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The Eagle 1961 (Easter) THE EAGLE October I 96 I Printed in Great Britain by W. Jefferson & Son Ltd., Ely The Eagle A MAGAZI NE SUP PORTED BY MEMBERS OF ' ST JOHN S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Editorial page 213 Poems : By Exchange Telegraph 215 To an Unknown God 215 c Trivium 216 Tiger Shooting-1961 217 Poems: The Chess Players 223 No Slow Foot Turns 223 When This Black Angel 223 On the Body of a Child Calcified at Pompeii 224 A Poem �or Someone Asleep 224 The Restoration of Second Court III 225 Poem: The Landlady 232 John Masefield and a Cake 234 Praelection: Rare Birds 238 A Thirteenth Century Sketch from the Old Chapel 239 College Chronicle 240 College Notes 255 Obituary 264 Book Reviews 266 College Awards 271 Editorial Committee ...... � ...... Mr LEE (Senior Editor), Mr HINSLEY (Treasurer), W. M. NEWMAN (') ::s ...... on 0 0 � CD (Junior Editor), Dr STERN, N. WOOD, C. ADAM, D. N. L. RALPHS, CD ...... .c >, ...... on D. I. MORPHET, R. L. NOBBS. ...... 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An Evening Entertainment in the Grounds fo r Fellows and their wives, Members of the Combina­ tion Room and their wives and fo r all Junior Members of the College and their lady guests. A running buffet supper was served fr om 8 p.m. onwards in a marquee erected on the tennis. courts in fr ont of New Court with access by means of a covered way from the Wren Bridge. Lounge suits were worn, without gowns. The Entertainment consisted of a Recital by the Chapel Choir in fr ont of the Cloister Gate to New Court; an illumination of the College buildings; the performance of an operetta in three scenes, music by Leon Coates, libretto and production by Charles. • Ellis. Some consternation was caused by the absence of the prima donna who turned up late owing to a misunderstanding about tempi. The Entertainment concluded with a display of "Crystal Palace" fireworks by Messrs Brock. During this exciting pyrotechnic display the fo llowing devices were fired:­ The Blazing Gyroscopic Wheel, The Star of India, A Humorous Mechanical Device (Boxing Contest), The Revolving Fountains, The Papyrus Screen, The Fiery Pigeons, Aladdin's Jewelled Tree, The Chromatrope, The Dance of the Skeleton, Le Feu de foie, The Whirligig. The following Set Pieces were depicted:­ The College Crest, carried out in lines of coloured fire ; The Weird White Waterfall; a special royal portrait accurately portraying The Lady Margaret, carried out in lines of brilliant fire. Interspersed between the devices came the following aerial items:-Ten salvos of SHELLS, eight SHELLS, fo ur SHELLS, explosion of six large MINES bursting fr om the ground, six large TOURBILLIONS or rising umbrellas of fire, seven batteries. of ROMAN CANDLES (assorted varieties). A SIGNAL AERIAL MAROON denoted the conclusion of the display and of a very pleasant evening. 213 THE EAGLE 2. Saturday, 22nd July. A Dinner in Hall to which the Master and Fellows invited Honorary Fellows; Former Fellows' members of the College who were heads or Fellows of othe; Colle�es in C��bridge and Oxford and of Trinity College, Poems Dubhn; the VIsItor; the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor; the Mayor and the Town Clerk; the Marquess of Exeter and the BY EXCHANGE TELEGRAPH Marquess of Salisbury; the Headmasters of certain Schools with which the College has been associated from ancient times; the SWANS are going fo r a song. Headmaster of St John's College School; and certain other Guests. The Master and Mrs Boys Smith were at Home at the The curlew has had its day. Master's Lodge from 4-6 p.m. to Fellows, Guests, and Ladies They'll give you very little fo r the lark. accompanying them. The College offered hospitality fo r the Cryptogrammatic stars night to Guests attending the dinner and provided Breakfa st in Are hardly worth the paper they're written on. the Hall on Sunday morning. In the interests of the Guests Disjected members of the Moon academical dress was optional, though Fellows were requested Are finding no takers. to wear gowns at the Dinner. 3. Saturday, 29th July. A Garden Party in the Fellows' Everybody's buying tin futures, Garden to Senior Members of the College and their Ladies, And the lead market's undertone is firm. Supervisors of the College and their Ladies, and other Guests Swans are going fo r a song. specially associated with the College. The weather was fine, Mr Summers' iced coffee excellent. 4. Saturday, 5th August. A Garden Party in the College TO AN UNKNOWN GOD :grounds to which the Master and Fellows invited all College DELPHI , Servants and their wives or husbands, from 3.30 to 6 p.m. Since but not self-knowledge; there was rain in the morning the Party was held in the Hall. It has better things to teach. Raspberries and cream, beer and claret cup were consumed in "Nothing too much": but greybeard mountains large quantities. Do not practise what they preach. 5. Thursday, 5th October. A Dinner in Hall to which the Navel of Earth still corded. Master and Fellows invited themselves, Members of the Combina­ Opposites reconciled. tion Room, and their Ladies, including the Hon. Mrs Charles Consort of Sky, All-Mother, Taylor and Mrs E. A. Benians. Is a suckling starveling child. In addition to the foregoing Entertainments the fo llowing Events were arranged fo r the Long Vacation:- Snake and smoke and olive, (a) Tuesday, 4th July. A Dinner in Hall to Agricultural Green and black and grey, Tenants and other special Guests. Dedecorate Parnassus, (b) Thursday, 6th July. A Luncheon in Hall to Members of Retrace the Sacred Way. the Commonwealth-American Universities Conference and their wives. Too soon too late too often Priestess on tripod sits, Till Chaerephon renumbers Five Muses and nine wits. Night and AlI-Things-Together, Eagles aloft, aloof. Uncertain sound of oracle Deserves the stars' reproof. 214 215 THE EAGLE TRIVIUM PROFESSOR Peter Paradox, Head of the Department. Doctor of Science, scourge of the ignorant. Tiger Shooting-I961 Dr Paul Paragon, Chairman of the Faculty, Professor of Metaphysics, pillar of propriety. IN the hills around Kumaon and the fo rests of South and Central India the tiger jungles are deep and often impenetrable; the Miss Patience Paradise, Curator of the Gallery, tiger is rarely seen by accident. This idea of the tiger is probably Reader in Aesthetics, burning hard ,and gem-like. the most common and Hollywood has helped to perpetuate the fabulous atmosphere that surrounds tiger and all big game, These three characters, searching fo r an author. understandably misrepresenting them at times. There are Ephemeral triptych. The greatest is Paradise. precious few Jim Corbetts and Harry Blacks today, and in many Robbing Dr Paul to pay Professor Peter. parts of the country shikar (big game hunting) has become highly Flyaway Paragon, fly away Paradox. organised. RENFORD BAMBROU_ In Rajasthan if one was a villager one would accept the tiger GH! as part of one's life, a nuisance fo r the most part since cattle must be kept behind huge thorn fe nces. The villager cannot afford to lose his cattle. On the whole the tiger and the man tolerate each other, keeping out of each other's way, and not being unduly perturbed when they meet. A tiger in the open is enough to scare anyone, but from long experience the villager knows it wiII do nothing to him unless provoked. Even provocation must be severe. There are cases on record of men literally chasing a tiger offtheir cattle with nothing more than a stick.
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