C.R.), Mr. A. B. Emden Brewis, Dr. H. J. Hunt, Mr. G. D . Ramsay, L. I. Stowe, du M. Kenyon, E. D. Neal.

Front l?ow.-M. P. \Vhitaker, J. Hardyman, W. A. W. Jarvis, J. M. Sowerby, E. LI. Jones, S. W. N. Phillips, J. R. Hughes, D. Erskine, A. J. Ensor, E. C. C. \Vynter, J. D. Rosser, C. M. Kelly, H. D. Eastwood, A. K. Sharp, J. F. Lavender, I. B. Pe,.,.ott, F. B. vVoocl, A. \V. Harrison, H. E. Pope, D. E. Newell, P. N. le Mesurier, J. Lyth, K . \V. M. Christopher.

ST. EDMUND HALL

MAGAZINE. DECEMBER, 1938.

Vol. IV, No. 3.

EDITORS: 1938-9 A. C. \ i\T ACE, Editor.

L. D. A. BARON, Assistant Editor.

DE PERSONIS ET REBUS AULARIBUS OF THE PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS.

N accordance with the provisions of the new Statutes of the Hall the Principal appointed in January the Vice-Principal, and the Rev. R. F. W. Fletcher, Dr. H. J. Hunt, Dr. H. M. N . H .

Irving, Mr. G. D. Ramsay, Tutors of the Hall, to be Fellows of the Hall. Under the new Statutes the Senior Tutor is precluded by length of years from assuming the title of Fellow, but most fortunately his pre-statutory status and his own unflagging ',;igour enable him to regard retiring-ages as a very modern invention designed to meet the needs of a less sturdy generation.

The Vice-Principal, who is already an Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Southwell, has been appointed an Examining Chaplain by the Bishops of Carlisle and Chichester.

The Rev. R. F . W. Fletcher h as set a hig h standa rd for the New Clarendon Shakespeare by the edition of The Merchant of Venice which he has contributed to this new undertaking of the Clarendon Press .

Dr. H. J. Hunt contributed an article on Edgar Quinet and I9th Century Democracy to Modern Languages, October, 1937 1 and one on Logic and LÂŁnguistics: Diderot as 'GrammairienPhilosophe' to The M odem Language R eview, April, 1938.

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OF THE; TRUSTEES.

Under the new Statutes provision is made for the appointment of four representative Trustees and of not more than six elected Trustees. In fulfilm ent of this provision the following appointments of representative T rustees have been made : By the Curators of the University Chest, Sir Arthur C. McWatters, C. I.E., M.A., Secretary of the Chest and Fellow of Trinity ; By the Governing

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Body of the Queen's College, the Hon. A. H. S. Cripps, .l\1.A., Fellow and Estates Bursar of th e College; By the Fellows of the Hall, the Rev. J. N. D. Kelly, M.A., Vice-Principal; By the Aularian Association, the Right Rev. H. H. Williams, D.D., Lord Bishop of Carlisle. Three elected Trustees have been appointed : The Right Rev. G. B. Allen, D.D., Assistant Bishop and Archdeacon of Oxford; Mr. Lionel G. Curtis, M.A., Fellow of All Souls; and Mr. Douglas Veale, C.B.E._, M.A., Registrar of the University and Fellow of Corpus.

The Hall may count itself very fortunate that at a most important juncture in its hi story it should have the benefit of the direct:on and counsel of Trustees so well versed in academic affairs and experienced, too_, in w ider fields of public administration. Sir Arthur McWatters, before his appointment as Secretary of the University Chest in 1932, won distinction in the Indian Civil Service, in which from 1923 to 1931 he held the responsible post of Financial Secretary to the Government of India . The Hon. A. H. S. Cripps, who is the eldest son of Lord Parmoor, has been Estates Bursar of Queen's since 1928: called to the Bar in 1907, he combines with his legal training varied experience of estate management and business administration. Mr. Lionel G. Curtis, wh o did val uable work in public adm inistration in South Africa after th e conclusion of the South African V/ar, is known and greatly respected in every quarter of the Empire as a sagacious and fruitful counsellor and writer on imperial affairs. Mr. Douglas Veale , before his appointment as Registrar of the University in 1930, was in the Ministry of Health, and, as Private Secretary to Dr. Add ison and successive Min:srers, had an important part in the building up of a new Government office . The Bishop of Carlisle, Bishop Allen (former Principals of the Hall) and the Vice-Principal need no introduction to Aularians.

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HO NORARY FELLOWS.

On Tuesday, May 24, the Principal and Fellows, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the new Statutes, elected as Honorary Fellows of the Hall: the Right Rev. H. H. Williams, D.D., Lord Rshop of Carlisle (Principal 1913-20); the Rev. S. L. Ollard, M.A., Canon of St. George's Chapel, Windsor (VicePrincipal 1903-13; and the Most Rev. J. W. C. Wand, M.A., Hon. D.D., Lord Archbishop of Brisbane (matric. 1904). This is the first time that the Hall has been able in this way to honour those who bring honour to it. It is fitting that on this occasion a former

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE Principal, a former Vice-Principal and a former commoner of the Hall should have been chosen.

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CONGRATULATIONS.

Congratulations are also due to the following members of t he Hall in statu pupilla,ri : To F. W. Dawson on proceeding to the degree of B.C.L. To E. F. A. Suttle on proceeding to the degree of B.Litt .

To E. G. Curtis on proceeding to the degree of B.Sc. To N. E. G. Cruttwell on being placed in the First Class in the Final Honour School of Natura] 路 Science (Botany).

To D. T. N. James on being路 placed in the First Class in the Final Honour School of Modern Languages (French and Spanish) and on being awarded a H eath Harrison Travelling Scholarship in Spanish.

To W. A. W. Jarvis on being placed in the First Class in the Final Honour School of English Lang路uage and Literature.

To I. B. Perrott on being placed in the First Class in Honour Mathematical Moderations.

To D. H. Clibborn on being awarded a Heath Harrison Travelling Scholarship in Spanish and on b eing elected to a Laming Travelling Fellowship at the Queen's College.

To R. Lister and H. E. Pope on bein g awarded H eath Harrison Travelling Scholarships in French ; and to A. Holden on being awarded a Heath Harrison Travelling Scholarship in German .

To D. R. Jones on being awarded a Squire Scholarship.

To J. McManners,, pro xime accessit for the Stanhope Historical Essay Prize.

To M. J. Howarth, p路roxim e ac;cessit for the Charles Oldh am Scholarship.

To the following members of the Hall who we re placed in th~ Second Class in their respective Honour Schools: D. W. Allen, J. H ardyman and J. H. Mayne (Hon. Classical Mods.); J. E. Rutherford (Mathematics); E. G. Curtis (Chemistry) ; J. Lyth (Geog-raphy); E. C. Whitaker (Theology); V. C. H. Brown, B. W. Cave-Browne-Cave, E. W. Harrison, J. G. Rideout, R. L. Sharp and J.B. Squire (English Language and Literature); J. VV. King and A. W. W. Watson (Jurisprudence); D. H. Clibborn, A. Holden, W. H. Huntington, A. C. J enkinson, R. Lister, D. E. Newell and H. A. F. Radley (Modern Languages); M. J. Forster and W. H. H. Waterfield (Philosophy, Politics and Economics); E. P. M. Elliott and A. F. Finch (Modern History); W. S. Mills and G. \North (Literae Humaniores).

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To M. J. Forster and C. de N. Hill on being appointed to Cadetships in the Colonial Administrative Service.

To J. P. Burrough on rowing for the third time in the Trial Eights and for the second time as ' 5 ' in the Boat Race against Cambridge.

To G. J. P. Merifield on coxing in the Trial Eights for the third time and on coxing the University crew in the Boat Race against Cambridge for the second time.

To H. H. Pennington on again playing for the University in the Rugby Football Match against Cambridge.

To A. T. de B. Wilmot on being awarded his Blue for Hockey and on his success in defending the Oxford goal in the match against Cambridge.

To N. E. Monie on being elected President of the 0. U. Swimming Club, and on breaking the University record for the 200 yards. breast-stroke in the match against Cambridge.

To S . J. H. Smith, P. Caulfeild-Browne and B. G. Sexton on boxing in the University team.

To A. G. Slemeck on again rowing in the Trial E ights.

To G. Carruthers on being elected to the Greyhounds and on playing Rugby Football for the University.

To J. Rashleigh on being elected to the Occasionals.

To J. F. Lavender and E. C. C. Wynter on being elected to the Greyhounds.

To J. S. M. Dashwood on again rowing in the Junior Trial Eights.

To D. M. Dobell, R. C. T. James , P. H. Mathews and B. A. Rogers on rowing in the Junior Trial Eights.

To C. R. B. Quentin on his successful production of The Castle of Pen ev erance for the O.U. Experimental Theatre Club in Michaelmas Term.

To the First Torpid (C. H. Jellard, 'stroke; P. Woodhouse Smith, 7; A. R . Clark, 6; P. A. H . Farrant, 5; B. A. Rogers, 4; M. H. A. Boyd, 3; G. A. H. Rainbow, 2; A. C. Jenkinson, bow; A. C. Wace, cox.) and their three coaches, D. M. M. Carey, W. J. ¡ H. Liversidge and Mr. C. P. Sherwood, on finishing second in the First D:vision, the highest position yet reached by the Hall Boat Club in- Torpids.

To the First Eight (D. M. M. Carey, stroke; A. G. Slemeck, 7; A. R. Clark, 6; J.P. Burrough, 5; B. A. Rogers, 4; G. Worth, 3; J. S. M. Dashwood, 2; W. J. H. Livers'.dg e, bow; G. J. P. Merifield, cox.) and their three coaches, the Rev. A . M. Franklin, Mr.

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H. M. Young and Mr. C. P. Sherwood, on finishing fourth in the First Division, the highest position yet reached by the Hall Boat Club in Eights.

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EXHIBITIONS.

An Examination, beginning on Tuesday, March 15, was held for the purpose of awarding one Exhibition in English Literature and two Exhibitions in Modern Languages, each of the annual value of £40. As a result of this Examination the following elections were made:F. F. Clemence, Royal Masonic Senior School, Bushey (English).

D. A. Becher, Bryanston School (French and German).

P. D. Stobart, Modern School, Salisbury (French).

An Examination, beginning on Tuesday, March 22, was held for the purpose of awarding two Exhibitions in Classics and Modern History, each of the annual value of £40. As a result of this Examination the following elections were made : R. Illsley, Ashby-de-la-Zouch Grammar School (History) .

E. H. Nicholson, Brighton College and Commoner of th e Hall (Classics).

A . Holden was elected an Honorary Exhibitioner on winning a Heath · Harrison Travelling Scholarship in German.

I. B. Perrott was elected an Honorary Exhibitioner in recognition of his 'First' in Hon. Mathematical Moderations.

Exhibition Examinations in 1939 will be held as follows : On Tuesday, March 14, and the two following days for the purpose of awarding one Exhibition in English Literature, and two Exhibitions in Moqern Languages (French with one other language, German, Spanish, or Russian; or French only), each of the annual value of £40.

On Tuesday, March 21, and the two following days for the purpose of awarding two Exhibitions in Classics or Modern History, each of the annual value of £40.

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1938.

Jn Schola Literarurn Graecarurn et Latinarurn: Class II, D. W. Allen, J. Hardyman, J. H. Mayne; Class Ill, J. H.P. Hadden, A. J. Lee, M. S. Preston; Class IV, T. R. H. Cuff.

Exarninatoribus Satisfecerunt: GroHp E, K. W. M. Christopher, J. du M. Kenyon, R. E. Lyth, J. Plant.

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In Scientiis Mathematicis: Class II, J. E. Rutherford.

Jn Scientia Naturali: In Physica : Class III, J. M. Sowerby. In Botanica: Class I, N . E . G. Cruttwell. In Chemia: Part I, H. C. Marston; Part II, Class II, E. G. Curtis.

In Geographia: Clas s II, J. Lyth; Class III, R. A. Cooper.

In Sacra Theologia: Class II, E. C. Whitaker; Class III, P.A. H. Farrant, G. A. H. Rainbow, V. M. Spencer Ellis, D. R. Wilkinson, F. B. Wood.

In Literis Anglicis: Class I, W. A. Vl. Jarvis; Class II, V. C. H .

Brown, B. Vv. Cave-Browne-Cave, E . W . Harrison, J . G. Rideout, R. L. Sharp, J. B. Squire; Class III, A. R. Clark.

In Jurisprudentia: Class II , J. W. King, A. W . W. Watson; Class III, D. M. M. Carey, J. W. Dowding, R. G. Strong, C. L . W ard.

In Literis Modernis: Class I , D. T . N . James (Fr. and Sp.); Class II , D. H. Clibborn (Fr. aqd Sp.), A. Holden (Fr. and Gr.), W. H. Huntington (Fr.), A. C. Jenkinson (Fr . and Gr.), R. Li ster (Gr. and Fr.), D. E. Neweil (Fr.), H. A . F. Radle) (Fr. and Gr.); Class JTI, C. de N. Hill (Fr. an d Sp.), G. J.P .

Merifield (Gr. and Fr.) .

Jn Schola Philosophiae, Politicae, et Oeconomiae :. Class II, M. J. Forster, W. H . H. Waterfield.

Tn Historia i\/Ioderna: Class II, E. P . M. E lliott, A. F. Finch; Class III, J. A. Brett, T. K. Hoey , J. W . Hurford, E. D. Neal; Class IV, R. M. A . Lawson .

In Literis Human io路r ibus: Class II, vV . S. Mills, G. Worth.

Jn Schola Disciplinarum Mathematicarurn : Class I, I. B . Perrott; Class III , A. C . J. Eastwood.

In Schola Oeconomiae R-usticae: E. M. Carpenter.

Diploma in Theol ogy: J. P. Burroug'h.

Examination in the Theo1'y, H istory and Practice of Education: Parts I and II, G. J. P. Courtney, R. D. English, B. F. A. Geoghegan, W. H. Mitchell, J. J. D. A. P. M . Quinn, F. R .

R.awes, L. I. Stowe; Part II , R . J. Lund .

For the Degree of B.M.: In Anatornia et Physiologia: C. H. Jellard. In Patho logia : J. L. Pinniger .

Ce路rtificate in General and R egional Geog路r aphy: R. D. English, R. J. Lund.

Examinatoribus Satisfecerunt: Gi'oup A . 2, J. N. Keeling; Group A.,1, A. R. Duncan-Tones, J. du M. Kenyon, J. Plant, A. M. Reid; G路rou pB.r , D.S. Morg an; Gi,oup B.6, J. H.P. Hall , P. N . le Mesurier, R. E. Lyth.

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Examinatoribus Satisfecerunt: Group A.3, J. R. Hughes, J. N. Keeling; Group B.r, K. W. M. Christopher, D. N. F. Kempston ; Group D, J. H. P. Hall.

Diploma in Geography : W. J. H. Liversidge.

Examination in the Theory, History and P1'actice of Education: Parts I and II, W. Vl. E. Giles, J. C. W. Ludlow; Part I, R. J. Lund .

For th e Degree of B.M.: In Pathologia: W. E. Alderson.

OF HIGHER DEGRE.E :s:

H . N. Savory, B.A., Mciver Research Student of the Queen's College, having submitted a thesis on ' From what D irection and at what Times Britain was invaded by Bearers of Early Iron Age Culture' for the d egree of D. Phil., satisfied the Examiners appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Literae Humaniores.

E. F. A. Suttle, B.A., B.Mus., having· submitted a thes =s on 'The Life and Musical Works of Henry Aldrich' for the degree of B. Litt., satisfied the Examiners appointed by the Committee for Advanced Studies.

E. G. Curtis, B.A., was granted leave by the Examiners in Chemistry (Part II) to supplicate for the degree of B.Sc. F. W . Dawson was placed in Class II by the Examiners for the degree of B.C.L. K. C. B. Allott, having s ubmitted a thesis on 'An edition of the poetical works of Willi am Babington with a critical introduction' for the degree of B. Litt., satisfied the Examiners appointed by the Board of the Faculty of English Language and Literature.

DE GEsns AcADEMICIS.

A notable record for the Hall has been won in the Schools this year. Never before have 4 ' Firsts' and 30 ' Seconds ' been obtained in on e year b y members of the Hall qui an examinatoribus honore digni sunt habiti. In the Honour School of English L ang uage and Literature and in that of Modern Languages members of the Hall ~ecured more ' Firsts ' and ' Seconds ' than the members of any other College. As fiv e out of the fourteen Heath Harrison Travelling Scholarships awarded this year were won by members of the Hall, it may be claimed for the Hall this year, as it was last year, that it has secured the best results of any College in Modern Languages.

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ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE OF THE NEW STATUTES.

The last step in bringing the new Statutes into operation has been taken. After the new Statute for the government of the Hall and the Statute providing for the severance of the connexion between the Hall and the Queen's College had received the approval of His Majesty the King in Council on December 21 last year, there only remained to be executed the Deed of Conveyance transferring the freehold of the site and buildings of the Hall from the Provost and Scholars of the Queen's College to the Trustees of the Hall. This Deed of Conveyance was completed on June 15, after the new Trustees of the Hall had been appointed. There was severed by the execution of this Deed the historic connexion which had subsisted between the Hall and Queen's since 1557, when William Denysson, Provost, conveyed to the College the site and buildings of the Hall which he had acquired by purchase four years before.

OF A BEQUEST.

The Rev. Canon A. D. Barker, M.A., Vicar of Rathmell-inCraven, whose death we regretfully record elsewhere in this issue of the Magazine, left a parting token of his regard for the Hall in a bequest of ÂŁ100.

OF GIFTS.

In addition to the gifts recorded elsewhere in the Magazine, the best thanks of the Hall are due to the following donors for gifts that have been made to the Hall during the year : -

To Mr. A. B. Burney, M.A., Merton College, for a two-handled silver cup (London hall-mark, 1750: maker, B. Cartwright), as a token of good wishes for the success of the Endowment Appeal from one who coached the Hall Eight some 45 years ago.

To Mr. R. Fielding Dodd, F.R.I.B.A ., for two handsome volumes of Ackermann's illustrated History of Oxford.

To the Rev. C. W. Fullmer for his gift of seven volumes for the Library.

To Miss D. M. Elliott for a framed photographic portrait of her uncle, the late Professor E. B. Elliott, Benefactor of the Hall.

To Mrs. A. K. Woodward for a copy of Professor Hollander's Old Norse Poems.

To Dr. P. A. Scholes for a copy of his Oxford Companion to Music.

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To Mr. G. H. Franey and Mr. G. P. W. Lamb for a copy of Dr. Feiling's The Second Tory Party·.

To W. S. Mills for four volumes of Plutarch' s Lives in the Loeb Classics.

OF THE HALL BARGE AND BOATMAN .

It was adumbrated in the Magazine last year that the Hall Boat Club was planning to give up the Barge which it has rented from Messrs. Salte r Bros . since 1898 and to move to more commodious quarters in a set of rooms at the nearer end of the 0. U .B.C. Boathouse. A satisfactory arrangement having been reached with the O.U.B.C., the Hall Boat Club took over its new headquarters at the beginning of Trinity Term. The H all has special reason to be grateful to Mr. C. E. Tinne, S enior Treasurer of the 0. U.B.C ., for all he did to help bring about this change. Members of the Hall Boat Club are very well pleased with their new accommodation, and during Eights W eek A.ularians and their guests were amply provided for, as they were given the alternative of tea served on the terrace or in a marquee erected on the grass-plot at the further end of the Boathouse.

The relinquishment of the Barge might have caused more regret, if it had not been known that Mr.. William Best, the Hall Boatman, who had been absent for some little time owing to illness, was not returning to active duty any more. The Barge without Best would have been sadly incomplete. Best has been pensioned by Salters, his employers, and it will be the very sincere wish of all Aularians who have known him during th e forty years that he has acted as Boatman to the Hall that he m ay enjoy h a ppiness and health in his retirement. Ten years ago m embers of the Boat Club presented him with a clock in recognition of his thirty years of faithful service as Boatman to the Hall. As a token of gratitude and regard the Aularian Association has made him a present of the sum of £z5 on the occasion of h is retirement. By many generations of members of the Hall Boat Club, Mr. William Best will continue to be remembered with affection as the Best of Boatmen.

OF THE AuLARIAN' AssOC1ATION.

For the fourth year in succession the Aularian Association has by a generous gift of £100 enabled the Hall to enter an Eight for the L adies' Plate at Henley Regatta. The Association has renewed again this year its grants for th e support of the two Exhibi-

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tion funds that it has instituted, the one for providing Exhibitions for the sons of Old Members entering the Hall, the other for maintai ning an Exhibition in Modern Languages .

OF OLD MEMBERS' MATCHES .

A Tennis VI of Old Members, thanks once again to the organizing skill of Mr. C. Lummis , has played against the Hall. The Old Members' Tennis VI was composed of Mr . I. A. N. Besley, Mr .

C. W . Boothroyd, Dr. A. P. Kingsley, Mr. C. Lummis, the Rev. E. L. Phillips and Mr. M. P. Vidal-Hall. Mr. T. G. C. Woodford has handed over the future arrangement of the Old Members' Hockey XI to Mr. H. K. Pusey, as h e finds himself too remotely placed for this purpose since he joined the staff of Trent College.

DE CELLARIIS. During the Long Vacation the scheme for the improvement of the Hall Kitchen, Buttery and allied offices was completed , when the cellarage under the Dining Hall and the Upper Buttery was taken in hand and converted into an ample range of sculleries. It is not perhaps surprising that some visitors should have supposed that these subterranean activities were being dictated by considera- ¡ t ions of A. R.P. OF A SET OF POSTCARD

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OF THE HALL.

As stated in the last issue of the Magazine , an attractive set of eight postcard views of the Hall in photog ravure is now procurable at the Buttery for the sum of IS. a sc¡t, or hy post on application to the Bursary for the sum of Is. 2d. Profits from the sale of these sets of postcards go to the Endovvment Fund.

OF ST. EDMUND' s DAY .

At dinner in Hall on St. Edmund's Day , Wednesday, November I6, the toast of Floreat Aula was proposed by the Principal.

OF THE. CHAPEL..

The Vice-P rincipal, the Rev. J. N. D. Kelly, has presented for use in the Chapel a beautiful silver-gilt ciborium in m emory of his mother. This ciborium is one of th~ last pieces of plate exe1._ Jted by the late Mr. Edward N. H. S. Spencer , one of the most di stinguished of modern workers in silver.

THE HALL BARGE, 1898-1938.

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· The Rev. Dr. L. Hodgson, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology and Canon of Christ Church, preached in Chapel on November 20.

OF THE NEW LIBRARY.

B. A. Rogers has succeeded R. E. Lyth as Librarian.

OF

NUMBERS.

There were in residence during Michaelmas Term 9 Bachelors of Arts and 146 undergraduates . The number of Freshmen admitted was 60.

OF THE

J.C.R.

The officers of the J.C.R. elected for the academical year 1938-39 are : P·r esident, J. H. Edinger; Ste7.vard, E. C. C. Wynter.

R. R. R ylands has been re-appointed Junior Treasurer.

The Members of the J.C.R. have presented to the Hall a silver tankard to commemorate the fact that five H all men took part as ' Blues ' in victorious contests against Cambridge last year. The tankard b ears the following inscription : IN HONOR.EM HVIVS AVLAE COMMENSAL!VM OPTIME DE ACADEM IA NOSTRA CONTRA CANTABRIGIENSES M1'RITORUM f. ,1. BRETT, CAPITANEI, R. A. COOPER, H. H. PENNINGTON QUI PROSPER.RIME IN CAMPO RU GBEIANO CONTENDERVNT NECN ON ]. P. BURROVGH, REMIGIS, ET G. f. P. MELUFTELD, GVBERNATORIS, QVI EODEM AN NO I N FLVV IO TAMES !

LAVDEM HAVD MINOREM CO~IPARAVERVNT.

The disfiguring anthracite stove has been removed from the fifteenth century open fireplace in the Junior Common Room , and in its place the Principal has presented an old iron cradle gtate such as might have furnished the fireplace when it was the kitchen fireplace of the H all.

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HE Annual Dinner of the London Branch of the Aularian Association was held at the Florence Restaurant on Tuesday, Janu ary 11, 1938. Some thirty memb ers were present. The toast of Floreat Aiila was formally proposed by Mr. W . H. Hindle.

The Princ:pal in reply g·ave a racy and informal summary of the Hall's most recent successes, and expounded at some length th e necessary changes w hich the new Statute would effect.

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The dinner resolved itself into a pleasant conversazione at an early hour, and later adjournment was made to an Aularian flat in Notting Hill. Those present were agai n more than gratified that the Vice-Principal and the Senior Tutor were both able to be present.

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HROUGH the initiative of the Rev . W. S. Coad, Vicar of New Brighton, and Mr . A. L. Clegg, Deputy Town Clerk of Wallasey, a Merseyside dinner for local m embers of the Aularian Association has been instituted. The inaugural dinner was held with cheerful informality at the Bear's Paw Restaurant, Liverpool, on the evening of Tuesday, December 13. There were present to welcome the Principal, who came as a guest, the Rev. W. S. Coad , Mr. A. L. Clegg, Mr. H. R. Durham, Mr. B. M. Forrest, Mr. D. P. S. Griffiths, Mr. A. F. Lee and Mr. J. R. Ormiston. It is hoped that this dinner will become an annual fixture.

THE AULARIAN ASSOCIATION HE Executive. Committee of the Aularian Association met at 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 21, 1938, in the Principal's Lodgings. There were present : The Principal,, Canon Armytage, Ca non Cunningham, Dr. L. Hodgson, Dr. A. C. Keene, the Rev. F. McGowan, the Rev. T. E. R. Phillips, Mr. R. Waye, the Hon. Treasurer and the Hon. Secretary.

The Annual General Meeting followed the Reunion Dinner.

The Principal took the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting, having been published in the Magazine, were taken as read.

The Hon. Treasurer presented the accounts, which were adopted. The Principal, in moving their acceptance, thanked the Hon. Treasurer for the unflagging zeal and industry which he had shown. The recommendations of the Executive Committee for the disposal of the balance were adopted. £rno was voted towards sending the Eight to Henley , and the Association und ertook to furnish a simila r amount in 1939· The usua l sums were allocated to the Exhibition Funds. An honorarium of £z5 was voted to William Best on his retirement from the post of Hall boatman.

The nomination of the Bishop of Carlisle as the Trustee of the Hall elected by the Association under the new Statutes was formally approved.

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The elective officers of the Association and the retiring members of the Executive Committee were unanimously elected, and the Rev. C. W. Fullmer was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Executive Committee.

L.W.H.

THE REUNION, 1938 HE Sixteenth Reunion of Old Members took place on Tuesday, June 21, 1938. After Evensong in Chapel, dinner was served in Hall. There were present a:t dinner: The Rev. Canon S. L. Ollard, the Rev. Dr. L. Hodgson, Major E. C. Priestley, the Rev. C. W. Fullmer, the Rev. Canon P. Cunningham, the Rev. T. E. R. Phillips, Mr. H. N. ffarington, the Rev. C. W. Fisher, the Rev. Canon E. E. Crawford, the Rev. Canon T. G. Le Mesurier, the Rev. E. Fleming, the Rev. Dr. A. C. Keene, the Rev. E. A. Shattock, the Rev. Canon H. vV. Thorne, the Rev. G. Green, the Ven. the Archdeacon of Stafford, the Rev. Canon D. Armytage, the Rev. W. A. Congdon, the Rev. F. McGowan, Mr. H. C. Ingle, Mr. G. J. O'Connor, the Rev . H. H. Vickers, Mr. A. B. Hodgson, Mr. A. L. Clegg, Mr. J.B. Allan, Mr. J.C. W. Ludlow, Mr. H.J. Mills, the Rev. A. S. Chandler, Mr. L . W. Hanson, the Rev. J. E. T. Phillips, Mr. H. E. Pegg, Mr. C. G. Lawrence, Mr. R. Waye, Mr. C. J. Hayes, the Rev. F. M.A. Farrer, the Rev. J. H. Hodson.

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The toast of Floreat Au/a was proposed by Major E. C. Priestley, who wittily contrasted conditions in the Hall in 1914 with those of the present time. The mandatory power of the Queen's College had at last been removed, and the buildings were now not merely renovated but watert:ght.

The Principal in his reply spoke of the loyalty of Old Members as a continuous source of inspiration. He welcomed Major Priestley and Dr. L. Hodgson, congratulated Canon Crawford and Canon Thorne on their canonical appointments, and greeted Canon Ollard as a new Honorary Fellow of the Hall. He spoke of the attainment of independence and the responsibilities which it entailed.

He outlined the successes of the Hall in many and varied fields and Schools, epitomised the appeal fo; endowment whi~h was to be launched in the autumn, and spoke in large appreciation of the very cordial sponsorship which Lord Halifax had lent to the appeal as Visitor to the Hall.

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HE Misses K ing, nieces of Dr. Liddon (Vice-Principal, I 859-62), who have already made many interesting gifts to the Hall commemorative of their uncle, have prese nted to the Library a Prayer-book that h e used during the last part of his time at Cuddesdon and during the time that h e was Vice-Principal of the Hall. This is a m ost acceptable gift. On the inside front cover of the Prayer-book there is inscribed in Liddon's hand : 'H enry P arry Liddon . July 8th, I 857. ' Between the pages there a re preserved many devotional engravings, mostl y French, and a few pressed flowers and leaves. It is evident from pencilled notes of dates and places against some of the Psalms that Liddo n took this Prayer-book with him wh en he visited France in I857 and again in I861. And it is in thi s connex ion that the chief interest of the book lies, for on the fly-leaf at the end of the book he has written: 'This book touched S. Edm: shr: at Pontigny. July II, I86I . ' Against Psalm 59, the first psalm for the I lth evening, h e h as written in pencil: 'S. Edm: Pontig¡ny, July II, 1861,' and ¡ against Psalm 65, the firs t psalm for the following evening: 'July r 2, I86I. Cathedral S ens . ' In the a rticle on ' L iddon at St. Edmund H all ' that I wrote for his centenary memoir , Henry Parry Liddon , D .D ., D .C.L. , r 829-r929, I referred to the value which he attached to the t radition which connects the Hall with the memory of St. Edmund; but it was not, I think, generally known before that Liddon had himself visited the shrine of St. Edmund at Pontigny in I86i while he was Vice-Principal. T_he knowledge that he did so lends added interest to the sermon on St . Edmund which h e preached in the Hall Chapel on the S unday after St. Edmund's Day in the same yea r, a nd which is printed in foll in the Centenary Memoir .

The Library has acquired a letter from T homas Hearne (m atric. r695) to Narcissus Luttrell , the annalist and bibliographer, d ::tted June 1, I 7 I 1. A precis of a draft of this letter is printed in H earne's Co llections, ed. C. Doble, iii, I7I, but it does not include H earne 's postscript to the letter : 'Use not the Word R everend. I am not i11 orders.'

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OBITUARY AISLABIE DEN HAM BARKER The Rev. Aislabie Denham Barker, M .A., Vicar of Rathmellin-Craven, Settle, an d Honorary Canon of St. John of Beverley in Bradford Cathedral, died in his vicarage on September 10, aged 76.

Canon Barker entered the Hall in Michaelmas Term, 1881 , and won the warm regard of his contemporaries. A member of the Hall who knew him well writes : ' H e lingers in memory as a loyal and affectionate friend, an acute and ready-witted controversialist in the Debating Society and a devoted member of the H a ll.' After his graduation in 1886 he was ordained to a curacy at St. Peter's, Coventry. He left Coventry for St. Barnabas, Hove., in 1889, and from there went to ..\iVillesden in 1893. In 1895 he returned to Coventry as curate of St. John's. Two years later he became curate of All Saints', Bradford. In 1902 he was a ppointed Vicar of St. Columba's in the same city. During the twenty-three years that he was there he worked untiring ly for his parish. In 1921 h e was appointed Ru ral D ean of Horton and Honorary Canon of St. John of Beverley in Bradfor d Cathedral. After many years of serv ice in large towns he was presented in 1926 to the country livingof Rathm ell-in-Craven. In June last year he celebrated the golden jubilee of his priesthood , and on this occasion he received many tokens of the affectionate regard in which he was held throughout the diocese. In J a nuary this year h e underwent a n operation which left him frail, and at th e beginning of September, owing to increasing weakness, he decided on retirement. But he was already near his end. On September 4 with characterstic courage :md cheerfulness he m a naged to take the Sunday duties in hi s church. On the Sa turday following h e died saying his Office. One who knew him in Bradford has described him as ' the grand old man of th e diocese ' who had the true spirit of the Tractarians, a sound Catholic conv iction backed w ith learn ing a nd expressed with vigour. His love of the Hall was evidenced in his eager attendance yec:.r by year at the Annual Reuni on s, and found final expression in the generous legacy which he made it under hi s will.

JOHN GRAHAM BARROW The Rev . John Graham Barrow, M.A., Vicar of Little Malvern, died on O ctober 14, aged 81. He was the second son of the Rev. R. J. Barrow. His mother as a baby had been shipwrerked, in the course of a passage hom e from India, on the island of Inaccessibl e

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the South Atlantic, from which she and her ayah had been rescued by the inhabitants of Tristan da Cunha. As a boy, Mr. Barrow went to Brewood Grammar School. He entered Oxford as a Non-Collegiate student, rather older than the ordina ry undergraduate, and migrated later to the Hall. After taking his degret> in 1887 he spent three years as an assistant_ master at Priory Hill, Coventry. In 1893 h e went to Ridley Hall, Cambridge, and was ordained in the following year to a curacy at Christ Church, Malvern. In 1900 he was appointed curate-in-charge of St. Andrew's, Poolbrook, M alvern.

Five years later, with his mother's romantic rescue in mind, h e and his wife left England for Tristan da Cunha. After spending a month at St. Helena in the hope of finding a whaler that would b e calling at the island, they went on to Cape T?wn, whence they obtained a passage and reached their destination on Palm Sunday, r go6 . For the n ext three years Mr. Barrow acted as chaplain to the Tristanites. He and Mrs. Barrow also engaged in teaching in the little isl and school, and did what they could for the inhabitants in their illnesses. In 1909 they returned to Cape Town by a whaler nnd thence home to England. In the a utumn of that year they were back in Cape Town trying to get a passage to Tristan da Cunha so that they m~ght resume their work there_, but were unable to find a vessel that was calling at the island. While waiting in Cape Town h e took charge of Trinity Church, so as to enable the Vicar to take a holiday in Engla nd. In 1912 he was appointed R ector of Doverdale, Worcestershire, where he remained until 1925, when he became Vicar of Little Malvern.

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ROBERT GEORGE GRIFFITHS The Rev. Robert George Griffiths, M.A., F.S.A., died at Weymouth on April 16, aged 72. He came up to the University from K ing Edward's School, Birmingham, and matriculated in Michaelmas T erm, l8go, as a Non-Collegiate student. He migrated to the Hall in the following term. Having¡ obtained a Third in the Honour School of Theology, he graduated in 1893, and was ordained the same year to a curacy at Hill, Warwickshire. Two years later he moved to St. Clement's, Worcester. In 1899 he was appointed Vicar of Clifton-on-Teme and held that incumbency for twentyeight years. On his retirement in 1927 he went to live at Cooden, near Bexhill-on-Sea, moving subsequently to Chichester. While he was living at Clifton-on-Teme he b ecame well known as a local antiquary and a valued contributor to the Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society. In 1924 he was elected a ¡

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Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and thereafter he generously presented to the Hall Library the annual volumes of the Proceed~ ings of the _S ociety, to_which he was entitled as a Fellow.

FRANK MEYRICK BEDDOW The sudden death of Frank Beddow on November 15,.at the age of 47, will grieve those who knew him at the Hall no less than it has grieved his parishioners at St. George's, Barrow~in'-Furness, and the many others in that town by whom he was greatly beloved.

Born in Pembroke, he went as a boy to Pembroke County School. On leaving school he was appointed as a draug·htsman in H.M. Dockyard in his home town. In 1913 he gave up excellent prospects-he had been an Admiralty Prizeman in 1909 and lgroin the career that he had first chosen and entered the Church Training College for Lay Workers at Stepney, which was at that time presided over by an Aularian Warden, the Rev. C. ]. Beresford.

In November, 1915, he joined the Artists' Rifles, served with the lSt Battalion for two years in France , and was promoted Company Serg·eant-Major. He returned to England wounded in 1918, and was awarded the D.C .M. for gallantry.

As soon as his wounds allowed, he embarked on training for ordination. Taking advantage of the Board of Education scheme of grants for ex-service students, he was admitted ·to the Hall in Michaelmas Term, 1919. During the two years that he was in residence at the Hall as an undergraduate he was a general favourite. Small in stature, cherubic in appearance, he irradiated good nature. His military personifications and other songful jollities ensured the success of the Hall concerts in which he took part. H e showed very good ability in his work and obtained a distinction in the examination of the Shortened Honour School of Theology.

On obtaining his degree he went to Westcott House, Cambridge, and was ordained in 1921 by the Bishop of Carlisle to a curacy at St. Cuthbert's, Carlisle. In 1926 he was appointed Chaplain-Superintendent of the Royal Liverpool Seamen's Orphanage. Four years later he returned to the diocese of Carlisle as Vicar of St. George's, Millam, with Haverigg. In 1934 he succeeded the Rev. R. H. Hawkins, himself a Hall man, as Vicar of St. George's, Barrow. His unfailing cheerfulness and understanding sympathy soon e~deared him to the people of Barrow. Nowhere was his presence more gratefully appreciated than by the patients of the North Lonsdale Hospital, which lay in his parish. ' It is not waxing sentimental to say,' writes a former patient in the Hospital,

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' that I have seen the faces of hardened men of the world, from whom thoughts of religion were far removed, light up with joy at his approach. Aye, I have seen men who had previously despaired of life, go down to the operating theatre determined to pull through, because Mr. Beddow had told them they must do so .... Yes, Mr. Beddow was a wonderful aid to the surgeons . .. . . A chaplain in a thousand."

All who knew Frank Beddow at the Hall will feel the keenest ' sympathy with his wife and two boys in their loss.

RALPH DENHAM HODGSON All who knew Ray Hodgson at the Hall will learn of his death with very keen regret. After going down in 1936 he joined the Shell Co. Ltd. for service abroad, and was stationed 7,000 feet up at Ootacamund in South India. From there he went down periodically on short tours into the plains. On the last day of one of these tours he was caught at Calicut by pneumonia and pleurisy and died within a few hotirs.

Ralph Denman Hodgson, son of the Rev. ] . V. Hodgson, Rect9r of Elton, came up to the Hall from Marlborough, where he had been a Foundation Scholar, in Michaelmas Term 1933, having been awarded a minor exhibition. He combined in attractive proportions a boyish freshness and exuberance with a thoughtfulness and maturity of outlook that were in advance of his years. Easy and cheerful in his bearing, he readily evoked friendship and entered into University life with healthy zest.

Classical studies had largely occupied his time at Marlborough, but at Oxford he found a more congenial field of study in the English School. Intellectually alert, he had far more ability than his eventual class in the Schools seemed to indicate. Like many others who have read the Honour School of English Language and Literature with profit and enjoyment, he found initiation into the . mysteries of Anglo-Saxon and Middle English a hard necessity.

On the hockey field he proved himself a dashing and effective centre-forward. In this red-headed warrior, swift-moving, hardhitting, the Hall XI enjoyed for three years a most useful leader of the van. A good tennis-player, too, he was a valued member of the Hall Tennis VI. He has left with those who were his contemporaries at the Hall the lasting memory of a very lovable personal!ty, who already looked at many of life's problems with the eyes of a man, but who, however long he had lived, would have always retained the heart of a boy.

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ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE DA YID ROGER RANKIN An unexpected and tragic event for the Hall was the death of David Roger Rankin in the course of the Long Vacation. In July . he went for a short holiday with a friend to Polperro in Cornwall, and one Friday (the 22nd of the month) .he set out by himself with the intention of swimming. He did not return to the cottage where he and his friend were staying, and two days later his body was washed ashore. Though an able swimmer, he had apparently succumbed to the treacherous currents of the Cornish coast.

When D avid Rankin came up to the Hall as a commoner in the Michaelmas Term of 1937, he was somewhat older. than mos't of his contemporaries. His previous education had been at Sevenoaks School, an d he had spent, after leaving it, a couple of years in business in the City. He counted this experience valuable, and it obviously helped to shape his distinctive outlook. At the Hall he had begun to read for the Honour School of ' Modern Greats,' and both his keenness and his manifest ability gave promise of a successful University career.

From the moment of his arrival in Oxfo rd, David Rankin threw himself whole-heartedly into the life of the Hall and the University.

He played several games competently, but achieved particular sue. cess at tennis and played for the Hall on several occasions. His idealism and sincere interest in social problems found an outlet in the Labour Club, of which he was one of the most vigorous members. In his first term he joined th e 0. U .D.S., and performed with grace a small but useful part in th e production of Much Ado About Nothing held in the Hilary Term. These, however, are only a few indications of a zest a nd enthusiasm which ¡impelled him to try every experience and to regard no aspect of Oxford life as alien from himself.

As a man David Rankin had a peculi ar charm of personality , being truly as attractive in character as he was in physical appearance. He had a strongly developed artistic side, which found expression in such pursuits as acting and writing poetry, but almost more striking we re his intense idealism for humanity and his generosity in ordinary relationships. One could not know him without being impressed by his fundamental unselfishness and inward simplicity. He was a man 'whose very eccentricities endeared him to one-his colourful clothes and the extraordinary decorations of his room, the unkempt appearance and ambling gait which he liked to affect, his gay irresponsibility and famous 'vagueness.'

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the floor before the fire, until the night was far spent-one became aware that these outward foibles concealed an unusually sympathetic and sensitive personality.

Few men can have •m ade a more profound impression on an Oxford society, after but a single year of residence, than did David Rankin. He always considered it a great virtue to be general rather than particular in frieridships, and the enormous number of close friends he made, in every section of the Hall, testifies how well he lived up to his ideal. When his death became known, it brought a sense of personal loss to a host of Aularians. Many have told the writer, verbally or by letter, how strange and empty a place the Hall at first seemed without the radiant presence which had counted for so much the year before. Certainly anyone who knew him at all well will esteem it a great privilege to have had contact, even for a short time, with so wholly delightful a person.

J.N.D.K.

UT FAMA EST The Public Orator in his Creweian Oration at Encaenia greeted Dr. L. Hodgson, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology and Canon of Christ Church (Vice-Principal, 1914-19) 1 as 'vir in scholis nostris et Transatlanticis exercitatus, communium inter ecclesias laborum et colloquiorum fautor strenuus.'

A full record of the proceedings of the Second World Conference on Faith and Order, lield in Edinburgh in August, 1937, has been edited by Dr. L. Hodgson and published by the Student Christian Movement Press.

Mr. W. E. Andrews, who is on the staff of Munro College, Jamaica, has made good his reputation as a climber by having climbed Blue Mountain Peak twenty-three times.

Mr. J. N. Appelbe has been appointed Assistant Appeal Secretary of St. Thomas's Hospital.

The Rev. T. E. M. Ashton has been appointed on ordination to a curacy at Shirley Church, Southampton.

The Rev. W. A. Baker-Beall, Rector of West with East Allington, Grantham, has resigned this benefice, which he has held since 1929.

Mr. G. Bessey has been appointed Assistant Education Secretary for Norfolk.

Mr. H. A. Blair has been obliged for reasons of health to give up his appointment as District Commissioner in the Northern Territories, Gold Coast, and returned to England.

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Major A. B. Blaxland, 0.B.E., 4th Batt., Rajput Regiment, is to be congratulated on his promotion to the rank of LieutenantColonel.

The R ev. J. H. Boothroyd has been appointed on ordination to a curacy at St. Michael's, Gidea Park, Essex.

Mr. M. R. Brown has been appointed an assistant master at Belmont, Mill Hill.

The Rev. A. R. Browne-Wilkinson, Rector of Bedale, is to be congratulated on his appointment as a Canon Residentiary of Chichester. .

The Rev. N. K. Brownsell has been appointed Vicar of Preston, near Faversham, Kent.

Mr. F. Burnett, Deputy Director of Agriculture, British Guiana, has been appointed Land Settlement Commissioner for J a maica .

Mr. E. J. R. Burrough has been appointed D eputy House Governor of the Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton.

Mr. R. Byrom has been appointed an assistant master at Hastings Grammar School.

Mr. E. P. Carter has been appointed an assistant master at Munro College, Jamaica.

Mr. E. R. Casady has been appointed an Instructor in English at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

The Rev. A. S. Chandler, on his return from - Northern Rhodesia, has been appointed assistant priest at H enley Parish Church.

Mr. G. D. Cluer has been appointed an assistant master at Brentwood School.

Mr. C. A. Coomber has been appointed an assistant master at St. Alban's Modern School.

The Rev. E. E. Crawford, Vicar of St. Mary Magdalen's, Wandsworth Common, is to be congratulated on his appointment as -an Honorary Canon of Southwark.

Mr. H. G. Dawber has been appointed an assistant master at the South-West Essex Technical College, Walthamstow.

Mr. N. Dawson is to be congratulated on his appointment as Headmaster of Heversham School, Westmorland.

The Rev. F. J. Day has been appointed Chaplain to the Conve;i_t of Notre Dame, Ashdown Park, Coleman's Hatch, Tunbridge Wells.

Mr. M. C. English is reading for the Final Examination of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries. ¡ Mr. G. K. ¡B. Evens has been appointed an assistant master at Melville College, Edinburgh.

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE ' · The Rev . K. M. Ffinch has resigned the rectory of N urstead vvith !field, Sing lewell, pear Gravesend, w hich he has held since 1912, a nd gone to live at Westgate-on-Sea. 1 Mr. N . G. Fisher h as been appointed Assistant Secretary of E ducation for Cambridgeshire . ": Mr. E. M. 'Fitch has been a ppoi nted to the staff of the Railway R etirement Board, Washing·ton. ' Mr. D. A. F. Fleming is with J. N. Philips & Co., Wholesale Warehousemen, Manchester.

Mr. D. Floyd has been selected for the Home Office Tra ining Scheme for Probation Officers.

The R ev. P. H. Gabb is .to be congratulated on being awarded two Banksian Medals and obtaining fo ur First Prizes for D affodil;; at th e Royal Horticultural Society's Show.

Mr. W. W. E. Giles has read for and passed the exam ina tion fo r the Diploma in Education while he was home on leave from Tanganyika.

Mr. D. J. Gillam is to be congratulated on his appointment as Professor of English Language and Literature at t he U niversity of Neuchatel, Switzerland.

Mr. H. Gore-Booth has returned to Ox ford to be D epartmental Lecturer in Estate Management at the School of Rural E conom y, a~ d is to be congratulat ed on his a ppointment.

Mr. G. D. Gosling has been appoi nted Instructor in English at Olivet College , Olivet, Michigan.

The Rev. J. P. Gutch has been appointed on his ordination to a curacy at St. Michael and All Angels', Camberwell.

Mr. E. C. R. H a d'fie ld has been a ppointed to take charge of t he department for th e publicatio n of children's books at the Oxford University Press.

Mr. E. T. Halstead has been a ppointed an assistant master at the Junior School, Solihull School. · The R ev. George Green, Vicar of Great Easton, Market H a rborough, w ho served as Chaplain with the A.I.F. during the War, preached the Anzac · Day Sermon in London. He also had the honour of being· appointed Chaplain for the conduct of the Service of D edication a t the' Unveiling of the Australian War Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux by H.M . the King on July I .

The Very Rev. H. H am, Provost of Derby, has resigried from t he Provostship and gone to live at Cromford, near Matlock. ' The Rev. T . P . Hamerton has been appointed on ordination to a curacy at St. Mary's, Bury .

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Professor E. L. Harvey, owing to the war jn China, has been obliged to relinquish his appointment at the National U niv.ersity, Wuhan, and to return to England.

Mr. R. C. Hastie Smith returned to England in August from Adisadel College, Cape Coast Castle, Gold Coast, where he has been an assistant master, and has resumed residence at Westcott House, Cambridge.

The Rev. ]. C. E. Hayter has been appointed on ordination to a curacy at Ramsey Aibbey Church.

Mr. E. A. H. Heard has been appointed an assistant master at Hampton Grammar School, Middlesex.

The R ev . C . M. P. Heath has been a ppointed Rector of Hallaton, Market Harborough.

The Rev. H. Hedley has been appointed Priest-in-charge of St. Mary's in the Parish of Holy Trinity, South Shore, Blackpool.

The Rev. T. C. Heritage has been appointed an assistant master at Portsmouth Grammar School and curate of St. Mark's, Portsmouth.

Flight-Lieut. A. E . Hill, Nigeria Police, is stationed at the Police Training School, Enugu, Nigeria.

Mr. W. H. Hindle is on the staff of the British Legation, Prague.

Mr. L. G. Holmes has been appointed an assistant master at Culford School, Bury St. Edmunds.

Capt. A. C. Hordern, on obtaining first place in the qualifying examination for Captain, was transferred from the Cheshire to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and is at present stationed in India.

The Rev. P. S. Hordern has been granted a temporary commission as Chaplain to the F orce¡s and is stationed at W oolwich.

The Rev. T. H. Horsfield has been appointed a Naval Chaplain and has been posted to H.M.S. Hood.

Mr. J. E . Jackson, who has been teaching in France and . Germany, has returned to England.

The Rev. A. R. Janes has been appointed Vicar of St. Saviour's, Shanklin, Isle of Wight.

Mr. G. E . Janson-Smith has been appointed Inspector of Education for the Southern Sudan.

The Rev. J. L. Jen k in s is to be congratulated on being awarded the M.B.E. in recognition of his services as River 'Chaplain, Calcutta, and Secretary to the Seamen's Welfare Association of Bengal.

Mr. D. M. John is to be congratulated on his appointment as Town Clerk of Swindon.

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Mr. 0. D. C. King-Wood is taking the part of Count Andrassy in Elizabeth of Austria at the Garrick.

The R ev. N. A. H. Lawrance has been appointed Diocesan Chaplain at Sauger, Central Provinces, India.

The Rev. R. J. Lowe has been appointed a Naval Chaplain and has been posted to H.M.S. Victory for duty at the Royal Naval Barracks.

Mr. M. A. McCanlis has been appointed Vice-Principal of Mayo College, Ajmer, and sailed for India in September. ¡ Mr. B. R. S. Mainwaring has been awarded a Med '.cal Research Council _grant for a research assistantship at the Laboratories of the Manchester Royal Infirmary.

The Rev. F. Martin has been appointed on ordination to a curacy at All Saints', Gloucester.

The R ev. J. F. Martin has been appointed on ordination to a curacy at St. Peter's, Stockton-on-Tees.

Mr. H. J. Mills has, since his return from Australia, been Senior History Master at Beckenham County School.

Mr. D. V. Orton is to . be congratulated on his appointment as Ledurer in the Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture at the University of Reading.

Lieut. H. R. Orton, R.A.S.C., is stationed in Palestine.

The Rev. H. W. Palmer has been appointed Rector of the newiy'-constituted parish of St. Wilfrid's, Pretoria.

The Rev. E. L. Phillips has been appointed Curate-in-charge of a new conventional district in Patch am, near Brighton.

The Rev. G. C. Pownall has been a ppointed assistant priest at St. Margaret's, Anfield, Liverpool.

Mr. K. R. Prebble is resident at Ripon Hall.

Mr. H. K. Pusey has returned to Oxford from University College, London, as a D epartmental Demonstrator in th e Department of Zoology.

The R ev. R. G. Pusey has been appointed on ordination to a curacy at the Parish Church, Bromsgrove.

Mr. A. W. Read has been appointed to a F ellowship on the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and hopes to be working in England in 1939 on the compilation of A Historical Dictionary of Briticisms.

Mr. C. C. Reid has passed the Fina l Examination of the Law Society.

Mt. T. M. F. Rogers has enlisted in the R.A.F. and is stationed at West Camp, Cranwell.

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The Rev. A. P. Rose has beep appointed an assistant priest at St. John's Cathedral, Hong-Kong.

The R ev . J. H. A. Rusbridger, who has been working with the Railway Mission, South Africa, has returned to England.

The R ev. D. L. Saberton has been appointed Vicar of AIJ Saints', Warwick.

The R ev. A. Sargent, Resident Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, is to be congratulated on his appointment as Arch¡ deacon of Maidstone and Canon Residentiary of Canterbury.

Dr. H. N. Savory has been appointed an Assistant Keep er of the Department of Archaeology at the N ational Museum of Wales, Cardiff. He is to be c ongratulated on proceeding to the degree of D.Phil.

The Rev. G. Sayle has been appointed Chaplain to Queen Margaret's School, Scarborough.

Dr. P. A. Scholes is to be congratulated on the completion of his Oxford Companion; to Music-a very notable undertaking.

Mr. M. W. Scott, who is with Messrs. Butterfield & Swire, is stationed at Tientsin and hopes to be home on leave next summer.

The R ev. G. F. Seaver has been appointed Sub-Warden of St. Deiniol's Library, Hawarden.

Mr. J. C. C. S.hapland was gazetted Lieutenant, R .A. S.C., on February 2 and is at present serving !n Palestine.

The Rev . F. C. L. Shaw has been appointed Rector of Earnley and East Wittering, Sussex.

Mr. J. N. Sh aw has been appointed an assistant master at Bloxham School.

Mr. A. P. L. Slater has been appointed by the Colonial Office as an Education Officer for service in Nigeria.

The Rev. C. H. Sutton has been appointed precentor at Holy Trinity Church, Hull.

The Rev. H. W. Thorn e is to be congratulated on his appointment as an Honorary Canon of R ochester .

The Rev. G. B. Timms has been appointed assistant priest at St. Bartholomew's, Reading .

Mr. M. 'Nall is on the staff of the Berlitz School, Lucerne.

The Rev. C. N. Wardle-Harpur has been appointed Rector of Lambourne, Abridge, Romford.

The Rev . F. L. Whatley has been appointed Rector of Aston Ingha m, Ross-on-Wye. 'The Rev. B. W. Whitlow has been appointed on ordination to a curacy at St. Aidan's, Leeds .

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The Rev. T. E. Williams has been appointed Rector of Sullington, Sussex.

Mr. T. G. C. Woodford has been appointed an assistant master at Trent College.

Mr. P. A. I. \iVorner has been appointed an assistant master at Simon Langton School, Canterbury.

The Very Rev. W. J. Wright, M.B.E., Dean of Nairobi, has resig¡ned from the deanery and returned to England after eighteen yea_rs of service in Kenya.

The Rev. J. C. Yates has returned to England from South Africa and is working in his former parish of Thornaby-on-Tees.

The Rev. Dr. E. E. Yelverton, 0.B.E., has been appointed Chaplain to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

Mr. A. J. Young has been appointed a Meteorological Officer under the Sudanese Government.

BIRTHS.

Mr.

J.

C. Adamson: twin sons, William John and Nicolas Clark, on September 5.

Mr. G. B. Barner: December 7.

a son,

George Barron St. Edmund,

Mr. J.E. Beswick: a daughter, Elizabeth, on January

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Mr. C. A. Coomber : a son, Charles Anthony, on December 16, 1937.

Mr. P. G. 'Espinasse : a daughter, on October

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Mr. R. L. Hill: twin daughters, on September 6.

The Rev. T. V. Hordern: a daughter, Gillian Hilda, on April 23.

Mr. H. Moyse-Bartlett: a son, on July 13.

Mr. T. V. Nicholson: twin son and daughter, on November 6.

The Rev. Canon F. J. J. Shirley: August 24.

a son, Charles Hugh, on

MARRIAGES.

Mr. J. N. Appelbe was married on June l r at St. Peter' s., Cranley Gardens, to Evelyn Muriel, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 0. J. Buxton, of Shortlands, Kent.

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Mr. G . B. Barner was _married on March 4 in New York City tn : Vivianne \Ventworth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh H. Eldridge .

The Rev. J . W. Blair was married on March l to Miss Ruth Hannah Stafford.

Mr. S. E. Bradshaw was married on March 26 at St. Luke's Church, Leek, to Katherine Clover, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ward, of Langfields, Leek.

It is regretted that in the last issue of the Magazine Mr. M. F .

Cooper was stated in error to have relinquished his bachelor estate.

The Rev. D. Fraser was married on February 23 at the Memorial Church; Baltimore, Maryland, to Dorothy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Sollers.

Mr. L. W. Hanson was married on October l at Longcot P_arish Church, Faringdon, to Carola, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs . B. M. Hawes.

Mr. E. A. H. Heard was married on September 6 to Miss Eileen Weller.

Mr. C. J. Mabey was married on March 5 at Aberdeen to Margaret, daughter of the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Aberdeen University and Mrs . W . H. Fyfe.

Mr. H. A. Maxwell was married on September 16 at Crown Terrace Baptist Church, Aberdeen, to Sheila Margaret, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Stewart.

Mr. A. Monkman was married on August 27 at St. Anne's-onSea to Miss Doreen Winifred Smith.

Mr. W . R . Niblett was married on August 10 at St. Philip and St. Paul's, Cheltenham, to Miss Sheila F. M . Taylor.

Mr. H. K. Pusey was married on February 19 at St. George's, Cullercoats, to Edith Joan, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J.P. Sparks.

Mr. S. G . Rees was married on December 31 at All Saints' Church, Barrowby, to Anne, daughter of Mr . and Mrs. H . Langrish.

Mr. J. C . Toland was married on June 9 at Longcot Parish Church, Faringdon, to Josephine Mona, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs . B. M. Hawes. The bride was given away by her brother, Mr. M. M. Hawes. Mr. L. W. Hanson acted as best man, and Bishop Allen gave the address. The Principal, Mr. W. W. J. Bolland and Mr. B. E. Toland were in the congregation - a truly Aularian wedding.

Mr-. R. \Vaye was married on April 19 at Emmanuel Church, Clifton, to Rachel Hope, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Alexander.

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The Washoe Giant in San Francisco. Heretofore uncollected sketches by Mark Twain. Edited with introduction by Dr. Franklin Walker. pp. 143. George Fields, San Francisco, 1938. $z.50.

The following Aularians from abroad have visited the Ha11 during the course of the year : - Mr. F. Burnett (British Guiana), Mr. G. S. Cansdale (Gold Coast), Mr. J. D. Clark (U.S.A.), Mr. W. W. E. Giles (Tanganyika), Prof. J. L. Hill (India), Mr. R. L. Hill (Sudan), Mr. W. H. Hindle (Czecho-Slovakia), Mr. G. E. Janson-Smith (Sudan), the Rev. Canon T. G. Le Mesurier (S. Africa), Mr. C. J. Mabey (Sierra Leone), Mr. H. A. Maxwell (Burma), Mr. H. E. Pegg (S. Rhodesia), the Rev. J. H. A. Rusbridger (S. Africa), Mr. P. J. Sandison (Sudan), Mr. M. P. VidalHall (Sudan), the Rev. J. C. Yates (S. Africa).

We have gathered the following particulars concerning those Aularians who have gone down since the last issue of the Magazine: Mr. J. A. Brett has been spending a term at Stowe Schoo.I before taking.. up in January an appointment as assistant master at the Diocesan College, Rondebosch, S. Africa.

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Mr. V. C. H. Brown has joined the staff of the Diocesan Trainiug College, Grace Dieu, Pieters burg, N. Transvaal.

Mr. J .. P. Burrough is spending a year in Argentina as the guest of the Tigre Boat Club.

Mr. D. M. M. Carey is with Messrs. Lee , Bolton and Lee, Solicitors, The Sanctua ry, Westminster, reading for the Final Examination of the Law Society.

Mr. B. W. Cave-Browne-Cave has received an appointment on the Staff Reserve of the B.B.C. Mr_. A. R. Clark has been appointed an assistant master in H.M.S. Worcester.

Mr. D. H. Clibborn has spent four months in Buenos Aires as the guest of the University of Buenos Aires, and has been elected to a Laming Travelling Fellowship by the Queen's College.

Mr. R. A. Cooper has been appointed an assistant master at Sedbergh School.

Mr. G. J. P. Courtney has been appointed an assistant master at Lewes County School.

Mr. N. E. G. Cruttwell has been at the Oxford House, Bethnal Green.

Mr. J. W. Dowding is with Messrs. Theodore Goddard & Co., Solicitors, reading for the Final Examination of the Law Society.

Mr. S. R. Dunlap has been appointed Instructor in English at the University of Iowa. · Mr. E. P. M. Elliott is at Westcott House, Cambridge.

Mr. R. D. English has been appointed an assistant master at · Dudley Grammar School.

Mr. P. A. H. Farrant is at Lich'field Theological College.

Mr. A. F. Finch has been appointed an assistant master at Park House School, Paignton.

Mr. M. J. Forster has been appointed to a cadetship in the Colonial Administrative Service for the Solomon Islands .

Mr. B. F. A. Geogheg·an is workin,g as an assistant to Mr. Basil H enriques at the Bernhard Baron Settlement, E. London.

Mr. E. W. Harrison is at Salisbury Theological Colleg·e.

Mr. C. de N. Hill has been appointed to ·a cadetship in the Colonial Administrative Service for Nigeria. · Mr. T. K. Hoey spent Michaelmas Term at Pusey House, previous to going into residence at Cuddesdon College in January.

Mr. A. Holden has joined the staff of the Bombay-Burma Trading Corporation and is at Rangoon.

Mr. J. W. Hurford is at St. Stephen's Hou se.

Mr. W. A. W. Jarvis is at Salisbury Theological College.

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Mr. A. C. Jenkinson is with .Messrs. J. Dix, Lewis, Caesar & Co., Chartered Accountants.

Mr. J. du M. Kenyon has been granted a University Commission in the Royal Artillery.

Mr. J. W. King is articled to the Clerk of the Peace and Clerk of the County Council for Bedfordshire.

Mr. R. M. A. Lawson is with Gardiner, Hunter & Co., Chartered Accountants, London.

Mr. P. N. Le Mesurier is acting as adjutant to the Rev. T . .B. Clayton, Founder Padre of Toe H. Mr. R. Lister has been appointed Lektor in English at tl;ie University of Freiburg-im-Breisgau.

Mr. W. J. H. Liversidge has been appointed as an assistant master in the Junior School of the Diocesan College, Rondebosch, and sails for S. Africa in }!lnuary.

Mr. J. Lyth is at the Bishop's Hostel, Lincoln.

Mr. R. E. Lyth h_a s gone out to Juba, Southern Sudan, to work for the Church Missionary Society.

Mr . T. E . R. Micklem is apprenticed to Messrs. Benham and Sons, Heating a!ld Ventilating Engineers.

Mr. W. H , Mitchell has been appointed 'Assistant de Jangue anglaise ' at the Lycee de Gan;:ons, Toulon.

Mr. G. J. P. Merifield is serving an apprenticeship to journalism on the staff of the Newcastle Evening Chronicle-.

Mr. W. S. Mills has been appointed an assistant master at the County Grammar School, Wolstanton, Staffs.

Mr. E. D . Neal is at the Oxford House, Bethnal Green.

Mr. D. E. Newell has been ap.pointed to the Audit Department bf the Colonial Civil Service and is at Nairobi.

Mr. J. Plant is at Wells Theological College.

Mr . G. A . H. Rainbow is at the Bishop's Hostel, Lincoln.

Mr. J. Rashleigh has been appointed an assistant master at Heatherdown, Ascot.

Mr. F. R. Rawes has been appointed an assistant master at Westminster School.

Ml-. R. E. Raynor has been a¡p pointed Assistant in ¡ Latin at Queen's University, Belfast.

Mr. J. E. Rutherford is at the Carnegie Physical Training College 1 Leeds.

Mr 1 R. L. Sharp is at Salisbury Theological College.

Mr. J. M. Sowerby is studying for his A.M.l.E.E. and at the same time obtaining practical experience of electrical generating plant at Salisbury.

Mr. V. M . Spencer Ellis is at St. Stephen's House.

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Mr. J. B. Squire is at the Bishop's Hostel, Lincoln . .Mr. L. I. Stowe has been appointed an assistant master at Varndean School, Brighton.

Mr. . W. H. H. Waterfield is engaged in journalistic work in South Africa.

Mr. A. W. W. Watson has received an appointment under the Iron and Steel Federation.

Mr. E. C. Whitaker is at the Bishop's Hostel, Lincoln.

Mr. D. R. Wilkinson is at Wells Theological College.

Mr. A. T. de B. Wilmot, on the complet ion of the Tropical African Administrative Couts¡e, has taken up his appointment in N. Rhodesia and is stationed at Mporokoso.

Mr. F. B. Wood has joined the staff of St. Michael's, Limpsfie)d.

During the year the following Aularians have been ordained : Deacons. - T. E. M. Ashton (Winchester); J. H. Boothroyd (Chelmsford); J. P. Gutch (Southwark); T. P. H amerton (Manchester); J. C. E. Hayter (Winchester); F. Martin (Gloucester); J. F. Martin (Durham); R. G. Pusey (Worcester); E. M. Roberts (Bangor); B. W. Whitlow (Ripon).

Priests.-Rev. J .E. Frame (Ripon); Rev. T. C. Heritage (Portsmouth); Rev. J. H. Hodson (Southwark); Rev. N. A. H .

Lawrance (York); Rev. T. A. Littleton (Norwich); Rev. 0. J. Matthews (York); l~ev. R. C. Poston (Chelmsford); Rev. S. Rumsey (Leicester).

THE ENDOWMENT AND EXTENSION FUND, 1932-38 J\N Endowment and Extension Fund was instituted on the f i" occasion of the 25oth Anniversary of the consecration of the Chapel. The Appeal made at that time was restricted in its scope to Hall men. With the liberation of the Hall still an unpredictable event, a more extended Appeal was not practicable. The Endowment and Extension Fund then instituted has received generous support from many Aularians. Up till now the contributions to this Fund have been devoted to extension rather than endowment. The Fund has reimbursed the Hall for its expenditure in acquiring the site upon which the Canterbury Building now stands. It has, moreover, prepared the way for the larger Appeal, by directing the attention of all old members to the Hall 's need of endowment and to the eventual necessity of making known that need to a wider

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public. Henceforwan;l this Fund will be merged in the Endowment Fund which: is being raised by the newly launched Appeal, and in future the contributions that old members have been making to that Fund by bankers' orders will be placed to the credit of the new Fund.

I acknowledge most gratefully on behalf of the Hall the continued support given to the Endowment and Extension Fund this year by those whose names are recorded in the list that will be found towards the end of the Magazine.

A.B.E.

THE ENDOWMENT . APPEAL HE Endo~ment A~peal was inaug.ura~ed by an article which appeared m the middle page of The Times on St. Edmund's Day, November 16. On the same day I sent a letter toallAularians not in residence to inform them that a public Appeal for the Endowment of the Hall was at last being launched. There was enclosed with each letter a copy of the pamphlet that has been prepared for the purpose of the Appeal.

We have ample reason to be grateful for the influential sponsorship which our Appeal has received from our Visitor, Lord Halifax, from the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, from the Rector of the University of Paris and from the Heads of representative Universities throughout the English-speaking world. Such far-reaching sponsorship of an appeal on behalf of an academic society is, I believe, without parallel. We certainly stand in need of this encouragement.

At any time the raising of the very large sum that is required to bridge the gulf that at present divides the Hall from the Colleges in the matter of financial resources would constitute a very considerable undertaking; but at the pr~sent juncture it is bound to prove particularly difficult. On July 31 our University brought to a close its campaign to raise a million pounds. In more recent months the eyes of all charitably disposed persons in this country have been turned to the continents of Europe and Asia. The urgent cries for help from the persecuted in Czecho-Slovakia, Germany and Austria, and from the war-stricken in Spain and China, have evoked an impressive response in the relief funds that have been raised. But to postpone the launching of our Appeal until a more propitious time might well mean a postponement till the Greek calends .

We do well, as I have had occasion to remind Aularians before, to take encouragement in the recollection that the generation of those- who helped to erect our Chapel and Library Building knew London ravaged by fire and pestilence, politics at home and abroad

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perturbed by every sort of alarm and excursion, the Dutch in the Medway, Louis XIV a constant menace, and war incessant in Europe. And yet those years constitute a golden period in the history of the Hall .

No other year could be more appropriate for the launching of a general appeal for endowment on behalf of the Hall than the year in which the Hall obtained its full independence and its new Statutes . It is the year to which many generations of Hall men have looked forward. So long as the independence of the Hall was incomplete, and the freehold of its site and buildings and the right of appointment to the principalship vested in a neighbouring College, no appeal outside the limited ·circle of its own old members was likely to meet with any measure of success.

The building up of an Endowment Fund will take time. But I am confident that.> if this undertaking has behind it the wholehearted support of all Hall men, it will succeed. In 1946 the seven hundredth anniversary of the canonization of our patron, St. Edmund of Abingdon, will be celebrated. It should be our hope and endeavour that on that occasion it may be possible to raise a Te Deurn in the grateful knowledge that adequate provision has been secured for the endowment of the ·Hall of St . Edmund.

Already the support that has been received from old members, since my letters went out on St. Edmund's Day, has been most encouraging. If there are any Aularians who are under the impression that contributions amounting to a few shil!iBgs are too small to offer, I hope that they will accept an assurance to the contrary. There are, I know, many Aularians who can only afford at present to make a very modest offering. ' Token payments,' however small, are welcome . If it could be said that there was no Aularian, worthy of the name, who had not made some contribution, there could be no more convincing indication of the active concern of Hall men for the success of the Appeal that is being made ad urbem et orbem on behalf o.f their society. In my letter I have already expressed the hope that old members may endeavour in every way they can to bring the claim of our Appeal to the notice of other people.

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AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE HALL, 155 8-1 67 5 VOLUME of the Victoria County Histories dealing with the history of the City and University of Oxford is in course of preparation under the general editorship of Dr. H . E. Salter. I have undertaken to contribute an article concerning the history of St. Edmund Hall. The portion of that article which covers the history of the Hall down to the reign of Elizabeth epitomizes what I have already written in An Oxford Hall in Medieval Times, published by the Clarendon Press in 1927 . But in the rest of the article I have been breaking new ground, as the history of the Hall subsequent to the accession of Elizabeth has never been made the subject of a consecutive narrative . It has, therefore, oocurred to me that an instalment from the first draft of my article, covering approximately one hundred years of Hall history from the point where I broke off in my book, might be found acceptable in the Magazine. 1 In An Oxford H all I carried the history of the Hall down to the period when William Denysson, Provost of Queen's, having acquired the freehold of the site and buildings of the Hall, conveyed the freehold to his College and succeeded in making an arrangement with the University whereby the right of election to the principalship was vested in the College. In taki ng these steps Denysson had been prompted in the first in stance by a desire to put an end to the hostile operations whi ch had been conducted against him by Ralph Rudde, who, after his expulsion from his

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fellowship at Queen's, had set himself up on the other side of the Lane as Principal of the Hall.

Rudde had brought the Hall to the verge of extinction. In the census taken of the Colleges and Halls in 1552, St. Edmund Hall was returned as comprising, in addition to the Principal, one graduate, six students and a manciple, whereas the numbers returned for the other Halls ranged from forty-nine to twenty-three.

After the Hall came under the control of the Queen's College, its fortunes remained for some years at a low ebb. Considerable expenditure on the part of the College _was needed to put the buildings of the Hall into repair. No new Principal was appointed until 1564: but, even so, the Hall at no time seems to have been entirely without residents. When the College came to fill the principalship, Bishop Lancaster, Treasurer of Salisbury, was elected and was duly admitted by the Vice-Chancellor on February 26, l 564 / 5.

It was a curious choice. Thomas Lancaster had been consecrated Bishop of Kildare in 1549, had been deprived by Queen Mary in 1554, had lived in retirement during the rest of her reign, and, on the accession of Elizabeth, had been appointed Treasurer of Salisbury and a royal chaplain, and, as Bishop of Marlborough, acted as suffragan to Bishop Jewel. He seems to have managed to combine the principalship of the Hall with his other appointments. In the autumn after he became Principal he crossed over to Ireland with the new Lord Deputy, Sir Henry Sidney, and was soon immersed in Irish affairs. In 1568 he was appointed Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, and resigned the principalship. He still continued, however, to keep the Hall in mind, and in l 581 broached to Sir Francis \i\T alsingham his intention of erecting in Drog¡heda a free grammar school for the maintenance of eight scholars who were afterwards to enter Oxford with exhibitions at the Hall. This project was frustrated as the result of litigation over his will.

The next three Principals followed one another in quick suc~essi.on. Nicholas Cooke, a Fellow of Queen's, resigned within twelve months of his appointment and was succeeded in 1570 by a former Fellow of the College, Nicholas Pullen, Vicar of Aldermaston and of Buckland, Berks., who in his turn was succeeded in 1572 by a Fellow of the College, Philip Johnson. On his appointment as a domestic chaplain to Archbishop Grindal, Johnson made way in 1576 for another Fellow of the College, Henry Robinson, who became Principal at the age of about twenty-four. Under Robinson the Hall gained ' a good m~asure of popularity.' When in 1579 the Vice-Chancellor called for a retu'r n of numbers from

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the Halls, the Vice-Principal of St. Edmund Hall was able to report that there were thirty commoners on the Hall books. As a result of the appointment of Queen's men -to the principalship the North Country connexion of the College was communicated to the Hall. One of the first fruits was George Carleton, Bishop of Chichester, a favourite pupil of Bernard Gilpin, 'the Apostle of the North,' and his biographer, who entered the Hall as an undergraduate in the year that Robinson assumed the principalship. In 1581 Robinson returned to his College as Provost, and in 1598 was appointed Bishop of Carlisle.

In his place Thomas Bousfield, son of Provost Bousfield, was appointee\ Principal. Bousfield, after graduating from Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1575, had migrated fo Queen's, where he held the post of Lecturer in Logic . In 1578 he had succeeded his father as Rector of Trottiscliffe, Kent. In the year of his appointment as Principal he accepted presentation to an additional living, that of Romney Newchurch, in another part of Kent, and in the following year he became a Prebendary of Sarum. It is credited to him by a contemporary, Miles Windesor, Fellow of Corpus, that ' ab ipsis fundamentis aulam suam renovavit.' The eastern half of the range of rooms on the north side of the Quadrangle was erected during his principalship, and also the cottage. by the Chapel.

But Bousfield's zeal seems to have outrun his discretion. At the end of 1600 arr enquiry was instituted by the Vice-Chancellor into his administration of the Hall. H e was charged w ith having raised contributions towards new buildings w ithin the Hall by obtaining payments from the Manciple and other officers of the Hall in consideration of a guarantee of security of tenure during the period of his principalship, and by making· other undesirable bargains.

Among other charges it was objected that ' by reason of the often absence of you the saide Principall from th e saide Hall especially in the terme tymes there hath bine greate. neg·lecte of the ordinarie lectures, disputations and other exercises r equired by the Statutes of the saide Hall and of the devoute frequentinge of devine prayer.'

Bousfield put up a defence, but before the enquiry closed h e decided to settle matters by resigning the principalship. 2 · On the resignation of Bousfield the right of the Queen's College to elect the Principal was chall.e nged by Mr . Justice vV almesley, who cast doubts on the validity of the Composition of 1559· On his motion the Chancellor of the University, Lord Buckhurst, raised the question whether the right of election ought to belong to the Chancellor, as in the case of the other Halls, or to the College, or 2

Oxford Univ. Archives, Visitationes 11ularum, D.26.3,

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to the scholars of the Hall itself. After consultation with the ViceChancellor, he appointed a commission of enquiry, consisting of two nomi~ees of his own, two of Queen's, and two of the Hall.

The commissioners upheld the right of .the College and the matter was allowed to drop. This interference on the part of Mr. Justice Walmesley seems to have been due to a desire on his part to secure the principalship for his son Henry, a Fellow of Brasenose.

Confirmed in the exercise of their privilege, the Provost and Fellows of Queen's appointed one of their number, Dr. John Aglionby, to be Principal. Aglionby at the time of his appointment was a chaplain-in-ordinary to the Queen, with the reputation of being ' a most polite and learned preacher.' 3 In addition to the principalship he accepted in 1601 th.e rectory of Bletchington, Oxon., and in 1607 that of I slip in the same county, and later received permission from the Crown· to hold a third living along with these other two, provided that he found a sufficient curate when .non-resident. As Principal he enhanced his reputation as a scholar by the part that he took i~ the translation of the New Testament for the Authorised Version of the Bible. 'To the very great reluctance of all learned and good men, ' he died in 1610 at the age of 43. During his principalship the number of members of the Hall on the books stood at about thirty"eight.

The Provost and Fellows of Queen's lost no time in electing a new Principal. On the day following Aglionby's death Barnabas Pott~r, a Fellow of the College, was elected, but before he could be admitted by the Vice-Chancellor, he placed his resignation in the hands of the Chancellor, Archbishop Bancroft. According to Archbishop Laud, Bancroft exerted influence with the College to secure in Potter's place the appointment of a former Fellow of his own College, St. John's, Dr. John Rawlinson, Rector of Taplow.

On becoming Principal, Rawlinson resigned the living of Taplow, but subsequently he accepted presentation to the rectories of Selsey, in Sussex, and vVhitthurch, in Shropshire, 'in all which 1)laces he w·as much followed by his frequent and edifying preaching and great charity and public spirit.' 4 His -reputation as ' a fluent and florid preacher ' received some measure of recognition by his appointment as a Prebendary of Sarum and _as a chaplainin-ordinary to James I. After holding the principalship for nearly twenty-one years, he died at his rectory at .Whitchurch in February, 1631. Under his will he bequeathed a quit rent of £6 a year on land of his at Cassington 'for the mayntenance of a Divinitie Lecture' at the Hall and also the sum of £'10 'for gawdies.' · 3

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A. Wood, Athenae Oxon;i,enses, ·ii, .60-r.

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-During this period, as has been stated above, the Halls were subject from time to time to visitation by fhe Vice-Chancellor.

Although the articles of enquiry issued on these occasions have been preserved, the only visitation for which complete returns exist for St. Edmund Hall is that which took place in April, 16r3. 5 Besides the Principal, there were present on that occasion six Masters of Arts, three B.A.s, eight of the twenty undergraduates who had their names on the books at the time, the manciple, the butler and the cook. In the absence of other documentary evidence these returns furnish acceptable information concerning the cost of residence and the regulations in force in the Hall at this date. The respondents to the Articles of Enquiry reported that all ' our Undergraduates have tuto ~ s' and that only one member of the Hall had not been duly matriculated. Proper provision, it was said, was made for 'lectures, disputations, theames, and such like,' and ' week;elie corrections ' were held in the Hall : but, in reply to the question 'whether all Scholars and Bachilars do speke latin not onlie to the Principall, Readers and Maisters of the house, but amongst themselves also,' it was admitted th at 'th e bachelours and schollars are negligent in speakinge of latine.' It appears from these returns that three of the graduates r esident in the Hall were beneficed. A detailed schedule is given of all the payments to which members of the Hall were liable, and it is noted concerning the fees that had been raised during the preceding twenty years that ' all these a ugmentations stand with the consent and good liking of the studentes.' Estimate is made that 'our schollars spend in battles ordinarilie 5s., wch summe if apie exceede he is usuallie punished by the principal!.' The returns are free from any complaints, except that ' our dining-hall, some windowes and stayres are not well repayred.' ' All our studentes in our house,' it is stated, ' are sworne to be true to commons: our allowance of bread, drinke and meate is reasonably provided : our manciple layeth out readie mon ey: wee have allwayes single beere: . . . we have one cooke, one butler, one manciple, and one bible-clarke who is our porter: they doe a ll their duties in their owne persons : such officers wee have had time out of minde : they came freelie to their places for anie thing wee know, or have cause to suspect.'

Morning prayer is said daily in term-time between 5 and 6 a.m., out of term between 7 and 8, and on Sundays and holy d ays at 8.

A chapser is read at dinner time by the bible clerk and ' heard with silence.' The gates a re ordinarily shut after 9 o'clock every evening, and unde1¡graduates of the H all, it is affirmed, no longer 5 The articles of enquiry for the Visitation of printed in full in the Hall Magazine, 1929.

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go into the town without leave of the Principal or their tutor, as they used to do.

From 1620 , when he grad uated B.C.L., to 1627, when he proceeded to the doctorate, there was lodging in the Hall Matthew Nicholas, subsequently Dean of St. Paul's, and with him, as a chamber-mate, his cousin, John Ryves, both sometime members of New College. 6 Nicholas took his lodg ing s on a seven years lease , 'for which I give ÂŁ4 fine and ÂŁ4 yearly rent' - in his estimate ' too harde a bargaine . ' As Nicholas says that his cousin 'bath newly resigned his place in Newe Colledge, ' it seems probable that their r esidence at the H all was in accordance w ith the practice, not infrequent at this period, of graduates of one society migrating to another where they could live more economically while stud ying for one of the higher degrees.

On the day following Dr. Rawlinson's death the Provost and Fellows of Queen's proceeded to a fresh election, appointing Adam Airay, Vicar of Sparsholt, Berks., a former Fellow of the College, to be Principal. This haste on the part of the College to fill the vacancy was remarked upon by Bishop Laud, who had been appointed Chancellor of the University in the previous year. In communicating to the Vice-Chancellor h'is confirmation of the ekction made by the College he wrote: ' This I am content to do for the love of justice, without reflection upon the suddenness of their late choice, which mig ht have been done with more respect to me and less hazard to themselves.' 7 Airay reconstructed part of the Hall buildings in Queen's Lane, and his nephew, Christopher, erected on the site of the New Library a five-storied building which was let to the H a ll fo r the provision of ex tra accommodation. 8 But with the outbreak of the .Civil War the Halls suffered a severe setback, as they had no endowments to help them through a period during which the number of students entering the University was g reatly diminished. When war began, St. Edmund Hall had probably as few undergraduates in residence as any of the Halls, and for a tim e entries fell off a ltogether.

Airay's name is apparently not mentioned in connexion with the Parliamentary Visitation, but it is to be assumed that he made his submission, as he continued Vicar of Sparsholt until 1653, when he was appointed Vicar of Charlton-on-Otmoor, Oxon., also a Queen's College living . H e died at Charlton in 1658.

6 Call. State Papers , Domestic, 1619-23 and 1623-25, wh ich contain correspondence between Matthew Nicholas a nd his brother, Sir Edward.

1 Laud's Worhs, v.35-6, vi.294-6. s Th e .subsequent history of Airay's Lodgings was described in the Hall Magazine , 1925. '

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Thomas Tullie, Fellow of Queen's, was appointed Principal ii1 his place. Ten years earlier, when he was thirty-four years of age, Tullie was described by Provost Langbaine as ' a very hopefull young man. ' 0 'He was forced abrod,' the Provost went on . to say, '(for want of maintenance) during the troubles; & taught schole at Tetbury in Glocestershyre; after the surrender of Oxford, he return'd home & repeopled the Colledge with a new Colony of Commoners to whom he is Tutor & Reader of Hebrew in the House.' On his transference to the Hall as Principal , Tullie found full scope for his ability. The Hall was depleted in numbers, as were other academical societies in Oxford at the close 路o f the Protectorate. One of Tullie 's first cares was the reconstruction of the Dining -hall and the rooms above it. He encouraged, at the same time, a good c ustom whereby upper commoners on going out of residence made the Hall a present of plate or of money for the purchase of books. In this way a beginning w as made w ith building up a library of books for the Hall.

Under Dr. Tullie's 'firm but k indly rule the number of undergraduates at the Hall rapidly increased. By r66z th e annual entry had risen to twenty , and, among the other Hall s, was only exceeded by that of lVIagd alen Hall. In the year 1667-68 as many as twenty-nine undergraduates \vere matriculated. As was customary with Heads of Houses, Tullie held a benefice in con junction with the principalship; he was appointed Rector of Grittleton.> \iVilts., the same year that he came to the Hall. It is noteworthy that several of the undergraduates who entered the H a ll in his time and achieved later some prominence in public life belonged to \Vil tshire families , as, for example, \iVilli am Ashe , Henry Caine, Sir Thomas Estcourt, Thomas J acob and John Methuen of the Methuen Treaty with Portugal, all of whom served as lVIembers of Parliament. It may be mentioned here, too, that among the various distinctions gained by underg-radua tes whom Tulli e admitted to the Hall two, Sir Thoi1rns Littleton and Sir Richa rd, subsequently fi rs t Baron, Onslow , became Speakers of the House of Commons. Tullie was well supported by his Vice-Principal , J ohn March, who ha:d been his pLipil at 路Queen's and had followed him to t he Hall, where he ' became a noted Tutor. ' 10 It was 路 the opinion of Andrew Allam, who was an undergradu ate of the Hall under Tullie a nd becam e Tutor and Vice-Principal under his successor, that th e Hall during Tullie's principalship 'flourish'd in proportion to its bigness equall wth any other in ye University; & Queen's College Arch路ives, Pyx 2v . io A. Wood, A then. Oxon., iv. 373-5.

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this was effect'd by means of ye exercise of a strict, even, & regular discipline.' 11 An intimate picture of the life of an undergraduate at the Hall under Dr. Tullie is preserved in the correspondence between John Freind and his father, which the latter transcribed into a book as a memorial to his son, who died at the age of seventeen in 1673, at the end of his first year of residence as a commoner . 12 The correspondence reveals a closely related ·academical family: the Doctor 'visiting the schollers chambers as he <lid almost every day to observe whether they followed their studyes,' giving encouragement to John Freind when he found him in tears because, to quote the boy's own words, 'I have bene wth my Tutor & my Lecture is to hard for mee '; the Vice-Principal, Rev. John March, the conscientious director of John's work, whose' method of studying' Nathaniel Freind found carefully pasted up in his son's study 'where he might alway see it'; Daniel Fogg, John's room-mate, who 'being soe much dejected for the loss of my Chamber fellow ' migrated to Queen's after his death; and, on the day of the funeral, ' the schollers of Edmond Hall ' who ' were pleased many of them to exercise their Fancyes & to shew their love to him ' by penning verses and fixing them to his hearse cloth . John Freind left careful accounts of all his expenditure, from which it appears that in his time a commoner of frugal disposition could meet all his expenses in Hall for £18 lfo. a year, while his outlay in books amounted to £z 5s. 9d., and in clothes. to £11 l8s. 8d.; and in other necessaries, such as furniture for his room, to £z 9s . 7d.

In addition there are his travelling expenses and tips amounting to £ l lOS . 6d., and certain ' unnecessary expenses ' amounting to 5s. rnd., including such items as ' oranges twice , 4d. ', · ' apples several! times & coffee, 5d.', 'milkhouse 3 times, 7:izd.', 'at pye house, 4d.' and ' seeing a shew, 4d.' In all John Freind cost his father £37 6s. 4d. during the year that he was at the Hall, excluding the expenses connected with his illness and his funeral. An attractive glimpse of life at the Hall under Dr. Tullie is also given by the anonymous biographer of John Kettlewell, the Non-Juror, who entered the Hall two years before John Freind. 13 Towards the encl of his principalship Tullie's health began to fail him, and he spent much of 'his time at his country parsonage.

H~ had been appointed chaplain-in-ordinary to Charles II in 1660, but subsequent preferment came too late. As a result of the good 11

Bodi. Libr., Tanner MS. 454, f.142.

Bodi. Libr. M'S. Top. Oxon., f.3i.

Memories of the Life of J1fr. John Kettlewell, pp. author of these memoirs was Francis L ee.

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SOCIETIES, I 9 38 THE DEBATING SOCIETY

Vice-President -

HILARY TERM, 1938 P resident - R. R. RYLANDS .

Secretary-A. W. FowLER. S. H. HoFFMANI.

To combat the waning in d ebating zeal c ustom ary in the Hilary Term (that reaction to first-term fervour) the usual expedients were tried - and one innovation. But we anticipate our chronological account. At the first m eeting, H. D. Eastwood, who arranged his matter ably and clearly but was somewhat diffident in delivering his maiden speech, and the Vice-President, S. H . Hoffman, who spoke with the assurance of one who believed his points¡important, 5upported the motion 'That travel is the truest education.' ¡ The opposers were E. C. vVhitaker, whose oratorical periods were smooth and impressive, and J. W. King, who was his usual happy self. The latter pair t;iumphed by a majority of fo~r.

J. C. Palmer moved the second motion of the term-' That the time is now ripe.' H e gracefully delivered a humorous and whimsical speech. His opposer, D. Baron, also has a good delivery, and he made clever use of apparently irrelevant material. M. Hennell spoke third and made a serious and sincere reformist speech. The fourth speaker, the redoubtable ex-President, J. Plant, reintroduced the House to the vagaries of his mythical aunt, and generally 5poke very convincingly about nothing at all. The motion was carried by four votes.

The innovation came next - a Spelling Bee. Efforts were enthusiastic if not always accurate, especially those of a section of the House which signalised their ideas as to the correctness of spellings by a loud clangour struck from their beer-mugs.

At the following meeting the Society was charmed to entertain the Beaufort Society of Lady Margaret Hall. Miss Barton, who moved ' That one crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a nam e,' was supported by the Secretary, A. W. Fowler, a lways a lucid and efficient speaker. The opposition consisted of u Call. State Papers, Dom., r673-75, and r675-76, see Tullie in index.

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Miss Bartley and A. R. Clark, who , held a .typical cheery and intimate chat with the House. It was necessary for the President to cast his d~ciding vote in favour of the motion.

At the last meeting of term, the Debating Society of Somerville College visited us to determine - in advance - whether ' The only way to keep your children is to let them go .' The President proposed this motion, and was s upported (metaphorically) by Miss Pennington. Miss Berridge and J. C. Palmer formed the opposition. There was no lack of speakers from the floor of the Houseeven T. E. R. Micklem and D. N. F. Kempston enlivened the meeting with their views-and the motion was evei1tually carried by one vote.

The last few meetings-naturally-were well attended, but the Society could have been better supported earlier in the term.

Elections for Michaelmas Term: President, S. H. Hoffman; Vice-President, A. W. Fowler; Secretary, J. C. Palmer.

R.R.R. MICHAELMAS TERM

President -

S.

H. HOFFMAN.

Vice-President-A. W. FowLER.

Secretary-]. C.

PALMER.

Encouraged by the knowledge that sixty-two Freshmen had come up to the Hall, full of enthusiasm, we began in the perhaps justifiable hope that the Society would reach heights of inspiration and strength which had never been attained before. It was thus surprising, as well as disconcerting, that the first debate should have had so little success, especially as it displayed the certain dialectical powers of two ex-Presidents, A. C. Wace and R. R. Rylands, and of P. Woodhouse Smith and G. LI. Thomas. The motion, 'That the dustman is of more use to society than the poet,' may have been the reason for this, but contributory causes were undoubtedly the lack of support of second and third year men, and the reticence of Freshmen in attending the debate. It was certainly encouraging that of the few Freshmen who did attend this meeting the majority have sirn~e been consistent in their attendance at debates.

The Freshmen's D ebate was held on the third Monday of term, and may yet prove to be one of the most important milestones in the history of this Society 'of ancient honour and renown.' For it was at this meeting that the President made an appeal not on}y for a higher standard of debating, but also for a higher tone worthy of what claims to be one of the most ancient Societies in Oxford.

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Secretary and the majority of the House. Of those Freshmen who spoke to the motion ' That the Englishman has all the characteristics of the poker without its occasional warmth' may be mentioned E. W. Sudale, who speaks with obvious sincerity, though rather nervously; R. Mclsaac, whose capability as a speaker is only equalled by his irrelevancy; S. J. H. Smith, V. M. Wilford, ]. R. C. Webb and N. G. Gee, all of whom must overcome acertain hesitancy and cultivate that ' presence ' so necessary to any public speaker.

The next motion, at the request of the House, was . a political one, 'That the electors of Oxford were wrong .' It was a noteworthy debate, for the criticisms and censures of the previous week seemed to have had a marked effect. Speeches were better prepared and arranged, irrelevancy was cut down to a minimum, pertinent humour was not forgotten, facts were well presented, and speeches from the floor of the House were almost universally good. This debate marked the return, though unfortunately only too short a return from the Society's point of view, of H. Vaughan James, who ably proposed the motion. He was equally ably opposed by J. P. de C. Meade. The motion was lost by the narrow margin of three votes ..

The respective merits of Stage and Screen were argued in a debate which was well attended, though interrupted for some time by the adjourning of the House to watch the total eclipse of the moon. In cinema-minded Oxford ' it was not surprising that the House expressed its confidence in the Screen by a majority of eight.

The Secretary and the Vice-President had an opportunity of" opposing each other when the motion was d ebated 'That this age is being hoodwinked and bemused by a race of literary charlatans.'

That the House as a whole was rather bemused or hoodwinked b:r the subject under discussion is shown by the fact that out of a fairly large house only four members dared to make any pronouncements upon the very debatable problem of the meaning and aims of modern literature.

Perhaps the most successful. meeting was that which took the form of an impromptu debate on. the motions ' That betting should be taxed,' ' That Germany's claim for colonies is justified,' ¡ and ' That competitive examinations should be abolished.' The impromptu speeches were better than some which had been made at o~dinary debates, which goes to prove the contention that more versatility and ingenuity arise from extempore speaking than from prepared perorations.

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On . the last Sunday evening of term we were the guests of the Lincoln College Debating Society, with whom we argued the motion ' That Conservatism and a good social conscience are irreconcilable. ' Lincoln speakers gave some at least of their visitors a surprise when they dared to claim for their Debating Society the title of 'most ancient.' The rival cla'. ms were forgotten, however, in the sustained discussion which followed, and which, like all political disputations, lasted well into the evening. The compatibility of Conservatism with a good social conscience was upheld by a majority of five.

Although the term started so badly, the subsequent improvement a ugurs well for next term. Numbers may never perhaps be great, though hope on this point is not abandoned, but the keenness of many of the Freshmen is evident, and what numbers cannot accomplish keenness will, namely, make the Society worth-while and worthy of its ancient heritage.

Elections for the Hilary Term : President, A. W. Fowler; Vice-President, J. C. Palmer; Secretary , D. E. Davies .

S.H.H. ESSAY SOCIETY

1938 H . V. JAMES

HILARY TERM,

P resident -

This term the Society deserted the well-trodden pathways of the aesthetic and delved more deeply into the external world than has been its custom. There were one or two other points that deserve remark. A revival of the tradition, of long standing in the Society but lately allowed to lapse, of having titles to tickle the palate , whet the appetite and exercise the imagination. Several essays . had titles which came pretty near the exacting Society standard of cunningly concealed meaning and subtle twist.

C. R. B. Quentin's essay, 'William Blake,' was a straightforward exposition of the symbolism in Blake's poems, and the essayist, with the most charming air of straightforward simplicity, led the Society straight ¡into the quagmire of mystical speculation.

As might have been expected , William Blake was in the centre of the bog, and it took a long time for the Society to struggle clear.

In 'Paying for War' M. J. Forster made it adequately clear who was in fact the man who profited from war, and, purely from the economic point of view and without any political bias, the creditor capitalist came under very hot fire. This was a factual essay plain and simple by an essayist who knew what he was

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talking about, and the Society paid him the compliment of questioning and not arguing.

The life of Lawrence of Arabia provided the theme for G. LI. Thomas's essay ' Orientations. ' Confessing himself an admirer of Lawrence and of Lawrence's writings, the essayist traced the tragedy of this most peculiar and outstanding¡ of men from O xford to a rchaeological work, his triumph in the War, his defeat in the Peace , his hermit life since, and his death. His friends in Arabia and in England had a consistently high opinion of him.

A plea for the better understanding of the functions of scientific research was made in 'The Proper Study,' an essay by H. V. James . The essay, though obviously inclined that way, did not b ecome downright political propaganda. This was taken up b y A. W. W . Watson in 'Scholar or Student,' who maintained that the student had a duty to preserve academic freedom and civil liberties. The essay became a clear exposition of the position of Universities and free thought under F ascism, and a plea for political action by students.

The term's activities closed on a more peaceful note with A. C .

Wace's essay 'Is Photography Art?' The essayist made it abundantly clear that certainly all photography was not art; but the Society was convinced of his thesis partly by the essay itself and partly by the excellent examples of the essayist's and other photographers' work.

R. R. Rylands was elected President for the next Michaelmas Term.

H.V.J. MICHAELMAS TERM

President-R. R. RYLANDS. So much has the Society enjoyed itself this term that two supplementary meetings were arranged in addition to the normal programme. An unusually large membership has ensured good attendances and plentiful discussion every week.

J. H. Mayne nobly opened proceedings with his essay, 'Ronal~l Firbank,' on the first Sunday of term. He gave an intriguing account of that decadent and eccentric novelist, and read excerpts from his work sufficient to inspire a wish for more in the hearts of the less sober members of the Society.

The next essay, ' Stepping Stones to Higher Things,' provided contrast enough: H. A. Jennings expounded a vigorous Christian Sociology as a cure for: the ills of the time, denouncing in no

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE restrained terms that hypocritical cant which pretended that if a man found salvation in the next world, it mattered not if he starved in this. The Society debated hotly how. such a sociology could be put into practice, and since by a very late hour no conclusion had been reached, it was decided to continue the discussion the following week. J. W. King, an ex-member, came up specially to present his views ; D. T. N. ] ames also had prepared some notes at the request of the President, and their penetrating and provocative quality gave new impetus to the debate.

A. W . Fowler succeeded in providing new fields for discussion with his essay, 'One of Nature's Mistakes,' which explained that Man had arisen through paedomorphosis, by the suppression of the adult stage of ontogeny in the ape. Man had the unnaturally large head of the embryo-representing in fact a mistake in development.

The following week's essay, 'The \Vat.c hed . Pot,' by B. A. Rogers, managed to avoid all those topics, literary, religious, political and scientific, which had occupied the Society's attentions previously in the term. It dealt with the origins, characteristics and significance of the Sokol Movement in Czechoslovakia.

The last two essayists also departed from the more usual themes, to voyage precariously in the unknown. E. C. Hinson, in his essay, 'Such Stuff,' outlined J. W. Dunne's theory of dreams and immortality, based on his conception of multiple time. So interested was everyone, it was determined to meet on the last Sunday of term to see whether the dreams of members, recorded over the period of a fortnight, would provide cases of precognition.

The President's concluding essay considered the antiquity of our traditional ballads, and the universality and pagan quality of many of their stories.

He presented evidence of comparative mythology, custom and belief, culled from accounts of varied primitive tribes, to show that two views were at least possible: either there had been some vast prehistoric migration, or primitive peoples under. the same conditions have often thought similarly to an astounding degree.

On the final Sunday of term some of the weird dreams of the less bashful members were described and discussed, and then the Society took the opportunity of considering whatever subjects it pleased.

P. Woodhouse Smith was elected President for the Hilary Term.

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HI LARY TERM, 1938 President -]. H. MAYNE. Secretary-S. V. PESKETT. ¡ Of the four plays read by the Society during the Hilary Term, three were by dramatists upon whom one normally falls ' for want of, anything better '-th,at is Shakespeare, Shaw and Noel Coward.

This may argue a certain paucity of daring on the part of the President and Secretary, but it should be pointed out that, at least as regards the Shakespeare play, ' Troilus and Cressida,' the Society actually showed originality, for since its reading in the Hilary term, the play has been produced on two separate occasions in O xford and has also had, in modern dress, a most successful run in the West End. Noel Coward is always a tempting author for starting off activities, and ' The Young Idea ' is certainly a good enough alterriative to the perennial ' Hay Fever ': its long cast, too, gave opportunities for doubling parts which showed several members in two and even three amusingly contrasted characters.

The most stimulating of the plays read was Pirandello's ' Henry IV' : it is an impressive study of madness played in that strange half-reality of which Pirandello is so fond: to quote from the minutes of the meeting, ' It cannot but be felt that the comparative silence which marked the intervals between the acts, so far from being a sign of incomprehension on the part of those present, was a tribute to the author's powerful presentation of his theme.'

The last play of the term , Shaw's 'Pygmalion,' was read at Musgrave House with the St. Hilary's Dramatic Society, on their kind invitation. The choice of play was due to our hostesses. It was a good compromise between the li ght comedy or even farce which such social meetings demand and serious drama to which the Society, in its reflective moments, must aspire.

J.H.M. TRINITY TERM

President- S. V.

PESKETT.

Secretary-N. E.

McCuRRY.

At a business meeting held at the beginning of term it was pointed out that rather more than a quarter of the Society's membership was made up by ex-Presidents (of whom there were now no less than five in residence), and it was agreed that since these gentlemen were enjoying the privilege of free membership it would benefit the Society 's finances if they were urged to pay voluntary subscriptions.

It was also decided to continue last summer's experiment and to hold a few meetings during the term.

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J. P. de C. Meade proved an admirable exponent of broken English when S. N. Behrman's 'Biography' was read. The slowness of the play's action makes it a piece which would be more effective acted than read, but several parts of varied characterportrayal provided members with good opportunities to display their histrionic skill. Full advantage was taken of them, and the result was a satisfying proof of the steady advance in the standard of reading during the last few terms.

At a second meeting the Society entertained members of the Lady Margaret Hall Dramatic Society to a reading of Arnold Ridley's 'The Ghost Train.' This again was a play rather better suited to stage performance , but P. Woodhouse Smith's valiant efforts to rival a theatre ' noises off ' department and the eerie effect which the electric table-lamp achieved by flickering at the more exciting points in the action of the play added to the evening 's en joyment.

S.V.P. MICHAELMAS TERM

路 President -

N. E . Mc CURRY.

Secretary-]. P.

DE

C.

MEADE.

The Society began the term's activities by reading one of the lesser known Restoration comedies, Farquar's 'Constant Couple.'

The dialogue and situations provided great am usement, but unfortunately Farquar was not good 'box-office,' and Bridie's new play, 'The Last Trump,' drew a better attendance . We all enjoyed the effect that the news of the end of the world would have on a Glasgow millionaire and his household, though only one member succeeded in reading an important part in the native dialect.

'Tons of Money,' an Aldwych farce, received the approval of all present, though protests were lodged that the Society's fare was becoming too light. Whether or not this was true, all took delight in the splendid reading of A. C. W ace, who made a worthy understudy to Ralph Lynn. In spite of the mutilated text provided by the British D ra ma League, ' The Critic,' by Sheridan, was read t he following week with the enjoyment that such a comedy always g ives. Our next play was a Victorian melodrama, 'Maria Martin, or the Murder in the Red Barn.' This type of play was new to most of the readers, and occasionally indeed we felt it was all too good to be true. All we needed was a riding crop for the villainous ex-pres ident to t ap his head with in a sinister manner.

Our guests from St. H ilary's Dramatic Society made the next meeting the most delightful of the term. ' The Dominant Sex ' was read, a play which would have become tedious had it not been for

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the skill which all shared in interpreting the parts of people who found trial marriage satisfactory but wedded life boring. At the last meeting of the term we were honoured in having the VicePrincipal as our guest and we all enjoyed reading ' The Insect Pl~y,; by the Brothers Capek, the most novel play of the term. .

N .E.McC. THE MUSICAL SOCIETY. 1938 S ecretary- J.

TRINITY TERM,

President- S. R.

DUNLAP.

SHIPWRIGHT.

The Eights' Week Concert was held on May 23rd. This year the weather was fine and it was possible to enjoy an excellent programme in the pleasant setting of the Front Quad. Edward Manning, who opened the programme with a group of songs by Mozart showed that he could perform admirably the difficult task of fitting his voice to unaccustomed surroundings, and in no way fell below the high standard which Hall audiences have learned to expect of him.

Rhodes Dunlap · was already an established favourite at Hall concerts and received an enthusiastic welcome on this, his last, appearance . He played Schumann's 'Faschingschwank aus Wien,' the length and varied moods of which form a severe test for any pianist. His performance was in every way that of a musician; an appreciative audience demanded two encores, one of which was a ' Fantasia ' by Mendelssohn. The Musical Society has lost in Rhodes Dunlap a pianist of more than average amateur ability and an .efficient and painstaking President. ·The second half of the programme was performed in the gathering dusk. The touch of romance in the atmosphere served t~ heighten the effect of Edward Manning's second group of songs :__,__~~i-ee by .Schubert and three by Schumann-of which 'Frulingsglaube' and 'Mondnacht ' were particularly well sung.

The President then announced a surprise item: W. J. Hough, Mr. Manning's accompanist, and A. B. Whitney, both of Lincoln College, performed the Sonata in F major for two ' Recorders by Dr. William Croft. .These instruments, which have become increasingly popular of late, possess a tone eminently suited for an outdoor p ~ rformance of this nature; the charm and grace of this typically English work were ably conveyed by the performers.

The' 'programm~ concluded with a group of Madrigals sung by members of th~ Hall-~ Morley a nd two Weelkes-and a part-song in a familiar ·style .by Herbert Hughes nil~ting the peregrinations

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of a certain Dr. Foster. This last item was intended to send the audience away in a good hum.o ur; so well did it succeed that they in.sisted on a. repetition before taking a reluctant departure.

J.S. MICHAELMAS TERM

President -

J.

SHIPWRIGHT.

Secretary - N.

BARTLEET .

The Michaelmas Term Concert by members of the Hall was held on November 28tn in ¡ the Dining Hall. D. A. Becher opened the programme with Oboe solos by Perg6lesi., Cesar Frand.;: and Maurice Ravel. The audience, though small, showed itself appreciative and should not have caused N. E. McCurry the nervousness which was apparent in the first of his group of three ballads. But once this was past the soloist proved his mettle and produced a spirited rendering of ' My lytell prety one,' which brought him an encore.

H e was followed by a guest performer, Miss Julia Mulgen, of Lady Margaret Hall. She played an arrangement for violin of a Meditation from Thais by Massenet, and Phantasiestiick in A minor by Schumann. The soloist seemed more at home in the second item, probably because of its slightly more familiar idiom, though both pieces were well performed.

J. R. Hughes and E. L. Moor at two pianos gave a competent if somewhat earthbound interpretation of the Bach prelude in the Chorale ' Sleepers Awake,' after a beginning marred by a certain lack of co-ordination. Their performance of J3alfour Gardiner's 'Noel,' and of T chaikowsky's 'Danse des Mirlitons,' which they played as an encore, showed that they were capable of colourful and precise playing.

In the second part of the programme N. E. McCurry sang the Arne setting of 'Blow, blow, thou winter wind' and aroused racial prejudice in certain sections of the audience by a joyo us rendering of ' Lilliburlero.' D. A. Becher performed once more, this time an old favourite, Saint-Saens' 'Le Cygne '; and the Secretary gave an extremely well-knit and competent performance of a Scarlatti sonata in B minor and a Brahms Intermezzo. His encore, Matthew Dubourg's 'Jig,' had one demerit: its brevity.

The Madrigals, by Mosley, Ward and East, which formed the last item, suffered greatly from under-rehearsal; but this was compensated for to a large extent by the earnestness shown by their performers. Probably the most successful was the first, in two parts, by Mosley: ' When lo , by break of morning.'

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The general impression of the evening was one of friendliness and slight informality, such as seems to constitute the chief charm of Aularian proceedings.

J.S. The Gramophone Society has continued to hold meetings on alternate Saturdays each term in the Principal's drawing-room, THE MAKERS HILARY TERM,

President-E. W .

HARRISON.

1938

Secretary-W . A. vV.

JARVIS.

The first meeting of the t erm took place on Thursday, February roth, when, after a long struggle with the previous minutes, several members of the Society read their poems and short stories. A lively discussion followed, and the contributions were quickly forgotten.

On Thursday, February 24th, Mr. Edmund Blunden addressed the Society on the 'Poems of Thomas Hardy,' a subject which he had -chosen because, with the death of Mrs. Hardy and the closing of their home, had come the end of Hardy's personal career. Mr. Blunden had been personally acquainted with the poet, so that his opinions were of unusual interest. Hardy was of French ancestry, and this produced a curiously un-English outlook in this English countryman. Soldier, churchman, philosopher, and humanist, he showed a great impartiality, which enabled him to appreciate amongst others Keats, Shelley, Southey, Lamb, Byron and Browning. The chief quality of his verse is dramatic, and many of bis poems seem as though they were skeleton plots for novels and short stories. The meeting was adjourned after discussion.

The third meeting was to have been addressed by Mr. L. A. G. Strong, but, owing to a serious illness, he was unable to attend.

At the last moment, Mr. J. L. N. O'Loughlin, a well-known figure to English students, gave at very short notice, a paper which he called 'Words, vVords, Words.' As one who had worked on the Supplement, Mr. 0 'Loughlin spoke about the Oxford Dictionary , and then proceeded to an enthralling account of the methods and the arrangements necessary to produce such a great work as the N.E.D . The work was eventually completed and published by the Clarendon Press . Mr. O'Loughlin's talk was followed by a bombardment of questions and a long discussion, until the meeting was adjourned at 10.20 p.m.

The elections for the next term were held, and the following elected: President, R. R. R ylands; Secretary, C. R. B. Quentin.

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President- R.

R. RYLANDS.

Secretary-C.

R.

B.

QUENTIN.

It was unfortunate-but in Oxford inevitable-that dates chosen by speakers coincided with other H all and University activities.

The result was that some members missed two really good meetings, though even so , attendance showed a great improvement on recent terms.

On November 4th, Mr. L. A. G. Strong visited The Makers, and gave a most illuminating talk upon ' Experiment in the Novel.'

He traced the influence of new ideas of time and space upon the style. and structure of that literary medium, which he considered the beast-of-all-burdens in our age . He illustrated his points by excerpts from several modern novels, and delighted everyone by an imitation of James Joyce reciting from his own work: the passage sounded as charming as it was incomprehensible. The speaker concluded that although the issue has been confused by the work of imitators of such great and genuine figures as Joyce who failed to comprehend the meaning of the methods they imitated, yet one could perceive a trend towards a freer, more poetic novel style, w ith the author taking a bird's eye view, unhampered by any limited spacial shackles .

The Society in the main was handicapped by insufficient grounding in the modems, but the information and provocative nature of the talk made discussion easy and continuous.

Mr. E. C . R. Hadfield, an ex-President of The Makers, now on the Staff of the University Press, was the guest speaker on November I8th. His exhaustive - but far from exhaustingdescription of various facets of the Book Trade dealt with the preparation and production of books, the publicity side of the trade, and the financial side. He indicated the position of the author, the publisher and the bookseller, and he presented most cogent arguments in favour of a complete rat ionalis~tion of the trade. Mr. Hadfield then considered such interesting -phenomena as the Penguin Edition, the book clubs, and the competition of newspaper publishing and the cinema. His engaging method of delivery rendered still more interesting a talk that was in itself of absorbing interest. The Makers showed their appreciation by a merciless questioning of Mr. Hadfield which lasted almost until II p.m., when the President at last showed some pity and adjourned the meeting.

There were a fair number of contributions for the Magazine Meeting, held on November 25th, but that number had been

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achieved by somewhat shady .m ethods rather reminiscent of the press gang. Therefore only .a few were genuinely worth serious consideration,. and among th~m could l;>e numbered the Secretary's stylistic imitations of Donne and Hemingway, two sensitive poems

by D. A. B~echer, and a short J:>ut attractive poem by M. S. Prest~i:· J. H. Mayne read some amusing Firbankian prose; A. C. Wace·, E . G. H. Turne1' and the President produced some verse of ephemeral quality. In acco_rdance with a suggestion received frqin a former guest of The Makers, it was decided to submit some of .the better vvork to Chambers' Journal.

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The meeting then ceased with some relief to be a Magqzine Meeting, and the rest of the evening was passed pleas~ntly in experiments in ·automatic writing· and thought transference, and finally in some gentle chanting of melodious ditties.

C . .R. B. Quentin was elected President and A. W. Fowler Secretary for the Hilary Term.

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THE LIDDON SOCIETY HILARY TERM,

Chairman- J.

LYTH.

1938

S ecretary-P. A. H.

FARRANT.

The Corporate Communions of the Society were made in the Chapel on Candlemas and St. Matthias's Day. At the first meeting of the term the Vice-Principal introduced his former Vicar, Fr. Wareham, under whom he had served as deacon. Fr. \!Vareham spoke 'Concerning Retreats,' upon which he is unusually well-informed, since he has been conducting them for many years. He discussed their nature and purpose in considerable detail.

There was another link with the Vice-Principal in the person of the second speaker, the Bishop of Southwell, to whom he had been appointed examining chaplain. The Bishop was concerned to present to the attention of Ordinands the difficulties and attractions of a priest's life.

As is customary, once a year a member of one of the overseas missions spoke about missionary work. Fr. Atkins, of U.M.C.A., told the Society about work in Africa.

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Chairman- J. H.

EDINGER.

Secretary- H. R.

DURHAM.

The Corporate Communions this term were held on All Saints' Day and St. Edmund's Day. An address was given to Ordinands at a short evening service by the Chaplain.

The first paper of the term was read by the Rev. F. Hood, Principal of Pusey House, on ' Spiritual Healing.' Father Hood pointed out that following on the report of 1924 of medical men and c;lergy, the use of unction in close connection with prayer had been recommended in 1930 and endorsed in 1935 by Convocation.

He described our Lord as the ' Great Redeemer and Healer of the whole man, body, mind and spirit,' and outlined the Christian attitude towards suffering, of taking it as our share in Christ's suffering.

After reminding his hearers that our Lord's miracles of healing had been the result of great effort on His part and were not merely divine feats, Father Hood emphasised the difference, often not appreciated, between the laying on of hands by folk who had the natural gift of healing and the formal laying on of hands in the sacrament of unction. He then dealt with the cures effected at Lourdes, the practices of Christian Science and the use of suggestion in public healing services, deprecating the latter because of the frequent evil reactions to it. He advocated the use of unction as a normal practice for priests.

At the second meeting, the Rev. Eric Graham, Principal of Cuddesdon College, gave an interesting paper on ' Authority in the Church of England.' Some disappointment was caused because the exact place where such authority was to be found was not indicated, but the case against the Roman claim to infallibility was so lucidly and convincingly presented that all good Anglicans who heard him should be in no danger of ' going over to Rome.'

In indicating the method by which the Anglican Church's authority might be determined, he suggested that the prior question, ' On what authority did our Lord base His work and teaching? ' should first be answered. Our Lord laid down numerous principles but little legislation; He was not dictatorial but left ~ lot for men to think out for themselves.

In the discussion which followed, the tendency was to question the Church's authority in the matter of discipline rather than of doctrine, a line which Mr. Graham purposely avoided in his paper.

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The enthusiasm and pointedness displayed in the questions which were asked at both meetings may be taken as a very healthy sign¡, and augurs well for future meetings.

The Society is indebted to the Vice-Principal for permission to use his room.

H.R .D. TH E DIOGENES CLUB HILARY TERM,

P1'esident- J.

McMANNERS.

1938 S ecretary-]. iN.

KING.

So far as the trappings of the mind are concerned, the Diogenes Club' has ever flourished. This term was no exception. Eloquence (to the degree of inviting a constitutional c risis) distinguished all its speakers. Once more, in the brief space of four meetings, the \i\Torld has been weighed in the balances, and found wanting.

Thanks to the necessity, however, of disposing of the teas of absent members, the spirit of the loaves and fishes was not absent from our sermonizings ; fortified by the paradoxical support of the fleshpots of Egypt, we did not quail before the wilderness of controversy.

For our final meeting in this land of plenty we were fortunate enough to secure Mr. Ramsay, who delivered a witty and provocative prophecy upon the prospects of 'The New Civilisation.' The dust of decadence floated drably in the rays of Optimism and Progress, though a forlorn hope of diehards was yet found to retire with the President into our Cynic Founder's abode. From there they surveyed the promised dawn, bleary eyed and distrustful, over the rim of their tub.

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Secretary-M. S. PRESTON. President- R. R. RYLA ND S. It has been a term of re-adjustments and disappointments. \i\Te came up expecting to find ourselves under the blithe leadership of J. \N. King-only to discover that he was not in residence. So a business mee.t ing had to be called to elect new officers. Then for the first meeting proper an intriguing disc ussion on ' Idealism ' was arranged, to be introduced by M. S. Preston and C. R. B. Quentin: it was full of possibilities; but unavoidably it had to be cancelled.

At long last, on October 22ncl, something actually occurred according to plan, and E. L. Moor talked both lucidly and interestingly upon the subject 'Is Music D ecadent To-day? ' Ignorance of the technicalities of the matter fa iled utterly to cramp the Club's style, and we chatted cheerfully and almost indiscrimin-

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE ately about Polytonality, and Banality of Theme; Schonberg and Stravinsky.

The following week K. A. Gourlay and H. K. Girling were very much at odds-and provocatively so-concerning the vitality, or otherwise, of Romanticism. Conflicting definitions of that doubtful term (wide in Gourlay's case, narrow in Girling's) were boldly proposed by the pair ; and gleefully the rest of the Club annihilated them, meting out equally severe treatment to both. But it was noticeable that during the discussion no one ventured upon a definition of his own-the Club was in its destructive mood.

The last meeting, after being arranged for three different dates, eventually took place on the last Tuesday of term. Then G. H. Thompson convincingly proved that ' This is still an age of Adventure.' He told lurid tales of piracy, murder and destruction amidst the romantic, les ser-known isles of the West Indies-isles where in days of yore Capt. Kyd and his kind buried their guilty treasure; he told of hurricanes, of ship wrecks and deaf-mutes-and it was all true! The Club could scarcely deny in the face of it that the speaker had proved his claim.

The meetings for the term, despite many disorganising factors, were exceedingly pleasant: attendance was comparatively good, a\1d conversation neve r-failing.

R.R.R. THE FRENCH SOCIETY. HILARY TERM,

President- G. R. R.

EAST.

1938

Secretaire -

H. E.

POPE.

Le programme du trimestre a compris quatre reunions; dont cleux lectures de pieces, avec la concurrence des membres de la faculte fran9aise de Saint Hilda's College.

A la premiere reunion, qui eut lieu le 2 fevrier_, M. le Docteur Hunt esquissa un plan pour egayer les seances de la societe, en suggerant des jeux de salon. Dr. Hunt indiqua comment on pourrait pratiquer son idee en nous recitant un poeme surrealiste, compose selon sa methode. Malheureusement it manque a la societe le courage d'imiter ce chef d'ceuvre.

Les visites des etudiantes de St. Hilda's College ont eu lieu un peu a l'improviste. On avait !'intention de lire, a la premiere, la piece de Marivaux, le ' Jeu de l' Amour et du Hasard,' mais, faute d'une suffisance d'exemplaires, on a tourne a Moliere pour lire ses 'Precieuses Ridicules '-piece de programme tres connue mais toujours amusante.

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A l'occ;;ision ¡de la deuxieme reunion avec les etudiantes, c'est nous qui avons fait visite a St. Hilda's College, et cette fois on a pris soin d e mieux arranger les affaires. Grace a l' hospitalite chci.rmante des demoiselles, nous avons passe une soiree gaie et ag-reab!e, a la lecture du ' Philosophe sans le Savoir,' de Sedaine.

A la quatrieme reunion c'est encore une piece de th eatre qu'on a _lue : cette fois 'Bajazet,' de R adne, d'un grand interet pour les m embres qui se presenta ient a l'examen de licence au mois de juin.

La societe a termine ses activities du trimestre ;wee un diner splendide qui eut lieu mercred i le z m a rs. Le President souhait_a le bienvenu a notre invite, M. le Docteur Hunt, et la soiree fut tres gaie. Une conclusion tres agreable aux reunions du trimestre, et gui doit devenir un evenement annuel.

G.R .R,E. MICHAE LMAS TERM

President -

H. E ~ PoPE.

Secretaire-J. P.

Tresori er - D. G. C.

DE

C.

MEADE.

SALT.

Nous avons commence nos activites pour ce trimestre un peu tard, mais avec une societe beaucoup plus nombreuse gue d'habitude . L'office de tresorier a ete cree, qu'a tres bien rempli D. G. C. S alt. Les finances de la societe ne laissent rien a desirer.

A la premiere reunion tous les assistants ont donne des ' Souvenirs de Vacances ' et ont montre. d es photos. D. G. C. Salt nous a raconte des experiences bizarres en Allemagne ou il faisait un tour avec un velo grec. G. R. R. East avait fait une visite au sud du pays de Galles pour y aider des chaumeurs a miner du charbon pour cux-memes . Puis il y avait B. G. Sexton, qui n'avait rien fait que de se promener en auto de course a grande vitesse sur les grandes routes du Royaume Uni. J. M. U. Robins et G. S. Tothill nous ont montree de tres belles photos prises pendant leur sejour a la cite universitaire de Besarn;on', et C. Grayson nous a dit des chases fort inte ressantes au sujet de Paris pendant la crise de septembre.

En outre nous avons Ju ' Le Malade Imaginaire ' de Moliere et 'Le J oueur' de Regnard. A la lecture de cette piece nous avians comme hotes des membres de la Faculte Frarn;:aise de St. Hugh's College, qui se sont jou'es selon les apparences aussi bien que nous memes. La ' Soiree' a ete cancellee parcegue personne ne s'est montre pret a venir. Enfin nous attendons la visite de M. le Professe ur Rudler, qui viendra nous donner encore un de ces discours charmants.

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Presideni -

D. M . M.

CAREY .

1938

Secretary- J.

LYALL.

Pursuant to the decision taken in the previous term, no mooting took place, and consequently the activities of the Club did not extend to public business.

J.L. MICHAELMAS TERM

President- J.

LYALL.

Secretary-A . C.

WAGE.

We were pleased to welcome four new Law stud ents into our fold this term, and wi th the consequent increase in numbers the life of the Club generally was resuscitated. Although it was found possible to hold only one meeting this term its success cannot be denied., and a pleasant and lively evening w as enjoyed by alL The meeting was h eld on Tuesday, November 22nd, in the Principal's Dining Room, with the Principal and Mr. T. H. Tylor of Balliol College as our guests. The case heard before the Master of the Moot, Mr. Tylor, was that of Cyclomart v . Freshers and Proctor. The facts found were that Mr. Freshers, an infant undergraduate member of Sted's College, had entered into a verbal agreement to buy a motor-bicycle from Cyclomart for £15. On receiving delivery of the motor-bicycle, Mr. Freshers sent Cyclomart a cheque for £15, which w as subsequ ently dishonoured. He sold the motor-bicycle to Mr. Proctor on the day of its receipt for £10, which he thereupon spent as to £5 on Law books and the rema inder on strange sta mps. Cyclomart therefore claimed £15, or the books and stamps or their value, from Mr. Freshers, and the motor-bicycle or its value of £15 from Mr. Proctor, who had refused to restore it on d emand.

For th e Plaintiffs: A. C. Wace, T. R. H. Cuff: For the Defendants: M. S . Preston.> J. H. Stephens.

Judgment was given for both defendants. On the plea that there was no contract owing to the total fa ilure of consideration, so far as the evidence went, Cyclomart w ell knew they were dealing with an infant and nevertheless delivered the motor-bicycle.

Although the cheque was subsequently dishonoured, they at least took a secured proiiiise of £15. The whole point was that Cyclomart intended to pass the property and to deal with F~eshers on credit.

Further, it could not but be held that a motor-bicycle was not a necessary for an infant undergraduate such as would ex~~pt the

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sale from the Infants Relief Act, 1874. The object of the law is to prevent adults luring infants into debt, and to prevent the infant from incurring liabilities. It is impossible for parents to allow infants to run up credit, and a plaintiff who chooses to deliver on credit cannot rely on a tortious remedy . Had there been fraud in the infant there might conceivably have been a claim against h im (Stocks v. Wilson), though 'restitution stops where repayment begins' (per Lord Sumner in Leslie v. Shiel/). But as to the liability of Proctor, even fraud in the infant would have conferred on him merely a voidable title, which he could pass on to Proctor.

The moment the chattel is delivered (though the contract is void) the property passes, and Cyclomart had the necessary animus to deliver. Further, Proctor had a good defence under the Sale of Goods Act, sections 23 and 25.

J udgment therefore was for Freshers on the ground of infancy, and for Proctor because he obtained a good title through the passing of the property by the plaintiffs.

J.L. CONSERVATIVE DISCUSSION GROUP HILARY TERM,

1938.

MICHAELMAS TERM .

Secretary -

J.

P.

Secretary -

J.

H . STEPHENS.

DE

C.

MEADE.

The Conservative Discussion Group which was formed m ¡the Michaelmas Term of 1937has now established itself firmly among the number of societies which manage to exist alongside each other. In the Hilary Term it began to hold meetings every week, and this practice has been continued. The object of the Group is to examine matters which are either not dealt with at the full meetings of the Association or which, having been treated by eminent speakers, have aroused interest in points of detail or otherwise demand further investigation.

The much-discussed question of Spain was tackled together with several members of the Labour Club. Mr. G. W. Rolls of Hertford came to put the case for General Franco, which he achieved with great success and irrefutable evidence. The only drawback was that many of his hearers, having absorbed too much of the propaganda of the other side, were unable to give unb iased consideration to his argument. The meeting was highly successful and almost overlapped with Hall, but the calls of the inner man conquered even the zeal of the Government's supporters.

The long-projected trial of strength with the Labour Club was held in the Hilary Term as a formal debate. Visiting speakers for both s ides were brought in. The ' Castle of Perseverance ' was de-

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fended against the mud a~d arrows of the powers of darkness, but as very few of the castle staff had resisted the attractions of the cinema, the voting turned against us.

More recently the Group has received several visiting speakers t u open discussions. The President of the Association came to talk g enerally during the election, and was especially appreciated. Mr. ] . R. ]. Kerruish (Magdaeln) came to speak about 'Conservatism and the Future.' He was most lucid upon the underlying theme of <,::onservatism and helped to define a movement which is chiefly i1rnrked by a disinclination to bind itself hand and foot to untried schemes and which refuses to disregard circumstances. Mr. Yang of Merton was kind enough to give us ;_ very excellent and concise description of China's problems, their origin and their probable solution. His confidence ii1 his country's inevitable victory over Ja pan seemed very convincing. 'New Zealand ' was brought before a select number of us by V. M. Milford, one of her sons.

He helped us to understand the nature of the land and the kind of population which New Zealand possesses. Most recently the Group entertained Miss Luli Huda (Lady Margaret Hall), or perhaps Miss Huda entertained the Group. She spoke about Palestine and the Arab problem from the very interesting standpoint of a native of Transjordania. Her charming¡ discourse was thoroughly enjoyed and the ensuing discussion was unusually lively.

J.P. DEC .M. THE LABOUR CLUB GROUP HILA.RV

TERM,

I938.

Secretary-D. R. RANKIN'.

In the Hilary Term the Hall Labour Club Group held two meetings a week. At the first one,, points of purely Socialist interest were examined, while the second took the form of a joint meeting with other progressive associations, such as the B. U. L.N. S. and S.C.M., at which general subjects ranging from 'Christianity' and' War' to the' Youth Charter' were discussed. It was felt by Socialist members of the Hall that it was a mistake to isolate the Labour Club Group from other groups interested in politics, and thus we have associated ourselves as much as possible with other clubs, with a view not only to discussing politics, but also to arousing people's interest in University institutions and the way in w hich they are run.

TRINITY TERM. S ec1'etary - N. J. STRACHAN. In the Trinity Term, a library, consisting of privately-owned books kindly lent by members, was started. It is disappointing,

ST. EDMUND HALL MA GAZ !NE however, to note that very little use was tunity such as this, which might not come certainly not be missed by people who theoretical basis of knowledge which is standing of Socialism.

MICHAELMAS TERM.

S ecretary -

made of it. An opportheir way again, should wish to build up that essential to an underN.J .S .

H.

K.

Gm.LING.

The Labour Club Group this term has felt the loss of several of its most enthusiastic members of last year, but the arrival of many keen freshmen has ensured that the Group is in no clanger of retrogression. The activity of the members has not been confined to the Hall, since this term the pressure of events has caused politically-conscious members to realise their responsibilities in the political life of the country, and even of the world. Both the Master of Balliol' s cq_ncliclature as an IndependentProg-ressive, and the Unive_rsity Peace Council's coll ection for Spanish r elief, have been keenly supported.

In the weekly meetings the Group has discussed such vadecl subjects as Pacifism, Imperialism, Civil Liberties and the economic basis of Socialism. Once the Group joined with the other political societies of the Hall to hear a most un-Conservative talk on Spain by an ex-President of the Conservative Association, E . R. G .

H eath. It is hoped that othe r meetings w ith the¡ progressive societies in the Hall w ill be arranged next term.

H.K.G.

CLUBS, 1938 THE BOAT CLUB HILARY TERM,

Ca ptain-D.

M. M. CAREY.

1938

Secretary-A. G.

SLEMECK.

At the end of the ¡ Michaelmas Term prospects for Torpids seemed particularly good ; five of the victorious Goclstow crew were eligible to row, as also was J. S. M. Dashwoocl, who had so narrowly missed his Trial Eights cap. But during the vacation it was found that J. Lyall had strained his heart and that he would n ever be able to row aga:in, and a few days later news arrived that Dashwood had been ordered a complete rest from river activities.

Thus sadly depleted, it seemed at first that the 1st Torpid would do well to maintain its place. Apart from one or two furth er mishaps and Illnesses, however, training went well, and within 'ten 'clays of the beginning "of term the crew was in its final order. The

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training and coaching was carried on under .the supervision of W. ]. H . Liversidge, Mr. C. P. Sherwood and D . M . ;M. Carey.

The crew soon showed that they had immense power, and it was the aim of the coaches to get them to use this power effectively and yet to maintain their smoothness and flexibility. A few days before the races it was realised that the Headship was well within our grasp; Magdalen were not at all good, and New College, though bea utifully together and very smooth, lacked the essential drive from the stretcher which was so conspicuous in our crew.

On the first day it was g¡enerally thought that New College wo uld bump Magdalen, but the first three boats rowed over, the H all finishing within half a length of N ew College, who, in turn, were within a quarter of a length of Magdalen. Friday saw the most magnificen t struggle; at the Gut the distance between the three boats was about one-third of a length; at the Pink Post, New College were a canvas away from Magdalen, while we had drawn up to within a quarter of a length of New College. At the 0. U. B.C. N ew College were overlapping Magdalen, the Hall being a few feet behind. W e mainta ined this distance until eventually Magdalen succumbed opposite their barge, and so New College went head .

On Saturday we bumped Magdalen in the Gut, and so for the remaining three days w er e able to concentrate on bumping New College, who had now the additional advantage of the smooth water. But despite desperate efforts by Jellard, splendidly backed up by Smith and Clark, we never got within striking distance. On Monday we finished within a third of a length ; on Tuesday we made our big effort and got to within a canvas at the Gut, a quarter of a length at the O.U.B. C. , and a canvas again at the finish. On \Vednesday we rowed rather tired and finished within half a length. Thus ended one of the most exciting weeks of racing, with the Hall second on the river in Torpids for the first time in history.

There was no doubt that we were the fastest crew on the river and a head-wind might have made all the difference. As it was conditions were almost perfect , there b eing little or no stream, and for most of the week a slig ht following wind.

The S econd Torpid was composed of freshmen with the exception of D. R. Tassell, who stroked the crew. Under the diligent coaching of]. S. M. Dashwood they m ade good progress and did well to bump Exeter II and Magdalen II, thus finishing second in the third Division and the fifth second T orpid on the river.

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Order of rowing : FIRST CRE,W.

SECOND CREW.

Bow1. A. C. Jenkinson

Bowi. N. A. Lowden

G. A. H. Rainbow M. H. A. Boyd B. A. Rogers 5. P. A. H. Farrant 6. A. R. Clark 7. P. W. Smith Str. C. H. Jellard Co:x. A. C. Wace.

P. de C. Meade M. M. H ennell 4路 M. P. Whitaker 5路 G. R.R. East 6. B. J. Wigan 7路 E. H. Nicholson Str. D . R. Tassell Cox. A. W. Fowler.

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3.

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TRINITY TERM

Captain- D. M. M.

CAREY.

Secretary-A. G.

SLEMECK.

The arrival of the First Eight a few days before term marked the beginning of a new era for the Boat Club. They no longer made their way through the Meadows to the rapidly decaying Barge, but down the towpath to the 0.U.B.C., the west wing of which has been allotted to us for an indefinite period. The material advantages of this change are considerable, and it remains to be seen whether Hall rowing will suffer from the fact that each outing is followed by a hot shower rather than a cold dribble issuing rather spasmodically in a dark corner of the Barge !

The First Eight was coached for the first week by the Rev. A. H. Franklin of Westminster School. The morning was devoted to tubhing, while in the afternoon the Eight usually proceeded up~ stream to Godstow. After the first week the final order was settled, and the second part of the training was carried on under the auspices of Mr. H. M. Young of Trinity, who took a great deal of trouble in consolidating the foundation laid by Mr. Franklin .

Mr. C. P. Sherwood added extra pace in the last few days. W e were extremely fast off the mark, and the favourable conditions enable~ us to break aJ! previous Hall records during practice.

It was indeed unfortunate that we should start behind Trinity -by far the best crew seen at Oxford for a very long time-not only on the first night but on Monday night as well (for an accident on Saturday prevented them from making their bump).

On Friday we went off very fast behind Oriel and made our bump before the Pink Post. They failed to acknowledge it, however, and it was only after a Committee meeting of the 0.U.B.C. that the bump was allowed. We had no difficulty in catchi~g Brasenose on Saturday, and on Tuesday we bumped Magdalen coming out of the Gut. On the last nig!!.t we got within a third of

THE FIRST EIGHT. Bu ,\ t PED On1EL, BRASENOSE, :\l\"D i\ll.\GDALEN.

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a length of Balliol in the Gut and a quarter of a length at the Green Bank; Trinity, however, had bumped New College, and with the smooth water to help them Balliol eluded us, finishing about half a length away . vV e therefore finished fourth on the river for the first time in the history of the Hall.

Owing to a scarcity of available man-power, it was not possible to have a Third Eight, but the Second Eight, coached by W. J. H. Liversidge and A. G. Slemeck, showed promise for the future by making four bumps. They caught Merton II , Christ Church II No.

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11. St. J ohn's JI. 13. Magda len II 14. New Coll. JI 15. University 16. Jesus .

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19. Queen's.

Wadham ..

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18. St. l'cter's H 29. Ch. Ch. II . ;o. Menon II ... .l '· St. John's ii J2. St Edm. H. II JJ· Trinity II •..

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and Brasenose II before the Gut ; on Tuesday they had a great struggle with St. Catherine's, who eventually succumbed opposite the Keble Barge. They finished fourth in the Third Division and the sixth second boat on the river.

It was on the whole a most successful week, and the fact that we won the Godstow Races in Michaelmas Term, and during

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Torpids and Eights gained ten bumps, should make us strong candidates for the Pazolt Cup, which was last won by the Hall in I.934· The Eights : FIRST CREW .

Bow. W . J. H. Liversidge 2.

J. S. M. Dashwood 3· G. Worth 4· B. A. Rogers S· J. P. Burrough 6. A. R. Clark 7· A. G. Sleimeck Str. D. M. M. Carey Cox. G. J. P. Merifield.

SECOND CREW. Bow. G. R. R. East 2.

J.P. de C. Meade 3· M. P. \i\Thitaker 4 · A. J. Lee S· M. H. A. Boyd 6. R. E. Lyth 7· P. A. H. Farrant Str. P. W. Smith Cox. A. W. Fowler.

At a meeting of Eights Colours, D. M. M. Carey was re~ elected Captain until the end of Henley, and A. G. Slemeck was elected Captain and M. H. A. Boyd Secretary for the ensuing academic year.

D.M.M.C. MARLOW

AN'D

Captain-D. M. M. CAREY.

HENLEY, 1938

Secretary-A. G. SLEME.CK.

Although four members of the Eight had to undergo the torture of Schools before Henley, it was found possible to arrange two or three outings a week; this prevented the crew from losing the cohesion that it had acquired in the first half of the term. Indeed, this was the first year that the same crew represented the Hall at Henley as in Eights Week, and we are grateful to J. P. Burrough, whose examinations took place after Henley, for arranging his daily curriculum so methodically as to be able to continue rowing for us.

By the time of Marlow, however, we had by no means regained our Eights Week form, and though we led Corpus (Cambridge) over half the course, they soon drew level and won a great race by a quarter of a length. As they eventually won the cup, it was perhaps a little unfortunate that we drew them in the first round, though with a little more training we could have undoubtedly beaten them.

In the Godstow Regatta the Second Eight won their first race against Jesus quite easily, but in the semi-final against St. Edward's School III they did not row so well and lost by half a length. But it was thought that they would gain valuable experience for the future from rowing in the Junior Eights at Marlow, and they continued serious training .under the able leadership of A. G. Slemeck.

At Marlow they drew Clare II and Anglian. After the first minute Cfare were clear and went on to win comfortably; the Hall and

ST. EDMUND . HALL MAGAZINE Anglian rowed a tremedous race, Anglian finishing about a quarter of a length ahead of the H all, who rowed very hard over the whole course. The experience gained from rowing in such a regatta is unquestionable and should bear much fruit next year.

At Henley, through the generosity of the Aularian Association, to whom once again we are extremely grateful, we resided at West Hill House. During this period we were coached by Mr. M. G. Ashby, who occasionally spent the night with us, though his appearances at breakfast were somewhat less frequ ent. For his stimulating presence cin the towpath.> however, and his delightful humour round the dinner table we are very grateful. As the days went on we made steady progress, and certainly acquired the art of length en ing out more than we had ever done b efore, thereby making our spurts on the second half of the course much more effective.

In our first race on 'W ednesday morning, June 29th, we m et Queens' (Cambridge) .. Racing from the Bucks station, we were half a length ahead at the top of the Island, but at the Barrier they had drawn up to within a quarter of a length; we maintained this slight advantage until the Mile, when an effective spurt at 39 ena bled us to win a well-judged race b y two-thirds of :;i length in 7 min. 26 sees. In the evening we met Trinity College, Dublin, who had beaten Magdalene (Cambridge) very easily in the morning.

Racing from the Berks station, we were three-quarters of a length ahead at th e top of the Island; at the Barrier they spurted and came within half a length. After Fawley the effects of the hard race in the morning began to tell against us, and the stronger finish of the Irish crew brought them level at the Mile, and in spite of continued spurts by the Hall, they won a magnificent race by half a length.

D.M.M.C. l\1ICHAELMAS TERM

Captain -A. G.

S LEMECK .

Secretary~M .

H. A. BovD.

At th e beginning of the year the Boat Club had to face the fact that four members and the cox of the VIII had gone down. It was cortrforting, therefore, to know路 that one or two Freshmen with considerable rowing experience had com e up to the Hall. 路 Moreover, an encouraging nuinber of novices offered their services, bringing the strength of the Club up to that of former years. This is most important for the Club, since it does not rely on a great number of freshmen from rowing 路schools each year, and now that it is so high up in Torpids and Eights it is vitally important that there should be an adequate reserve. It vvas fortunate that 路those

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who had never handled an oar before numbered exactly eight, and so, after a lot of tub-pair instruction, the two Mawdesley Fours were soon progressi.n g very fast. Once again it was decided to row this race in the seventh week, so that the Freshmen might have experience of racing on sliding seats. M. H. Tupper's crew had the outside station and half a length start, to allow for 0 . U. B.C. corner. However, 'B' crew, well stroked by R. P. H. Davies, soon drew level and went away up the Wall to win by four lengths.

A few days later a race was arranged between the winning IV and a B.N.C. IV, resulting in a good victory for the Hall.

The first event of the term was the Coxswainless Fours, for which the Hall was able to enter a crew consisting of the four remaining members of the First VIII. Up till now this has been the one event in which the Boat Club has never produced a crew which could claim to be amongst even the six best. It was comforting, therefore, to know that this crew was much above the standard of most other crews in the event and could claim to be amongst the four best. This was largely due to the skill and perseverance of the two coaches, Mr. R. W. G. Holdsworth and W. J. H. Liversidge, who spent so much time and trouble on the crew. After a convincing. victory over University College, they were very unfortunate to m eet Trinity in the second round. The race itself was very .good as far as the 0.U.B.C., after which Trinity drew away to win by g sees. in the fastest tim e for the day .

The Boat Club was again well represented in Trial Eights by Freshmen as well as by some older hands, but only one eventually go t through to the actual race. J. S. M. Dashwood had particularly bad luck to lose his place just before the crews left for Henley~ The 0.U.B.C. had decided to hold the Godstow Races again this year instead of the Long Distance Race. After a spell of tubpair practice in the first week of term, an VIII composed chiefly of last term's Second VIII was put out three or four times a week.

It was not until the fifth week of term, when Trial Eights had finally been settled, that the crew could be put into some sort of order in which serious practice could begin. They had very bad luck, however, in losing R . C. T. James, who had poisoned his hand; he had been rowing very well and it was a real disaster for the crew. The crew was being coached once again by W. J. H. Liversidge, whose fiv e years of experience on the Isis, not to mention many years of rowing at Radley, soon began to weld it together.

The Races were rowed in the last week of term, and in the preliminary round the Hall drew Exeter. Exeter had the Port Meadow station and half a length's start to counteract the bends,

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but before the first bend the Hall had almost drawn level. From this point it was plain that Exeter would have a difficult task to win, as indeed was the case, for the Hall went right away up the straight to win by three lengths in 7 min. 3 sees. On Tuesday B.N.C. were their opponents. This time the Hall had the Port Meadow station and made full use of the slack water to win comfortably by four lengths in 7 min. 19 sees. In the semi-final on Wednesday the Hall had no difficulty in beating Worcester by three lengths in 7 min. 22 sees. In the final against Pembroke the Hall had the Port Meadow station again. With the first bend in their favour Pembroke drew up to lead by a few feet, only to lose it round the next be11d. Up the long straight, with the slack water in their favour, the Hall drew away to just under a length. Round the last corner, however, Pembroke drew up and got half a length's lead, which they held to within thirty yards of the winningpost, when the Hall started creeping up; but by then it was too late, and Pembroke won by six feet: It was an excellent race and both crews rowed very hard indeed.

Finally, we must thank our coaches, Mr. R . W . G. Holdsworth and W. J. H. Liversidge. We were particularly lucky to have the latter up for another term. It is owing to him, and others like him, who term after term have given up so much time to rowing and coaching, that the Boat Club has found itself successful in all rowing events in the University.

A.G. S. CoxSWAINLE'SS F'ouR,.

Bo'leJ.'. J. S. M. Dashwood (steers) 2.

G. Worth 3. B. A. Rogers Str. A. G. Slemeck.

MAWDESLEY FOURS!.

'A' CREW .

'B' CREW. Bow. H . Arnott Bow. D. R. Jones 2.

P . H.W. Salt 2.

R. M . W . Powell 3· P. D. Stobart 3 · J. R. C. Webb Str. M. H . Tupper Str . R .. P . H. Davies Cox. J . R. H. Merifield Cox. N. S, Belam.

THE GoDsTow EIGHT. Bow . P. S . Leathart z. M. P. Whitaker 3. C. H. Jellard 4. C. de N. Hill S· M. H. A . Boyd 6. J. S . M. Dashwood 7. B. A. Rogers Str. P . H. Mathews Cox. A. W. Fowler.

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Captain -A. M. REID,

Secretary-D. C.

KENNEDY.

Under the cheerful and expert captaincy of A. M. Reid, the Club enjoyed a very successful season, being unbeaten until the seventh week of term, when Schools sadly weakened the side.

Among a wealth of Freshman talent, K. B. Hallowes, A. K. Sharp and C. P. Walsh were outstanding, and among the older members of the team Reid, Le Mesurier, RashJeigh and Cooper were the most successful batsmen. Among the bowlers, D . . S. Morgan, with his prodigious run, was often valuable; M. W . Dittmer, with his left-handed slows, took many wickets, his best 'p erformance being against St. Edward's School; while Cooper, Walsh and Hallowes were always steady and effective,, and J. Plant and H. H. Pennington, though inclined to put speed before accuracy, were valuable and light-hearted members of the team.

Of an excellent season, outstanding features were Reid's rungetting ability, Morgan's occasional brilliance with the long handle and the blind eye, Wynne's ponderous but painstaking openings, and Plant's inevitable panama.

The following have played for the Hall: A. M. Reid, D. C. Kennedy, R. A. Cooper, P. N. le Mesurier, J. A. Brett, J. Rashleigh, D. N. F. Kempston, J. Plant, H. Taberner, D. S. Morgan, M. W. Dittmer,, K. B. Hallowes, A. K. Sharp, C. P. Walsh, H. H. Pennington, E. L. Jones, J. S. W'ynne, J. Rosser and J. H. P. Hadden. Colours were awarded to: A. K. Sharp, M. W. Dittmer, D.S. Morgan, K. B. Hallowes, C. P. \i\Talsh and J. S. Wynne.

At a Colours' meeting D. C. Kennedy was elected Captain and K. B. Hallowes was elected Secretary.

D. C. K. THE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB HILARY TERM, 1938

Captain -R. A.

CooPER.

Secretary-D. N. F.

KEiMPSTON.

First of all, congratulations to J. A. Brett on his very successful year as Captain of the 0. U. R. F. C. The main interest this term centred in the cup-ties. On last term's form our prospects were good-especially with three Blues in the pack. In the first round we were at home to Queen's, whom we beat quite comfortably. In the second round we were at home to Jesus, and here we met a stiffer opposition. J esus jumped into an early lead, but in the second half the Hall gradually dominated the game and left the field comfortable winners. In the third

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round we met the then holders, University College, in what must go down in Aularian Rugby history as one of the most memorable of match es . Before the game the team was slightly weakened b ecause of injuries in the p ack, but able deputies were found amongst our t alented Freshmen. The match was from the beginning a 'thriller.' It was fought out at a terrific pace, the ball being rushed backwards and forwards by two very aggressive packs.

Early in the game University established a slight lead, and this they m anaged to retain until the end. During_the match we h ad the misfortune to lose two players. A. K. Sharp, one of the centres, had his shoulder dislocated in the first half, and early in the second half D. N. F. Kempston, the out-half, had to be helped off with a head injury . This meant that the pack was reduced to six. But these losses only seemed to increase the spirit of the team, and for the last fifteen minutes the forw ards p enned th e University pack in their own half-and indeed in their ' 25.' The University defence, however, was just too good, and they won by the narrowest of margins. It is really unfair to single out any individual for special mention, but H. R. Durham, the scrum-half, must be praised for the way he stood up to the buffeting from their powerful pack.

Colours were awarded to E. C. C. Wynter, A. K. Sharp, J. F. Lavender, H. H. Pennington, P. N. le Mesurier and S. J. H. Smith .

For next year_, D. N . F. Kempston was elected Captain and A. K. Sharp Secre~ary.

Finally, congratulations to G: Ca rruthers on being invited to go on the 'Varsity E aster Tour and on being awarded his Grey hound colours.

R.A.C. MICHAELMAS TERM

Captain-D. N. F. KE:MPSTON. Secretary-A. K. SHARP. Handicapped by m any serious injuries, we h ave had a mos t disappointing term. Until the si~th week the side had only one victory, but then , with one or two players recovering, we were able to win L eague games over University and Wadham, and thu~ remain safely in the First Division.

The b est game was again st the Greyhounds, when the H all, with three people off after ha lf-time, showed the tradi.t ional spirit and kept the score down to 17-6.

E. C. C. Wynter and J. F. Lavender were rewarded for their h ard work with Greyhound colours, w hile C. E. Simpson played for them on several occasions. Of the backs, H. R. Durham h as improved his passing from the base of the scrum and has set an excellent example by his fearless falling on the ball. E. L. Jones,

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m the centre, is much more confident this year and has a good side-step.

Both A. K. Sharp and G. Carruthers have been unable to play this term, but if they are fit, and with H. H. Pennington back in the side, the prospects for next term are much brighter.

D.N.F.K. THE ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB r938 Captafrn- H. TABERNE.R!. $ecretary-H. A. F. RADLEY. The writing is on the wall ! This term saw the Hall eight down m the Cup-ties, in the second round against Worcester College, after a ¡game in which the weakness of our staying powers was completely revealed. Yet we had struggled valiantly through the first round, and the achievement was acknowledged publicly with the praise it deserved. In a hectic battle in the Parks, w e forced a draw against Wadham College, amid scenes of unrivalled enthusiasm which became aLmost a wild frenzy as the game progressed. The stalwarts of the Rugger Club were to the fore as usual, and it was largely owing to their individual efforts that we managed to gain a comfortable victory in the replay (4-2). It seems a pity that our activities are to be confined to the Second Division next year, after our success the previous year in reaching the highest position in the League table in the recent history of the Club, but no doubt the wheel will come full circle. . . . I would like to extend my personal thanks to those members of other clubs who have helped us amid our great difficulties, and can only hope that the same spirit will continue to flourish in the Hall in future years.

Colours were awarded to R. A. Cooper, A. K. Sharp, D. S .

Morgan, W. H. Huntington and C. P. Walsh.

H. A. F. Radley and J. McManners were appointed Captain and Secretary respectively for next year.

H. T. HILARY TERM,

MICHAELMAS TERM

Captain-]. McMANNERs .

Secretary-C. GRAYSON. The advent of an unprecedented number of Freshmen gave hopes that this term would see the beginning of a Soccer revival after last year's decline. Our first match against B.N.C., was a defeat, but it showed we had the material of a promising team.

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bination again. Our chief difficulty was in filling the post of goalkeeper; the services of four volunteers were called upon at different times. The final result was that the term turned out unfortunately.

Apart from a victory over Corpus, no League match was won, which means that our revival must be postponed for a year.

J.McM.

THE HOCKEY C LUB HILARY TERM, 1938

Captain- J.

LYTH.

S ecre tary -

J.

H.

EDINGER.

After a not very successful Michaelmas Term, this term provided us with a more respectable set of results. As in the previous yea r, the team was suited to hard grounds, the general passing a nd combination becoming ineffective on wet and slippery surfaces.

After showi ng a certain slowness and lack of combination in the early ¡ games of the term, which was rectified by some intensive training and practice, we met Merton in the first round of the Cupties. A promising start gained us an early lead of two goals, but then the team became somewhat letharg ic and our own goal was endangered by some good passing movements among the opposing forwards. It was only towards the end of the game that the Hall really came to life again, with the satisfying result that we eventually won 6-o.

We had anticipated an easy victory over our second round opponents, Wadham, but the team were slow off the mark on a fast and bumpy ground. At half-t ime we crossed over with the only goal scored against us. A snap goal from the bully-off equalised the score, and before the final whistle the Hall had added another three goals (4-1).

In the third round we had the misfortune to meet New College, who had beaten us last year. On a slippery ground we had to face a good team, which included the University centre-forward, a fact which we were to regret before the game was over. We eventually lost 3-7, all seven of their goals .coming from the stick of their centre-forward, whose combination of speed and stick-work overawed our defence.

In spite of a depleted side, we again won our annual fixture against Charterhouse (4-2) after a good fast game which was notable for the excellent passing among the forwards. During the rest. of the term fe'N matches were played, except by those enthusiasts who indulged in mixed hockey with varying success.

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The team must be congratulated on its general enthusiasm and keenness, which was shared in no small measure by the members of the Second XI, in spite of the depressing number of their games which were scratched by other Colleges.

A. T. de B. Wilmot is to be congratulated on gaining his Blue and playing in goal against Cambridge at Beckenham: we must be thankful that we had such a capable understudy in the person of D. H . Clibborn. J. Rashleigh, after his fine display against the Occasionals earlier in the year, was deservedly awarded his Occasionals colours.

The following represented. the HaH in Cup-ties: A. T. de B. vVilmot; D. C. Kennedy, S. W .â&#x20AC;˘ N. Phillips; M. S. Preston, J. Rashleigh, J. H. Edinger; G. LI. Thomas, R. M. A . Lawson, D. E. Newell, J. Lyth, ]. S. Wynne.

Colours were awarded to: D. C. Kennedy, S. vV. N. Phillips, G. LI. Thomas, D. E. Newell and J. S. Wynne.

J.H.E. MICHAELMAS TERM

Captain- J. H.

EDINGER..

Secretary-M. S.

PRESTON.

With six members of the previous year's XI no longer in residence, the prospects for the season were far from promising. As a completely new forward line had to be found, and the key positions of centre-half and goal to be filled, it could not be hoped that the term's results would be very satisfactory. Of the fourteen matches played, only three have been won. The defence, when it was at full strength, proved sound, and ]. M. Robins in goal, despite his short acquaintance with that position, has played well. We were fortunate to find in R. Mclsaac a centre-half who had had some experience of that position. The forward line has suffered through constant changes in personnel which were made in the earlier part of the term, but in more recent matches it has shown better combination, although the shooting is still weak.

Undoubtedly our best achievement was gained in a surprise victory over New College by the narrow margin of I-o. In this game the team produced a refreshing amount of determination and thrust., which had at time been lacking.

V. M. Milford is to be congratulated on his Freshmen's Trial.

J.H.E.

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President-].

DU

M.

KENYON.

1938

Secretary-H. R.

D URHAM.

We entered a somewhat depleted, t eam for the Inter-College Athletic Cup, and consequently lost to Magdalen in the first round by a narrow margin of three points. Had Durham not been unable to run, and had Micklem not b een called away to a football cup-tie on the second day, the result would h ave been very different, for we secured several first and second places. The results were : 440 Yards: 1, A. J. Ensor; 2, K . B. Hallowes ; 3, Magdalen.

Pole Vault: r, P. N. le Mesurier .

Low Hurdles: Magdalen walked over.

High Jump: I and 2, Magdalen; 3, G. H. Thompson.

One Mile: 1, J. du M. Kenyon; 2, J. C. L. Hawkins; 3, D. Erskine.

Discus : Magdalen threw over.

100 Yards: 1, Magdalen; 2, ]. R. Rutherford; 3, G. Ll. Thomas , 880 Yards: r, A.]. Ensor; 2, Magdalen; 3, K. B. Hallowes.

Long Jump: r, Magdalen; 2, ] . L. Rutherford; 3, T. E. R. Micklem.

Two Miles : I , J. du M . Kenyon; 2, J. C . L. Hawki ns; 3, Magdalen: Javelin: · 1, Magdalen ; 2, D. S. Morgan.

High Hurdles: 1 and 2, Magdalen; 3 , A. J. Ensor.

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Pre sident -].

DU

M.

KENYON.

Secretary-H. R .

DURHAM.

The a nnual Hall Sports were held in bright sunny weather on June r 5th. They proved to b e the one bright spot of an otherwise indifferent athletic season. Un usually large entries necess itated the running of heats in some of the events, and a big crowd of spectators compared very differently with the poor attendance at last year's meeting. Plant, pouring fo rth enthusiasm through a m egaphon e, gave a running commentary remarkable for its vividn ess ·and minute detail , a dding occasionally a word of encouragement and advice to any who found the running heavy . ,S everal outstanding perform ances were achieved. Micklem won the High Jump with 5 ft. 8 in., which is b eyond the Centipede standard ; he also won the Long Jump with 20 ft. r 1 in. Thomas won the 100 ,Yards in 10·8secs ., whilst Liversidge lost his Mile title to Durham, who returned 4 min. 54 sees. Reid, contesting his

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Pole Vault title, lost to Hallowes, who confounded the critics with a maiden jump of 7 ft. 6 in.

At the finish of the meeting the crowd demanded more, and so the hurdles were set up. Such was the response that two heats had to be run. The full results were : 100 Yards: I, G. LI. Thomas (scr.), 10·8 sees.; 2, S. J. H. Smith (I yd .) ; 3, K. B. Hallowes (I yd.).

440 Yards: I, A. J. Ensor (scr.); 2, K. B. H allowes (4yds.).

880 Yards: I , A. J. Ensor (scr.); 2, R. Larson (25 yds.); 3, W. J. H. Liversidge (6oyds.).

220 Yards: I, G. LI. Thomas (scr.).

One Mile: I, H. R. Durham (scr.), 4min. 54secs.; 2, J.C. L .

Hawkins.

High Jump: I, T. E . R. Micklem (scr.), 5ft. Sin.; 2, C. M. Kelly (4 in.).

Long Jump: I, T. E. R. Micklem (scr.), 2oft. II in.; 2, D.S .

Morgan (2 ft.), I9 ft. 8 in.

Pole Vault: I, K. B. Hallowes (2 ft.), 9 ft. 6 in. ; 2, A. M .

Reid (3 ft.), 9 ft.

Weight: I, G. Carruthers (scr.), 29ft. Sin.; 2, S. J. H .

Smith (scr.), 2Sft. 3 in .

220 Y ds. Hurdles: I, N. E. Monie (scr. ); 2, S. J. H. Smith (scr. ).

J. DuM.K. MICHAELMAS: TERM

President- H. R.

DURHAM.

Secretary~ A.

J.

ENSOR.

The Inter-College Cross-Country Race was run under far better conditions than la.st year, but the Hall team fared correspondingly worse. Our first man home was a freshman, T. Russell, ·who was placed 24th out of a field of about eighty. The rest of the teamJ. du M. Kenyon, H. R. Durham and J.C. L. Hawkins-packed in that order between the 3oth and 4oth positions.

Once again this year we were defeated in the first round of the Inter-College Relays. It was unfortunate that S. J. H. Smith and R. C. T. James were unable to run for us_, but even with their help it is doubtful whether we should have got through the round.

We finished second in our heat in the Low Hurdles and in the Sprint Relay 4 x roo yards. The time for the winners of our heat in the latter was 40·8 sees., and so our defeat was by no means discreditable. A. J. Ensor ran a very good Quarter-Mile and Ioo Yards, but all to no avail. G. LI. Thomas was unlucky enough to pull a muscle running the last leg in the Sprint Relay, and may be out of the Cup-ties next term.

Finally, we congratulate D. M. Dobell on winning the Javelin event in the Freshmen's match with Cambridge at Iffiey Road.

H.R.D.

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Captain- E. P. M.

ELLIOTT.

Secreta1'y-T.

E.

R.

MICKLE:M.

This summer the weather was very unkind to us. Due to a long dry period during the Easter vacation, our courts were worse than for many years. Then during term the rain interfered with many . matches. In¡ the Cup-ties we made an inglorious exit .at the hands of the very strong Hertford side. The Second VI lost equally badly to Corpus. Fortunately we had a good day for our match against the Old Aularians-the most enjoyable of the season. As usual, we lost to a very strong side led by C. Lummis and Dr. A. P. Kingsley. Our normal inter-college fixtures were badly interfered with by the weather. Our two tournaments were finished in the last week of term, the Open Singles being won by A. M. Reid after a very close match with G. S. Tothill. J. Plant and J. Lyth won the H andicap Doubles, beating L . I. Stowe and G. Courtney in the final.

Colours were awarded to L. I. Stowe, T. E." R. Micklem, McManners, J. C. Palmer and D. E. Newell.

J. McManners was elected Captain and for next season.

J.

J. C. Pa.l mer Secretary E.P.M.E.

THE SWIMMING CLUB

Captain -N. E.

MONIE.

It has been difficult this year to find water-polo players to represent the Hall, and rarely did the same team turn out. In spite of this, in the Inter-College Water-Polo League games the Hall played very creditably, the games against University and Queen's being particularly outstanding.

In the Trinity Term the Hall had the misfortune to meet University-the finalists-in the first round, and were disposed of.> but only after an extremely lively game.

The Water-Polo League has been reorganised and is starting again next term, and it is to be hoped that in the new, clean and rectangular bath at Cowley better fortunes await the Hall.

N.E.M.

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CZECHO~SLOV AKIA,

SUMMER, 1938

OW far from Prague to Berlin, to the Russian frontier?

Why is Czechoslovakia the key to South-Eastern Europe?

These questions I could not fully answer as the Paris express rumbled through the remaining kilometres of the Third Reich to Eger. Yes, certainly I share the geographical ignorance of my race for all that does not officially 'belong to us.' Shakespeare thought that Bohemia had a sea-coast: my great-aunt believes it to be very exotic.

Prague was clearly having a holiday. People _in national costume walked five abreast down the wide pavements of the v aclavske Namestl, loudspeakers attached to gaily decorated lamp standards blared songs and speeches over the heads of the inattentive ant-heap beneath. I quickly learnt to return the greeting, 'Nasdar, nasdar,' as I dodged among the crowd, preferring not to attempt one of the bumping trams filled with chattering, swaying humanity. In the great square before the town hall, scores of children were marching and sing¡ing in the grey dusk. On once more, the streets of the old town getting narrower until they suddenly threw me out on to the Kvarlovy Most: people were standing there, elbows on the parapet, staring down into the swiftly flowing Vltava, on which danced hundreds of reflected lights.

Silent groups stood looking up at the long streak of light on the hill. It was my first sight of the Hradcany, once the palace of Rudolf II, now the residence of th.e Czechoslovak President. In the cen:tre, the twin gothic spires of the Cathedral, rising far above the low roof of the shining palace, which curled away i"n to the darkness. The Pragers tell you that it is the most beautiful sight in Europe.

During the summer, Prague was the cultural capital of Central Europe: Vienna fell in March, and her gaiety seemed to have crossed the frontier to find a home - permanent, one hardly dared believe i t - among the stolid, bourgeois Czechs. The people of Prague had spent anxious hours, their gas-masks near at hand, waiting for the drone of the death-planes from Germany. But the capital had grown brighter by contrast with the darkness which was creeping nearer from north, west and south. To the superficial observer, all seemed peace and happiness in Prague: Czechs, Slovaks, Germans, Hungarians, Ruthenians, Poles - all were basking securely in the strength and reputation of their distant, but faithful, allies.

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I was told, however, by an Englishman living in Prague that I was dismally wrong : people no longer openly showed their apprehension, but was not Herr Henlein on his way to Berchtesgaden?

And there were rumours of a mediator from Britain. I was to see for myself, later, the volcano on which they danced.

The central event of those weeks was the great Sokol Festival, which had gathered the excited crowds to the capital. Fifty thousand performers, representing nearly all the Slav races, gave giant displays of physical training, folk dancing and military exercises before two hundred thousand spectators in the new Masaryk Stadium on the hill. Most impressive of all to one ¡ who had heard strange tales of misery and oppression was the procession of the performers through the main streets of the city.

M arching, trotting, dancing, singing- girls and boys, men and women, in the crimson and fawn of the Sokol uniform, the figured silk and velvet of national costumes, saluting the applause of the crowd, pirou etting before the ' movie ' cars, waving to friends and sometimes running to the side for a few words with some bold relation, who had managed to squeeze between spectators standing five-deep on the pavement. A quarter of a mile away on a dais in the square, flanked on one side by the flaring torches of the Unknown Warrior's tomb and on the other by the statue of John Huss, I could just discern the figures of M. and Mme. Benes, who stood for five hours to take the salute.

For one moment smiles disappeared and people pointed excitedly as a Swastika was carried past by Czechs from Vienna, guarded by six policemen w ith drawn swords. Then we clattered down ten fli g hts of stairs to watch the Presidential car glide past on its journey to the Hradcany.

But Prague was not all noise and song : there were exquisite moments in the floodlit gardens of the Palace of Wallenstein, watching Czech folk comedies: there was the delightful lecture at which M. Jules Romains turned an empty stage into the Paris Metro by reading a dialogue from one of the many tomes of his ' Hommes de bonne volonte.'

There was archiepiscopal High Mass in the Cathedral with the sun gleaming on the scarlet and gold copes and mitres of half a dozen bishops : for a whole afternoon~ we watched Donald Budge, world champion, beat little Czechs half his size. Coffee-houses, ¡ roof-gardens, stifling he.at and rain; concerts, theatres, operas, picture-galleries, art exhibitions, wild strawberries, roast goose and goulasch. This was Prague in July, 1938; this was Prague before the storm.

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Prague is not Czechoslovakia : I wanted to see other things.

That is why I found myself rumbling in a cement lorry to Pilsen, wandering through the ice-cold vaults of the brewery, where the best beer in the world floods into huge vats, and staring angrily at the high wall round the Skoda armament works, which refuses to admit the curious. Then on south, an afternoon drive into the forest, climbing and creeping round double hairpin bends. When I saw the anti-tank barricades, I knew that we had arrived: it was a German district and Henleinist, so caution made us seek the Czech inns. From a ,large hotel at the top of ~he hill emerged Hitler's double, moustache and hair cut according to regulation and followed by an enthusiastic young bodyguard : I was told that he was director of the German Savings Bank and a personal admi_rer of the Fuhrer. That night, as we walked home, the thunder echoed among the mountains, and we watched the forked lightning streak down over the forest the other side of the frontier.

Over there was Germany: between us, somewhere hidden in the earth behind those notices telling us in two languages not to take photographs, was the impregnable ' Little Maginot Line.'

Four crowded days and many memories-swerving along rough roads with thirty perspiring persons in a post bus built to hold ten: arriving in the misty- dawn at Nove Udoli and watching the little motor-train screech on into Germany: Nove Udoli-the German Army arrived at the double eleven weeks later from that day: the walk along the frontier, warnings from Czech officers, the shot in the forest, the clearing where three frontiers met, young Nazis at work hauling down the Austrian eagle ~ the woman who gave us beds and clean sheets for 8d. and said shyly that she was a member of the Sudeten Party, .because everyone was. Such were some of my crowded memories as we crawled back to Prague, getting out of our slow train every hour or so to drink steaming soup on a flower-decked platform, while expresses from Vienna and the South whistled past.

One night in Prague and then Slovakia. ' I suppose -you are going to drink the waters at Trencianske Teplice.' I was not.

I wanted to try life in a Slovakian home. They were calm, lazy days-there were no clocks : reading on a verandah in the shadow of the castle, where once lived the Lord of the Takas, bathing in the swift~flowing Varch, which rushes into the Danube at Bratislava, paprika, honey-cakes and peaches from the garden, conversation with some in English and French, with others in muddled German, with the youngest by signs and smiles, brave attempts to

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say the simple things inthe right tongue, only to be laughed at for speaking Czech.

Our journey took us through those fertile lands of South Slovakia, which Ribbentrop and Ciano have signed away to Hungary. The Palace of Topolcianky was being prepared for the autumn visit of the President-a visit Dr. Benes never made. At :Dietva, from where you can see the lights of Budapest, we in" spected hand-made lace by the wild inhabitants, reputed to be of Mongolian stock, who no longer live by robbing travellers. We bathed nude in a brand new swimming-bath, while the old peasant woman, who took our money, tactfully averted her gaze. We haggled over 8d. at Muran with an innkeeper's wife, and my friend talked to a Yugoslavian baker, while I looked helplessly on. At Domica I uttered the magic word ' anglicke' student and entered the grotto half price. As we rowed across the underground lake, the lights went out and the guide overbaianced and plunged into the ice-cold water : the piercing shrieks of an M. P. 's wife added to our embarrassment.

Two days later I was in the Tatra mountains, waiting for the motor-bus to take me down to catch the Prague express. The. rain was over, leaving a damp, sweet smell at one's feet, the valley was lit by sudden flashes of summer lightning and trains were shunting somewhere i;1 the distance. The lake with its ring of pines was dark and mysterious without the moon. This was Slovakia, almost as far from Prague as England is, a Balkan country, . brown, healthy children running bare-foot in the dust, a Catholic people, mostly peasants and without aristocracy, who were a slave race to the Mag-yars, dreamy, uncertain, perhaps poetic as they spoke their beautiful language - different indeed from the hardworking, matter-of-fact Czechs with their well-run democracy and administrative zeal. What would be the outcome? I was perplexed as I looked out over the valley. ' England is our protection,' they had said to me. ' You must not trust us,' I had replied. But did I really believe it? I must be honest with myself: I did not foresee Munich.

The headlamps caught me in a beam of light as the bus purred up the mountain road. An hour later I was lying back in the dim blue light of a compartment of the Prague express.' listening to the drumming of the wheels and wondering whether it was the fat lady next to me or the man opposite who was gently wheezing. I started up once to find the train at a standstill under glaring arclamps - Bo'humln : a few hundred yards away were Poland and Germany. We beg an to move forward again slowly towards Moravia.

L. D. A. BARON.

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TWO AULARIANS-THE BROTHERS TRENCHARD wo

hundred and fifty years 3.go there were two alumni of the Hall from Wiltshire-brothers named Trenchard-who belonged to a branch of a prominent Dorset family which included many knights, and whose seat was the beautiful old mansion of Wolfeton House, Dorchester, described by Thomas Hardy in The Lady Penelope. It may perhaps be of interest to bring together from various sources the few details which are still available about these two Aularians.

The brothers Francis and John Trenchard were the sons of Henry Trenchard, described as 'a gentleman of Maiden Bradley, \i\Tilts.,' himself a graduate of St. Alban Hall. The e_lder, Francis, was entered as a gentleman commoner at St. Edmund Hall at the age of fifteen on June 16, 1674, and matriculated ten days later.

He was followed 'by his brother John, just five years his junior, who was matriculated from the Hall as a commoner on April 3, 1679. Francis did not proceed to a degree, but on going down he presented the Hall, as was the custom with gentlemen commoners at that time, with a piece of silver-a pla\e of 21toz., which was subsequently sold with the rest of the Hall silver to furnish -fonds for the building of the Chapel and Library.

Many members of the Trenchard family enter'ed the legal profession or Parliament; Francis chose the former and studied at the Inner Temple. Except for one interesting item, however, further details of his life do not seem to be ascertainable. The catalog¡ue of his library at Cuttridge, Wilts., has been preserved, written out 'on the fly-leaves of a copy of Archbishop Ussher's Annals of the vVorld, 1658, and there, too, is the owner's signature in a firm hand. The catalogue forms an interesting conspectus of the library of a cultured gentleman of the seventeenth century . At the head is written 'A Note of all such Books as are in my Study at Cuttridge.'

The list is divided up into first desk, second desk, and so on ; there were six desks in all. The books do not seem to have been arranged according to subject or on any other system. History and theology account for the greatest number (presumably the legal books were kept elsewhere) ; but there are, too, many philosophical, geographical and scientific works, also volumes of poetry and a number of Latin and Greek classics and French books.

A wide range of reading is shown, e.g . Raleigh's History of the World, Camden's Brittania, Calvin's In stitutes, Boyle's Experi-

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ments. Francis Trenchard was evidently a man whose studies were very ca tholic, and who was by no means confined to the literature of his own profes sion. There is no mention of the works of that prolific writer who was a relative of his - John Trenchard, the Whig pamphleteer, most of whose work w as published under the pseudonym of Cato: p erhaps Francis did not sympathise with Cato's views. N either is there mention of the literature connected with another relative - Sir J ohn Trenchard, who was a prominent politici an and Secr etary of State under William and Mary .

As for th e yo unger brother, J ohn, after graduating he was ordained, and in 1689, at the age of twenty-five , became Rector of W raxall, Somerset, from which village his grandmother had come.

Two years later he was appointed a Canon of Wells and was also made chaplain to the Earl of Manchester. He died in London, at the early age of thirty, from small-pox, in July, 1694. He has left behind one publication - a sermon preached a few weeks before his death (l\fay 29, 1694) before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London at St. Mary-le-Bow . The occasion was 'the anniversary of King Charles II, his Birth and Restauration' ; and at the same time the Bishop of Sarum was delivering another anniversary sermon before the Queen at Whitehall. The text of John Trenchard's sermon was P salm cxviii, v erses 22-24; the published version is dedicated to the Lord Mayor, Sir William Ashhurst, in return for many favours shown. In the Epistle Dedicatory John Trenchard explains the reasons for his flying ' to the Asylum and Protection of your great name and Authority in this very Censorious and Ungrateful Age that we now live in.'

The sermon seeks to show bow God is at work in the affairs of nati ons; the preacher complains of the ' Impatience and Sowreness ' of the J acobites, and thanks God for ' the settlement of that Government over us, which at this time is mine and every other honest Man's security a gainst. so uncharitable and bigotted a Party,' and he decla res that 'had it not been for the Restoration, we had never enjoyed, what we now have, the best constituted Government in the World.'

J. HARDYMAN.

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GLOOMY SPAIN EHIND me was Hendaye, full of bright lights and English tourists : before me, according to the guide-book, was In'.m ; but I could see little more than two or three small buildings clustered round the Spanish encl of the bridge. A barrage of police armed to the teeth lined the gate. A little crowd of Italians and Germans were being admitted amid cheerful back-slapping and Fascist salutes. In this company I felt rather conscious of being English. Unshaven officials in faded blue shirts copied out my passporl exhaustively and hurried m e in and out of ramshackle offices with walls plastered with photographs of eminent generals and heads of States fri en dly to the new regime. Mussolini scowled a t me with evident di sapproval as my finger-prints were taken.

Then I was photographed and given a little piece of paper, which declared m e to be a fit and proper person to travel as far as Santander.

I slept the first night in the station hotel at I n'.111 an d breakfasted In a bare and c hilly buffet. H ere more posters confronted me. Some warned. good Spaniards against immorality , blasphemy, and spies; others announced that Gen eral Franco is th e first conqueror of Marxism on the field of battle . Huge Russians whippinglittle Spaniards alternated with hamm ers and sickles metamorphosed ¡into skulls.

At eight o'clock I began, an d twelve hours later I ended, my first journey in Spain; a n_d yet Santander is no more than on e hundred and fift y miles from the frontier. I kn ew that Spanish trains are proverhially bad, but I had not reali sed that every ¡Spanish town of any size has two railway stations whi ch do their best to ignore each other's existence. It is apparently not readily understood why, having reached Bilb ao , for example , one should want to leave immediately for some other place. At the best of times, therefo re, communication between these stations is difficult, but now that most of the taxis have been commandeered for th e w ar, and tra ins are very few and slow, it is of course far worse.

I think th at we must have stopped at least twenty times between Bilbao and Sa ntander. No station, however small, was overlooked.

A large number of people besides myself were evidently anxious to get to the Montana. I w as packed neatl y in among Carlists and their famili es (all Carlists seem to have large families and to travel en masse), soldiers on leave from the front, two or three priests, and fat peasant women with huge bundles. The authorities, how-

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ever, did their best to discourage this undue enthusiasm by providing trains that were small in all three dimensions, so that the entire human contents had to be turned out at nearly every stop to allow one person to alight.

Nevertheless, travelling in Spain is a novel and exhilarating experience for those who are used to the polite touch-me-not attitude of fellow-passengers in other countries. A.11 the passengers take foreigners to their hearts in a few minutes. One is offered cigarettes, bananas and anything else on hand, and anxiously asked, 'What do you think of Spain?' This is not a mere formal question : it is prompted by a burning desire for approbation which seems common to all Spaniards, particularly at present.

Everybody talks to everybody : a grubby and villainous-looking soldier showed a delicate and no doubt high-born Spanish lady several scars on his face and hands where he had been wounded, and produced a bullet as additional evidence. Every monument of the war passed on the way provoked excited comment. The concrete machine-gun emplacements of Bilbao's Iron Ring called forth exclamations of amazement and wonder_, as did the ruined houses of Durango. Nevertheless, the political aspect of the war was never or hardly ever mentioned. Military operations are discussed without any comments upon the rightness or wrongness of causes. The war is accepted as a fact, and that is all.

Santander is approached by raiJ along a flat and marshy plain that comes as a disappointing anti-climax after the superb hills of the Basque country. This approach is an earnest of the general appearance of the town, which is anything but striking. Culturally and historically it has nothing to say for itself. Its drab Cathedral, tucked away in a maze of alleys, is the only building of importance in the town : close to the railway station is a small statue over-run with bears and wolves which reminds us that Pereda, ¡a rather over-rated nineteenth century novelist_, lived here and wrote about the Montana. The best of Santander is to be found in those features which grace every seaside resort- sandy ¡ beaches and pleasant promenades.

In this city, which looks back upon times when it was a playground of the gallant and the fair, there are evident memorials of the war, which at times seems so far away now from North -Castile.

A rusting tramp steamer lies out in the middle of the bay. She is stuck fast on a sand-bank, where she was sunk in 1937 by Franco, as she brought food to the beleaguered inhabitants. There are huge bare spaces in the city where bombs fell. A tattered notice outside the booking-office of the railway station apologises to

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patrons for the ruined state of the station, pointing out that the company are unable to proceed with repairs owing to shortage of materials. On the stony heights that surround the southern approach to the Montana Italian workmen are erecting a huge monument to their compatriots who fell in the northern campaign.

It is difficult to obtain a coherent account of what happened in Santander from June 1936 to August 1937: it depends, of course, where one goes for information. Phalangists will tell you atrocity stories, and allege that the Republicans deliberately starved the townsfolk of bread. Others talk of Franco's air-raids, and of an official terror established in the town far more terrible than the irresponsible acts of individuals - the summary executions of all who had occupied official positions under the Republic, of all those Republicans who stayed behind because they believed Queipo de Llano's promise that those who had not dipped their hands in blood would be spared.

Trials arising out of those events are still taking place. I went to see several military tribunals myself. They were held in a small chamber very lavishly decorated with faded red plush and gilt. The public crowded into a little pen at one end. All the windows had to be opened : the din of children playing in the streets often drowned what was being said. No attempt was made at a defence : only in one case out of nine or ten that I heard did a witness appear; and all the sentences seemed to me extremely harsh.

Six years for having voted for the Republican Left in February, 1936; thirty years for having written a poem against Franco in a Republican newspaper; death for having cried out in a fit of anger, ' Long' live the Republic ! Death to Franco ! ' The concentration camps, another aspect of Franco's justice, are less brutal. Prisoners of war are frequently to be seen walking about the town in little groups without any supervision. One Sunday afternoon we paid a visit to the Madalena bearing a document that we w ished to see Jaime Martinez. We never set eyes on him; but this legal fiction was necessary for admittance . The prisoners were nearly all Spaniards, and I looked in vain for an English prisoner. At last we found a Marseillais and his comrade, with whom we chatted for about half an hour without being in any way hampered by guards. We said just what we liked and so did the prisoners. They had been there eighteen months. The conditions, they said, were bad : they slept on a stone floor and the food was filthy; but they did not make any complaints of ill-treatment at the hands of their captors, and indeed showed no signs of harsh

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handling, though their political opinions were not of the sort that Franco likes to encourage.

Spain has ever been the country of fhe cafe politician who reorganizes everything from his little table on the Paseo ; and the war has not changed this amiable type much, unless it is to give him a blue shirt and call him a Phalangist. His views may have been drilled into position, but there is still a true Castilian magnificence about their proportions. No Phalangist can speak of the New Spain for more than five minutes without a reference to the arch-enemy, France. It is confidently assumed that every Frenchman is ipso facto a Communist, an atheist, a freeniason or a J ew. I remember the look of blank astonishment that came over the face of an ardent Fascist barman when a Frenchman I met in Santander showed him a copy of a pro-Franco newspaper and proved to him that it was written in French and had been printed in Paris . Nobody seems to doubt that the French Government is actually financing the Spanish Republic. In one paper I read the following argument : even though stockings are dear in Spa in, loyal Spanish women must not buy stockings from France, because the hosier, though his political ideas may be all right, must pay taxes to the French Government, and so every French stocking sold to a Spanish woman is a bullet in the heart of a son of Spain.

The ideas of the Phalangist are difficult to disentangle from a cluster of hatreds, of which Francophobia (an unfortunate word) is only one . On the whole his positive ideology seems to coincide fairly narrowly with those of the typical German Nazi and Italian Fascist, except that the Church is restored to all its old power in the land. A Corporative State, no Jews (it is doubtful if there are any now in Spain), friendship with Germany and Italy_, and dark hints as to what will happen to Portug-al after the war. Gibraltar is, of course, for the Phalangist a 'knife in the heart of Spain.'

Some with brutal frankness told me that it would simply be taken away; others mo re tactfully suggested an exchange for Ceuta. But in spite of glib talk about a quadrilate ral axis, there is little love lost between the Spaniards and Italians, though this, of course, never gets into the papers. The Italians, they say, do nothing but run away from battles and then, when the fighting is all over, com e back and erect monuments to their dead. A comic song perpetuates what happened at Guadalajara. An Ita lian lieutenant whom I met at Salamanca was equally bitter about the Spaniards. 'Ju st because we retreated at Guadalajara,' he said, 'they forget everything else.' He went on to tell me that the Italians took Bilbao, Santander, Malaga and Teruel; that eighty per cent. of the aero-

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planes were Italian ; that the Spaniards had no idea of how to fly a 'plane. He was probably exaggerating.

Outside the Phalangists and Carlists, who were nearly all middle-class young men and women (the peasants and fishwives never wear the Phalangist emblems), one sensed a different outlook. It is impossible to say that in Santander itself there is strong Republican feeiing, though Phalangists admit that Republicans are numerous, especially among the terrifying fishwives. Franco himself is almost always spoken of with respect, even by his opponents; but little sympathy is felt for the aggressive Phalangists, or for their strong pro-German and pro-Italian views. Santanderinos are very conscious that before 1931 His Most Catholic Majesty came there every summer and that the world went very well then.

But they have no sympathy with the crusade against the godless and the new Imperialism.

But Santander as a whole is not enduring grievous privation, though there is little g¡aiety. According to the words of Franco himself, every Spanish home shall have abundance of food and light in the new Spain, and this means more to Spain than it does to us. Whate~er one's political views, one must admire and applaud the establishment of clean and airy dining¡-rooms in every city for children who might otherwise go in want of food. Already in Santander three such dining-rooms exist, with up-to-date cooking apparatus and neat little blue tables. The children are given two decently-cooked meals a day, but, as one might expect, they must all sing for their supper. At twelve o'clock every day shrill voices chant 'Cara al sol '-the Fascist song-and put their _hands into the air, like good Phalangists. There is no doubt that nine hundred little children in Santander are well fed ; and it is the proud boast of the A uxilio Social that dining-rooms were set up in Castellon de la Plana, the last big town captured by Franco, as soon as the troops marched in. But there is another side to the medal which must for fairness' sake be mentioned. Childre11 beg in the streets as they always have in Spain, but passers-by are now encouraged to remind them of the A uxilio Social and refuse alms.

'We are not allowed to go to the Auxilio Social,' these children reply, 'as our tickets have been taken away.' And some whisper that only those whose parents have no black marks against their names can eat at the expense of the State. Little ragged children still run along the quayside scraping spilt corn into little paper bags: Few Spaniards have any confidence in the official news bulletins issued every night. Punctually at l i . 30 the wireless blares out a bugle-call and all the cafes sit and listen. The announcer records

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE crushing victories on all fronts for the glorious troops. Then ' Saludo a Franco ! Arriba Espana ! ' and the old Royal National Anthem. The Spaniard lowers his outstretched arm, shrugs his shoulders, and returns to his drink-' Nada.' The widest rumours circulate and are more readily listened to. ' The Republicans are hammering on the gates of Saragossa : the Republican Fleet will shortly appear off Santander and bombard it.' Foreigners_, therefore, are eagerly questioned for news, and asked how much longer the war will last. The warmest s upporters of Franco thought the war would go on for another two years at least.

By contrast with other cities that I visited in Nationalist territory, Santander has at least a superficial gaiety. There are not the same dense crowds as swarm into the great square of Salamanca or wander aimlessly up and down the Paseo in Burgos. On the promenades of Santander one mixes with Spanish citizens taking the air in the evening, and not with hundreds upon hundreds of soldiers snatching their few moments of relaxation before going back to the Ebro . Cafes are filled with Carlists, Phalangists , priests and Civil Guards. Foreign soldiers are rare there, only a few German pilots-very different from the crowds of Italian legionaries and German airmen in Salamanca, Valladolid and Burgos.

Santander left with me the impression of a town which has little stomach for continuing the war, where the people for the most part are neither Communists nor Fascists, but have sunk into a kind of dull resignation, with occasional hopes of some miracle ending¡ the war, who bitterly resent foreign intervention, but do not feel that they can do anything¡ about it. Of the other Spain they know nothing beyond what they read in the papers : put they do remember that Franco came into their town with a half-Italian army after it had been defended, not by Russians and French 1¡egulars, but by Spanish militiamen. The foreigners have gone their ways from Santander, but Santander does not forget.

It is difficult to make confident assertions about a whole nation from a few casual _conversations with people who are often afraid to speak. But one impression, and to my mind a significant impression, cannot fa il to strike the foreign visitor: Nationalist Spain is g loomy. I speak not so much of the unhappiness of those who suffer, for that is inevitable in all wars, but of an imposed g loom, a determination that gaiety is not to be tolerated. I went by ship from Santander to Cadiz : in the smoking-room was a gramophone and a piano, but not one of the passengers dared touch either. To my knowledge, I was the only passenger w ho visited the bar in six days. In Seville the dance-halls are empty, because it is con-

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sidered a sin to dance while men are dying for the cause. The Spanish Phalange claims to restore to modernity the united great and free Spain of tradition. That may be, or it may not be: but.I am certain that they are restoring, if not creating for the first time, the cowled Spain of the Black Legend and of old Philip, wherewith Elizabethan grandams did orice affright naughty children. All Spain is unhappy : Franco' s Spain is full of gloom.

J.

COLLECTING IN THE CAYMANS T was my good fortune this summer to be a member of the expedition to the Cayman Islands which went out under the auspices of the 0. U. Exploration Club. The three Cayman Islands are situated 200 miles N .W. of Jamaica. The two lesser Caymans were discovered in 1503 by Columbus, who named them Tortugas because they swarmed with turtles. In 1670 the islands were ceded

by Spain to Great Britain, in whose hands they have ever since remained. They are administered by a Commissioner as a dependency of Jamaica. The expedition was in acceptance of a long-standing invitation by Commissioner Cardinal! for the purpose of making a biological survey. The party comprised: W. G . Alexander (B.N.C.), leader and organiser; C. B. Lewis (Wadham), general biologist; Vv. N. Paton, B.A. (Magdalen), marine zoologist; W. Kings _ (Lawrence Sheriff School), botanist; and myself in the capacity of biologist.

As we had leave to be absent from Oxford for Trinity Term, we left Liverpool on March 22nd in a B Class Elders & Fyffes banana boat bound for Jamaica. On April 5th we steamed slowly past the magnificent harbour of P ort Royal into Kingston. The rest of the party spent one week in Jamaica before the fortnightly Cayman mailboat left ; but I fell a victim to mumps, and spent two weeks in quarantine and then a week admiring the beauty of the ' Pearl of the Antilles' wh ile I was waiting for the boat. In late April I boarded the mailboat Cimboco for Grand Cayman. The distance is approximately 220 miles. On the way we called at both the lesser Caymans, Cayman Brae and Little Cayman. The elevenyear-old Cimboco., built as a schooner with a round bottom and second-hand 4-cylinder Swedish engines, fully lived up to her reputation. She rolled scuppers under most of the time, and I spent two days resting and fasting in my bunk.

On arriving at Georgetown, the capital of Grand Cayman, I was surprised to find a settlement of civilised appearance, with neat timber houses roofed w ith corrugated iron. I was quickly intro-

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duced to our headquarters, a very substantial house in a large garden in which there was a diversity of fruit trees-sweet orange, sour orange, sour sop, sweet sop, tangerine, guinip, naseberry, Spanish plum, starapple, breadfruit and m ango. The latter yielded this year a bumper harvest , which the Caymanians regard as pointing to a hurricane-a true forecast this time , as future events were to show. The population of the island is 4,500. Thirty per cent of this total are white, the largest white population, proportiona tely, of any West Indian island. A considerable number of the white population is of pirate stock, for these islands, owing to their position on the route t hrough the Carribean to the Yucatan Straits, were at one time popular pirate bases. Morgan himself was a frequent visitor. Their pirate connections are revealed in many of the names of places and fa milies, but the friendliness and hospitality of the people is in g reat contrast to their pirate ancestors.

Immediately upon my arrival we went into camp at a remote part of the coast. We had two local boys as field assistants, a negro cook, and a boy to work the motor-boat which we occasionally hired. The first night in camp taught us a lesson we never forgot. Our tents were pitched near a mangrove pool, and mosquitoes and sandflies rendered sleep impossible for everyone.

Sandflies are an especial curse, for no net will keep them out. Next day we moved camp to the extremity of a sandy point, and slept moderately well fo r the rest of our stay there.

The land-crabs are somewhat eerie until one becomes accustom ed to th em. At nig ht they nestle all round in the undergrowth and have a nasty habi t of linge ring on the path s. There are several s pecies, and the largest measures eighteen inches a cross the legs.

I tri ed the stren g¡th of a male 's pincers on my boot, and w a s indeed surprised at their power-my toe w as nearly crushed through the leather.

We also had two 18-foot catboats at our disposal. These have no centre-plate or iron keel but are used under ballast, and with their sloping mast they can sail very close to the wind. They are ¡ extremely easily capsized, and we had, consequently, many thrills and narrow escapes on the water.

Later we split up into two parties. Lewis, Kings and I_, boarding the Cimboc o again, went off for the Lesser Caymans, whilst Paton and Alexander lived on board a schooner anchored in the large sound on the north side of Grand Cayman. There they continued studyi ng the marine fauna of that very interesting area.

The Lesser Caymans are 60 miles from Grand Cayman and four miles apart. Cayman Brae, where we stayed ten days, ha s a cliff

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Cayman Brae is connected by wireless with Grand Cayman, which has daily schedules with Cuba and Jamaica, but Little Cayman, which we next visited, is completely isolated. The population is only 64. \!Ve stayed with a .certain Capt. Sam Bodden, the living image of a typical pirate. His pirate resemblances were enhanced by the great affection he bestowed upon his parrot. He existed on treasure which he had found on the Banner Reef many years ago.

The safe in which the gold ingots were kept was blown away in the '32 hurricane, when the sea swept over the whole island. The safe was found buried in the sand, but the key was never discovered, so the wily Captain, not wishing his neighbours to know the secret of his treasure , employed a deaf and dumb boy to open the safe. Nevertheless, the heaps which the lad afterwards formed in the sand convinced everyone that the Captain will not lack gold for many a day.

Little Cayman is one of the last strongholds of the iguana, and we trapped several. Here we also caught our record number of insects for a light trap during one night-the almost unbelievable total of 100,000 specimens. We were kept rather busy for two days sorting this catch !

Arriving back on Grand Cayman, we started almost immediately on our survey of the south coast. Every afternoon during this period we had an electric storm with terrific thunder and torrential ~ain. The plantations, consisting of banana, paw-paw, cassava, yam, sweet potato and maize, are situated well inland,

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and the p aths leading to them, composed mostly of coral, are worn smooth by countless feet, naked or wearing the native 'wamper,' a shoe consisting of a piece of old motor-tyre attached to the foot with thatch rope. When working in the bush, which was very . thick, we hacked our way through with the aid of matchets. The mosquitoes were beginning to appear, it being late June, and work in the bush was at times very uncomfortable. I should mention that the mosquitoes on Grand Cayman are more numerous than almost anywhere else in the world . Towards the end of August we experienced them at their worst, a nd then we spent as much t ime as possible indoors, for if you walk outside they will descend in a swarm and cover yo u in a black mass. We became consider-. ably immune to their bi tes_, which at fir st raised large lumps on our skin, but the pain remained most irritating. The malarial and yellow fever mosquito are present, but fortunately the diseases have not yet been introduced. During a long trek we made northwards from th e east end we were the first men, so the natives assured us, to cross a large marshy ¡belt bord ering the north coast.

Our last expedition from headquarters was to visit the only north-east settlement, whence we made many enjoyable excursions into the wooded interior of this region . Our collection of livestock, which had been increasing steadily, was here augmented by the valuable addition of fourteen water-tortoises, averaging about one foot in length. I accompanied the native who caught these reptiles for us in a distant mangrove pool. His method was to wade about up to his waist in mud, feeling around with his hand until he touched a tortoise, which he woufd seize and throw to me. Wh y he was never bitten I was unable to understand, for these brutes could most certainly bite. I speak from experien ce, since one climbed to the top of the sack in which I was carrying them and fastened hold with a v ice-like grip to the meaty portion of my leg.

About this p eriod several visits occurred which enabled the Caymanians to show their remarkable hospitality in the form of the dances and picnics which they so dearly love. A Cuban gunboat called, and the Spaniards, although they could speak no English, thoroughly enjoyed themselves . A French barquentine , th e Cap Pilar, nearing the conclusion of her two-year trip round the world, was another visitor. She presented a beautiful spectacle in Georgetown harbour. We had dinner and a very enjoyable evening aboard . H.M.S. Orion, arriving on August Sth, was the most notable visitor. On hurricane patrol in the Caribbean, she visits Cayman annually about this time, and thereby greatly raises the morale of the people in preparation for the hurricane months,

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August, September and October. The Cimboco , in which we were all departing, delayed one day to allow us to attend the festivities in honour of the Commander and officers.

As Lewis and I needed as much extra time as possible for packing our specimens, it was arranged that we should travel on the Orion, which was leaving for J arrnaica on the roth, while the others t ravelled on the Cimboco on the 9th. But on the roth the Orion was obliged to leave ahead of schedule, and Lewis and I, unable to complete our packing in time_, were left marooned on Grand Cayman for at least another fortnight. The following day a hurricane struck the island without warning and gave us a thrill we would certainly have regretted missing. A very considerable amount of damage was done to crops and trees, and several houses of the poorly constructed type were blown away. Two schooners broke their moorings in the harbour, one being beached at the point, the other going out to sea and having subsequently to be located by the seaplane of the Orion, which returned to rescue the vessel. The Cimboco, which lost both her steadying sails when the hurricane passed her by, had an even rougher trip than usual and limped into Kingston two days overdue. Anxiety was felt for another Cayman schooner on her way from Tampa, Florida. We gained a very vivid impression of what it is like to be isolated on an island having only schooner connections with the outside world.

Eventually the Cimboc,o;, after being further delayed on account of another very severe hurricane passing south of the Caymans, left once more for Jamaica with Lewis and myself safely aboard.

So ended a visit rendered enjoyable to the utmost by the extreme kindness and hospitality of the people and their great willingness to co-operate in our work. The Commissioner, too, helped us in every imag inable way.

It will be several years before all the reports on our scientific material can be completed, but it is expected that they will provide significant data regarding the affinities of the Caymans with Cuba, Jamaica, and the mainland of Central America.

G. H. THOMPSON.

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BOOK REVIEWS Under this heading there are noticed or 1'eviewed recently published boohs O'I' articles that possess a special Aularian int erest du e to their authorship or to their contents. We shall be glad to have such books and articles brought to our notice .

THE OXFORD COMPANION To Musrc. By Percy A. Scholes. 8vo ., pp. 1091. Oxford University Press., 1938 . 2 rs .

More than a thousand pages dealing with every conceivable branch of Music. Nothing is neglected, from Counterpoint and H armony to Swing music and Chinese crash cymbals. Bartok is given eq ual prominence beside Bach. Electrotonic organs interest Dr. Scholes more than Harpsichords. W e are given information on an enormous variety of subjects r elated to Music, ranging from Hitler to the Hydrodaktalopsychicha nnonica. We learn on the same page that Brahms got up every morning at 5 o'clock to brew strong black coffee, and that Branle (Bransle, Brawl or Bran!) was a popular dance at the Court of Louis XIV. (Incidentally Dr. Scholes ¡might have told us that Bra hms had a habit of growling into his beard-it serves to explain the muddy harmony in the bass part of one of his piano Intermezzi.)

It is extremely fascinating and instructive to open any page of this encyclopaedia and see how one article leads to another .

Turn up a ny page-you find, say, Bert Brecht. You have probably never heard of Bert Brecht, but if you turn up Gebrauchsmusik , t o which Dr. Scholes refers you, yo u will learn that he was a revolutionary poet who preached that artists ought to preserve contact with the masses. In reading the whole article on Gebrauchsmusik, yo u will learn much about the social nature of some contemporary German music, notably that of Hindemith, Krenek and Kurt W eill.

Look up the latter name and you will find yourself turning up articles on Applause in Sacred P laces and during Sacred Music, which, in its turn, leads on to Concerto, Cadenza, Italy Concert, and so on ad infinititm.

"Dr. Scholes out-Groves Groves in his remarks on Barber's Shop Music a nd Meal-time Music. This latt er practice is evidently very a ncient, for, as Isaac Walton tells us in The Comple.te Angler, 'The Romans at the heig ht of their glory . . . had music to usher in their Sturgeons, Lampreys and Mullets.'

An anecdote which should prove of interest to membe rs of the H all, and others, is included in the article on ' Home, sweet Home.'

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It is a cutting from an American newspaper : 'At Lawton, Oklahoma, John Brett, an attorney, sang "Home, sweet Home," to a jury to induce clemency for his client, Lloyd Grable, a bank robber.

The jury responded with a verdict of life imprisonment for Mr .

Grable.'

These extracts from the OxfO'l'd Companion serve to give some idea of its variety of interest_, but it must not be thought that this encyclopaedia is a mere collection of obscure facts connected with m usic and of interesting anecdotes about musicians. The articles on such subjects as Mass, Pianoforte, Modulation and Composition contain scholarly accounts which should prove instructive to the non-initiated and useful as reference to the expert. The explanation of musical terms, such as 'coloratura,' the translation of foreign words, the pronouncing g lossary , the short summaries of Operas, as welJ as the biographies of composers, are all indispensable to a work of this type. The author has succeeded admirably in combining accurate detail with interest. The chronological list of Dvorak's nine symphonies is of particular value, as it is rarely found in works of musical criticism.

Dr. Scholes also finds space to include nearly l, 200 illustrations.

Apart from photographs of composers, there are reproductions of expressionist paintings by Kandinsky and Schonberg, of old manuscripts such as the first '\i\Thole Booke ' of Psa)ms, publfshed in 1562, and other numerous plates-Dr. Harvey Grace's 'Chart for young conductors,' the ancient members of the Oboe family, and even of inn music in the seventeenth century.

This is a book for the browser. if he is lazy, and for the serious student if he is not contented merely with imagining how picturesque Schubert must have been in his frequentations of Bogner's Coffee House. Details have been sacrificed to essentials, and it is in the interesting presentation of essential facts that the merit of this work lies.

N. J. STRACHAN.

THE W ASHOE GIANT IN SAN FRru'ICISCO. By Mark Twain. Being heretofore uncollected sketches published in the '6os . Edited with an Introduction by Franklin \i\T alker. Illustrated by Lloyd Hoff. 8vo., pp. 144¡ George Fields, San Francisco, 1938. $2.50.

Utilizing apt printing, amusing illustrations, and a companionable style in introduction and prefaces, Mr. Walker renders significant Mark Twain sketches important only in that they are apprentice efforts of a later artist.

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Omitted from Mark's first book because he thought them too crude for Eastern readers, they offend to-day less against the standard of taste than of literary excellence. Early twentieth century American authors were of course able to indulge greater technical freedom than the nineteenth century writer would ever have deemed artistically proper, but the real weakness of the sketches lies in their failure to give birth to Mark Twain as a personality. The hilarious shower of thought bursting from his own peculiar type of introspection is as yet subordinated to objective description.

Few are the indications of the later appeal of Torn Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and incredulous Americans abroad. Employment of the microscope of criticism will reveal some, but, like Mark himself, one is apt to experience in the examination ' a warm fellow-feeling for the dog that drank sixty gallons of water to get a spoonful of mush at the bottom of the tank.' The author's delight in the ridiculous detail is perhaps more evident than any other facet of his later skill. The prolonged description of the fashions at the Lick House ball may be made worth the reading by the noting of one lady's coiffure as 'a simple wreath of sardines on a string.'

English readers will find the sketches a valuable aid to the recovery of a vanishing brand of American humour; for the exaggeration of the ' tall story ' has long given way to the ' wisecrack.'

But they had perhaps better turn to the later books, for in these well-edited early sketches the author is still Samuel L. Clemens, who has yet to undergo the happy metamorphosis that gave the world Mark Twain.

J. G. RIDEOUT. ENGLISH POETRY. A Student's Anthology. Selected by Kenneth Muir. Crown Svo., pp. 314. Oxford University Press, 1938.

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This is new kind of anthology with a definite purpose of its own. Although the book contains a collection of poetry which, not being confined to lyrical verse, has a greater variety than is to be found in many anthologies, it is not simply a collection of what the editor thinks is the best in English poetry. Indeed a number of good poets (including many modern poets) are omitted altogether, and many are represented by lesser known poems. Mr. Muir's aim is a collection of specimens chosen and arranged so as to develop the reader's understanding of what English poetry is, and to increase his sensibility to all kinds of poetic expression. The result is not an album of beauties, to be '<lipped into,' but a book to be . read, with a continuous thread of purpose running through it.

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Anyone who wishes to develop or test his critical powers will find here the m aterial for a wide range of comparisons ; but there is no need for the r eader to pursue_, or confine himself to, the comparative method.

It is an essential element in the plan of the book that the authors' names are not printed in the text, but are g iven only in the short commentary at the end, which includes also suggestion,; for comparison and contrast and the explanation of difficulties which demand special knowledge. The book is divided for convenience into seven parts, but they are not self-contained, and poems in one section might, in some cases, have been printed in another.

The pieces are all printed in their contemporary spelling and punctuation, not for pedantic reasons, but because Mr. Muir holds it to be impossible to modernize without some slight modification of meaning . The old spelling ensures, in his opinion, a freshness of response to otherwise familiar poems.

The anthology was prepared at the request of the Society for Teachers of English.

By Kenneth Allott. Svo., pp. 64.

London, 1938. 5s. net.

PoEMS.

The Hogarth Press,

In so far abandoning the conventional forms, modern poets are m danger of destroying the connecting link between writer and reader. Neither the versification nor the subject-matter of Mr. Allott' s poems is easily appreciated ; the reader searches in vain for familiar and recognisable points of technique.

The unconventional versification of Gerard Hopkins is effective chiefly because he is careful to state the pattern from which he intends to deviate, and the reader can keep in mind the ' standard foregoing rhythm ' and relish the brilliant surprises which Hopkins provides. The modems, however, t hrow away their advantage; t hey disregard what the rea der knows, and since he expects nothing, he cannot be surprised.

Obviously a man who uses phrases as competently as Kenneth Allott could write conventional verse if he wished . But poetry depends upon emotional effect; facts cannot be k ept in mind, and those unaccustomed to modern poetry cannot but get the impression first that Mr. Allott welcomes a rhyme when it happens along, secondly that he rejoices equally in a false rhyme, and lastly that, ¡ like Donne, his first lines sometimes take a most complicated verse form but that, unlike Donne, he does not trouble to complete his metrical scheme.

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Neither is it easy to extract meaning (in the intellectual sense) from Mr. Allott's poems. With most of his contemporaries, he is troubled by a social conscience and thinks that The technical miracles which ease our living Presuppose misery.

On the other hand, he does not advocate any special political reform; his hope of salvation appears to lie in individual strength and freshness. He admires the lovers Who build on the blank cheque of a single cell The Arabian palace of the individual ; and he advises us : Be like a halcyon between This and the next storm.

A short preface or introduction to this first volume of poems wo uld have been very h elpful ; reviewers should not be allowed to miss the point. Is the reader to look for beautiful phrasing, propaganda, or simply for what Stephen Spender was anxious to provide?Energy and only energy, As from th e electric charge of a battery.

Obscurity is hard to forgive, even technically. If Kenneth Allott considers the intellect unimportant in poetry, then he should not keep that of th e reader so uncomfortably awa re. To mislead , soothe, and lull t he intellect while an emotional message is slipped over unaware, that is an excellent device ; but why keep the intellect irritated and a nxious? If, on the other hand, Mr. A.Hott wishes to convey a messagePhilo, with twelve years study, hath been grieved To be understood; when will he be b elieved?

Mr. Allott's obscurity is the Jess forgivable, because his poems convey a feeling of energy and freshness : his phrases a re strong and descriptive. One hopes that his obscurity is the result of a strength an d sensibility which wi ll later find smoother ex pression.

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THE FOUR GosPELs¡. Their Origin, Purpose and Value. By the Rev. J. A. Schofield . With a Foreword by the Archbishop of Melbourne : pp. 96. Ramsay Publish ing Pty. Ltd .., Melbourne, 1937.

This little book is fo unded on a series of lectures which the V icar of St. Mark's, Camberwell, Melbourne, gave at the invitation of a J oint Committee of the Anglican and Methodist Church of Victoria. It is commended by the Archbishop of Melbourne as

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' just what is wanted, especially in Australia,' for the help and guidance of ordinary educated men and women. It should serve this purpose admirably, and is designed to be of special use for Study Circles.

THE: RE:v.. vVILLIAM HANBURY OF CHURCH LANGTON. Gardener, Educationalist and Visionary. By Mrs. Arundel Esdaile. Contributed to Country Life, Dec. 3, 1938. pp. 562-4.

The Rev. William Hanbury matriculated in January, 1745, as a member of Magdalen Hall, but migrated later to St . Edmund Hall, whence he graduated B.A. in 1748. He became Rector of Church Langton, Leics., in 1753, and continued to serve that parish until his death in 1778. But that Hanbury was no ordinary country rector is made clear by Mrs. Esdaile in the entertaining account that she has written of him. He was a considerable writer on horticultural subjects. A Compleat Book of Planting and Gardening, published in 1770 in two handsome folio s , is the most imposing memorial that he has left behind him to his enthusiasm and knowledge as a gardening expert. The church of Church Langton still contains the organ which he installed, and which was used in the performances of Handel's anthems and of the Messiah which he instituted in 1759, with Dr. v\Tilliarn Hayes as conductor.

To begin with, the unlettered country folk were amazed at the enterprise. ' The wildest rumours,' Mrs . Esdaile says, 'flew round the country : the Rector was planning "to set up the Pretender'' ; " to raise the Mi_litia" ; " to enact the Day of J udgment." ' The pipes of his new organ were taken for great guns and little guns: but, even so, ' the performances brought "more than two hundred chariots, landaus, and post-chaises " to the village . Every lodg ing in the neighbourhood ¡was booked ; " and an eye w ithout tears could hardly be found in the whole church,'' even though the villagers thought the kettledrums were thunder and were '' struck into seeming statues."' It was the intention of Mr. Hanbury that the proceeds from these Music Meetings and from the sales of trees from his plantations should form the foundation of a Trust Fund, the many objects of which are set out in an Essay on Planting, and a Scheme for maki;,,,g it condu.civ e to the Glory of God and the advantage of Society, published at Oxford in 1758. The objects which this Trust Fund was designed to serve mount up in a remarkable crescendo : the decoration of his church, the provision of an organ, an organist and schoolmaster, free schools for boys and girls, a beef trust for the poor, advowsons for the promotion of dese~ving curates_, a parish library, a great picture gallery ' to

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excite piety and devotion,' a great grammar school, which was to include on its staff a Professor of Antiquities who was to occupy his spare time in the compilation of county histories , a county hospital, ' a grand and stately church with stalls for the Trustees and Professors,' which was to be 'truly Gothic, and built as like a Cathedral as possible,' and a museum of natural history with a Physick Garden, professor's lodgings, printing office , and other buildings a rranged so as to form ' a square of 200 yards.' But this was not all. After the completion 'of this programme a vast choral college was to be fo und ed a t Oxford on Headington_Hill.

Writing in 1798 Nichols, the historian of Leicestershire, was obliged to relate ' that so laudable a project h as not yet succeeded to any considerable extent.' But even if Hanbury's dreams for the most part never came to fruit, the parishioners of the Langtons today have good reason to bear his name in grateful recollection. ' The dole of beef,' Mrs. Esdaile writes, ' is duly given in D ecember; the organs and the organi sts of the three Langton churches are endowed from his Trust; and free visits from the doctor, and tickets for hospital beds, are still provided by the trustees. To the schools are attached a workroom for the boys , a kitchen for the g¡irls, as well as fields a nd gardens, a library with its own catalogue, and a reading room for adults .. . . If Hanbury could see these things to-day, could watch 250 chi ldren file in to an ordered and excellent dinner which at 1s. 3d. a week pays for itself, could see the splendid buildings erected by the Trust, he wc;mld feel that the spirit of his benefaction was here at least mo st fully carried ou t, even if his cathedral and its stately services rema in a vis ion unfulfilled .'

T HE S uAKI:>-BERBER RAILWAY, 1885. By R. L. Hill. Contributed to Sudan Notes and Records, Vol. XX, Pt. 1 (rg.37), pp. rn7-24 .

In thi s article Mr. R. L. Hill tells the story of an expensive fiasco in railway construction. The abandonment of the scheme to build a railway from Suakin to Berber after twenty 'miles of track had been laid and a million pounds of taxpaye rs' money expended is <rne of the less creditable of the minor incidents of the AngloEgyptian campaign against the Mahdi . 'Of the thousands of pounds worth of railway material left derelict on the ground only a trifle was ever used again. The enemy was sated with metal for spear-heads and his women had sleepers in abundance for pounding their corn. '

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E NGLISH NEWSBOOKS, 1620- 1641. By Laurence Hanson. Contributed to The Library (The Transactions of the Bibliographical Society), 4th Series, Vol. XVIII, 4, pp. 355-84. .

Mr. L. W. Hanson in this article makes an important contribution to the early history of English journalism. His field of survey is confined to news books, issued under royal licence, which supply foreign news, news of the Thirty Years liVar, and those which give general reports of affairs throug¡hout Europe and not particular relations of isolated occurrences. He not only subjects the corantos to a critical scrutiny but throws new light on the character and methods of the men engaged in their production.

GOLDSMITH'S CRITICAL OUTLOOK. By vV. Vaughan Reynolds. Contributed to The Review of English Studies, Vol. XIV, 54 ( 1938), pp. l-18.

Goldsmith as a critic has been neglected, and, as Mr. Reynolds shows in this article, this neglect is not due to lack of material.

Mr. Reynolds is able to prove that Goldsmith's criticism cannot be dismissed as the facile product of a rapid reviewer, but shows that it was founded on definite principles, sympathetic in the main to the Augustan school.

ALBANY CATHEDRAL GumE BooK. By the Very Rev. E.W. Welles, Dean of Albany. pp. I12. Fifth Edition, 1938. 50 cents.

This guide-book which Dean Welles has compiled furnishes a very interesting and readable history of the growth of what may be claimed to be the first great cathedral church of the Episcopal Church of America, the corner-stone of which was laid in 1884.

STRING FIG URES ON THE GOLD COAST. By G. S. Cansdale. Contributed to The Teachers' Journal, Gold Coast, Vol. IX, 3 (1937). pp. 53-61.

GOLD COAST FORESTS AND FORESTRY. In English and Twi. By G. S . Cansdale. Forestry Dept., Gold Coast, Bulletin No. 2, 1938.

In his illustrated article on the engaging subject of string figures Mr. Cansdale describes several Gold Coast figures not hitherto recorded.

Mr. Cansdale 's pamphlet on Gold Coast Forests and Forestry is intended to explain to native farmers and others how essential the work of the Forestry Department is to the welfare of the country and how much it n eeds co-operation and support on the part of the community.

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