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St. Hugh's Club Paper so 1.1
OCTOBER, 1917.
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Zt. 1bugb's Club Paper. OCTOBER, 1917.
No. 25.
ST. HUGH'S CLUB. Committee. Miss MOBERLY, President (till Spring, 1918) Miss E. F. JOURDAIN, Vice-President (till Spring, 1918) Miss E. E. WARDALE, Vice-President (till Spring, 1918) M. V. GIBSON, Secretary (till Spring, igt9)-L. M, WILLANS, Treasurer (till Spring, 1918) L. F. TODD, Editor (till Spring, 1918) E. M. C. PRIDEAUX (till Spring, 1919) M. J. TEW (till Spring, 1919) D. G. LAWSON LEWIS (till Spring, 1919) E. G. MAY (till Spring, 1919) THE SENIOR STUDENT,
?Members.
* Denotes life-membership. Where two addresses are given, the second is the permanent home address.
N.B. The Editor hopes that the Members will inform her or the Secretary of any change of address. —
Abbott. A. M. ... *Abdy, D. C. ... Addison, M. M. *Ady, C. M. Allen, H. C. *Arbuthnot-Lane, R. L. *Ash, L. *Baker, A. M. ... Baker, F. M. ... Barber, E. Barker, A. L. ... Barker, C. L. ... Barter, C. D. .„
c/o Mrs. Marriott, Holly Bank, Redcliffe-on-Trent U.M.C.A., Magila, Tanga, E. Africa 22, Redlands Road, Reading High School for Girls, Halifax St. Hugh's College, Oxford 12, More's Gardens, Cheyne Walk, S.W. St. Hugh's College, Oxford 72, Dornton Road, Bantam, S.W. Girls' High School, Clifton 21, Cavendish Place, London, W. (See Bentley) Headington Girls' School, Oxford White Lodge, Sheringham, Norfolk St. Hugh's College, Oxford t6, Crick Road, Oxford St. Cross, Winchester (See Wright) (See Braine-Hartnell ) (See Harvey)
2 Barton, F. M. .. *Batchelor, F. M. S.
Glendalough House, Annanmore, co. Wicklow Bedford College, Regent's Park, London, N.W. The Old Ferry House, Lymington, Hants Winfoi ton Rectory, Hereford The Little Commonwealth, Evershot, Dorchester, Woodland, Ottery St. Mary, Devon [Dorset Girls' Grammar School, Sherborne, Dorset 9, Osborne Road, Clifton Conan, Watford, Herts. Priorswood, Dormansland, Surrey (See Thomson) 2, Larissa Road, Eltham, S.W.
*Baynes, M, *Bazeley, E. T. Beames, E. Beasley, M. P. M. *Bebb, G. M. ... Bell, M. I. M. ... (M. I. M. Ottley.) Bell, A. E. ... Bennett, I. Dorothea (I. D. Ludwig.) *Bentley, Mrs. D.
3F, Morpeth Terrace, Victoria Street, London, S.W. 8o, Primrose Mansions, Alexandra Avenue, Battersea Park, S.V. II ••
(L. Ash.)
Bevis, Mrs. T. A. (L. I. Dawson.)
School House, Childe Okeford, Shillingstone, Dorset
Corchester School, Corbridge-on-Tyne, NotthumberCastle Garden, Iffiey, Oxford [land Godolphin and Latymer Girls' School, Hammersmith, *Bird, P. ... London, W. 5, Castlenau Mansions, Barnes, London, S.W. The Elms, Eccles Old Road, Manchester *Birley, M. H. ... c/o District Engineer, Hill Crest, Natal Birtwell, R. E.... 1, Bank Street, Cherry Tree, near Blackburn *Blades, E. M. The Bank House, Alderley Edge, near Manchester *Blake, D. H. • 5, Woodville Gardens, Ealing, W. *Blamite-Brown, R. E...• Monks' Risborough Rectory, Prince's Risborough, Bucks St. Hugh's College, Oxford Bolton, L. E. ... Enstone, Oxon (See Willson) Bond, A. St. Hugh's College, Oxford Boothby, D. Liverpool Road, Newcastle, Staffs *Bowen-Colthurst, P. de Agricultural College, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire Dripsey Castle, Coachford, co. Cork B. F. *Bowen-Colthurst, Mrs. R., Enmore, Stonehill Road, East Sheen, Surrey (W. S. B. West.) Boykett, D. M... • • . Upper Convent School, Woodstock Road, Oxford Ruddington Vicarage, Notts Bradshaw, E. M. R. • Redland High School, Bristol L. at r2n *Bi aine-Hat tnell, Mrs. J. C. R., Ihksototipouse, Cheltenham Bickmore, L. I. G.
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(C. L. Barker.)
*Brayne, Mrs. C. V. (A. C. Goodchild.) Brook, F. L. ..„ Blown, K. M. *Browne, M. E,
c/o C. V. Brayne, Esq., C.C.S., Land Settlement Department, Colombo, Ceylon Ashbrook, Totnes, S. Devon 2p. Aieztko, tO, 9 L.1 . ... The Priory Girls' School, Shrewsbury• Cranford, Searle Road, Farnham ▪ 17 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington te Hay, Walditch, Bridport Shu
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3 *Bulkeley, M. M. Buller, A. B. ... *Burnett, M. E. ... Burridge, H. M.
Coddington Rectory, Ledbury i6, Mortimer Road, Clifton Durwent Dene, Shotley Bridge, Northumberland St. Hugh's College, Oxford 539, Hammersmith Road, London, W. (See Fairlie Watson) Byculla, Upton Road, Slough St. Hugh's College, Oxford Tarrant Keystone, Blandford, Dorset (See Tupper) St. Hugh's College, Oxford King's. School, Worcester High School, Kirkby Stephen 24, St. Mary's Street, Southampton Box 463, Bloemfontein, S. Africa
Buxton, W. E. Carter, N. C. ... Chapman, S. J.... Chappel, D. F. H. Chappel, G. M. *Clark, E. B. C.... Cohen, Mrs. (L. M.Higman.)
c/o District Engineer, Hill Crest, Natal 52, Tavistock Square, London, W.C. The Parsonage, Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland 45, Ronully Road, West Cardiff U.M.C.A., Mpondas, Fort Johnston, Nyasaland, British Cedar House, Axminster, Devon [C. Africa (See Wallace) The Platts, Watford, Herts
Colman, R. E. *Cooke, J. *Coombes, L. *Cornish, M. *Cowie, W. *Cox, Mrs. A. (S. M. Iles.)
Cox, P. J. *Crichton, E. *Crick, M. B. "Crick, M. M. *Crump, M. M, *Cunynghame, G. M. E• Davies-Colley, M. Davis, A. M. ... *Davis, Mrs. R. K.
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St. Hugh's College, Oxford 14, Fairdene Road, Coulsdon, Surrey Queen Margaret's School, Pitlochry, Scotland (See Walker) (See Irving) Princess Helena College, Ealing, W. 9, Farm Walk, Golder's Green, London, N.W. County Secondary School, Colchester 50, Howley Place, Maida Vale, W. Godolphin and Latymer School, Hammersmith, London, Oakleigh, Burnage Lane, Levenshulme, Lanes [W. 14 Havards, Isca Road, Exmouth, Devon School House, Woodbridge, Suffolk
(M. Mack.)
. *Dawson, L. I. "De Castro, I. P. M. L.
(See Bevis) Women's Hostel, University College, Nottingham Lyceum Club, 128, Piccadilly, London, W. Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford *Deneke, H. C. Guniield, Norham Gardens, Oxford 51, Harley House, Regent's Park, N.W. (See Richardson) . Dening, C. L. A. • .. High School, Norwich *De Pution, E. La Bertozerie, Guernsey .. The High School, Wellingborough *de Reyes, I. M. 217, Bristol Road, Birmingham ... 50, Glenluce Road, Blackheath, Kent ... Dick, A. C. Dobbs, A. C. . Camphire, Cappoquin, co. Waterford *Dodsley-Flamsteed, M. M., Girls' Public School, Beaufort West, S. Africa *Dodwell, D. ... Coniston, Watford, Herts • • •
4 *Douglas, J. Draper, G. ... Druitt, I. M. C. *Duggan, E. M.... *Eakin, M. L. ... Edwards, G. Emmerson, J. A. *Eppstein, Z. ... Espinasse, K. Evans, J. Evans, T. M. E. *Fairley, Mrs. B. (M. A. Keeling.)
Fairlie Watson, Mrs. (W. E. Buxton.) *Farrell, R. Farrow, A. M. ... Fear, H. M. .. -
Winthank House, Cupar, Fife, Scotland The Avenue, Lincoln Cross-in-Hand, Sussex South Cerney, Cirencester (See Roberts) (See Price) St. Saviour's and St. Olave's Grammar School for Girls, New Kent Road, London, S.E. Cambrian Villa, The Barrows, Cheddar Central High School, Newcastle-on-Tyne South Weston Rectory, Wallingford St. Hugh's College, Oxford Union of London & Smith's Bank, Berkhamsted, Herts Queen Anne's School, Caversham Budleigh, Showell Green Lane, Sparkhill, Birmingham The University, Toronto, Canada Muzufferpore, Tithoot, India
Grange Corner, Eastbourne 6o, High Street, Oxford Grey Coat Hospital, Westminster, London, S.W. Chesterton, E. Grinstead Fisher, Mrs. H. A. L. (Hon. Member), Eccieshall Grange, Sheffield Forrest, W. J. St. Hugh's College, Oxford Picton House, Sherborne, Dorset *Fowler, A. C. St. Andrew's House Club, 3tA, Mortimer Street, London, W. *Gardner, G. Francis Holland School, Graham St., London, S.W. 3, Fairmount, Bradford, Yorks Gent, Mrs. H. C St. Simon's Vicarage, Bristol (S. E. Kershaw.)
Gibson, M. V. ... *Giles, A. E. Glenday, E. I. ... *Goddard, R. W. *Godwin, E. M.... Goodchild, A. C. *Gordon, M. L. *Graham, E. *Grant, M. A. ... Grattan, E. H. G. *Greig, M. J. ... *Gwynn, Mrs. J. I. (J. K. Sedding.)
Kingsway Chambers, 46, Kingsway, London, W.C. 2 8, Franconia Road, London, S.W. 4 4, Marlborough Road, Ealing Mount House School, Hartley, Plymouth Holy Trinity Vicarage, Bury, Lancs ••• Craddock Lodge, Cullompton, Devon • •• All Saints' Convent, Oxford •• • (See Brayne) .•• High School for Girls, Manchester Middle Claydon Rectory, Bucks High School for Girls, Pendleton 393, Harborne Road, Edgbaston Withington Girls' School, Fallowfield, Manchester 28, Linden Road, Bedford Grey Coat Hospital, Westminster, London, S.W. Katharine House, Addiscombe, Croydon Kingsway Chambers, 46, Kingsway, London, W.C. z 13, Abbeville Road, Clapham Common, London, S.W. 94, Lexham Gardens, W,
5 Gwynne, P. M.... *Hales, A. M. M. Hall, M. M. J.—. Hamilton, G. ... Hamilton, R. E. *Hammonds, D. M. *Hanbury, J. ... Hanbury, F. S.... Harford, M. I. ... Hargrave, C. M. *Hart, I. R. a ... *Harvey, Mrs. R. (C. D. Barter.) *Hatch, E. M. ... *Hedley, C. ...
The Orme Girls' School, Newcastle-under-Lyne Hartington House, Leek, Staffs The Leete, Writtle, Chelmsford Girls' Grammar School, Ware 5, Southmoor Road, Oxford ••• The Vicarage, Fewcot, near Bicester, Oxfordshire • • . Technical College, 45, Trinity Street, Huddersfield The Vicarage, Fewcot, near Bicester, Oxfordshire • • . Bishop Otter Training College, Chichester, Sussex 37, North Street, Chichester •• (See Macdermot) • • . Boys' Preparatory School, Eastbourne West Mount, Station Road, Amersham, Bucks •.. (See Nichol Smith) •• . Kendrick School, Reading Denham, North Church, Berkhamsted, Herts. Lynchmere School, St. Anne's Road, Eastbourne ... The Rectory, Barwick-in-Elmet, Leeds
Chelsea Gardens, London, S.W. County School for Girls, Chiswick, London, W. 32, Hawkshead Street. Southport Redcar, Yorkshire *Herdman, E. ... Hewitt, Mrs. A. E. • • . 48, Parkfield Avenue, Bradford Moor, Bradford, York. (E. Vaux.) shire Hill, G. M. K. ••• Pen-y-Bryn, Ford, near Shrewsbury Higman, L. M.... .. (See Cohen) *Hobhouse, Mrs. W. •• 8, College Green, Gloucester •• . 21,
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(E. A. Owen.
*Hodge, D. M. V. Holland, M. S.... *Homersham, M. M. Home, V. C. *Horner, W. S. H. *Hough, Cr. C. ... *Houghton, Mrs. B.
••• The High School for Girls, Lichfield ••• Brentwood Girls' School, Southport 52, Arundel Gardens, Kensington, London, W. Tewkesbury, Derby Road, Cheam, Surrey ... High School, Burton-on-Trent 5o, Britannia Square, Worcester ••• The High School, Kendal Eldersfield Vicarage, Tewkesbury, Glos. Broadwas Rectory, Worcester • • . Abbotsham Court, Abbotsham, S.O., Devon
(C. S. Joel.)
*Hudson, H. M.... Hunt, E. A. *Hunter, H. C. ... Ibberson, D. Iles, S. M. ... Ingram, C. E. Irving, Mrs. M. (M. M. Crick.) *Irwin, M. G. ... Jenkins, F. M.
•• Elderslea, Bushey Heath .. (See Langston) • (See Solly) • • ▪ 53, Fremantle Road, Cotham, Bristol ••• (See Cox) Bedford House, York Place, Portman Square, Lon• •• don, W. ••• Stoke Cottage, Simla, India . City School, Harrow Fakenham, Norfolk •.. 281, St. Anne's Road, S. Tottenham, London, N.
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Joel, C. S. ... *Johnston, J. A....
(See Houghton) Bussage House, Glos. Fairview, Boston Square, Hunstanton, Norfolk Jones, M. 16,The Crescent, Bangor ... *Jourdain, C. E.... (See Sister Charlotte, C.F.) *Jourdain, E. F.... St. Hugh's College, Oxford Keble, D. .., Boys' Preparatory School, Scarborough 7, Belvedere Road, Scarborough *Keeling, M. A.... . (See Fairley) *Kenyon-Stow, D. . (See Pike) Koellreuter, M. (Hon. Member), Heinestr 23, St. Gallen, Switzerland Kershaw, S. E.... (See Gent) King, M. E. Herts and Essex High School, Bishops Stortford 17,Westbury Park, Durdham Downs, Bristol Knipe, F. M. High School, Putney, London, S.W. Icomb Rectory, Stow-on-the-Wold *Knox, E. M. ... Havergal College, Toronto, Canada Laidlay, M. A. M. . sz, High Street, Oxford Langston, B. . (See Yates) Langston, F. M. . (See Teed) Langston, Mrs. S. H. Ingra, Selangor, F.M.S., Malay Peninsula ••
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(E. A. Hunt.)
Lardelli, M. L.... . Laws, Mrs. , (H. G. Richards.) Lawson Lewis, D. G. . *Lee, M. L. *Levett, Mrs. B. T.
Ladies' College, Cheltenham Cotswold, Dumpton Park Drive, Ramsgate King's School, Bruton Corrin, Lewes 77, Banbury Road, Oxford Leafield, Witney, Oxfordshire Ketchingham, Bodiam, near Hawithurst, Kent
(D. M. N. Levett.)
Levin, M.
Boys' Grammar School, Newport, Essex Westover, Gosforth, Northumberland Lewis, M. G. ... 22, Manor Road, Folkestone *Lidbetter, E. M. Tyntesfield, Rugby Loisweedon Vicarage, Towcester, Ncrthampton Lindsay, B. L. P. Christ's Hospital, Hertford t8, Windsor Street, Edinburgh Linton, E. M. ... „ Edmonsham Rectory, Salisbury Ludwig, I. D. ... ... (See Bennett) Macdermot, M. E. ... St. Wilfred's, St. Michael's Road, Bournemouth West Macdermot, Mrs. S. G. F., 4211, St. Catharine Street, Westmount, Montreal, (J. Hanbury.) Canada Macdonald, H. K. Warden House, Deal, Preparatory School ; at St. Boniface College, Warminster, Wilts St. Ronan's, Frances Road, Bournemouth Mack, M. A. ... (See Davis) Mackenzie, M. H. St. Hugh's College, Oxford so, Wheeley's Road, Edgbaston Macpherson, V. M. St. Anne's, Abbots Bromley, Rugeley, Staff:, Nettleworth, Silverton, Devon
Uplands School, St. Leonard's-on-Sea Greenisland, co. Antrim, Ireland *Magrane, Mrs. J. V. ... c/o W. Willett, Esq., Sloane Square, London, S.W.
*McCall, F. H. (G. Willett.)
*Malone, A. J. G. *Mammatt, W. M. Margoliouth, S. M. *Marriott, Mrs. J. A. R.
The Corner House, Scarborough Roedean School, Brighton 3, Lansdown Road, Lee, London, S.F. 23, Linton Road, Oxford
(H. Robinson.)
Marshall, M. A. N. Marris, Mrs. H. C.
170, Banbury Road, Oxford Burton Corner, Boston, Lincs
(D. J. Norwood.)
*Matravers, E. C. *Maurice, M. E.... *May, E. G. ... *May, P. ,.. McGregor, Mrs. F.
St. Denys College, Warminster, Wilts 28, Craven Road, Reading The University, Manchester 38, Forest Road, Moseley, Birmingham Bryndulas Llanddulas, near Abergele, N. Wales 29, Hyde 'Terrace, Leeds Roedean School, Johannesburg, South Africa
(E. Roechling.)
McLeod, E. D.... McNeill, M. *Mease, Mrs. W.
St. Hugh's College, Oxford Dunvegan, Linden Road, Redland, Bristol St. Hugh's College, Oxford 12, Deramore Park, Belfast 28, Wilson Road, Sheffield
(M. N. Webb.)
*Medill, G. I, K. Middleton, D. F.
Rostrevor, Hillcrest Road, Purley Women's University Settlement, 44, Nelson Square, Blackfriars Road, London Thornfield Road, Linthorpe, Middlesborough, Yorks
Mitchell, W. J. de L.... c/o Major L. W. Bennett, 22, Spencer Hill, Wimble*Moberly, B. H.... don, S.W. ••• 4, Norham Road, Oxford *Moberly, C. A. E. Culverlea, Albion Hill, Exmouth, S. Devon ..• *Moberly, M. A. 270, Boulevard Raspail, Paris • ..• *Monnier, M. ... Thurlestone, Bickley, Kent Moore, D. E. H. • ••• St. Hugh's College, Oxford Moore, M. Redbourn House, Redbourn, Herts St. Hugh's College, Oxford Moorhouse, D. C. Hopkinson House, Vincent Square, London, W. Holy Trinity Vicarage, Derby *Mowll, M. K. ... Grassendale, Southbourne-on-Sea Hants Murray, V. C. ... 6, Ardross Terrace, Inverness, N.B. 8, St. George's Street, Northampton Muscott, P. B. ... Nichol-Smith, Mrs. D.... 86, Banbury Road, Oxford (M. I. Harford.
Nicholas, E. S.... Norwood, D. J.... Nott, P. M. *Oliver, E. M. T.
26, Bushnell Road, Upper Tooting, S.W. 17 (See Marris) The High School, Monmouth Fownhope Vicarage, Hereford 44, Cotham Vale Redland, Bristol ,
8 ••• (See Sister Isabel Mary) ••• (See Bell) ••• (See Hobhouse) •.• sr, Denison Avenue, Toronto ••• St. Hugh's College, Oxford The Vicarage, Fencehouses, Durham Salisbury House, Newquay, Cornwall Parrett, B. G. ... High School, Falmouth *Parsons, G. I. ... 63, Kingsfield Road, Watford Runton Hill School, Norfolk Pattison, D. R.... 2C9, Albert Road, Jarrow-on-Tyne Paul, W. M. W. —• St. Hugh's College, Oxford Hopkinson House, Vincent Square, London, W. 96A, High Street, St. John's Wood, London, N.W. 5Payan-Dawnay, Mrs. ... (A. B. Townsend.) 17, Sydney Street, Chelsea, S.W. Peacey, W. ... 19, Wimborne Gardens, Ealing, London, W. *Pearson, E. H. ... *Penny, D. A. A. The High School, Clifton The Hermitage, Marlborough, Wilts The University, Sheffield Perham, M. F. ... 4, Albion Place, Leeds The High School, Clifton *Phillips, E. A. 5, Porchester Square, London, W. Oakdene, Beaconsfield Phillips, R. L. ... St. Peter's Vicarage, Devizes, Wilts Phipps, E. ••• 10, Highfield Avenue, Hendon, London, N.W. *Pike, Mrs. F. ... Ottley, I. F. H. Ottley, M. I. M. Owen, E. A. ... Owen, D. E. ... Parr, D. M. •••
(D. Kenyon- Stow.)
*Porcher, M. J. ... Potter, M. L. Potter, M. P. Potts, 0. M.
Pratt, D. A. *Price, H. *Price, Mrs. H. ... (J. A. Emmerson.) Price, P. M. ... *Prideaux, E. M. C. Puttock, D. M. A.
St. Stephen's High School, Clewer, Windsor Melrose, The Park, Cheltenham Packwood Haugh, Hockley Heath, Warwickshire 36, Old Park Avenue, London, S.W. 12 The High School, Plymouth Girls' High School, Bridgnorth •• Thurcaston Rectory, Leicester St. Hugh's College, Oxford ... (See Sister Helena) Maesteg, Pennllyne Road, Whitchurch, near Cardiff
Boulsdon Bwthyn, Newent, Glos Summerleaze, Winscombe, Somerset Boys' Preparatory School, Littlehamplon Grendon, Midvale Road, Paignton, S. Devon High School, Winchester *Pyrn, J. ... Great Barford Vicarage, St. Neots, Hunts *Ramsey, Mrs. A. S. ..• Buckingham Road, Cambridge (M. A. Wilson.) Rhys Davids, V. B. C. F. St. Hugh's College, Oxford Chipstead, Surrey *Rice, M. A. St. Anne's, Abbots Bromley, Rugeley, Staffs Richards, M. G. (See Laws) Richardson, Mrs. H. Red House, Wilton, Salisbury (C. L.-A. Dening.)
9 Richmond, D. M. *Rickards, H. A. Robb, A. Roberts, Mrs. C. L. D. (G. N. Smith.)
*Roberts, Mrs. Hesketh (G. Edwards.)
*Robinson, F. ... Robinson, H. ... Roechling, E. ... *Roechling, M. H. *Rogers, L. C. ... Rogers, S. E. L. Rountree, A. D. Savory, F. I. Sayer, S. M. *Scott, B. G.
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*Sedding, J. K. Seelly, G. M. M. Selby, D. *Selby, G. Shaw, M. R. B. Shebbeare, Mrs. H. V.
The Central Newcastle High School, Eskdale Terrace, 72, Hall Road, Handsworth, Birmingham [Newcastle High School, Monmouth Dixton Vicarage, Monmouth Frere Fletcher Chambers, Napier Road, Fort, Bombay Medical Mission House, Kalimpong, near Darjeeling, India Tan-y-bryn, Mold, N. Wales 20, Ashtead Road, Clapton Common, N.E. (See Marriott) (See McGregor) Havergal College, Toronto, Canada Higlifield, Radlett, Herts Girls' Grammar School, Lewisham 8, Park Hill, Clapham Park, London, S.W. 5, St. Stephen's Square, Westbourne Park, London, W. The Rectory, Stretford, near Manchester 4, Rodney Place, Clifton Clear Mount, Charing, Ashford, Kent Brincliffe County Secondary School, Nottingham Gale Cottage, Littleborough, Lancs (See Gwynn) Girls' High School, S outh en d -on - S ea Steeton Vicarage, near Keighley, Yorks The Wyche, Malvern The Hall Cottage, Yateley, Hants Royal Holloway College Lord' William's School, Thame 2, Southwood Lane, Highgate, London, N.
(A. I. Woodhouse.)
Shuttleworth, M. A. ... Aliwal, Suffolk Road, Bournemouth Choir School, College Green, Worcester Simpson, Julia Brentwood, Hesketh Park, Liverpool Simpson, Margaret L.... f 31 *Sister Charlotte, C.E. Home of the Community of the Epiphany, Truro (C. E. Jourdain.)
*Sister Eleanor, C.E.
Home of the Community of the Epiphany, Truro
(E. M. Spocner.)
*Sister Helena, C.H.N.... Convent of the Holy Name, Malvern Link (H. Price.)
Sister Isabel Mary
(I. E. A. Ottley.) *Skipworth, M.
*Slocombe, M. L. Smith, G. N. *Smith, H. M. Smith, I. I. Smith, J. M. Smith, V. A. G. G.
All Saints' Sisterhood, Colney, St. Albans Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford 7, St. Helen's Road, Norbury, London, S.W. Diocesan Girls' High School, Rangoon Lichfield, 12, Moat Croft Road, Eastbourne (See Roberts) 253, Wellesley Street, Toronto, Canada St. Hugh's College, Oxford 6, Western Gardens, Ealing, W. St. Hugh's College, Oxford Yr Hen Dy, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire Gwyny, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire
10 *Snowden, E. M. H. Solly, Mrs. R. H. (H. C. Hunter.) Southwell, L. V. Spackman, R. G. *Sparks, B. M. ... Spencer, L. Leigh Spicer, M. A. I. *Spink, A. ... Spooner, E. M.... *Sprules, D. W.... Stansfield, H. M. *Stanton, Mrs. S. G.
The Filberts, Calcot, Reading ... The Beehive, Halfirey, Malvern ... Annandale, Golder's Green, London, N.W. ... (See Warington) ... Colston's School, Bristol Kirk Langley Rectory, Derby ... High School for Girls Lincoln Brynmelyn, Compton' Road, Winchester ... St. Anne's, Abbots Bromley, Rugeley, Staffs. The Glen, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight ... The Vicarage, Leek ... (See Sister Eleanor, C.E.) ... County School for Girls, Tonbridge Trelawne, Sutton, Surrey ... (See Stanton) •.. to, Salisbury Street, Warrington
(H. M. Stansfield.)
*Steer, G, E. Stinton, Mrs. T. (C. M. Tree.) Stoton, F. E. Sutton, F. G. ... *Swetenham, Mrs.
Godolphin School, Salisbury Ryall Vicarage, Stamford ..• Lane's End, King's Heath, Birmingham ... (See Thomas) zo, Lemon Street, Truro
(E. B. L. Watson.)
*Symonds, Mrs. ...
... 15, Bilton Road, Rugby
(C. G. W. Watson.)
Queen Anne's School, Caversham c/o Rev. Canon Talbot, 5, Berkeley Square, Bristol
Talbot, E. M. ... Teed, Mrs. H. R.
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(F. M. Langston.)
*Tew, M. J.
... County High School, Brentwood, Essex 8, Normandy Hill, Alton, Hants
*Thomas, Mrs. Allan (F.E. Stoton.) *Thomas, E. M.... Thomas, E. M. .,, Thomson, Mrs. T. W..
1, Oxford Road, St. Anne's-on-the-Sea St. Hugh's College, Oxford 99, Effingham Road, St. Andrew's Park, Bristol Sherford House, Tewkesbury
(G. M. Bebb.)
Thompson, Mrs. (Hon. Member), 14, Oakley Square, Euston, London, N.W. Thompson, M. E. E. •• 7E., Grove End Road, London, N.W. *Titley, E. M. .., •• 8, Douglas Avenue, Hythe, Kent *Todd, L. F. ... ••• St. Hilda's Hall, Oxford Westfield House, Tiverton, Devon Townsend, A. B. •• (See Payan-Dawnay) Tree, C. M. ... •• (See Stinton) *Truman, V. H. •• Girls' High School, Sheffield The Warren, Upton, Slough Guildford Road, Brighton *Tudor, E. M. A. Boys' Preparatory School, Forest Row Tugwell, J. 30, Frenchay Road, Oxford Tupper, Mrs. ... The Precentory, Worcester (P. F. H. Chappell.)
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11 Turner, J. E. ... *Twentyman, Mrs. (E. B. Warner.) Unmack, E. R. W. Varley, E. E. D. Vaughan, M. G. *Vaux, E.... Visick, Mrs. C....
City of London School for Girls, Victoria Embankment, Byculla, Upton Road, Slough [London, E.G. The Laurels, Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton St. Hugh's College, Oxford West Horsley Rectory, Surrey St. Hugh's College, Oxford The Vicarage, Patching, Worthing Emmanuel Vicarage, Camberwell, London, S.E. (See Hewitt) St. Mary's Hill, Pietermaritzburg, S. Africa
(H. E. Wiglesworth.)
Walker, Mrs. W. A. S. (M. B. Crick.) *Wallace, E. M....
Litton Cheney, Dorchester, Dorset
The High School, Guildford Heather Bank, Cross-in-Hand, Sussex *Wallace, Mrs. C. Lindsay c/o C. Lindsay Wallace, Esq., I.C.S., Lansdowne, (W. Cowie.) Guarharal, United Provinces, India *Ward, F. County School for Girls, Peterborough 3, Nor ham Road, Oxford *Wardale, E. E. ... *Warington, Mrs. High Bank, Harpenden, Herts (R. J. Spackman.) Warner, E. B. .. (See Twentyman) Watson, E. B. L. (See Swetenham) *Watson, J. ... 7, Upper Cheyne Row, London, S. W. *Watson, C. G. W. ... (See Symonds) Webb, M. N. ... (See Mease) ... Junior House, Bradfield College, Berks Webb, S. M. R. Golden Cottage, Henfield, Sussex *West, W. S. B. (See Bowen-Colthurst) *Weston, M. D.._ Earlsdown, Winchester Wethered, D. M. St. Hugh's College, Oxford 25, Canynge Road, Clifton, Bristol *White, S. A. ... Auckland School, De la Warr Road, Bexhill-on-Sea Whitfeild, M. .„ Hillcote, Eastbourne 48, Upper Richmond Road, East Putney, S.W. Wigg, M. E. ... Burlington School, Old Burlington Street, London, W. Horsham Lodge, Champion Hill, London Wiglesworth, H. E. (See Visick) ... Wildy, R. 49, Church Lane, Hornsey, London, N. *Wilford, E. J. County School, Tunbridge Wells 2, Little Stanhope Street. Mayfair, London, W. *Winans, L. M. ... Rennie Montessori School, Girls' Heritage, Chailey, Bremen House, Huddersfield [Sussex (See Magrane) *Willett, G. ... *Williams, A. M. c/o C. C. Lynam, Esq., School House, Bardwell Road. Oxford Leigh House, Lower Heath, Hampstead, London, N. W. Bede House, Stamford Williams, Evelyn Willson, Mrs. N. Redlynch Vicarage, Salisbury (A. Bond.) St. Hilda's, Lahore, Punjab, India Wilson, A. M. ... 63, Primrose Mansions, Battersea Park, London, S.W. Winford Rectory, near Bristol *Wilson, H. I. ...
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Wilson, M. A. ... Woodhouse, A. I. *Woodman, H. ... Woolley, W. ... *Wright, Mrs. C. P. (A. L. Barker.)
*Wyld, F. M. ... Yates, Mrs. ... (B. E. Langston.)
(See Ramsey) (See Shebbeare) Fulham Military Hospital, London, W. 6 [don, S.W 4, Regency House, Regency Street, Westminster, Lon. St. Hugh's College, Oxford 16, Wellington Road, Brighton cio Messrs. Grindlay & Co., 54, Parliament Street, London, S.W. Mount Charles, Hyderabad, India Ainsdale Lodge School, Shore Road, Ainsdale, Southport NOTICE,
I. DOROTHEA BENNETT (née Ludwig) calls attention to her change of name. She would be glad to have her letters addressed to her in future exactly as her name appears in the List of Members.
'non--Members. Abraham, M. T. C. Auld, L. E. .„ Bell, E. E. Breeks-Atkinson, S. N. Butterworth, E. M.
Bakewell Vicarage, Derby Wycombe Abbey School, Bucks 29, Armsley Road, Liverpool Northmoor Vicarage, Eynsham, Oxon
St. Stephen's House School, Clewer, Windsor Carlton, near Wakefield Daubeney, Mrs. C. W.... The Brow, Coombe Down, Bath (E. H. Gore.)
Ellison, M. A. Etlinger, F. ...
Florence Etlinger School, 6o, Paddington Street, Baker Street, London, W. Fairbanks, A. L. 220, Boulevard Raspail, Paris XIV. Melbourne House, Wells, Somerset Fox, F. M. de Lisle 21, Albert Embankment, London, S.W. 1 Freeman, A. ... Killclay House, Monk Bretton, Barnsley Gordon, R. H. ... 41, Tedworth Square, London, W. Higginbotham, C. C. E. Woodlands, Rolvendene, Kent Hirst, M. ... Grammar School for Girls, Rochester 16,York Road, Rochester Holliday, M. M. 17,St. John Street, Oxford Jarvis, K. M. ... 17, Lessar Avenue, Clapham Common, London, . W. Kholodovsky, Mrs. Petropavloskaya, N. 6, Sebastopol, Russia (L. von. Vogdt.)
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Knox-Little, M. K. MacGregor, M. C. Major, Mrs. ... (D. Leach.) Olivier, E. M. Paterson, B. A. M. Penny, E. M. Petterson, A. C. Portsmouth, L.... Ramsay, M. P.... Robinson, M. B. Simpson, V. Swallow, —
Hoar Cross Vicarage, Burton-on-Trent Penrhyn, Kingstead Road, Sutton, Surrey Collets, ormingford, R.S.O., Essp x 1 CktAck h.14.414.ALAITIN re Close, alisbury 6, Suffolk Square, Cheltenham St. Thomas' Sisterhood, Oxford Drottningatan, 9o, Stockholm, Sweden 25, Connaught Avenue, East Sheen, Surrey 41, Braid Street, Edinburgh Knowles, Ardingly, Sussex Ruthlin, Lincoln Road, Peterborough
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Stubents wbo came up in 191647.
176, Park Road, Peterborough Beaver, M. M. Bolton, N. 88, Mansfield Road, Nottingham Butterworth, E. M. Carlton, near Wakefield Crawshay, 0. M. Holmfield, Milton-under-Wychwood, Oxon ... Curran, K. 22, Russell Square, London, W.C. Edwards, C. L.... St. Thomas's Lodge, Basingstoke Gee, M. E. Moorlands Mount, Outlane, Huddersfield ... Gunnery, L. The Vicarage, Newport Pagnell 137, Banbury Road, Oxford Hunter, M. ... Kennedy, M. M. ... The Vicarage, Abingdon Lindo, Z. F. M. J. T. B. L. 31, Avenue Mansions, Finchley Road, London, N. W. Duke's Ride, Crowthotne, Berks Napier Jones, T. M. Paterson, E. L.._ ... Park House, Eaton Road, Norwich Pattison, V. G Inglewood, Esmond Road, Bedford Park, London The Cottage, Netley Abbey Peters, J. M. ... Prichard, F. T. (Exhibi.. 24, North Side, Clapham Common tioner) ... The Cottage, Cheriton Bishop, Exeter Robertson, C. A. Abernant, Caerleon, Monmouthshire Skinner, J. Sims, I. M. (Old The Hollies, Green Lane, Derby Students' Scholar) Longlands, Henley-on-Thames Smith, D. E. 58, Devereux Dave, Seacombe, Wallasey Staveley, E. J. D. Stopford, E. (College 51, Clarendon Road, London, W. Scholar) zo, Rectory Terrace, Gosforth Taylor, C. M. ... The Rectory, Cononley-in-Craven, Yorkshire Turner, E. M. R. .. . Godshill, Fordingbridge, Salisbury Westlake, M. A. 13, Granville Gardens, Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne Wilson, E.
CONSTITUTION OF ST. HUGH'S CLUB.
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(" Old Students' Association.")
I. There shall be two classes of members—(a) Ordinary Members, (b) Honorary Members :(a) Members of the Senior Common Room, students before 1914, and in future students who have resided three terms, are entitled to be Ordinary Members. (b) Honorary Members may be elected by the Club on the recommendation of the Committee, and shall have no voting power. II. There shall be not less than two Club Meetings in the year, of which one shall be an Annual General Meeting for transaction of the regular business. III. There shall be a Committee, to consist of eleven Members, including the President, two Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, Editor, and Senior Student. Five shall form a quorum. All Committee Mem-
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14 bers, except the Senior Student, shall be elected by the Club. They shall hold office for two years and be re-eligible. Officers and ordinary Committee Members shall retire in alternate years. In addition to the Secretary there shall be a Sub-Secretary, who may, when necessary, represent the Secretary on the Committee. Her work shall be decided by the Committee. IV. The Committee Members shall be elected by ballot, by post, and the results declared at the Annual General Business Meeting. V. The Committee may summon an Extraordinary General Meeting when they think it advisable, and shall do so on requisition in writing from not less than fifteen members, provided at least a fortnight's notice of such meeting be given. VI. The Committee shall have general powers of management, and the duty of fixing time and place of Club Meetings for the year. The Secretary shall send to every Club Member notice of the date and place of the Meeting, and shall ask for motions for the agenda, and for nominations (should an election be due), specifying the latest day they can be received. VII. The Students in residence who are members of the Club shall be empowered to elect from among their number a representative to attend any Committee Meeting at which the Senior Student cannot be present. VIII. Separate Minutes shall be kept of every Committee and Club Meeting, a precis being sent to all absent Committee Members. IX. Any alteration in the Constitution or Bye-laws may only be made at the Annual General Business Meeting, and that by a majority of threequarters in the case of a Constitutional change, and of two-thirds in the case of a change in a Bye-law. A quorum of twenty is required. Notice of any alteration proposed must be sent to the Secretary not less than two months beforehand, and the notices shall be circulated by her not less than a month before the meeting. X. A member may be required to withdraw on the vote of two-thirds of the entire Club. XI. Ordinary Members shall pay a life subscription of 158., either in one sum paid down or by payments of is. 6d. yearly, Is. of each yearly payment counting as an instalment towards a life subscription, the total to be completed in any year convenient to the member, provided her subscription be not in arrears at the time. XII. A Report of St. Hugh's Club shall be issued annually after the General Business Meeting. Every member shall receive a copy of the Report, unless her subscription is more than two years in arrears. BYE-LAWS.
I. (under Article I.) No member shall be allowed to vote if her subscription for the current year is unpaid. II. (under Article II.) The Annual General Meeting for transaction of the regular business shall be held in London as soon as possible after Hilary Term, and another General Meeting shall be held in Oxford at the end of Trinity Term. III. (under Article IV.) If a Committee Member resign before the expiration of her term of office, a new member shall be elected for the remainder of the period.
15 IV. (under Article XII.) The Report shall contain amongst other things :(1) Names and addresses of Members; a list of Committee Members with addresses and date of their retirement ; and a list of students in residence. (z) Resolutions passed at Club Meetings since the last issue of the Report. (3) Notices of general interest ; letters, including one from the Senior Student ; and such matter as may be approved by the Committee. (4) Statement of Accounts and Treasurer's Notices. (5) A copy of the Constitution and Bye-Laws of the Club. A proof of the Report shall be submitted to the Committee before publication. LETTER FROM THE PRINCIPAL. Among the events of last year which have not yet been chronicled in the CLUB PAPER, was the visit to Oxford of thirty French professors in May, 1916. They came over as a " delegation " from their Government, in order to see something of the preparations made in England for the continuance of the war. They came to Oxford after London, and before going to Cambridge and to certain munition areas. As I was invited to join the Hospitality Committee of the Hebdomadal Council, St. Hugh's College took its share in entertaining the Professors (in French) at tea. They were an interesting group of men, representing different Universities and different subjects, and many had memories of 187o, while all had done military service. and their comments on the war were professional in character, and refreshingly free from the generalisations of the Press. A letter from M. Joubin, received after their return to France, very gracefully expressed their pleasure in the sense of union between the two countries, " au milieu des angoisses de l'heure presente." When term began in October, 1916, everyone came to St. Hugh's to find the lodges finished and the workmen gone, and we felt at last really in possession of our own building. The completion of the Library made it possible to release the room intended for a lecture room, for the purpose of classes and lectures, while all Council meetings are now held in the Mordan Library. In Michaelmas Term a concert was given by the students in the Hall, and the Council were invited to it after one of their meetings. In Trinity Term of this year the General Meeting of the College was held in the Library, and Miss Phillips and Miss Batchelor were re-elected members of Council, and Miss Southwell elected. The Council afterwards co-opted Mr. Jenkinson, Mr. Brierly, and Miss Kirkaldy. An important change was made at the same time in regard to the payment of subscriptions for membership of the College. A student who has qualified by examinations and residence, may become a member on payment of ios. life subscription, or an annual subscription of 5s. a year. It has now also been conceded that a student while still at college or after she has left may pay -los. a term for seven terms, and then become a life member, as soon as the other necessary conditions (examinations and residence) have been fulfilled. Will all old students who would like detailed particulars of membership please write to THE SECRETARY,
16 St. Hugh's College, when the letter will be answered by whoever is the proper person at the time ? All such letters should be sent to St. Hugh's, and it is best to address them to the Secretary (whoever she may be), and not to any person by name. In Michaelmas Term, Miss Thomas, who has been Secretary and Librarian as well as Tutor in German, was ordered by her doctor to go to Switzerland for the winter. Miss Paxton very kindly undertook the tutorial work, and Miss Olive Sinclair, M.A. Lond., formerly of Lady Margaret Hall, came to be temporary Librarian and Secretary. She has helped us most efficiently through the year, and has now left to be Lecturer in Mathematics at Bingley Training College. Miss Thomas came back for the Summer Term very much better for her stay abroad. It was however felt that the Librarian's work should, for the present at any rate, be undertaken by someone else, in order to relieve the Secretary ; and Miss Joan Evans, who obtained distinction in the Diploma for Arch eology last year, and as Senior Student has successfully piloted the College through the last year, was appointed Acting-Librarian by the Council. While Oxford is so greatly changed by the war, it is a satisfaction to see that the numbers of women students are increasing, as the opportunities for responsible work in Government offices and elsewhere are opening to them ; and by an arrangement made with the University, a certain sum is paid over by the Delegacy for Women Students to the University Chest, and in return we are assured that all the necessary examinations will be held, even in the absence of men candidates, thus ensuring the continuity of these opportunities here. The College has the pleasure of recording a First Class in History (Miss Perham), a distinction in the Diploma in Education (Miss Talbot), a distinction in the Diploma in Geography, together with a Carnegie Studentship (Miss Butterworth). Among recent appointments, that of Mrs. Thomson (G. Bebb) to be Director of National Service for the Midlands; Miss Perham to be Assistant Lecturer in History at Sheffield University ; Miss Shaw, Assistant Lecturer in French at Holloway College ; and Miss Carter to be Inspector of Girls' Schools in Ceylon, are interesting as showing the wide scope of work within reach of University women. War work has claimed the time and energy of a large proportion of old students and of present students in their vacations, and an account of these activities will appear in the CLUB PAPER. It is a great satisfaction to find that the desire to help in the development of all national activities, whether this desire has been directly or indirectly stimulated by the war, is now generally felt by all women who have realized their duties as citizens, and in this Oxford women are taking their full share. July 17, 1917. E. F. JOURDAIN. CLUB MEETINGS.
There was no London Meeting this year, owing to the restrictions placed on travelling. The following Committee members were elected by post :—D. G. Lawson Lewis, E. May, E. M. C. Prideaux, M. J. Tew. The Oxford Meeting was held at St. Hugh's College at 3.30 p.m. on Saturday, June 23, 1917. There being no business to transact, the meeting was purely social.
17 STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS. The Accounts for the year October 1915—October 1916 show the result of splendid efforts. The Club has paid off the debt of L'3 18s. 6d. owing from the previous year, and its tiny balance of 4s. Iod. is something to cherish. There is still the same complaint to make as regards arrears and unpaid subscriptions—they are numerous. The Treasurer hopes members will gaze upon the beloved 4s. Iod. with understanding eyes and quickly responsive hands. L. MURIEL WILLANS, Hon. Treasurer. ACCOUNTS FOR 1915-16. EXPENDITURE. INCOME. Z a. d. 18 6
s. d. 3 0 :o Life Subscriptions 76 Annual Subscriptions ... 5 14 46 Arrears in Subscriptions 3 13 6 Dec., 1915—Interest at Bank o 2 3
June, 1916— „ „ 0
3 0
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Officers' Expenses— Editor's ... Secretary's Treasurer's
15 4i 8 o 8 111
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Printing Expenses— Feb. to Mar., 1916—To Humphreys ... ... o 13 7 May to June, 1916—To Phillips (late Humphreys) ... ... o II 6 Oct., 1916—To W. Knott, for Printing CLUB PAPER ... ... .., 9 17 6 Club leas ExpensesApril—London Meeting o 17 6 Balance in hand ... ... o 4 10
.619
15
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£19 15
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OLD STUDENTS' SCHOLARSHIP FUND. BALANCE SHEET, 1916. RECEIPTS. Brought forward Per Subscriptions .. Per Interest...
a. d. 43 7 6 34 1 7 6 ... 1 3 8
EXPENDITURE. Scholarship .. Working Expenses... Balance in hand
479 8 8
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s. d. 30 0 0 ... o 10 8 £30 10 8 48 18 0 £79 8 8 ---
Ths above Balance•Sheet shows a distinct improvement on the z915 account, and the fact that nearly was received in subscriptions gives hope of raising the Scholarship to that amount when it is next offered. The subscriptions for 1917, however, only amount to £24 los. 6d. at present ; subscriptions still due should be sent as soon as possible either., to the Secretary (Miss E. Crichton, Queen Margaret's School, Pitlochry) or to myself. As more and better Scholarships are one of the most urgent needs of the College, it is hoped that each generation of Old Students will do its utmost to support the Fund. C. M. ADY, Treasurer.
18 SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BEFORE AUGUST 10, 1917. Miss Abdy Mrs. Hesketh-Roberts Miss Richards Mrs. Richardson „ Ady „ Hobhouse Miss Robinson „ Baynes Miss Homersham „ Slocombe „ Bazeley Mrs. Irving Miss Johnston „ Snowdon „ Boykett „ Knipe ,, Sparks „ Browne ,, Stanton „ Lee „ Buller Mrs. Symonds „ Lindsay „ de Castro „ Crichton Miss Talbot „ Linton „ Tew Mrs. Magrane „ Deneke „ Todd Miss Mammatt „ Dobbs ,. Tudor „ E. May „ Duggan Mrs. Tupper ., McCall „ Eppstein Miss Wallace „ J. Evans „ Medi11 „ F. Ward „ Middleton Mrs. Fairley ,. Wardale Miss Giles „ Nicholas Mrs. Warington „ Nott „ Goddard Miss Weston „ Parsons „ Gordon ,, White Mrs. Payan Dawnay „ Gwynn ,, Williams Miss Peacey „ Hales „ M. Wilson „ Porcher „ Hargrave „ de Putron Mrs. Harvey
1Rertews. THE FAITH OF THE PROPHETS.* BY C. A. E. MOBERLY. STUDENTS of St. Hugh's College who were fortunate enough to hear the lectures now collected in book form under the above title, will welcome the publication of this book ; but it has also, I think, an appeal to all those who have thought deeply about the nature of prophetical literature, and also to those who without specialist knowledge of that literature have been brought by great experiences to face the problems that belong to human life in all ages. Miss Moberly shows in her treatment of the Prophetical writers the vital connection between faith and practice in the religious life, not only of individuals but of nations ; and she gives a most interesting analysis of the way in which the Prophets viewed the question of national prosperity, and of the continuance of the race. Their plain-speaking in times of apparent success : their call to repentance as the hope of future expansion and further deliverance—this marks them out as men of spiritual insight and high courage, whose example is needed among us at the present day. Miss Moberly points out, too, that the prophetical vision touches reality so closely as to be true for all times and places. " The prophets were poets " (p. 130). Among passages in the book which stand out for suggestiveness and literary power, are the passage about the mystery of evil (pages 14-15), the account of Moses in the desert of Sinai (pages 35-46), and the concluding words about the spirit of prophecy and the harmony of teaching in the Old Testament, the Gospels, and the Apostolic Epistles (pages 144-148). E. F. J. * Murray, 1916.
19 STORIES FROM CHAUCER.* BY ADA HALES. IN this volume the authoress re-tells the Prologue, the Knight's Tale, the Man of Law's Tale, the Prioress' Tale, Chaucer's Tale of Sir Thopas, the Monk's Tale of Ugolino of Pisa, the Nun's Priests' Tale, and the Tales of the Pardoner, the Clerk, the Squire, and the Canon's Yeoman. The tales are beautifully re-told, in simple, musical language, and as nearly as possible in the words of Chaucer himself. Not the least charming part of the little volume is the Preface, " To the children who read this book," where the authoress touches on Chaucer's knowledge of men and women, his sense of humour, and his power to make us feel at home in the world of romance to which he carries us. We feel at home there " because in all this world of fighting men and submissive, inactive women, of fairies and supernatural beings, of birds and beasts which can think and talk as we can, of glamour and magnificence such as we never see, we find so much after all that does come into our own lives—pity and pathos that bring the tears to our eyes, fun and mischief and humour that make us laugh, the joy that belongs to the long, sweet days of spring, and the love that nothing can kill." One rises from reading this little book with the conviction that the authoress' aim in writing it will be attained. The children into whose hands it falls will surely wish to read by and bye for themselves " Chaucer's Prologue and Tales as he wrote them." L. F. T. TESTIMONIAL TO MISS MOBERLY. ON the occasion of the resignation, in 1915, of our first Principal, Past and Present Students subscribed towards a testimonial which should express the affection and gratitude with which they look back on her deeply-inspiring leadership. It was felt that a substantial contribution towards the fund for an organ in the new Chapel would be one of the most fitting forms that a testimonial to Miss Moberly could take, and with her approval the greater part of the amount subscribed was set aside for this purpose. As Students Past and Present were anxious to expend part of the fund on a more personal present to Miss Moberly, we were delighted when she consented to accept a fitted dressing-bag and a vellum-bound book containing, together with an address, the names of the donors of the complete testimonial. The vellum book was most beautifully designed, illuminated and illustrated by D. M. Hammonds, and before being presented was on view at St. Hugh's (then temporarily housed in Wycliffe Hall) on the last Sunday of Michaelmas Term, 1915. The address runs as follows :Dear Miss Moberly,—We, the Students of St. Hugh's College whose names appear below, ask you to accept this present as an expression of our affection. At the same time, we are anxious to place on record our deep sense of the debt which the College owes you. Your courage and enthusiasm carried St. Hugh's through the difficult years of its infancy, and inspired succeeding generations of students with a peculiar sense of devotion to the College. Now that St. Hugh's is on the eve of wider expansion, we rejoice to think that it still retains the unique character which you did so much to create. * 1911. In the Series of "Stories from Great Writers" (Methuen).
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We hope that the organ in the new College may serve to perpetuate for future generations the memory of your twenty-eight years' work as first Principal of St. Hugh's. The sum set aside for the organ was handed over to the Chapel Committee in Trinity Term, 1917. The organ has now been set up and will be in use next term, though the case and the electric arrangement for blowing are still lacking. RECENT SUCCESSES. Congratulations to E. Butterworth on obtaining the Gilchrist Student. ship in Geography ; to M. Perham on her First Class in the History Final Honours School ; and to E. M. Talbot on her Distinction in the Diploma in Education. RECENT APPOINTMENTS. Head-Mistress-ship :D. W. Sprules, County School for Girls, Tonbridge.
C. Hedley, County School for Girls, Chiswick, W.
Assistant-Mistress-ships :A. M. Baker, Headington Girls' School, Oxford.
E. Beames, Girls' Grammar School, Sherborne, Dorset. P. Beasley, Corran, Watford. S. Butterworth, S. Stephen's High School, Clewer. M. Davies-Colley, Godolphin and Latymer School, Hammersmith, W. 14. K. Espinasse, Central High School, Newcastle-on-Tyne. M. L. Gordon, Girls' High School, Manchester. C. Hargrave, Kendrick, Reading. D. Ibberson, High School, Burton-on-Trent. M. G. Irwin, City School, Harrow. D. Keble, Boys' Preparatory School, Scarborough. H. K. Macdonald, Assistant-Mistress, Warden House, Deal, Preparatory School (at S. Boniface College, Warminster, Wilts). F. McCall, Uplands School, St. Leonard's-on-Sea. D. Owen, Church School for Girls, Windsor, Nova Scotia. D. R. Pattison, Runton Hill School, Norfolk. 0. M. Potts, High School, Bridgnorth. M. L. Slocombe, Diocesan Girls' High School, Rangoon. L. Leigh Spencer, High School for Girls, Lincoln. E. M. Talbot, Queen Anne's, Caversham, V. H. Truman, High School, Sheffield. J. Tugwell, Boys' Preparatory School, Forest Row. V. Ward, County School for Girls, Peterborough.
Principal of College :P. de B. F. Bowen-Colthurst, Agricultural College, Holmes Chapel,
Cheshire.
Lectureships :M. Perham, Assistant-Lecturer in History, Sheffield University.
M. R. B. Shaw, Assistant-Lecturer in French, Royal Holloway College.
Librarianship :J. Evans (Acting Librarian), S. Hugh's College. Other Appointments—
I. Dorothea Bennett, Sanitary Inspector for Kensington. N. C. Carter, Inspectorship in Ceylon. (N.B.—The sole woman Inspector at present in Ceylon).
9,1 A. C. Dobbs, Welfare Work, Bristol. C. Dick, Probationer, Military Hospital. J. Douglas, War Office, Censor's Department. I. M. C. Druitt, V.A.D. Work. A. M. Farrow, V.A.D. Work. E. M. Hatch, War Office, Record Work. F. M. Jenkins, Board of Trade, Productions Office M. G. Lewis, Munition Worker. W. M. Mammatt, Admiralty, Higher Grade Clerkship P. M. Price, Women's Auxiliary Corps (N.C.O.) M. P. Ramsay, Munition Worker. S. E. L. Rogers, Admiralty, Higher Grade Clerkship. F. G. Sutton, Y.W.C.A. Secretary. G. M. Thomson (nee Bebb), National Service Organizer. R. M. Wildy, Admiralty, Higher Grade Clerkship. Bursary—
E. B. C. Clark, Aberdare Hall, Cardiff. BIRTHS. COHEN.—On January 26, 1917, at Bloemfontein, to Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Cohen, a son, Robin Arnold. IRVING.—On August 13, 1917, at Simla, India, to Lieut.-Col. and Mrs. Irving, a daughter. SYMONDS.—On February 15, 1917, at 15, Hilton Road, Rugby, to Rev. H. H. and C. G. W. Symonds, a daughter (Susan Gwendolen), MARRIAGES. Sept. I, 1915, at St. Ann's, Stamford Hill, by the Rev. Arthur Dacombe, T. Alfred Bevis to Lilian Irene, second daughter of Major Edward Dawson, R.A. IRVING—CRICK.—On Nov. t, 1916, at Lahore Cathedral, by the Bishop of Lahore, Miles Irving, I.C.S., to Margaret Mary Crick, daughter of Rev. F. W. Crick, Rector of Litton Cheney, Dorset. LAWS—RICHARDS.—On August 8, at St. John's Church, Cheltenham, by the Rev. W. Fairlie Clarke, Ernyst Graham Laws, of Oxford, to Mary Gertrude, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Richards, of Cheltenham. ROBERTS—EDWARDS.-011 Oct. 14, 1915, at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street, by the Rev. Cecil Grant, M.A. Edward Hesketh Roberts, M.B., B.S., Capt. R.A.M.C., son of Robert Roberts, of Trefnant isa Trefnant, to Gwendolen, eldest daughter of the late David Edwards, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., J.P., of Tan-y-bryn, Mold, N. Wales. Tuomsoisr—BEsa.—On April 26, 1917, at S. Mary Abbots, Kensington, Thomas Weldon Thomson, of Sherford House, Tewkesbury, son of the late Capt. William Thomson, Seaforth Highlande rs, to Gwyneth Marjorie Bebb, daughter of the late Canon L. J. M. Bebb, D.D., of Lampeter, S. Wales, and of Mrs. Bebb, 7, Dealtry Road, Putney. TUPPER—CHAPPEL.— On January 1, 1917, in Worcester Cathedral, by the Rev. Canon J. M. Wilson, assisted by Rev. Canon Chappel, father of the bride, Edward Heathfield Tupper, Precentor of Worcester Cathedral eldest son of William Courtenay Tupper, of Wimbledon, to Dorothy Frances Haighton, eldest daughter of William Haighton Cha ppel, Headmaster of Worcester Cathedral King's School, and Honorary Canon of Worcester Cathedral. The following engagements are announced :D. G. LAWSON LEWIS to Captain VIVIAN ELGOOD, London Regt. M. WHITFEILD tO Mr• GEOFFREY C. DOVER. BEVIS—DAwsoN.—On
SENIOR STUDENT'S LETTER. The year has been a very pleasant one, though compared with our year of moving and settling in the new buildings it appears in retrospect to have been uneventful. The first year which came up in the Michaelmas Term of 1916 was the largest in the history of the College—twenty-four, of whom seven are reading History, five French, four English, two Classics, two Mathematics, one Geography, one Economics, and one Anthropology. The number of second year students who joined the St. Hugh's Club was equally remarkable, everyone who was eligible having availed herself of the privilege. At the beginning of the year a committee was formed of representatives of the Senior and Junior Common Rooms of the societies of women students, to continue the work inaugurated by the National Mission. Under its auspices the Bishop of Oxford gave an address, and Dr. Selbie a lecture. The Committee also prepared a list of the Theological lectures open to women in Oxford. Towards the end of the Hilary Term the Minister for Education made a speech in the Sheldonian Theatre, which was listened to with much interest by a number of St. Hugh's students. Mr. Fisher spoke of the pre-eminent importance of educational work as a form of National Service for University women, and held out hopes of a closer correlation of the different grades of National education in the near future. After a series of good matches, St. Hugh's beat Somerville by eight goals to two for the Hockey Cup, which therefore now adorns the Hall. The Tennis six were bracketed second with Lady Margaret Hall, Somerville gaining the Tennis Cup. The Junior Common Room has been the scene of many entertainments during the year. A Balkan melodrama by Miss Perham, The Wrecker, was produced with considerable success in the Michaelmas Term. In the Hilary Term scenes from Macbeth, and a sketch arranged by Miss Moore entitled Aunt Sarah sees It Through were performed, and a musical interlude in a medimval setting, written by Miss Findlay and composed by Miss Prichard, was produced at the end of term. In the Trinity Term a dramatic version of Ian Hay's Happy-go-lucky was twice performed in aid of Lord Roberts' Homes for Disabled Soldiers. At the second performance, at which a hundred and seventy visitors were present, over ten pounds was collected. On the last Friday of term, the first year gave an excellent performance of scenes from Cranford. Another entertainment at the end of term was the mock viva held at the last meeting of O.S.D.S., at which representatives of three Oxford celebrities and a woman examiner interrogated dons and students of the women's colleges on many subjects with surprising results. The College has to record its gratitude to Professor and Mrs. Haverfield for the gift of a clock to the Library, and to offer its congratulations to several of its old students—to Mrs. Thomson on her appointment as Director of National Service for the Midlands ; to Miss Ramsay on her Doctorat de l'Universite de Paris ; and to Miss Talbot on her Distinction in the Diploma of Education. We have had the pleasure of welcoming a large number of old students during the year—Miss Batchelor, Miss Cunynghame, Mrs. Davis, Miss Gardner, Miss Gibson, Miss Greig, Mrs. Hobhouse, Mrs. Houghton, Miss Irwin, Miss Lardelli, Miss Mammatt, Miss Phillips, Miss Leslie Phillips, Mrs. Richardson, Miss Robinson, Miss Shaw, Miss Southwell, and Miss Turner. Those of us who will be still in residence hope that as many more will be able to visit us next year. JOAN EVANS,
Senior Student.
ST. HUGH'S COLLEGE, WAR-WORK. ADMIRALTY. REPLACING MEN IN FRENCH RED CROSS. R. W. Goddard (AccountUNIVERSITIES. M. Burnett Departant-General's M. L. Lee, Reading Univ. G. Lawson Lewis ment) M. Perham, Sheffield Univ. HOSPITAL SECRETARIAL W. Mammatt (Pensions REPLACING MEN IN WORK. Department) SCHOOLS. J. Douglas S. E. L. Rogers (Higher L. Bickmore A. M. M. Hales Grade Clerkship) E. Glenday M. P. Ramsay R. Wildy (Contracts J. Hanbury Department) MUNITIONS. C. Houghton R. Farnell M. Lewis G. Lawson Lewis P. Cox (temporary post) M. P. Ramsay M. Levin „ J. Findlay H. K. Macdonald J. Peters WOMEN'S AUXILIARY M. Potter E. Varley ARMY CORPS. D. Puttock P. Price (N.C.O.) M. Richards CENSOR'S DEPARTMENT. MOTOR DRIVING. G. Symonds J. Douglas S. Sayer S. Webb E. Herdman CANTEENS. V.A.D. WORK. INLAND REVENUE. M. L. Lardelli M. Abraham E. M. Swallow (Assistant V. Macpherson E. Barker Surveyor) D. Dodwell AGRICULTURE. M. Druitt P. de B. F. BowenMINISTRY OF LABOUR. A. Farrow Colthurst D. Ibberson (Investigator) E. Marriott A. Giles N. Richardson E. Olivier MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS. C. Solly D. Boykett (temporary) E. Nicholas (Department of RELIEF FUNDS. „ Miss Bullen Requirements and H. C. Deneke D. Moorhouse „ Statistics) A. Ramsey „ L. Paterson M. Tudor W. Peacey MINISTRY OF SHIPPING. D. Tupper V. Truman C. Ingram E. E. Wardale „ G. Vaughan S. E. Rogers WELFARE WORK. ORGANIZATION OF A. Dobbs NATIONAL SERVICE. BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. E. Prideaux Mrs. Thomson (G. Bebb) B. G. Parrett aiome-Grown D. W. Sprules Timber Committee) CIVIL SERVICE. WAR SAVINGS. M. Jones (Higher Grade WAR TRADE INTELLIJ. Evans Clerkship) GENCE. E. A. Phillips C. E. Ingram (Do.) M. Teed A. Ramsey B. G. Parrett (Do.) L. F. Todd BOARD OF TRADE. WAR OFFICE. F. M. Jenkins (Production E, M. Hatch (Record ARMY NURSE. Work) Office) C. Dick (Probationer) ACCOUNTS OF REPRESENTATIVE WAR-WORK UNDERTAKEN BY OLD STUDENTS. AGRICULTURE. College of Agriculture, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire. The Board of Agriculture has appointed me Principal of Holmes Chapel Agricultural College, Cheshire, for the training of the National Service Land Army Volunteers. The College holds 60 students, though so far we have not had more
than 45 at a lime, and the training lasts one month, or, if necessary, six weeks. The training includes every branch of Agriculture, but I can pick out special girls for special training either in horticulture, cheese-making, rabbit-catching, or machinery, tractor-driving, etc. It is a strenuous but interesting life, and it is wonderful what splendid workers can be turned out of a class of girls—servants, machinists, dressmakers, packers, etc.—who have never been on the land before, many of them not even out of a town before. Our staff consists of a Secretary, two Scotch Instructresses, one Horticultural Instructor, and a Matron. I am running my army more or less on the lines of the real Army, and we have corporals and sergeants to assist with the numbers of girls. This College is a pioneer College, and therefore the Board of Agriculture has given me a completely free hand with the work of training.—P. DE B. F. BOWEN. COLTHURST. ADMIRALTY. The Editor has asked me to give an account of my life and doings as a Higher Grade Clerk in the Accountant-General's Department of the Admiralty, " as far as a relation of these is permissible." I am obliged to confess that, as far as my work is concerned, a German might check it without learning anything of value to his country. It consists in investigating claims for compensation for damage done by H.M. ships to private ships. When you have collected the opinions of the experts as to the reasonableness of the charges for repairs, etc., and satisfied yourself after endless correspondence with the owners as to the genuineness or otherwise of the claim for demurrage, you marshal your facts, figures, and proposals in a draft report to Board in the best official style at your command, and lay it on the desk of your superior officer, who "squawks " all your pet pieces, and sends it on to a higher power, who in his turn amends and improves and passes it on to the next above, and so on, ad infinitum. In due course the finished product returns, bearing the initials of one or more of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. The next step is to convey their Lordships' decision to the claimants, together with a Navy Bill in payment of the amount approved. If this is less than they demand or expect, you wait for the inevitable appeal and then start again ! And you hear people say that the Government Departments spend money without thinking It is not an exciting or interesting occupation, but it is comfortable, and possibly useful, though of that I am not entirely convinced. However, once in a Government office, it it difficult to get out of it and into another with honour, and no doubt Peace will find me still wrestling with evidence as to the earnings and expenses of the ' SS. —,' unless a German bomb finds me first.—R. W. GODDARD. CENSORSHIP. As I am liable to be clapped into prison under the D.R.R. for divulging even the name of my work, I think for the sake of my family I cannot send the account you want. All the information, for disclosing which I should most certainly be shot at dawn, can be obtained by reading two articles in the American Saturday Review for April 28 and May 5, entitled, "The BritisVensorship," in which the writer confutes malignant critics by confidently asserting that we are of more value than the R.F.C. and Scotland Yard, and that only the Navy and Army can be called mightier than we ! On this modest eulogy I may fitly close.—E. HERDMAN. ORGANIZATION OF NATIONAL SERVICE. Sherford House, Tewkesbury. There are many people unconnected with the National Service Department who could give you a better bird's-eye view of the work of a Commissioner than I can. I am responsible for six counties—the West Midland Division—and have to organize recruiting in the area. In every borough and urban district there are organizations which must be smiled upon at frequent interval s. I have to be prepared to speak in public at short notice or none at all, and keep my eye on the population of every town with a view to enrolling women for the auxiliary army (domestic and clerical) at home and abroad—land work, timber-telling and measuring, and other occupations. Intervals are filled in by discouraging kitchenmaids from applying for staff
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clerkships in France, and physical degenerates from wishing to enrol as timberfellers. The work has ups and downs, and there is much more eye to the main chance among volunteers than one was led to expect at the beginning of the campaign, and of course some strain is put on patriotism by the rates of pay which are offered to volunteers, A person of shrewd commercial instinct would have little difficulty in resisting the temptation to enrol. If there were any more intervals I could very well fill them in, in my new house, but I suppose I ought to be grateful to it for running itself admirably during my prolonged absences,—GWYNETH M. THOMSON. MUNITIONS. Nutford House, Nutford Place, Marble Arch, W. I am an "acetylene welder," and am engaged for ten hours of each day in welding together the metal parts of aeroplanes. Welding is the process of joining two pieces of metal together in such a way that they become absolutely one piece. This is done by using an oxy-acetylene blowpipe and making the two parts red-hot and then molten, so that they run together, and at the exact moment when they "run" an extra piece of metal is welded in so as to make the join doubly secure. Before the war welding was considered a highly skilled trade, and comparatively few men knew how to do it ; but now that women have been found so successful it is only counted as semi-skilled, and the pay is lowered accordingly ! (The average rate of pay nowadays is about gd. an hour) All the same, it is a difficult process, and the country is very short of welders at the present time. It is a distinctly fascinating occupation, and of all munition work is perhaps the most suitable for educated women. Considerable accuracy is required in setting the pieces, for all angles must be correct to half a degree, and measurements to a sixty-fourth of an inch. A knowledge of mathematics is also a great asset. For my experiences—well, being a factory hand is an experience I would not have missed for worlds. I have been through it all, from being docked half-an-hour's pay for arriving late in the morning, to being complimented by " the chief" for some welding. I have eaten sticky sweets wrapped in newspaper offered me out of other gills' pockets, and I have lunched off a threepenny chop and three ha'porth of suet and treacle I have been called " deatie " by the veriest charwoman, and " scalped" by a bit of a girl of seventeen. My fellow-workfrs are the kindliest set of people I ever came across, and are a continual source of amusement and interest. I have nearly completed my first year at the work, and am still " going strong," although the life is certainly a strenuous one. I have been known to go to sleep in a crowded 'bus on my way home at night, and begin to realize how it is that the industrial classes come to "perch upon a devil's see-saw from monotonous work to cheap sensation and back."—MARGERY LEWIS. WELFARE WORK.
It would be difficult to delude oneself into considering that one's three months' work as Travelling Officer in the Welfare Section of the Ministry of Munitions was productive of much appreciable good to those among whom one worked, but it was immensely valuable to oneself as an invigorating educational experience. The Travelling Officer's life is nothing if not kaleidoscopic. Visits to three, four, and sometimes five factories a day do not leave much interval for leisure. It is an amazingly concentrated experience when one has to acquire some idea of the complicated fabric of life in a factory—the point of view of employers, works managers, foremen, charge hands, welfare supervisors, and employed—all within the space of a couple of hours, and be ready with sympathy, advice, reprimand, encouragement, according to the status and need of the person under consideration at the moment. This all sounds no doubt somewhat vague. What is the exact nature of a T.O.'s duties ? I think they are left somewhat vague, and rightly. The actual experience is something like this : One approaches the factory, somewhat doubtful as to the nature of one's reception, sends in one's card to the manager, who may or may not consent to see one, but in any case makes arrangements for one to be taken round ; if there is a woman in a position of authority in the factory she generally comes with one ; but there are still factories where the women work entirely under men, and in such cases one is probably handed over to the works manager. Then one goes
26 through all the shops where women are employed, noting the presence or absence of arrangements for their comfort ; talks to the women, talks to the foremen, talks to anyone and everyone who may possibly be influenced by what one says. After going round, one returns to the manager's office, where one makes recommendations. Much of one's time goes in conversation and argument with employers, some frankly recalcitrant, others somewhat in the position of catechumens as regards Welfare, a few extraordinarily progressive. What the Welfare Section has in view is, first, that good conditions should be established in the way of cloakroom, messroom, and other accommodation, so that the women's lives inside the factory should so far as possible be passed in comfort ; second, that, mainly through the agency of Welfare supervisors, or, in the case of smaller factories, of supervising forewomen, there should be a reasonable likelihood of a healthy moral atmosphere in factory life These aims are of course no new thing ; some employers have been occupied in Welfare work of this kind for some years, while the splendid energies of the Home Office Factory Inspectors have been directed in part towards this end. Any kind of Welfare work, I should imagine, has the effect of making one feel curiously near the heart of things, and as a Travelling Officer one was spared much of the somewhat deadening routine which falls to the lot of a Welfare Supervisor, though the work of Supervisors is possibly more human, because they get to know the girls in one particular factory, and have of course the immense interest of pulling up the tone of their particular factory.—D. W. SPRULES. WELFARE SUPERVISING IN A SOAP AND CANDLE WORKS. Beginning work as Welfare Supervisor in a Controlled Firm, one has many problems to tackle. There is an already-established tradition not of the best, probably, The women have had their own way ; in my case the work was heavy and dirty, and the employees therefore rough and low, and the result of no discipline was very low output and consequent low wages. I stopped " cat-calling," " hideand-seek," and occasional " free-fights !" and am therefore consider ed very strict All the engaging and dismissing is in my hands, and when any female employee summons the firm I have to appear at the Munitions Tribunal and take the case for the firm, with the manager's support. After eleven months' experience I am doubtful as to the ultimate success of Welfare Work beyond the mere " First Aid " and direct Health work, because the Welfare Worker is between " the devil and the deep sea"- –i.e. paid by the employer to look after the interests of the employee, and probably distrusted by both !—A. C. D. WORK IN A BOYS' SCHOOL. I am sure that there are many old students far more competent to describe the work of a " War-time Master ' than I. For one thing, we have never been quite destitute of real male masters, so I have not had any experience of football or scouting, such as has fallen to the lot of other members of my year. Our school is run on distinctly original lines. There is no preparation, practically no supervision out of school hours, a very strong prefectorial system, although the eldest boys are only thirteen, and non-competitive marking, each boy being marked " to his own bogey." The results are excellent ; the boys are remarkably self-reliant, trustworthy, and helpful. The most striking characteristic of boys as boys, seems to be their really glorious keenness. It is possible to interest them in anything. from Milton and Coleridge to French " vocabs.' and Latin verbs, though in the latter cases some form of competition or " game " is advisable. When once their interest is aroused, they cease to " slack " or " fool," and boys of ten or eleven will listen in breathless silence to Shelley's " Cloud" or passages from " Tambourlaine," quite at sea as to the meaning, perhaps, but keenly alive to the beauty of sound. This absorbing interest embraces all things in heaven and earth—things, not people—and one is called upon to express unbounded admiration at the sight of dead moles, live tadpoles, seeds grown on blotting-paper, moths, wild flowers, and, of course, stamps and photographs. They enter with the same wonderful zest into any form of acting, writing poetry, preferably blank verse, and such useful pursuits as gardening, haymaking,
27 and cleaning bicycles. Of course they have their weaknesses. One becomes so hardened to noise, for instance, that silence is positively nerve-racking ; but take them for all in all, they amply compensate for any trials that may beset the path of a " War-time master."—M. L. POTTER. HOSPITAL WORK UNDER THE FRENCH RED CROSS. I have had two quite different experiences of hospital work in France. I was first at a hospital worked by the French Government, staffed by French doctors and dressers and French voluntary nurses. There were about eight Englishwomen, with one exception untrained. It was here, at Foix, in the Pyrenees, that I had the hardest and in some ways the most interesting time. The only motto was, " Keep smiling and make the best of it." We were short of everything—instruments, drugs, nurses, bed-clothes, and everything necessary to a hospital. People in England were very kind, and sent us money and huge bales of goods, which were put to their fullest use. No one could ever make that hospital, however, comfortable, as we understand hospital comfort in England. For one thing, the French orderly is up against all idea of cleanliness. If you take him firmly by the shoulder and definitely lead him to some water, it is quite often done—never thoroughly, but still it is done. An appeal to an officer sometimes has the desired effect of smartening him up ; it rarely lasts longer than twenty-four hours, at a generous estimate. Again, there are dear old French ladies who wander into your " salle des pausements " at the busiest hours of the morning, and who unobtrusively annex your two poor gas-rings, which have to serve to sterilise your instruments, boil up hot water, heat "pausements chauds," and so on. You do not discover their change of occupation until you look round for an instrument, and discover it in tepid water on the floor, while some curious concoction of Madame's boils merrily on the ring. You must smile and keep your temper and start your instruments all over again. It is Madame who stands in the middle of a ward and denounces you to the doctor, because—unheardof crime—you have dared to wash a patient with bronchitis. There were no night-nurses, even for patients who were very ill. An orderly slept in the room, and in cases of emergency he fetched the doctor on duty for the night. This always struck me as a wretched arrangement. There was no ambulance attached to the hospital, which contained nearly soo beds ; patients were fetched from the hospital-trains—which were . very inferior to our own—in cars and carts. Stretchers were laid across carts and .wagons. We had to be up till 3 a.m. sometimes seeing a convoy safely housed, and then up again on duty at 7.3o next morning. Dressings are not done in the wards, but patients are carried on stretchers to a " salle des pausements" where all dressings are done, unless the patient is really too bad to be moved at all. Needless to say, I speak as an " untrained nurse," but from what I have seen of English and French War-hospitals, the treatment differs widely in many respects. I think that it is probable that many French hospitals are far better equipped and staffed than was Foix, but I have no means of judging ; I saw several others in the South which were certainly on much the same lines. My second experience was entirely different, except that our patients were also Frenchmen. I was at the Hopital des Allies at Yvetot, which was staffed entirely by English doctors, nurses, etc. It was beautifully equipped, beds being endowed by many English firms. \We were often under-staffed, but this seems inevitable with hospitals abroad ; work comes pouring in, often quite unexpectedly. It is impossible to rush nurses from England to meet these sudden demands, owing to the many formalities with passports, certificates, and so on, with which they have to deal. The hospital regime at Yvetot strove to be as much like an English hospital as is possible with the conditions which prevail abroad. There were many rough, hard times, especially on night duty, but the pleasure of working for French soldiers amply compensated for these. The worst moment I spent at Yvetot was the moment of " good-bye." I meant then to go back, and as I am still of the same mind, perhaps a few more months will see me once more the other side of the Channel, this time, I hope, "for the duration of the war."—D. G. LAWSON LEIV1S,
28 LETTERS FROM ABROAD. WORK IN THE MISSION FIELD. U.M.C.A., Magila, Tanga, German East Africa. We are back here in our old quarters again. ior two years this was a German camp and recruiting station, and their whipping-post was put up in the middle of the quad. Our teachers were all accused of being spies and traitors (although we had always taught them to pray for the Emperor and be good subjects to him), and they were imprisoned, put in chains, and treated with the utmost harshness—fifteen of them died in the first few months of their imprisonment. Forty-two of the Mission staff were "interned," which, in fact, meant close imprisonment with scant food and many worse hardships. However, the Christians have held fast to their faith in spite of being left without padres or teachers, and the suffering has really been a blessing in disguise. The Church of East Africa has a great future before it, and we are full of hope.—D. C. ABDY. TEACHING IN S. AFRICA. Girls' Public School, Beaufort West, S. Africa. I am now Headmistress of the Government First Class Girls' School at Beaufort West, S. Africa, with an average of about 240 pupils and a staff of ten assistantmistresses. The Language question is a great difficulty, as half the pupils are English, half Dutch, and the law compels us to teach in the mother-tongue from the Kindergarten up to Standard IV., after which some subjects are taken in each of the two official languages. I have studied Dutch and passed two examinations in the language, so can read and write it easily, and understand it sufficiently to carry on a somewhat hesitating conversation with the parents ; nearly all the children speak both languages. The staff are al) Dutch Colonials, and speak and teach English and Dutch, the difficulty being that the written and spoken languages are different, the former being that of Holland, the latter a patois. Beaufort West is a small town on the Cape—Cairo Railway, seventeen hours from Cape Town, in the heart of the great Karroo, or plateau, over 3,000 feet above sealevel. There has been a dreadful drought for over three years ; in the year I have been here I have only seen one soaking wet day, and all the country round is quite devoid of verdure, except for a few mimosa bushes. Our water supply comes from the Nieuwveld Mountains, which are close by, and there is an enormous reservoir just outside the town. The main street is a mile long and perfectly straight, planted on either side with a row of huge pear and mulberry-trees ninety yews old—a wonderful sight in Spring 1 In spite of the drought, the townspeople have lovely gardens, as a furrow of water from the reservoir runs down each side of the street, and every. one has a tiny sluice-gate to let it flow in. Last October we had a flower show, and the roses were magnificent ; now we are in the midst of the fruit season, and I am kept well supplied by children and friends with peaches, figs, grapes, pears, and plums. It is our hottest season ; yesterday it was 107 degs. in the shade, so we have school from 7-8.3o, an hour for breakfast, and back again from 9.30—I ; in winter we have an afternoon session instead of the early one. Up till now the war in Europe has only affected us by raising the prices of everything, but we have had notice that no information will be given as to the sailing or arrival of the English mail, and passports are refused to women and children. After the war is over I hope to get six months' leave, and shall come to see the glories of the new St. Hugh's College. With every good wish for its continued prosperity,-M. M. DODSLEY-FLAMSTEED.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. The Editor acknowledges with thanks the receipt of The Ship ' (1917) and of ' The Chronicle' (for 1916) of S. Hilda's Hall Old Students' Association,