CONTENTS

PAGE Frontispiece: At the Reunion (1) ...... 4 Editorial ...... 5-7 Officers of the Society 8 News of the Society: Notices and Reports 9-15 The Society's Finances ...... 16 The General Meeting of the Society 17-19 The Quincentenary Appeal Fund ...... 19-21 The Annual Dinner ...... 22-26 Engagements ...... 27 Marriages .. .. 28-30 Births 31-33 Deaths 33-34 Obituaries .. 35-40 Ecclesiastical Appointments ...... 40-41 Miscellaneous ...... 41-52 Gifts and Bequests ...... 53 Publications 54-59 Correspondence ...... 59-63 News of the College: College News Letter, 1955-56 .. 64-68 Marlow and Henley, 1956 69 The College Societies .. .. 70-76 Academic Distinctions ...... 76-78 Articles: Transatlantic Journey ...... 78-79 The College Silver 80-86 Paws for Laughter 86-89 Illustrations: At the Reunion (2) ...... facing 26 At the Reunion (3) .. facing 52

SEPTEMBER 1956

Editorial It is not generally known outside the Universities concerned that there are closer ties between certain colleges than those which arise from purely academic affinity. ' Informal alliance ' is the description applied, and the existence of such a relationship explains, for example, the note in the 1954 edition of this magazine which stated that Donald Portway, Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge University, had been appointed an Associate Fellow of Trumbull College, Yale Univer- sity, and also the announcement in the Reporter of last January that Dr John Spangler Nicholas, Sterling Professor of Biology and Master of Trumbull College, Yale, had been elected an Honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge. But that is no more than formal recognition of the informal, appreciated though it undoubtedly is on both sides of the Atlantic. What matters is the alliance, and no pro- found thought is necessary to deduce that the advantages of such an alliance had been firmly established by experience on this side of the Atlantic before the idea was extended to the other. At Oxford, St Catharine's has enjoyed this understanding with Worcester College for some years, and while the coming and going between the two Universities continues, a reciprocal provision of hospitality is invaluable for reasons of convenience apart from less material considerations of personal contact. It was, indeed, this traffic which led to the ' informal alliance 'in the first place; for, between the wars, when the examiners of the Higher Certificate of the Oxford and Cambridge Joint Board met in Oxford on alternate years, the St Catharine's members of the Board, among them the present Master and the late F. M. Rushmore, invariably found themselves in Worcester. Once the idea of a definite even if informal association between the colleges took shape, it was not therefore unreasonable that St Catharine's and Worcester should come together, and it is probably true to say that Professor J. H. Hutton, a Worcester man who was then William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at Cambridge and a Fellow of St Catharine's, was not uninterested to see that they did.

The photograph reproduced on the opposite page shows members of the Society assembled in the Court just before going into dinner on the occ- asion of the annual reunion. 6 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

In comparison with the traffic between Oxford and Cambridge, that between American Universities and Cambridge is small indeed, yet, in these days of common research and Fulbright Awards, it is far from negligible. From St Catharine's alone, since the war, three Fellows have spent their sabbatical leave studying in the U.S.A., and a fourth is about to do so; and there is no doubt that the ' informal alliance ' between St Catharine's and Trumbull results from the sojourn there, some three years ago, of T. R. Henn who is himself an Associate Fellow of Trumbull. The correspondence which followed between the two Colleges is important because it clearly states what is involved in an alliance of this kind. Thus, on the 10th July 1953, the Master of St Catharine's wrote: From our point of view it would, I think, involve nothing in the way of commitments beyond those of concordia amicabilis, in the operation of which we should expect to be advised of the visit of any member of your College to Cambridge, and to offer such help and hospitality as we could. For our Senior Members visiting Yale, I imagine the same arrangement would hold. As regards Junior Members (Affiliated and Research Students) who might seek admission in the future to this College, we would undertake to give their cases most careful consideration and to attach great weight to your recommendation. And in reply, on the 20th July, the Master of Trumbull wrote: There is much to be gained through such informal relation- ships, and I hope they will grow without the necessity for any formal commitments. Your expressions of co-operation and hospitality will mean much towards the establishment of a spirit of geniality and educational companionship. Believe me when I aver that your confirmation of this alliance will be most welcome to our Fellowship. The first fruits of the alliance followed swiftly. C. A. Fisher, Lecturer in Geography at University College, Leicester, who chanced to be Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Geography at Yale for the session 1953-54, was at once made a Visiting Fellow of Trumbull, an appointment which placed a most generous interpretation on what constituted a ' Senior Member of St Catharine's ' for the purpose of reciprocal hospitality; and Professor Charles Blitzer of Trumbull spent the academic year 1954-55 in residence at St Catharine's. Since then Professor Nicholas, the Master of Trumbull, has himself paid a formal but no less welcome visit to St Catharine's, and Colonel Portway has enjoyed ' much truly American hospitality ' at Trumbull. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 7

Next term St Catharine's hopes to extend hospitality to Professor Talbot H. Waterman of Trumbull. Gifts, too, have been exchanged: from St Catharine's an eighteenth- century silver cup, appropriately engraved, and from Trumbull a magnificent bowl of Steuben crystal, bearing the shields of Trumbull and St Catharine's and the inscription— COLLEGIVM TRVMBVLLIANVM COLLEGIO S.CATHARINAE —and also the commission which Jonathan Trumbull, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the State of Connecticut, from whom the College takes her name, gave to one who seems to have been called Noadiah Hooker, appointing him Colonel of the 15th Regiment of Foot, this in 1779. Then, from Professor Nicholas as a personal gift, there comes his own Festschrift, handsomely bound in leather. Trumbull, it may be added, celebrates the birthday of her eponymous hero in much the same way as St Catharine's holds her Commemoration of Benefactors on St Catharine's Day, but the analogy hardly extends to the patrons themselves for Jonathan Trumbull proved, in the words of Professor Nicholas, ' a totally unregenerate rebel during the unpleasant- ness in 1776'. As, however, St Catharine's was once sufficiently Roundhead to shelter Oliver Cromwell's son, Colonel Portway was able to point to ' a certain revolutionary background about both foundations'. In that way two ' informal alliances ' have been made, one near and the other far; one so successful that it is now a commonplace to hear references to ' our sister college ', and the other already prospering sufficiently to suggest that even the Atlantic is no barrier to ' a spirit of geniality and educational companionship '. 8 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

St Catharine's College Society Officers of the Society for the academic year 1956-57 are:

President C. R. Allison, M.A.

Vice-Presidents R. F. Champness, M.A., LL.M. K. C. Johnson-Davies, M.A. R. Davies, C.M.G., M.A. W. H. S. Jones, M.A., LITT.D., F.B.A. Sir Howard D'Egville, K.B.E. R. T. Pemberton A. A. Heath, M.A. A. H. Thomas, M.A., LL.D. J. C. R. Hudson, M.A. G. Ward Price, M.A. Sir Gilbert Wiles, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., M.A.

General Committee 1957 A. B. Clifford, M.A. 1959 S. Fox, M.A. W. S. Elliott, M.A. A. A. Heath, M.A. Sir Gilbert Wiles, K.C.I.E., C. E. Hett, M.A. C.S.I., M.A. 1958 C. A. Fisher, M.A. 1960 J. D. S. Innes, B.A. R. L. Mitchell, B.A. K. C. Johnson-Davies, M.A. J. F. Pirie, M.A., LL.B. H. C. H. Mead, M.A.

Secretary Treasurer S. C. Aston, M.A., PH.D. T. R. Henn, C.B.E., M.A.

The Secretary and Treasurer are ex-officio members of the Com- mittee, and C. R. Benstead, M.C., M.A., is a co-opted member while editing the Society's magazine. The years shown against the names of the general Committee are those in which members are due to retire. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 9

News of the Society N the 23rd June 1956, the occasion of the annual reunion, the O membership of the Society was 2,526. The Annual Reunion. There have been ten reunions since the war, and the attendances—for convenience taken as the number sitting down to dinner—have averaged 128. The biggest gathering was in 1949 when 144 attended, on a Saturday; the lowest was in 1955 when 98 attended, on a Wednesday. In popularity Friday just wins with an average of 133 against Saturday's 132, and this year the attendance was 141, on a Saturday. Undoubtedly Saturday is a bad day for clerical members. Their attendance then averages only 7, and of that number 2, and sometimes 3, have been College residents. Wednesday leads with attendances of 21 in 1948 and 12 in 1955, and Friday has an average of 14. Of the 520 members who have attended the reunions during this period, 272 have been only once and 8, among them 2 residents, have been present every time. ' Degree age ' seems to have settled firmly in the early '30s. In 1949 it jumped from 1926 to 1932 and has main- tained that average ever since. This year the veteran '20s rallied nobly, but in vain, for the comparatively juvenile '30s rallied even more nobly and lowered the ' degree age ' two years, to 1933, the figures being: 1953 1954 1955 1956 1890s 3 2 3 2 1900s 6 5 4 5 1910s 7 3 2 3 1920s 24 32 29 37 1930s 58 35 33 51 1940s 29 22 16 24 1950s 8 8 3 9 Once again the Victorian contingent paraded in strength, in its ranks being R. C. D. Armitage (B.A. 1899), Dr A. H. Thomas (B.A. 1899), the Reverend Yeo Ward (B.A. 1901), Sir Gilbert Wiles (B.A. 1901) and R. Parker-Smith (B.A. 1903), and the presence of K. C. and D. C. Johnson-Davies and of E. and M. Williamson advanced the ' father- and-son ' feature of the reunion yet another step towards the traditional.

The Society in London. A correspondent writes: ' The London Group continues to flourish. In March a launch is hired from which to watch the Boat Race, and a lunch follows. In April or May there is 10 St Catharine's College Society Magazine a cocktail party, and in October the annual dinner. At all three functions any member of the Society as a whole is welcome.' 'The 1955 annual dinner was held in the Fellows' Restaurant of the London Zoo on the 14th October, and 53 members of the Group and of the Society attended.* Here, indeed, were excellent surround- ings in which to dine, and for being able to do so we were indebted to Mr K. C. Johnson-Davies. We were glad to welcome both the Master and Mr Henn, and also Mr D. R. Salter, President of the J.C.R., and In mellow mood we drank toasts to the College and the London Group, and listened happily to speeches from Mr Johnson-Davies, who took the Chair, the Master, Mr Henn, Mr Bower and Mr John Hudson, the Group's honorary secretary, though our well-being was tinged with regret when we learned that he would soon be leaving to spend three years in Gambia.' ' The Master, eleven members of the London Group and their guests, made a party of twenty-seven for the Boat Race on the 24th March. The launch first toured the course, and then anchored near Mortlake Brewery. The weather was kind throughout, and as Cam- bridge won, those who could continued up river to complete a most satisfactory outing with lunch at ' The Star and Garter ' in Richmond. Mr E. G. Ludlow made all the arrangements.' ' We held our cocktail party for 1956 at the Royal Festival Hall on the 8th May, and we gathered on the fourth floor in a room, the outside wall of which was made almost entirely of glass. Members of the Group and the Society, their ladies and friends, to the number of about sixty, attended, and among them were the Master, Mr Henn and Dr Evans.' ' During the year the Group has supplied the College with a list of forty-two of its members who are willing to advise on employment, the idea being that men who are about to go down can obtain advice on the

"Those present were : The Master, J. M. Bee (B.A. 1909), G. M. Behr (B.A. 1924), B. C. Bell (B.A. 1936), J. A. Bergin (B.A. 1947), F. Bower (B.A. 1920), C. C. Brett (B.A. 1922), J. Bunton (B.A. 1940), the Rev. A. Calder (B.A. 1924), the Rev. M. R. M. Cann (B.A. 1930), T. M. Carmichael (B.A. 1938), H. C. Chaytor (B.A. 1930), A. B. Clifford (B.A. 1925), H. K. Douglas (B.A. 1935), P. D. Downs (B.A. 1950) W. S. Elliott (B.A. 1938) W. A. Farndon (B.A. 1935), J. R. Fink (B.A. 1936), C. H. Goodman (B.A. 1947) T. R. Henn (B.A. 1923, Fellow 1926), C. E. Hett (B.A. 1931), J. P. Hewitt (B.A. 1947), E. Hickey (B.A. 1948), D. J. D. Hockenhull (B.A. 1940), A. W. Howard-Patterson (Mat. 1946), J. C. R. Hudson (B.A. 1948), D. J. Hyamson (B.A. 1936), G. J. Ironside-Smith (B.A. 1952). J. M. James (B.A. 1948), D. C. Johnson-Davies (B.A. 1942), K. C. Johnson-Davies (B.A. 1920), F. W. W. Kempton (B.A. 1931), A. D. E. Lauchlan (B.A. 1923), R. A. Laurie (B.A. 1936), E. G. Ludlow (B.A, 1944), H. W. P. McMeekin (B.A. 1913), J. H. E. Marshall (B.A. 1948), D. C. L. Marwood (B.A. 1949), D. J. Y. Mason (B.A. 1934), S. Rivers-Smith (B.A. 1901). D. R.Salter (B.A. 1956), the Rev. C. D. R. Sharpe (B.A. 1921), R. D. J.Simson (B.A.1953), R. W. Stanley (B.A. 1949), C. A. Sutcliffe (B.A. 1921), P. B. D. Sutherland (B.A. 1949), L. M. Thompson (B.A. 1931), S. G. B. Underwood (B.A. 1949), G. Wallis (B.A. 1946), L. C. Walters (B.A. 1946), R. D. Wayman (B.A. 1922), J. Webster (B.A. 1939), G. B. Westcott (B.A. 1931), M. N. Westmore (B.A. 1947), M. Williamson (B.A. 1950). St Catharine's College Society Magazine 11 opportunities, and snags, in some of the fifty different occupations on which the advisers have first-hand knowledge.' 'Although the London Group now has 120 members, this figure represents a very small proportion of the total number of members of the Society who are known to reside in the Home Counties area. It is also noticeable that the present membership of the Group contains very few members of the Society who have gone down since 1949. The entrance fee to the group is 10s., and there is no annual subscription. Other expenses of membership consist solely in contributing to the cost of the functions which one attends. The annual dinner, for example, is usually about 17s. 6d. per head. It is hoped that many more Society members in the London area will join the Group and thus maintain contact with the College and their friends. Applications for membership should be sent to the honorary secretary, Mr D. C. L. Marwood, 63 Magdalen Road, London, S.W.18.' ' The 1956 annual dinner of the London Group will be held in the Restaurant of the Royal Academy at Burlington House, Piccadilly, on Friday, 7th December 1956. Further details may be obtained from the Honorary Secretary.'

The Society in the North. The fifth annual dinner of the Northern Branch was held at the Crown Hotel, Newcastle, on Friday, the 13th April, and the number attending was almost the same as last year although two or three, including the President, Colonel A. D. S. Rogers, O.B.E., and Mr G. B. Gray, who has made the long journey from Dublin on each previous occasion, had to fall out at the last moment.* During the course of the dinner Mr S. Middlebrook, who presided, referred to the span of years covered by the members present and, as the only one in the company who had been at the College before 1914, invited those who had been in residence in successive decades to take wine with him, an invitation which met with a warm response. Mr H. Bewick, who has probably attended more annual dinners of the Society at St Catharine's than any other member of the Branch, in proposing the toast of the College, stirred nostalgic memories by avowing that there was no period in his life he would more like to

* Those attending were : Dr Sydney Smith (B.A. 1932, Fellow 1939) representing the College, and A. C. Beevor (B.A. 1931), H. Bewick (B.A. 1933), J. B. Birkett (Mat. 1944), G. F. G. Brown (Mat. 1922), A. M. Clark (B.A. 1952), P. G. De Sa (B.A. 1949), R. Dobson (B.A. 1940), H. A. Gill (B.A. 1932), E. C. Glenton (B.A. 1936), H. Hutchinson (Mat. 1926). H. Marrison (B.A. 1923), D. Meaken (B.A. 1923), S. Middlebrook (B.A. 1914), H. H. Mills (B.A. 1948), R. H. Parker (B.A. 1954) A. L. B. Pattinson (B.A. 1933), J. Philipson (B.A. 1931), P. Reed (B.A. 1951), E. S. Rowlands (B.A. 1938), J. B. Sutherland (B.A. 1953), D. S. Walker (B.A. 1939), W. G. Wilkin (B.A. 1932). 12 St Catharine's College Society Magazine re-live than the three years he had spent at Cambridge. The value of Cambridge as a centre of education lay in its universality and its infinite variety ; in the challenge offered by the innumerable opportunities it provides for study, sport and friendship ; in the perpetual surprise and delight of its seasonal beauties ; and in the stimulus of a historic environment combined with a forward-looking spirit. All these we had enjoyed through our membership of St Catharine's, the link for each one of us with Cambridge now as in the past ; hence our con- tinued indebtedness to the College. In inviting Dr Sydney Smith to reply to the toast, the Chairman said our guest had the advantage of his famous Oxford namesake in having chosen to win his academic spurs at Cambridge, and in being still alive, in spite of having just arrived from Edinburgh after three exhausting days of almost continuous travel and conferences. In response, Dr Smith gave a lively and entertaining account of his own duties as Steward (we had no idea they were so varied) and of the more recent vagaries of his colleagues in the Senior Combination Room, including a report, hot from the post, of Dr Aston's exhilarating advent- ures in the U.S.A. In his review of College activities he painted a picture of continuing vitality, vigorous expansion and confidence in the future. It was pleasant to hear that the complications of the new boiler are being mastered, and that the bar is now a Bursar's dream. Better still to know, in these days of technological demand, that St Catharine's is acquiring a growing reputation in Natural Science. Best of all, to be so warmly pressed to accept the hospitality of the College if ever we should be in Cambridge, however late our arrival or even—judging by an instance given—however unorthodox our mode of entry. After thanking Dr Smith, and Mr W. G. Wilkin, the Secretary, for so efficiently and readily undertaking all the arrangements for the dinner, the Chairman alluded to the unexpected extension of his researches in a fresh direction by a member of the College Governing Body, who had recently given two challenging talks in the Third Programme on the inland waterways of this country, but expressed the hope that the interest in this particular form of refreshment was not becoming an absorbing passion at St Catharine's.

The Society in Yorkshire. The second business meeting of the Yorkshire Branch was held in the S.C.R. of the University of Leeds, again through the kindness of Professor F. S. Dainton and Professor R. F. E. W. Peel, and the Branch was very fortunate in being honoured by the Master's presence. The chair was taken by the President, St Catharine's College Society Magazine 13 the Reverend Canon J. S. Purvis, and on the agenda was the proposal that the now lusty child of one year should be christened the Ramsden Society in honour of the College's Yorkshire benefactress. The Master, however, interjected that she was a cantankerous lady, and as members felt that cantankerousness and the Branch were poles apart, it was decided not to act on the proposal. The dinner following the business meeting was a complete success owing, no doubt, to the new tradition of ' popsification ' which allows members to bring their wives to the annual dinner. The President proposed the toast to the College, and the Master replied with a charac- teristic survey of College activities. The Branch was delighted with this College ' News Letter ', and Professor Dainton conveyed the Branch's thanks for the honour the Master had bestowed on the assembly.* In December last year a cocktail party was held in the bar of the S.C.R. of the University of Leeds, and among the members, wives and friends—thirty-four in all—who attended was a representative of the College J.C.R. who was able to give news at ' first-year ' level. It is hoped to hold this party out of term so that all undergraduates living in Yorkshire can be invited. With a membership of about fifty it is felt that the Branch is now firmly established and can turn to useful and practical work. The first step, it was proposed, should be an offer of advice and help to members of the College who wish to know about courses available at the University of Leeds and posts in the Yorkshire areas. Corres- pondents should write to Professor F. S. Dainton, Department of Chemistry, The University, Leeds 2.

The Society in Uganda. From Uganda comes news, not of those stirrings which customarily precede the formation of a group, nor of a group just formed, but of one of such maturity that it has already enjoyed its second annual dinner. G. B. Gray (B.A. 1935) is the moving spirit behind this remarkable if clandestine achievement, the details of which are given in C. Vickerman's letter on page 62. The Society in South America. Interesting news comes, too, from Buenos Aires where, at the Shelton Hotel on the 23rd July, the

*Members present were : The Master, P. B. Ayscough (B.A. 1947), A. Bower (B.A. 1920), C. Brooks (B.A. 1949), E. Collinson (B.A. 1946), Professor F. S. Dainton (Fellow 1945-50), the Rev. J. E. Foster (B.A. 1925), the Rev. W. B. Harrison (B.A. 1930), R. J. Hindmarsh (B.A. 1932), E. N. Jones (B.A. 1931), J. R. Liddicott (B.A. 1929), A. F. F. P. Newns (B.A. 1931), I. J. O'Dell (B.A. 1935). Professor R. F. E. W. Peel (Fellow 1949-51), the Rev. Canon J. S. Purvis (B.A. 1912), F. H. Scott (Ph.D. 1949), F. W.Scott (B.A. 1937), R. Sweeting (B.A. 1928), R. C. Wenban (B.A. 1953). H. H. Kempster (B.A. 1934) and I. R. Muirhead (B.A. 1955) accepted but were unable to be present. 14 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Society held its first dinner in South America. Those present were Professor J. A. Steers (B.A. 1920, Fellow 1925), T. F. Legge (B.A. 1929), C. P. Nicholson (B.A. 1930), J. W. Scott (B.A. 1949), K. J. Uffen (B.A. 1950), M. B. Miller (B.A. 1952) and R. F. Limpenny (B.A. 1955), with Mrs N. E. Uffen of St Hilda's, a welcome guest from the other place. Before dining, the company had attended a cocktail party given by the British Council in Professor Steers' honour. Two days earlier R. A. Laurie (B.A. 1936) and C. P. Nicholson had met Professor Steers in Montevideo. Complete Sets of the Magazine. Members will be glad to know that the appeal for a copy of the 1927 edition, made last year, was answered, and that there are now two complete sets of the magazine, leather-bound, one in the Library and the other in the Senior Combina- tion Room. If any member has a copy of the 1928 edition to spare, it would enable a third set to be completed for the College Office where the magazine has now acquired the status of a reference work.

The Annual Cricket Match. It is inevitable that the O.C.C.s should approach this match in the holiday spirit. Nevertheless it is difficult to understand why so many of them should have been so carefree as to wander in front of their wickets when a reasonably accurate bowler was aiming a ball at them. And it is not as if Messrs Hamer, Sells, Dawe, Glynne-Jones and J. V. Smith were noticeably suicidal when in residence. All of which is regrettable—their insistence on playing football, that is ; not their youthful rectitude—because Jackson, who showed the proper holiday spirit by clouting the first two balls of the match to the boundary, and Farthing between them took the score to 47 before being parted. After that, the O.C.C.s came and went with such cheerful abandon that, we are told, even the umpire was anxious. But this determination on the O.C.C.'s part to make things as easy as possible for their opponents does not remove all merit from the performance of the College bowlers, particularly Manuel's seven for 33. In contrast, the College were instructive rather than co-operative, and gave a painstaking demonstration that, if the bat is to be discarded, the thigh is preferable to the shin as a substitute, and indeed a few fat bruises are nothing compared with a leg-before decision. At one time, and briefly, it looked as if Hamer might repeat Manuel's perform- ance for the O.C.C.s, but Dolby, very correct, and Bairamian, discon- certingly robust from the O.C.C.s point of view, soon put an end to such rosy speculation, and when Bairamian went, run out, only 5 runs were St Catharine's College Society Magazine 15 needed for a College victory. Ever helpful, the O.C.C.s thereupon decided that Mills, who had earlier ground out a defiant 21, should have the honour of finishing the match, and he did, in four balls.

O.C.Cs COLLEGE A. P. Jackson b Morley- B. Nickerson run out 15 Brown 24 *A. Morley-Brown b Hamer 12 R. B. C. Farthing b Manuel 23 D. A. W. Evans b Hamer 8 C. B. T. Gibbons b Manuel 1 E. D. Thornton b Hamer 0 F. Hamer lbw Manuel 10 R. C. Dolby not out 30 H. M. Sells lbw Manuel .. R. Bairamian run out 22 R. W. W. Dawe lbw Morley- O. G. Haydock-Wilson not Brown 3 out 1 H. H. Mills c Roberts b R. J. Robinson Manuel 21 G. Pullen R. A. Glynne-Jones lbw B. Roberts did not bat Manuel 0 J. T. Hodgson J. V. Smith lbw Roberts .. 4 M. J. Manuel R. Smith b Roberts 4 P. A. Kelland not out 0 *A. E. McGrath b Manuel .. 0 Extras 7 Extras 14 Total 101 Total (5 wickets) 102 *Captain BOWLING O M R W O M R W B. Roberts 8 1 35 2 P. A. Kelland 13 2 27 0 J. T. Hodgson 5 3 13 0 R. Smith 4 0 11 0 M. J. Manuel 10.5 2 33 7 F. Hamer 10 1 23 3 A. Morley-Brown 8 3 13 2 A. P. Jackson 6 1 20 0 H. H. Mills 0.4 0 7 0 16 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

The Society's Finances The following is a summary of the various accounts for the year ending the 30th April 1956, which were presented at the General Meeting. Income £ s. d £ s. d. Balance at the 30th April 1955 522 ,6 8 Subscriptions - New Members 67 4 0 Undergraduates' instalments, 3rd year 259 7 0 326 11 0 Instalments from undergraduates in resi- dence 344 12 8 Donation 10 0 Magazine subscriptions from undergrad- uates 44 11 8 Interest on Investments : 21/2% Consols 10 17 8 31/2% War Loan 25 6 8 3% Defence Bonds 6 0 0 21/2% Trustee Savings Bank 3 11 3 50 15 7 Transfer from Trustee Savings Bank Account 150 0 0 £1,439 7 7 Expenditure £ s. d. £ s. d. Clerical Assistance 12 12 0 Magazine : Printing, Wrappers, Postage 321 15 3 Transfer of completed subscriptions from Suspense to I & E account 259 7 0 Purchase of £700-7-8 31/2% War Loan 550 0 0 Balance at the 30th April 1956 295 13 4 £1,439 7 7

Investments Value at Nominal Cost 30/4/56 21/2% Consols £435 15 2 £350 0 0 £237 9 8 31/2% War Loan 1,424 7 8 1,300 0 0 1,046 18 4 3% Defence Bonds 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 21/2% Trustee Saving Bank 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 £2,160 2 10 £1,950 0 0 £1,584 8 0

THE BENEVOLENT FUND Income £ s. d. Expenditure £ s. d. Balance at 30th April Payment to M.N.I, on 1955 18 19 6 behalf of sick member 20 10 11 Subscriptions at 1955 Balance at 30th April Dinner 10 19 6 1956.. 9 8 1 £29 19 0 £29 19 0 St Catharine's College Society Magazine 17

The General Meeting of the Society, 1956 HE Twenty-Eighth General Meeting of the Society, held in the Junior Common Room before the annual dinner on the 23rd T June 1956, started under a considerable handicap—its President, Mr J. C. R. Hudson, being in Gambia—but with Mr A. A. Heath in the Chair, at the Committee's wish, its deliberations flowed smoothly, andante cantabile, one might say, to their predestined end. Only once was its placid unanimity shattered. That was when next year's dinner had to be settled and, incredibly, against the clamour of ninety who plumped for Cambridge, a lone voice cried for London. Election of Officers. On the Committee's recommendation Mr C. R. Allison was elected President for 1956-57, and, again on the Committee's recommendation, Messrs J. D. S. Innes (B.A. 1956), H. C. H. Mead (B.A. 1951) and K. C. Johnson-Davies (B.A. 1920) were elected to the Committee group due to retire in 1960. The Acting Secretary then reported Mr J. C. R. Hudson's wish that, on the grounds of unavoidable absence, his place in the group retiring in 1958 should be regarded as vacant, and Mr R. L. Mitchell (B.A. 1948) was accordingly elected in his stead. The Financial Position of the Society. It was undoubtedly unfortunate that in this, the first year since the war when the Society had paid its way without subvention, the impression which the Society's accounts made on inexpert scrutiny was that the Society was heavily in debt, and Mr Heath assured the Society that henceforth the accounts would be presented in such a way as to avoid needless anxiety. He further explained that the payment to the Ministry of National Insurance which appeared so unexpectedly in the Benevolent Fund account, related to assistance given to a member who, at the time, was dangerously ill, and the meeting approved Mr Heath's suggestion that an emergency grant of £50 from the Society's funds should be available for the Benevolent Fund if need arose. Only when the Treasurer warned members that the rise in printing costs now occurring would inevitably reflect itself in the cost of the magazine, did his survey of the Society's finances have a familiar ring.

The Secretary's Report. After referring to a number of apologies for absence and conveying the President's wish to be remembered to everyone, the Acting Secretary extended, on behalf of the Committee, a special welcome to the ' Victorians ', and went on to describe the gift which the Society was making to Mr S. J. Alderton who was retiring 18 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

after fifty years on the College staff. Nearly £60 had been subscribed*, and at Mr Alderton's request a radiogram and an armchair, of his selection, had been bought. A silver plate on the radiogram bore the legend : S. J. ALDERTON —' Sid ' to his many friends in the St Catharine's College Society— 1906 on his retirement 1956 The small surplus would be presented as a cheque. The Acting Secretary also traced Peterborough's references to St Catharine's in the Daily Telegraph to the 1955 edition of the magazine from which the words of a song written by Brian Barder for the Mid- night Howlers— I'm a Modernistic Maiden in a portrait, I'm a Futuristic Female in a frame. —had been taken and given anonymous circulation in London. The Quincentenary Fund. Sorrowfully Mr Heath drew atten- tion to the comparatively small number of St Catharine's men who had so far subscribed—some 560 up to the end of April—and even more sorrowfully pointed out that for every fourteen members in the J.C.R. assembled who had given something, there were nearly eighteen who had not. Nevertheless, disappointing though these figures were, the Fund was still growing, the value of donations received during the year being about £6,000, as members could see from the accounts they were invited to adopt. This was done, and the same unanimity marked a formal vote of thanks to Mr E. K. Wright for his considerable and much appreciated services as Honorary Auditor. The Annual Meeting and Dinner, 1957. It is convenient at this point to go beyond the strict record of what happened at the Meeting and say what happened after it, which is that the Governing Body gave their blessing to Friday, the 21st June 1957, as a date con- venient for the College and also for Colonel Portway who will be attending for the last time as Master of St Catharine's. Inter Alia. Members gladly recognized their debt to those who do so much for them on these occasions by voting the customary honoraria, and, under the heading of ' Any Other Business ', Mr F. W. W. Kempton loosed a veritable spate of oratory by inviting suggestions for increasing the momentum of the Quincentenary Appeal Fund. What followed was highly pertinent to the Fund if not always, at first

*The final figure was £70-9-0 St Catharines College Society Magazine 19 sight, to its momentum ; for Mr E. K. Wright pointed out that further inflation was probable by 1973, and the choice of suitable investments was important; Messrs A. A. Heath and F. Bower strongly recom- mended that the money should be spent as it became available to encourage others with the sight of something accomplished and, no less importantly, ' to scupper the inflation bogey '; Mr R. C. D. Armitage felicitously recommended the personal touch for getting money ; and Mr K. C. Johnson-Davies, clearly seeing the problem if not its immediate solution, reminded optimists that they had to extend interest in the appeal from 500 members to 3,000. After that it remained only for Mr Heath to invest Dr R. Ellis, who had kindly consented to act as Dinner President in Mr J. C. R. Hudson's absence, with the insignia of office, sometimes referred to as ' the bauble \ and the meeting then adjourned.

The Quincentenary Appeal HE amount of money that has been subscribed to the Appeal, calculated on the lines described in the last issue of the magazine, T totalled just over £23,000 at the 31st July 1956. The amount that has been subscribed continues to be somewhat disappointing. Rather less than one-sixth of the men whose names are on the College Register have replied, and while the average contri- bution has been satisfactorily large, the relatively small number who have replied at all has been somewhat surprising to the Appeal Com- mittee. I feel convinced that we still have to reach the large number who tend, as we all do, to procrastinate. How many copies of our appeal literature are sitting under paper weights on various mantel- pieces where they are harbouring dust while waiting for ultimate attention ? If this shaft strikes home, will the procrastinators break the habit and give us their support ? The Trustees' accounts, which have again been audited by Mr E. Kenneth Wright, C.A., the Honorary Auditor, are set out below.

CASH ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5TH APRIL 1956 Receipts £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance brought forward 701 6 9 Subscriptions under Covenant 1,110 1 11 Donations 344 10 3 1,454 12 2 Income Tax Repayment 649 9 8 Interest on Deposit Account 8 8 1 £2,813 16 8 20 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Payments Printing—Brochure, President's Appeal, £ s. d. £ s. d. Bequest Forms, Covenants etc 22 7 11 Postage and Addressograph Plates 61 10 3 Bank Charges—Stamp Duty etc 22 19 10 Bank Charge for collection of tax refund 26 5 0 133 3 0 Purchase of £1,250 31/2% War Stock .. 965 0 10 Balances at Bank 1,715 12 10 £2,813 16 8

BALANCE SHEET Accumulated Fund £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance at 5th April 1955 701 6 9 Add : Subscriptions and Donations 1,454 12 2 Income Tax Repayment for 1954/55 649 9 8 Interest on Deposit Account 8 8 1 2,112 9 11 Less : Administration Expenses 133 3 0 1,979 6 11 £2,680 13 8

Assets £ s. d. £ s. d. Midland Bank Executor and Trustee Department Expenses Float 10 1 2 Current Account 689 13 10 Midland Bank, Poultry Current Account 915 17 10 Deposit Account 100 0 0 1,715 12 10 Investment £1,250 31/2% War Stock (Market Value £931) 965 0 10 £2,680 13 8 St Catharine's College Society Magazine 21

H. H. Buckley, S. H. Bullough, J. Bunton, T. U. Burgner, W. A. Burnett, H. D. Burrough. F. R. Chappell, A. Cibula, C. Belfield Clarke, C. C. Clemens, T. G. Cook, G. P. Cooke, W. J. D. Cooper, E. P. T. Crampton, B. A. L. Cranstone, G. Crowther, L. F. B. Cumings, A. N. Currer-Briggs, D. T. Davies, E. W. G. Davies, S. Dicks, P. D. Downs, G. Drake, G. Edlington, V. W. Eldred, S. D. Elliott. D. J. K. Farrar, E. Farrar, F. D. Field-Hyde, J. R. Fink, N. Fletcher, R. Fursdon, G. B. Gray, G. W. Groos, A. T. Grove, C. F. Halford, K. E. Hainan, F. Hamer, G. N. Hampson, P. T. Harrison, L. M. Harvey, G. E. Hartley, A. D. Hewat, F. G. Hiscocks, R. F. Hobbs, W. Horsfield, R. S. Howard, J. F. W. Howes, R. G. Hunt, T. V. Hurdle. W. L. Jago, D. L. St C. James, G. S. Jayasuriya, J. N. Jennings, G. H. Jones, R. J. Jones, D. E. Jordan, A. K. Judd, C. Keleti, J. P. Kennedy, J. A. C. Knapp, P. B. Kunkler, R. E. Lawry, R. M. Laws, J. R. Leech, J. C. Leicester, J. R. Liddicott, G. W. Lines, A. S. Macdonald, J. N. McKee, F. G. Manchester, H. T. D. Marwood, D. M. A. Masterman, P. N. Mawhood, V. A. Menzies, V. F. Morton. L. L. Nash, J. A. Norris, G. W. Page, J. Palmer, A. L. B. Pattinson, G. F. D. Pearson, F. H. Perkins, E. G. Perrens, I. J. Pook, C. G. A. L. Potts, R. P. Probert, G. D. Ramsay, T. C. Ravensdale, G. Redfern, A. M. Rees, A. S. J. Riley, J. St Lawrence, C. W. J. Searle-Barnes, F. A. S. Sewell, P. C. Shapland, L. Slater, R. O. Stephenson, W. T. Stephenson, A. O. Stickings, M. G. Stokell. C. D. Winton Thomas, E. Thompson, H. K. Upson, J. C. Urry, C. P. Vale, C. Vickerman, S. D. Wainwright, D. S. Walker, H. Wallis, H. L. Ward Price, A. J. Warner, R. C. Wenban, H. W. West, J. E. M. White, K. Whitham, T. C. Wild, T. H. Wilde, W. K. Wilkinson, E. M. P. Williams, J. S. Wilson, P. M. Wilson, W. H. Wittrick, A. Wright. 22 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

The Annual Dinner, 1956 HE Annual Dinner of the Society was held in the Hall of the College on Saturday, the 23rd June. One hundred and forty- T one members and guests attended—an increase of forty-three on last year's number—and Dr R. Ellis was in the Chair. Professor 0. H. K. Spate, of the National University, Canberra, cast a resentful eye upon his well-fed audience : while they had been drinking, he had been brooding, and he mournfully remembered that even the invitation—if such it could be called—to propose a toast to the College had started with a curt apology for destroying his peace of mind. In doing that it had been so successful that he remembered the sad fate of a bull he had known in Australia, and almost glowered at his hilariously unsympathetic audience. Nevertheless he did consider it an honour to propose this toast and, in so doing, pay tribute to those to whom he owed so much. Coming back after five years of war, five years at the London School of Economics and five more at an Australian university, it was certainly good to find the College in such splendid fettle—still, it seemed, a scrum of rugger players and a nest of singing birds with a faint howl at midnight. Looking back, how- ever, he feared that his own contribution had been small compared with what he had received, not least the deflationary experiences connected with the essays he presented to one whose fame now extends far beyond Cambridge ; and almost beaming on the Senior Tutor, he told how, after one particularly quelling interview, he had retired to his rooms and assuaged his wounded vanity by composing a couplet : In this College thought is free, Provided that you think like me. With advancing years, of course, he saw things differently, and it was as one conscious of a very real debt that he asked the Society to drink this toast to St Catharine's. Mr T. R. Henn, replying for the College, gravely expressed his gratitude to Professor Spate—he remembered him as a most arrogant and contumacious pupil who, when told he had no chance of taking a Tripos, immediately got a First in one year—and, turning to matters less chastening, cast an appraising eye on what the Daily Telegraph called ' this charming college '. But St Catharine's was more than that. It was, he ventured, a most singular and beautiful college, admired by those who formerly had eyes only for our neighbours across the road. This spring-cleaning and renovation they owed to Berrill, who was about to enlighten the Poles, and Aston, who was about to return from America. The Master, too, had joined this transatlantic St Catharine's College Society Magazine 23

traffic by visiting Trumbull, and gifts had been exchanged between the two foundations. On the academic side, he confessed that he had been delighted to see the Mendelian principles of heredity at work in the eleven sons and brothers of old members who had just taken their degrees. The thirty-three firsts gained in the recent examinations were about average, but the sixteen blues and half blues were probably a bit low. Doubtless there were some who would prefer to see these numbers reversed, but he could assure them that games were very much as usual. Although the final of the Rugger Cuppers had been lost to Emmanuel, the College had won the League for the third year running, and a team calling itself St Catharine's and touring in Italy, had found itself billed as ' The Champions of Great Britain ', and had returned triumphant with an Espresso coffee machine. The College had also won the Hockey Cuppers. Only the Boat Club could look back on a thoroughly bad year—the third—and that, he thought:, was a phenomenon which could be explained partly as a cycle every college seems to follow ; partly as a result of the social revolution ; partly because of conscription and the aversion to discipline it breeds ; and partly to the pressure of work and degrees. It was now some thirty years since he went down, and in that time the change had been enormous. Under Government pressure to expand after the war—and even today 85 per cent of the undergraduates were receiving public money—numbers had risen far beyond the 360 which, he believed, was the proper size, and still the pressure to gain admission continued. There was, it seemed, no limit to the second- and third- class stuff: the limit remained on the first-class, on men of intelligence and personality, and the problem was to find men who maintained a balance between the two. Three hundred years ago the same problem had come up when John Eachard wrote in the terms of a modern tutor that with ' a multitude pressing at the doors, an indiscreet choice can wreck a college '. An indiscreet choice—-that was the difficulty, even with the sons of old members, and they were always taken if it could be done. But it was not kind to admit any man who could not take his degree with something to spare for Cambridge life—to admit, that is, a man who had not the guts to go through his three years and reap of their fullness. Today St Catharine's breaks about even between public and gram- mar schools, but good grammar-school boys were harder to find because in the grammar schools it is the examination that counts. Yet, in spite of everything his eleven years as Senior Tutor—and the coming one would be his last in that office—had left him believing that the 24 St Catharine's College Society Magazine average undergraduate was just as good as he ever had been. The courtesy of his own pupils never ceased to amaze him, and he liked to think that the relationship between undergraduate and don was as good in St Catharine's as it was anywhere else. But St Catharine's was not alone in having this problem of selection. Only the other day, after the tripos results had come out, the tutor of another college had greeted him with : ' Do you want to buy a college ?' ' No,' he had replied in some astonishment. ' Not particularly.' ' I want to sell mine.' 'Why?' ' Twelve firsts out of 360 entries.' A Kingsman, too, looking back to a distant youth and recalling St Catharine's as the place where a drunken tutor fought with a mad dean and there were eight freshmen a year, concluded with : ' And now you are a great college.' That was the change. ' Round our walls,' he said, speaking with quiet simplicity amid a great silence,' hang the portraits of Johns, Drury, Rushmore and Chay- tor. These are the men to whom we owe the College in its present form —the men who were better than those before them but not different. The strength that came down from the past and revealed itself in Rushmore after the first war, flowed on, so that today it can be said of Portway, the tradition did not die. This trust he hands to his successor.' After Mr H. J. Bunker had proposed a toast to the Society, and the Society had ceased to be hysterical, one of its members in what Mr Bunker had been pleased to call ' the rogues' gallery' gravely asked the compiler of this chronicle what he proposed to do about it—it being Mr Bunker's oratory. The answer, of course, was a confession of defeat, for nobody, in cold print, could hope to convey the warmth and richness of an address which was not so much a jewel of many facets and purest ray serene, as a concatenation of gems that usually blush unseen. Nevertheless it is quite clear from the compiler's notes that between Mr Bunker's digressions into the activities of kangaroos, mermaids, film stars, the Command Analyst in the Canal Zone (who, when shown a large sod of earth and asked whether it would be suitable for an airfield, replied : ' No, too small.'), Moses, a tramp in a Rolls Royce, parthenogenesis and empty wine bottles—here and there between these gay digressions Mr Bunker really did contrive a gracious tribute to the Society. Dr R. Ellis, in felicitous reply, drew on experience and entertained the Society with memories of those spacious days when the under- graduate world was ruled by Spratt, and one could still manage a theatre, St Catharine's College Society Magazine 25 a pint of beer and a packet of cigarettes all on a shilling. Against this, however, one had to attend Chapel twice on Sundays and three times a week as a freshman, twice a week in one's second year, and once in the third, and 7 a.m. was early for an undergraduate even then. Like everyone else, he had fallen foul of the great man, but only once. That was when, faced with reading a lesson of thirty verses, he had ingeniously shortened it by omitting alternate verses, and he was congratulating himself upon what promised to be complete success until Spratt's face suddenly appeared over the organ loft and the congregation learned, with delight and astonishment, that Spratt had never heard such damned nonsense. Retribution followed, of course, but as it merely prohibited him from reading another lesson in Chapel, he was not unduly per- turbed. In thanking the Governing Body for their hospitality, he, like the Senior Tutor, ran an appraising eye over the change that had occurred, and to him St Catharine's was now an oasis in a world of haste and noise, a world in which the out-patients department of Addenbrooke's was like Piccadilly Circus and his own profession had altered so much that when a tramp asked the lady who came to the door if the doctor had a pair of old trousers to spare, and received a firm ' no ', he answered ' You seem very certain.' ' I am,' said the lady. ' I'm the doctor.' So the evening drew to what was, for many, its climax—the presenta- tion, by Dr Ellis, of the radiogram which the Society was giving to one whose unfailing courtesy, cheerfulness, help and guidance over a span of years that made some of those present seem almost young, had earned for him all the affection that expressed itself in the ringing cries of ' Sid '. _ ' There is,' he said, ' much I would like to say, but I can't find words. Please accept my sincere thanks.' And the Society cheered and cheered and went on cheering until it broke into the anthem of good fellowship, and Sid, smiling, a little wistfully perhaps, raised a glass of port. Members who accepted were : H. G. Andrew (B.A. 1925), R. C. D. Armitage (B.A. 1899), J. L. Barber (B.A. 1936), J. N. Barlow (B.A. 1936), R. Barnes (B.A. 1934), F. S. Beardmore (B.A. 1944), The Rev. G. R.W.Beaumont (B.A. 1931), C. Belfield Clarke (B.A. 1917), C. R. Benstead (B.A. 1921), H. Bewick (B.A. 1933), A. J. Booth (B.A. 1927), A. Bower (B.A. 1920), F. Bower (B.A. 1920), H. F. Bowmer (B.A. 1938), D. P. Brachi (B.A. 1938), R. F. Bradshaw (B.A. 1933), C. C. Brett (B.A. 1922), H. F. Broad (B.A. 1931), J. B. Broadbent (Fe.low 1955), R. E. Browne (B.A. 1945), H. J. Bunker (B.A. 1922), L. Burkinshaw (B.A. 1952), W. A. Burnett (B.A. 1931), E. S. Burns (B.A. 1922). A. A. L. Caesar (B.A. 1936, Fellow 1951), A. J. Carley (B.A. 1951), R. Champness (B.A. 1924), E. R. Chaytor (B.A. 1930), H. C. Chaytor (B.A. 1930), B. Chilton (B.A. 1921), A. R. Clack (B.A. 1935), A. B. Clifford (B.A. 1925), R. S. Comline (Fellow 1951), T. G. Cook (B.A. 1943), J. P. Cowan (B.A. 1932), H. J. Cox (B.A. 1933), D. J. Crisp (B.A. 1938), J. C. T. Curzon (B.A. 1948), D. B. L. Da Costa Andrade (B.A. 1932), R. Davies (B.A. 1909), E. R. Dawson (B.A. 1933), A. W. Eagling (B.A. 1930), A. N. Ede (B.A. 1949), R. Ellis (B.A. 1906). F. D. Field-Hyde (B.A. 1924), C. F. Floyd (B.A. 1933), N. Gingell (B.A. 1936), E. A. Goodland (B.A. 26 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

1933), E. I. Goulding (B.A. 1931). C. F. Halford (B.A. 1923), P. E. B. Hall (B.A. 1948), M. G. Haliowes (B.A. 1921), K. B. Hampton (B.A. 1949), A. G. S. Hanby (B.A. 1948), L. M. Harvey (B.A. 1941), J. L. Haybittle (B.A. 1943), A. A. Heath (B.A. 1923), J. R. Hemsted (B.A. 1939), F. W. Henderson (B.A. 1927), T. R. Henn (B.A. 1923, Fellow 1926), C. E. Hett (B.A. 1931), F. G. Hiscocks (B.A. 1939), F. H. Hosier (B.A. 1933), J. B. W. Hughes (B.A. 1920), The Rev. A. S. Ireson (B.A. 1930). W. L. Jago (B.A. 1931), D. C. Johnson~Davies (B.A. 1942), K. C. Johnson-Davies (B.A. 1920), E. N. Jones (B.A. 1931), F. W. Kempton (B.A. 1931), N. W. Kelly (B.A. 1926), J. W. B. King (B.A. 1947), R. B. Kirwan (B.A. 1930), The Rev. B, E. Knight (B.A. 1934), W. M. Knight (B.A. 1926), W. K. Lacey (B.A. 1946, Fellow 1951), S. E. Lovatt (B.A. 1942), C. F. Lovett (B.A. 1935), J. A. Mabbutt (B.A. 1947), O. O. G. MacDonagh (Fellow 1952), P. J. McQuade (B.A. 1949), J. G. Maitland-Edwards (B.A. 1927),. H. C. H. Mead (B.A. 1950), F. M. Merrett (Ph.D. 1949), R. L. Mitchell (B.A. 1948), J. P. Morrison (B.A 1924), D. J. Morton (B.A. 1954), H. S. Moss (B.A. 1932), The Rev. T. H. Mousley (B.A. 1912), M. C. Mundle(B.A. 1936). W. F. Nicholson (B.A. 1930), F. D. Offer (B.A. 1927), D. D. R. Owen (B.A. 1948), R. Parker-Smith (B.A. 1903), E. J. Peet (B.A. 1948), D. F. Perrens (B.A. 1939), A. F. Phillips (B.A. 1941), J. F. Pirie (B.A. 1947), G. Redfern (B.A. 1934), J. S. Redmayne (B.A. 1926), R, T. H. Redpath (B.A. 1934), H. M. Rees . (B.A. 1952), E. E. Rich (Fellow 1930), D. F. B. Roberts (B.A. 1948), F. D. Robinson (Fellow 1955), F. G. Self (B.A. 1938), The Rev. D. E. Shapland (B.A. 1951), G. S. Smith (B.A. 1935), H. Smith (B.A. 1926), S. Smith (B.A. 1932, Fellow 1939), S. Smith (B.A. 1953), O. H. K. Spate (B.A. 1933), G. D. Speake (B.A. 1941), W. P. Speake (B.A. 1930), G. A. V. Staples (B.A. 1929), J. A. Steers (B.A. 1920, Fellow 1925), D. N. Steward (B.A. 1939), W. J. Strachan (B.A. 1924), C. A. Sutcliffe (B.A. 1921). L. S. Thole (B.A. 1923), A. H. Thomas (B.A. 1899), D. Winton Thomas (Fellow 1943), F. Thompson (B.A. 1935), L. M. Thompson (B.A. 1931), L. T. Topsfield (B.A. 1946, Fellow 1953), V. C. Vinsen (Mat. 1919), The Rev. T. S. Volans (B.A. 1931), The Rev. Canon C. D. Waddams (Fellow 1930), H. N. Walduck (B.A. 1927). H. S. Walduck (B.A. 1937), W. I. J. Wallace (B.A. 1926), The Rev. Yeo Ward (B.A. 1901), R. D. Wayman (B.A. 1922), T. C. Wild (B.A. 1928), Sir Gilbert Wiles (B.A. 1901), S. R. Williams (B.A 1929), E. Williamson (B.A. 1924), M. Williamson (B.A. 1950), E. K. Wright (B.A. 1933). Guests : J. F. Ablett qnd A. Fuller. The Master was unable to attend the dinner, but members were fortunate in being able to meet him at tea and enjoy his hospitality later in the evening. M. Margoiis (B.A. 1916) was able to be present before dinner but unfortunately could not stay. AT THE REUNION

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Engagements Ainslie : Maclver. In July 1956, between I. M. Ainslie (B.A. 1934) and Jean Mathieson, youngest daughter of the late Reverend K. I. Maclver and Mrs Maclver of Birkenhead. Bibby : Paterson. In October 1955, between J. B. Bibby (B.A. 1952) and Susan Lindsay, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs J. R. Paterson of Neston. Easterbrook : Clarke. In October 1955, between Lieutenant A. Easter- brook, R.M. (Mat. 1950) and Thelma Anne, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs A. D. Clarke of Purley, Surrey. Esplen : Lambooy. In July 1956, between J. G. Esplen (B.A. 1955) and Valerie Joan, younger daughter of Major-General A. P. Lambooy, C.B., O.B.E., of Oakwood Court, London, W.14, and the late Mrs Lambooy. Fordham: Beaumont. In December 1955, between M. R. Fordham (Mat. 1954) and Beryl Ada, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs W. H. T. Beaumont of Cambridge. Francke : Bolster. In March 1956, between J. G. V. Francke (Mat. 1954) and Deirdre, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs S. Bolster of Aldwick, Sussex. Hadfield : King. In August 1955, between J. R. S. Hadfield (B.A. 1949) and Patricia Edna, only daughter of Mr and Mrs E. C. King of Dork- ing, Surrey. Ingram: Connell. In June 1956, between J. G. K. Ingram (B.A. 1956) and Mary, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs R. G. Connell of Northwood. Perrett-Young : Ainley. In March 1956, between Captain M. J. D. Perrett-Young, The Queen's Royal Regiment (Mat. 1944) and Doreen5 only daughter of Mr W. H. S. Ainley and the late Mrs Ainley of Nafferton, Driffield, Yorkshire. Underwood : Hunt. In January 1956, between S. G. B. Underwood (B.A. 1949) and Pamela, younger daughter of Mr Archibald Hunt of East Molesey. Walker : Clarke. In September 1955, between A. R. M. Walker (B.A. 1935) and Bridget Rosalind, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs T. J. Clarke of Hackleton House, Northamptonshire. Wallace : Swash. In March 1956, between A. G. Wallace (B.A. 1947) and Hilary, only daughter of Mr and Mrs S. V. Swash of Dulwich. Walters : Mattick. In April 1956, between C. C. Walters (B.A. 1956) and Vrina Ann, only daughter of Mr and Mrs R. C. Mattick of Keynsham, Somerset. Woodhouse : Blount. In August 1956, between J. S. Woodhouse (Mat. 1954) and Sarah Maud, elder daughter of Major and Mrs Hubert Blount of Cley Old Hall, Holt, Norfolk. 28 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Marriages Adcock : Slim. On Feb. 19, 1955, at St Paul's Church, Winchester, R. A. Adcock (B.A. 1948) to Miss Audrey Elizabeth Slim. Baylis : Boyle. On Aug. 25, 1955, quietly, in London, G. P. Baylis (B.A. 1942) to Catherine, Lady Boyle. Berwick : Roger. On Dec. 10, 1955, at Ottawa, Dr I. D. G. Berwick (Ph.D. 1952) to Ann Jocelyn Roger. Brady : Passey. On Feb. 3, 1956, at St Mark's Episcopal Church, Mesa, Arizona, L. F. Brady (B.A. 1902) to Mrs Gertrude Eleanor Passey. Bristow : Barkham. On Aug. 20, 1955, at the Methodist Church, St Leonard's-on-Sea, H. E. J. Bristow (Mat. 1951) to Elsie Joan, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs F. Barkham of St Leonard's-on-Sea. Buchanan : Wade. On May 10, 1955, at St Margaret's Church, Sheffield, R. A. Buchanan (B.A. 1953) to Brenda J. Wade. Bunker : Bolsover. On Jan. 7, 1956, at All Saints Church, Sanderstead, N. V. D. Bunker (B.A. 1949)—son of H. J. Bunker (B.A. 1922)—to Joy, only daughter of Mr and Mrs R. Bolsover of Sanderstead. Burkinshaw : Steed. On June 25, 1956, at Holy Trinity Church, Cam- bridge, L. Burkinshaw (B.A. 1952) to Kathleen Olive, daughter of Mrs M. Steed and the late Mr H. T. B. Steed of Cambridge. Carey : Davies. On June 16, 1956, at Summerhill Baptist Church, New- port, Mon., N. H. Carey (B.A. 1954) to Hazel, only daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Davies of Newport. Coates : Worsley. On March 31, 1956, at St Ann's Church, Manchester, W. S. Coates (B.A 1953) to Thelma Grace, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs L. Worsley of Manchester. Coe : Cope. On June 30, 1956, at St Mary's Church, Saffron Walden, J. C. D. Coe (B.A. 1956) to Miss Diane Cope. Cooper : Johnston. On April 2, 1956, at St Luke's Church, Coventry, A. R. Cooper (B.A. 1953) to Iris Adelaide, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Johnston of Coventry. Craig : Dixon. On April 19, 1955, D. Craig (B.A. 1938) to Dorothy Dixon. Dennis : Hinnels. On Aug. 28, 1956, J. Dennis (B.A. 1954) to Dorothy Mary, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs. G. P. Hinnels of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Dixon :Barr. On June 18, 1955, R. H. V. Dixon (B.A. 1953) to Mary Kathleen Barr. Dyson : Grigs. On Oct. 15, 1955, at St Mary's Church, Thornborough, E. J. W. Dyson (B.A. 1936) to Mary Margaret, daughter of the late Mr H. Grigs and of Mrs Grigs of Thornborough. Earl : Fry. On Aug. 11, 1956, at the Church of Our Lady and English Martyrs, Cambridge, D. C Earl (B.A. 1953) to Adrienne Anne Fry. El-Barwish : Agliassa. On May 24, 1956, at Zurich, A. S. El-Darwish (B.A. 1955) to Giudditta Agliassa. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 29

Fontenilles : Deshayes. On Oct. 31, 1955, at the Temple Protestant du Mans, Paris, A. J. M. Fontenilles (B.A. 1952) to Jacqueline Deshayes. Glasspoole : Hedgeland. On June 19, 1956, at St Columba's Church of Scotland, London, S.W.I, A. J. Glasspoole (B.A. 1947) to Jean Catherine, younger daughter of Mrs N. C. Hedgeland of Lower Sloane Street, London, S.W.I, and Mr F. G. Hedgeland. D. Jaques (B.A. 1948) was best man. Haggett : Woodley. On July 28, 1956, at the Bourne Methodist Church, Southgate, P. Haggett (B.A. 1954) to Brenda, daughter of Mr and Mrs C. Robert Woodley of London. Hickin : Hutchinson. On Sept. 1, 1956, J. A. Hickin (B.A. 1956) to Sheila Ann, younger daughter of Mr and Mrs H. Hutchinson of Merton Park, London, S.W.19. Hollyhock : Evans. On Amg. 18, 1953, at St Peter's Church, Limpsfield, W. M. Hollyhock (B.A. 1952) to Jill, younger daughter of the late Mr and Mrs A. Evans of Limpsfield. Jones : Ostime. On Aug. 6, 1948, C. R. L. Jones (B.A. 1945) to Joan Margaret, only daughter of Mr and Mrs F. E. Ostime of Ilford, Essex. Joseph : Grain. On Oct. 11, 1955, at St. Mary's, Ely, the Reverend H. S. Joseph (B.A. 1939) to Marion Grain. Laws : Holt White. On June 16, 1956, at St Paul's Church, Estoril, M. A. Laws (B.A. 1952) to Pauline, only daughter of the late Mr W. H. Holt White and of Mrs Holt White of Chalet Sao Paulo, Estoril, Portugal. Lewis : Anderson. On March 31, 1956, at Trinity College Chapel, Toronto, W. A. Lewis (B.A. 1950) to Rosemary Ann, daughter of Mr and Mrs J. P. Anderson of Toronto. McDougall : McLaren. On June 16, 1956, at St Columba's Church of Scotland, London, S.W.I, I. D. McDougall (B.A. 1954) to Moreli Jane, youngest daughter of the late Mr and Mrs J. McLaren of Hessle, Yorkshire, and Putney. Parker : Welch. On June 4, 1956, at the Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, Newcastle-on-Tyne, R. H. Parker (B.A. 1954) to Janette Avis, daughter of Mr and Mrs T. L. Welch of Monkseaton, Northumberland. Pattinson : Watson. On June 15, 1956, at the Church of St Botolph, Carlton-in-Cleveland, R. L. H. K. Pattinson (Mat. 1949) to Susan, only daughter of Mr and Mrs C. R. Watson of Borrowby, near Thirsk. Potts : Johnston. On Sept. 24, 1955, at King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, Dr W. T. W. Potts (B.A. 1949) to Miss Margaret Johnston, B.Sc, of Aberdeen University. Reed : McConnel. On Aug. 4, 1956, at St Mary's Church, Wendover, R. W. G. Reed (B.A. 1954) to Jennifer Margaret, daughter of Dr R. W. McConnel of Wendover. Roberts : Campbell. On March 31, 1956, at St Peter's Church of England, Glenelg, South Australia, H. J. Roberts (B.A. 1943) to Elizabeth Joan, second daughter of Captain and Mrs Norman Campbell of Helmsdale, South Australia. 30 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Scott : de Vry. On May 2, 1956, in the Chapel of St George's College, Buenos Aires, Argentina, J. W. Scott (B.A. 1949) to Barta, only daughter of Mr and Mrs J. de Vry of Martinez, Buenos Aires, and Rotterdam. Shapland : Wilkes. On Aug. 15,1956, at St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, the Reverend D. E. Shapland (B.A. 1951 Chaplain 1955), to Julie Ann, daughter of Mr and Mrs E. C. Wilkes of Cranbrook, Kent. Smith : Naylor. On Oct. 15, 1955, at St Bartholomew's Church, Wednes- bury, G. E. Smith (B.A. 1945) to Dr Margaret Naylor, only daughter of Mr and Mrs A. E. Naylor of Wednesbury. Snelling : Harthog. On Dec. 20, 1955, at Penally, R. F. P. Snelling (B.A. 1947) to Jennifer Harthog. Stancliffe : Rhodes. On Dec. 17, 1955, at Almondbury, P. Stancliffe (B.A. 1955) to Margaret, daughter of Mr and Mrs J. Rhodes of Almond- bury, Huddersfield. M. C. Smyth (B.A. 1955) was best man. Symonds : Hall. On May 11, 1956, J. Symonds (B.A. 1952) to Miss Margaret H. M. Hall of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Wainwright : Schneider, On March 7, 1952, in the City Hall, New York, S. D. Wainwright (B.A. 1947) to Lillian Schneider. Walters : Mclndoe. On Jan. 4, 1956, at St James's, Spanish Place, London, D. M. Walters (B.A. 1949) to Vanora, younger daughter of Sir Archibald Mclndoe and Adonia, Lady Mclndoe. Wenban : Claye. On July 21, 1956, at the Parish Church, Leeds, R. C. Wenban (B.A. 1953) to June Elaine Ann, elder daughter of Professor and Mrs Andrew M. Claye of Headingly, Leeds. Wheeler : Gardiner. On Oct. 14, 1955, in London, K. A. C. Wheeler (B.A. 1934) to Linda Gardiner of Nidd, Harrogate.

Golden Wedding Reindorp : George. On Aug. 1, 1906, at St Luke's Church, West Hamp- stead, the Reverend H. W. Reindorp (B.A. 1904) to Dora Lucy George.

Silver Wedding Reilly : Fraser-Tytler. On April 22, 1931, at the Church of St Mary, Kentisbeare, R. O. S. Reilly (Mat. 1922) to Alexa Mary, daughter of Mr and Mrs A. T. G. Fraser-Tytler of Kentisbeare. ! This!page!has!been!redacted!from!the!public! version!of!this!Magazine!for!legal!reasons.! ! The!full!version!is!available!only!to!registered! members!of!the!St!Catharine's!College!Society! who!may!log!in!via!the!Society!website! www.caths.cam.ac.uk/society! ! This!page!has!been!redacted!from!the!public! version!of!this!Magazine!for!legal!reasons.! ! The!full!version!is!available!only!to!registered! members!of!the!St!Catharine's!College!Society! who!may!log!in!via!the!Society!website! www.caths.cam.ac.uk/society! ! This!page!has!been!redacted!from!the!public! version!of!this!Magazine!for!legal!reasons.! ! The!full!version!is!available!only!to!registered! members!of!the!St!Catharine's!College!Society! who!may!log!in!via!the!Society!website! www.caths.cam.ac.uk/society! 34 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Elnor. On June 24, 1956, at Leyburn House, Dover, the Reverend Canon William George Elnor (B.A. 1886), Honorary Canon (Emeritus) Canterbury Cathedral, aged 92. Feaver. On Dec. 4, 1955, suddenly of poliomyelitis, Anthony Marshal Feaver (Mat. 1939). Gordon. On Nov. 29, 1955, Edward Hughes Gordon (Mat. 1954). Heppard. On Nov. 17, 1955, Ronald William L'Estrange Heppard (Mat. 1920). Howard. On Oct. 19, 1955, at Sutton Coldfield, Prebendary Percival Howard (B.A. 1897), Prebendary Emeritus, Lichfield, aged 80. James. On March 29, 1956, at Eastbourne, after a brief illness, John Meredith James (B.A. 1948) aged 34. Jones. On March 19, 1956, after a short illness, Thomas Ernest Jones (B.A. 1920). Lowndes. On March 16, 1956, at Falmouth Hospital, Ashley Gordon Lowndes, Sc.D. (B.A. 1913). Moor. On Feb. 13, 1956, the Reverend Horatio Charles Moor (B.A. 1889) in his 90th year. Naylor. On April 11, 1955, suddenly, Thomas Worthington Naylor (B.A. 1929). Prout. On May 19, 1956, after a short illness, the Reverend Leslie Ernest Prout (B.A. 1909) Vicar of St Martin's Church, West Drayton, in his 69th year. Riley. On Nov. 20, 1955, suddenly, at Hove, William Nairn Riley (B.A. 1914) aged 62. Robb. On Oct. 1, 1955, as the result of injuries received in a car accident on the Lossiemouth-Elgin road. Douglas Masson Robb (B.A. 1954) aged 22. Schuster. On June 28, 1956, Lord Schuster, G.CB., C.V.O., Q.C. (Hon- orary Fellow 1925) aged 86. Stephenson. On Feb. 2, 1956, suddenly, Wilfred Tetley Stephenson (B.A. 1897). Timberlake. On Jan. 12, 1956, at Cambridge, Bernard Timberlake (B.A. 1925) aged 64. Wilson. On Feb. 5, 1956, John Spencer Wilson (B.A. 1931).

From information reaching the College, the deaths of the following St Catharine's men must be presumed : Davies, John Owen (Mat. 1917). James, David William Morgan (B.A. 1937). Thadini, Mulchand Thanwerdas (B.A. 1933) St Catharine's College Society Magazine 35

Obituaries

AIR VICE-MARSHAL CECIL LEONARD MORLEY BROWN, C.B., O.B.E. Died—6th December 1955 ' C.L.M.', for as such he was known to his contemporaries at St Catharine's after the First World War, died suddenly within a few days of retirement after a career in the Education Branch of the Royal Air Force in which he rose to its highest position, Director of Educational Services. He was sixty. While at Worksop College he won an open scholarship to St Cath- arine's, but the war swept him into the R.N.V.R. and the little ships, and it was not until 1919 that he settled down to the English and Historical Triposes and a degree in 1920. In those years immediately after the First World War, when the undergraduate life of the College had to be started again almost from nothing by a band of ex-warriors, some of them half-crippled and all with little more to go on than a vigorous optimism, Brown played his part imperturbably and fully. He never rowed, but that was about the only thing he did not do. Without being a leader in the stormy politics of those days, he nevertheless led—effectively enough and quite uncon- sciously, one suspects—by his own example, and if there is any credit going for putting what would now be called the J.C.R. on its feet, then Brown must be given the share he would never have claimed. He was a good cricketer in his day—good enough to play at times for Leicestershire—and a good writer too, as readers of Punch may recall, and his service record in the R.A.F. has been officially acknow- ledged in the honours bestowed upon him. It is thought that serious illness contracted abroad hastened his end. Be that as it may. The ranks of that turbulent yet happy band of ex-warriors, of whom the late Dr Chaytor remarked that although he loved them dearly he was heartily glad to see the back of them, are beginning to thin, and now ' C.L.M.' has gone. Those who survive salute the passing of one they will always remember with affection. 36 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

JOHN MEREDITH JAMES Died—29th March 1956 John Meredith James died suddenly on the 29th March 1956, of a lung illness, the delayed result of his service with the Second Tactical Air Force during the Second World War. His contemporaries will remember him as ' Jimmy ', and as one of the most remarkable charac- ters of that outstanding group of men who came into residence in 1946-47. He had suffered more than most from his service, and one was aware from the outset what shadows his experience could throw upon an airman's mind. That mind was of first-class quality : he could be witty and amusing, wrote excellent verse, and thought at one time of going into journalism. Even more striking was his personality : he had a quick penetrating scorn of all folly, of anything pretentious or inflated in men or literature, and an instant perception of the larger issues and values. Some who read this will remember him sitting, silent and brooding, in a corner of a candle-lit room : and then, when talk had become involved or confused, an appeal to him : ' Well, Jimmy, what do you think?' Instantly there would flash out some caustic comment, devastating in its insight : a toss of the head, that disarming smile. He served us in many ways : on committees, as an outspoken mouthpiece of undergraduate opinion, as a kind of sardonic commen- tator on life and books : and, above all, on the futility of War. But that sardonic pose broke down to reveal the other side of him : a shy man, full of sensitivity : a romantic without the illusions of romance : one who sought perpetually and secretly to do acts of kindness : a poet and the friend of poets. To me—for we corresponded long after he had gone down—he gave a quixotically generous loyalty and the pleasures of a vivid, passionate mind. That he should have died from a cause which must have sapped his energy and caused him intense pain, while giving no hint to his family or friends what he was suffering, is typical of the man : the College and his many friends are the poorer. T.R.H. Paul Griffin, in a letter to T.R.H., says : ' Jimmy James's sister wrote to me when he died. He was godfather to Jonathan. Is, I imagine. Your use of the word ' loyal' is absolutely right : he is the most completely faithful person I have known. Certain privileged people he stuck to in the firm conviction that they were his superiors : his family, his English master, an R.A.F. friend, you, me, Peter Champ- kin and one or two others. The readiness is all.' St Catharine's College Society Magazine 37

THOMAS ERNEST JONES Died—19th March 1956 Thomas Ernest Jones belonged to the generation of the First World War, and knew the disruption of life's ordered progress which wiser legislation to some extent avoided for a later generation in the Second. Destined for the teaching profession, he went first to London University where he graduated in 1913, and it was not until 1919 that he came to St Catharine's and proceeded to a Cambridge degree through the Modern Languages Tripos. After that he rose swiftly. In 1926 he was appointed Headmaster of Hitchin Grammar School, and it is there, in the prestige the school acquired and the visible expansion achieved during the twenty seven years of his guidance, that one finds his memorial. He died at the age of sixty-eight, three years after retiring.

ASHLEY GORDON LOWNDES, Sc.D., F.R.I.C. Died-16th March 1956 Ashley Gordon Lowndes came to St Catharine's in 1910, and read Natural Sciences, won a half-blue for swimming, and graduated in 1913. After the First World War, during which he did much research on explosives, he settled down to teaching, first at Marlborough, where the laboratory in the Mount House remained as his memorial, and later at Plymouth College ; and he is remembered best for his biological research which won for him his doctorate at Cambridge in 1947. The Times says : ' He passionately believed that those who taught science should also contribute to it by research ; but although he encouraged his pupils to study problems of their own, he never let them forget that research was a man's job and that their own little efforts (often the subject of scathing criticism) were merely in the nature of exercises. Nor did Lowndes restrain himself in criticizing the work of other scientists : he enjoyed a good row, and had several. But these are forgotten ; part of his scientific work will endure, and what is more important is the influence he exerted, directly and through his pupils, on the whole style of biological teaching in Great Britain. Lowndes was a great teacher of a type of which more are needed.' 38 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

LORD SCHUSTER Died—28th June 1956 The Right Honourable Sir Claud Schuster, first Baron Schuster, of Cerne, in the county of Dorset, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, G.C.B., C.V.O., was elected to an Honorary Fellowship at St Catharine's in 1925. He was called to the Bar as long ago as 1895, and proved himself one of the great legal administrators of the age in a career that culminated in his appointment as Clerk to the Crown and Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor, offices of transcending importance which he held from 1915 to 1944. Nevertheless he maintained a wide interest in things outside his legal profession. As a young man he was a mountaineer of sufficient renown to become, in later years, President of the Alpine Club and the Ski Club of Great Britain. He was, too, a poet and author of some repute, his last book, Postscript to Adventure, being published as recently as 1950. With increasing age —he was eighty-six when he died—his personal contact with the College inevitably faded, and only those who remember St Catharine's between the wars can readily recall one whose advice meant so much in those fruitful years.

WILLIAM TETLEY STEPHENSON Died—2nd February 1956 It is strange how, from time to time, the death of one belonging to what seems to be a bygone age is felt almost as a personal bereavement when the death of a contemporary makes but small impact. It is true that William Tetley Stephenson was a Founder Member of the Society, and that he was among its most venerable supporters. Yet that does not entirely explain why his appearance at the annual meeting—his last as recently as 1955—should be the reason for something greater than the normal satisfaction at seeing an old and respected member. He came to St Catharine's on an open scholarship from Portsmouth Grammar School in 1894, and combined work and play so effectively that, among other things, he coxed the May Boat and became 13th Wrangler at a time when the College hardly specialized in firsts. Then, through the introduction of the great Professor Marshall of Trinity and Sir William Ackworth of the London School of Economics (with whom he was later to collaborate in writing The Elements of Railway Economics) he met the General Manager of the old North- Eastern Railway who was trying to get young university men with good degrees to enter commerce, and against all intention, for his aim had St Catharine's College Society Magazine 39

been to enter the Indian Civil Service, he joined the staff of the N.E.R. From there, in 1906, he went to the London School of Economics to assist Sir William with lectures on the Economics of Transport, and except for the period of the First World War when he joined the admin- istration of the London underground railways, he spent the rest of his working life with the L.S.E. From 1918 until he retired in 1939, he was head of the Department of Transport, and was the first Sir Ernest Cassel Reader in Commerce (with special reference to Transport). Writing in the Railway Gazette of September 1939, the editor said : ' One of Mr Stephenson's best appreciated characteristics was the infinite pains he took with individual students. It is largely due to him that transport became a recognized subject in the B.Sc (Econ.) and B.Comm. degrees of the University of London, and in no other British university is the subject so well estab- lished or recognized. Mr Stephenson was also responsible for starting the Railway Research Service.' He was a devoted Churchman, and it was while he was travelling back to his home from a meeting of the Winchester Diocesan Board of Finance that he died suddenly in the train.

BERNARD TIMBERLAKE, L.R.A.M., A.R.C.M. Died—12th January 1956 St Catharine's men in residence after the First World War will probably remember Bernard Timberlake, not as the fine pianist he was, but as the successful breeder of borzois, two of which formed his almost constant escort in his later undergraduate days. He was also widely known outside Cambridge as an authority on birds, particularly budgerigars, and was a Fellow of the Zoological Society. While serving with the London Rifle Brigade he was badly wounded in the spine at Thiepval during the Somme Battle in 1916, and he did not come up to St Catharine's until 1922. He read Music and Hist- ory, and took his degree in 1925. In Cambridge he gained a considerable reputation as a teacher of music, and, apart from his University practice, he was Assistant Music Master at the Leys School until it moved to Scotland during the Second World War. It was then that he sustained what was, professionally, an almost crippling blow, for during the bombing which damaged the Union, his home was completely destroyed with everything in it, including his grand piano, and soon afterwards he developed the first 40 St Catharine's College Society Magazine symptoms of the long and painful illness from which he eventually died. He was 64. V.C.V., who was with him towards the end, writes : ' There lived in Bernard Timberlake a ready patience dispelling all contrariness towards the limitations imposed by illness, and upholding that Faith which, in extreme privation, could yet play a final crescendo for those who met him as he passed.'

Ecclesiastical Appointments Bird. The Reverend C. H. Bird (Fellow and Chaplain 1948-55) has been appointed Vicar of St Philip's, Eastbourne. Branwell. The Reverend E. B. Branwell (B.A. 1942), Vicar of Glossop in the diocese of Derby, has resigned and taken up an Area Secretary- ship for the Universities Mission to Central Africa. Casson. The Reverend C. Casson (B.A. 1927) has been appointed Vicar of Stanford and Swinford in the diocese of Leicester. Chalmers. The Reverend R. P. Chalmers (B.A. 1938) has been appointed Rector of St. Margaret's, Burnage, in the diocese of Manchester, and Chaplain of the Duchess of York's Hospital for Babies. Cradock-Watson. The Reverend L. H. Cradock-Watson (B.A. 1924) has been appointed Vicar of Barrow-on-Trent and Twyford in the diocese of Derby. Dawson. The Reverend Dr G. G. Dawson (B.A. 1912), Vicar of Kirk- heaton, has been appointed Honorary Canon of Wakefield Cathedral. Dennis. J. Dennis (B.A. 1954) has been ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Ripon to serve in the parish of St Bartholomew, Armley, Leeds. Easter. The Reverend A. J. T. Easter (B.A. 1915) has been appointed Rector of Icklingham in the diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. Eldon. The Reverend M. H. Eldon (B.A. 1952) was ordained Priest on Trinity Sunday in the diocese of Nassau. Ellard-Handley. The Reverend P. E. Ellard-Handley (B.A. 1932) has been appointed Vicar of Sark, Channel Islands, in the diocese of Winchester. Giant. The Reverend F. L. Grant (B.A. 1922) has been appointed Chap- lain of Christ Church, Brussels. Griffiths. The Reverend F. W. G. Griffiths (B.A. 1929) has been appointed Vicar of Christ Church, Swansea. He is also Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, and Chaplain to H.M. Prison, Swansea. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 41

Howard. R. R. R. C. Howard (B.A. 1922) was ordained Deacon on Trinity Sunday at Southwark Cathedral to serve in the parish of St John's, Redhill. Joseph. The Reverend H. S. Joseph (B.A. 1939) has been appointed to the benefice of Tydd St Giles, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Lee. The Reverend D. W. Lee (B.A. 1912), Vicar of Tanworth-in-Arden and Rural Dean of Solihull, has been appointed Honorary Canon of Birmingham Cathedral. Morgan-Smith. The Reverend G. O. Morgan Smith (B.A. 1910) has been appointed Rector of Milden with Brent Eleigh in the diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. Owen. The Reverend D. A. Owen (B.A. 1933) has been appointed Pre- bendary of St Paul's in the diocese of London. Perkins. The Reverend Canon F. H. Perkins (B.A. 1920) Vicar of St Matthew with St James, Mossley Hill, Rural Dean of Child wall and Canon Diocesan of Liverpool, has been appointed to a part-time canonry in Liverpool Cathedral. Puleston. The Reverend D. C. Puleston (B.A. 1933) has been appointed Vicar of Ringmer in the diocese of Chichester. Reed. The Reverend W. H. G. Reed (B.A. 1921) has been appointed Rector of Frenchay, Bristol. Roxburgh. The Reverend J. W. Roxburgh (B.A. 1942) has been appointed Vicar of Drypool in the diocese of York. Sellers. The Reverend Canon R. V. Sellers, D.D. (B.A. 1916) has been appointed a member of the Church of England commission, set up last March, to consider and report on liturgical questions submitted to them by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York. Thompson. The Reverend D. F. Thompson (B.A. 1946) has been ap- pointed Vicar of St Anne's, Wigan, in the diocese of Liverpool. Tower. The Reverend H. B. Tower (B.A. 1904), director of the study centre of the Church of England Council for Education, has resigned the benefice of Widford with Swinbrook in the diocese of Oxford. Williams. The Lord Chancellor has appointed the Reverend S. A. Williams (B.A. 1936) to the vicarage of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in the diocese of London.

Miscellaneous Adcock. Writing last November, R. A. Adcock (B.A. 1948) says : ' I have recently been appointed Senior History Master at Marlborough Grammar School, and also Housemaster of the School boarding house (mixed).' Andrews. I. M. O. Andrews (B.A. 1952), G. J. Ironside-Smith (B.A. 1952) and G. C. Moore (B.A. 1952) all passed the Solicitors' Final Examina- tion in 1955. 42 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Aston. In October the University of Clermont-Ferrand is presenting an Honorary Degree to Dr S. C. Aston (B.A. 1937, Fellow 1943) in recognition of his studies in Provencal. Dr Aston recently returned from the State University, Ohio. Bachchan. Dr H. R. Bachehan (Ph.D. 1954) writes : ' When I came back from Cambridge, I joined my old University, the University of Allahabad, as a Lecturer of English Literature, but after a year, in September '55, I was called to join the All India Radio, Allahabad, as a Producer of Talks. In December '55, just after a couple of months, I was offered the job of Officer on Special Duty in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi. I am looking after the translation of diplomatic documents from English into Hindi.5 'Since I came back from Cambridge I have published a book of my poems in Hindi called Pranana-Batrika which, translated, means ' Love Letters ' You may be interested to know that I trans- lated five of Yeats' poems into Hindi, and they were broadcast from A.I.R., Delhi. I also wrote a poem on Yeats in Hindi which has been published in a periodical of Delhi.' Baker. P. T. Baker (B.A. 1955) has been called to the Bar (Middle Temple). Balfour. W. E. Balfour (M.A. 1953) has been appointed a University Demonstrator in the Department of Physiology at Cambridge. Barber. J. L. Barber (B.A. 1936) was recently elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Bayliss. J. C. Bayliss (B.A. 1940), who is with the Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland Publications Bureau, Lusaka, writes : ' During my first three-year tour out here I stayed with Roland Hill several times. He is, or rather was, District Officer in charge of a small Boma at Katete, and I used to roll up with a load of books for Africans in the Bureau station-wagon, a rather flashy Chevrolet which was sometimes envied. On one ocasion I had the duty of escorting a female librarian there to attend the Katete Show, an annual beano for Africans and Europeans alike. We stayed with Roland, and I remember him casually warning the lady that the holes in the ceiling were made by rats.' ' Peter Withers I met at Livingstone when he first arrived from the Sudan. I happened to be wearing my College tie, and he recog- nized it. I believe he is now running a district somewhere in Barotse- land, which is only accessible by air with any ease.' ' Milne (E. M. M.), who is now working for Nelsons in Edinburgh, I met when he flew into Lusaka in the course of his duties.' ' I hope to be here at least until the end of my tour in 1959, and if any St Catharine's men come this way, they will be very welcome.' Bee. This year J. M. Bee (B.A. 1909) played for Middlesex in the final of the county chess championship and, with J. R. Gilbert, was in the Cambridge team against Oxford in the annual ' Past v Present' match. Behrens. H. Behrens (Ph.D. 1955)—see Maddock. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 43

Benson. R. B. Benson (B.A. 1925) of the Department of Entomology in the British Museum (Natural History), London, has been awarded a Leverhulme Research Fellowship to enable him to spend the summer of 1956 in Canada, collecting material for making a ' Comparison of the northern sawfly fauna of Canada with that of Europe '. Berrill. During the last fortnight of June this year a group of fourteen British economists—among them K. E. Berrill (Fellow 1950)—toured Poland as guests of the Polish Economic Society. Most of the time, he says, was spent interviewing departmental chiefs at the National Bank, the economic ministries, the Planning Commission, the uni- versity social science faculties, and so on. He found the Poles remark- ably frank, and they stood up well to many hours of questioning on their economic policies. In general, their theme was : ' We have made many mistakes ; everything is under discussion ; we are considering alternative new policies.' Berwick. Dr I. D. G. Berwick (Ph.D. 1952) writes : ' After three years in Canada, I returned to Britain in March of this year, and have taken a position as metallurgist with I.C.I., Ltd, at their Wilton Works, Yorkshire.' Bird. St Catharine's men who know the Reverend C. Hartley Bird (Fellow and Chaplain 1948-55) will be glad to learn that he has made a good recovery from his recent illness. He is now Vicar of St Philip's, Eastbourne, and hopes that many of his College friends will visit him there. Bowler. D. J. Bowler (B.A. 1955) has been accepted as a trainee with the Rootes Group. Brousson. Wing Commander R. H. C. Brousson, O.B.E. (B.A. 1934) has been promoted to Group Captain in the Technical Branch of the R.A.F. Buckland. G. H. H. Buckland (B.A. 1952) is on the staff of the Provincial Secondary School, Banchi, in Northern Nigeria. Burns. Air Commodore E. S. Burns (B.A. 1922), who paid the College a visit in the early part of the year, confesses to being very much retired, in Invemess-shire. He now works on thirteen voluntary committees. Burrows. J. H. Burrows (B.A. 1954)—see Shorter. Caesar. A. A. L. Caesar (B.A. 1936, Fellow 1951) who is taking sabbatical leave during the coming academic year, 1956-57, and hopes to travel extensively within the U.S.A., has been invited to take a Visiting Lectureship at Indiana University. Carbonell. W. L. R. Carbonell (B.A. 1934) Commissioner of Police in the Federation of Malaya, was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the New Year Honours. Chapman. G. W. Chapman, M.B.E. (B.A. 1929) has left Cyprus where he was Conservator of Forests, and is now with the F.A.O. Mission in Iraq, at the Ministry of Agriculture, Baghdad. Chisholm. M. D. I. Chisholm (B.A. 1954) has accepted an appointment with the Department of Agricultural Economics at Oxford. 44 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Collins. W. O. H. Collins (B.A. 1932) has retired from the Colonial Service, on the Gold Coast, and according to report is going in for hospital administration. Collinson. Dr E. Collinson (B.A. 1946)—see Wainwright. Cowell. J. A. Cowell (B.A. 1955)—see Slessor. Craig. Douglas Craig (B.A. 1938)—E. H. D. Jones—writes: ' It is quite true that owing to the fact that the musical profession is over- crowded with Joneses, I took the professional name of Craig some years ago and have recently adopted it permanently by deed poll.' It will be remembered that, when in residence, he was a Choral Scholar and, in 1938, won the University Prize for declamation of the English language. After the war, during which he reached the rank of Major in the Intelligence Corps, he passed an audition for Sadler's Wells, and spent ' three years singing just about every small baritone part in the repertoire '. In 1949, however, he found more congenial work with the Arts Council, and won much praise as manager and compere of their Grand Opera Group which brought operatic excerpts to towns where opera would not otherwise be heard. In addition, since 1952, he has been with the Glyndebourne Opera, first as Stage Director and then, since April of this year, as Assistant General Manager, an appointment which has made the continuance of his work with the Arts Council impossible. Crowther. For the last four years G. Crowther (B.A. 1949) has been Geography Master at Appleby Grammar School, Westmorland. Davidson. J. N. G. Davidson (B.A. 1930)—see Gray. Davies. Writing last January, Glynn Davies (B.A. 1950) describes a career that has clearly had its enviable moments. On going down, he joined Harveys of Bristol, and after a term as Home Sales Manager there, he was appointed a director of the Welsh subsidiary company in 1954. ' For six months in 1955,' he says, ' I studied in the wine- growing districts of France, Spain, Portugal and Germany as a Scholar of the Worshipful Company of Vintners.' His interest in rugby football is now confined to writing about it in the Daily Mail, from the Welsh angle, of course. He married in 1951, and his son was born in 1953. Davies. W. P. C. Davies (B.A. 1951) was a member of the i Lions ' rugby side which toured South Africa in 1955. Writing in The Daily Telegraph, J. P. Jordan says : ' So highly thought of was he in South Africa that, I am informed, his presence in the side made a difference of several thousands in the gate.' De Sa. P. G. De Sa (B.A. 1949) writes: 'After leaving St Catharine's, I spent two years at Harvard and took a Master's degree in Business Administration. Unfortunately, my attempt to sail home in our own boat (which was a 48-foot Collin-Archer cutter) came to an untimely end off Florida, after we had fitted her out and brought her up from Panama. Incidentally, we were married in Panama, my wife having come out from England. (She was up at Newnham.) After this, we returned home and then went out to the Gold Coast where I was working as a civil engineer on the staff of the Gold Coast Government for eighteen months. In our spare time we built a caravan on a diesel chassis, and travelled home across the Sahara.' St Catharine's College Society Magazine 45

' Since returning home, I have joined a London firm of Consulting Engineers, and I am now living just outside Morpeth in Northumber- land, working as Area Superintending Engineer for them.' Doncaster. J. P. Doncaster (B.A. 1929) has been appointed Deputy Keeper of the Department of Entomology in the British Museum (Natural History) London. He joined the Museum staff in 1937, and in 1951 was transferred to the Department of Entomology and given charge of the collections of aphids and allied groups of insects. Drinkwater. H. G. Drinkwater (Mat. 1952) has moved to Kingston, Ontario, and is working with the Dupont Company of Canada. Earl. D. C. Earl (B.A. 1953) has been appointed to a lectureship in Latin at Leeds University. Efah. K. A. Efah (B.A. 1949) is on the staff of the Kumasi College of Technology, on the Gold Coast. Esplen. J. G. Esplen (B.A. 1955) is now Universities Liaison Officer on the staff of the National Association of Boys Clubs, and would be glad if any St Catharine's men, interested in the work that the Associa- tion is doing, would get in touch with him at Headquarters, 17 Bedford Square, London, W.C.I. ' The purpose of the Clubs,' he says, ' is not so much to deal with financial poverty but to educate boys to a decent standard of living and to develop their attitude to life along the right lines.' The Clubs, at present, are ' desperately short ' of one-evening-a- week helpers, and it is with the idea of removing this handicap that the universities are being approached through a Liaison Officer. Foreman. T. F. Foreman (B.A. 1925), the City Education Officer at Cambridge, is retiring this year. Fdx. Writing from Kuala Trengganu in Malaya, R. D. Fox (B.A. 1949) says : ' After going down in 1951, I spent two years in the office of a consulting engineer in London. On the 17th September 1953 I married Miss M. E. Mitchell at St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield, and we sailed next day for Malaya to take up my present appointment with the Malayan Public Works Department.' Furnell. P. W. Furnell (Mat. 1954) has been awarded a David Richards Travel Scholarship. Garmonsway. The title of Professor of English Language in the Univers- ity of London has been conferred on G. N. Garmonsway (B.A. 1916) in respect of his post at King's College. Gilbert. J. R. Gilbert (B.A. 1946)—see Bee. Gray. On the occasion of the opening of Ireland's second Road-Safety Week in Dublin last October, G. B. Gray (B.A. 1930), as President of the Safety First Association of Ireland, gave the address at Christ Church Cathedral. J. N. G. Davidson (B.A. 1930) collaborated in the week's activities with a feature programme on Radio Eireann. Gregory. R. W. Gregory (B.A. 1945) has been appointed a University Lecturer in the Department of Engineering at Cambridge. Griffin. P. Griffin (B.A. 1948) is now Headmaster of the English School, Nicosia, Cyprus. 46 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Haggett. P. Haggett (B.A. 1954) has been appointed to an assistant lectureship in the Department of Geography at University College, London. Hall. The meteoric rise of P. R. F. Hall (B.A. 1953) in the theatre world was referred to in last year's magazine. A recent statement in the press reads : ' Peter Hall, the West End's most successful producer, took his fiancee, Leslie Caron, star of one of his plays, Gigi, to see his father and mother yesterday.' Hallowes. M. G. Hallowes (B.A. 1921) is now employed on the manage- ment staff of Transport Equipment (Thorneycroft) Ltd at Basing- stoke. He retired from the Army in 1949 with the rank of Colonel. Harper. K. H. Harper (B.A. 1933)—see Symonds. Harrison. Since last November, Pilot Officer D. Harrison, R.A.F. (B.A. 1955) has been serving as a N.A.T.O. Aircrew Trainee at the R.C.A.F. Station, Penhold, Alberta. He expects to return to England about Christmas. Harrison. J. G. Harrison (B.A. 1937), who recently obtained his Ph.D. at Queen's University, Belfast, for his work on ' The Relationship of Matthew Arnold as Inspector of Schools (1851-86) with the Noncon- formist Educationalists of the time ', is now Senior Lecturer and Head of the English Department at Stranmills Training College, Belfast. Harvey. J. A. Harvey (Mat. 1954) has been awarded a David Richards Travel Scholarship. Hendry. I. W. M. Hendry (B.A. 1950) is practising Law in Vancouver. Henn. T. R. Henn (B.A. 1923, Fellow 1926) has been invited to under- take the section on the Bible as literature in the revised edition of The New Peake Commentary on the Bible which is due for publication in 1957. Hewat. A. D. Hewat (B.A. 1953) obtained First Class Honours in the Solicitors' Intermediate Examination in 1955. Hickin. J. A. Hickin (B.A. 1956) is going out to British West Africa with the United Africa Company in October. Hill. R. A. Hill (Mat. 1947)—see Bayliss. Hindmarsh. R. J. Hindmarsh (B.A. 1932) who is Engineer to the Humber Conservancy Board, has been appointed Honorary Colonel of 129 Construction Regiment, Royal Engineers, T.A. Hudson. J. C. R. Hudson (B.A. 1948) is the Administrative Officer with the Medical Research Council Laboratories at Fajara, Gambia, and expects to be away for some eighteen months with the possibility of a second tour to follow. A letter from him is printed on page 59. Hughes. H. M. Hughes (B.A. 1942) writes : ' I now have the appoint- ment with the National Coal Board of Chief Engineer, Cynheidre Project. This is a large new sinking in the anthracite area. The sinking is being carried out by the German firm of Thyssen, and is now nearly finished. I shall be primarily concerned with the equipp- ing of the colliery. However, I have some good fun riding up and down the shafts in buckets. Apparently it is necessary to develop St Catharine's College Society Magazine 47

the ability to leap from these buckets on to various insets in the shaft. Luckily the leap is in the dark!' ' I was also awarded the Gold Medal of the South Wales Institute of Engineers in 1955 for a joint paper with another engineer entitled Modern Trends in Winding Technique.' Hutchinson. Professor E. Hutchinson (B.A. 1941), who holds the Chair of Colloid Chemistry at Stanford University, California, spent his year's sabbatical leave studying at Cambridge. Hutchinson. H. Hutchinson (Mat. 1926), formerly Principal Agricultural Officer in Swaziland, was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours. Insole. For the second year running D. J. Insole (B.A. 1948) was the first batsman to reach 1,000 runs in county cricket, and he played for England in the 3rd Test Match against Australia. He was also in the Corinthian-Casuals team against Bishop Auckland in the final of the F.A. Amateur Cup. Ironside-Smith. G. J. Ironside-Smith (B.A. 1952)—see Andrews. Jennings. Queen's University, Belfast, recently conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters on Sir Ivor Jennings, Q.C., Master of Trinity Hall (B.A. 1925). Jones. E. H. D. Jones (B.A. 1938)—see Craig. Jones. The Quaker monthly, Wayfarer, of last September, publishes an article by O. D. Jones (Mat. 1935) on his work with the Vienna Quakerhaus. This work is devoted to the interests of young people, and its diversity is well illustrated by the Drama Group's performance of such ambitious works as Hansel and Gretel and Outward Bound, and by the attendance of Quakerhaus members at a camp for clearing avalanches. Jones. On the 8th April this year, Dr W. H. S. Jones (Hon. Fellow 1943) celebrated his 80th birthday. A note about his recent literary work appears under Publications. Laurie. R. A. Laurie (B.A. 1936), at the time Operations Manager for the Shell Oil Company in the Uruguayan fields about 300 miles up- country from Montevideo, has been made an O.B.E. in recognition of his services when a dangerous fire was started at Paysandu on the 14th June 1955. Describing the incident, the Henley and Oxfordshire Standard says : ' When the danger was reported, Mr Laurie climbed the 1,000-ton tank to investigate, and found that a Uruguayan pump- man, who appeared to have lost his reason, had already started a fire and had set fire to himself. Mr Laurie quickly took charge of the situa- tion, extinguished the flames engulfing the man at great personal risk and directed fire-fighting apparatus on to the tank which, with its valuable contents, was saved. Unfortunately the pumpman died from his injuries.' In the course of his service with the Company, he has worked on installations in Suez and Eritrea and on the Gold Coast, in Siam and Malaya, and, after the war, in North and South China. He then became Chief Engineer in Cuba, and from there went to Buenos Aires. 48 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Lawden. D. F. Lawden (B.A. 1940) writes : 'I was fortunate enough to be appointed to the Chair of Mathematics at Canterbury University College last February, and, having settled down with my family, I am looking forward to a new life in New Zealand. My wife celebrated our arrival by giving birth to a son on the 29th May. We now have three boys—all future students at St Catharine's, I hope !' Legge. T. F. Legge (B.A. 1929)—see Scott. Lewis. N. N. Lewis (B.A. 1947), lately Principal Instructor at the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, Shemlan, was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours. Line. G. W. Line (B.A. 1941), who is head of Wulfrun College of Further Education at Wolverhampton, writes : ' I am enjoying the work here very much. We have nearly 3,000 students, doing all things from Plumbing and Gas-fitting to taking ordinary level G.C.E. preparatory to going into the Church.' Lowther. G. R. Lowther (B.A. 1951) is lecturing and doing research for the Faculty of Anthropology and Archaeology at McGill University. Mabbutt. J. A. Mabbutt (B.A. 1947) has left the University of Cape Town and accepted a post as Senior Geomorphologist with the Land Re- search and Survey Section of the C.S.I.R. Organization in Canberra. McDougall. I. D. McDougall (B.A. 1954) is working in Paris with the French component of his ' family firm—Kiwi Polish '. Maddock. During the year Dr A. G. Maddock (M.A. 1948) joined the Editorial Boards of The Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry and Nuclear Power. He avoided the winter by spending two months in South America, principally engaged in managing a course on nuclear science at the University of Concepcion in Chili. Although he spent about ten days in Buenos Aires on his return journey, he was glad to find that he no longer attracted the attention of the London press. At Concepcion he met Professor H. Behrens who holds the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry in the faculty of Chemical Engineering. Merrett. Dr F. M. Merrett (Ph.D. 1949) has been appointed Deputy Director of Research with Fisons at their head office in Felixstowe. He writes : ' This is a job that promises well and should fill a gap in my experience.' Miller. M. B. Miller (B.A. 1952)—see Scott. Milne. E. M. M. Milne (B.A. 1949)—see Bayliss. Molyneux. M. R. Molyneux (B.A. 1953) has been called to the Bar (Inner Temple). Moore. G. C. Moore (B.A. 1952)—see Andrews. Munday. A. R. Munday (B.A. 1943) has been appointed Headmaster of Tudor Grange Grammar School, Solihull, Birmingham. Murgatroyd. Dr W. Murgatroyd (B.A. 1946) has been appointed to the University Chair of Nuclear Energy, tenable at Queen Mary College in the University of London. Dr Murgatroyd was previously Princi- pal Scientific Officer at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 49

Norris. After going down, J. A. Norris (B.A. 1952) joined the staff of Reuters and spent most of 1953 and 1954 in Rome. In the course of a seven-week ' exile ' in Elba, early in 1954, he covered the Navy's salvage operations for the wreckage of the Comet ' Yoke Peter'. Nott. D. Nott (B.A. 1952) is on the staff of The Liverpool Daily Post' Paterson. J. H. Paterson (B.A. 1948), formerly a Demonstrator in Geography at Cambridge, has accepted a lectureship in Geography at St Andrew's. Peacock. B. A. V. Peacock (B.A. 1955) holds the post of Curator of Museums at Perak Museum, Taiping, Perak, in the Federation of Malaya. Peat. J. E. Peat (Mat. 1923) was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours for services in connexion with cotton -growing in Tanganyika. Peterson. D. G. Peterson (Mat. 1950) is with the Department of Agri- culture at Guelph, Ontario. Pugh. J. C. Pugh (B.A. 1940) has left Ibadan and accepted a readership in Geography, tenable at King's College, London. Quinton. M. G. Quinton (B.A. 1950), who has been with the Norvic Shoe Co., Ltd, Norwich, since going down, returned to Cambridge during the Michaelmas term to talk on ' The Arts Graduate in the Smaller Industry ', one of a series of lectures sponsored by the University Appointments Board. Rahman. A St Catharine's man much in the news of late is the Honour- able Yang Teramat Mulia Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, Chief Minister and Minister for Home Affairs in the Federation of Malaya, whom his contemporaries will more readily remember as Tunku Abdul Rahman (B.A. 1928). Last February he signed the Malayan Independence Agreement with the Colonial Secretary in London, and in the course of a crowded programme yet found time to visit the College. Reed. R. W. G. Reed (B.A. 1954) is studying management and the technique of carpet-making with Messrs T. Bond Worth & Sons, Ltd, at Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire. Richardson. Professor A. E. Richardson, President of the Royal Academy (Hon. Fellow 1940) was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the New Year Honours. Roberts. Writing, rather sadly, from Adelaide, where he is with an overseas branch of Tootals, H. J. Roberts (B.A. 1943) says : ' I am still playing rugger although reduced speed, increased girth and advancing years have relegated me to a front-row forward.' Robinson. F. D. Robinson of Clare College, University Lecturer in Engineering, has been elected to a supernumerary Fellowship at St Catharine's. Rothwell. In its report of the Grand Concert which concluded Miller's Centenary Music Festival in the Guildhall, Cambridge, the Cambridge Daily News wrote : ' The judges kept everyone on tenterhooks as they summed up their impressions of the new piano competition, and then announced amid tremendous applause that it was to go to Denis 50 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Rothwell. It was a result which came as no surprise for Denis Rothwell had already won the Open Pianoforte Class with a skilled and beautiful performance of the Impromptu in A Flat, Op. 34 by Gabriel Faure. On Saturday evening he played in a manner which many considered to be well up to professional standard and easily provided the finest performance of a dozen competitors. He received a silver plate to be screwed on his new piano when he has chosen it.' D. Rothwell (B.A. 1951) needs no introduction to St Catharine's men familiar with the activities of the College Music Society and the Midnight Howlers in recent years. Rowlands. E. S. Rowlands (B.A. 1938) is the Field Advertising and Merchandising Manager with Thomas Hedley & Co., Ltd, Soap Manufacturers, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Sawyer. Last October J. E. S. Sawyer (B.A. 1929) was elected President of the Annual Congress of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, held in New York. He is the managing director of the firm that bears his name in Grafton Street, London, W.1. Scott. Writing from St George's College, Quilmes, Buenos Aires, J. W. Scott (B.A. 1949) says : ' My present plans are to complete my second term of contract, which expires in December 1957, before returning to England. After six years abroad in a very un-English atmosphere, I don't know whether I shall be able to settle down again in England, so perhaps my stay there will be a short one.' ' Occasionally I meet Legge who was up in the 1920s, when he read Geography. He is now the Headmaster of a flourishing English School—St John's—in one of the northern suburbs of Buenos Aires. Barney Miller is just as well known here as he was in Cambridge, and he is constantly in rehearsal for some variety show or other, raising large sums of money for the British Community Council.' Sheppard. Dr N. Sheppard (B.A. 1943) has been elected to a Staff Fellow- ship at Trinity College, Cambridge. Shorter. Writing last December, Sub-Lieutenant C. A. Shorter, R.N.V.R. (B.A. 1954) says : 'I'm afraid my National Service has been a very harsh change after three years' Classics at Cambridge. It seemed bad enough at the beginning when I had to relearn all the maths I had long forgotten, but since March my training has been even more technical. My early efforts to become a pilot were unsuccessful, but the Navy decided to put me through as an Observer, at which job I have just qualified, ' getting my wings ' last Thursday While down at Culrose, I have seen a good deal of another contemporary of mine, John Burrows. He is an Electrical Sub-Lieutenant, and is about to depart on a mammoth cruise, calling at Gib, Malta, Cyprus, Aden, Ceylon and all the Far Eastern bases.' After his National Service, Shorter hopes to ' get into Shell'. Simmonds. K. W. Simmonds (B.A. 1934), Financial Secretary to the Administration in Nyasaland, was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the New Year Honours. Slessor. Among the members of the Oxford and Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition which left London in September last year and drove, in two cars, through the jungles of Burma, Siam and Malaya to Singa- pore, were T. P. Slessor (B.A. 1955) and J. A. Cowell (B.A. 1955). St Catharine's College Society Magazine 51

Smale. A. G. E. Smale (B.A. 1940) is in Cyprus, holding a Government post. Smith. C. T. Smith (B.A. 1946) has been appointed to a University- Lectureship in the Faculty of Geography at Cambridge. Smith. G. E. Smith (B.A. 1945) writes : ' Since I went down, I have worked in the Argentine and in Australia, but seem to have settled down for a time with the Brush Electrical Engineering Co, Ltd, of Loughborough, where I am Works Manager of the Transformer Division.' Smith. R. D. P. Smith (B.A. 1953) is now in the Planning Department of the County Borough of Northampton Council. Smith. At the invitation of the National Research Council of America, Dr Sydney Smith (B.A. 1932, Fellow 1939) attended the Inter- national Conference of Developmental Biology held at Brown Univers- ity, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A., last July. The subject of his address was ' Yolk Utilization in Fish-Eggs ', and he suggests that, as fish-egg yolk is the most delicious component of caviar, the gas- tronomic significance of his talk will no doubt appeal to members of the College. Sneesby. Writing from Johannesberg last October, R. G. Sneesby (B.A. 1948) says : ' I have been out here five years and am Sales Manager of a company of manufacturing chemists, but in spite of many advantages here, we, in common with most other English- speaking people, are not happy about the future of South Africa and may well leave before long. In any case, the decision has really been taken from us now, as we have a small son (Robert—born 22/8/55) whom we intend to have schooled in England (St Catharine's as well, I hope).' Steers. Professor J. A. Steers (B.A. 1920, Fellow 1925) is leading the British delegation to the International Geographical Conference which meets at Rio de Janiero in August. Afterwards he hopes to visit the capitals of all the South American states except Paraguay and the three Guianas. Symonds. J. Symonds (B.A. 1952), who is on the staff of Nottingham High School, writes that he recently ran across ' Kenneth Harper who was at College some twenty years ago and is now an executive of Boots '. Thomson. J. H. Thomson (B.A. 1952) has been awarded an Isaac Newton Studentship for a further year. This extends his 1954 award. Twine. G. E. Twine (B.A. 1933) has again won the Queen's Prize at Bisley, this time with the record score of 1,120. Only five times since its inception has this prize been won twice by the same competi- tor. Twine last won it in 1954. Twitchett. Dr D. C. Twitchett (B.A. 1949) has been appointed University Lecturer in Chinese at Cambridge. Vacca. A. P. Vacca (B.A. 1942) is now on the staff of Messrs Rethymnis & Kulukundis, Shipbrokers, of London. Vaizey. J. E. Vaizey (Kenward Fellow 1953-56) has accepted a lecture- ship in Recent Economic and Social History at Oxford University. 52 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Wainwright. S. D. Wainwright (B.A. 1947) writes : ' After leaving Cambridge in 1947, I moved on to the Lister Institute and took a Ph.D., working in the M.R.C. Unit for Bacterial Chemistry. Then I commenced my wanderings. First a year at the Pasteur Institute on an exchange fellowship, then a year at Columbia University in New York, two years at the Canadian atomic-energy project again on fellowship, and since February 1955 in the Microbiology Department at Yale University.' ' I have been appointed as one of the first of the newly appointed Medical Research Associates of the Canadian National Research Council, and will be in the Biochemistry Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.' ' The only St Catharine's man I've run into since leaving the U.K. is Edgar Collinson, who spent a summer at Chalk River while I was there.' Warren. K. Warren (B.A. 1954) has accepted an assistant lectureship in Geography at the University College of Leicester. Westmore. M. N. Westmore (B.A. 1947) is now Head of Light Entertain- ment on the staff of Associated-Rediffusion, the London weekday commercial television contractors. Winterton. The Reverend C. J. Winterton (B.A. 1948) is teaching at St Bede's Preparatory School, Bishton Hall, near Stafford. Withers. P. A. R. Withers (B.A. 1950)—see Bayliss. Young. G. E. Young (B.A. 1929) has been installed as Master of the Barbers' Company. AT THE REUNION

N. S. Graham J. A. Mabbutt J. B.W.Hughes A. A. Heath B. Chilton

D. P. Brachi H. F. Bowmer F. G. Self M. Margolis H. F. Broad F. Bower C. A. Sutchfle H. J. Bunker L. M. Thompson St Catharine's College Society Magazine 53

Gifts and Bequests The College gratefully acknowledges the following gifts and be- quests which have been received during the last two years. Anonymous. An old member of the College who wishes to remain anony- mous has given £1,000 towards the cost of laying the stone path round the court, and the father of a recent undergraduate member of the College has given £500 to found the Alexandria Prize for Mechanical Sciences and provide a sum to be used at the Senior Tutor's discretion. Armitage. R. C. D. Armitage (B.A. 1899) has added a further £4,000 to his already considerable benefaction. Asdell. Through the agency of the firm for which he is working, D. Asdell (B.A. 1947) has provided the insulating material used in the new heating system which now covers the whole College. Bower. Under deed of covenant E. A. Bower (B.A. 1955) is giving the College £10 per month for 100 months. At the present rate of income tax, this would produce about £1,740. Elgar. The late J. M. Elgar bequeathed the University a quantity of valuable furniture. The College share was a large Chippendale desk. Margolis. M. Margolis (B.A. 1916) has given shares to the value of £250, yielding 71/2 per cent, to establish a College prize, the subject of which is at present under discussion. Martin. The late Reverend H. G. Martin (B.A. 1935) bequeathed £250 to assist undergraduates reading Theology. Wilson. The late J. S. Wilson (B.A. 1931) bequeathed £200 to be used at the Governing Body's discretion. The British Watch and Clock Corporation. The Corporation has presented a clock for the Rushmore Room. The Birfield Charity Trust. Over a period of seven years the Trustees are giving an annuity of £240 towards the provision and maintenance of awards in Mechanical Sciences to be called ' Birfield Memorial Scholar- ships and Exhibitions (in memory of Norman D. Newall)'. Gifts of Silver T. R. Henn, C.B.E. (B.A. 1923, Fellow 1926)—a mazer. Dr Sydney Smith (B.A. 1932, Fellow 1939)—a candle snuffer made to an early eighteenth-century design. Dr Sydney Smith and K. E. Berrill (Fellow 1950)—48 silver- handled knives. Professor E. E. Rich and the Reverend Canon C. D. Waddams— 20 silver napkin rings to mark the completion of 25 years as Fellows of St Catharine's. Gifts of Books The late Reverend H. J. Chaytor, Litt.D. (Master of St Catharine's from 1933 to 1946) bequeathed his library to the College. J. D. Raghavan, J. H. Bradley, D. C. Thompson and P. R. Smeth- urst presented their books to the College on taking their degrees this year. 54 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Publications C. G. Norris (B.A. 1913) contributes a poem entitled 'Ode to Spring ' to the miscellany Poems of 1955, and another, ' The Sunlit Day ', to Poems for Christmas and the New Year, both published by Stockwell.

Dr W. H. S. Jones (Hon. Fellow 1943) has now completed Volume VII of the Loeb translation of Pliny's Natural History. This volume contains the last four botanical books, which deal with herbal remedies. Included in it are an Index of Plants with identifications where poss- ible, and a List of Disease-Names, also with identifications. These are preparatory to a work, now in progress, on Roman medicine, written for the Wellcome Trust.

Under the title of The House on the Hill, W. J. Strachan (B.A. 1924) has recently translated from the Italian Cesare Pavese's novel which has for its background Italy in the closing stages of the last war. It is published by Peter Owen, and has had an excellent reception in which the Observer particularly acknowledges the merits of the translation. Modern Italian Stories, which Strachan edited and translated last year, has now been published in America where the American Philosophical Society has earmarked a hundred copies.

J. E. M. White (B.A. 1947), better known in the world of literature and radio as Jon Manchip White, last year wrote an exceedingly fine novel of African adventure entitled Build Us a Dam. This he has now followed with The Girl from Indiana, a study in the reconciliation of opposing personalities in which an American heiress (automobiles) looks nostalgically back to an obscure ancestry while the descendant of a Roundhead Colonel looks fiercely forward with no other interest than building and racing a Grand Prix machine. A fourth novel, No Home But Heaven, has already attracted attention although it is not due to be published until December or January. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 55

The Practice of Price Maintenance, by K. C. Johnson-Davies (B.A. 1920). Mr Johnson-Davies is Secretary of the British Motor Trades Association, and in this capacity he has written a book describing the activities of his Association in maintaining the price of new motor cars, and in operating the quasi-rationing covenant scheme after the war. The book is useful in two ways, as a description of what the B.M.T.A. does and how it does it, and as a version of a trade interest defending practices which the majority of economists and politicians (and now the law itself) condemn. This is not the place to enlarge upon the reasons for their condemnation, and it is hardly likely that they will be easily dissuaded from it, but Mr Johnson-Davies has tried with considerable artistry to do so. J.E.V.

To the September issue of the Royal Engineers Journal, the Master contributes an article entitled 'Two Busy Days—22nd August 1914 and 28th May 1940 '. Though it may not be true to say that only Colonel Portway could have written such an article, it is certain that those who could are few indeed because few indeed can have been in command of combatant troops in the field in both the retreat from Mons and the withdrawal to Dunkirk. Yet that is Colonel Portway's qualification. His article deals with his adventures while he was in charge of P Cable Section of the R.E. Signals with the 5th Cavalry Brigade in the neighbourhood of Binche and Malplaquet in August 1914, and with his misfortunes in the retreat via the Mont des Cats to Dunkirk in May 1940, when he commanded 209 Field Company. He arrived at Dunkirk in an ambulance, suffering from concussion after being in- volved in a head-on collision while a pillion passenger on a motor cycle, and was taken off in a destroyer.

The End of the Line by Bryan Morgan—B. S. Morgan (B.A. 1945) —is a remarkable book. That it is written about light railways mostly off the tourist-track in Western Europe (except Iberia, Hibernia and Scandinavia) does not make it so, and this is undoubtedly a big depart- ure from the normal run of railway book. What gives it distinction is the quiet gaiety of the style in which it is written, for that, to the devout with whom a railway of any description is an object of reverence, is 56 St Catharine's College Society Magazine tantamount to heresy. Moreover, the author is not in the least con- cerned with the things that really matter. Occasionally he notices a gauge, and even such an alarming obscurity as a metric 0-6-0, but never does he spot, for example, an engine number. Rather does his eye seek some ' ridiculous and lovely train with a little steam-tram engine working along the banks of a delicious brook '. His love, indeed, is clearly for toy locomotives with squarish funnel-shaped chimneys, that pull toy trains in places where no railway should be possible, and for that reason any adult reader who runs a different sort of toy railway round his attic should approach this book with caution. Ordinary readers, however, can not only read it without fear of inducing apoplexy : they can also enjoy a quietly humorous piece of writing, delightfully illustrated, about a most unusual subject.

India and Pakistan : A General and Regional Geography (Meth- uert). This considerable volume by Professor O. H. K. Spate (B,A. 1933) who, it will be remembered, was one of the Commission that decided the boundary between India and Pakistan, undoubtedly comes under the heading of ' important' if its reception is anything to go by. It has been called ' monumental' (Scotsman), ' a milestone ' (Geographical Review), ' a triumphal arch' (Scottish Geographical Magazine), ' the most complete and best book on India ' (Geographical Journal), and one that might have been first class had the author taken a little more trouble. The style has been described as ' in places approaching the classic ' (Economic Geography), and ' in parts reading like a knitting pattern ' (Cambridge Review): both comments, Professor Spate would have us believe, are correct. All the reviewers, save one Dutchman, remark that this is the first serious geography of India in English since 1904, and, by the oddest coincidence, Professor Spate also mentions this at the beginning of the Preface. The value of the work, however, has not gone unrecognized, for Professor Spate has been awarded the Prix Charles Gamier (une large medaille d'argent) by the Societe de Geographic of Paris, the oldest geographical society in the world ; and the Russians, who do not acknowledge the Berne Convention, have not only appropriated the book for themselves but, through their translator, have invited Professor Spate ' with much geniality ' to write them a foreword. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 57

General World and Regional Geography : A Revision Course by J. S. Hobbs (B.A. 1934), published in the General School Geography Series by the English Universities Press, London. Mr Hobbs has here performed very well an almost impossible task. How does one produce a satisfactory Geography textbook for the Ordinary Level of G.C.E.? How can one cram the required amount of fact and simplified explanation into a slim volume and, at the same time, begin to teach an attitude to the minority who will stay to read the subject in the Sixth? Mr Hobbs' introduction shows him to be fully conscious of this dilemma. Inevitably, of course it is the broader attitude, the discussion of principles, that must be sacrificed. Mr Hobbs' definition of Human Geography in terms of ' Adaptation to Environment' probably would not command the assent of the majority of Human Geographers, and the discussion of regional definition in Chapter 7 underestimates the difficulties involved, but in general the emphasis on a broader basis is admirably sustained. This point dealt with, most Geography masters will want to know how far the book caters for the needs of the average Fifth former working for his pass ; and the answer is, very efficiently indeed. Inevitably the book follows the conventional plan of organization, first systematic geography, secondly regional division, and thirdly a detailed area-by-area treatment. In this third section, the British Isles are naturally treated in the greatest detail ; Europe, Asia and North America are given a rather more general treatment ; and the Southern Continents are for all practical purposes ignored, a convention often followed in Fifth-form teaching. Two features of the book, though, call for special commendation. One is the astute way in which Physical Geography is combined with and taught through Map Reading ; the other is the widespread use of questions in the text, which encourage the pupil to take an active role in his reading. (But the value of this technique, it must be said, depends largely on the keenness of the master.) General World and Regional Geography seems every bit as reliable as one has reason to expect, though there may be one or two quibbles. (Hollywood, for instance, is not ' near ' Los Angeles.) One more important general suggestion might be allowed, perhaps, for the many subsequent editions that Mr Hobbs' book should enjoy : one would like to see more explanation of the phenomena of Economic Geography that aren't explicable in simple physical terms. Why Stoke-on-Trent, why Paris, why the industry of the North Italian Plain, why Detroit, why Los Angeles ? This is very much the real business of Economic Geography, even for our average Fifth-former. P.H. 58 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

The Guinea Stamp and other works, by W. R. Loader (B.A. 1938). It seems ungracious to dismiss an author's marketable output so abruptly, yet Mr Loader will be the first to admit that there is no other way of dealing with his. For reasons which he makes delightfully clear in the letter here reproduced, it is, indeed, quite impossible to refer to all the works that flow from his tireless pen. 5th May 1956 Yes, I have burst into print again, and rather more frequently than you suppose. Including the fiction which I write under a pseudonym, I've had four novels published within thirteen months, two by Loader and two by his alter ego. This may not be a record for a new writer, but I cannot think it happens very often. I do not know whether a sort of literary schizophrenia sets in as a result of writing under two names, but at least mine are both masculine, so I hope to avoid the hermaphroditic condition which afflicted the hero/heroine of Aldous Huxley's short story. The Guinea Stamp has had quite a fair reception. The Observer roundly described it as ' an excellent short novel', while, according to the Spectator, ' W. R. Loader wrote a good, oppressive, sticky-with-heat first novel and followed it with a good, oppressive, not-so-sticky second'. There is the usual divergence of view among the critics about the merits or failings of the book, for while the Spectator thought I was more successful with my European than with my African characters, the Times Literary Supplement expressed the reverse opinion. The Birmingham Post evidently agrees with the T.L.S. when it says—in words that are sweet music to my ears—' The clear-thin king author of The Guinea Stamp discloses the intricacies of the African temperament in a purposeful, convincing story of a negro University lecturer \ The Yorkshire Evening Post declares : ' The arguments are put with clarity and without wastage of words. Indeed, Mr. Loader's simple style is one of the delights of the book.' After that it is difficult to believe that the reviewer in the Liverpool Daily Post is writing about the same novel—' The problems are very real and the author treats them as such, but there is a seediness, a grey fog that drifts over the whole scene and obscures the action.' I do not have the Newcastle Journal's notice to hand, but I remember it was a stinker. Quot homines.... So, with heads neither swollen by excessive praise nor bowed by excessive criticism, we (I mean ego and alter ego) continue the task of putting words together and trying to sell them to a reluctant public. Of the two writers alter ego is the more industrious. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 59

He has already completed his third and fourth novels (due to come out in September of this year and spring of next) while poor ego is still struggling with his third.

Correspondence Mr J. C. R. Hudson, the Society's President, who is in Gambia with the Medical Research Council Laboratories, writes : Fajara, Gambia. 29th May 1956. It is traditional for the President to address the Society at the Annual Dinner, but quite unexpectedly I was presented with the choice of coping with this arduous task or going to darkest Africa. Perhaps my decision was, after all, too hastily made, for I am now faced with the even more arduous task of addressing the Society in cold print. St Catharine's men will know the geography of the Gambia, and being, of course, acquainted with its reputation as a white man's grave, they will accept with forbearance the utterances of one who, they will be sure, has one foot there already. Yet the Gambia's reputation is grossly exaggerated, or perhaps outdated by the introduction of reliable malaria prophylaxis. In the past, when life was rougher and tougher, it may have been justified, and survival to become an Old Coaster something of an achievement. Since the war, however, the arrival of wives and children, both of whom thrive here, has made the Gambia as sedate as suburbia. Up river it can certainly be hot, and humid during the rains, but on the coast, where the majority of the Europeans live, the climate and conditions are idyllic. It is sunny and cool, and, with the blue Atlantic breaking on miles of deserted palm-fringed beaches, plutocrats liken it to Miami, the cognoscenti to the Riviera, and good Lancastrians to Blackpool without the trimmings. Reasonably good houses with electricity, refrigerators, all mod. cons., and relatively cheap servants have together changed the white man's grave into the white woman's paradise. Cinemas, fish-and-chip shops and the ' telly ' are the only amenities missing. It is a little Gilbertian that the Gambia, smaller than some of the Districts in other Colonies under the control of a Commissioner and one or two assistants, should have a Governor and all the trappings of government. This no doubt necessary but rather top-heavy arrange- ment makes the Gambia one of the most highly taxed of the Colonies, a fact to which more permanent residents are not slow to draw attention. For example, after deducting allowances (a married man with two 60 St Catharine's College Society Magazine children at home, gets £750 tax free) income tax is at the rate of 6d. in the pound on the first £400, 1s. on the next £400, 2s. 6d. on the £400 after that, and so on until it reaches 10s. in the pound on nett incomes between £2,300 and £8,000 per annum. Those of us who pay United Kingdom rates of income tax will readily sympathize. The capital, Bathurst, is a small town with all the informal charm of a small town where everybody knows everybody else and their business. Within forty-eight hours of landing in the Colony a street- vendor stopped me with : ' Good morning, Sarr. You come to work for M.R.C., yes ?' Not even the most partisan would call it a beautiful town, although it has been well laid out in rectangular blocks and is remarkably free from the smells one usually associates with Africa. The first impression, and the most noticeable feature of the town, is colour : green trees and flowering shrubs round Macarthy Square, and the multicoloured dresses of the African women who gaily flout all theories of matching and toning and successfully mix cerise, purple, vermilion, puce, scarlet, green, yellow and indigo. The same type of dress, a high-waisted long-skirted Empire style that they have adopted and kept unchanged as their own, is worn by all the women, but the Wolof women are outstanding. They are tall, graceful and dignified, and not unattractive in youth, with heavy gold ornaments on their foreheads and ears, and wigs of dyed fibre plaited into Satanic horns protruding beneath head-dresses which are piled high to increase their stature. It is said that most Gambian men spend their lives in debt from the effort of dressing their wives. Some of us may be in the same boat, but we stand no chance of clearing it by collecting a hand- some ' bride-price ' when our daughters marry. The water front of Bathurst, the commercial hub of the territory, stretches from Government House and the one and only, but very good, hotel at one end, past Government Wharf and the trading jetties, along to the shipyard, if that is not too ambitious a description for the building of sailing cutters the design of which crystallized in the eighteenth cen- tury, and fast Picasso-ish canoes usually painted light blue and decorated with Islamic devices in blue and silver. The Gambia, a pink finger on the map, extending ten miles back from each bank of the river and stretching some 200 miles into otherwise French territory, relies very largely on these graceful sailing cutters for carrying goods up river and bringing down, in season, the crop of ground-nuts. The successful cultivation of ground-nuts, on which the economic life of the country depends, has been developed by the wise encouragement of native enterprise, without the lavish expendi- ture of the British taxpayers' money. The gradual introduction of St Catharine's College Society Magazine 61 improved methods of cultivation, seed selection and marketing, is slowly improving the economic life of the country though sometimes lop-sidedly ; it is not unusual to find a motor car outside a shanty and a wireless set and a hungry family within. This economic dependence on one crop has its obvious dangers, and much effort is being made to develop other resources to overcome the lean season between one ground-nut harvest and the next. At present, high hopes and a lot of capital are staked on the mining of a local deposit of titanium, the wide- scale introduction of which will probably influence engineering design and technique as greatly as the use of aluminium has done. In this age of galloping egalitarianism, to call the population ' Nat- ives ' is frowned upon : the latest U-word is ' Indigenes '. But whatever one calls them, they are a charming and courteous people. They are easy and pleasant to get on with, and their natural charm makes it difficult to refuse even their most outrageous requests, and when one does, they assume a look of hurt bewilderment that makes the refusal doubly difficult. As yet there are no obvious signs of nascent nationalism. One hears no murmur of ' Gambia for the Gambians '. The problem of ' good government or self government ' has not yet arisen, or perhaps it has been answered, and the fiery nationalism of a minority has not yet eclipsed the self-interest of the majority who prefer good govern- ment. There is evidence of this in the story a District Commissioner told me of an occasion when he went to a village to explain a new system for the election of a head man. With the aid of a blackboard and diagrams and pictures he explained it all to the village elders, whom he then told to discuss it among themselves and come back and ask any questions. They did come back, not with questions, but for assurance that this new-fangled system did not mean that there was to be a black Commissioner. This, of course, is flattering to European vanity, but fundamentally it is very distressing since the development of Africa, if it is to be developed to its capacity, must depend ultimately on Africans themselves. There are already a few, but all too few, Africans able to fill posts of responsibility, but it will be many genera- tions before they themselves will be free of the bonds of tribalism and traditional family responsibility, and be able to maintain good govern- ment without strong European support. This influence of the tribe was exemplified when a colleague of mine invited the African head of a Government department to dinner. The host's steward was of the same tribe as the guest and his senior in the tribal heirarchy, and therefore refused to serve him. The Gambia is fortunate in that inter-racial relations are so easy, 62 St Catharine's College Society Magazine and this comes, I think, from the innate good sense and good manners of the native people. The Gambian will speak of someone as a ' black man or a white man ' without embarrassment or malice. The so-called colour bar, which, it must be remembered, is a two-edged device, hardly influences conduct here, and all who can afford to use the hotel do so without friction, and election to the Club is not restricted by colour. The Gambia river was discovered by the Portuguese in 1455, and English trade began in 1587. Yet, in spite of 500 years of contact with Europe, native life remains almost unchanged. The local looms would have been scorned by Arkwright's grandfather ; pots are made without a potter's wheel, and the tools used for tilling are obviously only iron-bladed adaptations of stone-age implements. The African is slow to accept change. Perhaps it is only ourselves who think it is an improvement. If all alien influence—British, Danish, French, Indian, Syrian—were to cease tomorrow, it is a depressing probability that our only epitaph a couple of generations hence would be a few ruins rapidly being assimilated into an unchanged Africa. If Britain relinquished her control here it would, in effect if not in name, be assumed immediately by someone else, perhaps the French, perhaps those arch-traders and merchants, the Syrians, and it is neither untrue nor Chauvinistic to say that this would be to the disadvantage of the native people. There is still a lot of work for Britain in Africa. If this has sounded rather like a Baedeker guide, I make no apology but hope that some may be persuaded to try their luck here. For a holiday, there can be few places to rival the Gambia, particularly in the cool season. There appear to be many opportunities for the expansion of trade, and for the traditional service by Britons in the Colonies there is still ample scope. In any event, if you do come, or if there are any other St Catharine's men already here, please look me up and we will immediately form a Gambia Group and drink a grateful toast or two, as you will do at the Dinner, to the College and to the Society.

Writing from the Resident's Office, Kampala, Colin Vickerman (B.A. 1951) reveals the extent of the Society's interest in Uganda. 13th June 1956. St Catharine's men here had been vaguely aware of each other's existence in substantial numbers for some time, but it was not until 1954 that any definite move was made towards mutual recognition. In that year G. B. Gray took the initiative in organizing a dinner to celebrate the Feast of St Catharine. This was attended by twelve members of the College out of the seventeen of them in Uganda. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 63

The success of this first dinner made it obvious that the Feast could well be celebrated annually by the St Catharine's Society in Uganda, and accordingly a second dinner was held on the 26th Novem- ber 1955, and attended by nine members. It was at this last dinner, after the toast to the College had been proposed by G. B. Gray, that a decision was made which might smack of apostasy in other circumstances : this was to permit members of other Cambridge colleges to attend future dinners by invitation. In justification it must be pointed out that it was agreed fully that such intruders would only be admitted in a suitable spirit of humility and gratitude; thus their presence will not be allowed to detract from the essence of the function as the St Catharine's Society Dinner. We fully expect that our benevolent acceptance of this homage will simply serve to enhance the prestige of the College. It will be seen from the list which I give below that St Catharine's men are playing a remarkably important part in the life of this Protect- orate. It is worth mentioning, in particular, the Survey Department, which has almost become a family business : the recently-retired Director, F. E. Taverner (B.A. 1922), has been succeeded by another member of the College, A. F. M. Smith, and there are in addition five other members of the College in the Department. The St Catharine's men known to be in Uganda at present are : L. M. Boyd (Mat. 1929), Minister of Local Government. D. R. N. Brown (B.A. 1933), Assistant Director of Agriculture. G. B. Gray (B.A. 1935), Director of African Housing. W. D. Gregg (B.A. 1934), Assistant Director of Education. J. B. Randall (B.A. 1934), Director of Veterinary Services. A. J. Relton (B.A. 1939), Assistant Director of Surveys. A. F. M. Smith (B.A. 1929), Director of Surveys. A. J. Warner (B.A. 1935), Professor of English at Makerere College. J. D. Gotch (B.A. 1938), District Commissioner, Acholi. C. W. K. Potts (B.A. 1932), Senior Community Development Officer. S. Dicks (B.A. 1933), Survey Department. I. J. Pook (B.A. 1947), Survey Department. W. N. Saunders (Mat. 1943), Survey Department. H. W. West (B.A. 1949), Survey Department. R. C. B. Gray (B.A. 1950), Administrative Officer. C. Vickerman (B.A. 1951), Administrative Officer. A. C. Watson (B.A. 1950), Administrative Officer. We look forward to welcoming additional members of the College in due course. 64 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

College News Letter HE wheel of St Catharine's has taken yet another turn. The cold, grey winds are blowing, and it is May Week again. In T the court the marquee for the May Ball stands gay and expectant. At the entrance rises the newly restored and cleaned Queens' Lane facing, which has done so much for the appearance of this side of the College, and on the inside the floodlit archway has become something of a Cambridge landmark. C and D staircases are now completed but for the new casements and a final coat of paint. No doubt there will be murmuring and recollections among the older members when they hear of central heating in the rooms. Two of the most important alterations, however, in the year's activity are the installation of the new oil-fired boiler under Old Lodge, which is supplying this luxury and is now working at full-pressure after some teething troubles, and the relaying of the cobbles with the new stone paving round the court. The J.C.R. itself has now been redecorated and restored to its old proportions. It is the hope of the J.C.R. Committee to gather a collection of pictures for this room, and the President would be grateful if any old members of St Catharine's would give advice and help for this scheme. Next year's President will be J. S. Woodhouse. In entertainment the College has provided not only for its own needs but for the University as well. In the Lent Term the Cardinals Ball, under the direction of its President, T. C. A. Horn, was again an outstanding success. It gave the University a full evening's entertain- ment from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. in the Guildhall and Corn Exchange, and the Midnight Howlers, who include six Footlights among their number, provided the cabaret. The Midnight Howlers themselves have had a full programme with cabarets, two smoking concerts and one of the best revues Cambridge has seen for some while, and their fame con- tinues to spread. Indeed, the little number, ' A Modernistic Maiden ', written by B. L. Barder for a concert last year and printed in the magazine, has now become the battle-song of Sir Alfred Munnings. C. F. Clement, Chess Club Captain, and third in the University Championship, might say the sporting life of the College this year is somewhat chequered. The ' sweeter fruits of reorganization ' of the Boat Club mentioned in the President's last letter were not forthcoming, despite some enthu- siastic leadership and hard work by the Captain, J. D. S. Innes. After some difficulties in training due to the emptying of the Cam, the Light Four were rowing well, but in the first round were drawn against and lost to Magdalene who went on to meet Trinity in the final. Two St Catharine's College Society Magazine 65 clinker fours were entered for the cup which the College then held. At the Plough the first crew held a lead of five seconds over a powerful Trinity boat, but were unable to hold out and lost by that amount. In the Fairbairn races the 1st Boat did well to drop only two places after the loss of three men due to injuries. The Lent Bumps again saw a slight drop in all the boats. The 1st Boat, after a row over, was bumped by Selwyn to become sandwich boat, and rowed over twice before being caught a second time.The 2nd Boat was unable to maintain its high position of third among the second boats, and was bumped each night, three times by 1 st boats. In the Reading Head-of-the-River Race a reconstituted 2nd Boat, starting from scratch, rose from 94th to 72nd place. The Mays found the 1 st Boat between Magdalene and Peterhouse, who both won their oars, and after being bumped, again went down to Caius. It has not been a good year for the Boat Club ; fewer people have offered to give the time and effort that rowing requires ; and one can but wish next year's captain, D. A. Bailey, and secretary, D. Rhodes, better success. Despite the absence of that wealth of talent conspicuous in previous years, the Rugby Club, under the leadership of J. G. K. Ingram with B. Pike as secretary, won the League Competition for the third time in succession after a close tussle with Emmanuel and Christ's for final place. The results—St Catharine's first—were Clare 20-0, Trinity 25-8, Pembroke 0-5, Emmanuel 8-18, St John's 18-6, Christ's 18-0, Queens' 12-0 and Selwyn 25-3. After a shaky start against Corpus Christi and Magdalene in the preliminary and first rounds of the Rugger Cup, the team settled down against Christ's with the pack looking strong and determined, and the improvement continued against Clare. In this match a first-half deficit of 0-3 was turned into an 8-3 win, and the College moved into the final against Emmanuel. Here, unfortunately, hopes were quickly dashed, for the strong Emmanuel backs scored five tries and wers well ahead with 19 points to 6—two penalty goals by Ingram—after no more than 25 minutes. Although the second half was slightly in our favour, the final score stood at 22-6, and even the noisy and spirited Kittens' procession dispersed quietly back to College. J. T. Hodgson and A. J. Herbert both represented the University at Twickenham and gained their English Trial Caps. Herbert was travelling reserve for all the international matches, and was elected captain of the C.U.R.U.F.C. in the coming season. D. E. S. Millard and A. B. W. Thomas played in the LX match against the Oxford Greyhounds. In the College Sevens, a depleted side lost 12-4 to Caius in the first round, and this year no side was entered in the Middle- sex Sevens. 66 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

One of the more light-hearted—or, perhaps, light-headed—moments of the Rugby Club's year was undoubtedly a tour in Italy during the Easter vacation. Billed as the ' Champions of Great Britain ', the side gained two convincing victories following an initial setback, and after a minor scrum down with the Customs, returned triumphant with an Espresso coffee machine. The results achieved by the Athletic Club under R. B. Nicholson with J. N. D. Scott as secretary have been encouraging. Both numbers and standard have been raised. On the track the Club is stronger than in previous years, but strength in the field events has weakened considerably. This was borne out in the Michaelmas term when the Club won the Inter-College Cup in the Relays, Division II, and thus gained promotion, but were relegated to Division II in the Field Events Competition. In the Lent term, after no less than four post- ponements owing to snow, the Cuppers were abandoned. A welcome newcomer to the College team this year was J. R. A. Scott-Oldfield, who won the 100 yards and 220 yards in the Freshmen's Sports against Oxford and was invited to represent the University in the Athletics match. R. J. Chapman* who is next year's secretary, represented his county in the British Games at the White City and gained an A.A.A. standard for the quarter-mile. By finishing fifth in the Cuppers and sixth in Division 1 of the League, the Cross-Country section also did much better than in recent years, and individual distinction goes to L. C. Masters who not only organized this success but capped it by winning the President's trophy, and to W. J. Jones and W, A, Naylor who represented the University in the cross-country race against Oxford. Naylor also did well in finishing fifth in the University ten-mile Roman Road race. Once again the Association Football XI fell to Emmanuel in the Cuppers. Only five colours remained in residence from last year, and the College forwards were unable to penetrate the Emmanuel defence which included England's amateur goalkeeper. League results, too, were unsatisfactory, and the final tables found the College in the lower half of Division I, though with considerably more points than the relegated teams. P. Hancock was a regular member of the Pegasus side, and was awarded his blue for the second year running. Last year, in the Hockey League, the College gained promotion to Division I. This year, under the guidance of C. R. Douglas, they finished in fifth place. The Cuppers side, with the blues P. M. H. P. Gale (who captained the University) and M. G. Ransome, and the three Wanderers, C. R. Douglas, J. C. W. Riley and R. Bairamian, started off well by beating the favourites, St John's, 2-1, and after defeating Clare 3-2 and Magdalene 4-2, the side played some of its St Catharine's College Society Magazine 67 best hockey to beat Emmanuel 4-2, and reach, and win, the final against Pembroke by one goal to nil despite the absence of Gale owing to injury. During the Easter vacation the College Hockey team made their first visit to the Folkestone Festival, and look forward to going again next year. Led by T. C. Walwyn, the Squash Club again entered three teams in the League Championship. Although the first team retained its position in Division II during the Michaelmas term, it was relegated to Division III after the Lent matches. Some consolation, however, may be had from the results of the second, for this—made up almost entirely of freshmen—was promoted to Division III. In the Cuppers the College was knocked out by Christ's in the quarter-finals after defeating King's. T. R. Prifti won the College Open Tournament this year, and C. M. A. Cassidy the Handicap Tournament for the Portway Cup. In the Inter-Varsity Swimming Match this year, the College was represented by P. A. Winchester. Another to take the plunge with distinction was A. H. Trist, President of the University Dampers Club. Winchester has been elected Honorary Secretary of the C.U. Swimming Club. By finishing second, two points behind Emmanuel, in Division II of the Tennis League, the College won promotion to Division I, and in the miniature version of this game, G. N. Furney played in the victorious Table Tennis team against Oxford. The Cricket Club has had a fairly successful season. In all, nine games were won, nine drawn and five lost. With the exception of that provided by M. J. Manuel, who bowled remarkably well for some long spells and proved to be chief match-winner, the team suffered from some rather indifferent bowling. How greatly it lacked a good spin bowler was clearly shown when D. E. S. Millard returned to the side after a hand injury which may have cost him a blue. The strength of the side lay in the batting, and some good innings were played by G. A. Tiffin, W. Frewin and R. C. Dolby, who also scored a century for the Crusaders. To B. Nickerson, however, must go the credit for holding the side together by his steadiness as an opener. The Crusaders regularly called on J. C. W. Riley, who was therefore seldom available for the College, and also from time to time on G. P. Pullen and J. S. Woodhouse who, with Frewin, shared the College wicket-keeping. Riley also played for the University against Warwickshire. Next year's captain, G. A. Tiffin, and secretary, G. B. Pullen, were last seen muttering significantly over the following figures : 68 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

BATTING AVERAGES Times Highest Innings Not Out Runs Score Average R. Bairamian 6 1 209 67* 41-80 R. C. Dolby 9 4 185 50* 37-00 W. Frewin 8 1 211 63 30-14 B. Nickerson 16 4 349 57* 29-08 0. R. W. Wynne 8 2 168 63 28-00 G. B. Pullen 5 0 135 61 27-00 G. A. Tiffin 12 1 252 64 22-90 A. Morley-Brown 9 2 155 44 22-14 (Captain) D. A. W. Evans 6 1 103 35* 20-60 *not out BOWLING AVERAGES Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average J. N. D. Scott 61 17 147 14 10-50 M. J. Manuel 221-4 51 625 46 13-58 A. E. Palmer 87-1 21 250 16 15-62 E. S. White 51-1 7 187 10 18-70 R. C. Dolby 85-4 22 267 14 19-07 B. Roberts 97 12 349 15 23-26 With Rugby Fives, however, lies perhaps the distinction of being the outstanding club this year, for not only did the College side reach the final of the Competition, but they also provided, in the persons of A. B. W. Taylor, D. A. W. Evans, J. H. K. Ingram and G. A. Tiffin, four of the University team of eight that beat Oxford. Taylor cap- tained the College side, and Tiffin is University secretary next year. This year R. J. Hunter, featherweight, and W. A. Naylor, welter, upheld the St Catharine's boxing tradition. Both were awarded blues. And so a full and interesting year has ended—ended in a whirl to the music of Nat Temple in the first May Ball for three years. It was a great success. For this the committee under its president, A. R. Potter, and the College staff, who coped magnificently, are to be con- gratulated. Now the court, once alive with lights, music and the hum of close on five hundred people, is sunny but deserted. The laughter at the two cabarets, provided by the West End theatre and the Midnight Howlers, has died away. The Howlers, too, have slipped over the rooftops, and we, last lingerers with scholarly stoop, turn towards the Senate House—and, indeed, the coming year. D. R. SALTER President, J.C.R. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 69

Marlow and Henley, 1956 As only three members of the 1st May Boat were available for Henley, it was decided to make up a four with a member of the 2nd Boat and enter the Town Cup at Marlow and the Wyfold Fours at Henley. It was a bold decision because the crew had not rowed together, and only two had experience of light fours. The crew therefore assembled at Henley as soon as they could—on Monday, the 18th June—and started training immediately. This was not easy at first, but P. B. D. Sutherland, an ex-captain of the College Club and now of Maidenhead Boat Club, came to our aid and took us for an outing before we rowed to Marlow on the Thursday. As luck would have it, we were drawn against Burway, a much more experienced crew, in a preliminary heat on Friday evening. They led from the start and gradually drew away. At the half-way mark we were holding them at a lower rating, but that was all. We could make no real impression on them, and they won by three lengths. M. Plaisted, of London Rowing Club, took us in hand after Marlow, and we improved with every outing. The main difficulty was steering. Bow side noticeably pulled stroke side, and the gusty cross winds prevalent at Henley during the week did not help to correct this. The trouble, however, gradually righted itself, and when Saturday carne, with the eliminating races before the actual regatta, we were quite confident. Our opponents were Bedford Rowing Club. At the Barrier we were a length up, having led from the start, and the distance continued to increase until, at the finish, after a comfortable if stren- uous row against a strong head wind, we were leading by three lengths, our time, 8 mins 26 sees, being the third fastest of the day in the Wyfold Fours. Although this time was 20 sees better than our opponents in the regatta itself—Merton College, Oxford—had made on the Saturday, the race did not conform to times. Again we led from the start, and by the end of the island were well up. At Fawley this lead had been increased to one and a half lengths, but we had never settled down, and at the mile post Merton, the stronger crew, were almost level. We put in a strong finishing burst, but even so they drew ahead and won by threequarters of a length in 8 mins 14 sees. The College crew were N. C. Corbyn (str), M. H. Thomas (3), D. A. Bailey (2) and C. W. Groves (bow and steer). D.A.B. 70 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

The College Societies The Shirley Society Such plans were formed in the minds President: D. R. Salter of the committee to line up a brilliant array of personalities and speakers from Secretary : J. W. Harris the arts and the rich fields of literature, and letters were dispatched post-haste with all the enthusiasm of the pioneer starting on some glorious venture. Gradually, however, cold reality dawned. Writers, it was delicately hinted, like to sleep on Sundays and rarely travel. Charming letters from the acting world pleaded that this was a day of rest, but ' do write again ', and as for the musicians and artists But this is too dismal a picture. Were it really like that, the Society would not have enjoyed such a variety of evenings. Meeting in the J.C.R., the Shirley Society has had quite a literary year, and the added space in the room itself was welcome at times, indeed so on the first night, when the room itself was crowded to hear Mr T. R. Henn speak on ' — the Art of Living '. From the delightful talk which followed, ranging in topics from the strip cartoon to Jungian psychology with a liberal sprinkling of quotations, it became evident why the Society has called upon Mr Henn for some years to open the yearly programme. James McNeil Whistler visited the Society through the medium of James Laver who, in a biographical summary of this famous painter, recalled many of the numerous stories and anecdotes which seem to have clustered about his painting career ; and with the same affection for an old friend, S. C. Roberts later gave a talk on ' The Author of the Rambler '. Also in the Lent Term, Derek Stanford, who recently produced a book on the subject, spoke on the poetry and life of Dylan Thomas. It is not so many years now since this controversial and rumbustious figure stormed into the J.C.R. to address the Society, and fled immediately his last word had been delivered for, it is said, the few remaining minutes of refreshment. Because the visits of so many famous figures were marked by nothing but a printed name among the dusty annals of past programmes, we decided to have a visitors' book made for the Society, and we have to thank Stan Freer, an old Shirley Society man himself, for producing a splendidly bound piece of crafts- manship in red morocco leather. In an hour of inimitable Dr F. R. Leavis, both T. S. Eliot and the ' Bloomsbury Group ' in general came under some searching critical fire. Questions crowded in from a large audience from several colleges, and the President was forced to close the meeting and move to the hospitality of Mr Henn's rooms for coffee and further discussion. In St Catharine's College Society Magazine 71 the following term another University lecturer, Dr D. Daiches, gave a lucid and closely reasoned paper on ' Guilt and Justice in Shakespeare '. The literary emphasis in this talk was strong, but many people from all faculties were present. The Society ranged over wider fields when it invited Hans Feibusch, who has completed many mural paintings in churches throughout England, to speak on Tiepolo and the Baroque. With the aid of coloured slides, Mr Feibusch spoke with wide artistic knowledge of the subject and the conviction of personal enthusiasm which had grown from his childhood days in Frankfort. ' Poetry—A Mug's Game ' was the title for the poet James Reeves, who ended a lively talk on the nature of inspiration by reading one of his own poems. So interesting did he become on the subject of folk poetry at coffee afterwards, that he has since returned as guest of the committee. Michael Swan, broadcaster and writer of travel books, gave members a glimpse into the life and customs of the Indians of Mexico and South America Patch over one eye, he told us of his own experiences in that country and showed with slides the places he had visited Two historians visited the Society this year, Dr H. R. Trevor- Roper, who attacked the present trends in historical exposition in a talk entitled ' The New Historical Obscurantism ', and Professor D. W. Brogan who spoke on ' The State of France '. This accomplish- ed speaker, with a wealth of knowledge and information at his finger tips, provoked many questions in his historical picture of the social- political world across the Channel. The world of theatre was this year represented by the playwright and former actor, John Whiting, who was able to give a first-hand account of the writing and production of a play today. Donald Wolfit had also accepted the Society's invitation, but at the last moment was unfortunately unable to come. The Society, however, did have its own budding actors this year. Under the direction of Stephen Pike, the Play-Reading Group, with the help of the sonorous sorority of Newnham, enjoyed many a Wednesday evening throughout the Mich- aelmas and Lent terms. The plays read were Antony and Cleopatra, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, An Enemy of the People, Deirdre of the Sorrows, The Countess Cathleen, Juno and the Paycock, The Doctor's Dilemma, Venus Observed, The Love of Four Colonels, and Hassan. It is hoped that sometime the Society will again burst into a dramatic production. The last Sunday of the year was given over to a debate—' That this House believes that the moral significance of art is negligible '. Quips, cracks and sallies were interspersed with many serious moments 72 St Catharine's College Society Magazine in the speeches of Mr John Andrew, Professor E. E. Rich, Dr J. Broad- bent and Mr Alan Wilkinson. In contrast with these, the speeches from the floor left much to be desired. With the defeat of the motion the meeting, and the Society itself for this year, came to an end, and this account closes with grateful recognition of those who helped with the chairs, Mr Henn, for his advice and unflagging hospitality, and Dr J. Broadbent. Next year's President will be John Harris, and Ron Mulryne will be Secretary.

The John Ray Society The full programme of the year now- President : M. J. Peckham ending was happily accompanied by an equally full attendance, due, it would Secretary : J. N. Davies seem, to the posting of notices in the various departments and the consequent increase in the number of visitors from other colleges. Our first speaker, Professor Ernest Baldwin, late of Cambridge but now Professor of Biochemistry at University College, London, dealt with ' The Evolution of Nitrogen Excretion in Vertebrates ', and illustrated his talk with lantern slides, many of them taken from his own work. Dr Charles Shute, from the Anatomy Department, next gave a most interesting talk on ' The Evolution of Mammals ', a subject in which his work lies on the comparative side ; and Professor O. R. Frisch, F.R.S., Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy, followed with a talk on ' Causality '. During the war Professor Frisch was concerned with atomic research at Los Alamos, and was head of atomic research at Harwell until he came to Cambridge. At the last meeting of the Michaelmas term, Dr E. J. H. Corner delighted the Society with a lively account of his experience in the tropical forests of Malaya, the subject of his talk being ' Some Incidents of Tropical Biology '. Before the Japanese occupation of Singapore, Dr Corner was deputy director of the botanical gardens there, and was able to work with Japanese botanists when he remained to preserve the library. He used many beautiful water-colour paintings of fruit to illustrate his talk. The Society was particularly pleased to welcome a St Catharine's man, Professor E. Hutchinson, as the first speaker in the Lent term. Professor Hutchinson was then spending a sabbatical year in Cambridge from Stanford University, California, where he is Professor of Colloid Chemistry, and his subject, ' Science in the Wash-Pan ', enabled him to deal with some of the more humorous aspects of the manufacture of soap in the United States. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 73

An audience of eighty-seven packed itself into the J.C.R. to hear Sir Bryan Matthews, F.R.S., talk on ' Human Breaking Strains '. At Farnborough, during the war, Sir Bryan led research into high- altitude flying, and the discussion which followed lost nothing from the many who had themselves flown aircraft at high altitudes. Professor N. F. Mott, who has recently come to Cambridge from Bristol, was no less interesting on ' Science and Security ', a subject which has captured everyone's attention in the past few years. He dealt specifically with the Oppenheimer case, and roused a lively discussion in the mixed audience. Dr Sydney Smith has long been an able and faithful supporter of the Society, and in his talk on the chemistry of Chinese Ceramic Glazes, he gave a stimulating analysis of the techniques used to produce the many colours in these glazes. Then, at the last meeting of the year, Dr R. C. Sutcliffe, from the Meteorological Office, not only gave an authoritative exposition on ' The Geophysical Problem of World Rainfall ', but left his audience a good deal wiser about the difficulties of weather forecasting. The academic year has thus been a full one, and the Society thanks all those who have contributed to its success, particularly those members of the Senior Combination Room who have so generously entertained the speakers.

The Music Society The main policy of the Music Society President : B. Cassidy this year has been to search out and try talent from the College itself, rather Secretary : M. Philpott than to fall back upon well-known and proficient performers from other colleges. As usual there was a lack of string players, but the mainstay has been second-year Peter Evans who, besides being valuable in ensemble playing, has performed several times as a solo violist. During the Michaelmas term, David Epps gave an interesting organ Recital which included the well-known C Minor Prelude and Fugue, the D Minor Trio Sonata, and the D Minor Toccata and Fugue, all works of Bach. Also in the programme was the first Cambridge performance of the Baroque Prelude and Fantasia by the American composer, Richard Arnell. During the same term, a Chamber Concert was put on, the players being mainly freshmen. The programme included movements from a flute and piano Sonata, a Marcello Viola Sonata, and Pieces de Clavecin 74 St Catharine's College Society Magazine en Concert by Philippe Rameau, scored for flute, cello and pianoforte, a little-known work which proved well worth hearing. With the extra interest in and appreciation of Mozart on the cele- bration of his birth two hundred years ago, it was appropriate that the College should hear about his place in the history of Music. Dr Nigel Fprtune supplied this in his talk ' Composer, Patron and Public since Mozart ', which he illustrated with gramophone records. During the Lent term, the President's Chamber Concert gave College musicians a chance to perform, and highlights of the evening were performances of viola and pianoforte music by Peter Evans and Lionel Wickham, and of pianoforte duet music played by Dr Sydney Smith and Denis Rothwell, who attacked Schubert's Fantasie a la Hongrois with great gusto. The Sunday afternoon Record Recitals given by Dr Smith during the Michaelmas and Lent terms were much appreciated, and sincere thanks are due to Dr Smith and those members of the College who brought along their own records. It was unfortunate that more were not present in Chapel at the Recital of Sacred Music given at the end of the Lent term by the Aldington Singers, conducted by Alan Taylor and accompanied on the organ by David Epps. The main work of the programme was Kodaly's Missa Brevis, which was well performed ; and Perotin's Beata Viscera for unaccompanied solo voice was magnificent music, magnificently performed. Keeping to the Society's principle of music by the College for the College as far as possible, the May Week Concert this year had only one outside performer. This was Keith Folka from Pembroke who played first violin. The evening opened with a fine performance of some of the favourite Bach, Handel and Schubert songs sung by first- year Granville Lynch, accompanied by Bernard Cassidy. Also included in the programme was a nineteenth-century recitation with pianoforte accompaniment played by Denis Rothwell, dramatically spoken by Geoffrey Pogson, well known as the producer of the Midnight Howlers revue, Paws for Laughter. He also sang, with Granville Lynch, again accompanied by Denis Rothwell, the duet, ' Watchman, What of the Night ?'. The programme ended with a short pianoforte recital by Denis Rothwell, whose superb technique was immensely appreciated in works by Faure and Chopin. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 75

The Law Society Of the four meetings held by the Society President : D. V. Evans which were of interest to the lawyer qua lawyer, old members of St Catharine's Secretary : R. R. Footner have taken the leading part in three. First, Sir Ivor Jennings, Master of Trinity Hall, who founded the Society, drew on his own experiences under the title of ' The Con- fessions of a Constitution-Maker ', and described the varied types of constitution he had worked on. In making that of the Maldive Islands, he was given carte blanche, but to no lasting purpose, for within seven months of the setting up of the constitution the president and the constitution were non-existent. Sir Ivor then described the part he played in drawing up the constitutions of Pakistan, Ceylon and Eritrea, and for those of us reading Constitutional Law the talk was of especial interest because it filled in the background of our syllabus. When at St Catharine's, Mr Gerald Owen read Mathematics, but he addressed the Society as a barrister-at-law and gave a general picture, enlivened with much anecdote, of the profession as a career. Mr Gooderson, the third member of the College, was ' on the bench ' for the moot in which problems directly concerned with personal property and real property were the basis for argument. At the fourth meeting Dr Donald Teare, the forensic pathologist of St. George's Hospital, gave the Society an insight into his work as it relates to Criminal Law, a subject of such wide interest that it brought many laymen into a large audience. Dr Teare made full use of slides to illustrate his points, and question-time was unusually prolonged.

The Lightfoot Society The Society started the year well by President : J. A. Harvey winning a dispute with the College Kitchens over an unpaid account for Secretary : H. S. Crow coffee, and thus invigorated, went on to a lively general meeting where, unfortunately, there was no coffee, but there was, of course, no bill. Mr P. G. Hall resigned his presidency, and Mr J. A. Harvey took over. A committee was elected with Mr H. S. Crow as secretary, and Mr M. J. Sutton became treasurer. At a debate on the questionable privilege of wearing a gown, the Society showed its old verve once more. Mr Senker, proposing the motion, impressed the Society with the gown's usefulness by periodi- cally mopping up the water that had, by some mischance, found its way on and under the presidential table. An interesting speech by Mr Long told of quaint Cambridge customs such as upending young 76 St Catharine's College Society Magazine ladies in Petty Cury, and paved the way for a cross-talk act by two gentlemen from Birmingham which recalled the past glories of the famous Manchester act of Bowler and Midwinter. Eventually the motion was carried by a majority of twelve. A subsequent motion deploring the pay increases for the Services said very little about the pay increases but a great deal about the Services, and produced an enormous series of National Service experiences and anecdotes. Mr Innes painted a distressing picture of the Minister of Defence as Cinderella wilting under the public's scorn or neglect, an analogy which provoked less delicate but more credible suggestions from a gentleman late of the Pioneer Corps. Mr Strachan, having said that the Army brought out the worst in a man and made him a beast, then admitted that he had just finished two years in the Army, where- upon the House agreed to excuse him almost anything. Eventually the motion was lost, and the House fell to discussing its future. It was decided to invite the Newnham Cabbage Club to a debate, and a tentative offer was afterwards made to their President with the motion 'That this House would like to burn its boats with the Newnham Cabbage Club '. So far no reply has been received. The committee, however, are active in both Girton and New Hall, so the Michaelmas term is awaited with great interest by the fleet-footed devotees of Doctor Lightfoot.

Academic Distinctions, 1956 First-Class Honours in the various Triposes were obtained by : Economics Part I J. H. V. Wilson English Preliminary for Part I J. R. Mulryne Part I J. S. Woodhouse Geography Preliminary for Part I J. H. Grice C. D. Hill T. A. Jones Part II R. J. Challis H. D. Dias P. R. Smethurst Law Qualifying I J. G. H. Bates Part II I. J. Evans Mathematics Part I W. R. Hodgkins Preliminary for Part II S. Abrahams Part II C. F. Clement C. J. Knight St Catharine's College Society Magazine 77

Mechanical Sciences Preliminary for Part 1 1st Year J. B. Weightman Parti J. N. D. Scott Part II J. G. Jones Modern Languages Preliminary for Part II N. J. Dunstan Natural Sciences Preliminary for Part I 1st Year D. C. Bassett C. V. Green way G. H. Lister B. E. F. Macefield T. E. Mitchell Preliminary for Part I (other than 1st Year) D. M. Potts Parti D. G. Arundale G. D. Baird. D. A. Hopkins on Part II G. D. Branch M. A. Message Oriental Languages Preliminary for Part I L. R. Wickham

Estate Management 2nd Examination P. K. Hutchinson 3rd Examination J. R. Pettigrew

College Awards On the results of the examinations in 1956, College or Commemoration Prizes were given to all who obtained First-Class Honours, and in addition the following awards were made : Granted the Title of Scholar : G. D. Branch, for Natural Sciences R. J. Challis, for Geography C. F. Clement, for Mathematics H. D. Dias, for Geography I. J. Evans, for Law J. G. Jones, for Mechanical Sciences P. R. Smethurst, for Geography. Granted the Title of Exhibitioner : S. Abrahams, for Mathematics D. G. Arandale, for Natural Sciences N. J. Dunstan, for Modern Languages D. A. Hopkinson, for Natural Sciences Elected to a Research Studentship : F. A. C. C. Wilson Elected to a Junior Research Studentship : M. A. Message Elected to the Master's Sizar ship : D. E. S. Millard 78 St Catharines College Society Magazine

The College Commemoration Prizes were awarded to : Drury-Johns Mathematical Prize : C. F. Clement ) C. J. Knight ) Aeq Tasker Prize for Modern Languages : N. J. Dunstan Adderley Prize for Law : I. J. Evans Belfield Clarke Prize for Natural Sciences : M. A. Message Alexandria Prize for Mechanical Sciences : J. G. Jones J. N. D. Scott Bishop Graham Brown's Prize for Ordinands : J. J. Bunting ) A. J. Cross ) Aeq Bishop Browne's Prize for Reading in Chapel : J. S. Woodhouse

University Award Royal Aeronautical Society Prize in Aeronautics : J. G. Jones

The College Pictures HE College has received from the Belgian Government a request for the loan of the painting of The Guild of St Luke in Antwerp, T attributed to Gonzales Cocx (1614-1684), for inclusion in an exhibition of Flemish Art which is being arranged. In January and February of this year, the College lent the portrait of Dr Lightfoot, by an unknown artist, to the Jewish Society's Ter- centenary Exhibition of Anglo-Jewish Art and History. John Light- foot was Master of St Catharine's from 1650 to 1675*

Transatlantic Journey AST autumn I paid a short visit to the U.S.A. and Canada, sailing in the Britannic to New York on the 21st October, the day L after the Queen's visit to Cambridge. Dr S. C. Aston, who was taking a year's sabbatical leave, sailed in the same ship, and together we spent a happy week on board, enjoying ourselves every day in the ship's swimming bath and gymnasium and at deck games. These activities completely baffled an American, formerly from Yorkshire and of sedentary disposition, who shared a cabin with Stanley Aston and summed them up in broad Yorkshire : ' I can't understand you and your mate : you're always doing something.' The weather was rough and the ship was late, but Professor Gabriel and Professor Blitzer, both of Trumbull College and former residents St Catharine's College Society Magazine 79

at Cambridge, met us and motored us to Ya!e. Stanley Aston stayed only for a wet weekend, and then went on to his allotted home at Ohio State University, but I remained for a hectic week at Trumbull College, living in the Master's House, giving some lectures and being regaled with much truly American hospitality. My next visit was to Cambridge (Mass,), mainly for the purpose of seeing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and from there I went by air to Toronto. Here the small St Catharine's community went out of its way to make the visit a success. One day was devoted to a visit to Niagara and the new hydro-electric power station. Other visits were to local factories and the University of Toronto where P. C. T. White is engaged in History research. Then, on the 11th November, after a meeting in R. A. C. Cross's house, a dinner was held at a very comfortable hotel called ' La Chaumiere '. The get-together included : P. C. T. (Pat) White of the University of Toronto. D. H. (David) Scholes of the Department of Highways, Toronto, W. A. (Bill) Lewis of Dunlop Canada. Ltd, who has since married the daughter of the Managing Director, and R. A. C. (Roy) Cross of the Bell Telephone Co., of Canada. Next day I went by air to Ohio to visit Stanley Aston, and from there to New York to give a lecture to the International Institute of Education. In New York I stayed in great comfort at the Yale Club. The journey back had been arranged in a Dutch liner, the Ryndam, with the intention of getting home in time for St Catharine's Day. Again the weather was persistently rough, making the ship 12 hours late and it was 4 p.m, on the 25th November when I landed at South- hampton. Nevertheless a record rush through the customs and a race to the Central Station enabled me to catch the 4.20 train to Waterloo, and arrive in Hall half-way through the Commemoration Dinner. 80 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

The College Silver Some Notes towards a History by DR SYDNEY SMITH ERY few pieces of the College Plate have been purchased out of the corporate income of the Master and Fellows ; even when V there is no inscription on the piece to show the particular donor, there is evidence that pieces originally given and engraved with the arms of particular individuals were exchanged for the unmarked piece. It is probable, moreover, that this is also true for most of the table silver acquired by the College early in the 19th century which is still in daily use. At various periods in the 17th century, when financial stress was experienced, the College would realize some of its assets of silver plate, which at that time were regarded much as Trustee stocks are today. With few exceptions all the plate that has at one time or another been in the College possession was given by armigerous young men either of noble blood, or else of the landed gentry. These would dine at high table with the Fellows while in residence as undergraduates, and were accordingly known as Fellow Commoners. At some time during their residence, usually as soon as possible, they were expected to give to the College a piece of plate, or alternatively, money to buy a piece of plate. This plate was usually engraved with the coat of arms of the donor and also with the College crest. The ordinary piece would be of approximately 20 oz. weight which, at roughly 6s. an ounce, would represent a money gift of about £6, though there are records of money paid for plate being as little as £2-10-0. (' Mr Peter Alston's can, Bought 1623 ') The most usual form the piece took was a Can or Kann (so spelled) or Tankard, though the records mention ' two eared pott's ' and even, on several occasions, ' Mr Potts his pot'. The more wealthy and splendid young men would give a correspondingly osten- tatious piece of plate ; for example, the third son of the Earl of Warwick, Hatton Rich, who was admitted Fellow Commoner in 1639, gave a can on admission and later a silver-gilt plate engraved with his arms, weighing 30 oz. ; Sir John Rouse, entered June 16th, 1672, gave a tankard weighing 50 oz., and Sir Francis Willoughby, entered Novem- ber 30th, 1682, a tankard of no less than 69 oz. 10 pennyweights. Together with its full load of liquor, this must have been a considerable strain to a raised elbow. It has proved possible to compile, from existing admission lists and the entrance fees recorded in the annual audits, a list of all the Fellow Commoners of the College from 1627 until the practice of admitting St Catharine's College Society Magazine 81 them died out with Charles Purvis Boyd who entered on January 30th, 1874. There is reason to suppose that there was not a great number of Fellow Commoners of the College before 1627, as most of the plate extant at the time of the first surviving plate audit can be assigned to Fellow Commoners of whom we have some record. Where a piece of plate in the first surviving plate audit (January 27th, 1637) can be traced to a Fellow Commoner recorded in Venn's Alumni Cantabrig- iensis, it is possible to trace the donor's admission before the beginning of admission records or of audits. The earliest admission so recon- structed is Philip Hodgson who matriculated as a Fellow Commoner from St Catharine's in Lent 1615/16, and whose gift, a beaker, was exchanged on January 27th, 1637, with other plate for two silver flagons for use as part of the communion plate. Records are sufficiently reliable, and the cross check between admissions, audits and plate lists is sufficiently encouraging for the individual entries and the nature of their gifts to be arrived at with a fair degree of certainty.

The numbers concerned are summarized as a graph where the total entry for each ten-year period is plotted against time. From inspection of this graph it is clear that most of the 17th century numbers were high, apart from a brief intermission during the Commonwealth, until Eachard's death in 1697. A brief rise from 1720 to 1740 is followed by a very low entry until the beginning of the 19th century when business was exceedingly brisk from 1810 to 1850, at £6 a head capitation, only to die out completely in 1874. The Fellow Commoners' names for this latter period are recorded on the shanks of the spoons 82 St Catharine's College Society Magazine and forks in daily use at high table. Most of the pieces of plate, bearing the donor's coat of arms as well as those of the College, which are still extant, are pieces presented to the College by Fellow Commoners admitted since the beginning of the 18th century. The important rosewater ewer and bowl made by William Fawdery with a London date letter for 1703 were acquired by the Master and Fellows in exchange for other pieces of College Silver presented by earlier Fellow Commoners. The order, dated September 26th, 1704, reads : Memded That it was then agreed by the unanimous consent of ye Master and Fellows that ye Tankards given by Sr John Rouse, Sr Charles Caesar and Mr Kemp should be exchanged for a new Bason and Ewer, and that ye ten old Beakers commonly used in ye Hall being much bruised and broken should be exchanged for eight new ones of a more convenient size and ye overplus of ye money (if any be) should be applied towards new Communion plate. That ye Monteith given by Mr Middleton should be exchanged for a new gilt Patten for ye use of ye Communion and that ye Old Communion plate viz. a flagon and cup and cover and small trencher plate weighing in all seventy eight ounces should be exchanged for a gilt Basin and two new cups and covers now provided for ye use of ye new Chappell. and that ye money wanting to Compleat this new plate should be raised out of ye money given at ye Communion. W. Dawes. Mastr: Jo: Leng R. Clotterbooke J. Jefferey Tho: Crosse The text of this order is given in full, for it illustrates very well the vicissitudes that the College silver has undergone at various occasions during the past. For instance, no beaker from this order survives today ; the earliest specimen we have now was made by Charles Wright in London and is dated 1772. A further twelve were made to the same pattern by Robert Salmon (also of London) in 1800. It is probable that the pattern of all these pieces is copied from the remodelling of 1704 ; they are very heavy, solid and beautifully proportioned. The question how much and of what kinds of plate did the College possess at different times can be resolved by studying the plate audit which it was the practice to conduct from time to time. As well as enumerating the number of a particular type and the donor of each piece, the distribution of plate between the rooms of individual Fellows St Catharine's College Society Magazine 83 and Fellow Commoners was also recorded because each plate user signed a receipt in the audit for the items under his charge. There was always some communion plate and a certain number of articles in the Buttery for use in Hall for which the Butler would sign the receipt, and pieces not in use were deposited in the ' Treasury '. Spoons, however, would get lost, and there is an item in the audit for 1713/14 which reads : 'Given to Hosea Tyne for finding a College silver spoon -00-02-00.' Occasionally a Fellow would present a piece of plate ; for example, ' It. for a salt-seller which Mr Bucke bougfit for ye Colledge 4-0-6' occurs in the audit for 1625/26. Plate was frequently changed, and items occur for excess payments arising from changes as well as separate entries for the carriage of plate to and from London. Sometimes the substituted piece still carries the name of the original donor, as in the case of the two bedroom candlesticks dated 1775, which are now inscribed Caroli Dove Generosi and are presumably a refabrication of a tankard given by Charles Dove when admitted Fellow Commoner on June 12th, 1708, to which the entry in the audit of 1708/9, ' Carriage of Mr Dove's Tankard 0-1-0 ', refers. Another similar metamorphosis accounts for the name of John Sambrook (admitted July 4th, 1709) on two sauce boats, London-made in 1744, which are still in daily use. The College order of November 16th, 1744, reads : ' It was then agreed by the Master and Fellows then present that a large silver cup the gift of Mr John Sambrooke weight 40 ounces one penny weight, and a worn out Tankard the gift of James Sotheby Gent. Weight 27 oz. 18 penny weights be sold, and the money laid out by the Bursar in the Purchase of new and useful Plate.' By 1751 the Fellow Commoner contributed £12 for the purchase of plate. Mr Robinson Morley, who contributed this amount, has his name inscribed on the first two of the candlesticks designed by William Cafe (the famous maker) and made in 1759. The pair dated 1760 were contributed by Sir William Bunbury who later was the winner of the first Derby in 1780 with his horse ' Diomed '. The design of these candlesticks was very popular. Cafe made four in 1766. Four more were made by John Carter (1773), and a further eight by Jos. Taylor (1835). All have fine heavy-cast bases. Even the 1835 pieces depend for their stability on the weight of the silver in them and not, as was usual in the 19th century, on the weight of the lead-filled wooden base. For the purpose of computing the number of pieces of plate and their change in number, it has been found necessary to count under one heading cans (or Kanns), cups, beakers and potts (whether two-eared or not). Salts and spoons are separately listed and cause no trouble. 84 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Large pieces, like the rosewater ewer and bowl, are always recognizable, and, in any case, were not acquired until after the period when fairly violent changes in the College holdings of plate were liable to occur. On January 27th, 1637, there were 50 cans, 5 salts and 18 spoons. A year later this number was 57 cans, the same 5 salts and only 13 spoons, for a certain Mr Wier appears to have lost five since the last audit. It is of interest to realize that there are recorded 55 Fellow Commoners by 1638, so it is probable that only the salts and the spoons can be, considered College pieces, and of the salts one was the great standing salt given in 1626 ' by Tho. Bucke '. This piece was sold on August 23rd, 1697, as part of one of the lots to help pay the College debts over the new buildings after Eachard's death on July 7th, 1697. Numbers of Fellow Commoners and of cans rise steadily to a total of 73 cans and 96 Fellow Commoners by the audit of May 20th, 1647. One more spoon had also been lost. By January 21st, 1650, there were only 46 cans, 2 salts and 11 spoons, so it appears at least probable that silver had to be contributed by the College about this time. Entries during the Cromwellian period for pieces of plate presented were very few ; the practice seems to have been to give money instead, which was carried over from audit to audit as ' plate due ' and probably used as cash for the rebuilding of the Hall, begun on February 23rd, 1673. The audit of June 2nd, 1684, lists 41 cans, 5 salts and 23 spoons. The total number of Fellow Commoners was by this time 163. The value of contributions to the College and other funds from the sale and con- version of this plate is of the order of £600 ; the annual income of the College at this time was about £240 from all sources, so the contribu- tion of the Fellow Commoners towards the College is quite significant. On October 6th, 1686, there are 48 cans, and 6 new salts have been bought, and one spoon has been lost since the last audit. By Christmas 1688 several cans appear to have been sold and many Fellow Com- moners' contributions taken in money for the rebuilding. Entries such as ' Mr Nodes instead of plate for his son 10-15-0 ' are exceedingly common at this time, though in this instance a beaker with his arms and the College's appears to have been bought, since it appears, so described, in the audit of October 5th, 1686. Further sales of plate occurred so that by February 16th, 1698, though a total of 186 Fellow Commoners are recorded, there are only 13 cans, 10 beakers, 12 salts and 22 spoons. Three parcels of plate had been sold for the total sum of £197-6-0, as well as the plate ceded to Sir Charles Caesar in settlement of £100 worth of a debt on November 22nd, 1688. The price for plate melted down in 1687 (boyled) was 5s. 8d. the ounce. So a total of rather over 1,000 ounces of plate was disposed of about this time. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 85

As already recorded, plate was exchanged in 1704, and from time to time pieces of plate were exchanged, notably when table silver was acquired from Bodycoates and Whittiers in 1810, and from the Prince Regent's firm of Goldsmiths, Rundell and Bridge, in 1821. Since then, the developing inertia, or antiquarianism, of the Governing Body has ensured relative security to the survivors of this tale of trafficking and losses. Of recent years the practice of giving silver to the College has been revived, and there will be some notable accessions for the historian of the future to record for the first half of the 20th century. There follows a list of important and interesting pieces of plate which are or have been at some time in the College possession. Losses 1. Gilt cupp (in 1637 audit). 2. Two great salt cellars. 3. Communion plate—chalice (gilded) and paten, two silver flagons (for the Chapel) acquired January 27th, 1637, in all 66 oz. 4. Mr Buck's salt cellar. 'A great college salt seller Coll. arms 41 oz.' 5. Sir John Rouse's tankard, 50 oz. 6. Mr Pierce's tankard, 45 oz. 7. Mr Peter Hussey's tankard, 45 oz. 8. Sir Francis Willoughby's tankard, 69| oz. 9. Mr Middleton's Monteith. 10. Hatton Rich's ' guilt plate his arms \ 30 oz. 11. Robert Brackenbury's silver cup in case with lid with pineapple ornament on the top, ' ex dono Robt. Brackenbury 1775', disposed of in May 1811. Survivals 1. Mr Strelley Pegge's pair of small candlesticks and snuffer tray, London 1732/33 ; maker, Jas. Gould. (With a pair of modern snuffers to match made by Garrard & Co., London, 1956.) 2. Mr Francis Whichcote's pair of candlesticks with masks, dated 1764 in the inscription on the pieces, but London date letter 1737 in Hall Mark ; maker, Edward Feline. 3. The Cafe candlesticks and later copies (in all 20 sticks) which are spoken of above. 4. Francis Wilmington's two-handled cup, London 1713 ; maker, Henry Collins. 5. Thomas Hanmer's two-handled cup, London 1733 ; maker, Benjamin Godfrey. 6. Sir Francis Whichcote's tankard, 29 oz. 15 dw., London 1702 ; maker, John Backe. 86 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

7. Thomas Coggeshall's tankard, London, 1729 ; maker, Thomas England. 8. Rosewater ewer and bowl, London 1703 ; maker, William Fawdery. (See above.) 9. Rosewater bowl, ' Ex dono Tho. Western ', London 1709 ; maker, Anthony Nelme. 10. Christie and Curtis's coffee pot, given 1853 (or later) ; London date letter for 1755 ; maker, William Williams. 11. Eight salt cellars, London 1737 ; maker, David Hennell. 12. Mr Henry Runbury's cruet, London 1769 ; maker, R. Peaston. 13. The two oldest College tankards (beakers) are London-made, 1772, by Charles Wright. Twelve more were acquired in 1800 (maker, Robert Salmon) and a further six in 1833. All are of the same design. 14. Mr John Sambrook's two sauce boats, London 1744 ; maker's mark illegible. 15. Mr Jacob Spurrell's four entree dishes and covers, London 1803 ; maker, Paul Storr. These are in constant use in spite of their importance. 16. Prince Albert's silver-gilt inkstand presented to Henry Philpott and by him to St Catharine's, London 1844 ; maker, Edward Barnard & Co. 17. Henry Philpott's centrepiece, London 1860 ; maker, Edward Barnard & Co.

Paws for Laughter HERE is always the promise of unusual virtuosity in the perform- ance of those who set a standard so high that they have been T known to confess their inability to live up to it. So when the Midnight Howlers emerged from their temporary retirement to the privacy of the Rushmore Room and, for a modest fee, invited Cambridge at large to the Bull theatre, the occasion was—well, interesting. More importantly, however, it was enjoyable. Even the local undergraduate newspaper, which properly relates everything to perfection, considered Paws for Laughter to be a cut above the ordinary run of college revues, and that is praise indeed. Against this, less exacting critics, among them your correspondent, voted it the best show the Midnight Howlers have put on since the war, and that is possibly greater praise though not, of course, so authoritative. St Catharine's College Society Magazine 87

If any one thing distinguished Paws for Laughter from its prede- cessors of recent years, it was an evenness that revealed itself in a consistently high level of production and performance. Whether it was Mike Drake solemnly discussing ' our glorious heritage of folk music' as exemplified in the Tittlebury song which, ' in its simple, almost inarticulate way, expresses all the joy and sorrow of life '— ' Twas one September morning. The corn was growing high. ' Ooh aah?' I says to her, I says. ' Ooh aah,' says she to I. We sat down in a bosky dell. The moon was in the sky. ' Ooh aah?' I says to her, I says, ' Ooh aah,' says she to I. I put my arm around her waist. To her I did draw nigh. ' Ooh aah! ' I says to her, I says. ' Ooh aah! ' says she to I. (In the Scottish version the rather harsh * Och aye ' is substituted for the soft wistfulness of the southern ' Ooh aah \) —or whether it was Geoff Strachan in the mantle of Alistair Cooke, putting over his transatlantic newsletter (for simple people) and care- fully pointing out that a man wearing an umbrella and carrying a lift-boy who knocked down a bowler hat in broad daylight on First Avenue on the fifth Monday of December and then said ' I'm terribly sorry ', simply could not be an American citizen ; —or the Howlers en masse outrageously guying The Living Desert with ' a true-life adventure in which the parts are played by the creatures themselves in a miniature cosmos called the plain of Cambridge, the plain the world forgot, The Living Fen. (Commentator : ' These peculiar worried-looking creatures are Freshmen.') —whatever it was, it was cheerful, witty, just malicious enough to be salty, but never unkind. The Howlers, indeed, helped themselves liberally to whatever took their fancy in an age which certainly has plenty to offer the connoisseur of absurdity. The Health Service is clearly out of hand these days : let us, then, take a peep into a witch-dentist's surgery. Rates are now ruinous exactions, so let us hear what the ratepayers of an urban district have to say about subtopia and this prefabricated Brave New World. Planners, too, are notoriously a poor sort of joke, so the Howlers suggest one form of discouragement. There was once a Browning Version. Right. Let us have a Browned-Qff one, with Arnold of Rugby singing : Goodbye, Mr. Chips. Things are moving very fast. Don't sigh, Mr Chips. Days of schoolmasters are past, —and with a board up in Whitehall giving lessons on T.V., there is undoubtedly little for the poor man to do. So— 88 St Catharine's College Society Magazine

Goodbye, Mr Chips. Say farewell now to the quad. Don't cry, Mr Chips. Spare the child and spoil the rod. Education's moving where the world's already gone. —and we all know where that is. There was, too, at one time, a Hit Parade. Good enough . The Howlers had a Mishit one, assuring us, in a full five minutes of vigorous song, that they were going to tell the story of Alan-a-Dale but never getting further than the Dale. It was superb. Bob Sale can hardly have had an exacting task in writing what seemed to be a one-line lyric, but he certainly made a rousing job of the music. Nor were the solo items any less diverting or diversified, ranging, as they did, from what Richard Hughes, with a guitar, had to say about ' The Bedder of Catharine Hall', a quite unsuspected episode in College history, to Geoff Pogson taking off one of those objectionably hearty vocalists who try to make the audience sing, on this occasion an ode in praise of Yorkshire Pudd to the derogation of Lancashire Hot Pot ; with, in between these not inconsiderable limits, Hugh Thomas, in a horse's-tail hair-do and a quite fascinating pair of red-tartan lady's trousers, telling of the girl who came up to Cambridge to broaden her mind and, it would appear, succeeded admirably. Oh, la vie de la femme On the banks of the Cam Is for some of our sex complicated. The proportion of men (About one girl to ten) Is for delicate tastes overweighted. But the girl with an eye For the right old school tie Can here have the time of her life. She can play for a year With a knight or a peer, And go down a baronet's wife. In contrast, Geoff Pogson was pathos itself as the lady, ' fat and some- thing over forty', whose love was an ordinary gas-man, and with reason, seeing that— He never notices my madly daring plunging neckline, And my perfume—Nuit d'Amour—is simply wasted on his type. The only scent that will move him is a gas leak. Passion only overcomes him when there's water in the pipe. But personal preference must inevitably figure largely in a report that covers no fewer than 29 separate items, and when your correspond- ent plumps for two tramps singing— St Catharine's College Society Magazine 89

We're waiting by the lamp-post at the corner of the street Until a certain Mr Godot comes by. —it is not only because Tony Hickin and Gerry Parrott were exceed- ingly funny in the way they did exactly nothing ; your correspondent thoroughly agreed that they were indeed— . . waiting for fruition, salvation or perdition, When a certain Mr Godot comes along. This song is long If you make it long and dull you can't go wrong. You simply have to talk and wait. Don't try to influence your fate, Whose latest name is Godot as you gather from the show. A figment of modern mythology, Oh my ! Oh me ! This play goes on interminably. We're simply children of the age. That must be why we're all the rage. But waiting here till Mr Godot comes by Just makes us want to Let our hair down And cry. And now a word, in conclusion, about those who did the work off stage. The programme says, quite simply: ' Produced by Geoffrey Pogson, assisted by Tony Hickin and Tony Potter, with Denis Rothweli at the piano and Trevor Tyson, drums, and John Renwick, double- bass.' And the producer's responsibility is emphasized in the stately capitals that spell his name. But that is not quite all. Only by pains- taking analysis does one discover that Geoff Strachan wrote the lyrics of 16 of the 29 items, shared in a seventeenth, and then spent about forty per cent of the evening on the stage. Nor did Denis Rothwell and Bob Sale do badly, for between them they appear to have written some eighty per cent of the music. But most interesting of all is one little sentence that lurks in the programme's hinterland. It says : ' We have many bookings for cabarets.' On their performance of Paws for Laughter it is not difficult to see why.