%t. bugb's Club Paper. No. 14.
AUGUST, 1906. %t. lbugb's Club. Miss MOBERLY, President (till July, 1908). P. BIRD, Vice-President (till yuly, 1908). A. MALONE (till yid)", 1907). H. D. M. STARK (till July, 1907).
E. E. WARDALE, Vice-President (till yuzy, 1908). C. M. ADY, Editor (till July, 1908). E. A. HOBHOUSE (till July, 1907).
H. C. DENEKE, Treasurer (till July, 1908). H. C. HUNTER (till July, 1907). E. T. BAZELEY, Senior Student.
F. M. S. BATCHELOR, Secretary (till July, 1908).
Members. Abbott, A. M. Ellesborough, Butler's Cross, Bucks. *Abdy, D. C.f U.M.C.A., Korogwe, Tanga, German East 1 18, Queen's Road, Tunbridge Wells. [Africa. *Ady, C. M. The Rectory, Ockham, Surrey. *Arbuthnot-Lane, St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. R. L. 21, Cavendish Square, W. *Ash, L. 69A, Queen's Road, Bayswater, W. Kilwarra, Upper Warlingham, Surrey. *Ashburner, C. E. High School, Lincoln. Baker, M. f St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. 1 Acacias, Holt, Norfolk. Batchelor, r Wycombe Abbey School, Bucks. F. M. S. t Letcombe Basset Rectory, Wantage. *Bazeley, E. T. Great House, Colyton, Devon. Bell, A. Girls' Intermediate School, Newport, Mon. 4, Beech Villas, Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire. Bird, P,
Godolphin and Latymer Girls' School, Hammersmith, W. 49, Queenswood Road, Forest Hill, S.E.
*Birley, M. H.
Girls' High School, Kimberley, S. Africa. 120, St. Michael's Road, Bedford.
*Blamire-Brown, Monks Risborough Rectory, Prince's RisR. E. 1 borough, Bucks. *Bowen-ColtDripsey Castle, Coachford, co. Cork. hurst, P. de B.F../ *Braine-Hartnell, Mrs., Oriel Lodge, Cheltenham. (C. L. Barker.) *Browne, E. M. Shute Haye, Walditch, Bridport. *Broyne, Mrs. C. V., Mullaitevn, Northern Province, Ceylon. (A. C. Goodchild.)
*Bulkeley, M. M. The Rectory, Morpeth. Burnett, M. E. f Victoria Church Hostel, 266, Oxford Road, I Manchester. *Coombes, L. 53, Ravenswood Road, Redland, Bristol. Cornish, M. St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. Cedar House, Axminster, Devon. Cowie, W.
St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. Johannesburg, S. Africa.
Cox, Mrs. A.
58, High Street, Watford.
(S. M. Iles.)
*Crick, M. M.
1Hopkinson House, 88, Vauxhall Bridge Road, Litton Cheney Rectory, Dorchester. [S.W.
c Girls' Grammar School, Berkhamstead. *Cunynghame, G. M. E. / House, East Grinstead. Dawson, L.
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1 St. Anne's School, Abbots Bromley, Rugeley. 1 Devereux, Lansdowne Road, Sidcup,
Ladies' College, Guernsey. De Castro, I. P. M. L. 1 8, Friern Park Road, North Finchley, N. *Deneke, H. C.
St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. / 2, Cambridge Gate, N.W.
Dening, C. L. A. Training College, Hereford. Manor House, Stow-on-the-Wold. *Dodwell, D. Coniston, Watford. Eakin, M. L. Ormeside, Llandudno. Eppstein, Z. Godolphin School, Salisbury, Cambrian Villa, The Barrows, Cheddar. Etlinger, F. vonf Tower House, 28, "rite Street, Chelsea, S.W. 1 Seamount, Howth, co. Dublin. Fairbanks, A. L. Harptree Lodge, Wells, Somerset. Fairlie Watson Mrs., Pusa, Durbhugbah, India, (W. E. Buxton.;
Farnell, R.
f St. Hugh's. Hall, Oxford. 1 Hempstead House, Eastbourne. Fear, H. M. St. Agnes' School,E. Grinstead. 1 Spring Villa, Moat Road, E. Grinstead. Flamsteed, M. M. D., Girls' High School, Kimberley, S. Africa, Fowler, A. C. 15, Broad Lane, Tottenham, N. Gent, Mrs. H. C. St. Katherine's Lodge, Knowle, Bristol. (S. E. Kershaw.)
*Goddard, R. W. Craddock Lodge, Cullompton. *Grant, M. A. f High School, Tunbridge Wells. 1 28, Linden Road, Bedford. Grattan, E. H. G. f Grey Coat Hospital, Westminster, S.W. 1 Katharine House, Addiscombe, Croydon. Hales, A. M. M. 27, Cambridge Road, Hove, Brighton. Hamilton, G. Edgbaston High School, Birmingham. 6, Wallbutton Road, Brockley, S.E. Hamilton, R. E. Central Foundation School, Spital Sq., E.C. 1 6, Wallbutton Road, Brockley, S.E. f St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. Hammonds, D. M. 1. 37, North Street, Chichester. *Harvey, Mrs. R. Hanbury Rectory, Bromsgrove. (C. D. Barter.)
Romagnieu, Par le pont de Beauvoisin, Isere, France. J High School, Clifton. Hedley, C. 1 7o, Talbot Road, Southport. 28, High Street, Morley, Yorks. Hirst, M. Hobhouse, Mrs. 20, Carpenter Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham. Hatch, E. M.
(E. A. Owen.)
*Hodge, D. M. V. Queen Anne's School, Caversham, Reading. 12, St. Margaret's Road, Oxford. Horner, W. S. H. Eldersfield Vicarage, Tewkesbury, Glos. c St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. Hough, G. C. 1 Holy Trinity Vicarage, Worcester. *Hudson, H, M. Elderslea, Bushey Heath. Dunstan Hall, Norwich. Hunt, E. A. I 44, Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square, W. 115, Eaton Square, S.W. *Hunter, H. C. Joel, C. S.
Branch High School, Truro. 1 Glenleigh, Milford-on-Sea, Lymington,
Hants.
75, Southside, Clapham Common, S.W. Rogers, L. E. Holy Trinity Vicarage, Keighley. Seelly, G. M. The Hall Cottage, Yateley, Hants. *Selby, G. M. Teachers' Training College, Brighton. Shuttleworth, M. A. / Choir School, College Green, Worcester. 5 St. Bernard's, Newton Abbott, Devon. Simpson, J. Warleigh House, Southboulne Rd., Sheffield. Simpson, M. L. St. Bernards, Newton Abbott, Devon. Warleigh House, Southbourne Rd., Sheffield. St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. Smith, G. N. 23, Alderbrook Road, Balham, S.W. Snowdon, E. M. H., Sunninghill Vicarage, Berks. Sparks, B. M. f High School, Wisbech. 1 Kirk Langley Rectory, Derby. Spooner, E. M. Eyot Cottage, Chiswick Mall, W. Trelawne, Sutton, Surrey. Sprules, D, Stark, H. D. M. Graham Street High School, S.W. Bromborough, Cheshire. Godolphin High School, Salisbury. Steer, G. E. 1 Ryhall Vicarage, Stamford. 230, Iffley Road, Oxford. *Stoton, F. E. *Swetenham, Mrs.
*Johnston, J. A. (The County School, Ramsgate. Fairview, Boston Square, Hunstanton, Norfolk. *Jourdain, C. E. Broadwindsor Manor, Beaminster. *Jourdain, E. F, S St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. 270, Boulevard Raspail, Paris. Keeling, M. A. ( St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. Girls' Grammar School, Bradford. S St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. Knipe, F. M. The Limes, Rowington, Warwick. Havergal College, Toronto. *Knox, E. M. S Westminster City School. Langston, B. / 18A, Bute Street, S. Kensington. Langston, F. M. 18A, Bute Street, S. Kensington. ( Girls' Grammar School, Bradford. Lardelli, M. 1, Maisemore Mansions, Canfield Gardens, Hampstead, N.W. I 77, Banbury Road, Oxford. *Lee, M. L. 1 Leafield, Witney, Oxon. Levett, D, M. N. The Parsonage, Brenchley, Kent. Lidbetter, E. M. ( Withington Girls' School, Fallowfield, Man[ampton. ' Chester. ( Loisweedon Vicarage, Towcester, North. Ludwig, I. D. ( The High School, Newbury. Grey Coat Hospital, Westminster, S.W. i St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. Mack, M. / The Grinstead, Partridge Green, Sussex. Greenisland, co. Antrim, Ireland. *McCall, F. H. 4, Brunswick Square, W.C. *Malone, A. ( Queen Margaret's School, Scarborough. Mammatt, W. M. / Brookside, Ilkley, Yorks. Marriott, Mrs. J. A. R., 19, Northmoor Road, Oxford.
(E. B. L. Watson.)
5 High School, Swansea. Upham Rectory, Bishop's Waltham. *Titley, E. M. ( 39, Rylett Road, Ravenscourt Park, W. 569, Brixton Hill, S.W. Thompson, M. E. E., St. Nicholas, Pierremont Av., Broadstairs. ( St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. Todd, L. M. Westfield House, Tiverton, Devon. SSt. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. *Tudor, M. Glendower, Sutton, Surrey. Turner, J. E. S City of London School for Girls, Victoria Ern/ 41, Myddelton Square, E.C. [bankment, E.C. *Twentyman, Mrs., The Laurels, Tettenhall Wood, (E. B. Warner.) Wolverhampton. Vaux, E. Technical School, Trowbridge Von Vogdt, L. ( St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. / Spalernaja 3, St. Petersburg. *Ward, F. 36, Sussex Square, Brighton, *Wardale, E. E., Ph.D., 4, Bradmore Road, Oxford. *Warington, Mrs. High Bank, Harpenden, Herts. Tew, M. J.
(H. Robinson.) c Eaton House, Aldeburgh, Suffolk. 1 19, Howard Place, Carlisle. [mingham. 1 High School, Worcester. May, E. G. Ravens Clift, Oxford Road, Moseley, BirMedill, G. I. K. Rostrevor, Denmark Avenue, Wimbledon. Mitchell, W. J. de L., The Oaks, Rondebosch, Cape Town. ( St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. *Moberly, C. A. E. / 6, West Hill, Sydenham, S.E. Moberly, M. A. St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. 1 6, West Hill, Sydenham, S.E. f St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. Mowll, M. K. 1 Beauxfield House, Whitfield, Dover. Wilton Rectory, Salisbury. Olivier, E. M. *Ottley, M. I. M. ( St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. 30, Gloucester Place, Portman Square, W. 5High School, Falmouth. Parsons, G. I. 6, Hilltop Road, West End Lane, Hampstead. Payan Dawnay, Mrs., 37, Twyford Mansions, Weymouth St., W.
Matravers, E. C.
(R. J. Spackman.)
*Watson, J. 7, Upper Cheyne Row, S.W. Watson, ( St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. C. G. W. / Bothenhampton Vicarage, Bridport, Dorset. Webb, M. N. Yardleys, Kettering. *West, W. Bawnmoor, Bilton, near Rugby. *Weston, M. D. S.P.G. Women's House, 28, Nagata Cho, 1 Kojimachiku, Tokio, Japan. White, S. A., Auckland School, De la Warr Rd., Bexhill-on-Sea. ( High School, Wigan. Wigg, M. E. 18, de Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, S.E. Wiglesworth, H. E., Collegiate School, Maritzburg, S. Africa. The Cedars, Chislehurst, Kent. Willett, G. Williams, A. M.c/o ) C. C. Lynam, Esq., School House, Birdwell Road, Oxford. 19, Carlingford Rd., Hampstead Heath,N.W. Williams, E. Bede House, Stamford. Willson, Mrs. N. Ansgar, Hilperton, Trowbridge.
c
(A. B. Townsend.)
19, Wimborne Gardens, Ealing, W. Pearson, E. H. Phillips, E. A. 5 St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. 5, Porchester Square, W. ( St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. Potter, M. 17, John Street, Whitby. ( Balsall Heath Vicarage, Birmingham. *Price, H. Dodderhill Vicarage, Droitwich. Price, Mrs. H. Maesteg, Penllyne Road, Whitchurch, (J. Emmerson.) near Cardiff. Prideaux, St. Saviour's and St. Olave's Girls' Grammar E. M. C. School, New Kent Road, S.E. St. Saviour's Vicarage, Redland, Bristol. Ramsay, Mrs. A. S., 7r, Chesterton Road, Cambridge.
(A. Bond.)
Winford Rectory, near Bristol. Wilson, H. I. 3, St. Paul's Terrace, Winchester. Wilson. M. Woodhouse, A. I., Grimley Vicarage, Worcester: *Woodman, H. S Church Middle Class Girls' School, Leeds. 13, Caledonian Road, Leeds. *Wright, Mrs. C. P., c/o Messrs. Grindley & Co., (A. L. Barker.) 54, Parliament Street, S.W. rSt. Paul's Girls' School, Brook Green, W. *Wyld, F. M. Grittleton Rectory, Chippenham.
(A. Wilson.)
de Reyes, M. I. 17, Lansdowne Terrace, Leamington. *Rice, M. A. ( St. Anne's, Abbots Bromley, Rugeley, 1 Kingscote House, East Grinstead. *Rickards, H. A. Dixton Vicarage, Monmouth. Robb, A. Cathedral High School for Girls, Bombay. Roechling,St. St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford, M. H. / 33, Highfield Street, Leicester. •
* Denotes life-membership. Where two addresses are given, the second is the permanent home address. The Editor hopes that Members will inform the Secretary of any change of address. All Subscriptions should be paid at once to the Treasurer, and not to the Secretary.
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LETTERS AND NOTICES. St. Hugh's Hall will enter on its twenty-first year next October, and in order to do honour to the occasion, we hope to have a Gaudy before the next Summer Term. In the course of the autumn, past students will be invited (in order of seniority of residence), to say whether they can look forward to spending (probably) two nights in Oxford at the end of the Easter Vacation. The exact date will then be given. It is hoped that by giving this early notice, past students in Asia, Africa, America, etc., will be able to arrange a visit to England at that time. Considerable inconvenience has been caused this year by members sending in nominations for the vacant offices without having ascertained whether their nominee is willing to stand. If members would observe the regulation, and obtain the consent of any persons they may wish to nominate, the labours of the Secretary would be appreciably lightened. Miss Faithful writes to St. Hugh's Hall that, if there are any old students living in London who might benefit by the Lectures on Divinity at King's College, she would be grateful for their names and addresses in order that she may send them a syllabus. Her address is :-13, Kensington Square, W. It is gratifying to see that, thanks to Miss BowenColthurst, St. Hugh's Hall monopolises the First Class in the Science Lists for 1906. Miss Todd's First Class and Miss Keeling's Prize Essay worthily uphold the traditions of the Hall with regard to the English School. Five prizes and Twelve Firsts in one School is no mean record for a Society which has not yet come of age.
cred at Masasi. In October, the Bishop, to my great joy, sent me to work on the mainland again, and since then I have been struggling to get together a Girls' School at Korogwe. It is no easy matter, for one has first to catch one's pupils and then teach them. They are heathen children who cannot be expected to have much zeal for learning—climbing trees for fruit, playing games with the village boys, and watching a goat being killed, are far superior attractions. However, they do come in the most wonderful way, and they are beginning to grasp the first elementary teaching of the Faith, so we hope much for the future. In the afternoons I sometimes give the African teachers a German class, and always go to teach the women and children in the outlying villages. The Zigua customs are very bad; they have child marriages and tribal dances for quite young children, so our work will be very hard for some time to come, but one knows victory will come at last. Miss Andrews and Mrs. Dale are hard at work again, but we have not met yet.—DORA AnDY." " Whit-Monday, 1906."
BALANCE SHEET, 1904-5. RECEIPTS.
s. d. 4 6 2 3 1 6 5 5
Balance in hand ... 41 Annual Subscriptions ... 7 Life
8
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Miss E. M. Spooner writes as follows :—" May I offer as a suggestion for the St. Hugh's Club Paper, that the Secretary be asked, if possible, to call a second meeting of the Club during the year ? I do not know what other members feel about it, but it seems to me that it is certainly a disadvantage, socially, for the members to have only one opportunity of meeting during the year, as many things may prevent one from being able to attend on that particular day, and an interval of two years is a long time to wait for the next opportunity of meeting." A plea has also been received for a second Club Paper during the year. Miss Abdy sends the following interesting account of her work for the U.M.C.A. in German East Africa:— "After my furlough I began work in Zanzibar, and took over the School for Arab, Indian, and Swahili men and boys while Miss Foxley was in England. Towards the end of the time there was an outbreak of plague in Zanzibar, and many and wonderful were the stories that were brought to the School every day, for though the outbreak was slight the panic was very great. After that we had the joy of welcoming the U.M.C.A. missionaries who had escaped being massa(3)
EXPENDITURE.
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BIRTH. May 31st, 1906, at zo, Carpenter Road, Edgbaston, to Rev. W. Hobhouse, Hon. Canon and Chancellor of Birmingham Cathedral, and Mrs. Hobhouse (Edith Owen), a daughter. HOBHOUSE.—On
MARRIAGES. January, 1906, C. V. Broyne, Esq., of Mullaitevn, Northern Province, Ceylon, to Amy C. Goodchild. FAIRLIE WATSON—BUXTON.—On October 16th, 1905, in Calcutta Cathedral, Fairlie Watson, Esq., of Pusa, Durbhungah, India, to Winifred E. Buxton. BROYNE—GOODCHILD.— In
MINUTES OF GENERAL MEETING. The Twelfth General Meeting of the Club was held on Saturday, June 23rd, 1906, at the Ladies' University Club, 4, George Street, Hanover Square, W., by kind permission of the University Club Committee. Miss Wardale, Vice-President, presided at the Meeting in the absence of the President. I.—The Minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted. II.—The Election of Officers to take the places of those retiring in July then took place. The following nominations had been previously received :— Office.
Nominie.
President
Proposer.
Miss Moberly C. M. Ady Miss Wardale M. A. Rice C. M. Ady Vice-Pres. P. Bird M. M. Crick Mrs. Price Miss Moberly Editor C. M. Ady H. M. Fear Secretary { F. Batchelor E. M. Browne F. M. Wyld H. C. Deneke Z. Eppstein Treasurer
There were elected :As President As Vice-Presidents
Seconder. G. Cunynghame H. M. Fear J. Watson C. M. Ady G. Cunynghame M. Barnett C. Hunter M. M. Crick
Miss Moberly Miss Wardale P. Bird F. Batchelor As Secretary C. M. Ady As Editor Miss Deneke As Treasurer N.B.—The Secretary regrets that owing to a mistake in counting the votes, Mrs. Price was erroneously announced Vice-President at the meeting. III.—The meeting then proceeded to discuss the Agenda on the Paper. (a) Motion proposed by Miss Watson, seconded by Miss Cunynghame—" That in future the Annual Club Subscription should be payable on January 1st in each year instead of October rst." In the absence of the Treasurer (J. Watson) a letter from her was read explaining the practical reasons for this change, and the Secretary (G. Cunynghame) reported that the Committee were in favour of it, and had passed the resolution unanimously at their last meeting. Miss Cunynghame further reported that she had received a letter from a Club member (H. M. Fear), hoping that the proposed change would not be made, as at present both the Club and the Missionary subscriptions were payable in October, which was a more convenient arrangement than paying them at different times. Some discussion on this point ensued, but the motion was finally put and adopted by a large majority. (b) The question of non-payment of Club subscriptions was next discussed. Miss Cunynghame explained that the Committee had wished to bring the subject before the General Meeting, as a long list of members—whose names she read—had not paid their subscriptions for several years, and the matter was becoming serious. At the last Committee Meeting it was resolved to warn the defaulters by letter that it was proposed to bring the whole question up for general discussion at the next Club meeting, though at the same time the Committee
were most anxious not to exercise any undue pressure in the matter. As, however, insufficient time has as yet elapsed for a full response to be made to these letters, no immediate steps could be taken. After some discussion as to the best means to be adopted to avoid future recurrence of the difficulty, Miss Cunynghame proposed, and Miss Malone seconded—" That after this year any member not paying her subscription for three years should, due notice having been received, have her name printed in the Club Paper." An amendment to this motion was brought forward by Miss Ash, who proposed—"That after this year any member not paying her subscription should, after due notice, have her name printed in the Club Paper, together with the number of years for which the subscription had not been paid." This was seconded by Miss Hunter, and the amended motion was passed unanimously. (c) Discussion on following motion, proposed by Miss Ady (Editor), seconded by Miss Cunynghame, and having the support of the Committee—" That in the last clause of Rule viii. of the Constitution (` that the Paper be submitted to the Committee before publication'), the words `the Committee' be changed to `the Editor and one other member of Committee." The Secretary read a letter from the Editor explaining her reasons for suggesting this change, and the cumbersome nature of the rule as it stands at present. The motion received the unanimous consent of all present. N.B.—Being constitutional this motion must be postponed until the votes of the whole Club have been obtained. IV. Miss Crick gave notice of a motion for lengthening the initial period of Editorship to three years instead of two, so that Rule iv. of the Constitution would run, " That all officers be elected by the Club, as a rule, every two years, but the Editor every three years." And she explained that her reason for suggesting this change was, that the Editor had barely time to get conversant with her work, before the period for which she was elected had expired. The motion was seconded by Miss Hunter, and will be brought forward for discussion at the next general meeting. V. A vote of thanks to the Committee of the University Club, for their kindness in allowing the Meeting to take place there, was proposed by Miss Hunter, seconded by Miss Cunynghame, and carried unanimously. Votes of thanks were likewise passed to the retiring Secretary and Treasurer. There were present at the Meeting :— E. E. Wardale, L. Ash, C. Ashburner, M. Crick, E. Cunynghame, D. Dodwell, A. Fowler, A. Hales, C. Hunter, A. Malone, E. Snowdon, E. Spooner, D. Sprules, L. Todd, J. Turner, M. Wilson and F. M. Wyld. OLD STUDENTS' SCHOLARSHIPS. It is with great pleasure that we are able to announce the extension of the Old Students' Scholarship for another period of three years, at £30 as before. Our present scholar, M. Ottley, who is reading for (4)
the History Schools, goes down next year. The New Scholarship will be offered for competition in March next, and the new scholar will come into residence in the October following. At a Committee Meeting held recently to arrange about the New Scholarship, certain new proposals were drawn up by the Committee, and, at the suggestion of Miss Rice, it was decided to hold a meeting of subscribers at the same time as the General Club meeting, and to lay the proposals before them. The proposals were as follows :(I) That the St. Hugh's Club Committee be invited to choose one of their number, being a subscriber, to sit on the Scholarship Committee, thereby increasing the number of the Committee from five to six, and that such member sit as a rule for two years. (2) That, owing to the as yet unsettled state of finances, the present Committee—*Miss Wardale, (Pres.); Woodhouse, (Hon. Sec.) ; *Miss Cunynghame, (Hon. Treas.); *Miss Rice, (Com. Member) ; *Miss Marnmatt, (Corn. Member), be re-elected for the next two years, and that, after that time, two members shall retire every two years in rotation, and shall not be eligible for re-election till two years have elapsed. (3) That the Committee shall always comprise at least one guarantor (*). A meeting was accordingly held on Saturday, June 23rd, at the Ladies' University Club, just before the General Club meeting. Eleven subscribers were present, and after some discussion on the points raised, the proposals of the Committee were unanimously approved, the three various suggestions in resolution (2) being voted on and passed separately. The Treasurer was asked to publish a full statement of accounts in the Club Paper, together with an explanation and report of the progress of the New Scholarship Fund, and two subsequent resolutions were added :— a. —Proposed by Miss Cunynghame, seconded by Miss Hales, " That a general meeting of subscribers be held every year, if possible at the same time as the St. Hugh's Club meeting." b.—Proposed by Miss Hunter, seconded by Miss Wyld, " That a statement of accounts be published every year in the Club Paper." Amendment to this—Proposed by Miss Cunynghame, seconded by Miss Crick, " That a statement of accounts and general report be published every year in the Club Paper." In explanation of Resolution (a) of the Committee's proposals, it should be added that the Committee were obliged to announce the amount of the New Scholarship to the St. Hugh's Hall Committee, before answers to their appeal had been quite fully received, and therefore did so on their own responsibility, and hence are anxious to carry through their own undertakings. They hope very much that the O.S. Scholarship may eventually become a permanent institution. There are now about sixty-six subscribers, of whom fourteen are permanent subscribers, representing a _permanent total of 7s. od., and though necessarily some time must elapse before anything like real permanency can be secured, we shall try at least to renew the effort every three years.
Meanwhile, as the accounts below shew, we need all the support we can get if the scholarship is to remain at the present amount of £30 ; and if as we hope, the gradual increase of subscribers every year will enable it to grow to a still larger figure. Any increase in the number of those who could offer themselves as guarantors, would also be felt to add greatly to the real stability and permanency of the fund. Should any members of the Club who have not previously done so, care to become subscribers. the Treasurer will be very glad to receive their names, G. CUNYNGHAME (Hon. Treas.) SCHOLARSHIP FUND.—STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS. 1905. RECEIPTS. Per Annual Subscriptions... One-third of Original Donations ... From New Subscribers ... Deficit paid by Guarantors
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EXPENDITURE. Scholarship ... Working Expenses...
1906. RECEIPTS. Per Annual Subscriptions... Per New Subscriptions ... One-third Original Donations ... Interest on Deposit Account, &c. Subscriptions still owing ... ...
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Prime Minister, Miss Mowll (U) as Home Secretary, and Miss Ottley (L) as Leader of the Opposition, we had some thoroughly delightful as well as instructive meetings. The Bills proposed dealt with Alien Immigration, Army Reform, and Chinese Labour. The other Societies continue on their way. To our list of Offices we have added that of Representative on the Committee of The Women's University Branch of the C.S.U. Several members now belong to the C.S.U., and it is hoped that the Society will always be well represented in the Hall. The C.S.U. meetings this year have included a delightful lecture from Mrs. T. H. Green on " The Elementary Education of Infants," at St. Hugh's Hall ; and an equally interesting paper by Mr. Lees Smith on " The Labour Party," at Somerville College. Among other public meetings this year there have been one on the Assyrian Mission, in New College Hall ; one on Women's Suffrage; on the Election of Women to Local Government Boards ; on Oxford House ; on the O.M.C., addressed by the Rev. V. S. S. Coles ; on the Prevention of Infant Mortality, under the auspices of Professor. Osler and Mrs. Fisher ; and a great meeting on Tariff Reform, addressed by Mr. Chamberlain. Professor Holmes has given a course of Slade Lectures every term. Sir Hubert Parry has given the lecture on music. Professor Henry Jones has given a course of lectures on " Idealism in Religion," at Manchester College • and Mr. MacKail, the newlyelected Professor of?Poetry, has given an inaugural and succeeding lectures ; the Romanes Lecture has, however, been postponed owing to the illness of the lecturer, Lord Curzon. There have been the usual number of Classical Concerts • perhaps the most glorious was that at which Herr Kreisler played. Two extraordinary Convocations were held this term, for the conferring of Honorary Degrees on Grieg, and on the members of a Chinese Delegacy which had come over to study English political and educational methods. The Delegacy consisted of two Royal Princes and their suite, and of two other men of great honour in their own land. The combination of the Doctors' robes with the full attire of the Celestial was a most pleasing sight, and was borne by the Princes themselves with an undisturbed dignity and a courtesy not to be surpassed. For the Commemoration Sermon we had the great good fortune to hear Bishop Gore. Easter fell so late this year that we were able to spend Low Sunday, the " Pray-Day " for the Hall, in Oxford. On the second Sunday of term Mr. Palmer of Balliol celebrated for us in the Chapel. In the Michaelmas Term the S.A. Social was held at St. Hugh's Hall, when Father Waggett gave us a lecture on " The Nature of Authority in Religion ;" in the Lent Term Miss Paget lectured to us at L.M.H., on "Leonardo Leo," with vocal and instrumental illustrations. One of these was a hauntingly beautiful " Sacred Lullaby." Sadness came to some of our members, and to all of us through them, in the winter terms, through the death of near relations. It is with particular sorrow that I record the loss of Canon Walter Moberly of Sydenham.
DEAR OLD STUDENTS,-011r southern limit is still
the line of poplars against the sky ; still, as in the days when you gladdened us with your material presence, they stand on tiptoe among the other trees to fan the upper breezes, and the sound of the rustling of their leaves comes to the Hall "as the returning voices of far-distant friends." For a moment their beauty is almost unbearably sad, they seem, like all else, to be the plaything of the Spirit of Scattering as they bend to the dispersing winds, but immediately they are again triumphantly erect, beckoning with their thousand leaves to the Companions of St. Hugh in the four quarters of the earth, and fluttering out their ensign of unforgetting encouragement to them in their absence, and of welcome to them in their return. The term just over has been, as usual, probably the fullest of the three. Everyone came up with the Education Bill in her pocket. The first Thursday of term saw a memorable debate at the Union, in which the principle of the Bill was eloquently supported by Mr. Temple and convincingly condemned by Mr. Talbot. On the following Tuesday there was a great meeting of Protest against the Bill in the Town Hall. The meeting was addressed by the Bishop of Oxford, the Earl of Jersey, Sir William Anson, and Lord Hugh Cecil. The striking figures and strenuous gestures of the Bishop and of Lord Hugh Cecil, the gathering behind them, filling every available inch of the platform, and including nearly all the clergy of Oxford, from the aged Father Benson downwards, as well as younger members of the University and the leaders of the Thursday night Debate ; the vast audience, its attention rivetted, and its purpose becoming every moment more immutably fixed in opposition to the Bill, made a scene not easily forgotten. Our own Debate on the subject was notable, not for the inadequacy of the speeches on paper, but for the eagerness and effectiveness of Public Discussion, which reached a climax in a masterly speech from Miss Rogers. Increasing readiness in Public Discussion has, indeed, been a feature both of the O.S.D.S. debates and of our own Sharp Practice. The latter society has been presided over in succession by Miss Baker, Miss Cornish, and Miss Bowen-Colthurst. The motions discussed have ranged from " the ineffectiveness of the Poor Law " to " the Relative Superiority of Celt over Saxon ; " and so many members endeavour to catch the President's eye, that it is often impossible to adjourn the meeting until long after the Hall clock has struck nine. In the Michaelmas Term Miss Lardelli was President of the 0.S.D.S. ; in the Lent Term Miss Mowll and Miss Ottley were Secretary and Junior Treasurer respectively, whilst Miss Cuthbert, L.M.H., was President ; and in the Summer Term Miss Mowll was President, and Miss Keeling, Secretary, Miss Bell, L. M.H., being the Junior Treasurer. The motions have frequently dealt with political subjects and have always produced an animated discussion. In the Michaelmas Term we decided to start a Parliament. We were greatly aided in this by the remarkable familiarity displayed by some of our members, not only with the temperaments of His Majesty's ministers, but also with the intricacies of procedure in the Imperial Congress. With Miss Deneke (U) as 6)
Throughout the year we have had visits from Old Students, not only from those who have recently gone down, but also from those of remoter generations ; and in the Summer Term we had the pleasure of welcoming back Miss Horner as a resident. Miss Marga Deneke has also occasionally visited us, and has given us the keenest pleasure by playing to us in the Common Room of the other House. everyone only realised how much the Present appreciates visits from the Past, and how much these must conduce to the unity of the whole Club, perhaps even more members would make a point of paying visits, however flying, to the Hall. In Hockey, all our matches were against First Elevens in the Lent Term, and we came out second in the matches for the Challenge Cup, which was presented by an anonymous donor at the end of the Michaelmas Term, for competition among the Halls. Though sometimes, owing partly perhaps to a lack of combining power, we have had to play a losing game, that game has always been conspicuous, as in your day, for undaunted courage and personal intrepidity. We were represented in the Tennis Six against Cambridge by Miss Hammonds, who has also been elected Captain of the Central Club—a choice on which the Club may be heartily congratulated. On Saturday, June 9th, Miss Moberly gave an Evening Party. It was a lovely evening, and every one agreed that the Hall looked exceedingly pretty ; the whole effect was one of lightness and of banks of colour, for the drawing-room has been painted light blue since last year, and the Library and Miss Jourdain's room and all the passages are cream-coloured ; and our beautiful electric light fell on these and on the masses of lupins and poppies, roses and moondaisies, with which every nook and ledge were loaded. Although several parties were taking place that night we had over a hundred guests, among whom were Dr. Bigg, Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History, who has lately become the chairman of our council, Professor and Mrs. Margoliouth, Mr. Armstrong, and many others. Miss Baxter and Miss Hornsby sang to the guests upstairs, and in the intervals Miss Moberly played dances for us in the dining-hall. Heartiest congratulations are due to Miss Todd on her First in English, and to Miss Keeling on gaining the Junior English Essay Prize, and to the Fritillary in passing under the administration of Miss Keeling. I cannot refrain from adding, before I conclude, that the E.B.C. is still in a vigorous condition. The study is still the favoured rendezvous, and the tariff has not changed. To the original significance of its title have been added (by non-members in the other House) that of the Early Bathing and of the Extra Breakfast Club. I remain, Yours sincerely, ELSIE T. BAZELEY. P.S.—I find I have omitted to say anything about an important measure proposed by Miss E. Watson, and carried unanimously by the Hall last term, providing that an oak-panel should be placed in each room for the inscription thereon of the names of past and present occupants. Cost to be borne by Past and Present Students, and the minimum subscription of IF should be received by Miss Watson or myself before the end of July. (7)
Postcards to the Editor. This half-term I am enjoying a rest from what has been the hardest term's work since I began to teach. I and my colleagues have a week-end cottage, which however I have not had much opportunity of enjoying this term, but I came out here yesterday. The cottage stands close to a farmhouse on the cliffs overlooking one of the most lovely bays in Guernsey. It was a lovely feeling waking up this morning in a little " St. Hugh's bed, in my little white-washed cottage bedroom, with the sun streaming in; with the scent of new-mown hay from the adjoining fields, and of pinks and stocks from the little garden below coming up through the open window ; with the whirr and buzz of insects round one's head, and the delicious sound of the sea swishing up against the rocks in the bay. I have been lying on the cliffs all day in a fierce sun tempered by a cool breeze—typical Channel Island weather. I am reading a most delightful ' rotter," called the "Lightning Conductor." If you have not read it, read it. It has inspired me with a keen desire to go for a trip on the Loire. Yours as ever.— I. DR CASTRO. I have been teaching for a year at the Goldophin School, Salisbury, and I have had a happy time. I have charge of the Girls' Fiction Library, and find this a very interesting bit of work. So also is an institution known as " Contemporary." This consists of fortnightly talks with some of the boarders on events of the day, and it has a most salutary effect on me, whatever its effect on the girls may be. I have never read the newspapers so carefully in my life. One great joy of Salisbury is that it has so many links with St. Hugh's ; and soon there will be two more, as two of our old girls go up next term, Miss Gordon with a Scholarship.—Z. EPPSTEIN. I am still a Font Mistress at St. Agnes School, East Grinstead. The country is beautiful, and in the scanty moments when one is allowed to forget " the Child" and its works, life can be diversified with bicycling, motoring, tennis, picnics, and— a "masterly inactivity."—H. M. FEAR. I have been asked to give an account of myself for the last year. I am quite ashamed to do so, seeing that I have been engaged in the sordid pursuit of fearning type-writing and shorthand. The bitter part is that I have found both exceedingly difficult, and am little wiser than when I began. However, I hope by Christmas to become a fairly proficient shorthand typist.—R. W. GODDARD. I have been called slack and remiss because I have hitherto omitted to send a postcard to the CLUB PAPER : but my story is soon told. From the time I left Oxford until last summer I tutored a boy in Norfolk, and prepared him for a Scholarship at Glenalmond. Since then I have been having a year's holiday, nearly four months of which was spent in France and Italy, ending up with a summer term at St. Hugh's, to complete my terms in case Degrees are ever given to women. Italy and Oxford make a most delightful combination.—W. HORNER. I have very little news of myself to give, as I am still living at home. My chief occupation is painting, and since the Herkomer School came to an end, I have been working in Mr. Flower's studio in Bushey. On July 59th, I am hoping to join Mr. Norman Garstin's sketching class at St. Valesie-surSomme.—Yours very sincerely, H. M. HUDSON. I am still continuing private teaching, and like my work and my pupils here very much. I have been abroad in my summer holidays every year since I came down from Oxford, and hope to go on doing so. I am going to Paris and then to Switzerland in August, and possibly to Italy in the spring. I spent my last Christmas and Easter holidays motoring, chiefly in Leicester, Rutland, and Warwickshire. Having learned to drive myself, I enjoy it all the more.—Yours sincerely, ETHEL A. HUNT.
I am Mistress-in-Charge of a Branch School of the Truro High School, which was started last spring. We are steadily increasing in numbers, and this term I have a boarding-house. We shall probably have eight boarders next term. Cornwall, as everyone knows, is delightful ; even the Cornish pastry is good, and I am looking forward to a half term on the coast with saffron buns and all things Cornish.—C. S. JOEL.
I have spent the last three years chiefly in America, and so have missed all the Club meetings. I have been teaching two American children, and certainly did not find them even intellectually an advance upon the English ones I have known. I gave up the post in May, and hope to get work now in England or at least in Europe.—C. E. JOURDAIN, I hope that my interest in the Club will not be measured by the frequency of my attendance at meetings, for I regret to say that I have not been at one for years. They always seem to come on days when I am not in town, and the days on which I have to go up are so many that it is impossible to add to them. Nevertheless my " central position " gives me the advantage of meeting many old students at other times. Those members of the Club who visit Oxford (as who does not ?) are always most welcome at 77, Banbury Road, especially about 4. p.m., when two cats and a tortoise (Squeaks, Jude, and Toledo), join the rest of the family for tea. Like most of my friends, I am working fairly hard, and have to examine for the London Honours B.A. in English once more, which is a lengthy and trying business. But it also helps one immensely in teaching, and so is worth the trouble. —Greetings to all members whom I have not lately seen.—MARGARET L. LEE. I have done a great many things this last two years, and it is difficult to select what will be of most interest to the Club ∎ nembers. Last year I had a delightful tour of nine weeks in Italy. We were at Siena and Rome most of the time, and could not tear ourselves away from Rome until June 1st. It was not at all too hot then, as most English people would think, but just like quite perfect English summer weather. I am now teaching in Queen Margaret's School, Scarborough, and though it is almost my first experience of school life, I do not think there can be a nicer school in all England—both for girls and mistresses.—WINIFRED M. MAMMATT. Last July we moved from Manchester to Ealing, since when I have been keeping house for my father. An account of my doings therefore, would be of little interest to readers of the CLUB PAPER.—BESSIE PEARSON.
I have been teaching in the Swansea Intermediate School since September. My duties are somewhat varied. I teach most of the History (English and Welsh), several odds and ends, and superintend the School games. These are, unfortunately, of a very feeble description. Welsh girls can hardly be accused of taking their games too seriously. Certainly we labour under very great disadvantages, as the Hockey field resembles the Oxford meadows in flood time for the greater part of the season, and the one Tennis Court is in a public park, which seems at no distant date to have been a ploughed field. As compensation for all these drawbacks we have lovely country round, and an expedition to the Bays on Saturday is well worth a week of coal-dust and smoke in town. —M. J. TEW. I have only room to say that I am looking forward immensely to the arrival of Miss Tanner (Girton) and Miss Forbes in December, to help in our Mission here, and that we have a larger Japanese household of students and girls than we have had yet. Yesterday, St. Hilda's Mission offered a " Quiet Day" to missionaries and friends. As it was a School holiday we were able to accept it, and were most grateful for it. The town is full of festivities for the British Fleet and Admiral just now. October 18th, inos, Tokio.—M. D. WESTON. I have been spending a very interesting time in Paris since February, and intend to go back to England on July 5th. I have at last succeeded in getting into a family where nothing but French is spoken. Most of the pensions are filled with English and Americans, so one can only get an opportunity of talking French at the two principal meals each day, and that is very unsatisfactory if one comes to France to learn. I have been three times to Versailles, and have seen all the most interesting things in Paris itself, besides visiting Chantilly, Vincennes, and St. Germain-en-Laye. I went up the Eiffel Tower, one day, and, though the view was lovely, I shall never want to repeat the experience. The lift seemed to crawl from the second to the third stage, and once having started we were obliged to go on and were not allowed to descend for fifteen minutes. The Tower swayed gently, and one felt as if one were on board ship, but I posted a card from the very top to show I had been there. My small pupil has been very ill, and obliged to have a year's holiday.—E. WILLIAMS.
I am now teaching Science at the Lewisham Grammar School, and enjoy it very much, especially the work with the Upper School. I am Games Mistress, and last winter had quite a good Hockey eleven. The Tennis Tournament is now in full swing.—Yours, LILY C. ROGERS,
So sorry to send reply so late, but the exigencies of the Training Examinations left little time for pleasanter tasks. I am afraid any account I could give of my experiences would not differ very much from those which appeared in last year's CLUB PAPER from other training students. I agree with them in thinking the process one which increases steadily in enjoyment as time goes on, and I shall be very sorry when my year in Winchester is over. It is a delightful place to be in after Oxford.—MAY WILSON.
Margaret and I still have our School in Devonshire, which keeps us very busy, or we should much have liked to attend the Club Meeting in London. Last term we got up "Antigone," the music of which is very fine. Now we are delighting in lovely summer weather, and spending as much time as possible out of doors. I hope that all St. Hugh's have had a successful term.—Yours very sincerely, JULIA SIMPSON.
I am awfully sorry. I have just noticed the card in my drawer. I did quite mean to send it back in time, and am truly penitent ; but anyway I have not been doing anything except Victoria County History work, an account of which would, I think, fail to interest the average person.—D. W. SPRULES.
After I left St. Hugh's I went into Somerset, where I taught three girls for two years, and found most interesting work and thoroughly enjoyed myself. In April too}, I was married, and had a splendid trip to Switzerland, ending up with a week in Paris. My home is right in the country, and we have a lovely old-fashioned garden, where I spend a good deal of time playing with my small daughter Betty, aged fifteen months.— E. BEATRICE TWENTYMAN.
[The Editor felt some uncertainty as to whether the above was intended for publication or for her private ear alone. Her decision to give the CLUB PAPER the benefit of the doubt was prompted by the conviction that the term, " average person," could not possibly refer to members of St. Hugh's Club.]
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