St Edmund Hall Magazine 1954-55 by St Edmund Hall

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1954-1955

i AULARIAN CALENDAR 1955-56

ST. EDMUND'S DAY London Dinner . . Hall Ball (if arranged) . . Reunion Dinner (Oxford) Residence for Full Term Michaelmas Term Hilary Term Trinity Term Degree Days

Wednesday, r6th November Tuesday, roth January Friday, 15th June Friday, 22nd June Friday, 7th October to Saturday, 3rd December Friday, r 3th January to Saturday, roth March Friday, 2oth April to Saturday, r6th June Thursday, 13th October, Saturday, 29th October Saturday, 19th November, Saturday, roth December Thursday, 19th January, Saturday, 25th February Thursday, 26th April, Saturday, 2nd June Thursday, 21st June, Saturday, 7th July Saturday, 28th July.

A LETTER FROM THE PRINCIPAL

ST.

EDMUND HALL, MICHAELMAS TERM,

1955

Dear Aularian, A year ago, as you will remember, I enclosed a circular letter in the Magazine explaining the Hall's urgent need of money both to consolidate its present position and to finance certain important projects we have in view. My object was to stimulate interest in the Endowment Fund and to rally an army of fresh subscribers to it. You will find an account of the results of my appeal to date in this year's Magazine. While not spectacular, the response has been really very encouraging. I am deeply grateful to the many Aularians who have sent contributions, and also to the score or so persons who have consented to become Friends of St. Edmund Hall. This letter is in the way of a follow-up. The list of subscribers to the Endowment Fund has expanded wonderfully during the past year, but there is plenty of room for further additions to it. As a matter of fact, it only includes the names of a fraction of those who belong to the Hall. I feel that there must be scores more who would like to subscribe or who have even made a mental resolution to do so, but who for one reason or another have let the matter slip by. As I said in my previous letter, if we would only all make an effort, and would remember that even . a modest subscription is most welcome, the Hall's financial problem would be well on the way to being solved. So I am venturing to approach you with the request, if you have not already answered my appeal, to consider whether you cannot see your way to doing so now. At the same time may I remind you that, while single gifts or subscriptions payable by Banker's Order are of course very acceptable, the most useful way of subscribing, if you pay Income Tax at the standard rate, is to make out a seven-year Deed of Covenant. The Hall is thereby enabled, without extra cost to yourself, to collect in respect of Income Tax a considerable sum over and above what you yourself actually pay. Yours very sincere! y, J. N. D. KELLY, Principal

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EDMUN~ , HALL,

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KEY TO THE HALL PHOTOGRAPH The names are given from !~ft to right as viewed by the reader B,1ckRow I. 0. M . Morin, M. P. Duffy, N. M. Isaacs, M. A. Bordeaux, A. N. M. Preston, W. B. Shaw, M. G. Lewis, J. M. Cleverley, J. A. Rimmer, J. R. F. Curry, K. A. Wainwright, J. G. Bellamy, P. B. Wright, M. W. Wood, B. F. Pritchard, J. C. Voigt, P. B. Saul, M. Collingridge, D. H. H. Isitt, D.R. Thomas, C. F. Taylor, E. J. McLaren, W. N, Fox, C. G. Jones Sf'Cond Row

R. W. M. Rednall, M. Burgess,]. Weakley, P. G. D. Robbins, B. R. Featherstone, R. W. Truman, R. M. Goodridge, A. J. Waters, S. S. McLoughlin, P. M. Hughes, S. Young, D. P. Myles, J. V. L. Morgan,]. M. Hopkinson, A. M. Crowe, .J. D. D. Porter, G. Bennett, A. R . H. MacLeod, K. R. Mills, E. Jackson, R.H. Rhode, R. Carter Third Row K. T. Kitching, M. D. Palmer, R. H. Norburn, R . D. Peverett,]. V . Andrews, M. H. P. Webb, J. S. S. Whiting, H.]. A. Beechey-Newman, D. R . Hooper, M.]. Ockenden, G. K. Johnston, D. H. Giles, R . G. Thomas, C. W. Perry, D. H. Lay,]. M. Blackburn, J. D. Alun-Jones, R. Taylor, D. B. Coltman, J. Barton, B. V. Cudmore,]. H. Kempster, M. H. Beech; .C . J. Jones, P. Brown, E. A. Simmonds, A. G. Cox Fou1'thRow

D. M. Tierney, G. A.Janetta, G. E. O.Jones, B. C. Nixon, D. Goldstein, T. M. Connor, F. M. Ferguson, D. I. Scargill, I. P. Unsworth,]. S. A. Ashby, B. A. Saunders, J. D. Anthony, A . ]. Kember, G. B. L. Williams, M. F. B. Caine,]. E. Arthure, W. A. E. Hirst, H. W. Goldsworthy, C.]. Lummis, N. H. H. Osmond, J. R. M . Branston, Q. D. Clough, E. C . Windsor, D. Lomas, I. F. Mcintosh, T. E. Lewis-Bowen, T. H. Lee, D. S. Botting, D . M. Roff, M. R. M. Ffinch. Fifth Row K. A. Bulgin, .J. A. Nash, K. M. Hounslow, B. A . B. Kingsford-Venner, M. A. Nightingale, D . J. McCarthy, G. E. Efetie, D. S. W. Dargan,]. M . Grindle, P. W. Chilver, A. P. Baker, C. S. Beatty, G. H. Jeff, D. M. Laing, Douglas F. Jones, C. I. Drummond,]. F. Foster, I. Jackson, L. H. Hall, M.]. W. Higgins,]. H. A. Godwin, N. B. Hall, T . E. M. Coulson, D.]. V. Wright, P. F. Fenton, E. P. Fox, A . G. Johnson, R. Harris, P. G. Tudor,]. A. Ackroyd, D. C. Owen, N. E. Evans Sixth Row

M.]. Campbell, J. H. Sheffner, P.A. H. Currah, P.R. H. Davies, W. Brown, ]. R. Woodhead, G. K. Stanton,]. F. W. Read, K. B. Harlow, H. D. Timms, R. E. Thornton, .J. R. Clarke, P.R. Henwood, M. M. Wright, C.R. George, D. M.Jacobs, C. P. Elliott,]. W. L. Watmough, S. R. Bilsland,J. Smukler, C. R.J. Millar, ]. C. Wilkinson, R . Dewar, A. Brain, S. D, Graham, P. J. Hillson, T. R. Wright, A. C. M. Panting, B. K. E. Lewis, J. P. Edwards, R. D. M. Darling Seventh Row

J. N. Badminton, I. Fowler, A. ]. Sutton, D. R. White, W. J. M. Chaplin, G. I. de Deney, Mr. B. W. Simpson, Dr. G. Series, Mr. R. E. Alton, Dr. R. Fargher, Rev.- ]. McManners, P. B. Maxwell, The Principal, Mr. G. D. Ramsay, Mr. C. F. W.R. Gullick, Mr. E. G. Midgley, Dr. D. Yardley, Mr. R. B. Mitchell, T. R . Gillard, ]. C. Lowe, A.]. Patient, N. Teller, R. Turner, C. G. Burnham, K. L. Suddaby, R. R. Green Eighth Row

G. R. Gleave, D. Benson. D. ]. Picksley, P. C. Shipley, J. E. Farrand, ]. M. Casale, J. G. H . Clark, F. L. Abel, I. Conolly, M. G. A . Chadwick, J. B. Shepherd, A. W. Laughton,]. A. West

ST. EDMUND HALL MAGAZINE Vol. VI, No. 5

JULY, 1955

EDITORS 1954-5 : D. H. H. Is1TT, Editor C. B. BENJAMIN, Assistant Editor

DE PERSONIS ET REBUS AULARIBUS IN MEMORIAM WE RECORD with deep regret the death, on rnth October, 1955, of George Robert Brewis, M.A., Emeritus Fellow and sometime Senior Tutor of the Hall. We hope to print an obituary in next year's Âˇcopy of the magazine.

THE PRINCIPAL AND FELLOWS is to be congratulated on the publication in May of his edition (introduction, translation, and commentary) of Rufinus's A Commentary on the Apostles' Creed. Dedicated to Mr. A. B. Emden, this is a valuable addition to the Ancient Christian Writers seri~s which the Newman Press in the United States of America and Messrs. Longmans, Green & Co. in Great Britain are sponsoring. Dr. Kelly's position as a student of the Fathers has been further recognised by his being chosen to be Chairman of the committee responsible for the Second International Conference of Patristic Studies, which met in Oxford from 19th to 24th September and brought together several hundred scholars of different ecclesiastical loyalties from Europe and America as well as the British Isles. The Vice-Principal was, in March, elected Vice-President of the Society for Analytical Chemistry. The Principal and Fellows granted bim leave of absence for Trinity Term in order to take up his

THE PRINCIPAL

appointment as Visiting Professor in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Minnesota, U.S.A. With Mrs. Irving he set sail towards the end of Hilary Term, and spent the spring and summer in the hectic round of academic and social activities to which distinguished scholars are liable to be subjected across the Atlantic. Mr. G. D. Ramsay is to be congratulated on becoming the father of a second son (Nigel Livingston) and the Chaplain on becoming the father of a daughter (Helen). Both children were christened in the Chapel, Helen McManners on Sunday, 13th June and Nigel Livingston Ramsay on Sunday, 7th August. Mr. Ramsay's important study, Two Sixteenth-Century Taxation Lists, 1545 anJ 1576, appeared in the spring. Mr. McManners has been serving as Moderator for the Preliminary Examination in Modern History. Dr. Fargher has been re-elected a member of the Modern Languages Board. Mr. Gullick has been Chairman of the Board of the Faculty of Anthropology and Geography, and in that capacity has shouldered the burden of the administration of the School of Geography in the absence of the Professor owing to illness. He has also been an examiner for the Final Honour School of Geography. Dr. Yardley, who has been appointed a University Lecturer (C.U.F.) , has spent part of the Long Vacation in Mr. Justice. Ashworth's chambers in the Temple. Mr. R. E. Alton, who has been teaching men from Exeter College for several years, has been appointed official Lecturer in English of the College. Mr. R. B. Mitchell is to be congratulated on being appointed a University Lecturer (C.U.F.).

A NEW FELLOWSHIP A YEAR AGO the magazine reported the appointment of Mr. Raymond Bruce Mitchell, M.A. (Melb.), as Lecturer in English Language. It now has the pleasant duty of announcing that in Hilary Term the Principal and Fellows elected him to a Fellowship, and that he was duly admitted to office and made die statutorily prescribed declaration at the first Hall Meeting of Trinity Term. This rapid promotion, which we understand was not envisaged at the time of his appointment as Lecturer, is a well deserved tribute to his qualities as a scholar, a teacher and a colleague, and the news of it must gladden the hearts of all who know him. The magazine for its part begs to offer him its warm congratulations, and ventures to whisper the wish, 'Beo thu wil-cuma'. It is not inappropriate to mention, as a matter of no little pride, that .the Hall is the first of the men's societies to take the step of establishing a full-time teaching Fellowship in English Language. 2

AN HONORARY FELLOW HONOURED Dr. J. w. c. Wand on his appointment, in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, as Knight Commander of the Victorian Order. It is fitting that this high honour should be awarded to him in the year in which he has decided to bring his lengthy period of episcopal office to an end. Since 1934 he has been successively Archbishop of Brisbane, Bishop of Bath and Wells, and Bishop of London, so that the retirement which he has now chosen is well earned. It is good to. learn, however, that he is planning to devote his leisure to the scholarly studies which, as the unceasing flow of publications from his pen proves, he has never wholly laid aside, and in particular is to become editor of the revived Church Quarterly Review. At the Reunion on 25th June, the Aularian Association unanimously agreed to commission a portrait in oils of the Bishop, who is certainly the most eminent churchman who has gone forth from the Hall for hundreds of years. Arrangements for this have now been put in hand, and we hope that further news, and perhaps a reproduction of the portrait, will be available in next year's magazine.

WE CONGRATULATE

THE TRUSTEES considerable regret, though with understanding and sympathy, that the Principal and Trustees accepted the resignation of Mr. Lionel Curtis, C.H., at their summer meeting in July. As Mr. Curtis pointed out, he was born in 1872, and at 83 a man is entitled to shed some of his administrative cares. His appointment as Trustee dates back to 193 8, when he was one of the original three elected Trustees invited to accept office at the inauguration of the new Statutes. The span between 1938 and 1955 has been of critical importance in the Hall's history: if its opening phase was darkened by the hazards threatened by war, its general tenor has been marked by steady and, at times, exciting progress. At all times those responsible for the administration of the Hall have been conscious of, and grateful for the help and support they have received from Mr. Curtis' s wide experience and great sagacity. A special word of congratulation is due to Dr. Percy Scholes on the appearance of yet another edition, the ninth, of his The Oxford Companion to Music-a copy of which, as is recorded elsewhere, he has presented to the Library. We understand that well over 130,000 copies of this remarkable work have been sold, and we are not surprised to learn that this constitutes a musicological record.

IT WAS WITH

ST. EDMUND JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP the St. Edmund Junior Fellowship for a brief year, Mr. A. W. B. Simpson has been obliged to resign his tenure of

AFTER HOLDING

it on being elected Fellow in Jurisprudence at Lincoln College. While sad that it should lose its first Junior Fellow so quickly, the Hall hastens to congratulate Mr. Simpson on his rapid promotion to a full Fellowship, which it regards as confirming (if any confirmation was needed) the wisdom of its own choice a year ago. Certainly no election could have been happier, for right from the start Mr. Simpson proved that he was not only an accomplished scholar, but also the most agreeable of colleagues and the best of teachers. Everyone at the Hall will wish him, and along with him his charming wife, success and happiness in the new environment which now opens before him. In his place the Principal and Fellows have elected Daniel Ellis Cohen, B.A., of Balliol College. A former pupil of Manchester ..Grammar School, Mr. Cohen entered Balliol with a Domus Scholarship in M.athematics in 1950, when he was still only sixteen. He won the Junior Mathematical Scholarship in March 1951, and inJune of the same year obtained a First Class in Honour Mathematical Modera'.tions. By a special, surely unprecedented decree he was permitted by the University to sit for his Finals only two years after matriculating, and in June 1952 obtained a brilliant First Class. Since then he has been pursuing research into problems in algebraic homotopy theory, and has held a Balliol College War Memorial Scholarship. During his tenure of the St. Edmund Fellowship he proposes to investigate problems in algebraic topology. The magazine takes this opportunity of extending to him a warm welcome to the Hall.

A NEW LECTURER FOR SOME YEARS NOW, although it has been served by able tutors in the subject, the Hall has lacked an official teacher in Philosophy. This gap has now been filled by the appointment in Trinity Term of Mr. M.A. E. Dummett, M:A., as Lecturer. Mr. Dummett, who is a Fellow of All Souls, has actually been responsible for teaching Philosophy at the Hall since Trinity Term, 1954Âˇ

A LEGAL MARRIAGE WE CONGRATULATE Mr. N. c. H. Browne-Wilkinson, formerly of Magdalen College and now of Lincoln's Inn, who has been teaching Jurisprudence at the Hall since 1953, on his marriage to Miss Ursula de Lacy Bacon. The ceremony took place at St. Mary's Church, Funtington, on Saturday, 3rd September, and the Junior ÂˇDean represented the Principal and Fellows. 4

SECOND ANONYMOUS BENEFACTION it was announced that a lifelong friend and admirer of the Hall, who desired to remain anonymous, had presented the munificent sum of £10,000 with a view to establishing either a St. Edmund Junior Fellowship or two Hearne Senior Scholarships. This year again, on the self same day (which happens to be his birthday), he sent the Principal a cheque for a further sum of £5,000. His intention is that the interest on this should be earmarked in the first instance for a Hearne Senior Scholarship to enable a suitably qualified graduate either to read for a second Honour School or to engage in research leading to a higher degree. At the same time he has expressed the desire that the Principal and Fellows should not be fettered by restrictions of any kind, and has directed that they should review the purpose of the benefaction at intervals of six or seven years, and that if they should decide by a majority that there are other more urgent objects to which they might devote it, they should feel free to do so. It is difficult to exaggerate the feelings of gratitude which the Governing Body, and indeed every member of the Hall, must feel towards the benefactor for his far-sighted generosity. Not only is the sum he has placed at the Hall's disposal very considerable, but in · providing for its application he has revealed imagination and an accurate discernment of our real needs. As a virtually unendowed society, the Hall is inevitably weaker than many colleges in the provision it is able to make for scholarship as such. The Open Scholarships it offers are few and meagre; but they do at least exist; whereas until the benefactor came to its aid, there were literally no endowments appropriated to fostering graduate scholarship and research. Fortified with his gifts, the Hall should be able, and is already proving itself able, to make its contribution in the University in this important field, and as a consequence its whole position as an academic society is immensely strengthened. IN LAST YEAR'S MAGAZINE

HEARNE SENIOR SCHOLAR sometime Westminster Scholar and Slade Exhibitioner of Christ Church, has been elected as the first holder of the Hearne Senior Scholarship. Mr. Lowe, who , obtained a First Class in Classical Honour Moderations in 1951 and a Second Class in Literae Humaniores in 1953, and who in 1952 was 'proxime accessit' for the Ireland and Craven Scholarships, has just completed his National Service with the 6 Armoured Divisional Signal Regiment, B.A.O.R. He has also had the distinction of being JOH~ CHRISTOPHER BURPEE LOWE,

elected to a Craven Fellowship. He proposes to pursue research in the modes of dialogue used by Aristophanes and in the textual criticism of his comedies.

A. CHAMBERLAIN BEQUEST IT WAS ANNOUNCED EARLY IN JANUARY thatJohnAlfred Chamberlain, recently deceased, had left five-sixths of the residue of his estate to the University in trust for the Hall. As the bequest is subject to two life-interests, many years are likely to elapse before the Hall reaps the benefit of his generosity, and apart from the fact that the total estate amounts roughly to £20,000 it is difficult to make an accurate estimate of the sum involved. Nevertheless the best thanks of the Hall are due in the fullest measure to the late Mr. Chamberlain, and all the more so in view of the fact that, as far as can be ascertained, he had no personal connection with it. Born in I887, he joined the South Metropolitan Gas Company in 1900 and remained in its service almost the whole of his life. In 1925 he was appointed Registrar of the Company, and after nationalisation became a member of the newly constituted Board. In 1908 he was called to the Bar (Gray' s Inn), and was Holt Scholar in Constitutional Law and Legal History; and later he obtained the Degree of Bachelor · of Science (Economics) at London. He was a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and of the Royal Economic Society, a citizen of London and a member of the court of the Scriveners' Company. What seems to have motivated him to leave his money to the Hall was the desire, based on the realisation that he had been obliged to rely very largely on himself for his education, to assist others to enjoy to the full in their youth the advantages which had only come to him through his own strenuous efforts. GIFTS OF SILVER THROUGH THE GENEROSITY of the Aularian Association the Hall's collectiorr of silver-ware has been enriched by three additional items. The first two are two silver tankards, suitably inscribed, which commemorate respectively the winning in Hilary Term of the Association Football Cup and (for the first time in the Hall's history) of the Hockey Cup. The former of these is of conventional design and, as a feature of interest, bears the special hall-mark of King George V's Jubilee Year, 1935· The latter is more modern in feeling: it is a Bruton Mug by the celebrated craftsman, A. E. Pittman, of Wakely and Wheeler Ltd., London. The third gift consists of a pair of silver-plate candelabra which are to be reserved for use at dinners and other functions in the Emden Room. 6

ST. EDMUND'S SHRINE AULARIANS MAY BE INTERESTED to have the latest news of Pontigny. It was visited on Low Sunday by the Principal, accompanied by the Senior Tutor and his family. The church is no longer in the charge of the Brothers of S. Edme, who have either dispersed or moved to Joigny, but of representatives of the 'Mission de France'. The 'Mission' was established in 1941 by the Cardinals and Archbishops of France to provide an apostolate for 'dechristianised' areas, and the region ofYonne is apparently classified as one of these. As a result the abbey buildings, which were being used as a preparatory boarding school when the magazine made its last report in 1952, have been transformed into a flourishing seminary. The abbey itself is still in process of being restored by the Ministere des Beaux Arts, and much of the interior is concealed behind elaborate scaffolding: divine service has not been resumed. But the extensive portions on which work has been completed are immensely impressive in their stark white splendour. The golden casket containing the body of St. Edmund remains undisturbed over the high altar. A HISTORY OF THE HALL in last year's magazine, some 2,000 offprints have been purchased of Mr. A. B. Emden's article on the Hall contained in Vol. III of A History of Oxfordshire in The Victoria History of the Counties of England. These offprints are now available in the form of an attracti~e slim brochure, with illustrations, and any Aularian who cares to send the Bursar the sum of 4s. 6d. can acquire a copy post free. Though brief the article provides a detailed account of the Hall frori1 its origins down to 1937, and is the only complete history of it in existence. Any profit from the sale of the offprints goes to the Endowment Fund. AS WAS ANNOUNCED

PRIZES AND GRANTS THE WINNERS of the Francis Bennion Prizes in Jurisprudence in Trinity Term were S. D. Graham (First Prize) and P. W. Chilver {Second Prize). The essay-subject prescribed to candidates was: 'Codification of the law is the general rule in civil law countries. Ought England to blaze the trail for the common law world by adopting a wholesale codification of the law.' M. D. Palmer, an undergraduate in his first year, was selected to receive a grant from the Graham Hamilton Travel Fund. The project submitted consisted in a canoeing expedition in the late summer along the rivers and canals between Basle, Strasbourg; and Montbeliard,' including the crossing of the Vosges mountains. 7

WATER COLOURS AND DRAWINGS of Hilary Term the Bursar an<;l Mr. P. P. Rhodes, oflffiey, lent some of their early English water colours and drawings for an exhibition in the Emden Room. Some seventy or more pictures were hung, most of them dating from the latter part of the eighteenth century .and the first half of the nineteenth. In a varied and remarkable collection perhaps the most noteworthy individual items were a typical landscape by Paul Sandby, in gouache; a· delicate water colour by that rare amateur, :Or. Thomas Monro, patron and friend of Girtin and Turner; two interesting Welsh Views, attributed to Underwood; three works by John Varley, including an exquisite view of Chiswick; a Francia, in , which the hand that taught Bonnington could be detected; a large,. romantic Rhine View, by Samuel Prout; three good early examples. by Cox, and an outstanding late 'impressionist' landscape by the same artist. Oxford artists were well represented by numerous pencil drawings by William Turner and the musical Dr. Crotch. DURING THE LAST WEEK

A SPORTING RECORD it must be agreed that the Hall's achievement in sport in 1954-55 was outstanding and surpassed all previous records. Both the Association Football Cup and the Hockey Cup, the latter for the first time in the Hall's history; came into our hands, as did also the Fencing Cup for the second year running. In addition Hall teams won the Table Tennis Cup and were runners-up for the Swimming Cup. On the river the First Torpid went up five places· in the First Division, and, although the First Eight had to yield one place, it remained enviably high in the First Division. Although the Rugby Football Club fell short of its hopes in Cuppers, it acquitted itself with distinction in the First Division of the League. As regards individual contributions to University games, it is noteworthy that nine Full Blues (one a Blue twice over) were in residence, their names being: P. G. D. Robbins and M. J. K. Smith (Rugby Football); J. W. Srllith and J. B. Wakefield (Association Football); 0. A. Alakija (Hockey); J. B. Phillips and M. J. K. Smith (Cricket); J. T~ Evans (Squash); and Q. D. Clough and H. W. Thomas (Boxing). Half-Blues numbered four: B. W. Howes (Fencing); E. P. Fox (Lacrosse); T. E. Lewis-Bowen (Swimming); and J. M. Hopkinson (Sailing). BY ANY CALCULATION

A NEW TIE OLD MEMBERS would like to be informed that a new necktie has been added to the Hall's armorial panoply. By the almost unanimous vote of the J.C.R., and with the consent of the S.C.'£3.-., a black tie 8

adorned with a multitude of pale yellow birds has been given official status alongside, although in proper subordination to, the familiar maroon ties with amber stripes or crosses. Its invention is to be ascribed to the keenly felt desire for a tie which would harmonise better than the existing ones with the dark clothes which are becoming increasingly de rigueur on formal occasions. Its chief weakness, admittedly, is that there is nothing reminiscent of the Hall, heraldically or ornithologically, about it, since the dominant colour is not an Aularian one and the birds are palpably not choughs. Nevertheless, we understand that it is sartorially acceptable to the jeunesse elegante, and in itself it is undoubtedly a handsome, even distinguished piece of neckwear.

CONFERENCES that since the war, in the struggle to make ends meet, Oxford and Cambridge colleges have on an increasing scale opened their doors to conferences in the vacations. The brutal economic fact is that overheads, including staff, rates, etc., have to pe financed on a twelve months' basis, whereas undergraduates are in residence for only a little over six months. It may interest Aularians to learn that since October last the Hall has housed the following conferences: Oxford and Cambridge Joint Board Award (28th December to 3rd January); Society for the Study of Theology (29th March to lst April); World Health Organisation (lst April to 7th April); Ministry of Education Course in Religious Âˇ Education (13th April to 2oth April); Diocesan Boards of Finance lst July to 4th July); Oxford and Cambridge Joint Board (9th July to 23rd July); Kayser Bonder Ltd. (22nd July to 29th July); J. E. Hughes' American Party(5th August to 8th August); Faraday Society (rnth August to l2th August); School of English Studies (13th August to 3rd September); Institute of Professional Civil Servants (23rd September to 25th September); British European Airways (26th September to 29th September) ; Probation Officers (3oth September to 2nd October). IT IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE

OFFICERS OF THE J.C.R. at the end of Hilary Term, 1955, to hold office until the end of Hilary Term, 1956, were: President: P. B. Maxwell; Steward: J. Weakley; Treasurer: M. B. Forbes.

THE OFFICERS ELECTED

SUMMER BALL A MOST SUCCESSFUL and enjoyable Summe.r Ball was held on the last Friday of the Trinity Term, on a more splendid scale than ever before. There was dancing in the Forum Restaurant to the music of Nat Temple and his band, while on an open floor in the Front Quadrangle, flood-lit and romantic, it was possible to dance beneath one of the loveliest summer skies of an otherwise unsummery term. The Dining Hall itself, strangely transformed with palms and low lights and fantastic murals, was the centre for dancing and music of a different type, the music from a jazz ensemble, and the dancing of that widely varied yet quite unmistakable genus 'creep'. All tastes were catered for, even pandered to, and everyone who attended the dance must join in congratulating the Chairman and members of the Dance Committee on a very fine piece of organisation.

THE OLD AULARIAN SOCCER MATCH THIS MATCH is played annually on the second Saturday of November, between the Hall XI and the Old Aularians XL In future years it is hoped to hold a dinner on the evening of the match. Would any old Aularians who would like to play in the match, or if they feel their active soccer days are over, would like to attend the dinner, please contact D. M. Forster at 8A, Alexandra Drive, Liverpool 17.

THE NEW LIBRARY of the Hall are due to the following donors for gifts of money and books to the New Library: The Principal, Dr. Percy Scholes, K. W. Laflin, D. Bloom,]. M. Jaffey, and M. C. Seymour. THE BEST THANKS

HIGHER DEGREES P. H. PHIZACKERLEY, having submitted a thesis on 'Studies in mesozoic reptilia' for the degree of D.Phil, satisfied the examiners appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Biological Sciences. H. A. Shearring, having submitted a thesis on 'The social structure and development of London, c. 1800-30', for the degree of D.Phil., satisfied the examiners appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Social Studies. P. ]. Frankis, having submitted a thesis on 'A Corpus of the anonymous English Love Lyrics of the Fifteenth and early Sixteenth Centuries, with a critical introduction and explanatory notes', for IO

the degree ofB.Litt., satisfied the examiners appointed by the Board of the Faculty of English Language and Literature. N. Lossky, having submitted a thesis on 'A Study of George Herbert's A Priest in th'e Temple', for the degree of B.Litt., satisfied the examiners appointed by the Board of the Faculty of English Language and Literature. J. Smukler was granted the Diploma in Law. A. Whitby, having submitted a thesis on 'Matthew Arnold and the Nonconformists: A Study in Social and Political attitudes', for the degree ofB:Litt., satisfied the examiners appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Social Studies. SCHOLARSHIP ELECTIONS AS A RESULT of the Open Scholarship Examination in Modern History, held in November, 1954, the following elections to scholarships were made: Terence Reginald Ball (Colston's School, Stapleton, Bristol). David Ward (Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith). As a result of the Open Scholarship Examination in Natural Science held on 7th December, 1954, the following elections to scholarships were made: Peter David Wilson (Nottingham High School), in Chemistry. Nevil James Steer (Sutton High School, Plymouth), in Physics. As a result of the Open Scholarship Examinations in English Literature, Modern Languages, and Geography held on 4th January, l 9 55, the following elections to scholarships were made: IN MODERN LANGUAGES

William Anthony Porter (King Edward VI School, Southampton). John Campbell Wells (Eastbourne College). IN ENGLISH

James Leslie Smith (Harrow County Grammar School). IN GEOGRAPHY

Colin Bryan Laycock (King Edward VII School, Sheffield). As a result of an Organ Scholarship Examination held on 4th January, 1955, the following election to an Organ Scholarship was made: - Malcolm Willcock (Taunton's School, Southampton). Scholarship examinations for the academic year 1955-56 have been arranged as follows: The Scholarship Examination in English Literature, Modern Languages and Geography, in conjunction with Lincoln, Jesus, II

Pembroke, and Worcester Colleges will be held on 3rdJanuary, 1956. The Hall is offering two Open Scholarships of £ 80 and two Open Scholarships of £40, and one Abbott's Scholarship of £50. The Scholarship Examination in Modern History, in conjunction with Merton, Oriel, Lincoln, and Brasenose Colleges, Christ Church and Jesus College will be held on l3th March, 1956. The Hall is offering one Open Scholarship of £ 80 and two Open Scholarships of £40. The Scholarship Examination in Natural Science, in conjunction with University and Balliol Colleges, New College, Trinity and St. John's Colleges, will be held on l3th March, 1956. The Hall is offering one Open Scholarship of £80 and one Open Scholarship of £40. Preference will be given to candidates who intend to read Chemistry or Physics. THE SCHOOLS

TRINITY TERM Honour School qf Natural Science: Physics: Class III: J. V. Andrews. Chemistry: Part I (Unclassified Honours): T. M. Connor. Chemistry: Part II: Class II: R. M. ·williams. Class III: A. C. M. Panting. Engineering Science: Class I: J. A. Nash. Class III: J. F. Claxton. Class IV: D. B. White. Animal Physiology: Class II: J. C. Voigt. Class III: J. Dodd. Zoology : Class IV: G. E. Efetie. Geology: Class III: J. W. Smith. Honour School of Theology: Class II: E. H. B. Williams. Class III: P.R. Henwood, T. G. Keithly, M. M. Wright. Class IV: C.R. George. Group D: J. H. Spruyt. Honour School of Geography: Class I: J. H. Kempster. Class II: J. Barton, P. Brown, B. V. Cudmore, F. P. Ferguson, P. B. Maxwell. Class III: H. W. Goldsworthy, B. K. E. Lewis. Class IV: D. R. White. Honour School of jurisprudence.: Class II: S. D. Graham, D. J. V. Wright. 'class III: J. D. Alun Jones, C. N. Brewer, W. J.M. Chaplin, D. H. F. Lay, C. J. Lummis, D. P. Myles, R. W. M . Thompson. Group B.4: J. D. Anthony, R. M. Whitfield. Honour School of Modern History: Class II: I. F. Mcintosh, N. Teller. Class III: P.A. H. Currah, R. D. M. Darling,]. H. A. Godwin, N. B. Hall, D. J. McCarthy, D. N. Thompson. Honour School of English Language and Literature: Class II: M. J. Campbell, A. G. Felsenstein, P. M. Hughes. Class III: J. M. Blackbum, A. J. Harding, Douglas F. Jones, I. D. P. Jones, R. Taylor, R. M. Trotter, A. J. Waters. Class IV: R. C. Jennings. 12

Honour School of Modern Languages: Class II: C. I. Drummond, G. M .. Hartley, C. J. Jones, Derek F. Jones, M. J. Ockenden, D. Rosenberg, E. A. Simmonds. Class III: J. R. M. Branston, T. E. F. Coulson,]. E. Farrand, D. W. Keighley, N. F.Lockhart, P. B. Wright. Honour School of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Class I: I. C. R. Byatt. Class III: R. R. Green, B. C. Nixon, A. J. Patient. Honour School of Mathematics: Class III: B. F. Pritchard, M. W. Wood. Honour School of Music: Class III: J. N. Badminton. Bachelor of Medicine: Special and Clinical Pathology: J. A. V. Riley. Forensic Medicine and Public Health: D. W. Boyd. Organic Chemistry: C. J. Jones, I. P. M. Unsworth; A. C. Warr. Bachelor of Civil Law: Class II: M. K. Chatterjea, G. I. de Deney. Diploma in Education (both parts): J. A. Akroyd, P. F. Barter, J. G. Bellamy, W. H. C. Brown, M. T. Crabtree, K. W. Laflin,]. A. Webber, R. R. Young. (One part, having pre11iously satisfied examiners in other part): M. C. Seymour. Honqur Moderations in Natural Science: Class II: J. S. S. Whiting. Honour Moderations in Mathematics: Class III: J. M. Casale, D. M. Tierney. Group B.2: J.M. Skinner. Group C.1: J.M. Skinner.

THE REUNION, 1955 of old members was held on Saturday, 25th June, 1955· There were present: Rev. Dr. J. N. D. Kelly (President), Mr. A. B. Emden (VicePresident), Rev. Dr. L. Hodgson (Vice-President), Mr. J. B. Allan (1924), Mr. B. C. Arthur (1950), Mr. J. N. Badminton (1952), Capt. T. R. Beatty, R.N. (19u), Mr. W. A. H. Blair (1943), Maj. Gen. A. B. Blaxland (19u), Mr. A. W. Boyce (1952), Mr. G. J. F. Brain (1940), Mr. R. J. L. Breese (1949), Mr. J. A. Brett (1934), Mr. D. M. M. Carey (1935), Mr. A. R. Clark (1935), Mr. R. P.H. Davies (1938), Mr. D. J. Derx (1948), Mr. J. R. Down.es (1949), Mr. A. A. Dudman (1949), Mr. J. D. Duncan (1939), Dr. S. R. Dunlap (1939), Mr. D. S. Dunsmore (1946), Mr. W. R. Dunsmore (1943), Mr. G. R. R. East (1936), Mr. E. H. Edge (1944), Mr. L. H. ,Elliott (1942), Dr. R. Fargher (Fellow), Mr. A. A. J. Foster (1945), Mr. H. I. Fuller (1942), Mr. D. F. Goldsmith (1945): Mr. J. C. Graffy (1948), Mr. C. F. W. R. Gullick (Fellow), Mr. L. ·W . Hanson (1925), Mr. C. J. Hayes (1930), Rev. R. T. Holtby (1939), Mr. THE REUNION

J.P. S. Howe (1939), Mr. W. J. H. Liversidge (1934), Mr. A. R. J. Lloyd (1946), Mr. C. Lummis (1921), Mr. A. Lynch (1950), Mr. H. C. Marston (1935), Rev. J. McManners (1935, Fellow), Mr. E. G. Midgley (1941, Fellow), Mr. R. B. Mitchell (Fellow), Mr. M. J. Montgomery (1948), Mr. C. Mounsey (1940), Mr. \V. A. Osman (1947), Mr. J. C. Ralphs (1952), Mr. G. D. Ramsay (Fellow), Mr. J. D. H. Reddick (1947), Mr. T. G. P. Rogers (1942), Mr. P. L. Roussel (1947), Mr. T. M. Schuller (1941), Mr. J. Sinclair (1943), Mr. H. A. Skinner (1948), Mr. W. H. Slack (1951), Mr. A. G. Slemeck (1936), Mr. E. M. Smith (15)44), Mr. W. P. Smith (1938), Mr. 0. P. Snow (1945), Dr. C. J. H. Starey (1938), Mr. E. G. Stokes (1938), Mr. C. M. Thom~s (1938), Mr. D. M. Thomas (1934), Mr. W.J. Tunley (1942), Mr. M. Turl (1944), Rev. D. Walser (1946), Mr. R. Waye (1928), Mr. W. Weir (1943), Mr. N. J. Williams (1946), Mr. E. C. C. Wynter (1937), Dr. D. C. M. Yardley (Fellow). The toast Floreat Aula was proposed by the Principal. Members of the Hall, he said, could look with an avuncular air on the quatercentenary celebrations of St. John's and Trinity. This year invitations had gone out to the younger old members and almost all those present had been up in his own time: he was delighted to welcome them back. It was pleasant to have two Honorary Fellows present in Mr. Emden and Canon Hodgson, and a matter of regret that neither Bishop Allen nor Mr. Brewis were fit enough to attend. The affection of all old members went out to them. Two new Fellows were here for the first time: Dr. Yardley had returned from Chicago to teach Law and Mr. Mitchell had come from the wilds of Australia to teach us English. The Hall had now ten Fellows. Last year the Hall had gained three Firsts in Schools and the success of the newly established Junior Fellowship had been shown by the appointment .of Mr. B. W. Simpson to a full Fellowship at Lincoln. In sport the Hall had been most successful. The Soccer C11p and the Hockey Cup (cups of very different metallurgical taste) were on High Table for all to see. The Hall had also won the Fencing Cuppers -for which no cup existed-and the Table Tennis Cuppers. The Boat had gone up five places in Torpids and down one in Eights. Freshmen had gained Blues at Rugger, Hockey, and Cricket and Half-blues in Fencing, Swimming and Boxing. There were in residence two Rugger-blues, two Soccer-blues, one Hockey-blue and two Cricket-blues. The aim of the Hall was to be a good collegiate society and he saw some evidence of the attainment of this aim in the fact that the Secretary of the Appointments Committee had written to him to congratulate him on the good all-round men the Hall was sending for appointments, and that a member of Vincents Club who was showing visitors round the Hall was overheard to say that he didn't 14

know much about the hi~tory of the Hall but that lots of the nicest people came from it. The Annual General Meeting of the Aularian Association followed the dinner. The minutes of the previous meeting, having been published in the magazine, were taken as read. The Treasurer read the accounts which were approved. Allocations were made as follows: £200 to the Scholarship Fund; £50 to the Publications Fund; £50 to the Principal's discretionary fund; £roo to club tours and regattas; £200 for a portrait of Bishop Wand; £50 to the Manciple on his retirement; two silver tankards to commemorate the winning of the hockey and soccer cups; and silver candlesticks for the Eniden Room~ Messrs. Carey, Brain, and McManners were re-elected to the Executive Committee. The Hon. Treasurer and the Hon. Secretary were re-elected. It was agreed that the next meeting would be held on Friday, 22nd June, 1956. L.W.H.

THE LONDON DINNER was held at Simpsons in the Strand on nth January, 1955, and, despite the threatened Railway Strike, the largest number of Aularians ever assembled for it. The Principal, replying to the toast of Floreat Aula said that he felt like a shy and awkward schoolboy in the presence of such ancient members as John Brewis who, as Vice-Principal, had initiated him into the mysteries of Hall life when he arrived as a young don, and Ffrench-Williams who had been President of the ].C.R. in that same year. He gave a short report on the year's work and achievements, which had already been chronicled in full in the magazine. This, he said, was a great constructive phase in the history of the Hall,. the Common Room growing in strength and great plans for expansion and consolidation afoot. To use a meteorlogical metaphor, there was a state of anti-cyclone in the affairs of the Hall-' set fair with slight haze' and the haze was a financial one. The plans were ready and the spirit was strong, but we needed money to make these ideas a reality. He appealed strongly and movingly to all old members to become contributors under the new appeal for Seven Year Deeds of Covenant which the Hall had launched. Encouraged by this report on a successful year's work in the life of the Hall, the company retired to the downstairs lounge which by now is becoming a venerable locale in the Hall's annual life, and the talk went on m1til last tubes and buses had to be caught. THE LONDON DINNER

Tuesday~

CONGRATULATIONS

MICHAELMAS TERM M. J. K. Smith on his double century against Cambridge and election as Secretary of the O.U.C.C. B. E. B. K. Venner on coxing the University Boat which won the Gothenburg long distance race in Sweden. W.J. M. Chaplin,]. T. Evans, C. Lummis,]. Smith, and M.J. K. Smith on their election to Vincents. J. Smith and B. Wakefield on being invited to play for O.U.A.F.C. against Cambridge. J. Smith and B. Wakefield on being invited to play for O.U.A.F.C. against Cambridge. P. C. D. Robbins and M. J. K. Smith on being invited to play for O.U.R.F.C. against Cambridge. J. T. Evans on playing for O.U.S.R.C. against Cambridge. 0. Alakija on playing hockey for the University. J. Cleverley, Q. D. Clough, and K. C. Voigt on boxing for the University. D. P. Bands and C. W. Perry on swimming for the University. G. R. Gleave and D. N. Thomson on representing O.U. Freshmen against Cambridge. T. Bendham and P. W. Chilver on winning the Oxford round of the National Debating Tournament. M. Herbert, D. Keithley, N. F. Lockhart, and B. Wakefield on their election to Vincents. B. W. Howes on winning the Freshman's Foil Cup. P. Davidson on winning the Freshman's Table Tennis Tournament. M. H. Beech on winning the University Award in the second Cotswold Autumn Rally. T. Lewis-Bowen on swimming for the Dolphins. The Hall Swimming Team on coming first in the Inter-College League. HILARY TERM R. Turner on his election to the Centaurs. B. E. B. K. Venner on his selection to Cox a Trial Eight for the second year. C. Gwyn-Jones on his selection to the Greyhounds. B. Howes on his election to the Assassins. J. T. Evans on his election as Captain of the University Squash club. . B. Wakefield on his election as Secretary of the O.U.A.F.C. W. P. Maxwell on his election ~s President of the J.C.R. r6

J. Weakley on his election as Steward. M. B. Forbes on his election as Junior Treasurer. H. W. Thomas and Q. D. Clough on representing the O.U. Boxing Club against Cambridge. P. G. D. R obbins on being invited to tour British Columbia and California with a combined University Rugby side. 0. Alakija on playing for O.U.H.C. against Cambridge. J. T. Evans on playing Squash for W ales. M. Herbert on being elected Secretary of the O.U. Greyhounds R.F.C. D. N. Thomson on his election to the Centipedes. B. Howes on being invited to represent Britain in the under-21 World Fencing Championship and on fencing for the University against Cambridge. P. B. Saul on being invited to shoot for the University against Cambridge. J. M. Casale and N. F. Lockhart on their election to the 0.U. Occasionals Club. R. Turner on being invited to play for O.U.A.F.C. M. ]. Ockendon on being elected President of the Opera Club. P. W. Chilver and J.B. Heyman on their election to the Library Committee of'the Union. The Hall Soccer and Fencing Teams on winning Cuppers and the First Torpid on going up five places. ,

TRINITY TERM C. Gwyn-Jones on his election to Vincents. Q. D. Clough on being elected Junior T reasurer of the University Boxing Club. J. B. Phillips on being selected to play for the University C.C. and on his election to the Authentics C.C. A. J. Kember on his election to the Penguins Tennis Club. M. Hopkinson on being invited to represent the 0. U. Yacht Club against Cambridge. T. Lewis-Bowen on being invited to represent the University Swimming Club against Cambridge and on being invited to tour Portugal. G. I. de Deney on winning a Scholarship to Michigan University. E. S.Jenkins on being elected President of the O.U. Conservative Association. P. W. Chilver on his election to the Union Standing Committee. B. W. Howes on being selected for the British Universities Fencing Team for. the International University Games, held at San Sebastian in August. B

DE FORTUNIS AULARIUM J. A. Akroyd has been appointed assistant master at Queen Elizabeth's .School, Blackburn. J. V. Andrews is at St. Stephen's House, Oxford, preparing for ordination. The Rev. T. E. M. Ashton has been appointed vicar of Crewkerne, Somerset. J. N. Badminton has been appointed Music Master at Trent College. The Rev. A. D. Bailey is vicar of St. Dunstan's, Bellingham Green, S.E.6. M. Baldwin has been appointed (temporary) Lecturer in English at St. Paul's College, Cheltenham. P. F. Barter has been appointed senior Geography master at Worthing Technical High School. J. Barton has been appointed a managerial trainee with Messrs. Courtaulds Ltd. . The Rev. R. T. Beckwith is assistant priest at St. Peter's, Harold Wood, Essex. J. D. M. Bell has been appointed an administrative officer to the Coal Board. B. S. Benabo has been articled to Messrs. Forsyte, Kerman & Phillips, solicitors, Mansfield Street, S.W.r. C. H. Benbow has been appointed assistant master at Warwick Academy, Bermuda. The Rev. P. J. Blake has been appointed assistant curate at St. Matthew's, Buckley, Chester. D. F. Bourne-Jones has been appointed resident French master at Magdalen College School, Brackley. P. Brown has been appointed a trainee with Me.ssrs. J. Arthur Rank Ltd. J. B. Burge holds an appointment with the Oxford office of The British Cellophane Co., Ltd. The Rev. J. P. Burrough is Priest-in-charge at Chung-chu, S. Korea. D. H. Burt holds the position of senior English master at the King's School, Macclesfield. I. L. R. Burt has joined the firm of Sir William Garthwaite (Insurance) Ltd. I. C. R. Byatt has been elected to a Studentship at Nuffield College, and is engaged in research in agricultural economics there. 18

The Rev. C.R. Campling has been appointed Chaplain of The King's School, Ely, and Minor Canon of Ely Cathedral. R. Candlin has been appointed assistant master at Warwick School. M. A. Canning holds an appointment in the Ministry of Trade, E. Nigeria. D, M. M. Carey has been appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury to be joint principal registrar of the Province of Canterbury, and joint registrar of the Court of Arches and of the Âˇ Court of Faculties. D. E. Cattell is one of H.M. Inspectors of Taxes and is in charge of a tax district in Barnsley. B. W. Cave-Brown-Cave is head of the Northern Region programmes of the B.B.C. and is stationed at Manchester. ]. K. Chadwick-Jones has completed a course in personnel management at Cardiff. W. ]. M. Chaplin has taken up an appointment with Messrs. Hoare & Co., Stockbrokers, London. ]. S. H . Clark has been appointed a management trainee with the Northern Aluminium Company Ltd. ]. S. Clarke having passed the final examination of the Law Society, has joined the firm of Clarke & Son, solicitors, Whitechurch. F. F. Clemence has been appointed Junior Professional Administrative Assistant with the Cheshire Educational Committee. D. B. Coltman has been appointed to a Fellowship in Drama at Bristol University. The Rev. ]. ]. Congdon has been appointed assistant curate at St. Margaret's, Apsley, Nottingham. T. E. F. Coulson is at Wycliffe Hall, preparing for ordination. The Rev. Dr. T. H. Croxall has been appointed vicar of St. Andrew's, Oxford. B. V. Cudmore has been appointed a trainee with the Mutual Life and Citizens Assurance Company in Australia. C. S. Cullerne-Bown is on the staff of The Hampstead and Highgate Express. E. L. Cunnell has been appointed assistant master at Berkhamsted School. P.A. H. Currah has been appointed a graduate trainee with The Liverpool Daily Post. H. L. Da Costa is chief Crown prosecuting counsel, Jamaica. M. T. Crabtree has been appointed assistant master at the King's School, Peterborough. R. D. M. Darling has accepted a post as trainee sales correspondent with the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. Ltd. The Rev. D. E. Davies is assistant curate at Louth Parish Church. 19

G. I. de Deney has been awarded a Travelling Fellowship, and is at Michigan University, U.S.A., studying for theLl.M. degree. · · J. Dodd is doing the clinical .part of his medical course at Guy's Hospital. T. E. Dowman has been appointed assistant master at Wallasey Grammar School. C. I. Drummond has taken up an appointment with Fina Petroleum Products. A. A. Dudman has been appointed to the administrative staff of the L.C.C. H. R. Durham is Leader Training Secretary to the London Federation of Boys' Clubs. · P. Durnford is engaged in farming near Bletchley, Bucks. The Rev. A. C. J. Eastwood is vicar of St. Wilfrid's, Cowplain, Portsmouth. The Rev. J. H. Edinger has been appointed Rector ofDymchurch . with Eastbridge, Organswick, Blackmanstone, and Burmarsh. J. M. Edwards is to be congratulated on being awarded the W ollaston Fund by the Council of the Geological Society for contributions to the history of geology and the geology of the Oxford district. A. F. R. Evans has been granted a regular commission: in the Army. The Rev. Canon W. G. Fallows has been appointed Archdeacon .of Lancaster. J. E. Farrand has obtained an appointment in the sales department of the Bristol Aeroplane Co. Ltd. (Aircraft division.) The Rev. R. H. Faulkner is assistant curate at Hoylake Parish Church. A. G. Felsenstein has taken up an appointment with Messrs. Derby & Co., metal merchants. · F. P. Ferguson has been appointed assistant master at Lathallan School, Montrose. The Rev. E. S. Ferris is Protestant Chaplain to Bellevue Hospital, Ist Ave. and 27th St., New York. P. T. Ford has taken up a research appointment with the Shell Petroleum Co. Ltd. A. A. J. Foster has been appointed Head of the English Department at Bedford School. P. J. Frankis has been appointed 'assistant lecturer in English at · the University of Helsinki, Finland. R. G. Furnival has been responsible for numerous programmes, both of sound and television, given by the B.B.C. P. A. Garrett has founded, and is co-director of, the Instituto . Garrett (Ensenanza especializada de Ingles) in Madrid, and has 20

equipped it with a staff of highly qualified graduates from British universities. P. S. D. E. Gass has been appointed housemaster ofWeybridge Approved School. C. R. George is at Cuddesdon Theological College, preparing for ordination. J. S. Godden has been appointed assistant in Islington Public Libraries. J. H. A. Godwin has been appointed to a commercial traineeship with the British Oxygen Co. Ltd. H. W. Goldsworthy has accepted an appointment with the Metals' Home Sales Control Department of I.C.I. at Birmingham. K. M. Grayson has been appointed assistant master at Malvern College. R. R. Green has obtained a post in the Radio Division of Standard Telephones. D. E. T. Groocock is at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, preparing for ordination. N. B. Hall is at Regents' Park College, preparing for the ministry of the Baptist Church. J. D. Hanson has been appointed a trainee accountant with the West Yorkshire Road Car Co. Ltd. K. Hardacre is senior English master at Bushey Grammar School. H. S. Harris has been appointed Instructor in the Pepartment of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, Ohio, U.S,A. The Rev. E. W. Harrison is Rector of North Hatley, Quebec, Canada. M. de L. Hart has been appointed senior English master at Guinea Fowl School, Gwelo, S. Rhodesia. A. J. Healey has been appointed assistant master at c ·armel College, Wallingford. . . P. R. Henwood is at Cuddesdon College, preparing for or~i nation. C. R. Hill holds an appointment with the Canadian General Electric Co., Toronto. G. L. Hodgson has been appointed crop physiologist at the Scottish Horticultural Research Institute, Invergowrie. R. V. Hodson is at Cuddesdon College, preparing for. ordination. The Rev. T. K. (Augustine) Hoey, C.R., has been appointed Father Director of the Fraternity of the Resurrection. . ,. . J. Hollin has been leader of one of the three parties taking part in the expedition to North East Land organised by the O.U. Exploration Club for the purpose of studying the glacier Brasvellbreen. H. M. K. Howson has taken up an appointment with the Bureau · In terparlementaire. 21

S. A. Husain was recently appointed a Judge in the High Court of Pakistan. H. E. Sadao Iguchi has been appointed Ambassador of Japan to the United States of America. D. M. Jacobs has been appointed assistant at The Lycee, Casablanca. D. T. N. James has been appointed assistant master at Guthlaxton Grammar School, Leicester. A. L. N. Jay has been articled to the firm of Judge, Hackman and Judge, solicitors, London. A. S. Jeffreys has been appointed Deputy Registrar at University College, Swansea. The Rev. J. L. Jenkins is Rector of Church Knowle, Corfe Castle, Dorset. J. S. Jenkins has been appointed personal assistant to the general manager of Messrs. Reynolds & Co., Ltd., Newport. R. C. Jennings is at St. Stephen's House, preparing for ordination. J. A. Jerman has been appointed head of the Modem Languages department at the Priory School for Boys, Shrewsbury. C. J. Jones has joined the firm of Messrs. Pfizer, Ltd., Folkestone. Derek F. Jones has taken up an appointment with the Royal Insurance Company. Douglas F. Jones has been appointed assistant master at St. Philip's Preparatory School, London. G. H. Jones has been appointed Assistant Professor of History at Washington College, Maryland. J.E. 0. Jones has returned to Sierra Leone, where he is Establishments Officer in charge of personnel matters. P. R. Jones has been appointed Assistant Solicitor to the Darlington Corporation. D. W. Keighley has been appointed a sales trainee with Messrs. Courtaulds Ltd. T. Keithly is at the General Theological Seminary, New York, preparing for ordination. J. H. Kempster has been appointed to a traineeship with Unilever Bros. Ltd. D. A. Kinsley has obtained an appointment with the Dyestuffs Division of I.C.I. A. J. Knight has been appointed assistant master at Glasgow Academy. K. W. Laflin has been appointed an assistant master at Kimbolton School. P. D. Lawrence has been appointed assistant master at St. Kenelm' s School, Cheltenham. H. N. R. Leach, haying been passed as 'apto para todo servicio', 22

has been training as a Reserve Officer in the army of the Argentine Republic. He was posted to guard a cathedral during the revolution :in June. H. Lear has been appointed assistant master at Denstone College. The Rev. A. J. Lee is in charge of St. Michael's, Kampong Tawas, Ipoh, Malaya. The Rev. A. R. Lewis is attached to the Cathedral, Zanzibar. W. J. H. Liversidge has been seconded, as a temporary basis, to the Secretariat, Nairobi. N. F. Lockhart is personal assistant to the Managing Director of E. E. Bocquet Ltd., importers and brokers of dairy produce, S.E.r. C. J. Lummis has been articled to Messrs. Curwen, Carter & Evans, solicitors, I Gray's Inn Square, W.C.r. R. E. Lyth is at Oakhill Theological College preparing for ordination. C. J. Mabey is Personnel Secretary to the Ministry of Social Welfare, Nigeria. D. J. McCarthy has been granted a commission in the regular Army. The Rev. L. R. McDennis has been appointed vicar of Forcett, Darlington. N. Macdonald Smith has been appointed to the managerial -staff of Thos. Hedley & Co., Ltd. I. F. Mcintosh is at Westminster College, Cambridge, preparing for the ministry of the Presbyterian Church. R. F. Mackay has been appointed lecturer at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. J. H. J. MacLeay is at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, preparing for ordination. The Rev. 0. J. Matthews is Chaplain to the Mission to Seamen and Priest-in-charge of St. Peter' s Church, Flores, Buenos Aires, Argentina. P. B. Maxwell has joined the firm ofJohn Holt and Co. Ltd., in their office at Kano, Nigeria. H. D. Michell holds an appointment in the Office of the U.K. High Commissioner to S. Africa and of H.M. High Commissioner for Basutoland, the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland. G. A. K. Missen holds an appointment at Guy's Hospital. F. E. Moeton has been appointed to a tra:ineeship with British Celanese Ltd. M. J. Montgomery, has obtained a post with the Bank for International Settlements at Basel. C. A. Morgan holds an appointment with Standard Telecommunications Ltd. 23

F. B. Morley has been appointed to the staffofAbbot Laboratories Ltd., ]arrow. J. E. Morris has been appointed assistant master at Rudish School, Merton. The Rev. W. H. Murdoch has been appointed assistant curate at Christ Church, Frome. E. E. Murphy has joined the legal firm of Baker, Botts, Andrews and Sheppard, Houston, Texas. F. R. H. Murray has been appointed H.M. Minister at Cairo. D. P. Myles has been articled to Messrs. Ford, Michelmore, Rose and Binning, solicitors, Russell Square, London. J. A. Nash has been appointed personal assistant to the Managing Director of the Anglo-American Export Co. Ltd. B. C. Nixon has embarked upon his national service. A. C. M. Panting has been appointed a technical officer in the I.C.I. Alkali Division, Winnington, Northwich. A. J. Patient is at Mansfield College, preparing for the ministry of the Congregationalist Church. S. W . N. Phillips has been appointed assistant master at Westonsuper-Mare Grammar School. D. Phipps has been appointed assistant master at Chichester High School. L. T. Podmore holds an appointment in the Malayan Railway Administration. M . S. Porcher is Deputy Colonial Secretary, British Guiana: he has also been appointed secretary to the Governor and clerk to the Executive Council. M. B. R. Preece is housemaster of Edinburgh House, Alexandra and Albert School, Reigate. J. Preger has been working as an apprentice on a farm near Chipping Norton. E. G. Price (matric. 1944) has been appointed assistant master at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood. J. D. S. Purves has passed his Bar Finals examination (Inner Temple). J. D. H. Reddick holds an appointment with the Royal DutchShell group in Venezuela. J. G. Rideout has been appointed Chairman, Department of English, Allen University, Columbia, S. Carolina. M. A. Ritchie has been appointed assistant master at High Pavement School, Nottingham. M.A. R obson has broadcast on the Third Programme, and has had his talk on the journal of CharlesBellairs publishedin The Listener. Canon A. P. Rose is Lecturer and Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hong.Kong. 24

D. Rosenberg has taken up an appointment with Simplex Electric (in the Tube Investments Group). F. D. Rushworth is in charge of the modern languages department at Tottenham Grammar School. The Rev. M. W. Scott is vicar of Chilworth, Ramsey Road, Southampton. M. C. Seymour has been appointed assistant master at Wallington Grammar School. D. J. A. Shears has held the position of Reuters Correspondent in Holland for the past .three years. A. Shepherd has been appointed Lecturer in Geography at Makerere College. E. A. Simmonds has joined the firm of Messrs. Pfizer Ltd., Folkestone. J. M . Skinner has taken up an appointment with S. Smith & Son Ltd., Cheltenham. P. E. Smith has been appointed assistant master at Chatham House School, Ramsgate. P. S. Snell has joined the sales control department of the Terylene Council, I.C.I. P. R. Snoxall has taken up an appointment with the Uganda Electricity Board. V. ,Sotirovic is at the University of Chicago. The Rev. J. E. Spence has been appointed a Chaplain in the Royal Navy. D. L. Stevens has been appointed assistant master at Lewes County Grammar School. P. D. Stobart is attached to the British Embassy in Libya, Benghazi. E. W. Sudale has been appointed one of H.M. Inspectors of Schools and has taken up his duties in the Metropolitan Division. P. C. Swann has been promoted Senior Assistant Keeper in the Oxford University Museum of Eastern Art. R. Taylor has taken up an appointment as a T rainee Studio Manager with the B.B.C. C. B. Tembey is Senior Personnel Officer in the Wembley factory of Messrs. Kodak Ltd. G. Thomas has been appointed assistant master at Sandbach School. D. N. Thompson has been appointed assistant master (temporary) at Oakmeads School, Burgess Hill. R. W. M. Thompson has been articled to Bowcock and Pursail, solicitors, Leek. Âˇ The Rev. J. Thornton has been appointed assistant curate in the Parish of W oodhall Spa, with Langton St. Margaret and Old W oodhall, Lines. 25

B. E. Toland has been elected to the Council of the Law Society. G. S. Tothill has been appointed assistant master at Carlisle Grammar School. The Rev.]. C. Townsend has been appointed Rector ofMelbury Osmond, nr. Yeovil. A. E. H. Turner holds an appointment with the Mutual Life and Citizens' Assurance Company, Sydney, Australia. D. A. G. Turner has been appointed assistant masterat Bemrose School, Derby. D. E. Turner has been appointed ass!stant master at Falcon College, S. Rhodesia. The Rev. E. G. H. Turner has been appointed vicar of St. Edmund' s, Forest Gate, London, E. 7. C. R. Ullyatt has been given sole responsibility for the management of the business of]. P. Coats Ltd. in Greece. The Rev. K. Unwin has been appointed assistant curate at St. Margaret's, Durham (with charge of St. John's, Neville's Cross). The Rev. B. N. Y. Vaughan has been appointed Dean of Trinidad. D. Vear is an assistant master at Cranbrook School. ]. Warwick has been working as a trainee-manager for a cement company at Grays, Essex. J. A. Webber has been appointed assistant master at Gillingham Grammar School. C. ]. Weir has been appointed assistant master at Winchester House Preparatory School, Brackley. D. A. A. Weston, who is working under the auspices of the C.M.S., has taken up a teaching appointment in the Protectorate of Ruanda. ]. Wheeler has taken an apprenticeship appointment as a boilermaker with Messrs. Babcock and Wilcox Ltd. D. B. White is completing his apprenticeship with Metropolitan Vickers Ltd. D. R. White is at Cuddesdon Theological College, preparing for ordination. The Rev. B. W. Whitlow has been appointed Dean and Rector of Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria, B.C. The Rev. H. V. Whitsey has been appointed vicar of St. Thomas' s, Halliwell, Bolton. The Rev. V. M. Wilford is in charge of St. George's Mission, Windsor Mills, Quebec. E. H . B. Williams has been appointed a research physicist with Messrs. Joseph Lucas Ltd. The Rev. M. J. Williams has been appointed Assistant Curate in St. Michael's Parish, Wood Green, N.22.

R. M. Williams is preparing for the degree of Ph.D. at Queen Elizabeth's College, London. G. S. Windass has been studying philosophy at the University of Louvain. M. W. Wood has been articled to Robert Page & Sons, Chartered Accountants, Nottingham. S. C. W oodger is Section Leader of the Analytical Section of the Research Department of the Terylene Council, I.C.I. R. T. C. Worsley has passed his Medical Finals at Bristol University, and has taken an appointment in a hospital. D. B. Wright has joined the staff of Messrs. Everetts, Ltd., advertising agents, London. D. J. V. Wright has been articled to Messrs. Kerwood, Hobson & Thomas, solicitors, Redditch. M. M. Wright is at Wells Theological College, preparing for ordination. H. A. Wydell has been appointed Farm Manager at Rycote Park Farm, near Thame. R. R. Young has been appointed assistant master at Hertford Grammar School. MARRIAGES C. B. Benjamin married Ioanna Mazaraki in Oxford on l2th January; 1955. B. Bigley married Nessie Stewart at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Heaton Moor, Stockport on r8thJune, 1955. M. A. Canning married Hilary Coulthard at Ickenham Congregational Church on 2nd April, 1955. A. Cash married Marie Judith Carr at St. Laurence's Church, Sealby, Yorks., on 25th June, 1955路 J. G. H. Clark married Cornelia Minke Witkamp at Harrow Registry Office on 26th April, I 9 55. J. J. Congdon married Rowena Mary Hammond at St. Giles' Church, Oxford on 19th March, 1955. B. V. Cudmore married Audrey Wells at St. Andrew's Church, Ham, Surrey on 17th September, 1955路 C. S. Cullerne Bown married Sybil Flora Goodwin at St. Martin within Ludgate, London on uth December, 1954. T. P. Denehy married Elizabeth Hazel Bruce at Ancrum Church, Jedburgh, on rst October, 1955路 J. Dodd married Janet Elizabeth Gillian Bryce at Amersham, Bucks on 21st April, 1954. J. H. A. Eames married Pamela Angela Mostyn at Christchurch, Freemantle, Southampton, on 2nd April, 1955. 路 27

J. B. Evans married Joan Morton at Ashtead Parish Church on 29th December, l95I. P. R. Evans married Gillian Shepherd at St. Mary's Church, Beaumaris on 12th February, 1955· C. H. Fletcher married Brenda May Cooper at Box, near Bath on nth December, 1955· E. F. Henzell married Frances Ralston Thomson at St. Peter's in the East, O xford on rothJune, 1955· R . Harris married Rita Shulmann in London on l4thJuly, 1955· P. R . Jones married Betty Lilian Lane at St. James's Church, Muswell Hill, N.ro. on l6th November, 1954· T. Keithly married Virginia Lee Pastels at St. George's Church, Arlington, Virginia on l3th August, 1955· K. T. Kitchin married Helen Ann Parkes at St. Ninian's Church, Douglas, on roth September, 1955· C. J. Lane married Joyce Cynthia Ferguson at St. Bartholomew's Church, Roby on 21st May, 1955· H. A. B. Latimer married Joan Shirley Holmes-Smith at Christ Church, Copse Hill, Wimbledon on 4thJune, 1955· J.P. Lloyd married Marguerite Angela Wood-Ward Macmillan at St. Lawrence's Church, S. Hinksey, Oxford on 27th July, 1954· P. B. Maxwell married Pauline Stella Manning at the Oxford Registry Office on l8th June, 1955· E. E. Murphy married Patricia Purnell in Mexico City in June, 1954. M. W. Parkin married Margaret Elizabeth Kay on 25th July, 1955· R. B. Pettifor marriedJane Helen Osmond at St.. Silin's Church, Llansilin on 9th April, 1955· E. G. Price (matric. 1944) married Jean Pauline Townsend at Sutton Coldfield Parish Church on 23rd February, 1953· B. Seton married Joan Broadbent at Portsmouth Cathedral on 2oth April, 1954· D.R. Shenton married Shirley Snelling at St. Stephen's Church, Huddersfield on 23rd April, 1955· N. D. Stacey married the Hon. Anne Bridgeman at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge on l9th July, 1955· C. B. Tembey married Pamela Mary Stansill at St. Mary's Church, Harrow-on-the-Hill on 3rd July, 1954· R. W. M. Thompson married Norma Sheila Matthews at Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church, Headington on l6th August, 1955· D . E. Turner married Jill Gray of Eshowe, Zululand in January, 1955· 28

F. H. Warwick marriedJeane Marie Jolly at St. Mary's Church, Painswick, Glos. on r5thJune, r955. J. Warwick married Clare Shoosrnith at H.M. ConsulateGeneral, Marseilles and All Saints' Church, Marseilles on r5th May, 1954· C. C. B. Wightwick married Pamela Layzell on 6th August, 1955· D. E. Wood married Mary Blake at St. Mary's Church, The Bolton's, Kensington on 28th May, 1955· A. Ward married Margaret Winifred Fox at Benson Parish Church on 6th August, 1955·

BIRTHS L. D. A. Baron: a daughter, Jane, on l4th May, 1955· Clark: a daughter, Joanna Mary, on 22nd May, 1955· Rev. J. B. Evans: a son, Christopher Barrie, on 3oth January, 1955· I. P. Foote: a daughter, Susan Joanna, on 27thJune, 1955· J. S. Golland: a son, Roger James Adam, on 8th May, 1955· H. S. Harris: a daughter, Carol Elizabeth, on 22nd September, 1954· J. J. Hogan: a daughter, Jean Frances Anne, on 5th February, 1954· A. J. G. Jones: a son, Martin Jonathan, on l 6th March, l 9 55. C. A. A. MacPhee: a son, Andrew, on 5thJuly, 1954· D.J. Marsden: a daughter, CatherineJean, on 3othJune, 1955· L. T. Podmore: a son, Timothy John, on 5th September, 1953· E. G. Price (matric. 1944): a daughter, Wendy Janet, on 4th April, 1954· R. Pringsheim: a daughter, Astrid Clare, on nth October, 1954· J. J. D. A. P. M. Quinn: a son, Anthony John Dominic Harman, on 3lst August, 1954· J. H. Spruyt: a daughter, Jill Hannah, on 2oth September, 1954· E. G. Stokes: a son, Peter George, on 4th October, 1954· P. R. Sykes: a daughter, Elizabeth Veryan, on 26th October, r954. R. M. Trotter: a daughter,Judith Emma, on 28th Febru~ry, 1955· J. H. B. Williams: a daughter, Rachel Mary, on 5th February, 1955· N. J. Williams: a daughter, Alison Clare, on l3th November, r954.

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OBITUARIES Gilbert Theophilus Moore, B.A. (matric. 1919), for more than thirty years an assistant master at Headlands Grammar School, Swindon, died on l4th June, 1954· Flight-Lieutenant Francis Theodore Okely, B.A. (matric. 1930), died on 9th October, 1950. Coming up to the Hall from Dulwich College, he took his degree in 1933 with Class III Honours in Modern Languages. He was a schoolmaster for a time, and during the war served in Malta. At the time of his death he was an instructor at the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell. Harold Augustine Phillips (matric. 1897), sometime pupil of St. Kenelm's School, Cowley, and in his latter years resident at Crosshills, nr. Keighley, Yorkshire, died on 5th October, 1954· The Rev. Frederick Keeling Scott (matric. 1901), died at Hove on 5th February, 1954· Ordained in the diocese of Norwich, he held curacies at Bressington and Fersfield, and from 1908-1928 was Vicar of Swaffham, being Temporary Chaplain to the Forces during the first war. From 1928-1943 he was Vicar of St. Mark's, Kemp Town, Brighton. The Rev. Richard Charles Shuttleworth, M.A. (matric. l9II), died on 2Jrd M arch, 1955· Ordained in the diocese of Manchester, he held curacies at Bradford and Liverpool, and from 1919-1920 was Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Liverpool. H e was Vicar of St. Aidan's, Liverpool, 1925-28, St. Clement's, Sheepscar, Leeds, 1928-1933, and Meanwood, Yorkshire, 1933-1944. He was Rector of Kirkby Wiske with Maunby 1944-49, and of Ripley with Burnt Yates, Yorkshire, from 1950. The Rev. Professor D avid Capell Simpson, D.D., Tutor and Lecturer in Theology and Oriental Languages at the Hall from 1906-1923, died in Oxford on 7th May, 1955· One of the foremost Old Testament scholars of his time, he was also a Tutor at Keble College and held the Oriel Chair of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture from 1925-1950, and was Residentiary Canon of Rochester Cathedral. Herbert Wood, B.A. (matric. 1879), formerly Deputy Keeper of the Records of Ireland, died on 2oth June, 1955. A distinguished scholar with interests lying mainly in Irish mediaeval history, he spent most of his life in the Irish Record Office. His Guide to the Records Deposited in the Public Record Office of Ireland, published in 1919, is a masterly compilation and, in view of the destruction of the Irish records in 1921, will prove an irreplaceable instrument to all future students of Irish history. 30

Arthur B. Ratsey, Bursary Clerk of the Hall from 1929 to 1947, died at Cosham, Hampshire on 28thJune, 1955 at the age of eighty. Originally employed at Queen's, he was a remarkable example of the old-time clerk, performing the functions of Principal's secretary as well as all the multifarious duties of the Bursary single-handed. His astonishing ability to remember old members was only matched by his devotion to the Hall, and all who knew him cherish an affectionate regard for him.

ORDINATIONS John Albert Baker, Priest (Southwark). Roger Thomas Beckwith, Deacon (Chelmsford). Roger Thomas Beckwith, Priest (Chelmsford). Patrick John Blake, Deacon (St. Asaph). JohnJameson Congdon, Deacon (Southwell). Charles Hilary Davidson, Priest (Peterborough). Edward Peter Alexander Furness, Priest (Blackburn). Michael Arthur Halliwell, Priest (Southwark). Philip Mayo Haynes, Priest (Southwark). John James Hogan, Priest (Lichfield). Nicholas David Stacey, Priest (Portsmouth). Robert David Strapps, Priest (Chelmsford). John Thornton, Deacon (Lincoln). Vaughan MacLean Wilford, Deacon (Quebec). Michael John Williams, Deacon (London).

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES, 1954-55 THE DEBATING SOCIETY MICHAELMAS TERM President: P. W. CHILVER Vice-President: G. H. JEFF Secretary: I. JACKSON THE DEBATING SOCIETY achieved a laudably early start by presenting a debate Âˇon the first Saturday of term. A meeting of commendable size assembled to decide whether 'The Abolition of Cockfighting would be detrimental to the finer elements of AngloNorman character'. T. Bendhem was comical, G. Jeff tragical, M. Baldwin historical, P. W. Chilver farcical and the Junior Dean ancestral-cultural. The debate was highly enjoyable; the motion was lost by two votes. At the second debate we were hosts to Hertford College Debating Society, when the motion before the house was 'The Amazons had the Right Idea'. M. Higgins, proposing, digressed into musical comedy before giving way to the peroration of Mr. Port (Hertford College). Other paper speakers were C. D. Lee (Hertford), D. Goldstein, and J. Grindle. The motion was lost by eleven votes. For the 555th meeting of the Ancient, Honourable, and Renowned Debating Society we were pleased to welcome the 'Fanatics', otherwise known as the combined debating society of Merton and St. Hilda' s. There were a considerable number ofladies present, :ind when conversation could no longer be protracted (orators fidget uneasily at delay) the Secretary rose to move that 'This House would welcome an Invasion from Mars'. Miss Jane Reeve (St. Hilda's) opposed in amiable style and was followed by J. Isaacs (Merton), P. Saul, and G. de Deney. The motion was defeated by twenty-two votes to sixteen. For the fouth meeting of the term we welcomed the debaters of St. Catherine's Society. This was the first serious motion of the term, namely that 'History develops, Art stands still'. M. Goodridge, K. Suddaby, R. Higgs (St. Catherine's) M. H.P. Webb, and]. B. Shepherd were the paper speakers. The motion was lost by six votes. The final debate of the term was a farewell debate, when the motion was 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen'. The principal barkers were G. Jeff, P. Woodward, S. Beaty, and J. Grindle. The Officers . for Hilary Term were elected at the conclusion of the debate.

A marked feature of the term's debating was the welcop:_ie,n,umber of floor speeches, many of which were lively and entertaining.. Numerous freshmen displayed their talents and gave w}iolehearted :support to the Society throughout., Indeed, the President was in a position to look back on a term of sound consolidation of the Society's resurgence in Hilary 1954.

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HILARY TERM President: I. JACKSON Vice-President:·]. M. GRINDLE Secretary: R, M. GOODRIDGE The Debating Society continued to flourish and its average following increased. The standard of debating was high. Debates tended to be on motions phrased to suit both the serious and the frivolous minded debater. During Hilary Term the Society was host to St. Peter's Hall Debating Society, when a far-reaching and thought provoking debate was held on 'Purity Campaigns'. Later in. the term the Society entertained members of Lady Margaret Hall Debating Society. The motion for this debate was, 'In the opinion of this House the English Male is unintelligently dressed'. Speakers made much use of garments ranging from a colourful Central American scarf to an equally colourful petticoat. Miss R. Butterworth and Mr. T. Lewis-Bowen spoke eloquently for the motion and Mr. P. Chilver, Mr. J.B. Heyman, and Mr. G. I. de Deney against the motion. · This term, for the first time, the Society held a dinner. The Principal was present; toasts were proposed by the President, by P. Chilver and by S. Beaty. Short speeches were forthcoming from most of the diners. The evening was very much enjoyed. R.M.G.

THE ESSAY SOCIETY

MICHAELMAS TER!vf Presid<nt: G. DE DENBY WITH TH E E NTHUSIASM and optimism that accompanies the President's entry into office the writer planned a term that was to be memorable by featuring only ex-presidents. An ex-president's wedding reception, over the wine and the ices, witnessed the birth of the plot; and the presence of four ex-presidents, and their cooperative encouragement, due, perhaps to the mellowing nature of

the event and the refreshments, gave good promise of success. But circumstances and the President's idleness dispersed the material and two new members of the Society stepped in at short notice to write essays in a term which it had been hoped to devote exclusively to the cadenze of ex-presidents; codas to their presidential swan songs. . The first solist was D. Wainwright, ab~J:1doning his daily craft of raising t\1~ cultural level of the masses through the columns of a London ev,ening paper, to write instead for 'so_m e undergraduates worn down by the tutorial drip'. 'Crying for Elysium' was his title, and by his nostalgic introductory reminiscences it was easy to see that Oxford, with the exception of the Cunard liner furnishings of his surroundings, still held him in thrall. His theme was a regret that the scientist should be so divorced in his work and thought from the common man, and he pleaded for some integration of the two worlds, but whether by breeding artistic scientists or scientifio common men was not quite clear. The evening concluded with the Society more convinced than ever of the reality of the bomb being prepared by D. Kinsley. In early copies of this magazine, Essay Society Presidents felt it their duty to comment on the standards of the term's essays, evaluating and criticising. It is a practice well abandoned, yet the writer could wish it perpetuated to comment on the next two essays. It is pure Lewis Carrol to have a member of a J.C.R. setting essays to two members..of Oxford S.C.R.s, and it is with chagrin that it must be confessed that they really performed very well; and the President was never even near the opportunity of shouting 'rubbish' or tearing up the essay in the approved manner. E. G. Midgley wrote on 'Grey Eminence', castigating the English male for the uniformly drab colouring of his dress; a habit which he alleged, not without later contradiction, dated from the grey da\lVn heralding Victoria's accession. Gone was Boswell's 'genteel violet coloured frock suit' and 'plain suit of a pink colour with a gold button'. Half the Society seemed to be prepared to go down as martyrs in the cause of the essayist's crusade for brighter clothes-but the other half defended firmly a new black tie for the Hall, sheltering behind the rising black hat of P. Henwood' s puritanism. A. Ward's essay on 'Education in England' was a more weighty contribution. It was notable for the essayist's stiff neck which prevented the second half from being finished, and so went down as the first essay to be read before being written. Malady struck the Society a worse blow the next week when tonsilitis prevent.ed J. Hollin travelling down from Cumberland to read his essay. I. Jackson, the first new member to read, introduced us to his 'Grandmother', but not until the last page of an essay directed mainly against too facile religious conversions on the undergraduate 34

level, and memorable for a fascinating analysis of memory into three levels, to characterise which as the grotesque,' the normal; and the ivory tower is but a poor description of the essayist's work. The discussion established that intellectuals do have emotions. E. Rhode' s essay was entitled 'Yudhisthira and his Dog' which the Society understood as little as the essay. It appeared that;the essayist wanted to examine the organisation of the artist's imaginative material and produced a brilliant pastiche in which a welter of mysticism, references to esoteric writers and quotations which occasionally almost descended to relevance suggested that the writer might one day have something to say. R. Roberts, sitting at the back, would certainly have dissented had he understood. After this the President's essay was pure tradition, following the time-honoured course of a discursive introduction and small matter to conclude his 'Sentimental Journey'. G.D.

HILARY TERM President: P. R. HENWOOD The first essay of the term was Mr. J. Barton's 'Rig of the Day'. The Society was encouraged to examine contemporary conventions imaginatively, and generally to get wise to itself. The following week heard Mr. G. M. Bartley's essay called 'Papery' which revealed the acute perception and the subtlety of expression that his friends had come to expect of him. Mr. C. J. Jones read his essay, 'I wish I could Shimmy like my Sister Kate', and the Society was both amused and informed on Jazz. It would be invidious to mention any of those who contributed their peculiar talents to the enlivening discussion which followed each essay, except perhaps Mr. A. J. Kember. On frequent occasions he would protest that the Society 'wasn't getting anywhere', or demanded that they should 'face it', or that he should be told what people meant. This was recognised for what it was, a threat to the traditions of the Society, and Mr. Kember was firmly constrained. Mr. D. A. Kinsley's 'Chimera Dire' was a serious essay about a lucky rabbit's foot that he found in the Pitt Rivers Museum and an acquaintance who held the Ottoman Order of Chastity Second Class. Mr. W. P. Maxwell devoted his essay, 'South with Scots', to drawing out those similarities between himself and Bonny Prince Charlie which had escaped the Society. 'Time Enough', Mr. E. A. Simmond' s learned essay on time, was greatly appreciated by the Society but had the President beaten-though he can distinctly remember a lily which had something wrong with its 35

subconscious, At the end of term the Society had an excellent dinner together and adjourned to the President's rooms where he preached his first sermon, 'The Bethrothed'. P.R.H.

TRINITY TERM President: L C.R. BYATT It was, no doubt, the pressure of Schools which prevented So many senior members of the Society from attending any meetings ' at all this term; yet despite this bad precedent meetings were lively and discussions were learned, if a little too serious for the summer. Mr. G. H. Jeff started the term with a carefµlly thought out and · weU-written essay entitled 'She was only the Landlord's Daughter'. The Society, fresh from the vacation, discussed the problems it raised with vigour. Mr. M. F. B. Caine involved the Society in the deep waters of psychology, pleading for a new approach to the subject. However, the Society was found to harbour sceptics who attacked Mr. Caine's thesis with some success . .Mi;. T. H. Hackett traced the .development of the architectural styles ofWestern Europe from their Greco-Roman origins, and pointed out that the use of new materials in building would force architects to develop an entirely new style. A most interesting discussion followed on some of the problems of modern architecture, ranging from flats and back gardens to the Royal Festival Hall. Mr. A. ]. Kember was concerned with the appreciation of art, especially painting, setting out two possible approaches, the 'aesthetic' and the 'psychological'. This provoked an intelligent, entertaining and well reasoned discussion. The cat which sat on Mr. C. S. Beaty's mat turned out to be a very elegant and profound creature, ruminating on the problems of personality .and predestination. The Society discussed this with some hesitation, the President for. one feeling rather out of his depth. However, he · was eventually enlightened when Mr. de Deney brought his powerful mind to bear on the matter. Mr. R. R. Young, who had previously warned the Society against its coffee and mulled claret, now launched out in Old Testament spirit to foretell the disasters awaiting a civilisation which had no religion. This provoked the holiest discussion of the term, at which everyone :was able to hold forth without any fear of anyone listening to them, much less of contradicting them, unless accidentally. The President gave an illustration of the sort of essay which should not be read to the Society. LC.R.B.

THE MUSICAL SOCIETY President:

MICHAELMAS 'tERM N. BADMINTON Secretary: M. J. OCKENDEN

A CHRISTMAS SERVICE was held in the Church of St. Peter-inthe-East on Friday, 26th November. This year, instead of the usual order of lessons and carols, a short service was followed by a performance of the first two cantatas from Bach's 'Christmas Oratorio'. The order of service was:

r. ' 2.

3. 4. 5.

6. 7.

Voluntary: Pastoral Symphony from the Christmas Oratorio ]. S. Bach Hymn: 0 come, 0 come, Emmanuel Carol: Here is ,the little door Herbert How('lls Carol: The noble stem ofJesse arr. Praetorius Carol: A Virgin most pure .. Traditional Hymn: Lo, He comes with clouds descending Christmas Oratorio (Parts I and II) ]. S. Bach Soloists ELIZABETH HERBERT, MARY SIMMONDS, B. K. VENNER, and M. J. OcKENDEN. K. W. LAFLIN (Organ) The Choir was conducted by J. N. BADMINTON

President:

HILARY TERM N. BADMINTON Secretary: M.

OCKENDEN

The Hilary Term Concert was held in the Hall on Thursday, 3rd March. The audience was larger than last year and showed much enthusiasm. J. N. Badminton conducted the choir and the programme was as follows: Part songs Oh, no, John! arr. Eric Thiman Bobby Shaftoe arr. W. G. Whittaker 2. Movements from Divertimenti Nos. rand 2 (K. 229) Mozart J. F. FOSTER and]. B. PHILLIPS (clarinets); D. DANIELS (bassoon) 3. Drinking Songs When the Cock begins to crow Purcell Wine worketh wonders Eccles Come, let's drink Purcell S. K. JOHNSTON, M. J. 0CKENDEN, J. N. BADMINTON I.

4. 5.

Part song London Town Piano solos Study No. 3 in D flat major Waltz in E minor J. C. WILKINSON Part songs The Goslings Polly-Wolly-Doodle

Edward German Liszt Chopin Fred Bridge arr. Stanford Robinson

At a general meeting held on 4th March, the following officers were elected for the next year: President: G. H. Jeff; Secretary: M. A. Bourdeaux; Committee: B. K. Venner, S. K. Johnston,]. C. Wilkinson. M .A.B.

TRINITY TERM President: G. H. JEFF

Secretary: M.A. BOURDEAUX

The Trinity Term Concert proved most enjoyable, and was only marred by a certain lack of variety, owing to the great shortage of instrument.alists in the Hall. It is to be hoped that next year's freshmen will provide sufficient players for us to begin to match the growing choral tradition in the Hall with a similar interest in instrumental playing. The programme was: Madrigals by the Choir When Cloris heard } Adieu, sweet Amaryllis John Wilbye What needeth all this travail? 2. Small piece for lute . . arr. Ranieri Three movements from Suite in Dminor (1686) Robert de Viree Solo Guitar: D. GOLDSTEIN 3. Ballade in G minor .. Brahms The towing path Joh n Ireland Piano: G. H. JEFF 4. Songs I attempt from love's sickness to fly } What shall I do? Purcell Arise, ye subterranean winds .. M. A. BOURDEAUX (bass); R. W. TRUMAN (accompanist) I.

5. The choir I know my soul hath power 6. Piano duets Spanish Dance (Op. 12, No. 3) Norwegian Dance (Op. 35, No. 2) Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

Parry Moszkowski Greig Handel

C. F. TAYLOR and R. W. TRUMAN.

Madrigals by the choir Hearken thou! n1-y fond heart's Queen When flow' ry meadows Matona, lovely maiden

Marenzio Palestrina Lassus

- The choir was conducted by M. A. BOURDEAUX M.A.B.

THE MAKERS' SOCIETY

MICHAELMAS TERM President: R. M. TROTTER

Secretary: D. GOLDSTEIN

THE SOCIETY held seven meetings this term, the last of which was a guest meeting displaying the range of theÂˇ Society's activities quite fully. At this, and at other meetings, the quality of recent terms was maintained, and the variety of work produced by members was somewhat enlarged. The poetry of Messrs. M. Baldwin and A. J. Harding and the Secretary, supported on occasions by Messrs. A. P. Baker and D. Coltman, provoked lengthy critical discussion, almost always gave pleasure, and sometimes gamedÂˇ unanimous praise. Mr. Baldwin also offered drama on three occasions, one of which was the duration of a meeting. Mr. Hardi.Ilg maintained this movement; from recent .precedent by reading part of an unfinished philosophical prose work. The Society's tradition of good short story writing was enjoyably continued by Mr. A. Felsenstein and the Secretary, and the President's novel advanced by three revised chapters. The visual side of the Society's activities was increased by works shown at the majority of meetings by Messrs. R. and L. Taylor, giving members considerable enjoyment and a sense of participation in some of the artist's problems. A.P.B. 39

HILARY TERM President: D. GOLDSTEIN Secretary: A. P. BAKER The Society met each week of term, but decided somewhat unrepresentatively not to hold a guest meeting. In contrast to last term, poetry predominated in the material read to the Society. Mr. Baldwin read poems varying in date from 'The Silent Mirror' to this year, and ended the term with a revised version ofhis long poem, 'The River'. Mr. Harding and the Secretary effectiv~ly supported him with poems of varying theme and success, and Messrs. Coltman, Felsenstein, C. F. Taylor, and D.R. Thomas added further poems to the term's large anthology. Mr. Baldwin and the President read short stories, and Mr. Trotter's serialised novel was continued. Mr. Felsenstein added a piquant touch to one meeting by telling a fairy story in the dark with a dubious moral. The rather smaller amount of material read to the Society led to an increase in the amount of discussion and criticism, which, despite the warnings of at least one ex-President, usually showed quite healthy attitudes towards poetry and prose, arid helped members of the Society, as well as enabling them to act as a small but vociferous public for unpublished works. A.P.B.

TRINITY TERM President: M. BALDWIN Secretary." A. P.

BAKE~

Three meetings of the Society were held this term, which is usually the quietest one of the year. At the first of them, the senior ex-President, Mr. Baldwin, was re-elected, which was a break with recent traditi<;m, but one fully in accordance with the wishes of the Society. The President continued to read poems of varying theme and treatment, and similar pleasure was given to the Society by .the poetry of Messrs. Coltman, Harding, and D. R. Thomas. Mr. Trotter read a further chapter of his novel1 and Mr. Goldstein read two short stories. Mr. Harding delighted members with the rough draft of a prose-poem, and ended the term by reading a friend's manuscript of childhood reminiscence and fantasy. Despite the efforts of several members, Mr. Felsenstein could not be persuaded to read any of his own work, but criticism of sound quality was forthcoming from him, and from Mr. Coltman, leading more reticent members of the Society in the hard work which is a necessary part of appreciation. A.P.B.

THE JOHN OLDHAM SOCIETY

MICHAELMAS TERM Secretary: C. S. BEATY President: P. CURRAH THE SOCIETY'S entry for the 0.U.D.S. Cuppers was an excerp t from 'Ring Round the Moon', Christopher Fry's version of a play by Jean Anouilh. The entry was not successful in gaining a place in the final adjudications. Failure, however, was not the result of apathy. Some effort, after all, is required to achieve perceptible style in production, even if that style be accused, justly or unjustly, of being derivative. A play-reading of Gogol' s 'The Government Inspector' was also held. This enabled freshmen interested in acting to make themselves known.

HILARY TERM President: C. S. BEATY Secretary: M. J. W. HIGGINS Two play-readings were held this term. James Bridie's 'It Depends What You Mean' provided an assortment of comic character parts, which the Society was well able to fill, though the help of Miss Susannah Pearce and Miss Caroline Barrington-Ward must be gratefully acknowledged. On occasions, notably in the parody of a Brains Trust, the dialogue was funny enough to bring the reading to a full stop with laughter. Ladies of Somerville Dramatic Society were invited to the other play-reading, for which Aldous Huxley' s 'The Gioconda Smile' was chosen. This had a more sustained dramatic interest than the Bridie play, and the main roles, though fewer, were more rewarding. Preliminary rehearsals of the.summer production were held .For this the Society chose, undaunted, another Anouilh play-'Point of Departure'. M.J.W.H.

TRINITY TERM Anouilh' s Point of Departure was presented in the Marston Hall this term. This recreation of the Orpheus and Eurydice legend sets no easy tasks for the ambitious producer: here, as always, M. Anouilh taxes him to the full. It is left entirely to him to evoke the poignant contrast between an idyllic love and the sordid reality which forms its background. Moreover, the author fails altogether with one of his most important characters, the enigmatical M. Henri, 41

whose purpose it is to bridge the gap between the temporal and the eternal. Our credulity is strained to its utmost. Our sympathy must be won from the start. Leon Hall's production succeeded admirably. He was most skilful in creating the chill atmosphere of the deserted station at early morning, or the moving scene where Eurydice's past is re-lived to show her lover the folly of his suspicions, the sad farewell and the ultimate reunion. These were beautifully handled. Only in the first act, where so much depends on giving an immediate impression of the dissipation of Eurydice's world and the sheer boredom of her lover's, did he appear handicapped by the limitations of the stage. The set, as an added encumbrance, resembled at this point an un~spired collection of antiques; orrly later did it serve the producer's aims. Miss Cynthia Abson' s Eurydice was an intelligent and moving performance which suffered only from an over-sophistication and maturity of manner. Stuart Beaty's Orpheus ranged, in masterly fashion, from ecstasy, to agony, to despair. His voice had exactly the power and variety that was needed. The producer, however, might have corrected a few repeated irritating mannerisms. Anouilh offers rich rewards to the character actors, and Miss Gill Evans as the passe and affected mother of Eurydice, Norman Isaacs as her pretentious paramour, and Michael Duffy as an hoteLwaiter with a thorough knowledge of the ways of the world, seized their opportunities. We might have expected, however, a little more mystery to have attached itself to M. Henri who was played by David Isitt with considerable dignity and polish, but, even conceeding the indecision of the author's own writing, it was surely a misinterpretation to play the part with a brisk and down-to-earth forthrightness. Jim Grindle as the father of Orpheus, had the most enjoyable part in the whole play and extracted every ounce of humour from it. The pathos in this shabby crumbling and yet dignified old man was, however, missing. Both Mr. Isitt and Mr. Grindle took over the parts at a few 'days' notice and any criticism of their performances must be tempered by an awareness of their inadequate preparation. Collectors of great performances will long cherish their memories of Derek Coltman' s insidious and debauched Dulac, Eurydice's impressario. The scene where he tortures the agonised Orpheus with revelations about their mutual lover was the best in the play. It would, perhaps, be appropriate to conclude that this production did full justice to the tradition of the John Oldham Society. If that is so, then it says much for the Society's tradition. P.W.C.

THE HEARNE SOCIETY

MICHAELMAS TERM President: D. N. THOMPSON Secretary: D. C. OWEN of the term, Mr. Dare read a paper entitled 'Historical Research'. The speaker, who was engaged on research into the records of a famous London school, began by pointing out the limited appeal of such a work. Nevertheless, there was great excitement to be had from_ using original documents. Mr. ~are had come across occasional 'pearls' ofhistorical significance, such as the dismissal of one of the school's headmasters for complicity in the plot of Titus O ates. . At the second meeting of the term_, Mr. Aston of Corpus Christi College read a paper entitled 'The Origin of the Manor in England'. The speaker, having refuted Stubb's interpretation, developed his own theory of this disputable question, which was astonishing in its wealth of detail. Regret was expressed, especially by those with Schools in the near future, that for some time his work could not be published. At the final meeting of the term Mr. Pitt read a paper entitled 'Sir Benjamin Keene and Anglo-Spanish Relations in the Eighteenth Century'. The speaker observed that eighteenth-century diplomacy was essentially different from that of to-day, when ideological differences make it impossible to break or form alliances at whim or in the interests of a 'Balance of Power'. Mr. Pitt revealed in a very entertaining manner the backstairs diplomacy and intrigue of the Spanish Court and the success of England's diplomat, who was also a horticultural enthusiast.

AT THE FIRST MEETING

HILARY TERM President: D. N. THOMPSON Secretary: D. C. OWEN At the first meeting of the term Professor Galbraith delivered a paper entitled 'Domesday Book'. The speaker began by forcibly expressing his view that historians should refer to original documents rather than rely on established authorities. But it was no longer necessary to be 'creatiff' in the Vinogradoff style. R efuting Maitland and Round's view of Domesday as simply a geld book, the speaker maintained that it was more than a statistical report and that any other opinion of it was just 'all my eye and Betty Martin'. Domesday Book was, in reality, a condensation oflocal tax returns as the existence of Exon Domesday and the East Anglian volume, as well as evidence suggesting a tax collection in ro68, would seem to prove. A lively 43

discussion followed this highly entertaining and provocative paper, enlivened by the Professor's anecdotes concerning the 'Piltdown Man', and the enmity of former eminent Oxford historians. We thank Professor Galbraith for a most enjoyable evening. _ At the second meeting of this ~erm the President, Mr. D. N. Thompson, read his p·aper entitled 'Rupert I and IV'. The President followed the fortunes of the House of Stuart from 1688 to the present day, Rupert I and IV being the present Pretender. Th~ speaker's observations that a member of the family might have been made 'King of America' after the War of Independence provoked a suitably wild series of speculations.

TRINITY TERM President: A. J. KEMBER Secretary: J. C. LOWE At the one meeting held this term ·Mr. A. B. Rodger, M.A., read a paper entitled 'Naval Intelligence of the American and French Wars'. The speaker discussed the various sources· of information and the military and naval technique of Intelligence. Rotterdam was the centre of a very successful spy ring which by forewarning the Admiralty of French intentions contributed to the victory of the 'Battle of the Saints'. In the French War the D~c d' Auvergne organised a great espionage system with excellent results until it was finally broken by Napoleon's security officers. We thank Mr. Rodger for a most interesting paper. J.C.L.

LIDDON SOCIETY

MICHAELMAS TERM President: C. R. GEORGE Secretary: D.R. WHITE ON 21st October, 1954, the Society was addressed by Professor Heinrich Vogel, who, after painting a picture of life in Communist controlled Eastern Germany, spoke on 'Christ, the Hope of the W odd'-the theme of the W odd Council of Churches Conference at Evanston, which he had recently attended. His introductory description of the hardships faced by Christians behind the Iron Curtain added weight to his point that Christians should not be parochial in their outlook, but should be concerned also with Christianity throughout the world. But to offset this depressing picture, he told us of the wonderful way in which Christians in the

Eastern Zone of Germany united: the gathering of 600,000 people, praying together, at Leipzig was a striking example of the indon:iitable spirit of those who know Christ to be the Hope of the World. _All those present-and this included members of the S.C.M.were indebted to]. Bollard (Queen's), who acted with outstanding efficiency as interpreter for both Professor Vogel's talk and the questions, which followed. However, many members of the audience were as mystified as the speaker and interpreter by one or two of the questions. Among the questions which Professor Vogel answered were those by K. Mills on freedom of expression of theological thought in East Germany; by A. Patient on the meaning of the Evanston Conference for East Germans; and by P. Henwood, K. Mills, and P. Swindells on theological literature, correspondence With East Germany and conducted tours. The President having thanked Professor Vogel for speaking to us during a week so full of engagements for him, and paid tribute to Mr. Bollard's invaluable assistance, the meeting adjourned to the Chapel, where Compline was sung. The Society, together with other Christians in the Hall, met on l8th March, 1955, to hear Father Michael Fisher of the Society of St. Francis. Father Fisher spoke briefly on the history of several orders and then, in more detail, of his own order; of its resuscitation after the First World War under the leadership of Douglas Dawne to help the unemployed thousands; of its vow of poverty; of its present main headquarters at Cambridge; and of its future tasks of evangelism, teaching and prayer. He also spoke of the interest in the Order shown by Nonconformists. Father Fisher's talk was followed by a long discussion. In answer to one question, Father Fisher found it impossible to believe that an inter-denominational community in England would be practicable. As usual the meeting terminated with the singing of Compline. G.B.

HILARY TERM President: C. R. GEORGE Secretary: D.R. WHITE 'God and Humour' was the subject chosen by the Revd. Clarence May, when he spoke to the Society on 31stJanuary, 1955Âˇ The first half of his talk was devoted to analysing 'the anatomy of humour', with a number of illustrations, which were greeted with uproarious laughter. In the second half of his talk, he discussed our Lord's own humour, which those who adopt a Puritanical attitude to humour do not seem to i.Inderstand. His illustrations on this subject varied from God's creation of zebras and giraffes to the parable of the Prodigal Son. Though not every.one present could agree with all that was 45

said during the evening, an interesting talk emphasised that the God who made His creatures' bodies different shapes and sizes from the human to the giraffe, also made our senses, including that of humour. G.B.

TRINITY TERM President: A. R.H. MACLEOD Secretary: G. BENNETT Because of the large number of S.C.M. meetings arranged for this term, there was only one meeting of the Liddon Society. This was held on r6th May when the subject of Infant Baptism was very ably introduced by the R evd. R. C. C. Watson, Chaplain of Wycliffe Hall. Mr. Watson started by explaining that he wanted the form of the meeting to be a discussion rather than a talk by himself; however, he very lucidly expounded the history and practice of Infant Baptism, giving us a firm foundation on which to base our subsequent discussion. He explained how, in the time of our Lord, the idea of a family, rather than an individual, was very much stronger than to-day and, therefore, whole families were baptised at once, as described in the Acts of the Apostles. Having given us an outline of the Jewish practice, Mr. Watson moved on to the controversies and practices of the early fathers, explaining how eventually 'the Mums of Christendom overcame the theologians'. Leaving the history of Infant Baptism, the , speaker gave us three modem approaches to the subject, as expounded by the Archbishop of York, the Revd. Ernie Southcott, and the 1948 Lambeth Conference. He also told us of the varying attitudes held to-day from that of the mother of a large family who said 'Well I think we'll 'ave 'em all done, perhaps it'll give us a change of luck' to the strict rules in the parish of the Revd. Mervyn Stockwood. He was able to give us heartening news of parish priests all over the country who are m aking efforts to dispel the vague ideas of the former, even if they do not go as far as the latter. At the beginning of the meeting the speaker had expressed the hope that we w ould not all agree, and as soon as the general discussion started it was obvious that he had no grounds for fear on that score. We were especially grateful to our non-Anglican guests who enlivened the discussion considerably. Indeed the President's announcement that the meeting must end and his vote of thanks to the speaker had little effect except that it gave everyone a chance to speak at the same time. Not least involved in the arguments w as the Chaplain, who appeared to have some difficulty in escaping to Chapel, where we managed to keep our views to ourselves long enough to sing Compline. G.B.

THE DENTON SOCIETY MICHAELMAS TERM President: G.

DENEY

Secretary: P. SA UL

its emancipation from . the rule of the Queen's College for some years, but squash players and lawyers knew the hollowness of this claim. This term, however, one of these two shackles was incontinently thrown off with the arrival of Dr. D. C. M. Yardley, the new Law Fellow, who has finally cut off our connection with the Queen's College by founding an independent Hall Law Society. To the rest of the Hall this may mean no more than the disappearance from this magazine of the reports of the alien Queen's Bench and the cessation of references to that recondite brother of the Debating Society's Grand Patriarch, the Master of the Moots. But to lawyers it marks the beginning of a new era. The only outward sign of this may be a harassed secretary beseeching second year men to leave the drudgery of their essays for the heady glamour of inter-college moots, playing skilfully on the inexperience of freshmen, and trying to draw stern-faced finalists from their books. But it does mean a real help to all Hall lawyers to have a Society where academic problems may be discussed in light hearted vein and through which lawyers from outside, whether professional, academ,ic or undergraduate, may be met. The first meeting was concerned, after the elections of the officers whose names head this notice, with a constitution and a. name. The former wasÂˇ left to a sub-committee; the latter and, more important, required several weeks of research. Of the lawyers who spent their university career at the Hall the most distinguished, Lord Methuen, shared a widespread legal appreciation of port, and had already been chosen to honour another Hall Society with his name. Of the other candidates it was felt that the name of Jones lacked the dignity necessary for a Society taking its place in university life. So Alexander Denton, a judge of the King's Bench in the early eighteenth century and who had the distinction as counsel to be imprisoned by Parliament for contempt of their privileges, was chosen to give his name to the Society. Research in contemporary law reports will no doubt provide many of his wise, witty, and weighty comments and it will be the delight of members of the Society, in the cut and thrust of the moot house, to cap one another with his dicta. But for the moment the writer can only recollect Thos. Hearne' s verdict that 'he was a sober man much given to study'. The Society held three meetings during the term. The first was an away moot against the Queen's College on the law of contract THE HALL HAS BOASTED

where the Hall attendance was considerably greater than that of the locals. This did not sway the verdict, however, for Mr. Butterworth of New College, with a nice impartiality, decided for the Hall on the point argued by M. K. Chatterjea, and for the Queen's College on the point argued by P. Chilver, whose able speech amply concealed his previously avowed ignorance of the subject. The other inter-college moot was against Oriel College and held in the Hall, when D. Graham and D . Myles both won their arguments on the rule against perpetuities, and to their credit it was on their ability rather than on the strength of their case. At this moot Dr. Yardley in company with the President played the unexpected parts ofjudges at the pressing request of Dr. J. H. C. Morris, the adjudicator, and the President had the misfortune to dissent. The remaining meeting of the term consisted of an informal one hour moot at which second year men showed their paces as counsel and judges, propounding a number of near-heretical doctrines with great enjoyment. The term ended with the election of next term's officers and the adoption of a constitution. G.D.

HILARY TERM President: ,P. B. SAUL

Secretary: E. C. WINDSOR

During the course of the term, the Socit;ty held two informal moots in the Emden Room on the subjects of Criminal Law and Contract. The two main events of the term were a formal moot with Lincoln College Law Society (the William Society) and the Annual Dinner of the Denton Society. On Wednesday, 2lld February, before Professor H. G. Hanbury, Messrs. G. de Deney and J. D. Alun-Jones, for the plaintiff, and Messrs. M . Lavery and J. Langden (the Williams Society), for the defendant, argued the case of Smith v. Jones Ltd. In a long and careful summing-up Professor Hanbury gave judgment for the plaintiff, on grounds of mistake of fact. On Wednesday, 2nd March, the Society met in the Emden Room for their first Annual Dinner. The guests were the Principal, Mr. N. S. Marsh, and Mr. R.H. Maudsley. At the terminal business meeting, the following officers were elected for the Trinity Term : President: E. C. Windsor. Secretary: J.P. Lloyd. E.C.W.

TRINITY TERM President: E. C. WINDSOR Secretary: J. P. LLOYD Treasurer: T. E. LEWIS-BOWEN With the exception of a business meeting the Society ·had no activities this term. In the last week the business meeting was held to elect the officers for the coming Michaelmas Term. J. Morgan was elected Treasurer, T. E. Lewis-Bowen Secretary, and J. P. Lloyd President. J.P.L.

THE SOCIETY OF COSMOGRAPHERS

TRINITY TERM Chairman: P. BROWN Secretary: R. W. M. REDNALL 1955, saw the birth of a new Hall Society, composed of all those reading geography. At the suggestion of Mr. Gullick, who had pointed out that the Hall now had more geographers than any other Oxford college, the Society of Cosmographers was formed with the modest intention of holding a dinner once a year. The Inaugural Dinner was held on 12th May and Mr. and Mrs. Gullick were the principal guests. Other guests were Mrs. McManners and Dr. Beckinsale, both of whom teach Hall geographers, and the Principal. An excellent dinner was enjoyed by all in the Emden Room and during the course of the speeches further aims of the Society were enumerated. The Principal, in proposing the health of the Society, admitted that the name of the Society had puzzled him, but that, on reference to a dictionary, he was interested to find that cosmographers were willing to study anything under the heavens and upon the earth other than astronomy and geography. He stated that he was pleased to have heard that the sole aim of the Society was to be conviviality. P. Brown, in replying, suggested that the annual dinner should be held in the third week of the Trinity ·Term in order that it might not interfere too much with the work of those taking Schools, and that a cocktail party should be held in the Michaelmas Term, which would be an opportunity forth~ freshmen to get to know the second- and third-year geographers. · Officers for next year are-Chairman: R. W. M. Rednall; Secretary: M. G. Lewis. R.W.M.R.

TRINITY TERM,

THE BOAT CLUB HILARY TERM Captain: W. J. M. CHAPLIN Secretary: B. E. B. K. VENNER SINCE THE Lo,b.g'Distance Race in the Mickatdruas Term had been cancelled because of floods, it was thought unnecessary for the Torpids crew to do any training before the start of term. Training therefore began on the first M'Orfd;iy,of term with Chaplin as coach. After two weeks the crew was not as advanced as it had been hoped and D. Pamwell took over the coaching for the third week. The crew now came on very quickly and, in the last ten days before racing, developed real pace. During the races the crew bumped on the first five nights but failed to catch Merton on the last day. The crew was duly awarded a Bump Supper. The Second Torpid however did not fare so well and after two unforttmate rows on the first two nights were bumped on the remaining three nights.

CREWS FIRST TORPID

SECOND TORPID

Bow J. M. Hopkinson 2

4 5 6 7 Str. Cox

Bow J. B. Shepherd

H.J. A. Beechey-Newman 2 A. Brain 3 D. P. Myles 4 M. W. Wood 5 R. G. Thomas 6 I. P. Unsworth 7 K. M. Hounslow Str. D. S. W. Dargan Cox

J. F. W. Read M. H.P. Webb J. D. D. Porter J. C. M. Wilkinson M. G. Lewis K. T. Kitching S. S. MacLoughlin P. Shipley B.E.B.K.V.

TRINITY TERM

Captain: B. E. B. K. VENNER

Secretary: K. M. HOUNSLOW

The problems involved in the choice of a crew are multitudinous and they seemed to be increased this year by the number of members of the Boat Club who qualified for serious consideration for the Eight. Eventually a crew assembled one week before the beginning of term to begin training at Radley with St. Peter's Hall under the eagle eye of J. P. Dizer. In the first week frequent changes made it impossible for the crew to get down to serious training. After this period the coach did magnificent work in reducing a diversity of modes of oarsmanship to a felicitous mean, inducing fitness and 50

getting the crew to work together. In the course of training a cine camera was used in an attempt to being home the extent of individual faults. After J. P. Dizer left us the crew was without a coach for a few days and suffered a general recession, but made a rapid advance when Dr. D. H. Richards arrived. Once again the general lack of experience was niade up for by hard work on -the part of each member of the crew. During Eights Week we suffered one bump from an exceedingly fast Queen's crew on the third night, and never seriously challenging or being challenged on the other nights. Great diffo::ultJ''afOSe in forming a Second c)light. When this was finally afloat it did not advance quite as rapidly as hoped. We are indebted to R. C. T. James and M. J.P. Lancaster who with much patience and skill trained the crew. After suffering a bump from Keble First Eight the crew lost its cohesion and endured three more. The Third Eight was unlucky to miss a bump on the first night when they narrowly missed Keble Third Eight. This misfortune was redeemed by three bumps on the remaining three nights, on the last of which they caught Magdalen Third Eight after only forty strokes. The Fourth Eight succeeded in getting on the river but failed to make the overbumps promised. It is, however, worthy of note that the enthusiasm of the crew was not in the least damped by this but rather their appetite whetted, and they proceeded to divide into two coxed Fours and entered for Wallingford Regatta. It was resolved that the First Eight should enter in its entirety for Henley since the crew seemed better fitted for the conditions of side-by-side rowing than the rougher conditions of the bumping races. To keep those of the "c rew who were not doing Schools in a reasonably fit condition, an amalgamated Eight was sent to Reading Regatta where, with only four training outings, it acquitted itself with some honour, reaching the semi-finals ofJunior-Senior Eights, beating St. Edward's School and Jesus College, Oxford. It was finally beaten by Trinity College First Eight. CREWS Bow 2

3 4 5 6 7 Str. Cox

SECOND EIGHT FIRST EIGHT Bow J. B. Shepherd J. W. L. Watmough 2 J. M. Hopkinson H.J. A. Beechey-Newman A. Brain 3 J. C. M. Wilkinson Âˇ R. G. Thomas 4 J. A. West W. J. M. Chaplin 5 M. G. Lewis R. Taylor 6 J. A. Webber I. P. Unsworth 7 R . R. Young K. M. Hounslow Str. S. S. MacLoughlin B. E. B. K. Venner Cox D. S. W. Da-1:gan

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3 4 5 6 7 Str. Cox

THIRD EIGHT B. F. Pritchard I. D. P. Jones D. H. F. Lay J. E. Farrand M. W. Wood D. P. Myles A.J. Waters N. B. Hall P. G. Tudor

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3 4 5 6 7 Str. Cox

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Âˇ. FOURTH EIGHT Âˇ M. F. B. Caine F. L. Abel D. H. Giles B. R. Featherstone J. Weakley T. R. Gillard P. F. Fenton M. B. Forbes P. C. Shipley

READING EIGHT J. W. L. Watmough S. S. MacLoughlin J. C. M. Wilkinson J. A. Webber A. Brain R . G. Thomas I. P. Unsworth K. M. Hounslow B. E. B. K. Venner

At a meeting after Eights Week, K. M. Hounslow was elected Vice~Captain and H. J. A. Beechey-~ewman Secretary for the coffilllg year. K.M.H.

HENLEY, 1955

This year it was found possible to send the First Eight to Henley in its entirety. We moved to Henley ten days before the start of the Regatta to be coached by Major Durand. We at once showed we had great speed off the start and having drawn Clare, Cambridge in the first round we had great hopes of taking an early lead. However, on the day of the race a strong head wind was blowing and although we gained our expected lead Clare's extra weight and longer finishes combined to enable them to overhaul us and win by two and a half lengths. This was a great disappointment but we had attracted much favourable comment during training and it is hoped that our visit to Henley was not entirely fruitless. 52

Bow 2

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Cox

CREW J. W. L. Watmough H.J. A. Beechey.:.Newman A. Brain R. G. Thomas W. J. M. Chaplin R. Taylor I. P. Unsworth K. M. Hounslow B. E. B. K. Venner B.E.B.K.V.

THE CRICKET ÂˇCLUB

TRINITY TERM Captain: N. F. LOCKHART Secretary: P. N. FORD Vice-Captain: M. HERBERT DESPITE THE ADVERSE WEATHER the Hall managed to enjoy a fairly good season. There were once again some fifty players from whom to select the two teams that were scheduled to play regularly. Yet out of ten fixtures the Second XI were only able to play two owing to rain, and if the First XI were more fortunate, they too had to abandon seven games for the same reason. However, the damp wickets did tend to produce definite results on the occasions when play was possible. Of the fourteen matches played, six were won, four lost, and four drawn. The batting was undoubtedly competent but too frequently it broke down for no apparent reason. This was evident particularly against the Authentics and South Oxon. Amateurs. The two most consistent batsmen were Ford and J. M. Skinner, although Herbert would undoubtedly have made more runs-as it was he headed the batting averages-but for an injured knee. The freshmen, A. C. Warr; R. K. N. Limbdi, and C.R. J. Millar, all showed promise. J. R. M . Branston was still the best bowler although his appearances on the field of play were curtailed by the prospect of Schools. However, the form of B. Wakefield, E. C. Windsor, and Limbdi was very heartening and these three bore the brunt of the attack. More support was available if seldom used. The fielding was improved even if much still remains to be done in this direction. It is no exaggeration to say that the games against the South Oxon. Amateurs (despite our lamentable batting on that occasion) and ÂˇOld. Hill were lost through dropped catches. It is

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difficult perhaps to improve a college side's fielding, nevertheless it is an all-important but much ignored department of the game. The Authentics in residence were unable to tum out regularly for v;i.i;ious reasons. M. J. K. Smith and J. B. Phillips were playing regularly for the University, Lockhart fractured his hand unluckily just when he hoped to be available to play, whereas Branston and D. W. Keighley could make only a few appearances and J. W . Smith none. This gave opportunities of playing to others, few of whom made the most of their chances. Much will depend next year on the form shown by the freshmen in the side. J. R. M. Branston was elected Captain and A. C. Warr Secretary for next season. P.N.F. THE CRICKET CLUB TOUR The Hall Tour of Devon in 1954 had proved such a success that it was dec:ided to repeat it again this year. There were, however, certain changes made in the fixtures, only Seatoll: Chard, and Sidmouth being retained from our former list. To thes?wer.~dded Paignton, All Hallows School, Torquay, Millfield School, Kmgswood School, and R.M.A. Sandhurst 2nd XL The results .of the matches were satisfactory, for of the.. ~\ght games played, Seaton were at the last moment unable to raise a side, three were won, three drawn (two overwhelmingly in our favour), and two lost. Of our defeats it is perhaps some consolation to note that the first v. Paignton occurred through our batsmen losing wickets quickly in a vain attempt to chase the runs, whilst v. Millfield School conditions were quite exceptional. During five hours' play, 538 runs were scored; all credit should go to our opponents for so successfully hitting off the 267 runs required of them in only 138 minutes. It was an astonishing end to a spectacular day's cricket in which the Hall were by no means disgraced. Our first match v. Paignton on Monday, 2oth June, saw us at our worst. We could only dislodge two of the opposing batsmen and they declared rather late for l 70. Wakefield alone of the bowlers (two for 45) achieved any sort of success. In reply we failed by 8 runs; Warr batted doggedly for 45 and was suppotted by Lockhart and Alton. However, our last three wickets fell for only 5 runs and thus gave an easy victory to Paignton (the last wicket fell off the last ball of the match). As the Seaton match was cancelled, our next game was v. Chard. The highlight of our innings was a partnership between the two left-handers, Lockhart and Keighley, who scored 74 and 73 respectively. This enabled us to declare for the loss of six wickets at 213. 54

Aftet; tea the slow off-spll,i of Herbert, who took six for 69, proved too :much for C::h:ir~ aq~ w e won handsomely by 57 runs. Our fielding was good. On the Thursday we visited Sid:mouth to gain a: great victory by nine wickets; this more than atoned for our defeat in 1954. The home side could only score ror in face of the fire of our opening attack. Windsor (five for 46) and Wakefield (three for 22) both bowled very well, and there was some fine catching behind the stumps by Warr who claimed five victims. After tea we scored the runs necessary for victory in 72 minutes. Ford, and Alton both :showed good form with undefeated scores of 55 and 3 I respectively. The start of Friday's match v. All Hallows was held up till 2 p.m. by an extraordinary blanket of sea mist which enveloped the whole ground. As it was, when the game did start, the scorer was often at a loss to know what was happening out in the middle! It was under these conditions that our innings was played and Warr' s 78 was a fine .achievement, if largely unappreciated by those watching on the boundary. We had no tail and eventually declared at tea time for 177. All Hallows never looked like reaching this figure but were :saved from defeat by a plucky last wicket stand that yielded r8 runs. For us, Wmdsor again did well with four for 14. It was a pa5!!cularly hot day for the Torquay match and having lost the toss we resigned ourselves to some hard work in the field. Yet no one could have foreseen an unbroken period of 150 minutes -0ut cricket, for tea apparently had to be taken only between the innings, regardless of the time. As it was, our achievement in keeping our opponents' scoring rate down to a run per minute wilted in the Jast half hour before the interval and they were able to set us 182 runs to win. Once again Herbert shone with his slows. Apart from Keighley, who played another notable innings, our batting was indifferent. The last pair added 25 runs in an unbroken stand thus .drawing the match for us. A fair result under the circumstances. On the following Monday the party left Exmouth on the first -stage of the return trip. The Millfield match has already been :mentioned; for us Ford (32) and Keighley (67) paved the way for a brilliant not-out century by Alakija whose innings, lasting 77 minutes, contained eight 6' s and six 4' s. His first five scoring shots were all 6' s ! Yet runs came even more quickly when our opponents -a composite team of boys and more mature players-batted ; Âˇsuch bowling successes as we had were shared by Windsor (two) , Alton (two) , and Smith (one). A feature of the day, apart from the -cricket, was the lavish hospitality of Mr. R. J. 0. Meyer, the headmaster. On the Tuesday we played Kingswood and here it was that we :met rain for the first time. This prevented us from recording another 55

victory as the boys were all out on a bowler's wicket for only 68 runs. Once again Wakefield bowled well; his pace was rather too much for our opponents. With four for 22 he, Windsor (three for 25), an~ Smith (three for 9) shared the wickets. Heavy rain fell at this stage and a second shower put an end to our innings at 46 for three wickets. The last match v. R.M.A. Sandhurst 2nd XI on the Wednesday we won handsomely. Despite a rather late start owing to rain, Wakefield (three for 25) and Windsor (three for 21) again did well and the opposition were all out for 98. In reply, we got the runs for . the loss of four wickets, Keighly and Ford laying the foundation of our total in an opening stand of 70 runs. The Cricket Club is greatly indebted to the Aularian Association for its generosity in once again providing ÂŁ50 towards the expenses of the tour. The party consisted of: N. F. Lockhart, M. Herbert, P. N. Ford, R. E. Alton, D. W. Keighley, J. W. Smith, J.B. Wakefield, E. C. Windsor, J. M. Skinner, 0. A. Alekija, A. C. Warr, J. T. Evans, J. Barton, M.A. Nightingale, and T. H. Lee. P.N.F.

THE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB

MICHAELMAS TERM Captain: C. J. LUMMIS

Secretary: M. HERBERT

an unusually large number of freshmen at the Hall rugby trial this term, so that we were able to field three XVs (a record?). Unfortunately there were disappointingly few of real class and only P. G. D. Robbins reached the heights of a Blue, although M. B. Forbes played several times for the Greyhound Freshmen XV. Even so the season was not unsuccessful allowing for 'the fact that we had been promoted to the first division of the League. Three League matches were won, three lost, and one drawn. In addition we won a very welcome fixture against Wellington College, which we hope will become permanent, lost an enjoyable game to a very strong Rosslyn Park team, beat Sidney Sussex College, and just lost to Clare College at O xford. For the first time in Oxford a Second XV League was formed among the stronger colleges and the H all entered a team which, normally under the able captaincy of J. Branston, had a fairly successful season. Bad weather at the end of term prevented the THERE WAS

league from being completed and the load of extra games proved Âˇ rather a strain as the term grew older, but it is to be hoped that the new league will be continued next year.

HILARY TERM It had been obvious that the Cuppers side would not appr~ach in skill those of the two previous years. Two cancellations early in the term did nothing to help us find a combillation among the forwards which would be able to hold its own against Worcester College, against whom we were likely to be drawn in the third round. A bye in the first round led us to Keble in the second. The match was never in doubt and we won comfortably by 16 points to 3. Most disappointing was a serious foot injury to Robbins, whose loss emphasised the extent of the team's reliance on him. In the third round we i~et Worcester as expected and went down by 16 points to nil. For this game neither Robbins nor M. Herbert were available and backs and forwards both suffered a deficiency of attacking power. Even so it is extremely doubtful that the Hall would have won, because the superiority of the Âˇw orcester team was undoubted both on paper and on the field-their forwards were so much better that we scarcely once had the ball cleanly from the loose, set-scrums, or line-outs. The Hall started well, pinning the Worcester team in its own half with the help of some well judged kicking by M. J. K. Smith, who also went so near with a penalty kick that he hit an upright. Once C. G. Jones, playing unaccustomedly in the centre, broke through brilliantly, beating several men, only to be brought doWil equally brilliantly by W. M. Butcher who somehow had managed to turn round and catch Jones frustratingly near the line. In the second half, however, the Worcester team began to play some delightful rugby and the Hall, in their efforts to check the Worcester backs, began to feel the pressure of constant covering. Sheer speed and manoeuvrability finally won the day, however, and in the last . fifteen minutes our opponents scored three times. The Hall team was: J. Voigt, B. F. Pritchard, C. G. Jones, W. A. E. Hirst, M. B. Forbes, M. J. K. Smith, H. V/. Goldsworthy, B. V. Cudmore, D. J. V. Wright, R. H. Rhode, D. F. Bands, A. G. Cox, J. Weakly, J. B. Phillips, and C. J. Lummis. Colours were awarded to: R. H. Rhode, J. B. Phillips, D. F. Bands, W. A. E. Hirst, and M. B. Forbes. For next season R. Rhode was elected Captain and J. B. Phillips Secretary. M.H. 57

THE ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB

MICHAELMAS TERM Captain: D. W. KEIGHLEY - Secretary: C. G. BURNHAM contributed to the poor display of the First XI during this term. To begin with there were few soccer enthusiasts amongst the freshmen. Secondly we suffered very badly from injuries. In the first match, a league encounter with St. Peter' s Hall, we lost by 6 goals to 4. More important than the loss of points was the loss of players through injury. J. R. Woodhead sustained a broken knee, J. H. Hackett a bruised thigh which prevented him from playing for several weeks, and D. Lomas was unable to play for much of this term because of an injury received at home in late September. Serious too was the lack of a goal-keeper with J. B. Wakefield again playing for the University. C. S. Beaty deputised and acquitted himself well on several occasions in this, for him, unfamiliar position. In the league we were soon struggling against relegation, eventually with success. Though by the end of the term the tide seemed to be turnin~ when we beat Brentwood 3-r at home and played well in drawing league matc.h _with Worcester r-r, yet it was as late. as 2oth November that we gave perhaps our poorest ~li~play in Âˇ lo~ing - 5-,0 at Jesus College, ~ambridge, and optimists for Hilary Term were justifiably few. We congratulate Wakefield on being elected Secretary of the O.U.A.F.C. and R. Turner on being awarded his Centaur. . The team was drawn from: J. R. Woodhead, C. S. Beaty, D. Jones; D. McCarthy, C. G. Burnham, I. Jackson; J. Mcintosh, J. Webber, T. H. Hackett; M. Palmer, R. Turner, D. Lomas, D. W. Keighley, R. Rednall, J. Weakley. Record: Goals Won Drawn Lost For Against Played 13 28 43 5 I 7 TWO FACTORS

The fourth division was abandoned after a trial of one season only, and the Choughs fixtures were merely 'friendlies'. Nevertheless a wide range of players enjoyed themselves, and the team registered a fair measure of success. C.G.B.

HILARY TERM The Hilary Term proved to be very successful for the First XI, for Cuppers were won f9r the second time in four years. Although such a mediocre performance had been put up in the league, the team, strengthened by the return of Wakefield and J. W. Smith, 58

felt at the beginmng of- the ter-qi.that this might qe their year once more. Despite losing 3-2 in a friendly to a very strong side from St. John's, Cambridge, the team were not disheartened as they had been by early losses the previous term. The first two rounds of Cuppers, in which Merton were beaten 7-r and Pembroke 4-0, proved useful practice for sterner tasks ahead. In the quarter-final we met B.N.C., who promised to be an even stronger side than the previous season. However, the team played extremely well and won convincingly 4-r. After the first ten minutes of the semi-final against University College the team again settled down to play very good football and the score of 5-0 did not flatter us. Unfortunately, towards the end the game was marred to some extent by a certain a.mount of rough play and petty infringements. After our displays in the two previous rounds, the final, against Trinity, played on our own ground, was disappointing. In the first half the team played good football but, owing to over-anxiety and bad shooting, scored only one goal. In the second half play was more even, but towards the end Trinity attacked desperately and nearly scored on at least one occasion. B.oth the tâ&#x201A;Ź;am and the; sp"ec_t~tcfrs were very relieved when the game ended, with the Hall winning by the only goal of the match. The outstanding personalities of the team were the two Smiths_, J. W. and M. J. K. The former, whose ab!Jity as a centre-half was diswveted. almost accidentally by .the Unive; sity, performed so well in that position that W a.kefield rarely had a shot to save in any of the five games. The latter gave to the forward line the punch that it needed in front of goal as his nine goals in five games bear ample witness. However, the triumph was essentially a team effort for no position was a weak link, and much credit is due to Keighley for .the way in which he led the side both on and off the field. The term was one of snow and ice, and almost all friendly matches were cancelled. In those that were played the team lost to St. Catherine's 4-r, and beat Balliol 9-r and Alleyn's School 5-r. Record: Played

Won

Drawn 0

Lost 2

For 38

Goals Against II

Cuppers team: B. Wakefield; D. McCarthy, C. ~urnham; I. Mcintosh, J. Smith, H. Hackett; R. Turner, M. Smith, D. Lomas, D. Keighley (Capt.), J. Weakley. Also played: M. D. Palmer. Colours were awarded to the following: T. H. Hackett, M. J. K. Smith, J. Wea:kley. Officers for the season 1955-56: Captain: C. G. Burnham; Secretary: R. W. M. Rednall. R.W.M.R. 59

THE HOCKEY CLUB MICHAELMAS TERM .

Captain: N. F. LOCKHART

Secretary: T. H. LEE ·

WITH SEVEN MEMBERS of last year's team available, ,a nd an ehcouraging number of hockey players ·amongst the freshmen, competition for places in the side proved to be very keen. The team soon settled down and developed into a very effective combination, as the results show. Of fifteen games played, twelve were won, two were drawn and only one was lost. The most encotiraging feature was the improved finishing-power of the forward lihe, which scored 61 g.oals. Three freshmen formed themselves into a successful · inside trio: R. G: A. Clotworthy an industrious inside-right with a good shot; D. H. Thompson a constructive centre-forward, who scored 2j of the goals; and S. Young a versatile, energetic player. The defence, which conceded only 16 goals, was strengthened by J. Casale, a confident, skilful right-back. A. W. Laughton also gave several competent displays both as a half- and full-back . . The 2nd XI, deprived by the weather of half their fixtures, won three of the four games played and provided opportunities for the · increasing number of hockey players in the Hall. · During the terni 0 . A. Alakija maintained his place as insideforward in the University side and .was el~eted i:o the Occasionals. J. M. ·Skinner played two games for the University and regularly for the Occasionals.

HILARY TERM The Hall's first triumph in the Hockey Cuppers Final came as a fitting climax to a highly successful season. As last term's results showed, potentially the Hall stood a good chance of going far in Cuppers and these chances were improved by being drawn in what was generally accepted to be the less difficult half of the draw. Then when a spell of severe weather at one time threatened even the cancellation of the competition, unflagging enthusiasm and excellent team spirit, fostered by the untiring efforts of the Captain, N. F. Lockhart, saw the team frequently practising, often in the most adverse conditions. Indeed fitness and team work marked the team's displays in the third and semi-final rounds, which were played within three days, while in the fmal a strong finish after an uncertain start assured the Hall of victory. A bye into the second round brought the Hall up against Merton,

whb were defeated 6-1, the goals being scored by 0. A. Alakija (4), D ,,H: Thompson, and D. H. Giles. After an interval of four weeks of bad weather, the team overcame the heavy conditions to record a decisive 8-o win over Oriel, the scorers being Alakija (3), Thompson (3), S. Young, and T. H. Lee. In the semi-final, the Hall were held to a 2-0 advantage by Keble at half-time. However, in the second half the forwards, moving with speed and cohesion, added 5 more goals until Keble, not to be denied, scored from a penalty comer. Alakija and Thompson, again completing hat-tricks, and Giles were the scorers. In the final, the Hall, finding in St. Peter' s Hall by far the strongest opposition yet encountered, took some time to get accustomed to the tense atmosphere and a pitch which was faster than in previous weeks. St. Peter's Hall opened strongly and only fine goalkeeping by J. M. Skinner and desperate tackling prevented goals being scored. Against the run of play Alakija opened the scoring after a quarter of an hour. This gave the Hall more confidence and just before halftime Lee scored the second from a penalty comer. Encouraged by a large and enthusiastic following, the Hall gradually gained control of the midfield play. With the wings being used to the best advantage frequent attacks were launched and from these two more goals were added by Alakija. The latter throughout the series had brought exceptional skill and thrust to the forward-line and formed a splendid partnership with J. D. Craik. The Cuppers XI was: J. M. Skinner, J. M. Casale, I. R. Burt, J. H. Kempster, T. H. Lee, N. F. Lockhart, D. H. Giles, S. Young, D. H. Thompson, 0. A. Alakija, J. D. Craik. Though the chief interest was centred on Cuppers, seven other matches were played and all were won convincingly, 26 goals being scored and 7 conceded. The 2nd XI, again deprived of over half their fixtures by bad weather, won the only two games they played. During the term, Alakija played inside-left for the University against Cambridge at Beckenham. Skinner played regularly for the Occasionals while Casale and Lockhart are to be congratulated on their election to the Occasionals. AtÂˇ the end of the season, Hall Hockey Colours were awarded to 0. A. Alakija, J. D. Anthony, J. M. Casale, D. H. Giles, A. W. Laughton, C. W. Perry, D. H. Thompson, and S. Young. For the 1955-56 season, T. H. Lee was elected Captain and J. M. Casale Secretary. After the Cuppers Final, the team were entertained to dinner by the Senior Common Room in: the Emden Room. We were privileged to have the company of the Principal, who presided, and also the Senior Tutor, the Dean, the Bursar, and representatives from St. Peter' s Hall, Keble; and Oriel. 61

In replying to the Principal' s speech of welcome and congratulation, the Captain expressed the hope that the Hall would continue to improve its reputation for hockey with the prospect of further success next year. T.H.L. THE PAIGNTON EASTER HOCKEY FESTIVAL Participating for the first' time in a 'Hockey Festival; 'the· HaU Hockey Club had the distinction of being one of the two undefeated teams amongst the seventeen clubs which visited Paignton over the Easter week-end. With the good fortune to have four days of excellent weather, the Festival proceeded enjoyably and smoothlya tribute to the efforts of the Chairman and the Organising Committee. Of the six matches played, the Hall won four and drew two. The dry weather had made the pitches fast and uneven and as a result every game was exhausting and hard-fought with comparatively few goals being scored. On the first morning the Devon Dumplings, who included several Devon County players, were beaten4-2, three goals coming after penalty corners. In the afternoon the game with the Mops was drawn I - I. On Saturday the matches with the Clevillains and the Goalfinders . were won 1-0 and 3-1 respectively, The latter success was the Hall's best performance, as our opponents from Swindon Hockey Club had lost only one match during the season. On the next day the Barnstormers were held to a 3-3 draw, while the final game against the Specialists resulted in a 1-0 victory, the goal coming two minutes from the end. The Hockey Club is greatly indebted to the Aularian Association for its generosity in providirig. £50 towards the expenses of the tDur. The following represented the Hall at the Festival : N. F. Lockhart, 0. A. Alakija, I. R. Burt, J. M. Casale, J. D. Craik, D. H. Giles, J. H. Kempster, A. W. Laughton, T. H. Lee, C. W . Perry, B. A. Saunders, D :·H.-Th't>mpson. T.H.L.

THE LAWN TENNIS CLUB Captain: A. J. KEMBER

Secretary: J.B. WAKEFIELD

which forced the cancellation or postponement of many matches, the Ist VI had a: most successful season, coming top of Division II of the League, and reaching the semi-final of Cuppers. During the course of the term,

DESPITE A TERM OF BAD WEATHER,

the team only lost one match and that was the Cuppers game against Christ Church. Four freshmen played regularly in the side with great success and two of these, P. R. H. Davis and J. E. Bayliss, were often invited to play for the O.U. Penguins Club, to which Kember was elected a member. As it is likely that only one of the team will be goirtg down this ye;+r, the outlook is promising for next season in the First Division. The 2nd VI had a most disappc;iinting term, for a~ but one of the matches were cancelled owing 'fb 'the , bad weather ,1-and -that s~gle one was rained off after only three events. The Principal kindly offered his usual prize for the Handicap Doubles Tournament, which aroused great interest and enthusiasm. For the fast time in the last two years it was completed in spite of the weather and won by Q. D. Clough and A. P. M. Woodward. The rst VI was selected from the following players: A. J. Kember, J. E. Bayliss, J. Smukler, M. A. Bordeaux, C. J. Lummis, J. B. Wakefield, R.H. Rhode, J.C. Lowe, and I. Conolly. AJ.K.

THE ATHLETIC CLUB

MICHAELMAS TERM President: C. J. JONES

Secretary: D. M. TIERNEY

THE TWO MAIN COMPETITIONS of the term were the Relay and Cross-country Cuppers. In the former the Hall were none too fortunate, but the team did well to finish fifth in the latter, in which race M. R. M. Ffinch distingui~h~d ~imself ancl consequently ran in a number of matches for the Univei-sity Third Team. Tierney won the 120 yards Hurdles in the Senior Trials and G. R. Gleave.fmi_shed second'in the faeshmen's lli,ghJump; he was selected to represent the University in the Freshmen's match against Cambridge. -

HILARY TERM In the Athletic Cuppers the Hall, in spite of being drawn against University College in the heats, managed to finish second. The Cross-country Team had a good season and did particularly well to finish seventeenth in the .Hyde Park Road Relay; their highest position to date in this event. -

TRINITY TERM

During the summer Gleave, E. A. Simmonds, and Tierney competed for the Centipedes, with whom Gleave had a most successful season, although as a result of the Club having more than one hundred feet he is not yet officially a member. D. M. Tierney was elected President for the forthcoming year with G. R. Gleave as Secretary. D. M. Sutcliffe was appointed Cross-country Representative. D.M.T.

THE SQUASH RACQUETS CLUB MICHAELMAS TERM Secretary: R. M. WHITFIELD Captain: R. M. WHITFIELD THE RESULTS THIS TERM were not entirely satisfactory, and the Hall did not, as had been hoped, regain its place in the First Division of the League. The descent of the pFevious season, however, was checked, and we remain in Division II next season. For League games, the Ist V was without J. T. Evans, who is to be congratulated upon his election as Captain of the O.U.S.R.C. In other matches, the Hall won five, and lost eight. Hall Colours were awarded to S. R. Bilsland.

HILARY TERM Secretary: S. R. BILSLAND Captain: R. M. WHITFIELD Hilary Term began with a very good win against a strong New College V in the first round of Cuppers. In the second round, unfortunately, we were struck down by illness, and lost 3-1 to Corpus Christi, playing with a team much reduced in strength . .Of the remaining matches, five were won, and three lost. For next season only two old colours, Evans and Bilsland, remain and new talent is required from the freshmen if we are to regain our position in Division I. S.R.B.

THE SWIMMING CLUB MICHAELMAS and HILARY TERMS Secretary: C. P. ELLIOTT Captain: J.E. FARRAND THE A U~ARIAN SWIMMING CLUB enjoyed a very successful year and with the promised advent of some more capable swimmers, we should be able to beat most other Colleges with ease next season. The

Hall competed in the Inter-College Water Polo Ladder and in the newly fori;ned R~lays, We progressed from eighth to fourth place in the Polo and won the Relays in record time. In the Water Polo Cuppers we were disappointed to lose to Trinity in the semi-finals, due less to physical and technical sluggishness than to the refusal of a certain Singer car to run on anything but petrol. However, in the swimming Cuppers wewon our preliminary heat easily and in the final were narrowly beaten by University College by 33-29. Âˇ

TRINITY TERM Captain: C. W. PERRY

Secretary: T. E. LEWIS-BOWEN

The term was marked by the award of Half-Blues to T. E. Lewis-Bowen and D : F. Bands and our annual down river race. While sincerely congratulating the former, the latter deserves some :attention. The race took place in early June when the weather was warm but was only graced by three competitors and two spectators. The river was neither dirty nor very cold and the swans consented to battle among themselves rather than with the swimmers. J. E. Farrand won for the fourth consecutive year and beat M. F. Caine :and C. W. Perry in the process. The decorative tankard was presented empty by the Junior Dean, and then filled. Next year a prize will be presented to the best placed entrant who has not yet been awarded his Hall Colours; the form of tl;iis award is uncertain but its value will be substantial. C.W.P.

BADMINTON CLUB

MICHAELMAS TERM C aptain: J. BARTON

Secretary: G. H. JEFF

has been fortunate this year in being able to put out one of the strongest teams it has yet had. Support from freshmen has been most encouraging: A. C. Warr has already played for the Woodpeckers; K. Suddaby has playedÂˇ regularly for the Hall team, and R.H. Norburn and G. D. C. Tytler have also assisted in matches. By beating Worcester (4-0), Jesus (4-0), and University College (3-2), the Hall was promoted to the First Division in the League. Outside matches were played with less success against Littlemore Hospital and the Pressed Steel Company.

THE HALL B A DMINTON CLUB

HILARY TERM This term, the Hall succeeded in reaching the Cuppers finals by beating Merton (3-1) and Worcester (4-0) after a first round bye, much of the success being due to the formidable play of the first pair, Barton and Warr. A brave performance was put up in the finals against St. Catherine's, who were play:i.Q.g with two half-blues and a Woodpecker, but defeat was Âˇin store, l-3. The main difficulty of the Club, and, indeed, of Oxford Badminton as a whole, remains shortage of court space, particularly for members who are not playing regularly in matches. Warr and Suddaby were awarded their Colours. G.H.J.

THE FENCING CLUB

TRINITY TERM Captain: J. H. SHEFFNER

Secretary: T. G. KEITHLY

of the Trinity Term, 1954, the Club had the distinction of holding every University Fencing Cup. This provided an excellent end to the first full year of the Club's existence.

BY THE END

MICHAELMAS TERM The Club was very pleased to welcome three freshmen to its membership, one of whom, B. W. Howes, was soon to distinguish himself by winning the Freshmen's Foil Cup and thus retaining it within the Hall. Howes was to further his achievement by being invited to fence for the Assassins and on one occasion for the University. Sheffuer also had a successful term in University and Assassins' matches.

HILARY TERM The main event of this term was Cuppers. For this the Hall was able to enter two teams of three which was very satisfactory. There were seven college teams competing in all, and the final placings of the two Hall entries were first and last respectively. The fencing generally of the two teams was very good but the second team did not have the luck of the first.

The teams were: rst-D. Bands, foil; J. H. Sheffuer, epee; B. W. Howes; sabre: 2nd-G. K.Johnston,foil; T. G. Keithly, epee; C. R. J. Millar, sabre. Once again Sheffner and Howes were regular members of University and Assassins' teams throughout the term. Howes had the honour to be invited to represent Great Britain in the Under 21 World Fencing Championships in Hungary at Easter, but unhappily was unable to accept. However he completed an excellent term's fencing by gaining his Half-Blue against Cambridge. He was also elected an Assassin and finally at the Annual General Meeting of the 0.U.F.C. he became the Junior Treasurer of the Club for the coming year. In a return match against Worcester College the Hall proved successful once again, winning sixteen fights to five. Colours have been awarded to B. W. Howes, G. K. Johnston, and T. G. Keithly. T.G.K.

ARTICLES HIMALAYAN JOURNEY (A brief account of the Oxford University West Nepal Expedition, 1954) Âˇ AS A REWARD for the year of work and worry which had gone into the preparations for our small, but nevertheless complicated, expedition, our first glimpse of the Himalayas was unimpressive. From the railhead town all that was to be seen was a wall of forested foothills, rising abruptly from the plain, and capped by an ominous mass of grey, threatening cloud. The great peaks were totally hidden, and remained unseen for the next three weeks. Ahead of us lay a road leading into the foothills. Over this road our truck toiled for five days, covering by a circuitous route a distance which-we learned later-could be covered as quickly by mule along a direct path. . When the last landslide had been cleared, the last river crossed, the last muddy morass traversed, and we reached the hill ,station of Pithoragarh, it was a matter of profound relief to realize that from now onwards we should be relying only on ourselves. Already our Âˇ valuable phototheodolite had been lost while crossing a river. The individual members of the party, according to temperament, were reduced to a state of apathy, or brought to a fever-pitch of pent-up rage, by the frustrating workings of oriental officialdom. At Pithoragarh we acquired the necessary train of coolies to carry our equipment. Superficially an unprepossessing and motley collection, they lived a life of exceptional severity with remarkable good humour. As with children their moods of depression or awkwardness were rapidly over and forgotten. Even the most unlikely situations and unpleasant conditions seemed to provide them with an excuse to laugh. A single day's march from Pithoragarh brought us to the border of Nepal, and we entered a country totally unrelated to anything we had ever seen or known before. For three weeks our path led-along pine-covered ridges or followed the deep, winding valleys, past remote villages set in the midst of intricately terraced rice-fields. As we approached the main range of the Himalayas, the country became progressively wilder. The intense heat became easier to bear at the greater altitude, but the monsoon rains became more frequent .and prolonged. Swollen rivers, slippery paths, flooded camps, and a

continuous battle to keep our equipment dry made up the pattern of these days. . The Sherpas, who had been subdued and indifferent workers to begin with, were now in their element. Cheerful and irrepressible practical jokers, they appeared to thrive on difficulties and unpleasant conditions, and Âˇ their infectious good humour served to lighten the more depressing moments. _After ten days we came to Chainpur, the residence of the Rajah of Bajang. The Rajah was the most hospitable of hosts. A house was placed at our dispos~l, supplies of food appeared with ~xemp~ary speed, and all our difficulties were smoothed out by his efficient Indian Secretary of State. The Rajah, who had enjoyed a European education, was actively engaged in the practical application of several progressive plans for his state. One example of his enlightened outlook was a large local secondary school. Here, on the last day of our stay, we were entertained by the populace. Hung with garlands of flowers we sat in state and listened to carefully prepared speeches by the local dignitaries thanking us for the 'sweet fragrance' of our arrival, and heaping premature praise upon our heads for the acts of 'bravery and great courage' we were expected to perform. Four days after leaving Bajang we passed through the last and highest village, and entered the main range of the Himalayas. Our intention was to try to explore, and if possible to scale, the north side of the great peak of Saipal. The approach to the mountain passed through the uninhabited and trackless valley of the Inguldwar river. This river, swollen by a period of almost continuous rain, poured as a muddy torrent through a series of immense gorges which appeared effectively to block our way. However, after a day of route-finding by trial and error, we came across a way through the first gorge only to discover that further progress was impossible. Not only was there no means of penetrating any further, but our return was suddenly jeopardised by the desertion of the main body of our coolies. Disheartened by .the increasing difficulties of the route, and frightened by the first effects of altitude sickness-which they believed to be a fatal malady-they were no longer rallied by our persuasions or by our bribes of food and pay. We had no alternative but to let them go, and return to the main valley with the faithful few who remained. With more coolies recruited from a local tribe of mountain people, we turned our attention to the Rakshya group of mountains further to the North. Soon we had climbed abovy the forests and at the same time had penetrated beyond all but the mildest effects of the monsoon. We were now in a high alpine valley, with the grassy slopes almost submerged by a multitude of flowers. To either side brown rock ridges swept up to the immense snow-covered peaks,

whilst great glaciers penetrated almost to the valley floor, to give Âˇ rise to the numerous mounta,in streams which fed the main river. We pitched our base camp at the foot of the main mountain massif. Nearby was an encampment of nomadic Tibetqn traders. Brightly clad in blue robes and high multicoloured felt boots, they provided-with their stately yaks, and the exotic trappings of the Buddhism which dominates .and dictates their lives-an intriguing glimpse of their extraordinary country. For four weeks we climbed, explored, and worked in this area. A series of higher camps gave access to a number of possible peaks, including a group on the Tibetan border. Soon after our arrival, with the Sherpa Ang Temba, I climbed one of the latter. From the summit Âˇwe looked northwards over the plateau of Tibet, a rolling landscape of vivid reds, browns, and greys, and apparently devoid of anything living. From the centre of the plateau the mountain of Gurla Mandhatta rose in solitary splendour to a height of over 25,000 feet, an object of pilgrimage for both Buddhists and Hindus. Near our camp a pass into Tibet was used periodically by groups of traders. Soon our Sherpas began to pass on to us disturbing messages from these parties describing how patrols of Chinese troops were searching for us on the north side of the pass, and were threatening to cross into our valley. We felt that this latter eventuality was unlikely, but we were doubly careful in our movements, and never saw any of these patrols. With the approach of autumn the snow clung more persistently to the ridges above the camp, and hampered our activities on the mountains. For the most part, however, the weather had been reasonable. As well as a few minor peaks, members of the expedition had climbed the 22,000 ft. peak of Rakshya to bring satisfaction to the mountaineers in the party; whilst we had amassed the collections of plants, insects, reptiles, and rock specimens required for our scientific programme. Late in September we regretfully left the alpine valleys and great peaks of the main Himalayas, and descended once more through the foothills. It was a pleasant journey. No longer worried by the countless problems which had beset us, as novices, on the march in, we enjoyed the last weeks among the mountains, making the gradual transition from the austere but splendid existence we had been enjoying to the comforts, blessings and tribulations of our native civilisations.

J. E. M.

ARNOLD

TALKING TO AMERICANS Peter Tapsell, from Merton, and myself set out for the New World. We had been chosen to represent the Oxford Union on a debating tour of colleges in the Eastern half of the United States, and in rather under three months we were to visit nearly fifty universities in twenty-five states. This meant travelling many thousands of miles by car, bus, train, and plane. The significance of this is not.so much the number of places visited as the number unvisited. The sheer bulk of Ameri::a was impressed on us by the evident fact that we had seen only the tiniest fraction of the country. After five days aboard that somewhat pretentious hulk, the Queen Mary, we would have been heartily glad of the sight ofland however barbarous and unfriendly. But since landfall came on a glorious October morning as one steamed up the majestic estuary of the Hudson, we were elated. America must have the most impressive front door in the world. As the skyscrapers grew taller our spirits rose higher, and by the time the Statue of Liberty was passed we felt like refugees from beyond the Iron Curtain about to enter the Promised Land. Within a few hours of arriving in New York, only slightly delayed by that traditional feature of the Anglo-Saxon waterfront, a dock strike, we were introduced to central heating, superlative plumbing, hamburgers, Fifth Avenue with its streams of traffic like tracer-bullets, Edward R. Murrow, and several millionairesfeatures of the transatlantic scene that we already knew by repute. One of these gentlemen, said to be the fifth richest man in the United States, invited us to stay the weekend at his country cottage. 'Just a compact, unpretentious little place: only fourteen bedrooms' . The following week we stayed at the Y.M.C.A. As a character in a film I saw recently said 'I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me, rich is better'. The opportunity to lecture a tablefull of wealthy men is given only to Dr. Billy Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and British visitors to America. As Englishmen abroad we were agreeably, sometimes exhaustingly, in demand, and being sponsored by the powerful English Speaking Union had the entree to people on a social level far removed from our own and living on a scale of Edwardian opulence hardly known in this country since the invention of death duties. Very rich people plus very influential people-and they tend to be the same-form the American aristocracy: industrialists, bankers, brokers, newspaper proprietors, successful lawyers, and some of the more respectable politicians. In this last category I do not include that Mayor of Boston who was re-elected while serving a sentence for embezzlement, and earned the soubriquet 'honest' because he openly admitted his widespread peculation. AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER

After the initial shock had worn off, when we got down to sorting out our impressions, what really stood out was how oldfashioned Americans are: I do not mean in little things, like their charming retention of the old custom ofladies retiring after dinner, even if this means they have to sit on the stairs. They are really very like our Victorian ancestors in many ways: good, pious, confident hardworking people, believing in the Smilesian virtues. As Arthur Salsburger, publisher of The New York Times, said to us: 'If you want to get on, follow this rule: work hard, don't watch the clock, polish the big brass door knob, and marry the boss's daughter'. If their personalities are nineteenth century, their politics are eighteenth century, adhering to bribery of the influential few rather than of whole classes together as we do. One felt that the M.P. who, writing to England's greatest place-monger, the Duke of Newcastle, inscribed his envelope 'Private and Pecuniary', would have been at home in some American cities. Of course the greater part of politics. is free from corruption, but the public sees nothing dreadful or even odd in the existence of political machines and, as a corollary of this, suspects the politician of being in somebody's pay unle.ss he is. proved innocent. After our first few days in New York we boarded one of those monstrous chromium-plated trains that one sees in advertisements for fruit juice and rushed past the copper trees and clapboard houses of Connecticut. For four hours we rolled smoothly along in airconditioned, cushioned comfort, badgered from time to time by men selling sweets, ice-cream, cold drinks, hot coffee, sandwiches; and magazines. This, we said to ourselves, is American superefficiency. A week later we were jolting along in a decayed relic of the first railway age in Pennsylvania, cinders in the air and broken springs in the seats, taking six dislocating hours over a four-hour journey. All is not what it seems. But in New England we were right on time. The Boston Flyer dropped us off at Providence, Rhode Island, to face our first debate. It was a terrifying experience. Valiantly protesting to one another that it was the absurdly early hour at which we had dinner rather than nervousness which made us unable to eat our rare steak and mountainous ice-cream, we strolled to the auditorium with the elaborate indifference of film spies about to face a firing squad. We were seated on a high stage in front of a thousand or so townspeople, brilliant lights shining on the massive microphone-festooned podium from which, in turn, we were to speak. The eulogistic introductions over-'majored in philosophy, boxed for his school, and was a lootenant in the Royal Army' -our turn came. Peter was first. As witticism after witticism went by without so much as an eyebrow twitching, one began to despair and was plunged in the depths of

despondency at their obvious hostility to his case. B-ut enormous applause followed his peroration. Then came the relentless logicchopping periods of an opponent ('Mr. Tapsell said "In Britain in the eighteenth century agriculture was widespread, whereas now, of course, it is confined to the rural areas". Now I detect a flaw in this .. .'). At last my turn came. There was an agonizing pause as I looked at those envious eyes and wondered if they -would understand me, wondered if I could speak at all even. Then a cracked, unnatural, adolescent squeak-surely not my voice?-began: 'Mr. President, Sir. . . ' By debating, Americans mean a highly disciplined marshalling of facts and quotations by well-knit teams of heavily rehearsed proponents. They generally follow courtroom procedure and emulate forensic oratory, as opposed to our looser semi-Parliamentary methods. The sheer obscurity of some of their quotations puzzled us until we found that in American rules your own opinion counts for nothing, be it never so well expressed, but somebody else's opinion is evidence. Their speeches were quite innocent of humour, and our Union-style interlarding of witticisms was regarded as daring if not downright unfair. 'Injecting a ludicrous note into American debating . . . the English used shrugs and "hear! hear!" ' said The Cornell Daily Sun in what I take to be a rather disapproving tone. The differen,ces stem from the fact that in America public speaking is an academic subject, taught at high schools and universities in their 'departments of speech'. It ~s difficult to write textbooks on humour and it would hardly be proper to instruct in the art of misrepresentation. Besides, debates are judged by a panel of experts-who have to have near-objective criteria by which to judge-not decided by vote. This is a wise provision, for they manage to make debates so remarkably dull, the same motion being argued throughout the season, that audiences tend to be rare and exiguous. Debating coaches sometimes resort to unorthodox methods to secure victory. One secured a complete recording of our speeches in advance, another initiated us into the mysteries of the Dry Martini, using pint-size glasses, while a third-most ingenious of all-tried to induce us to become blood donors in the hope, we were assured afterwards by his pupils, that our rhetorical strength would drain away with the corpuscles. I am happy to say that we won all the debates. We visited only a fraction of America's r,800 institutions of higher education, but even so we ,stayed at too many to describe. At first, in the North-East, we debated almost exclusively at the older independent colleges, 'The Ivy League Schools'. One of the best known to Englishmen is Yale, which we visited after Brown. It asserts its undoubted antiquity by some rather overtly bogus methods. 73

Th~ Oxford-style quadrangles with imported moss and prehollowed steps are an old story, but we also admired the ten-million dollar library which has been sprayed with a corrosive liquid to mature the stone. This shortens the life of the building by about fifty years, but since it will undoubtedly be replaced within twenty this hardly matters. At Princeton it was our turn to feel young, since we were the guests of the American-Whig-Cleosophic Society founded in 1795, twenty-eight years before the Oxford Union, and claiming the statesman Hamilton as a member. Another antique note was struck by the complete absence oflady students (unless they were confined to the Institute for Advanced Studies). Some Ivy League Schools compromise with the times by having 'coordinate institutes' such as Pembroke at Brown and Radcliffe at Harvard, where charming young ladies dabble in academic pursuits in the intervals of acquiring husbands. The truly amazing thirig is that they succeed despite their addiction to 'Bermuda shorts', the most unbecoming sartorial device since the death of Mrs. Bloomer. These are wide shorts, usually in a shrieking tartan, reaching to the knees and worn with knee-length woollen socks. They expose only the least seductive portion of the female leg, and give the most exclusive campus the appearance of a Girl Guides Jamboree. Mid-October saw us among the Middle Westerners. They have what is called a continental climate: one which is consistently and uncomfortably extreme. It seems to have infected everything they do. All Americans are gregarious, but Middle-Westerners are inseparable. At a typical fraternity house that we stayed in it was literally impossible to be alone. One supposes that Isolationist politics are a form of compensation. A slogan of the French Revolution was that men Âˇ must be forced to be free. It seems as if the corresponding maxim of the American revolutionaries was that men must be forced to be friendly. At this same fraternity house it was customary at table to sing fraternal songs between courses. It was quite unnerving to have one's meal punctuated by choruses of 'Good old Alpha Theta Alpha!'. After dinner all took part in a compulsory rehearsal of the fraternity sweetheart song, whose sickly strains were to be poured out publicly because one brother had 'pinned' his girl. We did not actually witness the tribal rites. It was fitting that it was in this American heartland that we were introduced to commercial television, appearing early one Saturday morning on a programme called 'Hi ladies!' sponsored by SaniFlush. It is only fair to add that we also took part in the hour-long Sunday lunch-time discussion programme 'Columbus Town Meeting', devoted on this occasion to American foreign policy in the Far East. Americans are very fond of rushing visitors before the cameras and microphones without warning, and since every college

possesses its own radio-station, being interviewed over the air became for us an occupational risk. We soon became used to this and prepared a useful set of happy 'impromptus' to cope with it. In entertainment, and in just about everything else, America is a country of contrast and antithesis, providing material for every .sort of comment from the enraged to the enraptured. This is very true in education. Many colleges provide admirable and enlightened courses and constantly experiment with new methods; at others one was reminded of nothing so much as an annotated version of The Children's Encyclopaedia: unconnected dollops of improving information. Despite vague talk about the 'American View' we met equally wide divergences in political opinions: we were heckled by McCarthyites ('When are you going to pay back your debts from the First World Wad) and questioned by Socialists ('When are you going to set the colonial peoples free?'). I recall arguing about Commm1ism and appeasement with a fiery Kentucky professor. Eventually he moderated his tone and even went so far as to advocate negotiation rather than H-bombs, provided it were sparingly indulged in; Communism, it was clear, was as catching for diplomats as mumps or measles for infants. But he was a picturesque eccentric and, I believe, increasingly illlrepresentative. We talked to many people whose opinions would have sounded orthodox on the lips of Mr. Clement Davies. If there was a common factor, apart from a profound sense of America's dominating role in the modern world, it was perhaps an excessive readiness to deduce political judgements from abstract ideals. We left the Middle West just as the first snowflakes were beginning to fall, and journeyed South in the most backward corner of the United States. Despite TVA and the advance ofindustry, as everyone knows, the South is terribly poor: rather reminiscent, perhaps, of the more prosperous parts of Europe. Here and there one saw patched clothes, and the occasional presence of servants in better-off homes was an indication of lower living standards. This is the land of segregation: of separate schools, of separate waiting rooms for White and Black, of sitting in separate ends of the buses, and we expected to find negroes very bitter about their second-class status. But coloured people in the South are more anxious about getting rich than about getting equal: they have the American bug. Sometimes one wishes it would bite a few people over here. American negroes are American first and coloured after. Those of them who are politically aware are confident that things are getting better all the time. The Supreme Court decision on Schools, and the dropping of the colour bar socially-witness Boston and New York-justify them in their optimism. After only a few days under the palm trees of Florida we were 75

spinning North again, past Jefferson's University ofVirg~a on up to the frigid New England winter, to Maine, the most northerly state, where there were thirty degrees of frost. Our long haul was nearly over and in a few days we were snug in the centralheated warmth of New York apartments, braving the icy winds only for Miss Rockfellar' s coming-out ball, or to do a broadcast, or to attend a first night. I attended several musical shows, and each of them contained a number about a girl who was too good-natured to resist men. My nonconformist conscience led me to ask, 'Does this mark a trend/. But my comrnon sense replied, 'No such luck'. Three months as a minor celebrity was great fun. I started at the top and now I am rapidly working my way down. But I am not entirely sorry to be an ordinary person again. I will.always remember my American trip and our kindly, serious, generous hosts, so anxious to hear our point of view, so lacking in the reserve of the self-complacent. Yes, Mr. Pickles, I did have some embarrassing moments, and there were plenty of things I disliked. But all that doesn't amount to a row of beans. I've talked to a great many Americans, and it was a great experience. D. BLOOM

THE AULARIAN BOOKSHELF The following publications by members of the Hall have come to our notice. We would be very glad to have news of any such publications for notice in this article or review in the Magazine. We thank all Aularians who have sent us copies of their works in the past year, which we are especially glad to receive to place in the Aularian shelves in the Old Library, where we are building up a complete collection of works by Aularians, past and present. K. C. B. ALLOTT (matric. · 1935) Matthew Arnold. Longman Green and Co., 1955· *H. A. BLAIR (matric. 1921) A Creed before the Creeds. Longmans, 1955*C. DoBB (matric. 1938) Henry Goodcole, Visitor of Newgate, 1620-41, in The Guildhall Miscellany, No. 4. Feb. 1955· G. E. H. GRIGSON (matric. 1924) Gerald Manley Hopkins, Longman, Green & Co., 1955· E. C. R. HADFIELD (matric. 1928) The Canals of Southern England, Phoenix House Ltd., 1955· H. M. N. H. IRVING (Vice-Principal) A Reversion Method for

the Absorptiometric Determination of Traces of Lead with Dithizone,

The Analyst, 1953, 78, 571-580. The Stabilities of Complexes formed by Some Bivalent Metals with N-Alkyl-substituted Ethylenediamines, H. Irving and]. M. M. Griffiths.]., 1954, 213-223. Inorganic Chemical Kinetics and Reactions, H. Irving. Nature, 1954, 173, 670-677. The Calculation of Formation Curves of Metal Complexes from pH-Titration Curves in Mixed Solvents, H. M. Irving and (Mrs.) H. S. Rossotti, ]., 1954, 2904-2910. The Stabilities of some Metal Complexes of 8-Hydroxyquinoline and related substances, H. Irving and (Mrs.) H. S. Rossotti, ]., 1954, 2910-2918. The Influence of Ring-size upon the Stability of Metal Chelates, H. Irving, R. J. P. Williams, D. J. Ferrett, and A. E. Williams,]., 1954, 3494-3504. 8:_Hydroxyquinaldinic Acid, H. Irving and A. R. Pinnington, ]., 1954, 3782-3785. The Stability Constants of the Indium Halides, H. Irving and B. G. F. Carleson, ]., 1954, 4390-4399. Studies with Dithizone, Part VI. S-Alkyl Eithizones, H. Irving and C. F. Bell.]., 1954, 4253-4256. The Kinetics and Mechanism of Inorganic Reactions in Solution. Introductory Survey, By H. M. N. H. Irving. Chemical Society Special H; Irving andEJ.Butler.

Publication, 1954, I. l-9. *G. H. JONES (matric. 1947) The Main Stream of Jacobitism, Harvard University Press, 1954· *J. N. D. KELLY (Principal) Ru.finus: A Commentary on the Apostles' Creed. Longman Green & Co., London and The N ewman Press, Westminster, Maryland. R. B. PUGH (Le<::turer) The King's Prisons before 1250 in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 5th series, Vol. 5. 1955· *G. D. RAMSAY (Fellow) editor of Two Sixteenth-Century Taxation Lists 1545 and 1576, 1954: Vol. X of the Records Branch of the Wiltshire Archaeological .and Natural History Society. *F. D .. RusHWORTH .(matric. 1939) Victor Hugo and his Marxist

Critics. *P. A. SCHOLES (matric. 1906) God Save the Queen! Oxford University Press, 1954· G. D. SERIES (Fellow) The fine structure of the line 4686 A of ionised Helium in Proceedings of the Royal Society 226 page 377. The Sta~k effect in hydrogen-like spectra, with K. W. H. Stevens in Proceedings· of the Royal Society 226, page 393. Nuclear Electric Quadrupole Moment of Potassium 39, with G. J. Ritter in Proceedings of the Physical Society 68, page 450. The .fine structure of the line 4686 A of He II in Lunds Universitets Arsskrift, N.F. Avd. 2. Ed. 50. Nr. 21.S.87. *I. L. SERRAILLIER (matric. 1931) Beowulf the Warrior. Geoffrey Cumberlege. O.U.P., 1954· ·. · J. W. C. WAND (Hon. Fellow) The Life ofJesus Christ. Methuen, 1955· *G; WILSON KNIGHT (matric. 1921) The Mutual Flame. Methuen, 1955. 77

The Laureate of Peace. On the Genius of Alexander Pope. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1954· *D. C. M. YARDLEY (Fellow) Certiorari and the Problem o_{ Locus Standi in The Law Quarterly Review, July, 1955· *These members are thanked for presentation copies of their work.

ENDOWMENT FUND APPEAL ON THE WHOLE there has been a generous response to the renewed appeal on behalf of the Endowment Fund which the Principal issued through the magazine last year. The following figures will be of interest: they give the situation as it was at 31st July, when the Hall Accounts for the year 1954-55 were closed. It is very much hoped that they will instigate many others to join in supporting the Appeal. Approximately one hundred new subscribers have been added to the list of those contributing annually, either by Deed of Covenant or by Banker's Order, to the Endowment Fund. In addition, about twenty old members and others have made single gifts. Twentytwo persons have agreed to become Friends of St. Edmund Hall, and have sent subscriptions to enable them to do so. The total amount of fresh money received for the Funtl dµring .the past financial year (after the deduction of expenses) is £53r. l3s. 8d. This does not include the repayment oflncome Tax in respect of new subscriptions: it is of course in process of being claimed, but had not come in by 3rst July. As the Fund stood at £7,146. 2s. od. at the end of the previous financial year, it has therefore now reached the grand total of£ 7,677. l5s. 8d. Thus, the net result of the year's working of the Appeal is by no means unsatisfactory, especially when it is recalled that the major portion of the money received is in the form of subscriptions which have been promised, and which will no doubt be paid, for a period of several years. Below is attached the list of subscribers whose subscriptions or gifts had been paid into Lloyds Bank Limited, Oxford, by 3lst July, 1955. The list includes subscribers under both the old and new schemes. An asterisk against a name indicates that the subscriber has made out a Banker's Order, and a dagger, that he has made a single gift : all .the remainder have completed Deeds of Covenant. There are, of course, several others, whose Deeds of Covenant were dated after 3lst July, or whose subscriptions came in after that date: their contributions will be duly acknowledged next year. In the meantime, the gratitude of the Hall goes out in fullest measure to all those who have made such a splendid response to the Principal's letter.

J. C. Adamson J.B. Allan Mrs. E. M. Allan (Friend) Rt. Rev. Dr. G. B. Allen Mrs. Allen R. E. Alton* Maj. A. W. Andrews (Friend) Rev. R. C. Austin J. G. Ayres H. Bagnall N. G. Barnett L. E. Batht E.T. Beckwith* (Friend) J. D. M. Bell Maj.-Gen. A. B. Blaxland R. J. L. Breese M.A. Brownt K. A. Bulgin* Rev. W. L. Bunce* R. F. Burnett Rev. H. W. Butterworth J.C. Cain W. J. Camkin (Friend) G. S. Cansdale Rev. T. J. Childs A. R. Clark J. S. Clarket S. A. Clarke (Friend) F. F. Clemence D. H. Clibborn H. Cloke A. B. Codling A. C. Cooper R. C. M. Cooper G. J.P. Courtney D. K. Daniels Mrs. F. K. Douglas (Friend) Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Downey (Friends) A. A. Dudman Rev. J. H. Edinger J. M. Edmondst A. E. Ellis M. C. English* Ven. W. G. Fallows

Rev. E. S. Ferrist J. Fletcher-Cooket B. M. Forrest M. Forster* _A. A. J. Foster Mrs. F. H. Foster (Friend) G. H. Franey P. T. Freeman M. W. Gallopt W. W. E. Gilest D. F. Goldsmith E. M. Goodman-Smith J.C. Graffy K. M. Grayson G. F. W. R. Gullick Mrs. E. Gullick (Friend) Rev. W. L. Guyler N. S. Haile* L. W. Hanson Rev. T. p. C. Herbert W. N. Hillier-Fry C. R. Hiscocks The Very Rev. J. H. Hodson J. C. D. Ho lines W. A. Holt A. G. Hopewell* Prof H. J. Hunt S. Iguchit G. E.Janson-Smith C. H. Jenner (Friend) M. F.Jerrom P. R.Jones Rev. Dr. J. N. D. Kelly J. W. King A. P. Kingsley P. M. Kirkt G. W. Knightt E. C. Lamb E. H. Lapham (Friend) J. H. W. Lapham J. Lee Rev. H. Livesey Rev. G. H. D. Lovell Rev. R. J. Lowe* J. S. McAdam

R. Mcisaac C.J. Mabey* Mrs. S. J. Macdonaldt (Friend) Âˇ N. Macdonald-Smith E. G. Midgley V. W. Mills* R. B. Mitchell F. H. Moeton Rev. T. G. Mohant Mrs. Florence Morgant (Friend) Lt.-Col. H. Moyse-Bartlett A. W. Murray* W. R. Niblett Rev. K. C. Oliver* D. V. Orton. H. E. Packer P. C. Palmer* R. C. Patersont (Friend) S. W. N. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Pike (Friends) J. L. Pinniger Âˇ D. H. Piper S. Plowden-Roberts* (Friend) H.K. Pusey J. D. Reddickt Rev. Preb. E. Reidt W. V. Reynolds* M. A. Ritchie A. W. U. Roberts Rev. C. E. Ross R.R. Rylands

P. J. Sandison J. L. Serraillier H. A. Shearring D. J. A. Shears Rev. R. Shepheardt Rev. R. C. Shuttlewortht Rev. A. E. Smith A. M. Smith A. W. Smitht D. L. Stevens A. W. Street (Friend) P.H. Sykest (Friend) Rev. F. J. Tackley Lt. P. S. Taylor R.H. Thorne J.C. Toland C. R. Ullyatt Rev. R. J. Vaughan* J. R. Whitfield (Friend) Mrs. M. M. Whitfield (Friend) R. M. Whitfield Very Rev. B. W. Whitlow Rev. B. J. Wigan N. J. Williams D. H .. Willson P. Witherington G. Worsley G. Worth D. A. H. Wright Rev. Canon T. W. Wright

MATRICULATIONS

MICHAELMAS TERM Scholars Duffy, Michael Patrick (Warwick School). Isaacs, Norman Maurice (Berkhamsted School). McLaren, Edward John (City of Norwich School) . . Morin, Ian Osbert Michel (Bryanston School). Palmer, Michael Denison (Ardingly College). Robson, John Phillips (Brentwood School). Scargill, David Ian (Batley Grammar School). Wilkinson, John Craven (Harrow). Woodhead, John Roger (Bradford Grammar School). Commoners Abel, Frank Leslie (King Edward VI Grammar School, Southampton). Alakija, Omolulu Audley (Seaford College). Ashby, John Stanley Arthur (Bablake School, Coventry). Bands, Donald Patrick (University of Stellenbosch). Bayliss, John Edward (Emanuel School, London, S.W.). Beechey-Newman, Hansel J ulyan Adrian (Magdalen College School). Benjamin, Christopher Brian (Monmouth School). Bilsland, Stuart Reed (Brentwood School). Botting, Douglas Scott (Epsom County Grammar School). Bourdeaux, Michael Alan (Truro School). Brown, Wallace (Heath Grammar School, Halifax). Carter, Roger (Eastbourne College). Casale, John Michael (Ryde School). Cash, Anthony (Leeds Modern School). Chadwick, Michael Gregory Anthony (Richmond School, Yorkshire). Clark, John Gerald Holliday (Merchant Taylors' School). Cleverley, Jeremy Mountain (Rossall School, Fleetwood). Clotworthy, Robert George Aidan (Kent College, Canterbury). Collingridge, Malcolm Herbert Aitken (Millfield). Conolly, Ian (Cockermouth Collllty Grammar School). Cox, Alexander Gwillim (Diocesan College, Rondebosch). Crowe, Anthony Murray (Clifton College). Curry, John Richard Fuller (Denstone College, Uttoxeter). · Davies, Jeremy Ponsonby Meredyth (The King's School, Canterbury). Davis, P;i.ul Roderick Hilderic (Whitgift School). Fawcett, John ·Brian (West Hartlepool Grammar School). F

Featherstone, Brian Robert (Colston's Boys' School, Bristol). Ffinch, Michael Robin Maule (Repton School). Gillard, Thomas Ronald (Mitcham County Grammar School). Gleave, Geoffrey Roger (Birkenhead School). Goodridge, Richard Martin (Leighton Park School, Reading). Hackett, Thomas Harold (St. Andrew's University). Heyman, John Bertjoachim (Wycliffe College). Hirst, William Alfred Edward (Portsmouth Grammar School). Hooper, Derek Royston (Okehampton Grammar School). Hopkinson, John Michael (St. Edward's School). Âˇ Hounslow, Keith Maurice (St. Edward's School). Howes, Brian William (Dulwich College). Jackson, Edward (Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Gainsborough). Jones, Jeremiah Eustace Okoro (Colonial Service). Kitching, Keith Thornton (St. Albans School). Laughton, Antony Wallace (Ryde School). Le Feuvre, Rollo Philip John (Diocesan College, Rondebosch). Lewis, Michael Graham (Monmouth School). Lewis-Bowen, Thomas Edward Ifor (Ampleforth). Limbdi, Raj Kumar Narharisingh (Bombay University). MacLoughlin, Shaun Serraris (Beaumont College). Maw, Murray Glen (University of Western Ontario). Millar, Colin Roy James (Clifton College). Milroy, Alister John (St. Albans School). Morgan, John Vincent Lyndon (St. Edward's School). Morrison, George Bryson (Haberdashers' Aske's). Norburn, Richard Henry (Bedford School). Peverett, Robin David (Eastbourne College). Phillips, John Burton (The King's School, Canterbury). Porter, John Dudley Dowell (The King's School, Canterbury). Preston, Alan Norman Monnery (Cranleigh School). Preston, John Michael (Downside). Reynolds, Anthony Richard Stanton (Grove Park Grammar School, Wrexham). â&#x20AC;˘ Rhode, Ronald Roxby (Fettes College). Rimmer, John Anthony (Wrekin College). Robbins, Peter George Derek (Bishop Vesey' s Grammar School). Roff, Derek Michael (Guildford Royal Grammar School). Saunders, Brian Albert (King Edward VI School, Southampton). Scott, Norman Alan (Hull Grammar School). Shaw, William Barrington (Bishop Vesey's Grammar School). Shepherd, John Brian (Arnold School, Blackpool). Smukler, Joseph (Harvard University) . . Stanton, George Keith (Roundhay School, Leeds).

Suddaby, Keith Leonard (Malet Lambert High School, Hull). Sutcliffe, David Malcolm (St. Albans School). Sutton, Antony John (Hinckley Grammar School). Taylor, Charles Francis (Royal Liberty Grammar School, Romford). Thomas, David Richard (Richmond and East Sheen County School). Thompson, David Henry (Abbotsholme School). Thornton, Raymond Eric (Woolwich Polytechnic). Truman, Ronald William (Torquay Grammar School). Tytler, Graeme Douglas Colville (St. Edward's School). Unsworth, Ian Paul Macdonald (Beaumont College). Warr, Arthur Clive (Peter Symonds' School, Winchester). Weakley, John (Southend High School). Webb, Michael Henry Puzey (Lancing College). West, John Atterton (Leeds Grammar School). Whiting, Jeremy Simmonds Scott (Lancing College). Wright, Joseph Willoughby Vaughan (Dulwich College). Young, Stephen (The King's School, Canterbury).

HILARY TERM Forbes, Malcolm Brodie (Haberdashers' Aske's).

DEGREES 1954

l4th October B.A.: J. A. Akroyd, C. H. Benbow, W. H. C. Brown, J. A. C. Ellis, K. W. Laflin, *R.H. Irvine, R.H. Roberts. M.A.: P. S. Taylor. 3oth October

B.A.: P. F. Barter, G. A. L. Bennett, J. C. Bingham, P. J. Blake, M. Bould, D. F. Bourne-Jones, A. W. Boyce, D.R. Chapman, M. K. Chatterjea, R. C. M. Cooper, D. J. Day, G. I. de Deny, J. C. Forbes, A.J. Gray, D. A. Harding, D. G. G. Hoare, A. L. N. Jay, R. G. Lunn, J. N. McManus, E. D. Moylan, B. C. Osgood, A. G. Poynter, J. C. Ralphs, J. W. G. Ridd, F. E. Rushy, P. G. Tudor, J. G. Watson, J. A. Webber, R. M. Williams, R. R. Young. M.A.: K. M .. Grayson. 2oth November B.A.:

*C. M. Armitage, *C. W. B. Costeloe, R. Harris, A. C. M. Panting, W. H. Slack, A. E. H. Turner. ,, M.A.: C. R. Campling.

1955

2oth January B.A.: B. S. Benabo, J. J. Congdon, J. Preger. 26th February B.A.: D. C. Davies, *A. C. Garrett, J. S. Jenkins, J. H.J. MacLeay. M.A.: *J. G. Ayers, P.J. Frankis, *A. C. Garrett, C. A. Morgan, H. A. Shearring. D.Phil.: H. A. Shearring. 28th April M.A. : *L. E. Bath, *M. J. Fawcett, I. P. Foote, R. W. M. Skinner, J.B. A. Weston. 4th June B.A.: J. G. Bellamy, D. Bloom, J. S. Godden, J. C. D. Holmes, D. Phipps, T. G. P. Rogers. M.A.: *M. C. H. Guyler, R. E. Lyth, P. L. Roussel. D.Phil.: *P.H. Phizackerley.

23rd]une ., M.A.: *N. A. Dromgoole. B.A.: J. N. Badminton. ,

I6fh july B.A.&M.A.: J. K. Chadwick-Jones.

3oth July B.A.: T. E. F. Coulson, P.R. Evans, C.J. Lummis, D. P. Myles, B. F. Pritchard, R. W. M. Thompson, C. C. B. Wightwick, M. W. Wood, D. J. V. Wright. B.A.&M.A.: H. Crane. B.Litt.: P. J. Frankis. M.A.: *H. J. Andrews, S. E. George, *E. W. Harrison, T. W. Silkstone. * In absence '

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s. d. ASSETS

ACCUMULATED FUNDS

General Fund Balance as at 30-4-54

2268

3t% Defence Bonds . , Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society ·

2 5

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Appeal Surplus on Income & Expenditure A/c for year to date

228 13

Oxford Trustee Savings Bank National Provincial Bank Current A/c 2523

174 19 3

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INVESTMENTS

49 12 6 £2633 13

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 3oth APRIL, 1955 INCOME

Membership Subscriptions Annual Payments Composition Receipts Activities Fund

£ 24 786 16

Post Office Savings Bank Interest Trustee Savings Bank Interest Cheltenham and Gloucester Building Society Interest

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s. d.

826 14 4 II II 8 25 4 8 10 8 4

£873 19 0

EXPENDITURE Magazine 1953-54 Directory 1954 Grant to Scholarship Fund Grant to Publication Fund Grant to Principal's Discretionary Fund Grants to Sports Clubs for special activities London Dinner Expenses Income Tax Postages Clerical Assistance Pliotograph .. .. .. .. .. .. Excess of Income over Expenditure carried to Balance Sheet

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