Oxford Letter

The nomadic C. W. (Bill) Thompson, who is running the side on 16th December informs us that he can now be found at :— 22 The Meadway, Dore, Sheffield.

The team will not be picked before 25th November.

THE OXFORD LETTER

Dear Sir,

For first and second year men, some still relaxing after Prelims., others under the delusion that the day of reckoning is as yet far off, the Trinity Term is easily the most enjoyable. But not so for those in their final year. As they prepare to meet their Waterloo, there begins a last-ditch effort to atone for several terms of leisure. Many familiar faces disappear from the J.C.R. and even from the Buttery, and any inquiries as to their whereabouts always yield the same answers: "Bod.", "Radders", or "Taylorian".

But for those not troubled by thoughts of "Schools" this is a term of bliss when good men write bad essays and bad men write worse essays still. At the beginning of term you dash to the Cherwell for your first outing in a punt, it looks ever so easy but when it comes to your turn you find you cannot steer the thing and you go crashing from one bank to the other or the pole gets stuck in a muddy patch and nearly pulls you overboard. But once you have mastered the technique you realise why punting is so popular in Oxford.

Another excellent means of diversion is watching cricket in the Parks. You start by watching only the last hour of play but then you think you will go along after tea and by the time the Australians or South Africans come you are spending the whole afternoon there.

A pity it all has to end sometime.

R. D. WHEATLEY (B.N.C.). We congratulate him on his appointment at Steyning G.S. in Sussex, and hope that he will come up to visit us when on strike.

J. R. JENKINSON (Worcester) and his brother T. M. JENKINSON (B.N.C.) both have a date with the examiners this term and what little spare time they have is shared between the opposite sex and visits to the Trout.

D. J. OLDMAN (Worcester). Missing. Reward. The search is being intensified in the Cambridge area in case he has gone there to persuade old inmates to come to the right place.

C. W. JOSE (Worcester) and K. GOSLING (St. Edmund Hall) have been seen occasionally but are believed to be working hard.

B. W. H. CARTER (Worcester) was seen striding down St. Aldate's sporting a fine moustache. He felt a little insulted when asked if he could not afford a razor.

P. J. BURTON (Queen's) spent most of the term as a man of leisure but was seen rowing in his college's 6th (layabouts) VIII. Is somewhat unpopular in certain quarters as his boat nearly sank John Armstrong who was trying to scull at the time.