St Hugh's College, Oxford - Club Paper, Aug 1909

fit. Fugb's Ctub Paper.

AUGUST, 1909.

No. 17.

%t. lbugb's Club, Committee.

President (till j uly, 1910).

F. JOURDAIN, Vice-President (till 7uly,

Miss MOBERLY, E. E. WARDALE,

Vice-President (till yuly,

1910).

M. A.

E.

H. C. DENEKE, Treasurer (till Yuly, 1910).

M. J. TEW yuly, 1911).

1910).

KEELING, Editor (till 7uly, 1910).

E. T. BAZELEY (till 7uly, 1911).

The Senior Student.

VT . S. H. HORNER (till 7U/y, 1911).

D. SPRULES (till 7uly, 1911).

M. CORNISH, Secretary (till yuly, 1910).

Members.

Abbott, A. M. *Abdy, D. C.

Ellesborough, Butler's Cross, Bucks, f U.M.C.A., Korogwe, Tanga, German East 1 18, Queen's Road, Tunbridge Wells. [Africa. *Ady, C. M. j St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

1 The Rectory, Ockham, Surrey. *Arbuthnot-Lane, High School, Clifton.

R. L. 21, Cavendish Square, W. *Ash, L. 16, Rectory Chambers, Chelsea, S.W. Keilawan-a, Upper Warlingham, Surrey. *Ashburner, C. E. High School, Lincoln.

Baker, A. M. St. Anne's, Abbots Bromley, Rugeley.

Acacias, Holt, Norfolk.

Barber, E. St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

St. Cross, Winchester.

Barton, F. M. S St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

Glendalough House, Annamore, co. Wicklow.

Batchelor, Grassendale, Southbourne-on-Sea, Hants.

F. M. S. 1 Letcombe Basset Rectory, Wantage.

Winforton Rectory, Hereford.

Baynes, M. 21• Naqvu f Mary Datchelor School, Camberwell. :Razeley, E. T. 1 Great House, Colyton, Devon. ekitsvw.tr,,,,,aeS St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

Bebb, G. Lampeter, S. Wales.

Bell, A. Wharfe Cottage, Far Headingley, Leeds.

Bickmore, L. I. E. St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

Old Headington, Oxford.

Godolphin and Latymer Girls' School, HamBird, P. mersmith, W. 5o, Peak Hill, Sydenham, S.E. St. James' Lodge, Graaf Reinet, S. Africa. *Birley, M. H. 20, St. Michael's Road, Bedford. *Blamire-Brown, S Monks Risborough Rectory, Prince's RisR. E. / borough, Bucks. *Bowen.Colthurst, 1 Dripsey Castle, Coachford, co. Cork.

P. de B. F. f *Bowen-Colthurst, Mrs. R., Upper Castle Yard, Dublin Castle, (W. West.)

[Dublin. \-ret-cn *Braine-Hartnell, Mrs., Napier-House, Cheltenham.

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(C. L. Barker.) *Brayne,'Mrs. C. V., (A. C. Goodchild.)

*Cornish, M. *Cowie, W.

f St. Helen's School, Abingdon. l CedarHouse, Axminster, Devon.

24, Banbury Road, Oxford.

Johannesburg, S. Africa.

The Platts, Watford.

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Cox, Mrs. A. (S. M. Iles.) *Crick, M. M.) Whitelands Training College, King's Road, Chelsea, S.W. Litton Cheney Rectory, Dorchester.

Crichton, E. S St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. [ham.

1 18, Rotton Park Road, Edgbaston, BirmingCrump, M. M. S St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

15, Bisham Gardens, Highgate, N. *Cunynghame, G. M. E,, Girls' Grammar School, Berkhamsted.

Davis, A. M. S St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. / Havards, Isca Road, Exmouth, Devon.

Davis, Mrs. The Bungalow, Marlborough.

(M. Mack.)

"Dawson, L. I. Devereux, Lansdowne Road, Sidcup.

De Castro, I. P. M. L., 7, Lawn Road, Southampton. *Deneke, H. C. St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

2, Cambridge Gate, N.W. Dobbs, A. C. y St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

Camphire, Cappoquin, co. Waterford. *Dodwell, D. Coniston, Watford.

Douglas, J. Winthank House, Cowpar Fife, Scotland.

Duggan, E. J Ladybank School, Withington, Manchester. / South Cerney, Cirencester. *Eakin, M. L. Ormeside, Llandudno.

Edwards, G. St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

Tan-y-vryn, Mold, N. Wales.

Eppstein, Z. 1 St. Saviour's and St. Olave's Grammar ) School for Girls, New Kent Road, S.E. ( Cambrian Villa, The Barrows, Cheddar.

Effinger, F. von S Tower House, 28, Tite Street, Chelsea, S.W. Seamount, Howth, co. Dublin.

Fairbanks, A. L. Melbourne House, Wells, Somerset.

Fairlie Watson, Mrs., Mozufferpore, Tirhoot, India.

(W. E. Buxton.)

Mullaitavn, Northern Province, Ceylon.

"Browne, E. M. Shute Haye, Walditch, Bridport.

"Bulkeley, M. M. Coddington Rectory, Ledbury.

1, Birch Grove, Rusholme, Manchester.

Burnett, M. E. S St. Hugh's pall, Oxford.

Cooke, J. The'tAars6 .Pitlochrie, Perthshire.

53, Ravens owl, Road, ReOIWI, Bristol. *Coombes, L.

Edwardstone House, Boxford, Colchester.

Grange Corner, Eastbourne.

Fear, H. M. S Grey Coat Hospital, Westminster.

56, Moat Road, E. Grinstead. *Flanisteed, M. M. D., Girls' High School, Kimberley, S. Africa Fowler, A. C. 7, Broad Lane, Tottenham, N. Gent, Mrs. H. C. St. Simon's Vicarage, Bristol.

Farnell, R.

(S. E. Kershaw.)

*Goddard, R. W. Craddock Lodge, Cullompton.

Godwin, E. M. f St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

Rake Cottage, Milford, Surrey. f St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

Gordon, M. L. 1 Middle Claydon Rectory, Bucks.

1 Withington Girls' School, Fallowfield, Mau*Grant, M. A. [chester.

1 28, Linden Road, Bedford.

Grattan, E. H. G. Grey Coat Hospital, Westminster, S.W. 1 Katharine House, Addiscombe, Croydon.

Hales, A. M. M. 27, Cambridge Road, Hove, Brighton. f Edgbaston High School, Birmingham.

Hamilton, G. 1 6, Wallbutton Road, Brockley, S.E. Hamilton, R. E. Central Foundation School, Spital Sq., E.C. 1S 6, Wallbutton Road, Brockley, S.E. Hammonds,D. M. f Bishop Otter Training College, Chichester.

37, North Street, Chichester. f cfo Miss Edgar, 507, Guy Street, Montreal, Hanbury, J. St. James' Cottage, West Malvern. [Canada. f St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

Hargrave, C. / 29, Worthing Road, Southsea. *Harvey, Mrs. R. Hanbury Rectory, Bromsgrove.

(C. D. Barter.)

La Cava, Cannes, Fiance (after Oct. is).

Hatch, E. M. Romagnieu, par le Pont de Beauvoisin, Isere, France.

Hedley, C. f High School, Clifton.

1 70, Talbot Road, Southport.

Herdm an, E. St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

Redcar, Yorkshire.

Hill, G. 1 St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

Pen-y-Bryn, Ford, nr. Shrewsbury.

Hirst, M. 28, High Street, Morley, Yorks. ao, Carpenter Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham.

Hobhouse, Mrs. (E. A. Owen.) *Hodge, D. M. V. High School, Oxford.

1 12, St. Matgatet's Road, Oxford.

Horner, W. S. H. Eldersfield Vicarage, Tewkesbury, Glos.

Hough, G. C. f Grassendale, Southbourne-on-Sea, Hants.

Holy Trinity Vicarage, Worcester.

Elderslea, Bushey Heath. *Hudson, H. M. Hunt, E. A. Leaton Knolls, Shrewsbury.

44, Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square, W. *Hunter, H. C. 115, Eaton Square, S.W. 1 St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

Irwin, M. G. 1 Fakenham, Norfolk. f Branch High School, Truro.

Joel, C. S. 1 Glenleigh, Milford-on-Sea, Lymington, Hants. *Johnston, J. A. 1 Endowed School for Girls, Stroud, Glos.

Fairview, Boston Sq., Hunstanton, Norfolk. *Jourdain, E. F. St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

5, Avenue de la Bourdonnais, Paris.

Keeling, M. A. f St. Hilda's Hall, Oxford.

The Grammar School, Bradford.

Kenyon-Stow, D. St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

1 2 4 , Oxford Gardens, N. Kensington, Knipe, F. M. St. MoniertIritingsvrratirRrielm.Oakholme, Hampton-in-Arden. *Knox, E. M. Havergal College, Toronto. j Westminster City School, S.W. angston, B. 18A, Bute Street, S. Kensington.

Langston, F. M. 18A, Bute Street, S. Kensington.

Lardelli, M. L. Girls' Grammar School, Bradford. *Lee, M. L. f 77, Banbury Road, Oxford.

1 Leafield, Witney, Oxon.

Levett, Mrs. Kitchenham, Bodiam, Sussex.

(D. M. N. Levett.)

Lidbetter, E. H. Ladies' College, Cheltenham. [ampton, 1 Loisweedon Vicarage, Towcester, North-

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Lindsay, B. L. P. j St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. / 18, Windsor Street, Edinburgh. f St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

Linton, E. Edmondsham Rectory, Salisbury.

Ludwig, I. D. The High School, Newbury.

Grey Coat Hospital, Westminster, S.W. Macpherson, V. I St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

1 Newfield, Canynge Road, Clifton, Bristol. *McCall, F. H. Greenisland, co. Antrim, Ireland.

Rosslyn, Manor Road, Farnborough, Hants. *Malone, A. Mammatt, W. M. f Queen Margaret's School, Scarborough. / Corner House, Scarborough.

Marriott, Mrs. J. A. R., 19, Northmoor Road, Oxford.

(H. Robinson.)

Matravers, E. C. 19, Howard Place, Carlisle.

Maurice, M. E. f St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

1 9, Kendrick Road, Reading.

May, E. G. a_t lonaT-Siel45lIttry-Feetrd-, Moseley, Birmingham.

Medill, G. I. K. 9, Homefield Road, Wimbledon.

Mitchell, W. J. de L. Moberly, B, H. St, Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

Westwick House, Sou thbourne, Christchurch. *Moberly, C. A. E. 1 St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

6, West Hill, Sydenham, S.E. Moberly, M. A. 6, West Hill, Sydenham, S.E. Mown, M. K. f High School, G.P.D.S.T., Clapham, S.W. Anlaby, Castle Avenue, Dover. f St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

Nott, P. M. Fownhope Vicarage, Hereford.

Wilton Rectory, Salisbury.

Olivier, E. M. Ottley, L E. H. r St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

1 The Precincts, Rochester.

Ottley, M. I, M. The Precincts, Rochester. f High School, Falmouth.

Parsons, G. I. 63, Kingsfield Road, Watford.

Payan Dawnay, Mrs., 87, Clarence Gate Gardens, Regent's Park, (A. B. Townsend.)

[N. W. Pearson, E. H. 19, Wimborne Gardens, Ealing, W. Penny, D. A. A. The Hermitage, Marlborough, Wilts. 2 • feat H. Phillips, E. A. High School, Clifton. tf6.

5, Porchester Square, W. Potter, M. P. i St. Nicholas, Folkestone. ( 17, John Street, Whitby. *Price, H. Balsall Heath Vicarage, Birmingham.

Dodderhill Vicarage, Droitwict. *Price, Mrs, H. J Maesteg, Penllyne Road, Whitchurch, near J. Emmerson.)

1 Cardiff.

Prideaux, St. Saviour's and St. Olave's Girls' Grammar litt.44 1464A ,, E. M. C. School, New Kent Road, S.E. St. Saviour'sVicarage, Redland, Bristol. 0 4441444 im'kf• Ramsay, Mrs. A. S.Ijir-L Chesterton RoactICambridge.

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61.4,

(A. WILson.)

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bUdownrat a-4n f St. Hugh's Hal], Oxford. s, College Bounds, Aberdeen. de Reyes, M. I. 17, Lansdowne Terrace, Leamington. *Rice, M. A. f St. Anne's, Abbots Bromley, Rugeley, Kingscote House, East Grinstead.

Richardson, Mrs. H., Red House, Wilton, Salisbury.

(C. L. A. Dening.) *Rickards, H. A. Wyuthrop College, Ashton-on-Mersey.

Dixton Vicarage, Monmouth.

Robb, A. Cathedral High School for Girls, Bombay. *Roechling, M. H. St. Anne's, Abbots Bromley, Rugeley.

High Fields, Radlett, Herts.

Robinson, F. 215, Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, N, *Rogers, L. C. orjr.Seettalteiele,__Clapham,eurtrnyeel, ricVAtottiit 4,11 Scott, B. G. Brincliffe Countydary School,NottingGale Cottage, Littleborough, Lancs. [ham.

Ramsay, M.

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3 Seelly, G. M.

j The Parade, Truro, Cornwall. / Holy Trinity Vicarage, Keighley. *Selby, G. M, The Hall Cottage, Yateley, Hants. /-A ,-,,.,r.-jr:-.----.....,_Si_ Iuttleworth, S Teachers' Training College, Brighton.

M. A, / Choir School, College Green, Worcester. poll, J. 11 5 1 4 S St. Michael's Hall, Brighton, / Warleigh House, SouthborneRoad,Sheffield. coskrurzuwiattA M. L. 5 St. Michael's Hall, Brighton.

Warleigh House, Southborne Road, Sheffield. *Sister Charlotte, Home of the Community of the Epiphany, Nov. C.E,, Truro.

(C. E. Jourdain.)

The Manor House, Broadwindsor, Dorset.

Sister Eleanor, Nov. C.E., Home of the Community of the (E. M. Spooner.)

[Epiphany, Truro.

Smith, G. N. 23, Alderbrook Road, Balham, S.W. Smith, H. 1 St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

1 23, Alderbrook Road, Balham, S.W. Snowdon, / Sunninghill Vicarage, Berks.

E. M. H. 5 Sparks, B. M. ( High School, Wisbech.

1 Kirk Langley Rectory, Derby.

Sprules, D. Trelawne, Sutton, Surrey.

Stark, H. D. M. 5 Graham Street High School, S.W. 1 Bromborough, Cheshire. *Steer, G. E. 5 Godolphin School, Salisbury.

1 Ryhall Vicarage, Stamford. *Swetenham, Mrs. (E. B. L. Watson.)

Talbot, E. M. St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

Merton Lodge, Oalcfield Grove, Clifton.

Graham Street High School, S.W. *Tew, M. J. / Upham Rectory, Southampton. *Tilley, E, Farlington House, Hayward's Heath.

1 8, Douglas Avenue, Hythe, Kent.

5 52A, Prince of Wales' Road, Battersea Paris, *Thomas, Mrs. Allan 1 S.W. (F. E. Stoton.)

St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

Thomas, L. 1 Fairhaven Road, St. Annes-on-Sea. Thompson, 11. E. E., 9n, Grove End Road, N.W, Girls' Grammar School, Berkhamsted.

Todd, L. F. Westfield House, Tiverton, Devon. ( High School, Winchester.

Tree, C. M. 1 Battenhall Grange, Worcester Glendower, Sutton, Surrey. *Tudor, M. St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

Tugwell, J. ( Shirburn, Wallington, Oxon.

5 City of London School for Girls, Victoria Ern4.1, Myddelton Square, E.C. [bankment, E.C. *Twentyman, Mrs. S The Laurels, Tettenhall Wood, Wolver(E. B. Warner.) t hampton.

5, Sandheys Avenue, Waterloo, Liverpool.

Vaux, E. St. Mary's Hill, Pietermaritzburg, S. Africa.

Visicic, Mrs. C. (H. E. Wiglesworth.)

Spalernaja 3, St. Petersburgh.

Von Vogdt, L. St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

Wallace, E. St. Kilda, Hampton Hill, S.W. 36, Sussex Square, Brighton. *Ward, F. *Wardale, E. E., Ph.D., 3, Norham Road, Oxford. *Warington, Mrs. High Bank, Harpenden, Herts.

Turner, J. E.

(R. J. Spackman.)

7, Upper Cheyne Row, S.W. *Watson, J. Watson, C. G. W. { Queen Anne's School, Caversham, Oxon.

Morcott Grange, Rutland.

Yardleys, Kettering.

Webb, M. N. S.P.G. Women's House, 28, Nagata Cho, *Weston, M. D. Kojimachiku, Tokio, Japan.

Auckland School, De is Warr Road, BexhillWhite, S. A. on Sea. Burlington School, Old Burlington Street, W. Wigg, M. E. 1erB'L—e're***RY-P-414141e1111171414.1411, S.E. St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

Wildy, R. Penlu, Camborne, Cornwall.

2, Little Stanhope Street, Mayfair, W. Wilford, E. St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

Willans, L. M. 1 19, Ribblesdale Road, Hornsey, London, N. The Cedars, Chislehurst, Kent.

Willett, G. *Williams, A. M. c/o C. C. Lynam, Esq., School House, Bardwell Road, Oxford.

19, Ca rlingford Rd., Hampstead Heath, N.W. Bede House, Stamford.

Williams, E. Willson, Mrs. N. Bemerton, Salisbury.

(A. Bond.)

Winford Rectory, near Bristol. *Wilson, H. I. Church High School, SurbiLon. Wilson, M. Woodhouse, A. I. 5 High School, Worcester.

Grimley Vicarage, Worcester. •Woodman, H. Ivy Cottage, Beeding, Sussex. *Wright, Mrs. C. P., c/o Messrs. Grindley & Co., (A. L. Barker.)

54, Parliament Street, S.W. *Wyld, F. M. IY1irtOvt at CA2.

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The Zditor hopes that Members will inform Where two addresses are given, the second is the permanent home address.

Denotes life membership.

All Subscriptions should be paid at once to the Treasurer; and not to the Secretary. the Secretary of any change of address.

NOTICES AND LETTERS. REPRESENTATIVE ON THE COUNCIL. Nominations for the Old Students' representative on the Council of the Hall were received from 21 Old Students. The number of voting papers received was 115, and Miss Deneke was elected by a small majority. She was duly co-opted on to the Council; where she will serve for a period of three years, after which she will be re-eligible.

BUILDINGS AND STAFF. Next term, Fyfield Lodge (standing at the corner of Fyfield Road and Crick Road) will be used as an additional house for St. Hugh's Students. It is not large and will only hold about eight students, but no house nearer to the Hall could be procured. Miss Ady has agreed to come and shepherd the party.

The increased numbers make us anxious to enlarge our Dining Hall, which can only be done by the erection of a new temporary Chapel. A letter addressed to all friends of the Hall is added, in case anyone has not seen the appeal for funds. Now it is impossible to be all together in Chapel, and even the lobby is full at prayer-time with our present numbers.

It is proposed that meals should be prepared at Fyfield Lodge for nine people every day, but that the party should vary as much as possible, and that a system of rotation both for dons and students should be instituted, to prevent more breaking up into separate households than can be helped. On wet days everyone will eat where they lodge, and occasionally all will dine together at the Hall.

By enlargement of the lawn at Fyfield Lodge, a second grass tennis court has been secured.

Miss Deneke and Miss Ady have been appointed Hall Tutors, bringing the number of resident tutors up to three.

" St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford, "July, 1909.

A PROPOSED TEMPORARY CHAPEL. " Dear , The accommodation in the small room, at present used as a Chapel, is far from meeting the present needs of the Hall. There are now 46 persons who attend the services, and in October this number will probably become 56, with the extra house accommodation at our disposal.

"It is proposed to erect a small Temporary Chapel, built, of brick and rough cast, adjoining the house, and plans have been drawn with a view to the cheapest possible form of erection, the estimated cost of which will be about

" This building, of course, can be but a temporary expedient, and in no way prejudices the erection of a more beautiful and permanent Chapel when the time comes.

"But, as the Chapel is the centre where the life of the Hall receives its fullest and best expression, and the place from which all our work takes its direction, we appeal for the funds necessary to give us a building more commodious, and, so far as possible, dignified and suitable for worship. " Any donation that you may feel disposed to send (addressed to the Principal, 6, West Hill, Sydenham, S.E.), towards this real need, will be most thankfully received. " Yours very truly, " (Signed) T. H. ARCHER HOUBLON, "Archdeacon of Oxford & Chairman of the Council. " C. A. E. MOBERLY, " Principal."

HINTS TO THE EDITOR. (See Minutes of Club Meeting.)

The Editor will bear the first suggestion in mind for the next Club Paper.

THE UNIVERSITY. Oxford has proved herself conservative on the questions of the reform of Congregation and of the alteration of the regulations for the M.A. degree.

The proposal to limit Congregation to M.A.'s actively working for and in the University was rejected, and the suggestion to refuse the M.A. degree to pass-men met with a similar fate.

Lord Curzon's book on " University Reform " has led to the formation of various Committees of the Hebdomadal Council to consider the questions raised by him. The principal of these (from the University standpoint) are :r. The Reform of Congregation.

2. The Administration of Finance.

3. The Relation between the Colleges and the University.

4. The Organization of Post-Graduate Work.

5. The Education of the Working Classes in Oxford.

6. The Regulation of Non-Collegiate Students.

To us the final question of the position of women in Oxford looms large.

Oxford won the Boat Race, and Christ Church is still Head of the river.

5 On May I, 1909, a Special General Meeting of the A.E.W. was called to consider certain much-needed reforms in its Constitution. The eight members to be elected by the whole Association have almost invariably been nominated, proposed, seconded, and appointed by the Council. The very well-attended meeting settled that, for the future, the Association should have its own eight freely elected members, but that the Council should have the power of co-opting two additional members if necessary.

The present state of things had partly arisen from the difficulty of communicating with a large and everincreasing body of people (800 of whom are student members) ; and it is felt by some people that the time has come (r) for readjusting conditions of membership of the A.E.W. ; (2) for having a proper electoral body within it, which can be called upon to act when vacancies suddenly occur. Such an electoral body should have a closer touch upon Oxford and University politics than is possible to the majority of non-resident members, who are rightly diffident in deciding who should, or should not, be on the Council. Some members of the Association wish, in fact, to have a Congregation within the larger Convocation.

On Wednesday, November 17 (St. Hugh's Day), at the next Annual General Meeting, resolutions drawn up by the Committee appointed for that purpose will be presented for discussion to secure some workable plan. The Committee consists of the President, the Secretaries, the Treasurer, Mr. Geldart, Mr. Nagle, Mr. A. H. Johnson, Mrs. H. A. L. Fisher, Hon. Alice Bruce, Miss Jamison, Miss Jourdain, Miss Atkinson.

It is hoped that all who can do so will arrange to be present, as the voting may be narrow, and though the electoral body may seem to limit the electing power of the A.E.W., yet such power has practically been lost, and any smaller body (with the definitely assigned duty of electing) will be larger than the present Council. The Association would still meet annually, for it alone has the power of making constitutional changes and of keeping it up to date, but would not try to do what is hardly possible for it to do well.

Some may think that the fact that a Delegacy for connecting the University with the Women's Colleges, Halls, and Society of Home Students, may before long be offered by the University, makes reform in the A.E.W. unnecessary ; those who are in the midst of the actual work which is going on feel, on the contrary, a desire that the University should find the Association in sound working order, its members proud of their membership, and thoroughly alive to its needs, and to the great work it has accomplished, even should it be superseded by something better suited for fulfilling the task set before us.

St. Hugh's Hall produced a good number of attendances in May, and, considering that it has such special reasons for gratitude to the A.E.W. in the past, we hope that as many student members as can do so will be present at the November Meeting : they are invited to tea afterwards at the Hall.

Miss Abdy writes as follows :— U.M.C.A , Msalabami, Tanga, G.E. Africa.

The address shows that I still have the privilege of working in the Universities' Mission, but it is rather difficult to explain what I am doing just now, for in Africa one has to be everything by turns. To begin with, I am district visitor, but this includes the inspection of the Out-Schools for Girls, and that includes nursing the teacher's baby so as to set her free to look after her classes. District visiting means a good deal of tramping, for the parish has a radius of some ten miles, and the Christians are very scattered.

As a village often consists of three huts only, and each village is on a different hill, and the hills this time of year are separated by bogs or deep streams, one feels inclined sometimes to give up striving to fulfil the ideal of Chaucer's poor parson.

Two days in the week I run a little Out-School of my own. Why the children come is a continual wonder to me, for they are little raw heathen girls, but one blows a whistle in an apparently desert land, and suddenly children spring up from every side, and come into the mud-and-stick school, and work hard.

In between whiles there are Baptismal and Confirmation candidates and would-be brides to be taught, and a small Mothers' Meeting for teachers' wives who are learning to read and write, and a few English lessons weekly to give in the Boys' School, and the weekly Catechism papers to correct. The German correspondence of the Station generally falls to my lot too. But though this sounds a long list, one is never rushed for time in a land where there is only one train a day, and where the favourite proverb is " Hurry, hurry has no blessing."

The work in one way is very monotonous, for we spend our time in teaching the elements of the faith and reading and writing, but it is always absorbingly interesting.

MARRIAGES. at DAVIS —MAcx.—On the 31st March, 1909, St. Peter's Church, Cowfold, Sussex, Rushworth Kennard Davis, of Marlborough College, son of Shelly Kennard Davis, Esq., of Roehampton, to Maude Agnes, youngest daughter of James A. Mack, Esq., of The Grinstead, Partridge Green, Sussex R ICHARDSON-DENING. —On the 14th October, 1908, at the Parish Church, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, George Herbert, second son of G. Richardson, of Salisbury, to Christina Leonora Annabel, daughter of Edwin Dening, M.D., of Stowon-the-Wold.

6 BALANCE SHEET,

1907-8

INCOME. 73 Annual Subscriptions 26 Arrears ...

5 Life Subscriptions Balance from 1906-7

s. d. ... 5 9 6 ... I 19 0 ... 3 15 0 ... 13 13 7

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EXPENDITURE. s. d.

Secretary's Expenses—April Meeting, 7s. ; 2 6 I ...

June Meeting, 15s. 6d. ... ... ...

Club Paper...

4 10 0 0 0 19 ...

Editor's Expenses for Postage 0 0 10 Treasurer's Expenses for Postage 18 4 7 Balance in hand, October, 1908 ...

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Mack, Lane, Davis, Talbot, Bickmore, Dobbs, Maurice, Ottley, Willans, Herdman, Barber, Crump, B. Moberly, Lee, Hammonds, Hough, Cunynghame, Hodge, Scott, Snowden, Fox, Ludwig, and Mrs. Marriott.

Tile Seventeenth General Meeting of the Club was held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 26, 1909, at 2, Cambridge Gate, N.W., by kind permission of Mrs. Deneke.

Miss Jourdain (Vice-President) took the chair in the absence of the President.

I. The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and adopted.

II. The Election of four Committee Members to take the place of those retiring in July, then took place.

The following nominations had been previously made and seconded :— Nominee.

Miss Homer

FINANCIAL STATEMENT. There is little to add to the Accounts for 1907-8, which explain themselves. An increase of Z4 I Is. in the balance is highly satisfactory, and rather above the average. However, it is partly accounted for by the fact that the Secretary's expenses did not include tea at Club Meetings, for which an allowance has sometimes to be made.

A rough estimate of this year's Accounts, which are not closed till October, 1909, does not compare unfavourably with last year's. There are five new Life Members and nineteen new Annual Members. The number of Annual Subscribers in r 908-9 will therefore be 105, and, including the Life subscriptions, this gives a prospective income of Z.' I Its. 6d. In addition to this, there is the hope of 17 arrears that are due, and would bring, roughly, another guinea. The balance will probably be increased by almost .44. As long as no further expenses are anticipated the finances are therefore quite satisfactory, but the possibility of an increase in the Secretary's expenses should be allowed for.

H. C. DENEKE, Treasurer.

MINUTES OF CLUB MEETINGS. The Sixteenth General Meeting of the Club was held at 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 13, at St. Hugh's Hall. Miss Moberly presided.

There was no Agenda and no Business at this Meeting. The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and adopted with a slight correction. The date of the next General Meeting was announced—June 26, and the place, 2, Cambridge Gate, N.W. There were present :—Miss Wardale and Miss Jourdain (Vice-Presidents), Miss Keeling (Editor), Miss Deneke (Treasurer), Misses Phillips, Wyld, and Tudor (Committee Members), also Misses Lindsay, Robinson, Irwin, Penny, Gordon, Tew, Godwin,

Proposer.

Seconder.

Miss Deneke Miss I. Ottley Miss Crick Miss Eppstein Miss M. Wilson Miss Tew Miss Bazeley Miss Cornish Miss Bazeley Miss Crick Miss Cornish Miss Sprules Miss Crick Miss Bazeley Miss Hough Miss Batchelor Miss Cornish There were elected :—Miss Bazeley, Miss Homer, Miss Sprules, Miss Tew. III. Miss Jourdain read a letter from Mrs. Thompson, stating that Miss Deneke had been elected upon the St. Hugh's Hall Council, as the representative of the Old Students.

Miss Jourdain also stated that the Council had coopted Miss Deneke for three years, after which time she would be eligible for re-election.

IV. Miss Crick recommended that Notice of the Meeting in the Summer Term should be sent out as early as the Secretary conveniently could.

V. Miss Jourdain—in the absence of the Treasurer —then read the Financial Statement.

VI. It was proposed by Miss Crick, seconded by Miss Rogers :—" That owing to the flourishing condition of the Club there should be two Club Papers brought out in the year."

The following suggestions for the Editor were made :—( ) That the Club Paper should occasionally contain notices of new books recommended in the University (the Librarian to be responsible for these).

(2) That the Club Paper should also contain general University information.

VII. A vote of thanks to Mrs. Deneke was then proposed, and carried nem. con.

There were present at the Meeting :—Misses Jourdain, Lee, Ady, Wyld, Cunynghame, Crick, Wilson, Rogers, Knipe, Horner, Eppstein, Bazeley, Sprules, Baker, bodwell, Watson, Prideaux, Douglas, Bebb, Wildy.

M. CORNISH, Secretary.

7 OLD STUDENTS' SCHOLARSHIP

FUND.

GENERAL REPORT.

The Scholarship Fund is now completing the sixth year of its existence. Although in the main it continues to flourish, the margin between income and expenditure is sufficiently narrow to cause the Treasurer some anxiety each year, as to whether there will be £30 in the Bank by the beginning of October with which to pay the Scholarship. In 1907, it will be remembered, a deficit of Li 2s. 3d. was shown in the account. In 1908 a deficit was only avoided by merging the interest (i8s. 5d.), which had been allowed to accumulate since the opening of the Fund, in the General Account, and by raising a further sum of i8s. through a levy of 3s. each from the Guarantors.

On each occasion however the deficit would have been altogether avoided if all the subscriptions originally promised had been forthcoming. For 1909, although the subscriptions actually received only amount to £27 17s., there is £3 I2S. 6d. still to come, without including the subscriptions of those who by persistent silence may be considered to have withdrawn from the Fund.

Of the six students who went down last year, three have become subscribers, and Miss Lee has kindly added her name to the list of Guarantors. After discussing the financial position at a Meeting held in Oxford in February, the Committee considered themselves justified in continuing the Scholarship at its present rate for another three years, and allowing it to be advertised among the other Scholarships to be competed for in March, 191o. It is hoped that subscribers will prevent there being cause to repent this act of boldness, by continuing to support the Fund with the same loyalty as hitherto, and that all Old Students who have not done so already will consider the possibility of becoming subscribers in 1910.

MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETING. The Fourth General Meeting of Subscribers was held on June 26, at 2, Cambridge Gate, before the Club Meeting. In the absence of the President, the Treasurer took the chair. Fifteen subscribers were present.

1. The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and adopted.

2. The Treasurer made a general report on the progress of the Fund.

3. The motion, " That in future the Treasurer be nominated by the Committee," down on the Agenda in Miss Deneke's name, was in her absence proposed

by Miss Cunynghame and seconded by Miss Jourdain, and carried unanimously.

4. Mrs. Harvey's motion (1907), "That the Scholarship be held on the distinct understanding that the full Degree Course be taken," was again brought up for discussion, and with it the amendment on the Agenda proposed by Miss Rice, seconded by Miss Lee, " That if the candidate wish to take the Degree Course with final honours, the Scholarship may, with the approval of the Principal, be extended for a fourth year." It was felt that the amendment did not express sufficiently strongly the importance attached by subscribers to the Degree Course. Miss Jourdain spoke in this connection of the rapid move-

ment of events in Oxford during the last few months with regard to the granting of Degrees to Women, and showed that the time was fast approaching when all students should take the full Degree Course. On the other hand, it was recognized that—at the next election, at any rate—a good scholar might be lost to the Hall by a too hard-and-fast regulation. Finally, a new amendment was proposed by Miss Lee, and seconded by Miss Cunynghame, " That the Scholarship be held on the understanding that the full Degree Course with Honours be taken, unless otherwise recommended by the Awarding Committee ; and that, in the event of a fourth year's residence being thought necessary, the Scholarship be continued during that period." This on being put to the vote was carried unanimously, thus cancelling both the original motion and the previous amendment.

5. Mrs. Ramsay's motion (1908) came next on the Agenda, "That in future the Scholarship be open only to those in need of pecuniary help." In order that it might be discussed and voted upon, it was proposed by Miss M. Wilson, and seconded by Miss Knipe, on the understanding that they did not personally support the motion. Various arguments were brought forward against the introduction of a poverty clause," repeating in substance what was said at the last Meeting and in the Notice issued by the Committee. All present agreed that their main object in supporting the Fund was to help the Hall, and that, until the list of Scholarships offered by St. Hugh's had grown considerably longer, this could best be done by avoiding any restrictions which would limit the choice of the Awarding Committee.

The motion was rejected unanimously. Miss Jourdain then mentioned the system of Honorary Scholarships, by which the successful candidate who does not need pecuniary help is allowed to retain the title of Scholar, whilst handing on the emoluments to the next candidate on the list. On learning that this scheme was likely to be adopted in Oxford, the Meeting passed the following resolution, proposed by Miss Jourdain and seconded by Miss Eppstein, " That the question of Honorary Scholarships be recommended to the consideration of the O.S. Scholarship Committee."

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS,

1908.

S. d. ... 29 17 6 Per Subscriptions ...

Interest on Deposit Account to Jan. r, o r8 5 1908 ...

18 Paid by Guarantors • •• RECEIPTS.

.4'3' 13 Il

EXPENDITURE. Deficit from 1907 ...

I

Scholarship...

Treasurer's Expenses Secretary's Expenses Balance in hand ...

3o

0 6 5 0

3

£31 13

II

0

C. M. ADY,

s. d.

2 3

Treasurer.

0 5

St. Hugh's Hall.

June 24.

DEAR OLD STUDENTS,—At present the only Schools results to record are the Honour Mods.

Miss Gordon, Miss Penny, and Miss Crump are all to be congratulated on getting Seconds; and Miss Gordon is staying up another two years to read for Greats.

There were thirteen Freshers at the beginning of the year. The majority of them are doing the Degree Course, while one of them is following Miss Von Vogdt's lead, and is reading for Law. Although the Hall now numbers thirty-eight, only six people are going down this term. This will not mean however that only a few will be able to come up next year, as there is to be a new house, which will hold seven or eight. Miss Ady is coming to take charge of it, so we shall have the pleasure of welcoming back an old student. The house is in Fyfield Road, at the corner of Crick Road, and has a tennis court in the garden.

We have been trying this year to get a temporary Chapel erected, as the present one is not nearly large enough, and of course there is not yet sufficient money for the permanent one. So far however nothing has been arranged, though negotiations are still going on.

The Hall Societies are being carried on on the same lines as usual. Topical allusions are still found in Shakespeare, and the meetings of the Society are very jovial. The Browning Society secures quite a good attendance at its meetings, and in the Summer Term other r9th-century poets than Browning are read. Miss Jourdain's papers on Metaphysics have led the way to the formation of the Philosophical Society. This year the History of the Absolute has been traced through Greek Philosophy, and some separate papers have also been read. Sharp Practice is still as popular as ever. There is a marked increase of eagerness to speak on the part of members in general, and the oratory of the present First Year augurs well for the immediate future.

The Games Clubs are in a fairly flourishing condition. We have obtained no notable victories in Hockey, but have had some very close matches with Somerville, and quite good games with L.M.H. In the Tennis Cup Ties the St. Hugh's champions, Miss Kenyon Stow and Miss Godwin, have beaten each of the couples from the other Halls by t—r o, but have not succeeded in carrying off the Cup. Miss Kenyon Stow is in the Oxford Six. The Boat Club numbers thirty now, so that we are badly in need of another boat. Great zeal has been shown by everybody learning, and punting lessons have been conducted in pouring rain !

Among the most notable public lectures have been those of Sven Hedin, of Dr. Stein, and of Sir Hubert von Herkomer. The most interesting for St. Hugh's have been those of Professor Henry Jones, which have been on " The Metaphysics of Good and Evil." At nearly all of these lectures members of St. Hugh's have formed quite a large proportion of the audience. The fact that they have followed so closely on those of the Pragmatist, Professor James, has made them the more attractive.

The English School has suffered greatly in the loss of

Dr. De Selincourt, who has left Oxford for Birmingham.

The performance of " The Frogs " by the O.U.D.S. proved immensely popular, and the refrain of the " Frogs' Chorus " could be heard for many days afterwards in the Hall. Another attraction at the theatre was Dr. Murray's English version of the " Hippolytus " of Euripides ; while no less alluring to the Hall was the appearance of Martin Harvey in " The Only Way ! " The outstanding event of importance to us at the Union was the occasion when Mrs. Fawcett, as the first woman speaker within its walls, upheld the cause of Woman Suffrage. The house was so packed that members filled every available square inch of ground by sitting on the floor. Although Mrs. Fawcett's motion was not carried, the House was remarkably evenly divided.

Lord Curzon's publication, " Principles and Methods of University Reform," has raised our hopes with regard to the question of Degrees for Women. At the most recent meeting of the Hebdomadal Council it was decided that the question should be discussed soon.

The last event of the term in Hall was the performance of " Alice in Wonderland " by the First Year. The parts were so well allotted that the characters appeared perfectly natural, in spite of their grotesque costumes ; and very clear evidence was given that the histrionic power of the Hall was in no way abated.

This seems to be a very meagre account of the year, and I can only hope that the outlines will suggest the details to you who are so well acquainted with Hall life.

MARY TUDOR (Senior Student).

Postcards to the Editor.

Since I went down I have been experimenting in the career of living at home, and have found that it has great possibilities. Sunday School and G.F.S. Classes, a Choral Society and a Rifle Club, have been among my various fields of activity.

I have been to Italy three times and to Egypt once, and, although I appreciated the wonders of Egypt to the full, I still love Italy best. I have written a book, and done a little coaching, and have also found time for a good deal of sheer frivolity. Altogether I have enjoyed myself very much, and am now looking forward to a no less interesting, if somewhat more strenuous, career in a new capacity at Oxford.—C. M. ADY.

I am interested in the CLUB PAPER when it comes out, and glad to know of the progress made by the Hall. Many of us have wondered who has been elected by the Students to the Council of St, Hugh's Hall. My work here goes on very happily. The School building is to be very considerably enlarged—in fact, the accommodation will be doubled. Our numbers have outgrown our present building, so we must add to it. City and County are now considering how we can celebrate the Tennyson Centenary. I am on the Committee which adds one more to my long list. On the 24th of July I hope to sail on the Mauretania ' to New York, to spend the holidays in Virginia, Maryland, &c.—Yours sincerely, C. E. ASHBURNER.

9 I meant to have written and posted this from Cheltenham, before we left for Teignmouth, but was interrupted. We find Teignmouth very relaxing, and are longing to get home again ; but, as usual, we sacrifice ourselves for the children ! I fear this will be too late for the PAPER. Never mind ! it is too dull to be any loss. I really will try to be punctual and interesting next year, for I enjoy reading all the postcards.—Yours sincerely, C. L. BRAINE-HARTNELL. I am still teaching at the Girls' Grammar School, Berkhamsted, and am looking forward to the coming of another old St. Hughite next term, viz. Miss Todd. Our chief excitement this year has been the coming of age of the School in May last. Need I say that Berkhamsted is only an hour from Euston, and that if any old St. Hughite finds herself in this part of the world, I shall always be delighted to see her.— G. CUNYNGHAME, Since I wrote my last p.c., like so many other sensible members of the Hall, I have made my way to London, where I am teaching at the same school as Miss Prideaux. It is very delightful being so in the heart of everything. The fascinations of this slummy part of the world are indeed beyond my power to describe. I am living in Dickens-land ; and is not the site of the Tabard Inn almost within a stone's-throw of the school ?

Then there is Bank Side close at hand, and the Elephant— renowned on many a bus—I have lately discovered to have been famous even in Shakespeare's time. Floreat South London.—Z. EPPSTEIN. For a year I have been a Form Mistress at the Grey Coat Hospital, Westminster, and my education makes rapid strides.

Of the nature of my work most St. Hughites know all they wish to know. My play is "compact of many sweets "concerts, picture galleries, Suffragist riots, aimless wanderings.

—H. M. FEAR. I fear an account of my doings during the past year or so will not prove of overwhelming interest. The truth is, I am a wastrel. Last spring I went to Venice, and revelled for three weeks in the unique sights and sounds and smells of that delightful city. I hope to spend August in Normandy, with another and far worthier member of this Club. We propose to live an amphibious life, and bathe and bask, and bathe and bask again. When I am not otherwise engaged, and get an order, I do a little typewriting, but my most serious occupation is gardening, and I wage a deadly and never-ending war against slugs and weeds. In one way and another time flies, and on the whole I find life pleasant, if profitless.—R. W. GODDARD.

I am still at Truro, working up my little school ; it now numbers 55. We are beginning to send out our young people into the world to find a place for themselves. As England is so far away, that sort of thing is a great responsibility to a Cornish woman. We often wonder what is going on "up country," "in England." Personally, I long to hear from some of my contemporaries as to how the world goes with them. There are already five Oxford people in Truro ! Miss Milroy, from Lady Margaret, is here at the Mother School.— C. S. JobL. I have been teaching for a year in a private school in Surrey, and have enjoyed my new experiences considerably, even though life anywhere than in Oxford seems at present to be exile in the tents of Kedar. I hope to begin work next year at Streatham College.—F. M. KNIPE. I think my life must be, in spite of its happiness, characterized by more monotony than that of other Club members, for I never have any thing new to say on my postcard. My ordinary work goes on, and the only thing to record is that I have been giving more lectures than usual out of Oxford, viz., at Bath, Worcester, Southampton, and Bournemouth. Lecturing to new audiences is always cheering, because they don't know one's limitations ! This vacation too I have a great treat in store, in the shape of some lectures to the 95 foreign teachers who arrive here to-day, on new and exciting subjects—Mysticism in English Poetry and the

Approaching (?) Renaissance. No one who has not tried it can tell how the necessity of putting together thoughts on these big subjects helps the teacher, and what a privilege it is to be asked to do it. Another piece of work now occupying me is the publication of a book on Browning's " Paracelsus," which will I hope be ready in the autumn. Paracelsus and his philosophy is another big isubject, and the wonder is that it has been so little dealt with, considering its extreme fascination. The book is to consist of the reprinted text, with seven chapters of introduction, a glossary, and explanatory notes, and I hope it may be of some use to College Browning Societies, and students of Browning generally.—MARGARET L. LEE. I think the only item of interest regarding myself which I can contribute to the CLUB PAPER is that I was married to my step-mother's brother last October. I mention the relationship on account of the rather amusing complications to which it leads. I am my father's sister4p*rw and my own step-aunt, among other things ! I was sorry to leave my old work at Hereford, but am very happy in my new part of the world, where I have a charming house to " keep in order," and am getting quite objectionably "house-proud." —NORAH RICHARDSON.

I am still Science Mistress at the Lewisham Grammar School for Girls, but the school has grown much bigger, so two other Science Mistresses have been appointed to help me. We have just started a Debating Society and a Nature Study Club, but the rain has prevented one or two outings arranged for the latter. We took the girls to Fulham Palace to see the Church Pageant last week.—LILY C. ROGERS. Your p.c. has caused me much thought, as I have tried to find something about my school which is not identical with every other school. Week-ends in Oxford and elsewhere go a long way to relieve the monotony of instructing the young in the way they should go, and in mathematics.—Yours sincerely, B. G. SCOTT. I am just looking fOrward to life in London, as I have been offered the post of History Mistress at Graham Street High School. The prospect of being so much nearer to Oxford, and the possibility of again attending Club Meetings, is very delightful, though I shall be very sorry in many ways to leave Swansea, where I have had a very happy four years. It is also rather tantalizing to see the outside only of some charming new buildings which are to be opened in September.

—M. J. TRW. My winter work has been rather pleasant, but as I was not allowed to be either a " companion " or a "governess" by the girls who required my services, I could only be described as their "keeper ; " and instruction in French, German, and music came in quite incidentally. I am now hoping to hear of a holiday engagement, or to get abroad to a good climate for a few months. My father and mother celebrated their Golden Wedding last December, and we had a great family gathering.

They received over fifty lovely presents, and were quite well and able to enjoy everything. If any of you are near Stamford, do come over and see our Hospital Buildings and Almshouses.

The halls and chapel are more than four hundred years old, and the whole town is most interesting. The approach to it on the Midland Railway through the meadows reminds one of Oxford, and there are still six churches left out of the original fourteen.—EVELYN WILLIAMS. I was received as a Novice in the Community of the Epiphany last April. There is quite a settlement of St. Hugh's old students at Truro—Miss Joel at the Branch High School, Miss Seelly at the Council School, and Sister Eleanor and myself in the Community Home.—SISTER CHARLOTTE (C. E. JOURDAIN).

I am still teaching at the Surbiton High School, where I am very happy. Life is ordinary, but extremely interesting to myself. It is delightful being near London, and able occasionally to see the many S.H.H. people there. I am hoping to spend part of the summer holidays in Cornwall.—Yours sincerely, A. M. WILSON.

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