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"The f;ryffa11 1uver sprU1deth her wi11gs i" the szmnc whoi she halh irny sicke Jealhers; yet have

wrc ,,cnturrd to pres,nt oiir exrrnus brjore yoiir 7ud1;emn:ls u•he11 wet know Oum full wrll of weak

mal/er yicld111g ou~selvcs to tlu cunes1t which wn hiwe tz·tr Jorrnd them to the p,r~i-<e•ie...s which

wre 011t;hl to jeare."-LYLY.

Editorial.

S 'IT DENTS arc sclfo,h, irresponsible. inconsiderate: they arc permanent adolescents, intellectual snobs and :spineless parasites." I-low often have you heard such criticisms a~ these? Perhaps ~·ou ha,·c nc\·cr !ward

them, for you may go round with your cars dosed. I f «o read :',[r. Graham Browne in the December Xi•w L'11it•asity. and hear him echo the refrain:

" Erudition ahoun<ls in abili ty to reproduce that which is imparted ; nonsensical affection for diplomas and dcg-rees is e,·erywherc to be found, but rcal!y live intelligence and critical interest is completely lacking."

How i-; it that the" cream of the country" comes IO be dc,.;cribed in the-;e terms? And can we refute thc,;c accusations?

\\'c arc versed in Psychology, Ethics and Logic; we study Economics, History and Law, we know when to expect the next trade boom, the next ri:-;e in prices; we arc e,·cn said to study "the ll umanities." And yet Humanity is what we carefully lea,·e out, and the Art of LiYing a g,une to be played at some future elate. "i\obody to-day," we tell our:,;ch·es. "needs more coal for their tire, more butter for their bread , rnorc leather for their shoes, except in Statistics. Coal grows in sacks, dustbins empty themsel\'es. our buses' arc dri\en by tireless automatons." Or so we hypnotize our"el\'es into thinking. \\'e ask, ,' llow i-; it?"- -and we ha\·e to raise the old cry," It is the fault of the sy-;tcrn."

Let us describe for you the life of J ohn Smith of the Cniversity of L"topia. Ii i-; dail~, work is both mental and physic-a\ I t is often menial and seeming-I} usc!cs:-., but it is always determined by his physical capabilities, hi-; interests and his future profession. He has ample choice: there are the admini-;trati\·e offices; the printing-shop where official publications arc printed; the work-shop where repairs arc-done; the gardens and the ground:,; to he cared for. In the c,·ening- he may gh-e lectures to public audiences, if he i" sufficiently adnmccd in knowledge. His sister :\lary is gi\"(!Jl a similar opportunity to do work other than mental. She b somet imes a waiuess or a cook in the l'nivcrsity Refectory, sometimes a typist, sometimes a secretary. She is interested in the crecbe run by the Uni\·ersity aut horities and in the e,·ening c\a:,;scs for ,,·orking women.

J ohn and i\lary and their fellow s tudents don't do all the work of the C"niversity- they do half of il. T hey work alongside men and women who would normally be thus employed, and they a rc trained to a certain degree by experts in " key" positions to be cooks, typists, printers, gardeners. They get a wage. They mix with the ,,·oriel's workers. They get down to a job -and they t11joy their lect11rcs.

T hat is one Utopia-and you may not think it a Ctopia at all. \'011 may bring strong arguments against it. " Is it not," you may say," a waste of t ime for men and women of intellect ual superiority, dest ined for a -;peciali~ed professional life, to spend valuable time in menial ta~b?" \\'c reply, "b it not desirable that our doctors, lawyers, teachers, ministers, should ha\·C a practical

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k1rnwl('d.~t' 0 ! hum,1nity rather tl1a11 a !hcoreticd knuwkd!,.'.C O~ till' l[ umanitic_s? !"hat tho-.e undrrtaking- -.uch prnfl>,;sions -.tumkl :<pend their Illo~t formative ve;.ir-. not in cloi-.tral ,;cc\u,ion hut ,unong:<t worker:<? · Yon may '>ay, " But there would be a great displacement of la bour.'_' ~re an-.wcr.'" \\'ould not our t·1opi,111 system produce a cla-.s of people, humamtanan and practic.tl who would neatc a better design for ln·ing- for rich and poor alike?"

.\nd then, '\\'hat about the expcnsc?" \\'e say, " I t is not better that mort· money ,.;hould be well spent rather than frss ill-,.;pent. Our Lini~·ersit ies arc a great drain on the Go\·crnmcnt's linatK('s hut is it no_t worth wh_1le to spend "the little more" and kill these para,.;ite,.;, snobs and hooligans? I,.; 1t not wor1h while too to gin' .-.tudents <L wage for work done, thus casing th<' burden OI \ parents .1nd incn'asing lhe sludent's indcpend<'ncc? .,

A hn;d thrust, "And when will he do anv studying." \ \ e answer,'" He will rll'ed to spend less time on academic work for he wi_ll enjov it, as lH; will sec it in relation to lhl' world as it c,ists. E\·cntuallv this race of p ractical men and women will re-org-anise academic studies. discarding the useless and cumbersome part~ _and obtaining culture through ]i\·ing their youth instead of merely SU!"Vl\'lllg lt.

\\'c ;1dmit that the organisation of such a t·ni\·ersity would be a formida ble task, but surely not an impo,.;sible one? \ \'c sec already the germs of this system. Jn our own lini\'ersity many departments organi,.;e visits to factories and institutions; tho,.;c taking a course in Education teach in schools; intending lawyer,;, parsons, doctors and social worker,; all do practical work. \\'e ha\·c such institut ion-. a,; Play-Centre and of cour~e amateur administrators o n \'ariow; committees. In Germany there is a similar sy-.tem whereby Uni\·ersity women take the place of women workers during ,·acations without pay. 1 n ,\ merica t he system of working-students is wide-spread, though po-.sibly harmful. as it arises usual ly from lack of finances and is often a phy,.;ical slrain on the student. But usually this combination of the practical and the theoretical seem s to produce good results.

There is a practical _bearing on this E.\cursion into lmagirulion. \\'e ha\C presented to you a L·topia.. \'ou may not like it. But whether your Utopia is like thi-. one or not ther~ is a means of getting it to some degree. T here is in England an as-.;ociation called I\.C".S. lt i-.; the l\ational Union of Students, and ib sole purpose is that of TTIO\'ing step by :-.tep to L·wpia. It is \'Cry practical. l t gets thin~,; like d~eaper 'bus rates for students, cheaper foreign travel, chcape1 health sen·iccs. It 1s on pleasant ierms with the Board of Education. with \'ice-Chancellors. with Senates, and it collect,.; statistics about students and presents tl!c_m to lhese bodies. The suggeslions of :\'".U.S. arc o ften we!l-recei\'cd by authonues and the student fi nds that his grant is increased, his tra in- fare reduced, his health cared for.

. H~<.:ently its President, J. Fraser .\l ilne, addressed the students of Leeds-

~1~11i\e 1~1;:1~ ~l ~~('~!:.e~:;d }~~l;r:;t~~:;~~l~\~i: ;~t~~~;~1\~\:~';~~ ;·~~;r:i1~5r~\~i!a~~~~et~ J~t\·1;~ on)uury '>ludcnt regar~lcd an N.U.S. m~eting as important as the A.G.:\!. It b qu1t,e pr'.Jbablc th,Lt nMny who _read this arc-genuinely unawa re o f lhc functions of_N.L_ -~-. l_fookl~ts can be obtarned from the Cnio!l office and a glance will show th,tt \.L .:-.. h_11o~thy o(_the "tudent's earnest attent1011. It is our" T rade L"nion," ,rnd ,ls such ,u! 1mpo1t,mt body. If yon don't persuade it to get your L' topia s_onwonc _else \\"Ill <(1~ their .bc,-t. to make it get their's and you will waken up too l'.t~e ... \ re YOU sat isfied \\IJh hf~? l.s the Uni,·ersily system perfect? Do ,·ou like ( ompu.bory Lcclure,-,: l'rn:.:cs m Hcfec.? llo,-,tel Lunches ? You do'?~ ~on-n· ~ou \C been troubled! Our cars must have been deceiving us.

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Notes and Comments. A chicl's amang you, taking notes. A nd failh , he ' ll prent it."

BURNS,

Hearty Congratulations.

THE Cl{Yl'IIO~

\Ve offer our warmesl congratulations to Professor Hamilton Thompsou on being awarded the C. B.E. :\lay we steal a valentine to express our sentiments?

"Titles of honour add not to his worth \\"ho is himself an honour to his titles."

It is indeed gratifying to sec honour conferred where it is so richly descn·ed­for the scholar's path to fame is long and arduous.

\\'c understand that the Professor was highly delighted to sec :'llrs. Gr,LC" f'

Selinger as his companion on the Honom.s L ist. \\"e hope that neither will up~ct the other's decorum at the official Ceremony!

Remembered from Las t Term.

!'here were many interesting C\"Cllls which took place too late List term for mention in the December Grypho11, but they are too important not tu be mentioned here. First, the over.sea:; reception a much-appreciated function w,1s, as is customary, most enjoyable. ~ext in our diary came the AgTic. Dance a financial. and definitely an artistic succes-.. \\"e ha\'C one grumble to make they ga\'e tb pigs, they ga\·e u:,; ducb, they ga\·e us cows (a t least in two dirnensions)- they ga\'e us a microphone but no-one read the fat stock-pri c,; ! Nevertheless, despite this lapse, we thoroughly enjoyed ourseh·cs and arc expressing more than a per-;onal opinion in gi\'i11g high prai-;e to the ori..:a11i.;er:,;

and to ihc arfo,t.

Next came the Annual l'roductiou of the Dramatic Society, of whid1 tlwrc b a full re\'iew in our pages. :'llany enjoyed it, but many. including, we ;trc told, 1-ome of the cast, took it too seriously. :'llr. Pirandello didn't write the a11swe1 at the back of the book, you know.

"Carols,'' which took plal·e on December Hth, will now be a happy mc,nwry to many. The singing and the choice of carols seemed more plea-.ing than e\·er. Thank you, H.0.R. , for making one day in the year so different from the rest.

To those who attended the M.D.S.A. Christmas Party, Chris1mas mm,t ha\·e come as rather an anti-climax. There were crackers, a Christmas tree, plnm­pudding (congrats. )liss :'llasson), a charming Father Christmas and even ,t

rendering (!) of ·• Good King \\'encesla,;." Profes~or and ~lrs. Priestley were \'Cry genial host:,; and the :'11.IJ.S.A. gave yet another proof that t hey arc experts in fun-making.

" Thomas Richard."

\Ve would draw your attent ion to a book of poenh (n·,,Lcwcd in thi,; i~-;llc ) by one of our contliibutor.s, T. R. '.'l"evin. ~lr. Nedn. thoug-h of tender year-;, shows definite poetic feeling, especially in his Jc:,;:,; emotional poem-,. May "Thoma:,; Richard ·· go from strength to strength.

Posteritis,

:\lo, not peritonitis. .\nd not so deadly. But a disease which, happily, seems to have affected the whole of 'Varsity. Perhaps it is the wide open spaces of J .C.R . which have encouraged the artists; in our midsts, bm we ha\·e a strong suspicion that the O.T.C. "telegram" began it all. Now we are .surrounded by

TII E ( ; I{ Yl'l!O\ 171) H .:BIU \HY, H):I);

colourf11I imiwtion-. to" come to Oxley" we arc exhorted to ".~tOJ?, Cau ti?n, Go.,; a ta-;tcful ,cries' of po:-ter..; make 'iLJtT that we go to the I extiks S0c1al, boxer..; (with muscles ,-,uch a-; nCH'I' \\'Ne} adorn om' _of th~ wall-.. !~a~t bu~ not lea-;t there i-. the cxqui-.itely cksigned and executed l·,g-ypuan .·\ ..;;;ociatwn Dnmcr P o-;ter. H ave tlir!>e artists 11,:1yr ltcard of" FIie Gryphu11 " ?

" The New Universi tv." In the December i;sue of The .Yc.~' C'11iPt·rsity, Grahame Brown denounces

rl\l~~~e1;l::r~~; ~l~Cl/~fl~~·~e~~11~:~~'.~~l\~~ ;;;;:c~~~~J;;~~: \'t, h::lC(~~L;.~\\~~ \~)I~ '.l~l~~ ;)a l~;~:~ll~S \~'~ a large extent be1·11 replaced hv b11sine,s-like part icipauon .in ~·111'.in a/lair-;, But -;al6 a t Leeds ar(' poor. T h<' pri,e i-. onl\ twopenc(' winch h l11tl_l' t'!HH1gh for a Nationa l l'niY('r-.it\' maga1.ine. T IH'll' i;; 11111d1 to be dL";;ired m './ hi' Sew U11/l•ergitv, but it contain-; the scatloldi11g on which could be built a fi ne magazine. Its editof i-; the last per,;on to blame for the fact that the magazint· is too s\i;ht­he could, no doubt write the \\'hole thinf! him-.elf with l'V'elknl re;;ults- but The .\'ci:,· Cnfrasity i;; a repre,-entati\·e maga1.ine which, it ,;ccm,; ob\'ious, lacks contributors T he la;;t issue contained a n article re-printed from The Grypho11 and also an orig-inal article by our Busine-.-; ~lanag-er. \\'t• urge those \\'ho write for us not to forget this magazine let Leeds at least make u-.c of its abundant po~,;ibilities. Either write for it, or buv ii. \"ou can g-et a copy from the l"nion office.

Spanish and Chinese Relief. So f.1r Leeds student-. ha\·e contributed about ( fiO toward-. Relief, £:W of which

t he L' nion granted. In another part of Tiu• Gryp/1011 Leeds i,, said to be" pta~·ing its part nobly in relief \\'Ork." Thi;; ma\· he true of Leeds, hut not, ,urch of its students, for the~· can on l\' he contribllting one or two copp('r.; each. SiudC'nts have littk ,pare mont'\. we know. but we feel sure that it would not hurt anvone's pocket to gfre ju;;t thi1t little more. ~loney i, so badh· need<•d r hcre i-;.g-oing to be a." Spani-;h. Relief .. ~\\"('Ck beginning on Febru:1r~- !Ith, and a spkndid concert 1-. to be g1\·en on l·ebruat'\' 8 th. \\ t.' urgC' all to attend nrn;;ic-lo\·cr,; wiH perhap.s need no urging. " Collectors" arc "carcc too. and anyone willing to help should gi\c their names to tlw stf'wards at the concert or to ~li;;s Cohen, the Secretary Leeds i:, doing :,omething, let it do much more.

The Competition.

·. ll!c be;;t_·· ~hoe., and Ships·· 11crc .~ent in by J. L. Se.\·mom and the best \ ,tlet11111cs .b} ~l<1q.:,1ret (:uthl~crtson. l he\' \\'in the prize:, -and ,d;;o earn our

it~i~~th:nc~ \ i~1 1~fi[e );~y;J~::/·~h\:~\~ 1~i<~e~~<;r\1:~'::}i~" }~\r1i::~~1~ ~\:j:~1 ~-~l171f;~,~ ~ 1 ~fi~:~c\1;i~~

:\ larg-e amount of copv has bL"Cn held o\·cr until ~larch a fact which rnakrs tl'i '.,;st.1c a w~u·'.1ing- ,, ~he briefer ~h~ better." I?on't expect lb to cut d own your ,1rt1clc fo1 }OU do it yotm,elf, It is cxccllrnt literary training.

cont;\·i;u~~1 t1~11.'?:,;h;i:0,11:~i11~h;;;~1?'.1~~~~· t:~~~1{ thanks- ma~ we im·ite you to

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\\'e pi\\- the women th.at. marry the men that throw the lit ter t ha t lie!- on the ~;ommon. h._oom .. floor. (l hi." perh,'.P" should go in tll(' " \ '('rsc" section as

l~emon;;tr,mce .. ) .~lore s11\l we J)ll\ ~lrs. ll addock and her ;i;;:,istants who do ~hc1r_J)('-..t to rna1111a111 some degree of tidinc,.;s .. \ certain amount of unt id iness 1-. u1!.t\'01dahlr. but the bin-. a.1-e t ht>re to ll'>l'. \\ e ;;ugg-e-.t another con;;i<>n mcnt of brn;; IH>1\'l'\·e1 thcr(' don t scern to be suflkient. "

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VALENTINES. The Vicc~C hance llor :

;\ man i~ pleased to lind he has -.;uccccdcd in that which he has endeavoured lO do.

Preside nt o f the Unio n ;

And of his port as mckc as is a ma_yde.

Secretary of the Union : li e holds no parley with unman lv fears, \\'here duty bid,-, he Mnfidt'nth· steer,.;.

lie never told his love, but let concealment, like a worm i' the bud play the dickens with his con:-;titution.

TIii·'. (;l{Yl'I IO;',:

(joh11sr111).

(Cha11crr).

( ll'ordsworth).

(A,iaptrd from Shakespeare). H.P.·

!le cometh 111110 \'nu with ;1 t:ilc ,1·hich hokleth d1ildrcn from play and old men from tlH' chim11cy-cor11N.

K t C n I: Be kind and tender to ihc frog" No anim:11 will more r<'pav .\ 1rcatment kiml and fair . \ t least so !one!v pcopk -;:n· \\'ho k"l'J) frog.; (and h~· th(' \1·;11·.

Th('\ ar(' ('\\n't11('1\' rar(').

G Ii t y :

. \1', this is hl', a l{nod tom:h g'l'lltkman.

Professor N bi .\ n abridgement of all tiLlt wa-. plc:isant in man .

. \n' l'!l tak the high road An' vc'll tak the low road An' i'll be in Scotland afore w ..

Professor s H mi t n T m s n :1nd O b r \\ '(' never shake 1·inPgar on \<l 011r chips

(Sid11ey).

(llilairt' lfr//oc) .

(joh11so11).

(Song).

\\'c'rc frightfully { ~:B.E. (The 11"1's!rr11 Brothers).

Professor 8 - rb e

Tn my hot youth, when C<'nrg-e tl1c T hird was King. (Uy,011).

Mr. 8 - n y- n:

\\'ho too deep for hi-. hearers, -.1ill went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining.

THE GRYl'IIO;\ Ji:!

M r. R . M . W - Js- n :

That gloomy outside Contains the shining treasure of a soul Rcsolv'd and brave.

The ponderous syllables, like sullen waves In the half-glutted hollows of reef-rock-; Came booming thus.

l\fr . J - ff-s-n :

Last seen wandering vaguely.

Dr. J-1 d s n : \\'ert thou true spectator of that mighty forest \\'hen above thy head the stately silligaria Reared its columned trunks in that remote and distant Carboniferous epoch ?

Mr. A - I-am :

FEB!Ui,\RY, lfl:lS

(Kuits).

(.(. A .. \lillle).

(Brd Harle).

Hr \\"as grunting and buzzing the bassoon parts, humming when the violinccllo had the melody, whistling for the flutes, singing hoarsely for the chorus, barking for the trumpets, squealing for the oboes, making indescribable sounds in imitation of clarinets and drums and marking each sforzando by a toss of his head and a gnash of his teeth.

(Shaw).

El- z-b- h Sm t - :

Her costume .... was of the sort afkcted by women who strenuously cultivate themselns and insist upon their individuality.

C. K . Y- ng:

If this young man expresses himself in terms 100 deep for me; \\'hy, what a singularly deep young man

(Shaw).

This deep young man must be. (Gilbert).

Oxley Ha ll :

Politics we bar, They are not our bent. On the whole, we arc Not intelligent.

Dr . B nn :

\\'ho would be a fathe r !

Lyddo uites :

\\'ith curls they build her head before And mount it with a formidable towc'r · .\ gianles~ she sc~ms; but look behind'. ,\nd then she dwmdlt-s to the pigmy kind.

(Gilbert).

(Shakespeare).

(Dryden).

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FEBRUARY, 1938 173 TIIE GRYPHO:-.'"

W . B- r b- r: Some folk's tongues arc like the clocks as run on striking, not to tell the time o' day, but because there's summat wrong i' their inside.

(George Eliot). I ask for information.

Dor - n C- ke: The l mportance of being E arnest.

Edu . · A fc\1· plain in~tincb and a few plain rn\cs.

D . T . E- dw- r - s :

(Dickens).

(Book Tille).

(l!'orsdwor!h).

Trying over his voice carefully and listening to see if he liked it (A . A .. \l ilne) .

H e lifted up his head and made a loud roaring noise of sadness and despair. (A. A . Milne).

B- tt- G- ee- : H ave you been a good girl? (A. A .. U ilne).

Social Dips: !l'larriage is the great puzzle of our day. This is our Sphinx-riddle. Solve it or be torn to bits is the decree.

A n- el- C- bb- : A perfect woman, nobly planned.

Ge- r g:- B- rn---e- : For several virtues have I liked several women.

There is some soul of goodness in things evil \\"ould men obsen ·ingly d is til it out.

Ro- e C- he- : I hate to hear my little charit ies buzzed about.

Miss M- ss- n : And mistress of herself though china fall.

T he Mu s ic Socie ty : Let the singing singers \\"ith vocal \'oices, most vociferous I n sweet vociferation, out vodfcrizc £ yen sound itself.

The Editor of " T he Gryphon " : 'T is hard to carve for others meat And not have time oneself to cat.

I 've got to take under my wing tra-la A most uniractablc thing tra-la.

(D. /1 . Laurence).

(Pop,).

(H enry Carey) .

(Lloyd).

(II'. S. G1"lbert) .

THE GR\.PHO'.\ 171

J.C.R., \\'hat better school for m:rnncr,; than the ,ompanv of drtuous women.

'Tis hut an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more. 'twill be clc\'('n . . .\nd so from hour to hour Wf' ripe and ripe, And then from hour to honr, we rnt and rot.

W. W . E· an Jiang constancy. you know too much, Of ihc world to bC' con~tant, :--11re

I. F. P rt r:

r\ most intcnsc young- man .\ soulful eyed voung- man An ultra-poetical, ,;11per ae:--thetic;il Ont-of-the-way \·01111g- man.

J ck Ch pm- n : :\fanfully my cross T bear.

Rag Revue Chorns : Little g-ear, ]cs,;s care. \\'c arc little airy creatures All of different \'Okc and fc-attircs.

Hostel Students : l\o breakfast had she man,· a morn Nor dinner many a noon And 'stead of slJpper she wonld ,;tare Full hard against the moon.

A- b n H II and D. T . Ed wa ds : Are they no' a bonny pair, as the c\cYil ,;.iid lo hi,; hoofs.

G rd n Du St n :

I, thus nC'gkcting world\\· ends, all dedicatt'c\ To do,;eness and the hetkring of 111v mind.

Cl i e Pr s on: .... come let me clutch ther,

I have- thee not, and yt>t I sec th<'c still."

Rus- e- B th :

. felt that it was hardly fair To risk by frequeni injuries A brain as delicate as hk

!\fr. M - n han :

ll is cogitative faculties immersed Jn rngibundit_v of cogitation.

FEBRUARY, 193S

(flume) .

(Fielding).

(Hymn).

(Shnkespearr).

(S,,·ift).

(Keats)

(Scotch Pro1't'rb)

(Shakespeare).

(A. A . .\lilne).

(Hrmn.

,KtaJs,

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l·EIJJ{l \I{\", til:ll-

R - nn C l ke:

Had so many things which he wanted to do That wheneyer he thought it was iirne to begin He couldn't because of the state be was in.

B- ~d nov- ch : A simple manly character need never make <lll apology.

H.O.R. ·

TIIE l;l{\"!'110~

(.I. A. Jl il11e).

(Jc:merson).

Keeping our hearts warm and uur lw.1ds cool we clergy do nothing-emphatically. (/Jick1·11:.).

Women's Hostels: \\' ith Prudes fo1 Proctor:,;, DowagN,, fur lk,nb And sweet girl-grad11,1tes with their golden hait.

L tt e B- den :

If! am fair 'tis for myself alo1w, l du nut wi,,h lo han:- a ,,wedhcart 11e,1r llll".

I n Williams :

H- l -n, l love thee, by my life l do l swear by that which I will lose for t lil'l' To prove him false thai says I loH· thee nut.

J - ,111 L e: Nods and hl'(ks and wrc.1tlicd smiles S1Kh :1s hc111g iu I It-bes' check And lo\ e to li\·c in dimpk·-. sleek.

Edu.·

('J"c1111yw11).

{.Hic/111d .111,;;do).

(.llillu11).

l..'.nowlcdgc is of two kinds, \\'l' know ,1 :rnhJl'd oui::cl'hcs, 1n we knuw where we edn tind information upon it. (Joh11~011 ).

J ea- e T s- n: Nice work if you 1;an get it.

One hundred mcu and a girl.

Ge rg Da ics.

i\len arc nol Gods.

T - m 11- nry :

.... were man But conslant, he were pcdvl·t.

Devon Dance :

And then to brcakfa-.t, with what ;q,pl'titt- you h.1\e.

The Union Committee :

Your chicane of prudent paus6, Sage provisos, sub-intents and sa\iHg clause:..

(Song Title).

( Fillll Title)

(F ilm l'itlc).

(Shakt'~prnri•).

(Hrv.,,11i11g).

TIIE (IRYl'HO\' lit\

J sr sh:ll\~\'C:.c~e: proud to say that I am an Englishman!

To- m 1-1 w: The old order changcth, yielding place to new.

W.Dc ys G d : '' It is impossible to say ju,;t what I mean.

fEBlff \RV, 193S

(Tennyson).

(T. S. Eliot).

P- 't:filc n~~\1 drcs) ;1 little particular or one would escape in the cro~l'd . . (Goldsmith)

P- gg M gu r : You arc used, I sec, to the Chase.

O ur 1-1~1~ 1~;~::.~e~licv that hear their detraction:-. and can put them to mending. · (Shakespeare).

For Students Only.

W 1-1 E'.\ you cornc to think of i_t, it _i'- a bit_ thick that we should be c01~pelled to attend lectures. 1--Ln·mg- Just rmsscd a lecture by three mmutes, which means an absence mark and a scrounge to borrow notes, one

naturally feels rather pcc\·ed about it. But possibly even more exasperating a thing- is to be in ti~ne for a bo~ing lecture; if notes arc taken much valuable time is wasted listenmg to paddrng-, and if one auempts to do other work the lecturer·,; \·oicc is a distraction. \\'e all agree -except the lecturers, of course, who ha\·c their own axe to grind that compulsory lectures are evils to be avoided, since they cannot be abolished.

But the problem is, how arc we to a\·oid them and yet gain an attendance mark? There is the good old traditional method of asking somebody else to an,;wcr vour rume or to sign the rcg-istcr ,.;heet for you. But certain more obscr\"a11t m('mbcr,; of the staff ha\·c noticed a suspicious; difference in the number of ,;tudcnts in the rcgbter and in the room, and it i:; rumoured that the matter is being studied by an elected member, who i,; taking a corre,;pondencc course in detcctology. The breakdown of this system is therefore imminent.

The problem ha,; been studied by the present writer and he can suggest two other methods which he ha:; encountered, and which are not so crude as the ahon~. This is the first make :;ure of getting a seat nea r the door, and when your _name is called, ans\\"er loudly (or not; it depends on your own ideas of techrnque) ,;o that the lecturer will ha\·e no doubt that you arc there. Then lea\"e yo~ir :;cat, and \\"alk out through t)1e doorway, banging the door to after yol_l. Th!S last little touch of re!'mcment JS essential in every good performance, for 1t startle,; the lecturer from !us mumbling- of names and- but you will enjoy working out the reason,; in practice.

The la,ot method requires that you should be at the door when the lecture ends, in order _that you may find out whether the register has been called. 1f it has, you walk rn. and approach the lecturer with whatever facial expression you con,.;1(\cr app~·opnatc 10_ the occasio~1, and tell him you are sorry but you came i.n '.dtcr the reght~r \\",ls c.tllcd and \\"tll he p!ca,.;c mark you down as present. This is the most polished method of which I know.

In conclu~ion, the writer would be g!ad of any suggestions from students,

f~~~I :i~1t~r(h~11:e~}~:i~th~et~1~!l~:-~1s1:~•f~:·~~ln;:its.\~~~\~c~t::;~:s ·~:t~11:~~i~g~~i~~ but they will not, it being so obviously for students only. CUTLEC,

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FEBRl !Al{Y, HJ3S Iii THE (;RYJ>I--IQ;\

Stalemate.

I SCPPOSE T should ne\·er have married a man with a craze fo r chess, but

then you sec, I never knew about it until it was too !ate. Charles was a very n ice lit t le man, a bit inclined to stoutness and hair rather thin on top

T must confess. But he had no Yices and was the t ractable husband, poor dear,

ideal in every way. It must ha\·e been about six months after our marriage

that T not iced this preoccupation and it annoyed me. I don't profe:,;s to know

much about the g-ame except its ra ther like draughts- and anyway Ludo is much

more fun. You don"t haYe to :,;it still for it. I did try to play chess-honest

I did, being t he good little wife, but somehow I n,.;ver got the hang of it­

" queen's bishop's pawn" -sounds silly doesn't it? !\ow if it were bridge­

but to proceed with my story.

\\'hen we'd been married a year Charle:,; went to his chess club-twice a week

or so and stayed to lunch at the office so he could practise with the office boy.

1 did n't mind much, but then he began to sit in a corner, gazing at the board and

pieces and never saying a word until I felt I could :,;cream. \ \'hen 1 had to stop

using my check supper-cloths (mother':-:, wedding present ) because he would use

the squares to practise on and moYe the salt cellar and all the cutlery up, clown

and across I felt that matters were gett ing beyond me. Then there was the

matter of the bathroom cur tains. Gay blue and white squares they were , but

Charles couldn't shave himself without getting gashed. The flecks of lather on

the squares fascina ted him and he would just concentrate on them muttering "white to mate in four moves " and things like that. l wanted him to con:,;ult a

psychoanalyst about it, I was sure he'd got chc:,;s-phobia or something and I didn't

like being a chess-widow. After all- a wife docs need some attention.

Anyway- just as I was getting really angry something happened. I got

a letter from a brother of mine who liYcd a good distance off, telling me his wife

had died and tha t he'd sold his business; d id I mind if he came to stay with us

for a time? l tell you l didn't hesi tate- because I was, quite frankly, getting

sc.ared about Charles. H e'd just sit still and play world-famous games against himself for hours and hours. Or else read stacks of books on "Chess and I Tow

to Play it. " I'd much rather have Ethel '.\ I. Dell or Denise Robins. By the

time Thomas arrived I was nearly crazy with anxiety and when I saw him I cried

from sheer relief. The thing was getting on my nen·e:,;. But as soon as he saw

Charles hunched as usual over the chessboard he gave a great shout. "Chess!­

do you play chess? Splendid! l was local champion down S~."

From then on it was worse than ever. Two fiends now, oblivious to all but

a squared board and thirty-two pieces of carved wood. Hypnotised, fascinated,

mot ionless, they'd stay- day after day. J daren't speak, scarcely dare move. 1 do

believe at times they forgot I existed. Then my friend .'i laisic asked me to spend

Summer with her in Scotland, and 1 jumped at the chance. Charles said 1 needn't

tell the charwoman to come in to look after them a:,; he and Tom would rather be

left utterly alone to play in perfect peace. Then he went back to" mating tactics in th ree moves."

I stayed away for about a month- I needed the rest- and I never heard

a word from home. Nor did Charles meet me at the station as he usually did.

That didn't surprise me, because your real chess fiend is oblivious to everything

else. l t was when I went up the garden path that l felt something was wrong.

The house was deadly still. 1 went in- everything was just as I had left it, but

layers of dust lay everywhere. 1 called-there was no answer, so I ran into the

TIJE (,l\\1'110:\ ILBIU ,\l{Y, l!l3S

sittinl,;" room. rlwrc were Charle..:, .ind lhom;ic, ju-.t ;tc, l had last seen them, bent over the bo,1rd. but \'CrY ,-;till J went ncarcT and then the full horror of wh,1t h.1d happ{'ned qruck me. rhc\· har\ qt -.o 1.notionle-.s for so long that the\· h.td gradu.111\· become ,-tatucs ! ! ! I un't e.,plam it, nor cu1 the hundred:-; Or donors who ·came to ,-;ec thi-; phenomenon

Yon Cdll sec them to-da\· Charle-. and Thomas, and the board between them jus.t <h when I found them.· They han· bcC'n placed in a gla,-;,-; case in tlic locai m1i,.;eum at the rcq11e,-;t of Charles' chc,-;,-; duh. I nc\·er go near it. and my prcsem hu,b,rnd doe,-; gardening-. l feel it i, ,-;\) much -.afcr. I can sec what he is doing aud he doe,-; at least ha\C to 1111),-c.

.\UTOLYCl'>' .

" Trailing clouds of glory."

..

Who could it be ? O\·crlward at the ~al. Hist. Sorial "What I likC' about you ii:.., you're so pla!o11ic."

.\ n:rwin professor's wife, g<'nth· :.entimcnlal, said, "Do _,·ou know dear that it is just thin,·-ti\·c _vcars ago since ,\·e became cng-aged? " " Rcal1v? " said the professor," Really? Bless my son], we must get married at once."

The thin~s they say .

. . . . thomb porphyry, spelt P , 0, Y. R. II - anyhow there arc a lot of Ps and Ys and Rs in it."

(Geoloif.Y Lrctures).

"If vou can't answer. I don't want you to stand mumbling, ju-.t i:;av two words, ' I don't know.'"

(La!ura).

"Smoke cuts off ultra-,·iolct rays, so it's no use at all sunbathing in Ciiy Square."

(Hygiene Lecl11rer).

".\t a vcrv early age we possess .<;cncral senses, even babies smell" (laughter). " Yon must /.{N used to the appallinl,{ fact that all human being"~ smell."

(.\Jr. ,\I a an).

Mode rn Adnge. :\"ccessitv is the mother of cmwcntion.

Howler.

"~ow King I lenry had difficult."

Modern Utopia ?

abbess on his knee which made walking

' I ha\·c sometimes thought that the good bachelor and the good marrkd woman arP tlw best of 1heir respective sexes."

(Dr. il1ge).

THE (~RYPHO'\' lflO

Gleanin~s. "I want a feather for an eYf'ning dn:-:- .... " "\\'ill that he all m:idarn?"

There once was a c-1ir,1te of Kew \\'ho kept a -;mall cat in hi<; pC'w, lie taught it to ;;peak Alphabetical Greek, But it never got farther than µ.

It. pays to ad ve r1i se .

FEBRl.ARY, 19:1!1

(Pa11fosji11r).

(S1t11day Times).

. \ Paris haberda:,;lwr ach·f'rti-;c-; his selection of ties thus:­

Tre;; chic. Trt's EngJi:.;h Tres snob Presquc cad.

(\'orkshirt Evc11i11g Post.).

Bibliotheque Nationale. II.

T ll E Bibliotht'q11e Natio1u_k prcse_nts to the sense-; few C?f t!~o;;c o\·e. r~v,heln~ing qualities which we rc_ad1ly attnb1~tc to the lately-butlt hbr,ny. I he_ hght is scanty enough during- thc d,1yt1me; therefore -,ome of the lngh, chstant

corners of the room reminded me nf tlw undetined gloominc;;;; of a Rembrandt picture balanced by a necess:trv contra:,\ of light. \\"hen daylight fails, there are no hidden-lighting systems to concentrate and intricate shadows to distract the student':,; attention from his work: instead just lamps with green lamp­shades- it might be a Dickensian ,;olicitor's oflice, without some of the dust. Noise is as loud as the light is soft. It is painfully true that modern methods ha\'e introduced the tah\c-trol\ey into the latest librarv in an effort to make the system efficient. Once more \xogrcs~ has been ignored in the Bibliotheqne Nationale, but, even so, not to its own .td\'antage. For th(' ponderous steps of ponderous boot~ of hea\'ywcight attendants ha,·e a -,taccato beat which is only interrupted for the banging on the tables of demanded volumes. :\nd the atmosphere i.;. not tainted by the pervading oc\onr of varnish pofo;h.

1 walked down the aislc Alone I w,1,;, amid ob\·iously learned men, amid piles of literature. less olwiou.;. and I felt 01!1 of place. Perhaps I .;.Jwuld haxe worn a very soft felt trilby, or.· horn-rimmed spectacles, a green-black, old­fashioned, ill-fitting coat and a pair of loosely hangmg trousers. Jn short, I should preferably have resembled a ;\larx Brother. But even J must have been too ful l of that English spirit which Cabinet ministers have of late been wont to laud so blatantly. I wore a cri~kct shirt open at the neck, grey flannels, and, for once I had parted my hair. Had I reali-,ed more fully then that the tradition of Engl~nd was .at st~ke, I wonld ha\·e worn a blazer with a badge, and a Latin tag on It and this Latm tag would have been "et scientia augehitur."

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FEB RL.A R Y, 1938 THE (;l{Yl'J-ION

I t was the season. they say, when bi rds sing merrily in trees and students look worried in exam ina t ion rooms. Conseq uently, in the BibliothCque Nationale, more places than ns.;ual were occupied. One bei ng \'acant in a fo rward r ight position, I thereupon filled the same. A right eye on rny left and a left eye on my right and a pair of eyes in front were cocked up a t the introducer, after having: been "cocked down .. at the edition of " Tartari n de Tarascon," which I made bold very carefully, very quietly to place before me on the tab le. T hei r foces were expro:-ssionless, yet 1 sensf'd t llf' scorn.

So I set t led down to stud\·, bat not "Tartarin de Tarascon." I turned to the student on the left and looked him up and down. He was a man of sixty or so summers; the \\'inters lw spent in hibernation, and it was plain the J une sun had lured him abo\'(;' t he surface of the soil. One hadn't to see the confusion of fignres and enequal eqnat ions to realise that here was a scient ist. Equally ob\· ioHS was the hobby of the man on my right. His checks were pale, indra wn. At uneven intCr\'al" he dashed his left hand through his hlac k hair and spas­modica lly scribbled a phrase or two with his right. ll is hair suffered consequent ly, for it cluslered into a hea\·y mop be hind his ear,;: his writing also suffered, or so ! thm1ght, and I though t the sense of what he wrote did too. l[ c was being in,;pirecl: so I took it upon myself to translate t hese inspirations in the rn w, and as near a,; I could decipher. thi,; is what he wrote.

Smoke and dust. dusl and smoke, Lofty chimnevs, houses, broken panes. Slums, l<rnsy slums, lluny pm miners, you machines' Skin and flesh, t!Psh and boll(', Broken backs and death , Oh I why ;, and how I l!dll

A fit1 ing conclusion, mavlw, or maybe I should ha\·e read the script from rig ht to left, instead There w.i,-, dollbt a,; to what sch(lol of poctrv he belonged . Th is did not s.top m\· if poets re: il ly did form an integral part of humanity .

The man oppo,.,ite was no more human d ue, possibly. to his mannerisms than to his pur,,uib. In the first place, he snifficd not tha t he had a cold- he just sn iflled. that w,h all Then he rnMle gutteral noises wh ich ,;hould ha\'e resulted from indig"e-;tion, hut this noise had a cont rolled crescendo a bout it which pro\'ec\ that it came straight from the "> honlder, or from whereYer these noises take their source. I could see t h:11 years of effort had been wasted in an att('mpt to make a refined habit out of a biological nece,;sity. He turned O\·er pages as though his chief concern\\'"" the turning o\·cr of pages- so delibera tely was the anion performed. :\'ext he would look around the whole assembly wi th an air of seeking it,- approYal for !i i~ pre\·ious achie\'ements, a nd having coughed twice, wou ld t hen devote himself once more to t he tex t before hi m . Th is he was audibly annotating b.v nwans of a scra tchy pen -nib.

T he scien t ist and the poet, 1 thin k , were una ware of his rowdy exi~tence; had the latter percei\·Cd him he would certainly have writ ten something ahout:

hiohsh man I f,,.,lish knowle<lgl'' \ \ ' reek ing nibs, ,vracking brarns I Oh! whv I and how! Hell'

For this it was withOHt a doubt, especid lly to my reacting ,-cnses.

T his was a new world for me. I felt t ha t if ! did not kee p a firm hold over myself I might follow in the wake of endless equa t ions, numerous Hades, or bodily noises. So 1 sollght refHgc in t he ach·cn ture,; of one, Tarta ri n.

CYNIC.

TIIF (;J{Yl'HO\ FEDIH".\RY, J03~

UNION NOTES. Un io n Roo m s.

Durin(.'. the .\mas. y;u:ation the :\!en's l"nion. Rooms were transferred to ~o. :3fi, College Ila!!. The nC\\' rooms seem YCry sathfac~ory._ a_nd tl~e ncw_!o~1ng-e looks nT\" im·iting, despite the di,.;t,rnce from tl~c. mam LmYers1_ty hmldmg-s, and it may well proYe to be too snwll. The dcmolmon and conYcr,-rnn of the old rooms ha:-.-proYidcd l'nion olliciab w(th ,·icws of nonchalant workmen apparently demolishing the ground beneath their O\\'n feet. I hope that by now every<?nc knows th(' position of the new l'nion Office, i.e., halfway up the Great ll all stairs.

:\lore- people than c_\·er seem to inhabit the. J.C.!~: this ter~n, es~eciall}'. in morning,.;. and the room 1s \"NY diflirnlt t~ keep ~1dy .. I h? comm11tee 1cspons1b_le for its control hopes that ;ill students will realise tl11s difficulty and will aYotd wilful 11ntidines:-.

A.G. i\l. The c\nnnal (;cneral :\leeting of the l'nion i:- to be held at .)-:JO p.m., on

Februan· :Jrd. in the General Lecture Theatre. Last year's meeting established

;~itr~f:·:~:/~~l.an s(~:~~~~\\" ;~,~~:;;l7;i(~1:1,~\ i~h~n~~~e~r~hi'~:i1\~isp~\i:~o~ic11,11 ~~~1~~~'.i1~~

the \n)rk of the Constitution Suh-Cornmiuee during the past year. These changes include an important change in the method of electing the L'nion Committee, raising the number of ope n seats from four to ten with a corresponding reduction in the seats allotted to representati\'C councils. This clause will remove an outstanding anomaly of the present system, by which election i·ia an open seat h; much more difficult than from a representati\·e council, despite the fact that the latter ,;c]dom meets and has not much business to transact during the session.

Electio ns.

O\\ing to the proposed changes in constitution it has not been possible to call for nominations for the open seats on the l'nion Committee at the same time as for the Presidency, though the actu:11 elections wil! take place together. '.\'ominations for the 1-'residenn· close at noon on Thursday, February :~rd, and the proposers of candidate:- will speak at the .\.G.:\I. on that C\·ening.

. Last _\·car's election showed the po,.;sibility of Hsing Proportional representa­uon for tl_1c open scat.s, am_l the 'iame :-.c)ieme will be used this year, ~vhich will probably 1_nn>lH dea\u~g mth ten scab 1m,tead of four. The Returmng Officer feels that if these clectwn-; are successful there need be no further doubts about the scheme, but hopes that he won't lose too much sleep at election time.

\'omination-. for the open seats will be called for on February .-)th, and close on February l!lth. Polling- will take place on Februarv :!Sth and :\ larch 1st, and the result:- will be declared on :\larch Hh. ·

Uni o n Appea l Fund .

on 1_: ~i;:i~1\:~\V t {~.'1 n~~(:\~ b~!\7t k1~::. \;; i~.1~ ~~) b~:\)ita l~~!~~gf ;~~~~\;~, -~~~-,~::.:'~~ c~ r~'.

b~~~~~~l:~~1~\~~~~,1:;G, ~~t~,;;~·~~~~:~:~~-success, and the .\ppeal Fund will probably

Th,e sale of L'nio~ .\mas cards h~s made a record profit of £2 1 6s. I Jd., which goes to _ _d1e •:ppeal l· uncL Su~gesuons for a new design will be welcomed as

~~11::p;~:;1~{\:'1:~J~~~~-irds recen·ed from other L'niversity l'nions suggests that

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FEBRL.-\RY, l!l38 l!l3 THE Gl{YPHOX

Rag Conference.

A conference of reprcsentati\·es from the Northern uni\·ersities met in LiYerpool in December, Leeds being represented by :'ilr. G. J. Davies. E\·ery aspect of Rag organisation was discussed and much u.-;efu! information was obtained.

Rag Revue . The elate of the Rag Revue has now been lixed as :'ifarch 11th l!Jt h, the

Rcn1e \\'ill take place at the Paramount Thcntre as usua l. :\!embers of the chorus and other helpers are still urgently needed. and the L'nion appeals to students to make sure that a show will not only be possible hut will be emine ntly snccessful. ~otices of rehearsal arc displayed in the L'niYer:;ity, so turn up at the next one.

Rag Offi ce rs.

\\'e still require volunteers for the positions of Rag Secretary, Stunt Leader, 1-'ublidty :'llanager and Tyke Business :'llanager Jt is extremely desirable that these position:,; should be tilled very soon

Staff Me mbership of th e Union .

Circulars have been sent to all members nf stall gi\'ing details of the Honorary membership of the L' nion, for which they are eligible. Profcssor,o Brodetsky, Uobr6c and Turben·ille ha\'e become Honorary members of the present session.

Grants to Societies.

A grant of {20 has been made by the L'n ion to the appeal for Chinese Uni\'ersities organised by International Student Service 1'11is makes a total of about £ WU for the whole of Leeds L'ni\·ersity, comprising contribution,; from Council, staff and students.

£15 has been granted to the Economic:s Society, which is organising- an lnter-Cniversity Commerce Association conference in Leeds in February. Delegates from Leeds ha\·e attended these conferences at other Cni\~er»itie:; in past years, and it is now the turn of Leeds to ofier hospitality.

N .U .S.

The P resident of N.G.S., :Mr. J. Fra:;er :'llilne, addressed a general meeting of students on J anuary 17th, on the subject of N.L:.S. affairs. The atienc\ance was only about sixty and although other meetings were taking place at the same time, it is felt tha t this number is disappointing. )Jr. :'llilne reminded students of the valuable information present in :-.J. L'.S. reports. r hc report on Graduate Employment is one which affects every student, particularly those nearing the end of their course, and it is surely important to consider one's own immediate prospect of employment and welfare.

The new report on Student Heal th is now a\·ailahlc, free , from the l'nion Office. h deals with the proYision of faci!itie:; for physical training, medical examination and medical treatment in the uniYersiti6 of the world, and is well worth reading:. The llnion Office is always prepared to giYC information on N.li.S. matters, and often possesses copies of N.L'.S. publications, such as the Handbook of Student Tra\·el and the List of Post Graduate Scholarships and Fellowships.

FEBIH .\l{Y, l':)31!

Three Leeds de\eg-ates ,tttendcd the tennin,il meeting _of N_.L".S. ~-ouncil at Shcflicld, on January :!:!nd and :!;Jnl. __ Among the ~natter;" discussed wei_c Stuclcnt work camps, Student health, prO\'h!Otl of an l·.dtlC'.tt10n sub-c_omm1ttcc, at!d \'ariom, reports of N.l'.S. officiab. The_ .\n_nual (.ongr~ss will ~c held in Nottingham durillg .\pril and furl her deta1b will he j.!I\ ('11 _m tl!~ next Grypho11. The full report of the Council ?<lel'ting, b\' the :\".LS. Secret,try, is held over from this issue owing to lack of space.

1937 Rag. Tin.' total amount allocated to ch;11itabk in,titution.; ;1s ot 1esult uf Ltst year '!;

Rag is £ 1,:i,)O, which has been ;1pportio11cd as follows: ( s. d.

!l:JO O 0 :no o o

77 10 0 77 10 0

Leeds (.;cneral I nfi rmary Leeds Public Dispensar)• Leeds I lospital for \\"oml'll ::...; ort hern Police Orplian;1ge Leeds Co1walesccni Societ \ Infirmary Linen League Jewish :\lcdical Charities

(i:! 0 Hi 10 1H JO O

The same proportions will be allocated this year. \\' I<. Ht UHAIG,

/1011. Secretary, L.U.l'.

Spotlight on the Far East. (co11li1111ed).

The woma n behind the scenes.

China's fate is in the hands of a woman! Soong :\layling, the wife of Chiang Kai-shek, has for long been the brains behind the (hine,;e Go\'ernment. Officially she holds the portfolio of Chief of the Air Forces of the Army. Unofficially she dictates to and rules the highest officiab of the civil service with an iron hand.

It was Soong :\layling, educated at an .American College, who in,-pired her husband to become a Christian like herself. With him :.he has founded the new Life Movement an organised effort by the ~anking Go\·crnment to imprG\'C the !ifc of the Chinese people. T hey arc determined to create an iiwincib\c (hristhrn state which will be master of the East. Say:. :\ladamc Chiang," \\"c shall drive out all the monsters that arc trying to hinder a :-;-ew China. \\"ith God's help we shall sweep disease, famine, opium, and ignorance from this country. \\"e shall liberate 400 m illion people for a new and better life." This is the spirit behind the Chinese opposition to J apan. It is the spirit of :\ladame Chiang Kai-shek, inspired by Christianity and a fcn·cn t belief in the future of her country. She began the tnO\'Cment to drag the millions of China from their age-old acceptance of pagan stan_dards. She ha,; taken hold of the young people and given them a new purpose m life and a new vigour.

It was :\ladame who urged the General to form his Blucshirl organisation, a body of youn!{ men not unlike the Nazi Storm Troopers. They arc now one of Chiant:: Kai-shck'~ greate'-t barriers again:,;t internal revolt over his policy.

.ng lly ~· ,d

FEBIU \l{Y, l!I:\;-; rill·: lll{Yl' I ION

The General speaks no Engl ish. His wife translates for him. writes a!\ his most important letters, \"Cts every decree he is,;ucs, handles foreign diplomats at her discreet little tea-parties, and is, in fact, hb coniidcnti,ll liaison officer between his Eastern mind •tnd the \\'cstcrn world.

It would, however, be a great mistake to rcg-ard the General a,; the moutlipicc~ of his wife. She is the biggest influence in his life. but he himself is a strong man, ab le to move with decision when need l l is famous wife, however remai ns the crown ing glory of the new Chirw she built

Wh a t if J a p a n s ucceed s ?

Do we rea li se what the effect of the cstablishtncnt of snch a \'dsl new empire in the l~ast will have on the fu ture o f other n:ition:-.? ,\merica will be confronted across the ocean with a military and naval power commanding more than twice the population of the L'nited States. Russia will have ;1.,; ,1 neighbour a Power, which when she was six th of her present size, defeated the Ru,-sians on land and sea, and fecb confident that she can do so again now that she controls rc!-iourrc"> as great a,- Russia and has a population much more numerou,- than thal which is go\·erned by the Soviets. i\lorCO\·er, a PowN which is c01winccd that all territory occupied by l\ longob in the north \eg-itim;itc!y belongs to the ncwl~· created l\ longolian Empire. Britain will, when it i:-. too late, remember that the new subjects of J apan were the pcopk who under Ccng-his Kh,m penetra ted into Ind ia. Lloyd George h;1s already warned Britain that J apan will one day descend upon India, and this will be no precarious ta:-.k when she has the might of her Empire behind her.

J apanese imperialism ha:,; chosen its time with ;i sure instinct and t,1kcu prompt and full ach·:mtagc of it with con:-.11mmatc ~ki ll. ~lam:huria was seized at a time when Britain wa;; ill the throes of the wor~t financial cri~is that has befallen her for generations, and when she was afflicted by the most ineffccti\'C Fon'ign Secretary that has ever paralysed her influence. Since then l~uropc has been staggering and stumbling aloug its s tony ro;1d from cri:-.is tocri:-.i,-. Germany ha,- been responsible for at least two. At one anxious moment France talked of mobil isation, and very nearly ordered it. Then came lhe l~thiopi,m tangle, and rival fleets hissed steam at one another as with histrionic bustle thcv manoeuvred into position in the i\lcditcrrancan. T he disputes which provoked lhesc emergencies have not yet been sett.led. They arc st ill hanging O\'er Europe. On top of all these com­plications came the Spanish civil war, which has resoked itself into an internationa l .struggle on Spanish ground. Nothing- could have been more propitious for J apanese ambitions in China. So the J apanese troops arc marching on from city to city and adding province after province to her continen tal empire, not only with the minimum of cost in life and money, but with a reasonable assurance that there will be no meddle:,ome interference from the We~t. Protests that come in from outside arc mild and apologetic. They can hardly be called protests They express a gentle hope that the panic,- will .1rri\·c at a settlement in the near future. The only J apanese answer is to send her armies and Ila\'ie;; to tcai away three Chinese provinces and on the march to kill thousands of harmless men and women.

The Moving Finger o[ ll i:,tory \vrites before our eye,;, and the writing i:,; in letters of blood.

L YONEL L. LANCAST£H.

[\Ve feel that this further in,,talmcnt may suflkient!y answer criticisms brought against the first part of this article, printed in the December issue.-Eo.).

THE GR\'l'HO:-- FEBHl'ARY, !038

T'Plumber's Coortin'. " D AXG thease wimmin," said George Booth, throwing away hal!, aJood

cigarette in his agitation," they niver cause m~t _but ~rubble.. 1~y, tha"tn~ight theer,la<l," replied Old Herbert, dra1111ng his, half-pmt \~tth

great deliberation. " I mind a:-; how my o!<l father used te~ say, .\ c~ap 1~1,·er knows till he gets hooam, whether he's wedded a din·\ or a ,.;amt. But I m renher capi ter hca_r thee talk o', this way, G~oq"?e,, fo!· I \,·o_r gc'cn t_er undc~:-;~a~1,d ~~ .thee an yon matd dahn at t Hall wor thinkm o makmg a 111.ttch on It. .\ye, a n' soa we wor," said George, somewhat sad!~-." till yon' girt ~awby tho~\'t she fancied fol-_d_e-lol butler, at Squire's g-cttrn thro' London. I 111\?·, sce<I; s01ch on a one for g-1'rng hisscn airs, an' runnin' dahn all t'fo\ks up here, ,lll te_l!m ~l.ary yonder, as how us plumbers 'as allus been laughed at f~r us ba~ mcmones. ~ay: nobbut t'ot her neet as 1 wor cumin' hooarn thro' a bit on a JOb, 1 seed her an !1im talkin' tergethc~, an' he bawls aht,' l ,-ee as ow' you are wa.lkin' rather slow, ~fr. Booth, perhaps \'OU has forgotten where you are goin' ," an' then they booath cracked aht laughi,/, J end a' nude his een fair blaze." "Aye," said Herbert, " Aye, I 'll bet tha cud, an' all. I mind as how my old father used to say,' T her's nowt like a crack on't jaw ter show a man he's i't wrang.' ·•

" \\"hat arc thea,;e tales -abaht plumbers an' their tooils?" asked George. "Nay," replied the old man, "ah've nobbut heard tell at yer al\us forgettin' either yer tooi\,; or yer mates or :;ummat. .\n' noa la,;s likes ter think s~e's coortin' a chap what isn't rcight in his heead. '.\ppen if tha wor ter show hke, at tha niver forgets nowt, an tha'r allus punctual at thi wark, ~lary 'u\\ forget all abaht yon' chap thro' London.'' "\\"ell, ah·,·c nivcr forgotten owt but a spanner or two, an' that's ni\·er hindered me i' doin' mi jobs. Bot na tba's mentioned it, a' remember a'ha,·e ter goa trr t' ll a\l t'da~- after termorrow, an a'l\ tak special care ter be naut her late, ncr forget my tooib. Then we'll ,;CC what yon' butler t hinks to hissen."

George left the" Blue Cow" with a heart full of joy, for he felt he had al last found a way to impre:;s the winsome ~lary with his superiority over the troublesome "foreig-ner.''

.\ t last Tuesday came. .-\ morning keen with frost and clouded with light mists, th~t prombed a host of bursting pipes for George to repair. But he thought not of thh as he walked swiftly down the drive that led to the Hall. There would be \[ary in her nea_t _uniform, and perhaps, if the butler were out of the way, he might claim the pnnlege of the mistletoe-bough. She might promise to go with him to the Chnstma':> Dance, :;he might. .George walked to the servants' entrance and knocked.

. \Jary g,n-e a_ gasp .~f s~irprise when she opened the door. "'~[orning, \ [ary," said George, politely, will you show me where the repair:-. arc ter be done?" I le brought_ In:-. tool bag to the fore, to show he had forgotten nothing. The maid suddenly g1gl{l~d and c_lartcd inside,. leaving George speechle,;s on the door-step. :1~c ,::~;1r;l\>~~r a1

1:\~;\~1;t}:fn~~!.1sultation with the Butler, and began to wonder if

\ \"ith an ill-concealed o,mirk on his round fat face the butler came to the ~1001, followed by a ,;nig-gerinR ~!~ry .. He looked at George with all the contempt ~ L~:md_on !~ut!~r .C·\1~ n~uster. ), tlnnk mv good man, has how you has made :t _m1sto~ke._ ;,;o, said G;orgc, ,1h\e c.~me ter mend the pipe in the bathroom, ,1~ !he Sqmre told me the t other day. I he butler composed his feature,; with difficulty, an~ prepar.ed to close the door; ~Ian·, bursting into loud ,;hrieks of ~~11ghtcr, re.tired. m-.1de. " \la~· I remind yoll, fellow," ,;aid the Londoner,

has how ~ou !us alrc.1dy repaired this pipe a week ago 1 Good morning!"

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What is Surrealism ? (Co11r!111ltd).

THE Cf{\'PIIO:'\

Thi rdly, politically. I h;n·e said ~hat an age is ~ore unified in sensibility than w1' often think. That i,; because lt\·ing is a dialectical proces,.;, h;i,.;ed on the common fanor of economic necessit,·. \'arietv in imagery, as in languag-e,;, is cau,ed by geographical conformations; c-apitalism has approximated these confornution-. to each other: hv the simiL1rit\· of machines tht• whole world becomes kin more than e\·er heforC'. .\t the s,1me time, from the dri\·ing force of capitalism Yiz .. profit its good effects are now ,;uffering; united as the world now could be, it is disjointcd bv the ,ontinued prest·n,e of an anachronism, a s_,·,tem tl1~t _has fulfilled its purposc, yet exi~ts. -~-~us, at prcsf'nt, there is''. big split in -.cn...;1b1lity. becau...;c the mc reasc and intcn .... 1!ted \·anety giYC!l potentta!l~· bvour three et'nturics of capitali .... 1 cntcrprisc, is g-iYcn actually on\\' to a minorit_\' ­thc" ha\·es." But e\·cn they cannot, owing to thr much abLhed,"but nc\·erthc\css <;till existent to parth· explain the cause for abuse, law of the interpenetration of Oppo...;ites (exortiodromi,). The poets, howeYer, being drawn from the minority ,annot ...;peak to the majoritv because of the difference of \·;uiNv: nor cm they .... peak to their 0\1·11 class. They are thus; redn,ed 10 talking to themselves. Thti.... a .... Ga .... c-ovne said in llyde Park, "The ReYo\ution has no nel'd nf poets, but poets h.-n· a great need of Re\"olut ion." So all surreali...;ts arc communists to the hilt, and not ineffectual ones at that: thev arc in Spain now, many of them, aiding their comrades; they arc in France and England in the front ­if hidden line. But for c-ommunis;t art theorv we ha\"C nothing but denial,; and contempt ; .1gain ,:;pace docs not allow me to overthrow the :i.rguments. I would recommend the reader to bear in mind whal r have "aid and then read Caudwell's lllusiou and Reafilv; much there he will find to be true, but the artistic theory he will be quick io sec is full of misiakes and misconceptions.

Fourthly, ps~·chologically. :'.\oticc the relationship bctwccn art, neurosis and sublimation. '.\otirc that only sut-reali"rn can succes,-fully reconcile 'iCXism and psycho-analvsis. "

Fifthh·, the fuwre. Surrealism i .... more than a technique of .\rt. In it are combined ag-ain the ~tatements of :\lilton and \\'ord...;worth tn the effect that great poetr~· can onh- be \Hitien by a great man. Tint is, one must also be a <,urrealist in action. \\"c must ha\"e surrealists as leaders when the Revolution pre.:;ents a new, \·irgin, yet more plastic world to us, for us to impress ourselves upon it. For that tinal unification of interior and exterior realitv i~ the supreme aim of surrealism .. \t present, surrealists arc doing two thing-,.; towards that end the cncl made po:ssiblc only bv the practica\l_\. complete ~lastcry of '.\ature given us potentially by the succcs,:; of the !Jr-.t effort known as Capitalism. Fi rst, we ha\·e attempted to present exterior reali tv and interior rcalit\· as two elements in proces;s of unification, of linally bccomin_g one. Second, interior reality and exterior rcalit_,. being, in the prei.;cnt form of societv, in contradinion (and in thi,; contradiction we sec the \"er~· cause of man's unhappiness, hnt also the sourc-e of hi,- moYrmt•ni), we h;we assignee\ ourse!Yes to the task of ,on fronting the,:;c two realities with one another on eYC!" \' possible occasion, of refusing to allow the pre-eminence of one over the other, yet not of acting on the one and on the other both al once, for that would be to suppose that thev are less apart from one another than thcv arc (and I bclic\·c that those who pretend they are acting on both simultaneous\\' arc either decciYing us or arc a prey to a disquieting illusion): of acting- on these two realities not both at once, then, but one after the other, in a systematic manner, allowing- us to observe their reciprocal attraction and interpenetration and to giYc to this interpla\' of forces a\\ the extension necc<.sary for the trend of 1he"e two adjoining realities to bccome one and the <same thing.

THE Gl{YPJIO:\ FEBRl'ARY, l\138

The point about "refu.:;ing to allow the pre-eminence of one ov~r the other" put,.; I mpressioni-,m effectively in it-, coffin: lmpre,.;,.;ionism, am! its !?rerunncr Pre-Raphaelis~n, start well_. but the.\· have tH~ ,onceyti~1~ of _.\ct10~. 1~ hus1 thcv prctC'nd ther<' is no -;uch tlung as C''\tt:rnal rf'ality. 1 ht:\ MC stdl with ege ·

I lere I mw;t in;idequatelv end. I will do -;o b).' rrturning to the ;\lenai Bridge, the SnrrC'ali,;t Objecl. in thitt ,·ou :-;cc the uniticat10n Hrcto_n ,peaks ?f. . . Naturally it doe,; not ,;peak much _to 11:-; ( I had <p1it~ per,;ona\ connections) for tt ,~of~ past age. But now and agarn, our ;1ttent1on i,; caught and held ~y a ~upcrb obJect­therc is a ,;eat at Swanagc, reproduced in ,1yfanw~' !:._\·ans .. recent book, TIit' />ailltcr's (}bjt:cf; there i,; Kumcr"-, plane :-;_urfacc '.ntl~ stxte.en p_?mts, eight of which are true (photograph by ,1;111 Ray 111 Read,; Surrealism, l•abe~, I n::W) ; there are ,.;urrcali,.;t fi li~1 objects --Set18hclf a1ul (frrfyman, the ;\[arx Hro~her~. and Ben Rolt in Collcf!,c /Jolulay. Bllt the -;upreme object dema.nded now is _the surrcali'irn of Rc\·o\ution, that unification of external ,1nd mternal reality, that will e,·entnatc in the struggle. We a.re prepari!1g, a~ yet on two levels, systcmatica!l\· alt~rn:n_ing: the fraternity of Rc_\·olut_10n w1_ll be the first taste of a complete nnititat1011 that that ,·erv fraterrnt,· will ,\Ch1evc.

C.K.Y .

The Tea Set

O :;,.;cE .upon a time, when the W(~rld wa:-; much yo:inger. these folk imagined thcv were happv. for all the mdt' world w,i,; theirs. Long ages the~ dwelt in the green fie.Ids and daiw-mantled wa\,; that once were. They were

pro\ifi, ;rnd their progeny h<·ld to the long great w;n·,; of the pastmcs i hcy had n1ltiYated. )l"or did the.\· ,1_1.!:e. for. "elf-dN·eiYing, thev thought themselYes to be immortal: there was no retro:-;pert. Changcle:-;~. they rode upon the face of the earth and ruled the still deep water,.;. the dl'pth:-; of antiquity Once, too, they had thoughts and moYCd within thl'ms.cl,·e,.;. yet. as there wa-; no movement from thcmseh·es. their thought stilled in tlwir bowels. .\gc upon age and generation upon generation motionlc,:-; thev ~lln/.{ their ,.;ong,; upon lyres which had no ,;trings, frum :-;tun whid1 ]1;1(\ no ,;0111 .\rnl the 11nin·r,;P continued in its Ctt:rna! rc,·olHtion.

But the faec,.. of their girl -d1ilclren were dead and their hoy-children wearied. Their limbs grew la., and the blood \o;igulatcd in the ,·cin ,tnd they demanded frc:-;h sustenance. So ii tll"\\' :-;tuff w,1,; concci\·cd: tl}('rc was a mo,·cmcnt, at fir,.;t little noticed. but ignored. lt \\·a-, the be!-{innin/.{ of progrc,.;,; and the first de,·iation from the norm. The ne\\' thing:-; thdt had follnd cxi~tcnce were laughed at and mocked , excluded frorn ,;ociety and callt•d s.till-born Yet the new children cared not for :-;corn. for the\" kn<'w that from their ~f'ed male-children would ari~e to justify them. ~\nd the}; had life and fcrnndity. They fought with and over­came the dead thmgs. that once were and dwelt upon the earth in their ,.;(cad So, those who wi:-;hcd still to e,i,.;t and die ;i:-; th(' old folk had done long lwfort, found a,;y\um from c,·o!ution

~ow, I'll tell ,·ou a ~ecrct, m\· child, vot1 ,;hall know where those old folk arc »till to l~c found. Lo?k \"ery careful!\· at that tca-,.;e\ and you will sec little creatures parnted on the ,.;1c\es of the cup:-;. Sec all the excellent colours, .see how carefully th<'\" arc drc:-;,.;cd, how well thcv be,tr themseh·cs, notice their servants ab?ut them. Fashioned in the conceit Of this glazed mud, they make attraeti\'C chma, yet the~· arc but ornament. .\r\CI that i~ how the folk came to dwell on the side of the tea cups. Theirs is the way of sorrows.

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The Ironing of Fate.

M 11. l<OB l \"SO~ laid a"ide three pair,,; of corduro~· lrou:ser.s to be ~ut down for Ins son, and when he came he was a dau!,{hter. But :'llr. Robinson was a philo,;opher and -;aid, :since -,he \\-,h ]us fate, Fate

must be her name. Fate gTew in years and wisdom, and all who saw her knew she was no common

mort:il. 111 her la"t year at School she led in cookery. geography and religious knowledge. :--he would have been the greatest mathematician also, had she not based one of her problem-. on the b llaciou,,; postulation that three and li\'C equal nine.

Yet, abo\·e all ebc, :,;he was an ironer. and her fame in thi" grew until it spread through all the world within three miles of her home. She ironed the pyjamas of His \\'or.ship the :\layor. She ironed the dre:;:; in which the Lady .\nnc Vacuum spoke n.•ry wittily on unemployment when calling on the \·icar',,; wife. She ironed the \·cry handkerchief on which the nose of young Lord Battling bled profusely after an unsuccessful attempt to clarify the idea,; of \"iscount Die- Hard. She went from height to height. She was a Napoleon among ironers. Fathers spoke favourably of her to their son:. and, now and then, her parents would recommend some honest youth. But to them all, she would reply simply," I am Fate. :\ly life is :irt, and my Art is Ironing."

Then one day there came three short knocks on ]ier door. She opened it and found a young man standing there. She knew he wa:-; Gerald, who drew the pink pills that shone upon every hoarding. I le looked earne,-;tly into her eyes and. in a strangely mu~ical \·oicc, a~ked her if she would iron hi:. :;hirt. It was a matter of life of death. That night he mu:st be apparelled as neYer before; for he was to start writing his great book of memoirs " l and ~ly Times."

Fate understood him as only one artist can understand another and he went away in triumph. But on the morrow he returned, and hi,,; air was that of a defeated man. ":'lli,,;s Fate," he said, " I ha\·c nothing left for which to live. ~othing ! Kothing ! ~othing ! "

It was the first of many Yi.'iits. Sometimes Gerald would iell her how he stro\·e to express himself in hb

pink pills. Somet imes he would play to her on the piano and hold her entranced; then, perhaps, he would explain in a modest oH-hand way, "'A little arrangement of Bach 1 dashed off thi,,; morning." Sometimes they would discu:;s humanity.

'' They sweat," he would say. "They eat pork and bean,;," Fate would reply. So the weeks rolled on. Then one night Gerald wa,; silent for a long time. Then he spoke softly:

"Do you know, Fate," he said,'' you inspire me? 1 ha\"e ne\·er drawn such pills." Fate looked proudly up at the gas. " [ am glad," she answered. "And

you-you help me. That frock [ did yesterday-it i..; my be:st work." H is lips parted in a fond smile. His eyes rested wi-;tfully on the butcher's

calendar on the opposite wall. Then he spoke again. " Fate," he murmured, " Will you-er-be my wife? " Her cheeb burned rose-pink "i\ly own!" she said, simply, and his arm-; were about her, her nose buried in hi,,; lie.

" l shall draw as I have neYer drawn before! '.\ ly pills ... ! " " Don't ! don't ! Gerald," she whispered huskily for no apparent reason.

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" I ' ll draw a pill ,1-. th(• .,1111 ,ind \.011, Ill\ <!\\II, ,1,- a_11~m11!t h;istcning tuw,1rds ii on'r the (kwy gra,.;s, th<' liµ.ht of lllv 111 your n·c•,- 1 "

".\ h ! Ah !"

"Ah ! .\h ! " "The whole world will come to u:-. in om :-;tudio." ni~·d Fall'," to yon painting

and to me ironing !" She was ,.;wept ,tlong by her liappit]('s'i. Honour. Lime, /.;fo~·y lay bcf.ore thc1!1 l

They were two great soub united. !'ogethcr they w'.rnlc\ ndc the -.ea of life ,1mong the ruder barks! Then -.he -.cn-.ccl that -;omcthmg wa-. wrong.

Gcr,lld was -.t,rnding on one foot lookinf! awk\1,nJly down his nu:.c. " \\'hat is it?" ~he <l!:'kcd breathlessly. lie hesitated . "That about ironi11g,'' he ,-aid. at length. 'You know

1 can e;ffn enough without you -er taking in w,1,hing."

Slowly she repeated the terrible word .. aftt'l him. "All our own stuff can go h) the !aumlrv. if that i" what you She grew white.

"Come, come," he ,-aid, laughing nenou,;l\, · irnuillg is nut an .\rt like my work."

Then all was clear to her. lie was 11(1 ;ini-.t. ~he ,trode o,·cr to the door, flung it open and. with a magnificent g-6tur'°, indir.1tcd the house acro,.;s the road. "Go!" s he cried.

Gerald gazed at her dumhs:truck "Co!" she reiterated. "l;o t\J ,·,,ur 11ilb I I ,1111 l·.itt·. ~ly life i, .\ it

and my .\ rt is I roning." " But. "Enough! "

Sorrowfully he pa,;sed out into the street. ~he -.tood listening as his footsteps died slowlv away. l'IH' tire flickered for a moment , lighting up her feature:-;, pale. sensiti,·c. unfathomable, aloof. For the lir,;t time ..;he was realising the loneline,;s that mu,;t be the lot of an artist.

And outside, in the gathering du-.k, a cohcc-colomcd tom-cal padded solemnly along the garden wall.

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Hy a Hun~arian Student.

BE FO l-< E I ,am(' to EngLmd en-1y time I heard the word "EngLrnd" in \he ,-<;,r~ mo~:ent ,.;omeho,.': o~_other tw~ o_thcr words came to m_v mind:

fog and democracv. I hh a,.;SOCJd\1011 of wonb 1s of <'Ollrse not incidcnt,tl, h<:l-;insc these two ·,hing,.;, fog ;m(\ democrat·,,, actu,!lh· are birh characteristic of England and :H"C hardly found anywhere eb<•. (. \ 11,·ho,1. 1wt 10gcther and not in such a g-rcat amoun t ). So it j-.; quite n.ittn;d 1h,1t 11licn ;i

foreigner comes to England these two ...;trike him.

I will not deal now with the fog (althon1-;h thC"rc i:-. a lnt to he said ,dJout it) but rather_ n,· to gi,·c ;1 f('11 re.1,.cons 11-ll\· 1 think it i, ju:-titicd to ,1,;,.ociate Engfand wuh democracy.

Firsl [ ,.;ho\!ld like to nuke il clear that whC'n I s.iy there i.;. demonary here I <lo not :,;ugg{'"\ that thi,. form of -.tatC' i-. pl'rf('n]y democratic. .'\o. it i-. f.ir from that, hut comparati\·ely it i,; the be:,\ that mankind has ;1chie,ed.

i\lany tirne-. whC'n l t_old Tn\_' rather fa,·m1rabk- opinion of Engfand to Engli,.;h people they told me ,.tone-. tnmg to pro,·(' tlw opposi te. th,it EiwLmd wa.;. not democratic at all. J' hcy spoke ;1bou1 people depri\"cd of their right,. .. ibout slums, about ta,,ttion etc. (Tho.;.e who told lllt' that were mainly Soci,ilists). T hen after learning all the:-e thing:, 1 a-.kcd them to look at Europe, to look at any <·01mtf\. \\"here could they hnd conditioth like in England? '.\owhere. \\' here i,; another ,.pot, like H yde Park in London, where ,u1vbo<l} nu,- hold :,peeche,; and meeting-,; of ,my ,;ort, ,;peak fo r ,md again»t ,mything he likes or di,;likes? \\"here can one go to a " Hyde Park·· and :,;peak, :say, again:,;t the go\·Crnment ) \\"here is another Parliamem where one can stand up and say that·· it has ht><'n prO\Cd that the King i-, like a lift boy. who can be dismissed at any moment " (a,. ~!r. ~la,ton .sai_d after the abdication last year). \~ "here i-. another counln where the:,;e or smu lar thing:-- could happen? \\'here 1s there :,;uch freedom in every :,;phere of life? \\" here i-. T rade L'nioni:,;m so developed? \\" here is the :,;tandard of li,·ing as high as in E ngland? Many more q uestion:,; like t hese can still be a,-;ked The re:,tilt at the end is that to-day England is the mo:,;t democratic country .

. \ s one wh() comes from .Central Europe ! alway,, ha,·(' the. impre,.-,ion that things ju-;t ·· luppen" here, contrary t() our places. whc~·e thmg,; arc" being done." \\" hat I ,.hou!d lik(' to point out by thi:,;- wh ich 1s meant of course in a very broad s_cn-.e i:,; that ~he interference _of state in y ri,?te an~\ e,·cn in public life is thC' mimmum. Pract1callv nothing hinder" the mdi\"\dual 111 hi,; activities. l le can do quite freeh· ,d_most an\·thing- he like,; .. \\"hat, if n<;>t this, i-; democ racy? .\ ml thi,; democran· (';,,;i.;.\-; in even· small port10n of Engh:,;h life. T he variou,; cu:-- toms and habi t~ all bear the ,, ign,; of dcmocctcy .. \ l the Cni\ei:,ity, in tlie -. t n:et and park.;. as well a,; in the \l ouse,; of P,t rlianwnt yon can always feel ,111d sec tlut '-'piri t of democracy \\"hich i,; ,;o nalural to e,·ery Engli:--hman, and ,;o new to us, \,ho do not happen to be onr- .. of this h,1ppy breed of men."

In the October Gryphon )liss Poland said in her arlicle .1bout England that there" i-. a very high standard of culturt' together with \·en' little real knowledge." T his j,= \·cry true and, I think, it is i1_1 a ~\'dY due al~o to <_lemocracy. The system of education being faiily democratic, 1.c .. the1e 1,; a httlc interference uf the

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authority regarding what and how much they teach in the schools, the free

development of the yonth easily enable.:; them to achieve the high standard of

culture and the real knowkdge onlv laler, after Jca,·ing the school. The free

dc,·elopment of mind a.nd thought abo create,,; that wonderful spirit of Englbhmcn,

which spirit does not con,;is t of ,·ariou,,; " \\'eltan,,;ch,umgcn" and " ldeologien"

as the Germans prefer it. but ha" a great amount of indcpcndenn·, ... elf-confidence, free thinking and a lot of the" Like it ea,,;y ., ,ittitucle. This spirit of the English

together .with democracy are, I think. the most outstanding and perhaps

most ennable- features of England '<CCn by a foreigner.

These few line,; of course arc a ,·cry rough and -,hort de-,cription of an impres ... ion,

a foreigner might han• while staying- in England. There arc many other things

which are peculiar to En[.:li,:;h life- -and to be frank then· are many shortcomings

too. But these latter are really not worth mentioning here as they can be found

everywhere ebe, but those things I tried to sketch aboYe arc confined to England.

GEORGE FEHER.

International Student Service Conference at Bouffemont .

T HE Franco-Briti-;h I.SS. Conference which wa:-; concluded recently at Bouffemont. near Paris wa:-; de\'Oted to a con:-.ideration of " France, Britain , and Central Eu~ope." .\son former occa-;ions the guidance of

experts was forthcoming. and their grasp of the political ,.;ituation peculiar to the

Central European State,,; onlv helped to c\cmon-;trate what a ,.;mall comprehension

the a\'erage Englishman ha-. of the ,·ital issues in,·olvcd.

M. J acque~ ,\ ncel, Profc:-sor at the 1 nstitut c\e-, Hatncs Etudc;; I ntcrnationa\c:-;,

re\'icwed analytically the :social, economic, and commercial ba:-;is of the several

Central European States. \\'ith regard to ,,;ocial '<trncture he empl1.1-;iscd the fact

that with the except ion of the inhabit,1nts of \'ienna and certain industrialised

regions of Czecho-Slo\·akia, the populace of the Central European States was

e~scntially of the Peasant type. Referring to the economic basis .\I. Ancel stressed

the fact that autarky was impo-;:-.iblc within each of the Central European and

Danubian State~, but proceeded to indicate the emergence of a peculiarly

"Danubian" Economy .

.\I. Albert .\lou,.;,;ct, Director of the .\gence Radio and Director of the Rev iew

''Affaires EtrangCre,.;," ha, ing just returned with .\I. Delbos from his dsit to

Central Europe, outlined the polic_,· of the Central European and Danubian

Powers. \lore particularly i\l. ;llou<;set gaw an excellent discourse on the

arrangement and characteristics of such Pans as had affected the Central

European States in the po:-.t war year-;. It ,\a:-; the opinion of ;II. .\lousset that

the most comprehensive out--ide polic.,- directed again:-.l col\ccti,·e security amongst

the Central European and Danubian nation,; ,\as that of Germany. He believed

also that the Danubian States were not anxiou-. to join the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo

axis, despite the attempi of ltal_,, to reduce French pre-;tige in the Balkan area<;.

Speaking on the subjecl of practical policy .\Jr. Dennis 1fouth, Lecturer in

I nter~ational Politic:-. at l'ni,·er,ity Coll<'!,!'.(', ,\bcrvstwyth, emphasised the decline

of Bntain's prestige and power in the po-.t war yc:1rs. Jl aYing indicated the

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current ten.dcncy for Great Britain to fail to maintain the integrity of the smaller powers: i\1 1. ~ outh stated that Great Britain was to-day confronted by three dynan_11~ cn?m1cs; as~ partial consequence Central Europe figures low in the scale of Bn11sh mtercst,.;. I he speaker obsPrn::d that if the I !alifax conversations wit!! GcrmanY. had been _characteri~cd by a dC'sirc to plac.itc Hitler by offering to (,crmany cithcr colomal c-onccs ... t01b or a free hand in Central Europe, then he strongly opposed the second of the altcrnati\"(' rnurses.

i\l. .\ndrc Gcraud, better known as Pl.'rtinax of the Echo d(' Pari.~. said that the f~onticrs of the Central Enropcan Statcs were at least better than the pre-w;ir frontiers. He stressed the fact that Pan-Germani~m had not been renounced in the post-war period, and contendec! that Jtalv was as great a menace to France as she wa s to Grea1 Britain. Pcrtmax al-,o Ge!k,·ed that France must have the ful! support of Great Britain in order to fulfil her policy in Central Europe; if Germany by a process of penetration insisted on becoming- powerful to the East of France then war would he- ineYitablc.

The progress of the disni,;.sions seemed to indicate that France is more­interested than Great Britain in the problematic affair,; of Central Europe. Ne,·ert hekss British delegates :ilso resented strongly tht' possibility of German hegemony in Central Europe. It hecame particularly dear in the course of discussion,; that the independence and integrit~· of the smal!cr Powers should be preser\"ed. Dr. l~ose, of the School of Slavonic Studies, London l'ni\"ersity, expounded this newpoint forcibly, emphasising the fact that the freed people,; of Central Europe wanted a liwlihood. peace and freedom. Although, then, dne recognition was accorded to the fact of German minoritie,; and economic interests in Central European States, the \·iew was unanimouslv held that the growth o f Germanic power at the expense of the Central Europea·n Powers would prove to be unde,.;irab\e. It ,1as, of course, gene-rally appreciated that the temporary abeyance of a collective system had placed the smaller powers in a dilemma. Such Powers mav associate themsch·cs with either the totalitarian and Fascist or the states of lhc- \\"cstern European Democratic bloc. At least it is clear that security is not gunr.rnteed for the moment by mere membership of the League of Xations. Abo it appears ob\"ious that the small Powers would align themsch·es more closely with the pacific \\'cstern Democracies if only a firmer line of action were taken with a view to establishing international order and justice and world peace. .\s ,on<lition,; arc, there exists the danger that the Central European a nd Dannbian l'owcr,; may put their resources at the serYice of ltaly and Germany. The danger of such a t rend of c-,·ents is obdous.

An interesting topic which arosr in the couhe of discm;,;ions was the possibility of a Gcrman-So1·ietic Pact being dfected in the futnrc. On this topic it can mCrel~· be recorded that the m,1jority of the delegates thought that the irreconcilability of the'.\ azi and Communist ideologie,; would preclude collaboration. ~lorco,·er, it was argued that if the Sodet l'nion were to gi\·e Gennan\" a free hand in Central Eu rope, Ru,;sia would he a,;,;isting the Germans to make l"kraine "the ~ranan· of Germanv.'" Such authoritatin~ speaker,; a:-; llug-h Seton- \\"atson felt that pCrsi-,;tent failure on the part of Creat Hritain and France to J>resen·e order and international ~tability ma\" induce Stalin to look for German collaboration.

It is impossible to refer to all the problem:-; di-,cnssed but the Bouffemont Conference, under the able guidance of Profes~nr P;rnl )[antoux, pro\"ed to be highly interesting and succes~fu!.

.\i. BA:,i HULL.

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\\'hv i-. there -.uch lethargs and app,ircnt indiffcren('e to l 'nion .\ctivit i(',;

thi-., \'l'ar? \"e\·er before !us there hecn s11ch a poor re-,pon,;e to anv l 'niver,;ity

R,,g J{evuc ii" 1here ic; this ve;u. I,; it that Finals people han~ more work to do

thi-. \"('<H" than in the p,ht ). [-. it that -.e('ond .vear people who ha\'C no exams.

to tatc ;ire feeling too superior to enter into what is an integr;, ! part of l'niversit v

activitit's? J:.. it that Frc,;her,; have not vet cast off their School Shvnes,; or arc

a,; \'('t muble to enter into the ,;pirit 0(1hi" l'ni,·er,,;ity? •

.\dmitting the pre-.-,ure of work on the part of the Finab pcopk, we can not

:ll'Cl"Jll Lh<" , kw that '.',ecund Yc.n student,; and Fresher" rcft1'<(' to dCcept

1e,;po11-,ihiliti<'"> which -.1ud('llt"> h.t\l' "hared with ">llCh 1'11thu,.;ia-.m th,11 of

,;11pp011ing lfog Ren<(' .

. \p;:r\ from the \\·orthint'"" of tlw c;ui:-,e mt'dical charities in Leeds it ,;eems

:--o I idir11lo11,., to appeal to ,c.tudl'nh tu ('ome alm1g and cnjo_v th('lll">('lvcs. Rehearsal,;

;11(' short. e,1-,\' and good fun. l"hc week ;it the l'ararnount is quilf· often the most

('njo\·11bk week of one'" '\'arsit\' life Then of ('Ollrse there i,; the complete

ditf('l't'nce in the e,periencc gained 1 ' ?

\\ e rd1be to bclic,·c that the diaracter of the Fn•,-her ha,.; deteriorated this

vt•;11 we put it clown to ,.;hyncss. Xo c,perience of '111\' kind j,., requirl'<I. indeed

such a Lu:k i,; more dc,.;irahk. there arc lc"s, ice,; to correct!

~o wake up. Leed,-, and e-.pe \" vou Fr ,;her" I ler(' is; vo11 r d1a1H'f' tn /:{et

to know the pt'opk who count it1Hl tho-.c whn don"t I

Come and join the Chonisl'-, m·,t \lcmctn·, or if \'ull wa111 p,trtic-ubr,; of

the "how. ,1ppl, \'i<1 pigeon hok to

The Editor,

Di'ar ~ir,

I~. (. \" CLARK,

(Business .l/a11a1;a).

M I SAPPRE I-JEN SIOI\'. rim I 1 "<1\"FRSITY'

I H. 1 t;{H.

On -;everal occa,.;ion-. in the vdc. I have had mv attention drnwn to the fact

that the animal present in the l"nion ti(' is; no! i"ht' tradition:\] grvphon: but

nwr(' nearlv approaches the sphin:-.:. ·

On eotblllting the c\ictionar_\· I find that a gn·phon is dcfin('t\ as

·· ,\ rnnhical animal \\ith the hod\· ;)nd Jt,g-, of ;1 lion , :1nd with t!w head

;rnd \\"ing-" of an caglr: it dwpcr<m."

and a s;phhn a-.

, .• \ rn_nhica\ animal \1·iih 1 he hocj\" 0f a liont'"" am\ the ht'Ml of a woman:

a pn-;on of pl'rpk,ing charact('r ..

(~rnntim.; thl' pn',entt' of wi n1;;., nf ;1 ,on : it i,; -.till trui' th.1t the hl'ad is hardlr

tl1at of a11 eagle I am,

Your,.; truly,

. . . "FRFSHFI~."

Th<' animal on tht• l nmn 11c i~ lllfant to he a ,;phin:-.:.-En.].

. ·: - ' . .

FE BlU' \l{Y, l!l!lS Tlll-: (<l{YPl!0'\1"

A WO R D OF WAR N I N G.

The Edi10r.

/'he (,'ryp!u!II,

L('Nl-.,:?

Dear Sir,

1'111 E'\f.I'\FERl'\C <.;.p("]FTY,

IHI l·:,;1n:11,;1TY,

LI-.Fn-;, :?,

:?li!h Ja1111ary, 1\1:l~.

W(' draw attention lo a <leplor,,blt> pr.irti<'l' whi(·h h:h '<lt':tdi l_,· been at Cr('dl ! Lill dance'-, nameh·. tht• apprnpri:1tion of 1l11,,t•r.-. U'<('d for

purpose-., b~- ;1 ('(·rtain, fort\111;11(']_\ -.mall. min.,ril\ ' of tho,;t' attendill!,.!. " t'('!11.; n('('t'"":11Y to point out to thht' thoughtk-.-. 1wn11I•· tl1 11 ... utlici(·Jlt !lower-.

;111d ph!l h t·a1t only lw hired al a ('uq nf ;1\ ka"t ( 10 .1nd. <·on"t'qll\'1111\", a,n rcimbur,;cmcnt to :1 contrM'IOr fur "k,1kat!;t''<" i" l''\lr,i t''\]lt'IH!iture for w hid1 no a\low,ttKl' ha-. been made and which 111,n· re-.nh 111 tht· 1,rgani"l'I'" facing ,tn apprl'ci,dik drlicit -.inn' ( ;reat \\all d,111(·('...; <trt' nnt lidd tn m;1ke ;1 prnht.

r oward-. the end nf thi-. mo:Hh tilt' Engineer< D,IIH'l' will ])(' ht•ld ancl, as 1i-.i1:1 l . ,1 -.uh-.tantial "um h;i-. lwen allocated toward-. the hirt' uf 1101,·('r~ . . \by ,1·<' appeal. thcrdon' .. 111 the minority referred to ahon• to rl'o<pt·rt t_hc­a rrau!_;ement..:. made for tlll'ir enjo\·ment 1111,\, at lhe same 111111•, not jC'OJMrcih1' 011r d 1an re,; of '' rn.1kini,: end...; nwet.''

\"nm-. L1ithfall\',

\\" .\l 111< !~ :,,;T[lH;,

/Inn . .'ii•rr,·lary.

/.,·ed.\ ('11i,·crsi!y L1u:,i11uri11g _.,·nn"i>ly.

\I .. \ '\llFH'iO'\" write-; from .\11ckland to tell 11-. that <It a rc('CIII ,;ing-song IH' heard a ;\laori war-en· which wa,., prnb,1h\\· the orii,:inal of our own " 1,,'. nmati." lie gi,·es pronunciation-.;1rnl 1r,tn-.L11ion. which we c\11 not print , ,Is thi-. m ;1tter ti;-1..:. heen 1re:11Nl ..:.o fnllv in n·t·ent r;ryj,lw11s l'h;ink-." all tlw ... amc :'llr .\ndt·hon.

:-; . B. BFL~IIAW ...;ends -.ugge-.tio11" for impnJ\·in!.! Th,· (;ryj,'1011 ...;onH' ;ff('

hel1_'fii l, '-OlllC impractical. The co-.t prk(• of The (,'r\'j,/1011 is -.o near that of tlH' -.ell!ng price that only a certain nmnbN of block-. {photograph-. itnd drdwinJ . .:sl can he incl11dcd. ~or can we off<'r higgl'r nwrn·,· prize .... though I doubt if 1 !ii" would irnpro1·e the standard of poetr\' as \ lr. lkl-.haw ...;11ggl''ib it would. Or Ml' poet, becoming mercenary these davs? \\'e hop<· to ,ati..,h· th(' requ1'"t for more cartoon,;. Idea" we liked wl'rl' "Sugg6H·d llolida,·...; .\broad" and thl' ('X!f'ns ion of '' Shoes and Ships,'' which :'llr. lkbha\, he:irtil\ n•comnH'1Hkd, 1hnu~h Ill' d i not gi1·e an\· pr;ict ic:11 as~i..,tanre thi" tinw.

LONG"

L.U.O.S .A.- Statement of Accounts for 1936-1937 .

S11lh<·n1,t"ms ('urrt·nt1·,·ar.l!1:11;:1i l',·r \1;,m!w,lt•r H;-;ow h l',·r Hull JJ and,

!{1,(l·.ll'T

!., r,·h;1\<" tr,B·,m.-lw~

l'rofl'·.,orH.,1kn ,0!11nt,1ry"uh [ntt:r,-,t on !.,f,, Suh" npt1ons lnl't ~t,·rl ln~uranr,· ('(,rnmi,,ion "<di•·;d S,wi,-11· \1,,ga,iw· \!, mbns S,d,· of H.,dgcs Sumrn,·r l·un< lion. I·:,,,.~, of

l{,·(',·1qd :-iJ){·l\l

1-'urtht"tamountr('<('l'·,-d(,;1,h l h1nh,·r ;,mount 'J><·nt

• ).S. \ Hou~,· \crount B.,lanu:, ;\Oth Jnnc, l!J:hi Bala1K1·, :l,!th Jurn•, 111;1;

1,,a 11, :! :1 li I I:! 11

l+ii :; ?! I:!

11111 1111-1

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r;ryph"" l'«:k,ng

1111 ill j I\

E.,p.·n,,·s

J-1.d;on<·,·, :Mth Jmw l'.:\i

B.,!anLt· on (;o·nHal \nmm: . Ju,w, l!J:hi H1\a1Kc ,,n (;,,n,·1s1\ \lt·<,unt June, l'.!:li

:1:: 17 :lJ IOI H

\ot,tl B.,!;111"· in hand. :\(llh Jun•· l\J:li

li"lllllll<"<I ;lll(l 101111,\ t'Orrt•d,

II:! 1:, l!l ;; ;:11,-,

Ii,, :11110 !j !) 11 :! :! II tl ]\) H

:ni; 11 u j ]11 ."j

1,:11; I!) ll

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-I:-. Ii H

fotal H\lann· 111 hand, :llith Jum·. l!J:Ji I i11 I i ~ (Sli:,m/) B ;I! CU'.\'.\.\L, /Jecrmber 101/i, 1!)31.

LIFE SU BSC R IPTION ACCO UI\"T FOR 1936-1937.

1.ik Subs, ript1mh l{,·n·1n·d lnst"J111,•11t,;

i "· d ·'· s. d 'i:! 1) ll [0 [\I II

s:! 1H H

lnvl'strm,nt in JluildingS<Xil't)', Jun<·, l!l:lli :!,:!!1:l 17 I nvc~tcd l \):l(i-:\7 81f 4

liwcstmcnt in Building S°'il'ly, Junc, l \J:li :!,:174

E'<aminccl and found (·orrt;<;\, B . .:,.1. co:,;.,_\1.,

DtambH r•uh. 111:n

C . ,

r.1.,

At the high table.-left to right:

LONDON DINNER.

Mr. BROWN, Mrs. and Mr. PARKIN. Mrs. and Mr. HELPS. Dr. GRACE GRIFFITH, Professor MILNE, Mr. DUTT. Mrs. MILNE, Mr HOLLINGS. Mrs. and Mr. CLAXTON. Mrs. PEXTON

FEB RCARY, l!J3S 100 THE GH.YPHON

~ JA StLUE~:ns tus: IVERSITY II Old \h. Jlssociation.

c2 ~ Notes from ~eadquarters. ~=~ The A nnual Meetin~.

On Salurday, 18th December, 1!137, our comfortable new quarters at l\o, 38· University Road, were informally opened (tea kindly provided by Convocation) before the Annual General >Ieeting, which was held in the Lounge. The minutes appear on another page.

Annual D inner and Dance .

The Fifteenth .\ nnual Dinner was held in the Refectory almo:,;t immediately after the '.\ reeting. Dignity was 1cm to the reception by the good offices of the Il a!! Porter, an innovation which \\'as, we think, the only thing needed to make our Chrisun as meeting a true Cniver,-it,· fnnction. \\'e were delighted to h;1ve as guests our own I ndependent represe'ntative in Parliament, '.\Jr. T Edmund Harvey, accompanied by >l rs. ll an·ey, and the \'ice-Chancellor, and representa­tives from our -.bter Cniver,-ities: Lady Baillie and ;\ liss Silcox were unfortunately unable to be present.

The exccllenl dinner put on by >l iss '.\la.sson and her Staff was cn joHd hy about 130 people. There was a moment of suspense soon after the last piece of turkey had been despatched for al l the lights went out simultaneously, but just as we began to wonder if we should haYe to finish by candlelight a swiftly moving proces,-.;ion bore in the t riumphantly blaz ing Christmas P udding .

. \ fter the loyal toast the President proposed the toast of" Our Guests," to which i\fr. Harvey replied. \\'c learned that our P resident had had a hand in the preparation of our principal guest when a student in the Yorkshire College, for the responsible position he now holds.

In proposing the toast of the Cni\'crsity '.\ l r. P . R. Allison spoke in glowing terms of the \ 'ice-Chancellor as the controller of the dest iny of that Institution . Sir J ames Bai llie, who had achieved the" almost-impossible" by honouring an engagement in London in the early afternoon and still was with us in good time for d inner, in his reply made a great point of the importa nce of t radition in a C" ni\'Crsity and the length of time required to build it up. P rofessor Gi\le:-;pie then proposed the toast of the .\ s~ocbtion to which '.\Jr. A. E . Fergu..,on brielly replied . T he formal part of the evening being over the tables were quick ly rcmoYed from the room and dancing followed until well after 11 -30 p.m ., when Auld Lang Sync, t he Nat ional Anthem and Kumati ! brought a happy evening to an end.

11\E ldn'l' /1 0'.\'

l\'11NUTES OF THE ANNU:\L GENERAL .\IEET I NG 1937, h el d in the n ew O.S.A. Lo unge, .'18, Unh'ers it y Road,

at 5-30 p .m., on December 18th.

In the Chair Profes,;or Gu .. u:s1•11:.. :W member,, present.

I. l\·linutes.

rhe !llinutcs of the JH:!6 .-\nnual ( ;encral llkl·tmg \ll'l'e rcMI, co11Jmm;d and signed.

Bus iness arising out of the l\ linutes.

(") West Hiding Brnncl1 Grant.

During this financial y(·ar tJw \\. IC Brand, lud i1_1u,rn,d e."p<..'nses ,\mo_untms to

;,L l:!s. (id. Subject to the appro,·aJ uf tht: .\nnual l,,·m:ral .i\ledrng the (omnnttec

had dPcide<l that for the nc,t financial \"l'H the Branch should he put on the same

basis as the other Branches, rcceiYing l n,bate for each annual memb<.·r and od. for

each Life member. This was agreed.

(b) House Com mittee Report.

The l\ouse Commitl<:T has ht·eu 1{·,1~ed as follows

Cht1irm1m, ,\h~~ Hou,,,n;. Secretary . • \!rs. Tu:s1111wc.,1,. Co111m111ce .1/rmben. :\lrs. (IRJ<;T,

lllrs. Sl'liNlF, :\lr. F ER(;usON.

rt," Committee had ordered ,i certain amou,,t uf re,kcorau11g of t.he old O.R.A

Huus(·, believing that it would l>l' in u,;,,_. until the ,:ompletion nf thl' l"niou Building.

This cxpen(hturc, howc,·er, co~il<l not l>c regrcttl'd 111 ,·.1c.11 (d the ,n,provcmcnts made

by the Un1,crs1ty III transfcrnng our quarters to :JI'.!, l 111,crs,ty Hoad.

:!. Secretaries' Re port.

Dunng the year ,;;,. well-auended Comnultce .\leetings h,ll'l' l.>l.Tll hl·l<l under th,J

Chairmanship of P rofessor Gillespie.

C hristmas Dinner and Dance, 1936.

One hundred aud fortr-ninc membcrs and gut·sts were ]'l"l'M'llt 11H.;]ud111g, lo our delight,

,uany members of the staff. Profc,;sor Jamieson anll lllr. Hile}·Smith \\TTl' guests of

honour. The evening fu lly justified our anciC'lll claim tu bc '"the friendliest l'ni,crsity."

Summer Function, June , 19.!7.

Fifty meml>crs ,isitcd the Hrothcrturo Lihran and thl' lll"W l'bvsiL~ wmg, .t.flerwanb

h,l'in!( tea in O.S.A. llous,;,. :\lca,mhilc. fifty othd merntwr" ,uid friL·1uls, ,rndaunted IJ\

torrential rain, took part ma Trca~ure llunt by motor car, and h>td tl'a at J[ampsthwai1e

:\\«nor House. In the e\"ening IOU past and pr<'SCnt !>tudcnts l'll)Oyed a Flannel Dance

111 the l{cfectory

Tem1is ;rnd Badminton.

-\I lhl' end of tht: SUlllllllT ll'rm a T1·nni,, s<·nio11 "'ls forn1<·d. lh· th<· ki11,l11n,,, uf thl"

<~ ·i:~~.~~~it\ ;~~ ~,-~1~~1::.~1~,,'.1~ /~~;1~tf:'.~t tt~::1c::~1:1t :/i\}~~-,~i:1 l'.:-''1~';::i;::1~~ ~l~-"tt'~'.e~~~·nirogs

:\lachinery has been SCI in motion on the request of »c,0cral members to form a Ba<lnunton

~\tii~1~y11:~~:i::~td·1~:~:~-\'1~~}1,~'1\ll:r~::: ::~~1h~e~~st:{·;;;:~1~1\\~.,~;~~;:

1;/,1,fl1~!r~;:'. ~::?e~;~1r~;~~.~'i~ .,f :\!tss Broadbent. ..

Uli\/\GE 01· QUAHTl::HS.

O"ing lo the requirements of the l'ni,crs11,- 11 has hl'ell found neces,,_u, lo u.rn~kr

the U.S.A. Headquarters from Beech (:run:, Tcrraui l<J.thc erstwhile Collcg~ ll,lll. Far

f'"?m losing by the new arrangement the 0.S.A. ha~ gamed considerably by the change.

\\e should like to record our sincere thanks tu the l'm,·er~1ty anthonucs for their consirlcra1i"ll

and T.'ractical a.-.,;1stance.

:\!EMBER.SHIP

Twenty-nine A1111ual subscribers and twenty-thrt•e Life membl,rs ha,e jr,incJ the

Association during the financial year July. 1036 to June, 1037. \\'e regret to announce the

,lcath of six members amongst whom w1:re l'roks,;,;,r i'u ki.i. lllr. F.C, Thompson and the olde~t

FEBIU .\HY , l'.1:\~ rHE l,l<\'1'110~

1t:;gf 1:;,1~~~;f ~~f tiit:;;~t:iff iil::::~[::~;;.:::.~'.~f ::;~IIit~,'.Ii?;::iif /::~f form;,tum of the new l,ast .\l,dlands l-lrarn,;h, t h;,nks to the ,,nthu~iasrn of Dr. I·. Sha". \\'e wi~h the new Branch every succt-,;..s.

4 Treasurer's R e p ort.

Mr. Grist was able to gi"e a fa\'ourahk report on the year's financi.il working (sec Balance Shttt). The mcrea'>C 111 the cost of The Gryphoti «nd "~ wages had fortunate!} l>ccn met b\· a considerable increase ,n lnsura.nce ('ornm1<;i,1on. J,1fe sub,;cnpt1ons amount

;,'.~c{!~r~;'.'· ~\!~~0;,~ 1\'.~~:1k~'ti t{~."{ion.r~~~H~~11~;r'1,~::h.~::~lt:~~:1a'~:i~'.-1ast\\:::~~:::. ~~:,1r;);i a nd passed with acclamation.

fi. Election of Officers.

Tht· lht of Ofliccrs and Committee will be found in tlw n,·" Year I-look

6. T he mee t ing agre("c\ to a proposal by :\lr. F('rguston, ~econ(kd b,· .\lr. Kieser, th;it liule 6 sho11ld in future read "The Life subscription i~ £:l :;s Od •. p;,y able in one su m o r in three termly ins ta lments of £ 1 I s. Od. Thl' \nnual suh~ription shall be.-, -, payable 1m the 1st J uly. ;\ \embers who havt" faill'd tu pay tlKil' .\nnual ~ubscriplums for h\C> colbl'Cuti,·c , ·cars and who do not rt·ply to a final let 1er from the Tn·asurei, .shall lw com,id.-rcd to have forfeited thdr llH:mbcrship and can only b,, n·-admittl'd on paym(•nt uf the -<nears for those two years o r of a Life s ubscript io n ins1 ;1lment.

Sonic discussum took place on a proposal that Gryphon~ should nut hl' Sl'rlt t•) lll(·mb<:rs whoS{' suhscnptwns Wl'Te a year o\'crdue, but it was fmally decided to lca1·c tlus matter to the discreuo11 of the T reasurer.

8. The meet ing was adjourned.

MERSEYSIDE LETTER.

/Ion . .'>rcutary .\Jrs E . .\l \\'oJ.tMALD, .)(;, l'R!SCI,; ALPJ.tED l<D ..

LIVEJ.lPOOL, I t).

Phone \ \"awr1r,,,. s:!:l

Our last two furKllons took u~ from Olll' ,·motHmal c'\.11"( me to thl' otlwr. Our Dinn(•r 11,mu: 1n :,,; 0 , 'CJ11l>cr was the usual jo\'ial affair ( ndmg in ;1 riotous finale whu, one of our mcml>l'TS

:'.~~~~!;'i~e;tt~l;~t:!:~dTl'.~~·l t];s~t~ ~~t ~ffrom w~i'::1~1:111:r~r t,~;:~!t~~~l \1:1':f~~J~:~s~~I ~:::::::~ t hem in opposing d irections.

:i2;~;\.~Ef.Di{;ih1~::f:?t;\I'..if?~::;::'.:~?);;.:;f ?ifi:i:2lj·::.:;.;·;~;, t:',,~:~:1i For this term the Com1111tllT has c\'olnd thl' follow1ng 011tst;111ding <(t\ratlion~ ·­

F l'l>niary I l th, at ; .() p.m. l\,sTo '.\Ll'JIT ,it the L1\'crpool Empire.

F e!Jr i(:trJ.h~i:l h ~.~~~:~li/i :, ~~ e; ~::i l( ;::, e,\~ ~~ ~ t ~; ~:;;;"( .I'.,\~:t:1~ \~:~.i;·r~\~ }~ · 1,:~l' r,~:.~(1 ,~~ "~:;~r:;:/;;

Dr. l )oroth y Knowles to thec·r to ,i<tory

:\ larch 5th, (Lt 7-:10 p.m. l.!\'ERl'OOI. t·:-..1\'fRSlTY ()U) S!TUE!<Ts' SO('ll<:TV ] ),\S(;E at th,· l ·nivcr~ity, to whid1 a party of our n1tm!wrs will !Je gladly welcomed

i\1ard1 :!6th, at S-0 p.m. Soda! Evening

All meml:>crs ha\'C l>ccn 1JOlili1·,l of thesl' ,ittairs, hut if there· arc any IKWLO!l)ers to the ,1rca J wil l willing ly lei them have partLLU]aVi if they ring me up

And now, t o keep up our roman11c tradition of a wcdding_a1111ounLcnwnt l'_''l' l'Y 0ryp/,o,i Je tt er , we have to record that of .\li~s !Yy Sunpson and i\lr. 11. Ewart Dyke~ rn November Jast.

Keep i t up Merseyside 1

THE GRYPHON 202 FEBHl.,\HY, 1931:1

EAST MIDLANDS LETTER. !Ion. Secretary .\[is,; F. H.. SHAW,

4, ST .. \LDAS'S ROAD.

LEICESTER

The East .\l idlands Brandi !wld its lirst funnion (and a very successful one, too) on Thursday,

Dece111ber 9th, t!J:li. This W<lS a llmncr at the Bla,k Boy l_lotc!, ~ouwgh«m. There were

about forty members present, our own l're,;Hknt, .\lr. ll«rold l ala111. w;,s m the Ch;ur, and the

i::uest of honour was tlw l'r,·s1dent of the .\sSO(iation, l'rok,,sor (;,Jkspie. .\fkr an e,:scllent

<lum,·r, int,·r"pcrsc<l with 1111mnous t(M~ts su1.a:eskd hy .\1r. Coates (the only one which chd not

~~~~: \~.l'~C r.~sr~~~i !~:;~ ~!\~:r!f s1;•e~ ~l~'~k bt ;l::.,;:~~t)~L<~?St l;:~\s~;;~jl~I~~ .. ma~2~:~a ::~'. t o~,-!~~C~;is:::::

not rccci,·,·d a warning that tlH'Y ,n·re to be called upon, we must otlcr them our congralu]at,ons

and thanks for the manner in which they res1xmded. \mongst the sJ)C:·ch,·,; Wt: had musical

items contributed by :\lcssrs Strirklam!, Ta\l)()l, and :\!eadows (wt· <liWa)'S susJ)Cttl'd the liitlcr

of being a humorist;). Thi' g,lthering concluded with conYcrsation and rt:grds that s,:,mewhat

distant homes made us leave early.

Our Branch may be v<'ry young but it j,;;, lw«lthy, thriving otlspring .. The Secrc.-tary will

be pleased to hear from any recruits. Our membership now totals forty-six, and we want to

makeitbigg<'r. Any offers?

BIRl\llNGIIAM LETTER .

[Please 11ote /1,e change oJ Secretary. - -Ld.] "F.,IRWAY"

J.;4, S~Rl!<Gl'lELD i{OAD,

BlRMISGHAM, 14

The Annual (_;cnera\ :\fct'tmg of the Utrmingham Branch was held on December I Ith at

J,;nnzle's Cafc, l'nion Street, immc,liatdy ,lft.>r tea. Tht-rc ,wrc twl·nty mC'mbers prt'senl

The SC'cretary and TreasurH's Report was prt·scnkd and acceptt"d. '1r. ,\. L. Williams resigned

from his position as President and :\lr. L. Ryder was clcued for the forthcoming year

Mr. G. \\'o\cdge also asked to IX' allowed to J,~y down his otlice as pr<·ssnr<· of other work , he

said, was too great. \\"arm tributt·s Wt:re paid to \k~~r~. \Yilliams and \\"oledge for their cftorts

in the past years, all(! they both kindly t·onst.·nt«! to an on tht· committee .. \Jt:sSVi. Hinckley

J ohnson and l·krnierson; :\li!i.,;t_·S Pook ,111<\ !(;1ddith- wt:re also elcLted. The business concluded,

the party adjourned to the .\lc:1:am\ra Tlwatr<' to sec thn:c onl" act plays by Xoc\ Cowan\.

JOH:< L.UWhll.T,

Hon .. ';uretary a11d Treasurer.

WEST RIDING LETTER. i)i:;PARTMl!ST OF J30TA:S" Y,

Tith L·sl\'ERSITY,

L EEDS,

\t the Annu,ll General \keting of tlw Brandi on '\o,·ember t:lrd, we dCcepted with regret

the resignation of our SC'crct,1ry, Mr. !famsdt'll, and of .\liss .\[,1rshall from the Committee. T hC'

Officials were elected as follows

President: :\[r_ BIBBY

Secretary; Miss K. :\[. :'l!ATTISO:s

Assistirnt Secretary a11d Tre,irnr.-r . . \lr .. \ l{,1.,1s0Es.

Com,nillce · :\lrs. BlllBY, ;lfrs. { ;11.1sr. :\lrs. TL":SBRWGE, \liss \\ Bi,;DFORD, _\!is~ UROADIJE:<T,

:\liss 1•. D. IIARILEY. l'roks~/)T c;ot'G-11, :\lr. F. Lus(OTT and \!r. \. E. FERGUSON,

\\'e had a very succes~ful and <·njoy,thk Christmas !'arty on Pecembcr ith, wh1•11 we said

"F'ood-l>yc'" to our old Loungl", wl11cl1 JS bt·ing convertl"d mto a temporary Geography rooms.

\\c have now got w<'ll sdt!ed mto tlw new Loung,· 111 the old Colkge llall. the first door on the

left on t he_first floor _of number :Js . .\part from t!w fa_ct that wl' look out oa to a ccmett:ry the

new room JS a great unpron·mt:nt upon Un· ol<\ one, hemg both bigg,·r and warmer. Thanks to

Mrs. Tunbridge we have elegant new curtains

ton;\ g1:1~~~\1:,\~:~~fi;~~t'~~~,~~~1r:;i'::;:i'.

1· ~-1::~r~-1~~u~~"'.:''.-1~~-t:~~~;\:~~·~:~r~~1~:~~-~1:~::~1!~~~ie:£. The Sccrclai-y is .\liss Hro.1!\hent llill Top, Crcs<ent (;ank11s, ,\lwoodt,,,-_ and-she will be very

pleased to hear from anyon,· who is rnterest('d- 01: Just (Olllt' along to the l'nivcrsity Gymnasium

any_ Tuesday e,·en111g. The m<·etmi; begm~ at h·30 J).in., an<! the subscription is 7;6 for the

session. 111c players generally come anos~ to the OS .. \ Lounge to join the re~l of the UrancJ1

for coffee at about \1-30 p.lll.

FE BRl'ARY, ]!)38 203 THE GRYPHOX

The ~~~o~fn~ti!~ :o~~it~it~,~t:i:tfii~i:t;~~yt;::~!:1~1\~~1:f,~<':'.'.'.::.ays at 7-0 o'clock for 7-30 p.m.

Febru;try 1:1 Concert of Spani~h .\!usi<.: ;md Dancing at 8-0 p.m. in the L'niversity Great _ • l_lall. followl"d by cofk,· 11\ the O.S .. \. Lounge.

t~f:;~'.:? i~. J;{tt.:.~{~-~~!i\~l~i::~~1I~~;:r~'~1~~:,1~~~t:1~~-~ 1?.'1.;\,~r~;~_1~~nen of the Giwd ··

:\pw member,; will be lwartily wdronwd KnHLl:l!N 'I! \[11Tf1SON. lion . Sec.

LO N DON L ETTE R . lfo11. S1r ELIZAUETH £. TURNER,

!H, Ross ROAI), LONDON, 5.E.:!fi

There was not a <lull monwnt at the '\on·m\wr Dinm•r_ when our !'resident was Dr. Dutt, and l'rofessor ,md :\frs. \!tine w,·n· the gu,·,b of th,· ,·n·nrng. Th<:re were cheerful smiles C\'crywhere. You will s1-e from tht· photograph of 1h,· dmt·rs that ,t was till' meeting of many old students, ia fau. on·r ~i~ty munl)(·rs ,-"me. \lr. and 'ifr,;_ F .. \nder~on tran•llcd from Cambridge to ~cc u~. \\"e w,·n• d,·light,·,I to rt·tci\, tdq;(iaplw<I greetings from l!eadquarters. Some of our Ow•rscas rea,krs who ha\'c' not tlw opportunttv of r,·ading our l'ress reports (in the ',·orksl,frr l'o<I and T,mr.>), of which we ;;rt· V(·ry pr<>uZ!. will b,· int("r{'Sttd to know that Professor \!ilne assured us that he had enjoyed his life to the full in Let•ds for eighteen and a half years. and he was gla,I tlut tlw l"nin·rs1ty had only" 1ntenul studenB," who not only recci\·ed their instrm;tion in th,· kt'lurt· room and laboratory but also" under the dock.,

\\·e hope to go to the theatre wlwn w1· uH"t"t again !fit ispo~sibletomak,·arrangments W'IU will find a circular in this Gryphrm

News of Interest to Old Students ltcms of news intended for this section of The G,yphon should be addressed to

the OS.\ . Editor, such items are inserted frc-e of charge

BISHOP. Re,·. B. H. Bishop Hankv. Stokr·O!l·Trent, ha~ b,·en

l!l:1[, :!~. I! O.fC), n,rate a.t St. Luke's Church, \itar of llolrne Bridge, 11ear Holmfirth.

C1t11~1.TON. l'rok~~or H. B. Clis,r]ton (English, 1!111~ 11), of the l'ni\'ersit~· of 'ilanchester. is the allthor of the following book to \y puhlishe,l this spring by \kssrs. '.11,·thuen Sh,.kespearea11 romedy

DoBREF l'rok~"'Jr l)obre,•'s !at<-st hook is '' English rc,·olts.·· published by Messrs. ! lerbl:n Jo;;qih

l)OJD(,E 11,\RRISO:,.·. Rt·,·. H. \!. lloidgl'-llarri"?n l('];,ssics. lfl:1s :1.1), formerly Sccret,1ry to the l mon, has been pres(·nt,·d to the hnng of b1rbtwaton m the duxese of \\'akefield

G11m. )!. .\ (;ibh (History !\I:!,~ ~s). " l>n, kingham," has written "The Lord General. A life of Thomax l·'airfax." to be short\\' b\" T.indsay l)ru,nmond l,td.

GRIER. The l 'rjnripaJ of Lady )Llrgard lla\l, Oxford. "11ss Lynda (;rier, has written a life of \\.inifre,1 \lt-rt1,r, issued at thl· rlos,· of last }T;,r bv tlw Oxford l nnersity l'ress. 1\hss 'i[ercin, form("rly \'ice-l'rintipal of th<· L,·c(h C1t)· Training C~ljc"gt, was a member of the

;t :~; 1 ~~~T;~~~~~~t~i~~~1 :~1~1~\1 tl~:~i ~~r~~~.' ~ t~:l'.~}} ·ot ~\'}t I ~l~;;s'.;;/;n"~~~,:~-~ !,,~~~:e ,\\\;\1F.-11 ~-ad

H ARRISON.- Edward JL!rnson (Chemisny l!J:11 :HJ, of Pickering. has kft_ for \'unnan, South (hina, to take up a JlOM at th,· Chaotung 1'11ddk Boys' Sthool ("Iethod,st ~ltss,onary Society).

ll os1rnR. Jh . \nne Jlo.,ktr is now .\ssi~Lmt I .enun•r in Zoology at th,· l'niver~iiy College, Leiccst·:r, and \\'ardu1 of the \\"omen Stu<lu1ts' Ho~tt-1.

Lerdtt~1!01:.en'.l!~~~nJ:~kt2~h(:lft\sy 1?,1::c;:;i~1:~~s~:~;~~~/;~;t~l~r'.'.:. ~~~~:1m1 Council Schoo!.

J AMES. Profcs~or E. O James is ;1 qmtrilrntor to tlw fir~t volume of a two-volume work enti tled" J udaism and Chn-~t1anity." Iii~ thaptN ,s." study of rehgwn m the (;raeco-R()man world. and the whole volume(" The ag,· of tr;111s1t1on ·) is ,·,hte,l by Dr Oesterky and published

by the Sheldon Press.

THE GRYPHOX FEBRC,\RY, 193S

(J list~:~:,R~~rs_,i;)·.rt,,:, unvriling of .\rahia .. (1 [arrap & ("o.) i~ tlw ]:Hrst work hy I{ I L Kiernan

;:::i:t::t1}J1C~~:·r:~::,~/:;~;·~~[i:~::\~;~~7:·;\\11}J!I~~:iz!~)::::~;E::·},:i:'.::: ;;~?~~.'::! 0f r;.:~;~~J::~~~ i;0 fi~

\Iff f::I'.~h:i~~:;\?:f }:~11::\::~;;~f~;t;;;,,;}·:i~\l1~{;'.I\ti~~:t:\\::·:~~€JJ,:i1Ef? !~\ Qucen~!and (!SSS) and lnh·r (IS!Hi) h•:rnme (;on·rnrucnt (;,•o\ogi~t m \\'e~tern \u~tr;,[la, a post

~~;t\1,:i'.~)~.;!~f Jr,~·i:~~i~\;;:: ,~~~ 1~? \:;·~:~E r~:tr,'.f };~:~::~:~~ :I~\~~~~~~:s~~;::l~::~~.:D 1~:~:i:~~~}J~E~ from time, 10 time

to \\t~~~:J'\ ;,t ;:;~~;· t\\';~'.1\~~~f :\\''" ,'.,:11:fi:, ·~:~~::1;l~e 1'.t~,~ ;:';~~:!~'.'.1 ;~)ti~ec::n~::~,;,:~:~rii,.~11~~~~1~

~tudenb of the Inner Tempi,·

l !l:l7 '. 'i~-!~~~s a-i;;~~;~e~n v~'.'.'. 11 ;~~{,.~\1P\'~~;;;~'.:.:7,~is l~f : (~~· :1111);::::-~~~t\•~~:::~;~ y /~~;r~ 1 \(~

German

RA1S~1,,s. \braham J. Hai~man, C.I.E .. Indian Civil Servin· (Cla%its, l!)(f!) I :!). \dditional

Secretary to th(' Go\"l·fllll"lll of India in llw Fin,mn· l),·1wrtmant. ha~ h,:,en awarded the- honour

of C.SI SAYCE Those who rem,:,mb,•r the" l'atlH"r of th,· X \. l{oger Sayce (.\gricu\ture, J(ll9---:!:!),

will we\co_me the news that .\lr. Sayce h,1s i><•en appointee! \"in·-l'rincipa! of the Roral Agricultural

Collcg,:,, C1rences1cr. I-le has b,·cn orgam-.cr of \1,:nrnltural Education for \\'est Suttolk smcc l!lJU

SEWELL,- W. G. Sewell (C"ol. Chem., l!lli :!il. '1 Sc .. Hl:!!J) has added to his works on China

a further volume l.'11t1tkd "Chin;, through a Colkg<' window,"" published by th,:, Edinburgh

House Press at ha\{ a crown.

SMJTH. \"olunw 14 of thl' pubhtations of the Engfoh J'Ja<e :,Same Society, just issued

by the Cambridge l 'nh",:,rsity Pre~s, ,ompri~cs" The l'lar,· na111,:,s of the L,~t H1dmg of Yorkshire

and York," by \. II Smith (Engli~h. l!l:!l :!4, l'h.l> l!ltti) of \'niwrs,ty Colkgl·, London

BIRTHS

BAILEY. - To C. (;,:,of!rey (Law. l!JI\) :!:I) and \!rs. Bailey. at :0:1, .\nnonry Road, Selby,

on Dccrmber 4th. ll):17, a (laughlN

AUAMS. To D .. \ .. W (C!wnustry. 1!)31 :n, l'h.p., H)36). ;111d .\lrs. Adams (formerly

P,,tnua Lawrence, English, l!l30 :J:l) on J,1uuary 11th. 103~, " d,mghtrr

CRACKSHLL. To J. \. (Enginn·nng, l!l2t, :!>l) ;u1d .\!rs. Cr;1ckncll, on Onober 4 th, 19:n,

a (laughter, Elizabl"th Graham. \ddn·ss 141! . .\bbl·y l{o"d. \\.hitley, Cov,•ntry.

CURTIN. To K C. ((;,•ology, 1\124 :!/ ) ,md .\!rs. Curtin, at Champion l{l"cf, Colc.r Gold

Fit·ld. South India, on .\ov,:,mb,,r l,ith. 10:ll , a son

DUFFIELD. To N{'\'1lle (l'lulosophr, l0:1(1 :l4) and .\lrs. Dulheld (formerly Sadie Brett,

.\rt,;, l\1:10 3:1} on D,·,emb,·r :l(lth, l!l:li. twrn ~ons. \ddress rn. Hollin (.;;irden,;, Far

l\,:,adinglcy. 1.ceds, ll

jENKlNsos. To John E (l'r,·sidl"nt of the l nion. l!f;l(J :lll ,me! \(,,;. J<>nkmson. on .\lay

Jt.th, 1031. a son. \(l<\ress OvHshaw, Y,nm, ,orks

E.\G.\GE:O.IEXT

The eng::~cm,:,nt is announced between Rev. ERtC l'ERKrss (History, lfl26 29) and Mis.s

JOYCE FRASCES CA)o.TERDUHY, daugh_ll"I of \l_r. and \lr.,. \\ Canterbury. \\'ashwood Heath

U,nmngham. \\r. l'erkuis (I! 0.1{.) 1s pncst-111-•harg,· of St. .\L1rg,1ret's, Bktchlcy, Bucks. '

:0.IARRL\GES

011 J~I~:.'ITT;.R ;!~~:'.U~~j~~, [~:· t~:~~~. ~:~~:~1;~·i!u~:-~~·.r ]~~~~~--' l\llS, M l>., ]!)2\)) to Eill"l"ll Copley,

Elsie~~~c~~:n1\;~:l~;~.hl~~~:'. ~3i~}~'~~~ l~·:i;~-} ~~~;r~1'.~~ro\'.;:~-{11, 1 ~:::·1et1 ·~\-Jr. 1 ii!Wa!~

1s chemical cngmcer lo the South Yorkshire Chc·nucal Co., Rotherhaui.

FEBR l "ARY, l!l3il THE GRYPHO:'.\

DYKES S11,1PSON Henry E. Dykes (Engineermg and Education. lfl28-34) to Ivy Simps.on

\~;/~.n<:\:~~~s1;c1uf:t•R1~po~!.l:!t/l)t~~~.~t . .\~\~//~i~~. f";1~~~~~tast Anhky. on 2!lth November.

RouERTs REl!DS, Stanley Robert.. (Frrnch, l!l:!S :11) to jNlnie Reeds, on December :!i<th, J!l :l7, .11 Ba1hffe Bn<lge, Bnghou<;,_·, .\lr. Roberts,~ a srmor nwmh,·r of the Brotherton l.1br,vy staff. \ddrt·•;.s: ;)! I, Headingl<'Y \vt•nue, L,·t•<ls, Ii

l)E\THS.

CROWTHER. Henry Crowttu:r {lion. :II.Sc., 1\):\0), the well-known Leeds n .. turalist, dit•d nn Novembcr :!Uth, l!l:n, in his !)Uth year, ctl ,):!, Brudcndl Mount, Ltt"<!S, (i. r.1r_ Crowther will lX'rhaps be best and longest rrmrmbcrcc\ as Curator ol the Leeds City r.1uscum, where for year aft(•r yea.r he gan• his famous lantern kLtures to thousands of school-cluldrcn

llALL. I{ 0. flail (Clwmistry, lH:!4 :!7, l'h.l)., l!l:JHJ. "s ;l r1·sult of accidenLtl dertrocution, at the early age of :I:!

MATHERS. JoS('ph .\l,ithcrs, of the (.;r,rnge, l·ar llea<lingky, Leeds, who died 011 D1:cembcr lfith, 1!l:l7, al till' a!:W of Hf,, w,1s" "l'nior partner of one of the best k11owi1 Leeds woo\le11 firms. lie was fornH'TlY" ~tud<·nl in the Tt•xt1les Department.

\\'AD£. \\' :\lercer \\ ade," proinment Ll',·ds solintor, who died suddenly on l>e<"ernb,-:,r 15th, wa8 a ~tudenl at till' \"orksh1n· Colleg1· lx,fore gomf( on to Cambridge.

COMPETITION!

5/-for the best Short Story.

R ULES: Entries must be :

(a)

(b)

(c) (d)

Written on one side of the paper only.

Addressed to The Editor of "The Gryphon," The University, Leeds, 2.

Marked "Competition."

Received by February 16th, 1938.

The decision of "The Gryphon" Committee is final.

TIIE GRYPHON 206 FEBRUARY, 1!)38

"Right You Are."

IT is a pity so potentially alert and sen<:itiYe a group of actors <:hou_lcl _waste their time on ,;uch a play. 1f this play made you laugh, yon arc sttll m the happ\" age of adolescence, and T recommend -to you Grey Waters. If this

play " mai:lc you think" (you know, you arc taking your univcro.;!tr course as simply as it is; presented to you), I recommend yon to Jlar---:. If. m short, you were amused b_v this play, you, yourself arc lacking in consc1011sncss of both the \\"oriel and" l." Jlorcovcr, if yon were really amu-,;cc\, it means tha_t you yourself arc part of a state of affairs of which the play is a ,;ymptom one 1s never ~ca1ly amused at something which has no contact with onC'"'s own tat hexes. which 1s bad. The correct reaction, therefore, was to be inter6tcd as \'OU arc mtcrc:-.tcd, pcrhap,;, when a keep-fit campaign coincidC'"s with a recrniting p_nt.;ch or rearmament. For, just as the fantastic and fervid a1templ"- of the e~ghteenth centmy philosophers to find the connection between mind and bod~· (na animal :-.pirits, J!alebranchc's deocentre, etc.) merely reflects certain social nmfonnations then newly arising, so this play in its thbe exhibit,; the last (we hope) expression of one half, the top half, of that conformation, when completely divorced from the bottom.

\Ye can neYer know the whole t ruth about any -.ituation: we arc then presented with a situation and we never know the truth about it. In point 0f fact, althoug-h new truths arc continually being clisco\·ercd b~, science about o!d matter,;, there are several things about which any one of u,; may know the whole truth. \\'c would agree that there arc not many things any one of us can know completely, and certainly that no one person can know Truth, which is -.imply the aggregate knowledge of all men. But that is not really what the play says. It a5serts point blank, that we can ne\·er know the truth about any situation, so why bother? (" If you think you arc right, well, right you are!") The cracked laugh to which each curtain descends is, beside:,; being a bony, obstreperous piece of structure, the admission of the top half, the rentier class, that it has no function. It, indeed, can ne\"Cr know truth for at its best it theorises without action, spinning- from its own entrails fantasy-problems about its own hopek:.s position and fate. The thCse, the laugh, and the correspondence with the state of society are precisely comparable with the two classic stories of pn:-rcYolution Russian society-the countess who wept floods at the operatic sorrows of the stage while outside her stan·ing coachman froze to death; and the countess who remarked, "-As for li\·ing, our sen·ant,; will do that for us." (The latter came true in a way the countess can hardly have e.\.pccted in HH i).

Tlwrc arc two bright and living spots in the play. If the producer is to be blamed for her choice of play, she, and Janet i\laclcod, arc to be congratulated on their conception, handling and dressing of the pail of Signora Ponza. J ler entry, technically speaking. is Pirandello'.s last piece of cddencc for his thCsc; actu:t!ly, the fig-ure, as we had it presented, fixed the attention and excitement for some reason I do not quite understand, but which I brieflv equate with the wordsworthian experience of the Old Soldier in The Prelude. ~!'he other notable scene is the one in which Laudisi (J ohn Delve) has his colloquy with the mirror. This" scC'ne a un, et un miroir" is an epi,;;ymptom of the divorce ] have alreadv mentioned: and its neuroticism is shO\~·n by its striking re,;cmblance to tile typical remark~ ~fa psychasthene- "_It 1s.not_ l who do this, who am thinking th1.;;, who am stttmg here, ·whom I see 111 //11s 11urror." (\'. \\'. Brown, v~\'chology and Psywtherapy). The sce_ne is a pcrsot~al expression of the imper.sonill thCse, and, because ~rama deals with, and especially through, personae, and, because a s.\'mptom winch, as I have said, the thi.·se is of such a divorce is bound to concern every European, t he scene lives and excites.

FEHR! \10, l!l:l~ :!117 THE (01\Yl'IIO\

T!~c points I h,_nc mitdc ;ire c·mphasised by such things dS the madness motif {there IS no sucl'. thmg as dldIKC in such a dtokc): the defunctiona liscd e:x istC'nce o~ {'ga~?· \\"ho h ;[Jlparentlv so lH.'cessary to his nthc(' tha t he can spend most of h1s wo1k111g hour~ at home; and the earthquake.

1_1eca11;se_ tilt' J~la.v neglect_s chdrancr, the actor:,;, apart from Laudisi, who had rcrtam clehmte tlungs to do in_his background "ilcncc, had too often to sit round dnmb and uncornfortable \\lu!e the wordy discus:-;ions between two or three r:haractcrs took pb,c_: this particularly affected Signora Agazzu (lklen Houns-

~\~1[~1 ;. t~1;::1,;~·;:l~r :!;1:~~:e (~~~;; t~;'!11n 'i;1 k~:~I~\ \~~\~~~ \;;'i\~~dt;f]~~-~1!1~~~t1\1,;~~·tS~m~~:~~ fall m Ion' \~·tth her; and Signor;t Cini (;\la urine Barnes). who is.; to be congratulated fo~ not. L1H111g ,1~1:ep on the stage. Aidan Cross.;, wnh the one energetic part, J'.L1y~·c) 1t_e)1ergct1c,1lly, John Deh·e, wilh a \'Okel should like lo.hear declaiming St. Cr~spm s Feast, gave a ple~sant performawc, especially in the mirror ensemble ?!1d Im final L1ughs h~d the nght (Ilulity of startling unreality; Amy Hamilton I hompson played a lnlle too eYl'niy: her tone of voice tended to leave one's memory free to draw in~·idious comparisons with Larry the Lamb's; yet she hroug-ht out ~I.I that \\?;; 11.1 the part. .\gazzi (John Dickinson), Sirelli {i\lervyn Sweet), and Signora S1rclh {Joan Thomas) acted well.

'J_"hi' production, as \H'll as the memories of some of the actors, was.; ragged. And 1f the time was ":'llodcrn," as the programme s.;aic\, why dress the men in clothes of l !f\l.) rnt ? .\ncl if it was not" :'llodcrn," but 1!)0.), why did the women saYc Signora Fro la wear .l H35 fa,;hions?

Notes on the Conference of the University Labour Federation, Birmingham, 1937.

W JIY write. a report on the Conference of a body which represents on ly :I, .)00 s.;tudents 0111 of {i.).000 in the whole country? Because the U.L.F. 1s an organisation of Students who ha\·e the same problems

and aims as most other "tudents, b111 who, being Socialists, have a philosophy to apply to those problems. They arc not muddled in their thinking, nor arc they cranks, and the account of their di-;cussions should be of interest to all students whateYer their political views.

Perhaps the most general, but in the long run the most important question discussed was the Protection of Democracv. To man~' readers this may sound a meaningless phrase. But let them co1l'iider for a moment the significance of the struggles which are in progn's" in ~pain and China, in Ea-;tcrn Europe, in l'.S.A. and even in South America. l"hese .nc all instances of the struggle which is inc\·itable in any country organised under a Capitalist system where the Exploiting clas.;s in a minority dominates the \\ orking class majority. Jn some of these countries mentioned, the people ha\·c succumbed to Fascism without resistance because they \\ere not united. In others the resistance is in progress . . \nd how does th is affect tlie Britis.;li student? \\"e have a great rcspon~ibility for two reasons. Firstlv, bccaus~ \n' should be lighting- if we supported the Imperial power of this c()11ntr\ against the liber ly of the peoples of that Empire, economicallv dominated by the High Finance of this col!ntry. Secondly, as students, \\:e cannot support a rCgime in any conntry which condemns all its inhabitants to li,·c in a constant state of war, as far as economic conditions arc concerned, and in doing so, is compelled. to cut to a minimum all cultural development. Since the coming of llitlcr m Germany t_l:e numbe~ of stude~ts has been reduced by two-thirds, and it i:;, now good Nazusm to claim to despise culture as a womani,;h pursuit.

THE GRY PHON 208 FEBRl"ARY, l!l38

And therefore the Conference sent its moral support to the students in the

various countries mentioned. lf you think resolution,:; of that kind fut ile, try

to imagine yourself in the critical situation of say a Czecho-Slovakian student,

organising against the promised invasion from Germany. \\"ould not moral

encouragement be of immcnsc value to you ?

\\'e too in Britain are now embroiled in the vortex of Economic National

which results inevitably from the Capitalist system. As students we shall be

affected sooner or later by the rise in prices consequent ~n high tariffs and

rearmament, and by the cutt ing- down of :-ocial scn ices which 1s part of the pol icy

of the present GoYernment. \\"hy cannot students at Leed..:, afford to cat a regular

mid-day meal at a Refectory whOsc prices suit ~hem? ls there a1_1y reason why

people should continue to ha\"C to bring san<lmchcs and cat them m odd corners

of the L'nion Rooms? Then again, why arc student:-; unable to concentrate on

their work free from financial worries, or are obliged to spend valuable t ime

travell ing to and from what ought to be real centres of Culture, but which are

really Degree Factories? Does not the whole of this situation result from an

att itude? Students arc considered bv the .'.\ational GoYernmcnt and the

l; niversity authorities to be students noi by right but by privilege and therefore

all grants to them arc made in a spirit of concession. llow much more sensible

is the attitude in the L'.S.S. R., where students arc salaried. .\ ftcr all, students

are a benefi t to their own state, if they are .:flicient workers.

T hus the reader will realise that Student material conditions are a ncssent ial

part of the general political and economic situation. E verywhere in tlw

provincial l, nivcrsities is the -;ame problem seen. \\"hat arc students at Leeds

going to do about this situation? Support the agitation for the abolition of the

p resent Refectory System and the setting-up of a Cafeteria System under Student

control {as arc the sports facilities) Let us see a movement in Leeds demanding

an increase in grants sufficient to meet the rise in the cost of liv ing. Above all,

use your influence to prevent the continuation of the causes of your p roblems.

The other day the President of the N.C.S. came to Leeds, and the aud ience

which greeted him was small, but, we hope, select. \"et the N.C".S. is the biggest

Student organisation in the country, and is engaged on active work to impro\"e

your conditions and to abolish the Degree Factory-Cni\·ersity. In suppor ting

the N .U.S. you arc working for yourself.

1938. Friday,

Saturday,

Tuesday,

Thursday ,

Friday,

Friday,

Friday,

Friday,

Friday,

THE SOCIAL WHIRL.

February 4th.

February 5th .

February 8th.

February 10th.

February I Ith.

February I Ith.

February 17th.

.February 25th.

February 25th.

Physical Society Social.

1.yd<lon Hal l Appeal Dance.

Egyptian .\ ssociation Dinner and D ance.

Socialist Society Social.

DEVONSHIRE HALL APPEAL

.\g-ric. Society Dinner.

Frcnd1 Society Dinner.

l nter-'\"arsity Debate .

ENGINEERS' DANCE,

DANCE.

GREAT HALL.

th,

CE,

LL·

VERSE The Seasons.

(Extract from "Ode to Night ').

N O'iri;hde;w~heo:Y;~: !~~~1~g air, And the Autumn's golden sheaves

In the broad fields everywhere Wait.while a gentle wind stirs the full ear so fair

Now when the winter snows Co\lcr the sleeping grass, When the icy North Wind blows. And the rivers shine like glass Under the frosty stars that silently rise and pass

Now when the fresh green trees Hark to the \IOice of the spring ; The \I01ce of a gentle breeze; The song of birds on the wing.

THE <~RY1'110:\'

The lo\lely song of the stream that only the stream can sing

Now when, at the close of day, The full sun sinks to his rest. And the scent of new-mown hay Is borne on the wind from the west, And all is peace, as the woods sink into slumber blest

Hidden Years.

T H~nde~~a~fcir0~in1uer':n~~u~~~ died, And quite forget the laughing glee

Of youth and joy in Galilee They talk a lot about Your death But ne\ler think of Nazareth And all Your boyish hopes and thrills And long days wandering on the hills

That run down to the sea.

They hail .You Lord and King and Priest Yet mention not the wedding feast. The tales you told, the zest and fun Of You, a peasant woman's Son. Of my dreams they ne'er appro\le For I seek You 1n lo\leliness and 10 ... e ·

COILEAN.

Did You not let Your thoughts ha\le wings, Did You not love al\ lovely things

When You were twenty-one I

DEIRDRE.

A Lady of Gentility.

FROM n,ne to seven her mmble hand• pmk_ as a shell ;md pearly-tipped, run 1n and out the silken mesh

of ladies· hosiery. Tangee-lipped (but subtly so) day ,n, day out, she'll eulogise to ladies stout (discreetly though) pure silk or lisle; with such prec1s1on sclltheg~s. disarm susp1c1on with a smile.

Her hair 1s neat. her skin damask, her speech 1s all the f,rm could ask

No one would thinK that after seven she lends a hand ma ga,-l1t shop, ;rnd not quite certain of the prices cries: "Moother. ·ow much ,s this ginger·-pop?"

I Ai~o~h~r~~\~aven's fair. I have no grace

To love thee well, I have no word Exact and rare To the unknowing The<! to tell.

Thou art most fair; I thee have lost Without thy substance That am ghost.

REBECCA.

B. H.P.

The Wilderness.

. ~·"Jg .

F EBIUA H.Y, I03S

w Ht~a~11~a,:htw~~~k!~~rn~h~~~~e, N1th memories that never fade,

rooms my soul, my mind.

W,th the load of memories I penetrate, The infinite time and space, aburdenlmy,elfcreate.

There the ;un shall no more shine, pouring sadness and JOY, the very earth that 1s yours and mine, 1s nothing but a worthless toy

a souvenir from human race

Ignorance has marked man·s day. and vanity.his night. what a harvest he 1s taking away, wher nature plans his night.

Sigh no more my lonely friend, for, you too shall one day part, t he wilderness shall be the end. andtheendshallbethestart.

Y. OSMAN .

. . . ' v.i,~l:},ffll!l."A,i~'WS~~;>, · .. • ,. . r.

T HE G RYI ' II O~

A Preface to Poetry.

WHAT seek you here 1 A word? a >tone 1

What have we here I You. I. alone ·

andthi.

What should I say? When, how and where 1 Think you I'll say What you would hear

for 1his.

WhatwiU you read 1

A word or two ? What canfy ou read But words?- ·poor.clue

Wh.at have we thf'n] l A little grist For a re;idymilL Whathaveyethenl An unassuming catalyst 'Tw1xt this And whnt·y(u-wi/ !

to !hi'

LINDSEY.

Mist Moons.

W H~h;~~~i:i~fat1~~~s t~;~;\1~~:dh~~~'7t::;~~·cline,

Where i~~1t;~11rs\h:p~~r~.5~~~· f~~~ ~ii~int:e sign.

~ft ~i~m~h;~ti:cle~h~f ~ht!}s~:acs~e n;; t yet Her feet upon a misty sea.fret bluff. About .her hair the stardrops wet with brine Still glistened. And beneath.herr~red the rough Surge of the sea, baulked of its design. No storm was 1n the sky : but one man saw The wonder, and the ghostly gleam of four, Of four crescent moons in the Milky Way. And still the hill. and still the sign, they say, Are to be seen as on that night of yore.

JONAS.

Elegy.

(From the old English of ·· Beorwulf '

I ~~:\o~~~e o}oy~;t:r:h:o~;ord

done 1n the all iterative style).

Make~shine the plated cup: Have yielded unto death.

The helm of gleaming gold The brave one sleep at last, The woven coat of mail. The crashing of the shields. Must waste and rust away Armour can,ot avail. There is no twang of the harp. Nor does the swift-winged hawk Nor the proud steed

Must needs be ground to dust Who burn ished the batt le mask Which long in war endured The deep cut of the sword, After the warrior's death , Or accompany by his side. None of the timbrel's sound: Sweep through the castle-hall, Stamp in the palace-yard.

M.H . S,

T l! E G RYl'IIOK

Empty Circle.

DO B~f~r~0t~~dr~:;t~} rf~u":!r~haped your frame, Before your eyes were opened to the light.

Do but consider what you will be When death has led you to the grave No silk-hatted mil\1ona1res Will ring up then your lonelyv.ault, And ask you to a dance some night At Cafe de Paris. Pause then awhile and th ink. When worms shall feed upon your eyes And crawl about your lovely neck. Consider what you will be then. And now consider what you are-A bubble noating 1n the bowl of life. Waiting to burst your skin aga;nst the lips of Death And to be su(ked into the dark belly of Death, And so reduced to your original element;

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"A Nothing." A. L. FAROOKI.

The Labyrinth.

T H\h:~~g~5i/~~P-light creeps along.

A!ong A~;n1\:Ypl~~:.1:~:C~~~~!~~.d~~.the leaf-trails,

Lank and tattered. lounging voulevarders Who inoffensively survey The leaves which dance And lie and rot. The passers-by who run Or linger Until the day ..

The conceit is very old: The presumption evergreen. The blood only runs From hope to hope. because we seem To sit apart a little, serene

Some outer darkness, warm, secure, Shelters our satirical objectivity, and beams Darkly through our exultant fumbl ing Whereas our nook, our stronghold, our cap of dreams, Our sufficient camera obscura Persists Only until the day . .... when we are seen, discovered, Lost in the grand l ight

Heed not, famt heart, whilst the veil is drawn; Healer, purifier, leveller, to-morrow's dawn ls sure security.

The secret of time is brevity. LINDSEY,

FEBRUARY, lfl38 21:J THE GRYPHO.K

REVIEWS "The Past Passed On."

T H~:fe~e:~y :~s~pr~n~e;~~·l~c~;f~~c~~~ifi~~r~~~g~~~~ hpeC:~~l~e~d;\~~i~~ ~~~: ~~v~~~·k oi~ t~t~ mature and developed form. He has an eye to Nature, a11d poems like "The Past Passed 011 "

"Manorb1er," '.' The River of Time," " Breath ·.· a11d "Thistledown," show distinct originality

i~~ ~:n;r~~t~~~no~hs;~t ;:~yt~',~~~r~~\~~~~ :~dc~;~i~t:~~~r:~~l~i:nv~;i;:~n~rf~t~~e~~fuclh~~~~~~~ at school. scarcely deserve republication. If Mr. Nevin intends "to set up as poet" he will need to e.xerc1se more self-crit 1c 1sm and be more ruth less in se lection. His later work shows poetic quality and a definite standard of merit. but he shou ld realise that as he is capable of produc ing a unified and pleasing poem, like "The River of Time," he should endeavour to offer his readers only :,vork which reac hes that level. Concen.trat1on 1s a necessary quality of good poetry : Mr. Nevin ~00~~1_:::t~ able to reach this concentration, but much of the verse 1n this volume certainly does not

"The Past Passed On " and Other Poems By THOMAS RICHARD NEVIN. (Leeds).

" Unemployment in the Learned Professions." By Dr. KOSCHNIGG.

DR. P~;i!~i~~I~? ~~ i nbt~~sci~ss~:r~~ ·aim:~: e:;r~leco~un~5rt;o~n ~~/~~~fJ.meSttuJ;n~~e st~~:r~~~ authori t ies alike have been concerned 111 the matter. The recent reference 1n The Times to the

Unemployment Report published by the National Union of Students of England and Wales has brought this matter before the general public. It is therefore most fortunate that. at a time when inqu1r1es into the extent and nature of unemployment are likely to be made, Dr. Koschnigg has produced an authoritative and scholarly work, the result of several years' research into th is matter.

The volume treats with the historical deve lopment of educat ion, the increase in student enrolment, the all eged overcrowd ing of U~iversities. unemployment and the somewhat arbitrary methods suggested and attempted for dealing with the market of intellectual labour. He goes forward to discuss the need for, and the possibilities of, planning in the educational world. He speaks of its dangers, deals with various.attempts-.particular_ly_the German attempt-and bases all his itr~ifi;ti:: full and careful 1nqu1ry into available stat1st1cs. and with reference to reliable sources

It is perhaps a li ttle unfortunate that even more stress has not been laid upon the problem of unemployment rather than m1semployment-although, of course, Dr. Koschn1gg recognises and deals to some extent. with this problem._ The work may b~ accepted as the first comprehens1~e attempt to deal on an 1nternat1onal scale with a problem of maJor 1mpor_unce. Th is is not _an esote_nc subject: the unemployed intel lectual may_ be one. 1f_ not the most important, factor 1n creating ins tab1l 1ty. revolts and innuenc1ng the social and .political development of a country. The book, therefore, should be read not merely by those interested 1n the learned Professions, or those concerned with the general problem of unemployment, but those who are interested 1n the develop­ment of social and politica l t hought throughout the world.-(Repnnted from "N.U.S. ")

PublishedbytheOxfordUniversityPress

"This=:Democracy." By JOSEPH YAHUDA, LL,B.

IN these t imes when political ideologies and governmental forms are in a state of. transit ion and flux. when every form of government-1nclud1ng Democracy-is being critically evaluated, this book makes a useful and timely appearance. As that revered statesman, Cecil of Chelwood.

observes in t he Foreword. some of the book's contentions wil l not prove acceptable to all readers Yet despite t his fact the work provides a lucid expos1t1on of polit1cal and social prmc1ples. Its avowed object is to confirm men and women 1n their love of liberty and peace.

One can say t hat this book is wel l written. comp~ehe.nsive and attracti vely original in its scope. The discussion. which is devoid of any pronounced. bias, 1s like ly to 1nte.rest a catholic~ty of tastes. Here is a smal l work which should stimulate the ideas of al l who are interested 1n internal and

THE GRYl'H OX FEBIHARY, lfl:l 'l

international politic:s. The legalistic approach of the author must appeal to all students of

Constitutional and International Law. A reasoned and cnt1cal approach to the c:ontent1ons of

Sir Arthur Keith and an extensive section on Bio-Politics and deracialization should interest the

Sc ientist, Biologist and Medic. In his exposition, Mr. Yahuda argues that Nationalism is quite compJtible with Internationalism,

and he c:ontrasts Imperialism based on Explo1tat1on with Imperialism based on Trust. _ Conmtently.

the author supports the ideal of the League of Nations, whilst str.ess1ng the d1st1nct1ve features of

the British Empire, which may enable it to be a potent factor making for 1nternat1onal stability and

world peac:e. A HULL.

Publish~d Pit,11an, 5/-.

"The Camford Visitation."

TSE p. articulars of " The Camford Visitation," which was reviewed in the _December Gryph:-n,

w:::" ! unfortunately omitted. It is a new novel by H. G. 'Neils, published by Methuen,

Pn~e 2/-.

FILM & THEATRE THE GRANO THEATRE.

'' G E~:rGi~ i:~ i~ty~~:~~:~~ ~ ~5o_~t;re~h~cts:~~=~~f~~vertr:~1;~~;,e.~~-ms~~~~i(~~~:hu~~

would not frighten you). a social document. Yet 1t will ne ither perish nor flourish as such,

but will, we hope, go from strength to strength as the best comedy of 1937

The family it introduces you to is amazing-though never more amazing than you r own

neighbours--and many of its lines have a familiar ring. though you won't, perhaps, recognise them

as your own. Mother (Susan Ric:hards) and Father (Eric Mess1ter) are just at the ctge when sons

and daughters become most troublesome-when in fact the fledglings are le~ving the nest

The prize fledgl ing, Claude (Ralph Michael) , seems safe enough, for he does h1~ daily dozen.

is a scout-master and has a purposeful stride. Dud ley (Ian Mackenzie), red-haired, horn-r immed

and dis respectful. has fortunate ly turned his madness towards music. Frankie (Lou1~e Rivie re) is

the daughter at home, alternat ively swearing like a trooper and wilting like a lily , and destined to

fa ll in love with Dud ley's musical friend, Roger, who stays with them. The cris is comes when the

horr ible Claude suddenly becomes admirable-when he declares his intention of marrying the maid.

Gladys (Judy Hallatt), and st icking to his guns.

Mo;her _gives a superb ~how of hysterics, father_ sits by, helpless Frankie and

Dudley J01n in their mothers chorus of" such 1ngrat1tude," etc .. etc his Gladys.

After many shy skirmishes and shows of temperament Roger gets his

All t_heac:tors were very good, perhaps Susan Richards wa~ the most outstanding Her'' Mother ' '

was as life-like as any stage portrayal c:ould be.

"The Arcadian Follies."

H A:Yve~ia:~~in~a~~~~~t gi~1 ~~~!~y ~u;e;:ti~~ito::~~;::0ia~~~t of~~~ h~~;d c.?~~t;;J

from Blackpool. ' Th is perhaps was responsible for the lack of "go· ' in the performance.

The com_pany showed a grand sense of burles(lue in "The Upper Crumpton Male Voice Choir "-1t 1s a pity there were not more items of this type

THEATRE ROYAL

" Night Must Fall."

TH1!c!:S°?i~~~~~g :~:ra~~t!;ry~~Ztt~~p~!;~h:;~~y~ee~~. at~i1%c~i~~~s?n~ra;0/~0:e1~-~~~~~rJc1::d and_ has no ragged ends. The Arthur Brough Players could be trusted not to neglect the ir

opportunities and the play progressed to a gripping c limax. Edward Rees took the important part

of Dan and, whilst he has the sens1t1v1ty nec:essary to the part. he seemed to lac:k the abili ty to suggest

that other side of Dan·s character-that of unfeeling brutality. We wonde r if Aidan Turner might

not have been well-cast 1n this part? Edna Hart as Mrs. Bramson and Kathleen Kent as Olivia Crayne gave very good support 1n difficult parts.

FEBHl .\RY , rn:1~ THE Gfffl'JIO'.\

"Plunder." TH1~a::~a~t~.os~~~r~~~a2~~t~t~a~e~a~~~y ~~ ~~1tai~~ oft~l~s f~~~::c~:sr:~~!~:~ p~ar~ii~~I:~~

the Scotland Yard scene) and admirable support was given in conventional parts by the rest of the cast. We had almost forgotten Joan McEwen as the elderly Mrs. Hewlett, and that is surprising as she was so outstandingly good. Arthur Brough was most unlike his usual self in a ·· Robertson Hare" part-and makes a most successful comedian

Our notes on the Arthur Brough .. season·· cannot close without a word of praise to Sara Greenhalgh. the scen1c-art1st. The scenery has been consistently artistic and suitable-a worthy feat in a Repertory Theatre.

THE TATLER. " Merlusse."

S IM:;i3:;,yitii~c:h~t~t~~;l 1~f·a~h~:i~~r~f~/~~t:~~~~!/'.~fe:r~~c~:t1::i~~t~nl~~ t~~~~c~n~c~:~ eye-who becomes Father Christmas to the boys left 1n his charge on Christmas Eve.

Sentimental-yes, but honestly so. and with a dignity and symbolic qua lity usually found only in silent films. The director, Marcel Pagnol, was himself a schoolmaster, and he presents the most realistic "film ·· school we have ever seen. We can almost smell the dank mustiness of half-empty corridors,. we can certainly hear the lonely echoing of the footsteps of the pathetic group of boys left to enJoy Christmas at school. We can see the stretches of concrete playground and the stark

~~~!~!i:~~ ~iod~~:i;~rfo~nih:cPi:1~~0:emT~~r:~~os~~:~e ~!v~n~h~rr 1)i~:~y\:e~~ ~~~r~~y:m~~i~~ adventures, their blood and thunder stories, and the film is all the more poignant because of this

Henri Poupon is a sensitive Merlusse and gives a psychologically sound characterisation. All the schoolboys are good and a droll janitor is excellent. But our praise must be given first and foremost to Marcel Pagnol for his sure and effective direction.

The Modern Language Association are to be congratulated on t he excellence of th;;;_rR~B~oice.

SOCIETY NOTES MEN DAY STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION.-The Day Students' programme for the first. term

finished on a high note with the Christmas Party in the Refectory on December 14th. All registered

~oarr;1r~~e;~~s:e:~~n;i:!ti~ri0ph~a:;~~~: :~a?~!~: ::~1t~~t1r:e;~~s1:?iha~~ew~~r~::~:r ::s~n~ with the carol by the light of the Christmas tree, which ushered in the flaming Christmas pudding. Santa Claus with his sack of crackers, the novel Christmas presents, the colourful decorations and the dances and party games. It was quite the best effort of the Day Students for some time and sets a very high standard for the future.

Another social of the same type, though perhaps not on quite such a lavish scale, will be held th is term, so look out for notices.

The Dancing Classes continue to be a great success and will be continued this term. The M.D.S.A. elections will be held this term, and also the A.G.M ... which, we hope. will be

better attended than usual. Also there will be the M.R.C. and Union Committee elections, in which the Day Student candidates should receive your full support.-

SIDNEY MULLER, Hon. Secretary, M.D.5.A.

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY.-Since our last report the society. has held a series of very

!~acye~~~~ ~heee~~=I :co~frs~h~f~~t~r~a~~dt~fsc~~io:y ~~:e~~~a.~PJ~~et:~dsc~!~t··1~~nn~~1~~ ~~I~~ because it c laims that the spirit of common humanity between p~oples _is more deep-rooted than narrow patriotism duly merited the attendance and apprec1at1on 1t received: the second meet ing which proved to be of striking interest, consisted of four brief talks given by students from Chma, Egypt, New Zealand and Turkey, on the pos1tj0n of the student 1n their respective countries­reaching the depths of pathos in the account given by Mr. Ts1en, of the sad plight of the present student in China and the heights of hilarity dunn&;quest1on time. In add1t1on, we have been honoured by lectu res giv~n by two members of the University staff-Professor Dob!"ee, w~ose bright and

~~SJ~eun~ttea~~lkMor~ ;: 8~~;~lt~~~~~~UE~oann:m1i~~e~~!~;~1~~~. ·~h:a~i:d~~:rd ai~p;~i;~r: i~for~~~:e: and methodical address, the ludicrous system of·· Non"-lntervent1on a.s 1t has been applied to Spam. We have many equally interesting meetings to come.-N. WILLIAMS, Hon. Secretary.

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JEWISH STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION.-Greater interest has been shown in the activities of

the Society this session than in former years. The attention of all members is particularly drawn

to the new Dramatics and Chess sections.

Socials and dances have been remarkably successful-particularly the function held in aid of

LS.S. appeals for China and Germany.

An even more attractive syllabus awaits members in the coming weeks, and to t.hose who st ill

have not taken advantage of membership we would stress that 1t 1s not too late to JOin us. H. LEE,Hon.Secretory.

GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.-Our programme this _month 1s a very .full and attractive one.

On. Tuesday, . February 8th, we have been in1vted. to v1s1t the Geographical Society of Sheffield

University. rhe provisional programme for our v1s1t includes a works v1s1t. a lecture and a social.

On February 14th we have our Members' Evening, for which an attractive and original programme

is being prepared. On February 28th we shall welcome Mr. K. C. Edwards. M.A, F.R.G.S., of

Nottingham University College, who will speak to us about "The Grand .Duchy of Luxemburg."

Our usual terminal ramble and hockey match are being considered and will be announced on the

notice board. Our Members' Social has been postponed and will probably take place on March 11 th.

H. S. THORNTON. Hon Secretary.

NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.-The Society can look back on the first half of the session

wi th some degree of satisfaction and, despite the falling.off in numbers from last year's record total,

lectures have been well attended. Work~ visits have increased in popularity and the rambles have

been enJoyed both by the hardy annuals and the re lative newcomers. The next ramble introduces

a new idea. We are to have a Christmas Dinner. at the usual Mrs. Dibbs, and arrangements have

been made for a 'bus to convey us back to Leeds.

We should like to thank everyone who contributed to the great success of our Great Hall Social.

J. DOUGIL!..,Se<rerary.

LEEDS UNIVERSITY SOCIALIST SOCIETY.-Thc Society has beer> re-invigorated this session

by the infusion of much new blood, although we can still do with more Freshers at our meetings.

Promises are easy. but get us nowhere and this Society has something to offer peculiar_ to itself and

in its importance. If you feel 1n any way concerned about 1nternationat or home affairs. JOin us­

we are not dogmatic-and you will hear speakers from all sides. We look forward this term to

the visit of Hugh Gaitskell, of the New Statesman, among other speakers . . This term promises to be

as successful dS last-socially as well as politically -5ince we hold our social on rebruary IOth-but

we need sti ll more new blood and individual ideas ; there is no room for any autocracy of opinion.

We want. above all, women to voice dny opinions they may hdve. We have a vision-come and

see it.-H.R.H.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICE.-Our activities continue to prosper and most people

at Leed, hiive now heard of I.S.S. More gratifying still there is developing dn appreciation of the

work and principles for which the movement stands

RELIEF WORK, Is the corner stone of 1.5.S. activity. We are happy to report that up to the

New Year about £164 had been collected and earmarked for the China Appeal Fund. Of this amount

£40 Is. 8d. was contributed by students. On .behalf of the students in their corpo~ate_ capacity

the Union made an excellent grant of£20, which 1s included in the£40 Is. 8d. Money 1s st1_1! nee~ed

and continues to come in, so we still have an opportunity to pass the £200 mark. Leeds 1s playing

her part nobly 1n Relief Work and Leeds I.S.S. commends also the Spanish Appeals. May they prosper.

CONFERENCE WORK. Memoranda is being prepared for the Local Conference to be held towards

~~~/;~ R:s~da;~;~. •· ~~~i;~t~~~~~~rt~~s~~t!~~~~nn~T~i~ ;t!t 1~~0~

1i i~n °:nJhi~d?v~~us;1uit~nd~~~:

Watch the notice boards !

Two delegates attended the Franco-British Conference which was held at Bouffemont during the

Christmas vacation. A report of the proceedings 1s to be found e.lsewhere 1n this issue of The Gryphon.

On "Stunts Night" the Leeds delegates entertained the delegations with a somewhat disharmonious

and d1sjo1nted rendering of "Que donnerez-vous, ma belle, pour avo1r un mari? '" and " Je suive

la Seine jusqu 'a la Morgue. "-ALBAN HULL

WOMEN DAY STUDENTS' A_SSOCIATION.-The Christmas Party, held on December 16th,

was well attended and everyone en1oyed themselves, entering into the spirit of 1t with great zest.

r~t~::~ip~~c~~e~l~et:l ~r;:escirt~(a! ~~:asFu:e~h~~n~na~iec~~:~i\~:.ing up with a sing-song.

On Tuesday January 18th_, a.t 1-20, the Rev. Hodd, Vicar of Emmanuel Church, came and spoke

:::a~~e0 '('~~:~~.~~~:r~h~f~t~Por~ be held later 1n the term. We were all very interested as

well :~~~n~~t the W.D.S.A. ho!d their Profs. At Home and Social, which we hope will be

FEBRUAJ{Y, l!.1;\,; :!17 TIIE (; lffl 'I-ION

FRENCH SOCIETY.-!he I Sth of November saw a smal l, but select company listen ing to a set of gramophone records, kindly lent by the Modern language Association. through Dr. Delaney. to whom we are indebted for his .assistance. The records were most unusual and interesting, especially to those who are not familiar with French singers and fo lk music.

The debate at the next meeting was on the subject "Plus ,;:a change. plus c'est la mCme chose."

i~: ~~~fn~~~~;·:a~ 1~~e~e:~~fi!~ ~~~ ~::ns;iei.oman argument, was carried by a fair majority.

the ~~~n~a~~r!~.ew·~sc~~~~~~~:~~ ~u~~tei:a~~;~i~~:t ~~fs :~~t b:er~~~!d::t\~h t~~0i~~g~:~~~f~; March 7th.

The first.meeting this term. on January 10th, took the form of a Boite a Surprises. We were indeed surprised to find we h.ad such a competent con1uror m our midst. We shall have to take care. or we shall find rabb its_ m _our hair. Musically we had plenty of variety. including opera(?), piano solos and community singing. whilst we are progressing favourably in our course of lectures on classical tragedy.

As a _preliminary announcement, may we call to your notice February 17th, the date of our Annual Dinner. This 1s a very cheery function and well worth your support

Attendance at meetings has been rather poor and we appeal to you to make the Dinner a success. N.B.-You get a good dinner. M. ARMITAGE.

MUSIC SOCIETY.-The Music Society 1s now engaged in active preparation for the Concert to be given on Tuesday, March 8th. Attendances at rehearsals are good, but there are many members who do not come with unfailing regularity. It is to be hoped that these defaulters will mend their ways.

The Informal Evening held on Tuesday, January 18th, proved to be very successful. Mr. Mumby showed a deep understanding of Schumann's" Papillons," especially in the bars which represented the departure of the guests. Mr. Mumby also played a Suite by Francois Poulenc. Mr. Purdy sang a group of sea songs by Stanford and also "Drake's Drum" (Edward German). Mr. Allam completely captured the attention of his audience by his playing of the ballet mus ic from "The Three-cornered Hat," by Manuel da Falla. His brief explanations greatly helped in the appreciation of the music. The evening closed with a discussion on the part Wireless plays 1n the music world. _ Mr. Wilson opened the d1scuss1on by raising several mterestin~ points. The next informal evening promises to be equally successful and all members of the Society should make an effort to attend. E. STOTI, Hon. Secretary.

ECONOMIC SOCIETY.-Foremost in our affairs is the forthcoming inter-University Commerce Association Conference. This has been planned at a slightly later date for February 24th, 25th 26th. It is hoped to make graduate employment the subject of the sessions and to consider prospects for the graduate 1n Economics as a candidate for management posts. ,n industry. Delegates are expected from Manchester, Newcastle, B1rmmgham, Oxford, Cork, Dublin. Edinburgh and other Univers1t1es.

The programme of last session included an address from Mr, R. K. Bacon, of The Yorkshire Post. on "The Economist and the Public Mind," and from Professor W . Hamilton Whyte, a Leeds man now at Bristol. on current economic trends. The annual dance on December 3rd was extremely successful.

On December 16th members of the Society shared in the visit of the Yorkshire Branch of the

~~~t~~s~/~0~tM~D.af~~J,:~~st~1:t;I~~ ~i15t~~)=~~.sf:~iu;~~ta~~~~0~f~tt~~f~;te~i~;~l~~~~stl~ of Dean Clough Mills and were afterwards enabled to inspect operations at the Elland Works of Lead Pipes limited

At the Annual Dinner of the Association. the President, Mr. T. E. Hull, referred to the co-operation of the Yorkshire Branch w,th the University via the Economic Society

D. T. EDWARDS, Hon. Secretary.

THE CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY.-Those interested in the above Society wilt be ple~sed _to hear that for the first time in many years the University was represented at the Federation of Un1vers1ty Conservative and Unionist Associations, held this year at Oxford from January Sth-7th 1nclus1ve.

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her Empire. For the small sum of I members will have the opportunity of hearing eminent speakers,

first among whom will be Ronald Tree, Esq., M.P. (Secretary of the above Federation). Further particulars can be obtained by intending members from either Mr. W, E. White or

Miss I. Johnson.-lRENE M. W. JOHNSON.

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HOSTEL NOTES DEVONSH IRE HALL. -Life towards the end of Christmas term was brightened considerably

by the Warden 's Dance and the Carol Singing. The former found Charlie Steele an.d his band 1n

fine form and the lad ,es a galaxy of beauty and colour. The Waits were favoured by typical Christmas

weather and they greatly appreciated the welcome and hospitality received wherever they went.

We were pleased to entertain the Vice-Chancellor to dinner and hear details of a scheme for our

future physical well-being.

We accepted w ith alacri ty the challenge of the O.T.C. to a series of indoor games and spent

a most enJOyable evening at their Headquarters.

Squash has rapidly become our main recreation, the tournament for the Cooper Cup keeping

the court in constant demand. Our Squash Team has been in good form. beating both Carnegie

College and Catter1ck by 3 games to 2. The Hostel Table Tennis team were successful 1n their

match v. Carnegie. winning by 15-10 Men·s Club to an evening Dramatic Soc iety.

Finally , we hope to see you at our Appeal Dance on February I Ith. Tickets arc limited

Don 't despair-there are may still be a few left.-A.L.B

HOSTEL OF THE RESURRECTION. -A larger number of guests than usua l were with us

on Carol Night last term and the function proved as enjoyable as ever; for the first time .the Hoste l

was floodlit, wh ich gave an opportunity to the Press to exercise its tenderer emot ion; 1n columns

of squelch ing sentimentality which seem to have oozed forth ,rnder the impress of these 1llum1nat ed

bricks, bars and bay windows of ours. And do you envisage the far-away look which must _have

come into the JOu rnal1st 1c eye, wet w ith a tear or two perhaps. when recounting certain vacat1onal

peregrmat1o_ns 1n search of old. MSS. Ah, me! The Hostel recital, however, together with_ the

Bramley Par ish Church. York Minster and Leeds Rotary Club recitals, all testified to the exceptional

quality of the singers' voices, which is well deserving of this bouquet

On one of the last Sunday afternoons of last term we enJoyed the immense pleasure of a pape r

from Professor Hamilton Thompson; 1t took the form of a historical analysis of the life of Sherloc k

Holmes, and was. for some of us at any rate, the most amusing history lecture to which we have

ever had the pleasure of l istening. ror this piece of research alone into the records of such a notabil ity

we feel that the subsequent honour was deserving and beg to offer our congratulations tJ Professor

Ham il ton Thompson

Christmas dinner was a domest ic affair like most Christmas dinners and so need not come into

the news except to introduce the Rev. Fr. Superior. C.R .. who preached the last sermon of term and

was one of our guests at the Dinner. Fr. Speight, C.R .. an Old Student. preached the firt sermon

of t he t erm

Frs. Speight and Blair, of the Community. have been our other preachers this term, and the

Warden read a paper on "Pacifism.'' which was sufficiently stimulating as to turn the peace of a

Sunday afternoon into a Sabbath storm 1n which reasonable opinions and opiniated rea~ons hurled

themselves around the Common Room with a cyclonic impetuosity which, though failing o establish

any definite conclus ion (naturally enough). provoked a deal of constructive speculat ion. We are

now looking forward to a paper from Mr. lnebnit, of the French Department, known to many of us

through the 1.V.S.P

Is i~, by t he way, generally known that the Hostel Chapel is open to men students of the

Univers1ty?-N .G.

LYDDON HALL-The mistletoe hung in Lyddon's front hall, The holl y branch shone on the o~d oak (/)wall, And all thefa1rstudentswereblitheand gay Awaiting their Christmas ho liday Miss l-l ibgame beheldwithaWarden'spride The radiant damsels on every side, Whiletheywiththeirbright eyesweretryingtosee Whom the first v1ct1m was likely to be ! 0 the mist letoe bough.

The only event of su preme importance at !he end of last term-apart from the trifl ing matter of

e_xams.-was the hanging of a large bunch of mistletoe m the hall. I need only add that an enjoyable

t 1mewas had by al l.

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a sh::C~e b~a:~\_:i~:~~~~0~u?;;;;i~h~;e(n~::~Jt;~d u~!rf~~i~~~~a:~l~~i~~ i~sc~o~ls~1~1~~u~a~eu~~ difficulty that 1t was finally retrieved

child~:~s f~~~ a 11:Jri~;~:~a~~v~o ean~e;r~~-ne~U: h1~d 5au~~\;t~1s i~e~a:~1J/~ge~~:r~a~;~ii~xg~~:~~ of presents and ~~1ry li_ghts. an.~ for ~.little while our more sober pursuits were superseded by very ~:c~~ !~Joe:eJf ha:?~;1\te~.t -~.t.B. Stations. We hope the children enjoyed themselves as much

OXLEY HALL. -The exams. towards the end of last term were somewhat relieved by the ;;ad1t1onal Christmas ac~.1v1t1es of Oxley: we recaptured our lost youth by playing " Nuts in May,"

Oranges and Lemons. etc., when v.e entertained nearly 40 children from the Play Centre on the last Saturday of term. later in the evening we had our usual fancy dress party, and the climax of

11 allQ:~1fier~t~~~:r~~a~~y ~~~el~~:~~!~~ec~r~1i~~a~~ll~:e 1~p~r~t'~/h~1hri~~:!sl~sVr:~::siitHamilton

:~~~~!~~i/!~p~~~~{e~~me ,n the evening and read blood-curdling ghost stories: his visit, as always,

we a~e0i~ ~~:t t~rr~;i~f1~~vpe;r:ifo~afo~e~~~ t~~onn 1~;p:~r£Joe~~lh~;~s~;che;~~ift t!; !~!u~~::f:l as those of the past

We look forward to a busy term ahead• the Annual Staff Dinner will take place shortly; we also look forward to the day of mutual frankness-Valentine Day-and the day of the Freshers' Social, when we shall see, we hope. some of the,r dramatic talent.-E.M.S.

ATHLETIC NOTES W E have now reached the half-way stage of the Winter club's programmes an.d it therefore

seems a convenient t,me to I ev1ew the performances of each md1v1dual club

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB.-The Soccer Club has been more successful th is season than for the past five or six years. The,r record for the Xmas term was:-

Played 12, Won 8; Drawn 3; lost I.

It will be seen that only one match has been lost and, as the team was rather depleted through injuries 1n this match. 1t seems that they would have been able to boast of an unbeaten record if they had been at full strength. They have held the,rown 1n 'Varsity matche~-an unusual occurrence at Leeds-and are J01nt champ,o"S with Liverpool of the Northern Un1vers1t1es' C'1amp1onship As the replay is to be at ~eeds on lan~ary 2?nd we have a very favourable chance of winriing the Northern Sect,on and playing Exeter U .. ,vers1ty College 1n ,he semi-final Every p!ayer 1n the team 1s worthy of praise and has played his part 1n rega1n1ng ;ome lost prestige for Leeds Un1vers,ty.

THE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB ha~ had a fairly successful season so far and their record is as follows:-

Played 17, Won 10: OrawP 3; lost 4.

Although they ha·:e done very well in club matches_ they have unfortunately lost most of their inter;'Var..1ty matches. although they only lost to Birmingham and Manchester by very small margins. However, their standard of play 1s h,gher than 1n previous seasons and 1f this ,mprovement continues Leeds may, we sincerely hope become a force 1n Un1vers1ty Rugger 1n the next year of two.

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THE MEN'S HOCKEY CLUB has been experiencing rather a lean time so_far this season and has to date won only four of the 14 matches played. However, an almost entirely new side had to be selected at the beginning of the sea,on and th,s_ naturally has had to have time to settle down and become a team as opposed to a collection of 1nd,v1duals. However, under the enthus,ast,c captaincy of FITTON. and greatly helped by WARIN and LOVELL. a ~real improvement was shown towards the end of the term and we are look ng forward to a great improvement this term.

ME N'S LACROSSE CLUB have had very few matches this session, but have, however, been fa irly successful and were only narrowly beaten by Manchester University the U.A.U. champions We must offer our hearty congratulatior.. to Spencer and Sharpe, who have been chosen to play for Yorkshire.

THE GRYPHON 220 FEBRUARY, 1938

THE CROSS COUNTRY CLU~ .enjoyed considerable success last .term, defeating Liverpool,

Nottingham and Manchester Umvers1t1es quite comfortably. The Chnst1e match was run at .Leeds

m a snowstorm and the trophy was retained by Leeds, with Manchester a close second. Ellis and

Rhodes shared the individual title. The first match this term, against Sheffield, was lost, although

Rhodes, of Leeds, was first man home. The second team have done very well and also retained the

Junior Christie, meeting with only one defeat, at the hands of Sheffield. "Arts '' won the inter-Faculty

race, which was held in November

WOMEN'S HOCKEY have played eight matches, of which five have been won, two 1.ost and

one drawn. _Although they have not maintained .their early season promise, have done quite well

in inter-'Vars1ty matches, defeating Sheffield and B1rm1ngham and drawing with Liverpool. They lost,

however, against Manchester University.

THE WOMEN'S LACROSSE club have had a moderately successful seas_on t? date, having

w~n eight and lost six of the 14 ma.tches ~layed. They lost to. Manchester University, but put up

quite a creditable performance. Misses Lister and Ward continue to play very well, Miss Ward

1n particular being very prominent among the goal scorers.

THE NETBALL CLUB enjoyed considerable success . last term and were undefeated.

They have unfortunately, however, lost to Durham Un1vers1ty this term, only ~y a very narrow margm.

In_ the ot her mter,'Varsity matches they have been very s,1ccessful, having defeated Liverpool,

Birmingham and Sheffield and drawn with Manchester. Their full record 1s:-

PJayed 10: Won 8; Lost 2; Drawn I.

THE WOMEN'S SWIMMING CLUB st ill remains unbeaten in the Northern lnter-'Varsity

matches, but a lot of hard and concentrated training is still necessary if they are to succeed in regaining

the cup from London at the W.I.V.AB. Gala in May. This term they have beaten Manchester-

48-23, in which the whole team did very well. the times in the free style events being very encouraging.

A second team has been formed, which 1t is hoped wil l show good results, but a better attendance at

practices is still necessary.

MEN'S SWIMMING CLUB.· -The water polo team, which includes three new members,

has been fairly successful, having won eight of the 10 games played. The only inter- 'Varsity match

played so far, against Liverpool. was won by S·--3, after a very hard game. In November the team

vis ited Paisley, at the in_vitat1on of the Paisley Amateur Swimming Club, and was successful in all

the inter-club races and in the water polo. defeating the home team 4-3. Strmac and Reeve have

been the outstanding members of the dub and we must offer our hearty but belated congratulations

to Reeve, who represented the English UniYersities at the International University games held in

Paris last Summer.

MEN'S FENCING CLUB has been moderately successful. Of a total of seven fixtures, one was

cancelled, two were lost and four were won. Four University matches were fought, Birmingham,

Manchester and Liverpool being defeated, whilst t he team lost to Sheffield.

BOXING CLUB finished runners-up to Liverpool and Manchesterjin the Northern Universities'

Championships. Hopkinson and Young fou~ht.wel! and retained thechampionshipswhichtheywon

last year in the bantam and welterweight d1v1s1ons respectively.

THE GYM. CLUB.-The officials of the newly-formed committee are: Captain, H. Lipman;

Secretary, J. Hardy. Practices have been held twice a week throughout the session _in readiness

for forthcoming compet1t1ons with Cambridge and Sheffreld. Univers1t1es. The club ts composed

::~~~t :tG!~e~:1 MP1'.c~na~o~d;~:lsa~~d Th1~1r~~;~:t inb,~;~~~~·tro~~d~:~;t;;~~rin1~ ~~:~ai.

WednesdayandThursdayatS-15.

CUMBI_NG CLUB.-Several events of major importance have taken place since The Gryphon

!ast spread its wings

On November 20th Fis~e~ took a party up to Coni_ston. Saturday was spent in prospecting

on Doe Crags; but the cond1t1ons were so bad that no climbmg was done. This 1s the second time

on which Doe has dealt out ultra-seasonable weather in November. so it seems as though we shall

have to choos~ some other .season for tackhng 1t. On the next day th? party went round to Langdale,

:h~~! 1t:Je1.110t;:.1!f:~~I y~;~~~1~ttm~l!~~~~1~ 1~~~fif{;embers, whose purses precluded a visit

It is not usual to report local Gritstone meets, which follow one another with almost lightning

rapidity, but !11ent1on must be made of ?neat Almscliffe. Snow. laid thick on the crag, turned easy

climbs into d1flkults and made severes 1mposs1ble. Thos~ present saw Afmscliffe from a new angle.

FEBRUARY, 1038 221 THE GRYPHON

to w~~:h~~°Co~::~o~aWaf~/~~:~;i:nt~~t~dt~i~~7heei~E'!~!rvs~~tin~,g;:J~~ent~~rv~~~ ~l~e~:i or Tryfan had the better sr:iow. One thing was certain, the beer of Pen-y-Gwryd five times as far from ldwal as that of Coniston was from Copper Mines House. Despite this fact four members

:~~r°~r[f:e~di~a~~r:nD;~e~~,9~~t- As"i~~h ;t~~g~~~~; itr:1~e1r~:~r:!s r~r mguec~g:~~{~ ~ia:e~~;t

of Cymnc ones ar d entirely beyond the _present writer, a veil will be drawn over the proCI edings, but despite things like Sgurr-nan-Something-or-Other they had a good time.

The. club"s annual "indoor meet" was held in the Staff House on December 14th under the leadership of the President and Mrs. Gri_st, to whom our heartiest thanks are due for a most enjoyable course of three pitches. (I) Compct1t1ons and a stereoscopic display by Mr. Parsons (Y.R.C.):

fJrt~~/~:r ~a~J1:~~ Show. About 50 members and friends took part, including members of the

Our activities continue to spread. Plans are afoot for the production of one or more movie records of our doings. While a member writes from Rhodesia :-

" One place in particular, a sandstone outcrop ...... 25 miles away .... . . needs pioneering I have sent for more rope and nails.•·

How long will it be before we can boast that the sun never sets on our activities I

Plans for the fl!ture_are not yet settl.ed, but we hope for one or two meets with the Manchester University Mountaineering Club and, given good weather, a little snow work.

A date for members' diaries:-

President's Week-end Austwick February 19-20t h. W.A.B.

BOAT ClUB.-This being the first club report_of the session I have stilt to record the opening of the new boathouse. It 1s sufficient to say of so distant an event that 1t went off very successfully, that the day was fine and that there was.a ,ery lively interest taken in the proceedings. It was followed later 1n the term by the Annual Dmner on December 5th, when Mr. Wheeler was presented with a pair. of fieldglasses subscribed for by past and present members of the club in recognition of his determ1nat1on to provide them with a boathouse worthy of the name.

The chief event of the Winter term is the Inter-Faculty races, both the first and second division last cups beinf retained by the 1st and 2nd Engineers respectively. The numb:erofcrews on the water

~~~:i;~~ HThtf:~~~1o~~bm~a~ ~a:r:ns~ 'i:i:r~1~~1~~:~~~iy t~~d~~t: fJf~:1~: ~h~~~ ~~~t~1 time separate Engineer and Tex tile crews were to be seen at practice. Of the crews in the first division, the Engineers and winners-

[Bow, Gadalla. 2, Herisell. 3, Wi!tiams. Stroke, BlowerJ

h~ experience, while Medics., the other finali.sts,. had weight and power. but _displayed a lack of racing tactics. The Agnes. rowed with detE;rm1nat10~, but repeated changes during practice had not enabled them to settle down as a crew, while the Science crew, stroked by 8ulcra1g and containing two Freshmen, were not able to hold out against the heavier Medical ere v.

The winners of the second division, all Freshmen-LBow, Dahl. 2. Walker. 3, Wikocks. Stroke, Gompenl

showed good racing ability and won their races comfortably, although the Medica.ls and Textile crews

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1s going to keep the club supplied with a. large amount oftalent, 1n fact an embarrassing amount, as the Captain and the Coach have already discovered.

The University first crew remains the same as last yea1·, with the exception of Bow, which place has been taken by Robinson, who has had very considerable rowing experience with Melbourne. They went out on the water early last term and are beginn.1ng to move w1t_h considerable power: by the time the U.A.U. arrives and one or two minor obscurities have been discovered and corrected they should be well capable of tackling that particular champ1onsh1p. The second crew strengthened, ,t is hoped from last year by the inclusion at 3 of Ellison (Shrewsbury) ~nd at Bow by lynch (St Peter's). went on the water immediately after the Inter-Faculties. Two other Varsity crews have been selecte.d to race this term while the rest of the club are 1n trial fours until the Summ_er. The second crew JS

showing conside~able form-it remains to be seen what the other crews will be like.

Unsell has taken the Coxswain's seat in the first crew and on the sharp corners is getting plenty of practice for the lord Arch at Durham. We have acquired two other Coxswains, Haigh and ~1i:5t. but we require at least two more: they have settled down to learn watermansh1p and a coxswa1nl1ke vocabulary.-lRVINE D. HODGSON, Hon. Secrerory, L.U.B.C.

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