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QUEENS' COLLEGE

1948-1949

FEBRUARY 1950

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ADDRESSES WANTED

It will be of great service to the College if members of the Club will kindly inform the Keeper of the Records of any changes in their permanent addresses or in those of their friends.

The College will welcome any corrections of this Record, and any material for next year. These should be addressed to the Keeper of the Records, who gratefully acknowledges the

receipt of a number of items from members during the past year. Except where otherwise stated, the dates given after the names

of members of the College refer to their dates of Matriculation.

A copy of the Address Book was sent last year to all mem­bers of the Club. Any member who has not received one should write to the Keeper of the Records. Additions and corrections will be welcomed.

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QUEENS' COLLEGE, 1948-1949

Visitor HIS MAJESTY THE KING

Patroness HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH

President JOHN ARCHIBALD VENN, LITT.D., F.S.A., J.P.

Fellows

ARTHUR BERNARD COOK, LITT.D., F.B.A., Vice-President, Emeritus Professor of Classical Archaeology.

REv. CHARLES TRAVERS WooD, B.D., formerly Dean and Director of Studies in Divinity.

ROBERT GEORGE DALRYMPLE LAFFAN, M.A., Bursar and Director of Studies in History.

CYRIL MoNTAGU SLEEMAN, M.A., formerly Tutor and Director of Studies in Natural Sciences.

ARCHIBALD DouGLAS BROWNE, M.A., Director of Studies in Mechanical Sciences.

LEONARD JAMES POTTS, M.A., Director of Studies in English.

EDWIN ARTHUR MAXWELL, PH.D., Praelector, Keeper of the College Records and Director of Studies in Mathematics.

CHARLES THEODORE SELTMAN, LITT.D, F.R.S .A., Librarian.

JAMES ARTHUR RAMSAY, PH.D., Steward and Director of Studies in Natural Sciences.

REv. HENRY ST JOHN HART, M.A., Dean and Director of Studies in Divinity and Oriental Languages.

HAROLD WALTER BAILEY, M.A., F.B.A., Professor of Sanskrit.

GRAHAM PATTERSON MCCULLAGH, M.A., M.D. (Belfast), Senior Tutor and Director of Studies in Medicine.

HAROLD STEWART K.!RKALDY, M.A., Montague Burton Professor of Industrial Relations.

ARTHUR LLEWELLYN ARMITAGE, M.A., LL.B., Tutor and Director of Studies in Law.

JOHN WILSON FINDLAY, M.A., Junior Bursar and Assistant Director of Studies in Natural Sciences.

DOUGLAS PARMEE, M.A., Director of Studies in Modern Languages.

REv. HENRY CHADWICK, M.A., MUS.B., Chaplain.

JOHN REGINALD TREVASKIS, M.A., Assistant Tutor and Director of Studies 111

Classics.

Honorary Fellows

SIDNEY SMITH, LITT.D., F.S.A., F.B.A., Professor of Ancient Semitic Languages and Civilisations in the University of London.

Sm THOMAS SHENTON WHITELEGGE THOMAS, G.C.M.G., O.B.E.

FRANK LLOYD HOPWOOD, HON.M.A., D.SC. (London), F.INST.P., Emeritus Professor of Physics in the University of London.

THE RIGHT REVEREND GEORGE ARMITAGE CHASE, D.D., Lord Bishop of Ripon.

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VISIT OF THE PATRONESS

Her Majesty the OEeen graciously expressed a wish to pay the College an informal visit on Wednesday, 16 February 1949, and arrived accompanied by her secretary, Major Harvey and by the Lady Hyde. In the absence of the President in British Guiana she was received by a small group of Fellows and their wives, with whom she had lunch in the Lodge. Afterwards she visited the Library, and, before leaving for King's College, spent some time in the Gallery.

A further token of Her Majesty's interest in the College was a suggestion that the wording of the grace in English, used at the end of Dinner in Hall, might be modified. The following form of words, suggested by Her Majesty, is now in use:

For these and all His mercies, for the Q±eens our Foundresses and for our other Benefactors, God's Holy Name be blessed and praised. God preserve our King and Church.

We place on record the earlier form of grace:

'For these and all His mercies God's Holy Name be blessed and praised, for our Foundresses and Benefactors ... God preserve our King and Church.'

THE SOCIETY

The President returned in March from British Guiana, where he had been since early in December as Chairman of the Commission, whose report is now published, investigating problems in the sugar industry. He has also been re-appointed to the Borough Council of Cambridge as a University member.

Mr Seltman has· proceeded to the Degree of Doctor of Letters. Dr McCullagh represented the University at the Commemora­

tion in September 1949, of the Centenary of the foundation of the OEeen' s University of Belfast.

Mr Bevington and Mr Latham, formerly Fellows, have both proceeded to the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

On 4 December 1949, the christening took place in the Chapel of Charles Paul Seltman, son of Arthur John and Nathalie Frances Seltman, grandson of Dr Seltman.

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THE FABRIC OF THE COLLEGE

1949-50

The main work undertaken during the past year has been the repair of the banks of the river just below the wooden bridge. Before the big floods of 1947, the wall which forms the west bank of the river along the Grove had showed signs of subsiding, the worst symptoms being a few yards downstream from the wooden bridge. Before the floods occurred, a length of this wall had fallen into the river, and the damage was made much worse by the high water in March 1947. Eventually, about 120 feet of the wall was destroyed, leaving the path in the Grove rather unsafe.

Further inspection of the damage to the banks was possible when the river was lowered at a later date, and some erosion was found under the wall of the President's garden, on the east bank. The College decided early in 1949 to repair all this damage at the same time.

In planning the work, the College had a great deal of help from Mr H. E. Midgley (1899), whose wide experience of civil engineering has been of the greatest value during the repairs. The College entrusted the work of repair to Messrs John Howard and Co. Ltd., of Buckingham Gate, London.

While the necessary licences were being obtained for repairing the walls, the President drew the attention of the engineers to signs of movement which were apparent in the Lodge, where cracks had appeared in the plaster of the walls and one of the doors jammed in its frame. It was decided that, while all the engineering equipment was on the spot, the underwater foundations of the Lodge should be inspected.

Accordingly, when work started in July 1949, steel sheet-piles were driven in on both sides of the river, on the east bank around the President's Lodge from the wooden bridge to the start of the existing timber piles at the end of the garden wall, and around the damaged part of the President's garden wall. On the west bank, about r20 feet of piles were driven from the wooden bridge along the damaged wall of the Grove.

The foundations of the Lodge were inspected, when the water within the sheet-piling dam was pumped out, but fortunately

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there were no signs of extensive damage to the foundations of the

Lodge. One large hole in the foundations had been plugged with

bags of cement in the course of the repairs to the Essex building

which were carried out in 1938. To make sure that there should

be no movement of the Lodge foundations, the space between

the sheet-piles and the footings of the Lodge foundations was

filled with concrete, and the top parts of the sheet-piles removed.

This provides lateral support to the Lodge foundations. All the

concrete is some distance below water level, so that the appearance

of the building is unaltered. The repair of the wall of the President's garden gave little

trouble, and the work then moved to the rebuilding of the wall

along the Grove. The old wall had mostly fallen into the river,

and so it was possible to fill in between the sheet-piling and the

bank with concrete, to give a level foundation for the new wall.

The steps down to the river near the wooden bridge had partly

collapsed, and these were rebuilt. A new wall has been built

along the whole length of the damaged part, reproducing exactly

the line of the old wall. The only difference in appearance is caused

by the enforced use of red brick for this part of the wall, in place

of the original grey. When the wall was complete, the upper

part of the sheet-piling was removed. At the time of writing (February 1950) the work is almost

finished, and by the summer the bank of the Grove should be

re-turfed and all signs of the damage removed. Throughout the

work the College has had several visits from Mr Kerley and

Mr Widger, of Messrs John Howards and also from Mr Midgley.

The actual operations have been carried out by Mr F. Day,

John Howard's foreman, who has lived in the Grove during the

work.

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FIRST CLASSES, JUNE 1949

Mathematics. Ds J. Wilkinson, Mag. G. B. Aneuryn-Evans, Ds L. Cohen, Mag. J. E. Wallington.

Classics. Ds G. Perry, F. H. C. Scallon. Moral Sciences. P. A. Fearnhill. Natural Sciences. Mag. P. D. S. Pugh, Ds A. B. Thompson,

J. H. Swallow, G. P. Crawley, R. D. Edge, J. A. K. ~artey, D. J. W. Marsh, B. J. Aylett, K. M. Creer, G. E. F. Harding, M. C. F. Proctor, R. 0. Selby.

Law. Ds J. H. R. Newey, Ds K. W. Wedderburn, Ds D. G. Widdicombe, D. E. C. Yale, M. J. Prichard.

History. Ds G. A. Cranfield. Oriental Languages. Ds D. L. Snellgrove, B. C. McKillop,

R. A. Kidd. Modern Languages. Ds R. E. Austin, Ds D. Cook, G. R. B.

Sherriff, Ds G. H. Tatham, J. Cowan, A. B. Jones, G. M. Lilly, J. Beer, A. E. King, E. D. Goy.

Mechanical Sciences. R. A. Hore, P. R. Simons. Economics. Ds A. C. L. Day. Archaeology and Anthropology. Ds W. Nash. English. Ds A. J. Trott. Geography. J. T. Coppock.

UNIVERSITY AWARDS

The Chancellor's Medal for English Law was shared by two ~eens' men, M. J. Prichard and K. W. Wedderburn.

The Isaac Newton Studentship. K. E. Machin. The Harkness Scholarship. D. J. McLaren. The Shell Scholarship in Geology. K. M. Creer. A Chinese Government Scholarship. B. C. McKillop. A. C. Lowe has been awarded an English-Speaking Union

Fellowship for post-graduate research in agricultural economics • at the University of Minnesota.

J. H. Swallow has been awarded a Price University Scholarship at the London Hospital Medical School.

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COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AND EXHIBITION S

Entrance Scholarships of £roo:

J. E. Baldwin, Merchant Taylors' School, Gt Crosby, for

Natural Sciences (Munro Scholarship). P. J. Shipp, City of London School, for Natural Sciences. P. S. Wharton, City of Oxford School, for Natural Sciences.

-Entrance Scholarships of £60:

J. M. Waters, Dean Close School, for Mathematics with

Physics. M. W. Holdgate, Arnold School, Blackpool, for Natural

Sciences. P. H. C. Jennings, Epsom Grammar School, for Natural

Sciences. D.R. Hickford, Enfield Grammar School, for History. C. N. Hudson, Radley College, for the General Examination.

'Entrance Exhibitions of £40:

J. S. Fowlie, Whitgift School, Croydon, for Mathematics. A. G. Gordon, Rugby School, for Mathematics with Physics. B. A. Gerrish, Dulwich College, for Classics. F. R. Hodson, Liverpool Institute High School, for Classics.

A. W. Wyatt, Oundle School, for Classics. W. Drury, University College School, for History. F. J. Woodley, Portsmouth Grammar School, for History. F. H. Cartwright, Manchester Grammar School, for Modern

Languages. S. Burton, Stockport School, for English. D. M. Mitchell, King Alfred School, London, for English.

D. A. Stone, Bee School, Tooting, for English.

First Year

Foundation Scholarships:

M. J. Prichard, for Law. R. A. Hore, for Mechanical Sciences.

Exhibitions:

K. M. Creer, for Natural Sciences. G. E. F. Harding, for Natural Sciences . .

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R. 0. Selby, for Natural Sciences. R. A. Kidd, for Oriental Languages. E. D. Goy, for Modern Languages.

Second Year Foundation Scholarships:

F. H. C. Scallon, for Classics. G. P. Crawley, for Natural Sciences. R. D. Edge, for Natural Sciences. J. A. K. ~artey, for Natural Sciences. B. C. McKillop, for Oriental Languages. G. R. B. Sherriff, for Modern Languages. J. T. Coppock, for Geography.

Re-elected to Scholarships:

J. P. Holland, for Mathematics. R. S. Glen, for Classics. ]. D. M. Start, for Natural Sciences. J. N. Hillgarth, for History. · B. T. Pegg, for History. J. M. Pocock, for English.

Third and Higher Years Bachelor Scholarships:

Ds L. Cohen, for Mathematics. Mag. J.E. Wallington, for Mathematics. Ds G. Perry, for Classics. D. E. C. Yale, for Law. R. Adlam, for Music.

Foundation Scholarships:

Mag. P. D. S. Pugh, for Natural Sciences. Ds J. H. R. Newey, for Law. Ds G. A. Cranfield, for History. Ds D. Cook, for Modern Languages. Ds W . Nash, for Archaeology and Anthropology Ds A. J. Trott, for English.

Exhibition:

A. B. Jones, for Modern Languages.

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Elected to the Munro Studentship:

Ds ]. Wilkinson } Mag. K. E. Machin aeq.

Hughes English Essay Prize:]. N. Hillgarth.

Penny White Prize: Mag. G. B. Aneuryn-Evans.

Ryle Reading Prize: Ds ]. M. Mitchell.

Chase Prize for New Testament Greek: D. W. B. Robinson.

Melsome Memorial Prize:]. 'H. Swallow.

THE UNITED CLUBS

ROWING

Captain: D. T. Holland. Vice-Captain: A. Bazille Corbin.

Secretary: E. A.G. Warlow and C. P. Warren (Summer Term).

Commit!ee: F. R. Spink.

The club started the year with a membership of sixty-six. In the

Clinker Fours a ~eens' boat reached the final only to be beaten by L.M.B.C. In the Fairbairn Cup the six eights entered went up

a total of I08 places, the first boat finishing 14th. H. B. Cochrane won the Phillips Sculls. In the Lent Races the five eights entered

made ten bumps, the first boat going up two places to finish 7th.

Six eights were entered for the May Races and the first boat

finished 7th; the 3rd and 4th boats each made four bumps. At Henley, the first eight reached the second round of the Ladies

Plate, the first four was beaten by Trinity Hall in the Visitors Fours and the second four reached the fourth round of the

Wyfold Fours.

RUGBY FOOTBALL

Captain: W. B. Holmes. Vice-Captain: M. T. Maloney.

Secretary: I. W. Purvis.

The club had a large membership and ran three XV s but results

were not as good as in the preceding year. 1n the Leagues the

first XV had a struggle to avoid relegation, but the club's first and

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second XVs played many other fixtures against neighbouring towns. In the Cup the club beat Peterhouse but succumbed to

a very strong Downing side in the 2nd round. The club regrets to record the tragic death from typhoid of

its Captain W. B. Holmes who brought so much honour to the College.

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

Captain: F. G. Farman. Secretary: J. T. Stone.

Committee: G. R. Canner.

The club had a fairly successful season but as many men were chosen for the 'Varsity and Falcons the first XI tended to be in­consistent. Nevertheless, the club finished 4th in Division I of the League. In the Cup Competition the team had two easy victories over Trinity and Sidney Sussex but lost to St Catharine's by 3-2, after a dour struggle. The second XI played very well. It lost only one match during the season, and won the second XI League in both terms. Many friendly matches were played against outside opposition.

HOCKEY

Captain: D. I. Pearce. Vice-Captain: R. S. K. Riddle.

Secretary: D. Bryant.

The club fared moderately in the League and managed to retain its position in the First Division. In the Cup Competition the dub reached the final only to be beaten by King's. The second and third teams also enjoyed successful seasons.

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ATHLETIC CLUB

President: H. L. Wallace. Secretary: V. P. Sams.

Committee member and Asst. Sec.: D. K. H. Prosser.

V. P. Sams acted as Honorary Coach to the C.U. Athletic Club throughout the season.

8 November 1948 :

Seniors' Sports Freshmen's Sports

D. K. H. Prosser 4th JOO yards D. H. Houseman 3rd 440 yards V. P. Sams 3rd 220 yards Hurdles

E. Collins 3rd 880 yards A. M. Dowler 4th 440 yards

B. T. Pegg 3rd Weight M. A. R. Lockett 4th 220 yards

ro November: D. K. H. Prosser, D. H. Houseman, V. P. Sams, ' M. A. R. Lockett and E. Collins were selected for the University

Relay Trials. H. L. Wallace, V. P. Sams and E. Collins (Reserve) were chosen for the University team to compete against Oxford in the Relays on 20 November.

25 and 29 November: In the Inter-College Relays, OEeens' retained the Cup for the First Division for a second year, tying with Clare for first place.

January 1949: In the Inter-College 'Cuppers' OEeens' were knocked out by Trinity in the semi-finals, but remained in Division I.

University Sports

H. L. Wallace 3rd 220 yards B. T. Pegg 4th Weight D. K. H. Prosser Semi-finals JOO yards

CRICKET

Captain: A. L. Jagger. Secretary: A. J. Trott.

OEeens' did not maintain their unbeaten record of the 1947 and 1948 seasons, and of the fifteen games played six were won, six drawn and three lost. After the Summer Term a side went to tour in Shropshire for the second year, and had a most successful and enjoyable week, winning four of the five games played.

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SQUASH RACKETS

Captain: J. A. S. Mowat. Secretary: D. P. C. Stileman.

The first team was a strong one but did not really fulfil expecta­tions. However it managed to win more than half its matches, including the fixture against OEeen' s, Oxford. The second team was enthusiastic and did well in the League. T. Griffith-Jones played several times for the Ganders.

ETON FIVES

Captain: J. W. E. Jones. Secretary: G. M. Cochrane.

In the pairs competition in the Michaelmas Term, two pairs reached the third round. In the Cup Competition in the Lent Term, OEeens' lost to Clare in the second round.

RUGBY FIVES

Captain: R. F. Thomas. Secretary: G. A. Cranfield.

In the Fives league the first and second pairs won half their matches. R. F. Thomas and G. A. Cranfield reached the quarter finals of the pairs competition.

TABLE TENNIS

Captain: M. E. Monk.com. Secretary: D. E. Cronin.

In Divisions I, II and III of the University League OEeens' three teams achieved comfortable final positions, the first team finishing fourth, and in the Knockout Competition the College team was unfortunate in losing in the semi-final.

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LAWN TENNIS

Captain: S. P. 0. Kumi. Secretary: D.R. Cawston.

Committee: E. A. Wilson.

The two lawn tennis teams finished the season with a mediocre league record but the matches won were won decisively. If the players who were called upon regularly for the University had been available for College matches it is probable that the record would have been very good, for their presence in the team entered for the Inter-College tournament resulted in our winning both the Singles and Doubles competitions. In the University Open Tournament K. G. L. Isaacs won the Singles for the second year in succession and he and S. P. 0. Kumi won the Doubles.

LACROSSE

Captain: D. B. Wallace. Secretary: P. B. Bagnall.

The club was top of the Inter-College League and reached the semi-final of the Inter-College Cup competition. The season was very successful and the club is increasing in numbers.

SWIMMING

Captain: H. P. Gray Secretary: J. W. Ridgway

The club had a fair season, reaching the second round of the Water Polo Cup competition, and going down by 4 goals to 3, to opponents who, on their record, seemed invincible.

RIFLE CLUB

Captain: E. A. G. Warlow. Hon. Secretary: S. H. Thomas.

The club has been well represented in all branches of shooting during the past year.

In the Full-Bore shooting H. W. Symons represented the University at Bisley in the Chancellor's Plate, which they won. He was in the King's 300 also. I. C. Dow was also at Bisley. During the Lent Term H. W. Symons won the Caldwell Cup.

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In the Small-Bore shooting the College supplied half the victorious team in the Heslop Cup match against Oxford: E. A. G. Warlow, S. H. Thomas, H. W. Symons and P. F. Dixon.

In the Easter Term H. W. Symons and S. H. Thomas won the College Pairs Cup (Macdonald). S. H. Thomas won the Indi­vidual (Cronin) Cup. E. A.G. Warlow and S. H. Thomas tied for the leading average and were both awarded the Captain's Spoon. R. A. Biddulph shot for the University second VIII.

In the College Revolver Pairs H. W. Symons and S. H. Thomas were placed 5th out of seven.

SAINT MARGARET SOCIETY

The Gramophone Concerts were held on Sunday evenings throughout the year in the Dean's rooms. In the Michaelmas Term there were two concerts performed by members of the College; the first, in the Chaplain's rooms, was so well attended that the second, which attracted an exceptionally large audience, was held in the Upper Fitzpatrick Room. During the Lent Term there was an Organ Recital in the Chapel, given by Mr R. G. Harris of Oriel College, Oxford. The May Week concert was made particularly memorable by the harpsichord-playing of Mrs_ Potts and the singing of Mrs Chadwick and by the revival of the St Margaret Singers.

SAINT BERNARD SOCIETY

President: D. J. Y absley

Vice-President : J. F. Kingham.

Secretary: C. J. Cunliffe Pugh.

Committee: E. G. Rayner, M. J. C. Wheeler.

The year started badly for the Society. There was only one meeting in the Michaelmas Term and that was ill-attended. In the Lent Term the Committee started an advertising campaign and the attendance at debates was trebled. Attendance remained high

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in spite of outdoor attractions during the Easter Term. Members of the Society were very shy of speaking from the floor of the House but they gradually gained confidence and speeches from the floor improved both in quality and in quantity.

ATHLETIC DISTINCTIONS

Rugby Football English International: W. B. Holmes (four Caps). Blue: W. B. Holmes.

Association Football Blues: R. Cowan (Secretary of C.U.A.F.C.), E. W. N.

Jackson. Falcons: S. Squires, S. P. 0. Kumi, E. A. Wilson, R. C.

Peagram, P. B. R. Gordon.

Hockey Blue: D. I. Pearce (Secretary C.U.H.C.). English Trial: E. N. Button.

Cricket Crusaders Colours: A. L. Jagger, D. A. Brunt.

Lawn Tennis Blue: K. G. L. Isaacs. Half-blue: S. P.O. Kumi. Grasshoppers

Colours: A. E. W agstaffe, M. E. Monkcom.

Swimming Half-blue: H.P. Gray. Tadpoles: S. H. Thomas. A. J. E. Rigby swam for the University against Oxford as

second string in the backstroke race.

Table Tennis University Colours: K. G. L. Isaacs, M. E. Monkcom, D. E.

Cronin, R. A. Chiverton.

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Rugby Fives

Half-blue: R. F. Thomas.

Lacrosse

Half-blue: A. J. E. Rigby, J. C. Kershaw. South of England Finalist: A. J. E. Rigby.

Shooting

Half-blue: H. W. Symons.

'THE BATS'

President: A. J. Bristow Vice-President: J. M. Mitchell

Secretary: S. C. Coleman Treasurer: Mr Potts

Business Manager: I. W. Hussey

For the Society's main production of the year (an Elizabethan play in the Cloister Court) Much Ado About Nothing was chosen, with the President of the Society as producer and D. R. Graebe

as assistant producer. Four performances were given from 14 to 16 June 1949. The weather was reasonably kind; save on one occasion, when the cast was considerably encouraged by an audience which bravely ignored the rain and stayed on until the end of the play.

The Cambridge Theatre Group Revue in the Easter Term (Hey Nonny No), with lyrics by A. J. Bristow and music by Dr Beament, incorporated several items from the Bats Lent Term Revue (Now we are Eight) and several members of the Bats took part in it.

Romeo and Juliet has been chosen for the May Week pro­duction in 1950

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DEATHS

We regret to record the following deaths, of which we have received notice during the year ending February 19 50:

Thomson, C.H. (1877) Price, Rev. A. R. (1882) Hayter, W. L. B. (1884) Thompson, F. D'A., J.P. (1886) Bates, J. E., M.B., B.CHIR. (1888) Barber, Rev. H. H. (1891) Blair, A. F. (1892) Tebbs, B. N., M.D. (1892) Valpy, F. H . (1892) Piper, Rev. G. A. (1894) Skinner, Rev. F. N. (1895) Watson, F., O.B.E., C.M.G. (1899) Purton, L. P. (1899) Moxley, Rev. Canon C.H. (1900)

Purcell, Rev. G. ( 1900) Thornburgh, Rev. F. T. (1901) Vinning, Rev. H . S. (1902) Whiting, W.R. G., M.B.E. (1903) Seymour, Rev. A. (1907) Sowter, Rev. A. C. (1907) Farnfield, B. S. (1909) Broadbent, H. G. (19n) Hutchinson, L. C., LL.B. (1914} Boddy, Rev. G. W. (1919) Hampson, E. C. S. (1936) Wood, A. Mc.K. (1938) Holmes, W. B. (1946)

NEWS OF QUEENS' MEN

Ecclesiastical

The Rev. W. H. Braine (1886) is full time Chaplain at University College Hospital, Gower Street, London.

The Rev. H. Alldridge Abbott, M.B.E. (1901) was inducted Prebendary of St Endellion in the diocese of Truro in 1946 and was appointed Hon. Colonel of the Essex Army Cadet Force in 1947.

The Very Rev. F. W. Dwelly (1903) was appointed Chaplain of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in June 1949.

The Rev. G. H. Roper (1907) is an Honorary Canon of Peterborough Cathedral.

The Rev. Canon E. A. Cook (1907) is Archdeacon of Bath. The Rev. H. S. Betts (1909) is an Honorary Canon of Carlisle

Cathedral. The Rev. N. S. Kidson, M.C. (1913) is an Honorary Canon

of Derby Cathedral. The Rev. R. A. Down (1914) was inducted Prebendary of

Milverton II in Wells Cathedral in September 1947. The Rt. Rev. D. J. Wilson (1921) has been translated from

British Honduras to Trinidad.

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The Rev. B. M. Dale (1922) was appointed Lord Bishop of

Jamaica in November 1949. The Rev. N. M. Kennaby (1925) is Provost of Newcastle

Cathedral. The Rev. W. H. Macartney (1927) has been appointed Assistant

Secretary to the Church of England Council on Foreign Relations.

Educational

H.J. L. Leigh-Clare, M.C. (1910) has retired from the Ceylon

Civil Service, but remains there teaching Classics at the European

preparatory school. Prof. G. B. Harrison (1913) has left Toronto and is now at the

University of Michigan. C.H. Westcott, Ph.D. (1930) is Associate Professor of Physics

at McGill University, Montrea). J. F. Friend ( l 9 3 l) is first Principal of the new Teachers'

Training College at Bretton Hall, just opened by the West Riding

Education Committee. G. G. S. Dutton (1940) is Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at

the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. ]. M. Hough (1941) is Assistant Lecturer at University College,

Hull. R. Chun Yu Lin, Ph.D. (1947) is Visiting Lecturer in

Physiology at Y aba Medical School, Lagos, Nigeria. He will

return to China as Professor of Physiology in West China Union

University, Chengtu.

Miscellaneous

Sir Gerald Bain Canny (1900), who has been for many years

a secretary of the ~eens' College Club, is a member of the

Royal Commission on Betting, under the presidency of the Rt

Hon. H. U. Willink, Master of Magdalene. Sir William Harold Webbe (1904) was elected Member of

Parliament for the Cities of London and Westminster in February,

1950. P. Ingleson, C.M.G. (19n) has been seconded from the Board

of Trade for three years and appointed United Kingdom Trade

Commissioner in ~eensland, Australia.

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The King has approved the appointment of Sir George Ritchie Sandford (19n) as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahamas.

G. W. Tory (1931) is Principal Secretary in the Office of the United Kingdom Representative to the Republic of Ireland.

G. F. Rodgers (1936) is Second Secretary in the Embassy at Jedda, Saudi Arabia.

Long bin Osman (1937) is Assistant Land Officer in Kulim, Malaya.

D. J. McLaren (1938) holds an appointment under the Geo­logical Survey of Canada.

J. A. Wedgwood (1938) is Personal Assistant to the Secretary of the British Electricity Authority, London.

K. L. Barker (1940) is Statistician in the Research Laboratories at Burnley of Joseph Lucas, Ltd.

At Henley, A. S. F. Butcher (1944) won the Silver Goblets and Nickalls Challenge Cup for Pair Oars; P. A. de Giles (1945) rowed in the Leander crew that won the Grand Challenge Cup, while Butcher rowed at 7 behind P. C. Kirkpatrick (1935) at stroke in the Thames R.C. VIII that was beaten by Leander in the Final.

These three ~eens' men rowed for England at the Empire Games held in New Zealand in February 1950.

GIFTS TO THE COLLEGE

Dr Seltman has presented a sixteenth-century Florentine fire screen for use in the Combination Room.

A gift of £600 has been made by Dr and Mrs A. D. Lucas­Smith to found an annual memorial prize in law bearing the name of their son, Roger Brian Lucas-Smith (1942-6), B.A., LL.B., and also to provide and maintain a law section in the College Library.

Mr N. J. Neville has presented a plaster cast of a medal, bearing the portrait of ~een Margaret of Anjou, by Pietro da Milano.

Mr H. Gallienne Lemmon, LL.M. ( 1897), has made a gift of £50 to be used for purposes approved by the Governing Body.

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T H E LIBRARY

Since January 1949, a number of books has been presented to the College Library. Among the donors are the following:

The President. The Railway Executive, British Railways. ~ eens' College Historical Society. Prebendary H. Alldridge Abbott, K. G. Bergin, W . Dall­

mam1, Miss E. Fairweather Milson, J. A. Galletly, F. S. Green, J. M. Hough, Rev. L. S. Lewis, D . Parmee, L. J. Potts, A. D. Power, J. B. Richardson, C. Riecroft, Professor H. Martyn Sanders, C. T. Seltman, Captain J. H. Trye, R.N., D . J. Yabsley, P. J. Zeppos.

THE WAR MEMO RIAL

Donations have not come in as well as we had hoped, though the scheme for the conversion of the Old Chapel into a War Memorial Library has had wide approval. We shall be glad to receive further donations. In particular, we draw attention again to the benefits of subscribing under seven-year covenant, by which the College receives not only the subscription but also the income tax on that amount. As the table below shows, we have already received nearly £'100 in reclaimed tax by this means.

The state of the fund at the time of going to press 1s as . follows :

From 755 subscribers From 66 covenants .. . From the Club (further £200 to come) From Chapel collections From tax reclaims

£ 3181 301 600 198 93

£4373

When allowance is made for future subscriptions under covenant and tax reclaims, this means that we are rather under half-way towards the total.

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THE QUEENS' COLLEGE CLUB

Committee

President: Dr J. A. Venn 1902 Secretaries: Sir G. B. Canny, K . C.B. , K.B.E. 1900

E. A. Maxwell 1929 Treasurer : J. W . Findlay 1934.

Committee Members

Till 1950 H. G. Lemmon, LL.M. 1897 Rev. R. Broxton J. S. Wane 1912 G. S. Waller

Till 195 I A.H. Noble 1905 J.E. Pater L. Patrick 1919 G. T. Wright

Till 1952

A. D. Browne 1908 W. R. M. Morton N. A. Carr, LL.B. 1919 R. C. Aitken

Till 1953

Sir W. W. Gibson, LL.M. 1892 Rev. G. H.K. Pedley Sir J. F. Moylan, c.B., c .B.E. 1901 M . D. M. Bowen

1919 1929

1929 1939

1937 1938

1920 1942

The Annual Meeting was held on Saturday, I 8 Jtme. The Treasurer reported that 223 new members had joined during the year, and that there was a balance in the current account of £44. rs. rd. The cost of the Club's share of printing and circulating the Record and Address Book had been £n4. 7s. 3d. The nominal value of the capital was £986. 15s. rd.

About ninety members were present at the Dinner which followed. Mr L. V. Chilton proposed 'The Club', and the Secretary replied; Mr J. H. S. Addison proposed 'The College', and the President replied.

THE OCTOBER DINNER

The Governing body invited all the surviving members of the College who matriculated before the war of 1914-18 to spend the first week-end in October 1949 at ~eens', and no were able to accept. At the Dinner on Saturday, Sir Geoffrey Burton (1912) proposed the College and the President replied.

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Future Arrangements

There was a considerable amount of informal discussion at the Club Dinner in Jtme about the effect of the October Dinners. They have, without doubt, been greatly appreciated, but many members have stressed the sense of incompleteness which arises in June when a whole section of years is not represented. To avoid this, the Governing Body has decided to discontinue the special October Dinners, but to arrange for a marquee to be erected in June. All members of the Club (and therefore of the College, since membership is open to all) who wish to be present can then sit down together. The new proposal will be put into effect this year.

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