St Hugh's College, Oxford - Club Paper, Jan 1899

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No. 2.

JANUARY, 1899.

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Miss Moberly, President (till July, 1900).

C. E. Jdurdain, Vice-President (till July, 1900). E. A. Owen, Vice-President (till July, r900). W. M. Mammatt, Treasurer (till July, !goo).

A. Malone (till July, 1899).

D. C. Abdy, Editor (till July, 1900).

V. A. Simpson (till July, 1899).

F. M. Langston (till July, 1899).

E. M. Hatch (till July, 1899).

M. A. Rice (till July, 1899).

M. A. Wilson, Secretary, High School, East Putney, S.W. (till July, 1900).

grembers.

Abbott, A. M. f 82, Boulevard Malesherbes, Paris.

The Elms, Cropwell Butler, Radcliffe-on-Trent. *Abdy, D. C. (High School, Tunbridge Wells.

1Bruges, Belgium. *Ashburner, C. E. !High School, Nottingham.

118, Mansfield Grove, Nottingham. *Braine-Hartnell, Mrs., 6, Bays Hill Terrace, Cheltenham.

(C. L. Barker).

f High School, Nottingham.

Shipton-under-Wychwood Vicarage, Oxon.

Bird, P. f Slepe Hall, St. Ives, Hunts.

1Lilian Cottage, Burgh Hill, Sydenham, S.E. Birley, M. H. f Girls' Collegiate School, Port Elizabeth, S. Africa.

120, St. Michael's Road, Bedford.

Bulkeley, M. M. The Rectory, Morpeth.

Burnett, M. E. f The Rectory, Morpeth.

11E11 Side, Salisbury.

Cox, Mrs. A. 58, High Street, Watford.

Barter, C. D.

(S. M. Iles).

De Castro, I. P. M. L. Eakin, M. L.

f St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

1Kingsgate House, Winchester. f The Warren, Knutsford, Cheshire.

1The Bridge House, Shrewsbury. *Emmerson, J. A. !Yorkshire College, Leeds.

155, Court Hill Road, Lewisham, S.E. Etlinger, F. von 28, Clyde Road, Dublin.

Fairbanks, A. L.c/o J. C. Moberly, Esq., 9, Rockstone Place, 11Melbourn, Wells, Somerset.

[Southampton.

Fear, H. M. • j Spring Villa, Moat Road, E. Grinstead. {The Vicarage, Brenchley, Paddock Wood, Kent.

Gent, Mrs. H. C. St. Agnes, Torquay.

(S. E Kershaw).

*Goodchild, A. C. f C.M.S. Chundicully, Jaffna, Ceylon.

1111, Eaton Terrace, S.W. Grant, M. A. f St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. !Linden Road, Bedford.

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

Hamilton, R. E.Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

13, Wallbutton Road, Brockley, S.E. Hatch, E. M. 2, Hinde Street, Manchester Square, W. Hedley, C. J- St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

170, Talbot Road, Southport.

Hickinbotham, C, C. E., Woodlands, Rolvenden, Kent. *Hodge, D. M. V._fSt. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

10mbersley Road, Worcester.

Hudson, H. M. Mayfield, Rugby.

Hunt, E. A. 1St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

1Kirklinton Rectory, Carlisle.

Joel, C. S. f Bishop Otter College, Chichester. {Bute Cottage, Highcliffe, Christchurch. *Jourdain, C. E. _f The Lodge, Marlborough.

163, Chesferton Road, Cambridge.

Knox, E. M. Havergal College, Toronto.

Langston, B.J- United Westminster School for Boys, S.W. 165, Warwick Square, S.W. Langston, F. M. f St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

165, Warwick Square, S.W. *Lee, M. L. f 77, 'Banbury Road, Oxford.

1Leafield, Witney, Oxon.

Malone, A. 4, Brunswick Square, W.C. Mammatt, W. M. Brookside, Ilkley, Yorks.

Marriott, Mrs. J. A. R., 3, Holywell, Oxford, (H. Robinson).

Matravers, E. C. (Eaton House, Aldeburgh, Suffolk.

119, Howard Place, Carlisle.

May, E. G.

f St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

-1Ravenshoe, Oxford Rd., Moseley, Birmingham

Medill, G. I. K. f Trinity College, Glenalmond, N.B. 1Rostrevor, Denmark Avenue, Wimbledon.

Mitchell, W. J. de L., 3, Walton Villas, Hersham Road, [Walton-on-Thames.

Moberly, C. A. E. f St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford. !Parsonage, Sydenham, S.E. Olivier, E. M. Wilton Rectory, Salisbury. f Wycombe Abbey School, HighWycombe, Bucks.

Ovien, E. A. lDamerham Vicarage, Salisbury.

Parsons, G. I._f High School, Falmouth. t3, York Grove, Peckham, S.E. Penny, E. M. f Halidon House, Slough.

15, Grand Parade, Green Lanes, Harringay.

Prideaux,E.M.C. (St. Ilugh's Hall, Oxford.

1St. Saviour's Vicarage, Redland, Bristol.

Rice, M. A. Godolphin High School, Salisbury.

Kingscote House, East Grinstead.

Avening Rectory, Stroud, Gloucestershire. *Selby, G. M. Simpson, V. A,f 16, Abingdon Villas, Kensington, W. 1St. Mark's Rectory, Bexhill, Sussex.

Simpson, J. Warleigh House, Southbourne Road, Sheffield.

Simpson, M. L. f Romanoff, Surbiton.

1Warleigh House, Southbourne Road, Sheffield. *Spackman, R. J. Bowers House, Harpenden, Herts.

Sparks, B. M.f Grey Coat School, Westminster, S.W. {Carrington Vicarage, Nottingham.

Spooner, E. M. 12, Redcliffe Street, Redcliffe Square, S.W. Stark, H. D. M. j.St.Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

131, Highfield South, Rockferry, Birkenhead.

Steer, G. E. f St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

1Ryhall Vicarage, Stamford. _f II, Cyril Mansions, Prince of Wales Rd., S.W. Stoton, F. E. 1Willow Bank, Eynsham, Oxon.

Thompson,M.E.E Cappleside, Settle, Yorks.

1Kildwick Vicarage, Keighley, Yorks.

Townsend, A. B. 1'15, Queen's Street, Hammersmith, W. 124, Upper Phillimore Place, Kensington, W. f City of London School for Girls, Victoria Turner, J. E. 14 , Myddelton Square, E. C. [Embankment, E. C. Venables, E. M. j. St.Hugh's Hall, Oxford. l4, Norham Road, Oxford.

Ward, F. 3, Arundel Terrace, Brighton.

Wardale, E. E..1-23, Woodstock Road, Oxford.

12, Benet Place, Cambridge.

Warner, E. B. f St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford.

101d House, Codsall, Wolverhampton.

Watson, J, 7, Upper Cheyne Row, S.W. College, Cambridge. *Watson, E. B. L.j 1Hunstanton, New Brighton, Cheshire. *Weston, M. D. f r3, Shimoroku Bancho, Kojimachiku, Tokio, 18, Claremont Road, Cricklewood, N. W. [Japan, 'High School, Bishop's Auckland.

White, S. A. 130A, Wimpole Street, W. Williams, A. M. Wavertree, Mulgrave Road, Croydon.

Williams, E. Bede House, Stamford.

Wilson, M. A. f High School, Putney, S.W. 1Horbling Vicarage, Folkingham, Lincolnshire Wilson, H. I. Tudor Cottage, Bushey.

Wright, Mrs. C. P. Chaukpazat Gold Mine, Nankan P.O. (New (A. L. Barker).

Valley Railway), Upper Burmah.

• 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 gubscriptions should be paid at once to the Treasurer and not to the Secretary.

RESOLUTIONS.

That Miss Moberly be invited to become a member of the Club.

Proposer : Miss Spooner.

Seconder : Miss Mitchell. z. That Miss Rice become a Committee Member in the place of Miss M. Langston, now Senior Student.

Proposer : Miss Abdy.

Seconder : Miss Spackman.

July 23rd, 1898.

i. That a Secretary be appointed from among the Old Students to receive the Subscriptions of Old Students to all the Societies to which they subscribe in common with present students,

i.e., Women's University Settlement; St. Margaret's House, Bethnal Green ; Oxford Mission to Calcutta.

Proposer : Miss M. Langston (in the absence of Miss Rice).

2.

That a list of Subscriptions received for outside Societies be published quarterly in the Club Paper.

Proposer : Miss Matravers (in the absence of Miss Rice).

Seconder : Miss Turner (in the absence of Miss Olivier).

3. That the amount of the Subscription in each case be not published.

Proposer : Miss Hatch.

Seconder : Miss Hamilton.

Miss Rice was elected Secretary to receive Old Students' Subscriptions to the Settlement, the Oxford House, and the Calcutta Mission.

December 161h, 1898.

LETTERS AND NOTICES. Women's University Settlement.

Now that St. Hugh's has more than too students, we surely ought to be able to muster 5o subscribers to the Settlement, so that we may have our own student member on the committee. The Secretary of the W.U.S. says that the old members drop off, or else we should have had 5o subscribers long ago.

Now that all subscriptions can be paid directly to the Hall Secretary, could not all past and present students make a renewed effort ? Even if our sympathies may be more drawn towards other Settlements, the Women's University Settlement has a prior claim upon us, for our ancestors at the Hall undertook to support it, and we are in honour bound not to let it languish for lack of funds and sympathy. It has been thought that if all subscriptions were to be paid through the Hall, past and present students might the more feel their common interest in this matter. In accordance with this, a Secretary was appointed from among the old students to receive the subscriptions of such of their number as are willing to fall in with this suggestion. She will forward the sum collected to the Hall Secretary, who will send subscriptions and a full list of subscribers to the Settlement, which will thus be kept in closer touch with all St. Hugh's subscribers, old and new.

DoRA AnDY.

General Meeting, December 16th, 1898.

Only ten members were able to come to the meeting at z, Hinde Street, W., on December 16th, but there would probably have been more if it had not been a Friday in examination week, which made it difficult for High School mistresses to get away from their work. The meeting, however, was fairly representative of the different generations who have known St. Hugh's, and the presence of Miss Moberly always seems to join us all together. One of the earliest of St. Hugh's students, E. Spooner, came ; and there were also E. Williams, B. Langston, E. Matravers, J. Turner, J. Watson, E. Hatch, C. Joel, and two present students (M. Langston and R. Hamilton).

Everyone was sorry that our Secretary (A. Wilson) was not able to come, as she had broken down at Putney early in the term and was at home for a temporary rest. The readers of this paper will be glad to hearh she is now much better, and is going on wit with her work again. She sent an apology for having been prevented by her illness from sending the agenda beforehand to every member of the Club, but those who came to the meeting had an opportunity of studying it before they were asked to vote. The rule of the Club, "pleasure first, business afterwards," was duly carried out. Everyone had tea, except one luckless late - comer who arrived during a discussion upon weighty matters which could not be disturbed by the clatter of cup and saucer. The resolutions which were passed will be found upon another page. It says much for their intrinsic merits that, although the original proposers were not present to bring them forward in person, yet in each case a proposer and seconder was found without any difficulty from among the members who were attending the meeting. Perhaps everyone would like to know what resolutions were not passed, as the agenda was not properly sent round before-

hand. Both were proposed by A. Wilson, but they were not voted upon, as it was found that they concerned the Constitution, and could therefore only be decided by two-thirds of the entire Club. They were as follows :i. That each general meeting fix, at least approximately, the date of the next general meeting.

2. That the agenda of general meetings be only sent to those who let the Secretary know that they intend to be present.

As the Club is shortly to possess a "jelly," perhaps the Secretary may be willing to withdraw this last suggestion.

Business was brought to an end by a vote of thanks to E. Hatch for lending the room, and the meeting broke up about six o'clock.

St. Hugh's Hall, Oxford, December, 1898.

Dear Old Students, Again we send you hearty greetings from St. Hugh's Hall.

I am told that to begin with apologies is very bad form, so I must resist the temptation to apologize and appeal to your sense of pity instead. Picture the poor Senior Student sitting, pen in hand, almost distracted (feeling somewhat as though she were asked to write the life of Gladstone), struggling to supply the ever-increasing throng of old students with every variety of information, ranging from the doings of the Hebdomadal Council to tempting pieces of gossip about the Hall.

Oxford greeted us with tears after the Long Vacation. The steady rain came down without intermission for the best part of a week, and wrapt the whole place in gloom ; and we were afraid the new-corners would form a very unfavourable opinion of the much-abused Oxford climate. Soon, however, there came a break, and since then we have been enjoying the most delightful mild autumn weather with bright sunlight. I am sure it is not necessary for me to remind you of the beauties of Oxford in autumn—of the glorious autumnal tints in the Parks, and of the luxuriant growth of Virginia creeper on the college walls. Trinity and Magdalen, especially, have been more than lovely this year. New College cloisters had the beautiful variety of old pink China roses interspersed with Virginia creeper.

Of general Oxford news I am afraid there is not much. I am sure you will agree with me that the Michaelmas term is never very wildly exciting.

Torpids, Eights, garden parties, college concerts, Schools, and other delightful Oxford dissipations, are things of the past, and the most prominent thing before our eyes is the huge mass of Freshers, who walk about in brand-new caps and gowns with a businesslike air, feeling themselves already very prominent members of the University. There has, however, been the usual round of sermons, debates at the Union, concerts, and theatre.

Of the University sermons I must chiefly mention Canon Sanday's sermon criticising and answering Canon Moberly's book on the Ministry.

The Union is as flourishing as ever, and St. Hugh's has been very fortunate in the way of tickets.

Private business seems to be the chief attraction this

term, for all the members of the Union take an unholy delight in "ragging" the new President.

The Richter concert was more popular than ever this year, and the orchestra, which was quite up to its usual standard of excellence, played Tschaikowsky's Symphony in B minor and selections from Wagner.

Sir John Stainer gave a most interesting and amusing lecture at the Sheldonian upon hymn tunes this term.

Last, but not least, must be mentioned a visit from Barnum's show, which paraded, in all its glory of gilded wagons and shambling elephants, through the town. The whole of Oxford was in the streets, and I hear Miss Rogers was considerate enough to take her class out to view the sight as it passed the Association rooms.

And now to turn more particularly to that most important building in Oxford, St. Hugh's Hall.

Upon entering its hospitable walls after a long absence of four months we were all charmed by the smart appearance of the Hall. For the benefit of those old students who have not been able to pay us a visit this term I will try and describe some of its glories. But we hope everybody will be able to come and see for themselves before the first freshness has departed. All the old part of the house has been entirely re - papered, re- stained, and whitewashed.

The dining room looks very cosy and pretty in a dark shade of blue-grey, against which all the white paint looks very fresh. In the different rooms the papers vary, but all of them are very pretty and in excellent taste. It is needless to say the happy owners are puffed with pride, and look with scorn upon our less decorated walls in the new part of the house. There is one other very important addition—the clock in the Hall. We feel now if we only had a looking-glass our happiness would be

complete.

Since the last St. Hugh's Club Paper the personnel of the Hall has, of course, largely altered. Six students went down last summer, among whom our senior student, M. Rice, is particularly missed. We must take this opportunity of congratulating her on her First, and of drawing attention to the fact that she is the first St. Hugh's student who is fully qualified for the B.A. degree, and with a first class. C. Barter also brought glory to the Hall by her First. We much begrudge her singing to Nottingham, particularly as no great musical lights have appeared, and our hymn singing is not so good as it might be.

Ten Freshers came up, and they seem to be pretty equally divided among the different schools.

In the present generation of students the proportion is very different to what it used to be. The majority (eight) are taking the new and popular English school. History is much less in vogue—only four.

The same number are doing Classics. Mathematics has three, and Modern Languages two. After this term only one will be doing Pass. The first holder of the Clara Evelyn Mordan scholarship is Miss Crick, who is doing Mathematics and who also holds the Susan Esther Wordsworth scholarship, thus achieving a double success. The other scholarship is being held over for a time.

No new societies have been formed, but the old ones still pursue their quiet course. The Shakespeare Society is reading " The Winter's Tale," and it is rumoured that the members of the Browning Society have been seen sleeping over " The Ring and the Book." Sharp Practice is very lively, and very well

attended. If the wisdom of former years has been replaced by lively and sparkling wit, we hope no early student will suspect it of having entered its second childhood. But, certainly, whether for good or laughter has taken the place of the dramatic and highly-wrought scenes when social questions used to be discussed with so much feeling. If in old days there was certainly too much of a duel, it now resembles more a football scrimmage. The Architectural Society is very flourishing, owing to the exertions of its energetic President, and its notices quite monopolise the board. It has planned several excursions this term, which have been unfortunately prevented by the bad weather.

The Hall has never before been so athletic. All play hockey but one. (It has been rumoured that the fascinating green blouse has done much to help the cause). We are no longer dependent upon the kindness of Lady Margaret, but have our own ground twice a week. It is one of the meadows on the river side, belonging to Mr. Lynam's school. It has the reputation of being the largest football ground in Oxford, and what pleases us still more is the fact that it is not overlooked. That the Hockey Club now prefers deeds to words will be seen by the result of our matches. We beat Somerville II. 4 - i, and Etceteras II, 2 - i, and Lady Margaret beat us I - o.

In spite of our defeat, the last was the best match.

There are twelve members in the Boat Club now.

Mr. Townshend kindly coached some of us on one occasion, and we have had a promise of some coaching from Miss Pearson, so we shall soon be head of the river. Quality rather than quantity has been the order of the day with regard to Sociables. We have had them once a fortnight instead of once a week, and they have consequently been better attended and more spirited and enjoyable altogether. ,St. Hugh's Day was a series of festivities. Miss Mordan was staying here at the time, and in the afternoon the third-year students and scholars asked the Council to tea to meet her. Seven of the Council came, also Miss Moberly, Miss Venables, and one poor unhappy undergraduate (Miss Mordan's nephew); so we were rather a quaint party on the whole. However, owing to the cheerful dispositions of our guests, the afternoon went off swimmingly, in spite of difficulties.

In the evening we had a large Sociable, also in Miss Mordan's honour. A good many of the (women) dons were able to come ; and, thanks to Miss Moberly's delightful dance music, we had a splendid programme, finishing up with a spirited Sir Roger. Miss Mordan honoured us with quite a long visit,this term, and many more of us were able to make her acquaintance.

She takes a great interest in all the pursuits of the Hall, especially Sharp Practice and Hockey, which she saw for the first time here.

Last year's students have been most generous in showering parting gifts upon us. Chief of these is the pretty pink and white tea service given by M. Rice, set off to advantage by C. Joel's handsome mahogany tray. A photograph of Titian's Assumption, presented by F. Etlinger, does much to beautify the study walls. Through the great kindness of Mrs. J. R. Green, we have become subscribers to Mudie's Library for this year. Next year we are to carry on the subscription ourselves.

We have been very fortunate in visits from the old students. J. Turner, B. Sparks, F. Stoton, C. Joel, M. Rice, E. Owen, G. Selby, E. Olivier, H.

Wilson, and E. Hatch have all visited us, staying either in the Hall or with friends in Oxford.

And now I think I have told you everything, so there only remains for me to send you all best wishes from St. Hugh's Hall.

MIRIAM LANGSTON (Senior Student).

In September we were greatly startled and grieved to hear of Dorothy Wordsworth's death on September 3rd. Many of us had not even heard of her illness. She had gone with her grandmother, Mrs. Reeve, with whom she lived at Lambeth Rectory, to her father's home at St. Peter's Rectory, Marlborough, for a holiday. Not long after their arrival Mrs. Reeve was taken ill and died of typhoid fever, and very shortly after Dorothy was seized with the same illness.

She was not long enough in Oxford as a student to take Honours ; but, had it been possible, she would probably have done well, being most intelligent and interested in her work. She took French, Latin, and Religious Knowledge in the Higher Local, and gained distinction in Latin.

Her loss is very great to us all. Her sociable, genial ways, were delightful, and behind her unassuming manners and low estimate of her own powers there was a depth of character that caused her friendship and hearty loyalty to the Hall to be of great value. It was but a short time before her death that she paid a visit to L.M.H., and spent much of every day at St. Hugh's, renewing her associations with it.

We little thought we were seeing for the last time one for whom we have so much affection.

Amy Goodchild has become head mistress of a school in Ceylon in connexion with the C.M.S. She left England in October last to take up her work.

Marriage.

BRAINE-HARTNELL—BARKER. — Jan.

17th, at Havering, Essex, J. C. R. Braine-Hartnell, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., of Cheltenham, to Constance Lilian, daughter of the Rev. J. C. Barker, vicar of the parish.

We hope that as many members of the Club as can do so will be at the mid-day Celebration in St. Paul's Cathedral on the first Sunday after Easter.

Extract from a letter from M.Flamsteed, Nov. z3, z898.

St. Cyprian's, Cape Town, S. Africa.

The voyage out was perfectly delightful. We arrived here on Jan. z5th, a gloriously hot sunny day.

Sister Theodora, the head of the school, met me and brought me up here. There are about 13o girls, of whom 40 are boarders. Although the standard of work is not quite so high as in. English schools, in some respects teaching is harder work than at home, owing to the intense heat. The girls come from all over the colony—the Transvaal, Orange Free State, and one even from Fort Salisbury in Mashonaland.

Many of them, when they come down, have never seen the sea, trams or trains, nor even a soldier ! This is a school for gentlemen's children, so of course we have no coloured ones, and no Dutch girls, as they would not like the religious teaching. The Sisters

are most kind. We have two at St. Cyprian's, but most of them are at the " All Saints' Home," a mile away, where they have an orphanage and middle-class school. Cape Town I like very much in spring and summer, when it is hot. But the winters are most trying ; it rains almost incessantly for three or four months—not a gentle downpour, but a perfect deluge, and is very cold. Delicate people cannot live here then, and go farther up country, where the winters are lovely, bright sunshiny days and frosty nights, and no rain all the winter.

It has been suggested that the history of St. Hugh's Hall should be related in these pages.

Hoping that others will carry on the story into modern times, I offer a first chapter. At the start it will be somewhat of the nature of personal history, but as this paper is not for the general public, but only for the members of St. Hugh's Club, who are supposed to be interested in the domestic details of their Hall, this may perhaps be permitted.

It was in December, 1885, that I first made personal acquaintance with Miss Wordsworth, though our families had links in more ancient times. It was on the occasion of her paying a visit to her brother, who had a few months before succeeded my father as Bishop of Salisbury. On coming back from the Cathedral service one afternoon immediately before Christmas I found her sitting with my sisters at tea in our new home at the Hall, New Street, Salisbury.

The following day she and I walked together in the Bemerton meadows, and in the course of the walk Miss Wordsworth proposed my paying her a visit the following term at L.M.H. I went to L.M.H., therefore, at the beginning of the Lent term, 1886, and remained there six weeks instead of the few days I had intended beforehand.

Miss Argles was vice-principal. Miss Pearson spent a few days in the Hall as an old student. Amongst the students of the time the first names that occur to me are those of Miss Janet Hogarth, Miss Edith Langridge, Miss Edith Fletcher, Miss Margaret Benson, and Miss Beatrice Layman. My two chief companions were Miss Eleanor Jourdain (now mistress of a flourishing school at Watford) and Miss A. Holmes (head mistress of Queen Anne's School at Caversham).

I took many students to different lectures, read Schiller with Miss Olga Schrtider, and taught myself some Euclid ; but it was difficult to dispose of my time, and at the end of six weeks I hurried home, on account of my sister's illness, with no intention of returning to Oxford.

During the Easter vacation Miss Wordsworth came again to Salisbury, and one day we walked through Watery Harnham up Harnham Hill. The Avon valley lies under this ridge of chalk downs, and from here Salisbury appears to be surrounded with streams and water meadows. The circular mound of Old Sarum forms the background of the view to the north, and away to the east are the woods of Clarendon Park, within which are the ruins of the palace where the Constitutions of Clarendon were drawn up.

As we walked on the side of the hill and looked over Salisbury, with its Cathedral and beautiful spire rising up from amongst the massed trees in the Close, Miss Wordsworth told me of her wish that St. Hugh's should be started, and asked me to undertake it.

The immediate consequence was that I spent a fortnight at L. M. H. the following June in glorious

summer weather, and studied the life and ways with far greater interest than before. A house in Norham Road (No. z5) had already been secured for St. Hugh's Hall, and Miss E. Jourdain and I spent much time there, measuring walls and floors for curtains and carpets. In the evenings, she and Miss Holmes used to sit in my room on the top floor at L. M. H., looking out on the trees of the Parks bathed in moonlight, and discuss Buddhism, which was much in vogue just then, the. Jews; and much besides.

The name of St. Hugh was given,to the Hall in memory of the great Bishop of Lincoln who built that Cathedral, and of whose diocese Oxford formed a part. His reverence for .women was all the more remarkable from the fact that he belonged to the ascetic Carthusian order. A window in St. Giles' Church still bears his name ; and his figure, with that of his swan, is to be seen on the north-east pinnacle of St. Mary's spire. The swan was adopted as the badge of the Hall, with the motto " Fidelitas." Lincoln green was chosen for its colour.

Miss Wordsworth had so often received applications from daughters of clergymen and other University men who could not afford the fees paid at L.M.H., that she thought it would be useful if there was a Hall where such students could live less luxuriously and pay lower fees, whilst sharing all the same educational advantages as at other Halls. This original intention has become largely modified with the expansion and growth of St. Hugh's. The difference between it and the other women's colleges in Oxford in these respects is now so slight as to be of little •moment. About half the whole number of St. Hugh's students have been daughters of clergymen, the proportion at this moment amongst resident and non-resident present students being 1 7 out of z6, including nine out of the ten new-corners this last October.

From the first, the Council of L. M. H. declined to undertake any sort of responsibility for St. Hugh's, and officially it has been entirely independent. But, from the fact of Miss Wordsworth having been its founder and constant friend, the general public has been unable to distinguish it from L.M.H. This confusion was increased by a notice in the Guardian in 1886, which spoke of the Hall as a new house opened

by L.M.H. So independent was it, that the Principal of St. Hugh's Hall was elected an ex-officio member of the Council of the Association for the Education of Women in Oxford at the same moment as the Principals of L.M.H. and Somerville.

In 1891 St. Hugh's became possessed of a Council of its own. The first chairman was Rev. Sir John C. Hawkins, the other members being Rev, H. P. Currie, Mr. Prickard, Mr. Nagel, Mrs. Mackarness, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Romanes, Miss Wordsworth, and Miss Pearson. In 1894 Sir John Hawkins resigned the chairmanship, and Rev. Cosmo. G. Lang, vicar of St. Mary's, accepted the post. On his leaving Oxford for Portsea, Rev. H. L. Thompson, the present vicar of St. Mary's, became chairman. The changes in the Council have not been great. Mrs. Mackarness retired in 1895, and Mr. Currie resigned on becoming Principal of the Wells Theological College. The fresh members have been M. Gay, Dr. Lock (Warden of Keble), Wardale, Mr. Holgate, Miss Rogers, Miss Wardale', and Miss Leahy, Head Mistress of the Oxford High 'School. .

In October, 1886, St. Hugh's Hall was opened at 25, Norham Road, a small eight-roomed house that looks down Fyfield Road. There were two sitting, rooms — a small drawing room behind, facing the back of the Crescent, and a larger room in front that was used both as dining room and study. It is curious now to remember the circumstances of my first arrival in Oxford. It was a very wet day. Drenching rain had thoroughly soaked the nicely aired mattresses which my mother had sent with me to secure a dry bed for the first night, and also the supper carefully provided by her. That supper was a complete failure ; for not only was it saturated with rain water, but a fellow passenger sat down heavily upon it in the train. On arriving at the little house, the gas lights looked cheerful in the gloom of an autumn evening. The two servants, who were awaiting me, were Mrs. Ward, afterwards housekeeper at L.M.H., and. Annie Beck, the house and parlour maid. The house had been entirely furnished by Miss Wordsworth (all but the drawing room), and she and Mr. Holgate had arranged all the kitchen pots and pans on the shelves. The drawing room furniture consisted almost entirely of gifts to me from my brothers and sisters.

The four first students were Charlotte Jourdain (the younger sister of my former acquaintance at L.M.H.), Constance Ashburner, Grace Parsons, and Jessie Emerson. Lona Mitchell joined us before the end of the first year. In October, 1887, our numbers had so largely increased that the other half of the same building was taken by the Hall. A door was opened in, the drawing room wall, and by it we gained our only access to the other house from within. Very glad we were to take possession of the room formerly occupied by a lady who, throughout our first year, had persistently practised the piano for eight hours a day. , The second house provided us with a study and chapel. Eleanor Spooner, Margaret Birley, Ettie Robinson, Mary lye, and Edith Wardale all had experience of 24 and 25, Norham Road, where we lived in very close quarters for another year.

Miss M. Harris, from L.M.H., lodged with us for a term.

No account of St. Hugh's during its early years would be complete without reference to Mrs. A. H, Johnson, at that time secretary to the A. E. W. She not only arranged the work and tuition of the students in common with those of L. M. H. and Somerville, but Anade personal and kindly acquaintance with everyone. If nothing else was gained at Oxford, her unwavering friendship was a valuable acquisition, for her interest in the women students did not cease on their leaving college. Remembering gratefully all that we owe to her kindness, it is a pleasure to quote from, a letter written by her on her resignation of the secretaryship in 1894: " My work for, and interest in, St. Hugh's has been a very bright part of my life all these last years."

The first celebration of St. Hugh's Day was in 1887. Miss Wordsworth, the Warden of Keble (now Bishop of Rochester), and Mrs. E. S. Talbot came to tea: with us, and the day was further marked by the presentation of a blue-handled toasting fork to the Hall.

C. A. E. MOBERLY.