"Well, I should like to assure Lord Byng that in speaking for the Rhodes Scholars who have gone down in the last twenty years—a group of men far larger than that gathered here to-night-I can tell him that these men struggle to keep the faith. After all you cannot remember this place, thinking upon it with affection, and be permanently an illiberal person. I like to think that all over the English speaking world where old Rhodes men are, you may come upon a milestone, outside a law office, a hospital where a doctor is at work, a church where some man is serving, a study in some college yard, a bank, or a mill, and that like Jude the Obscure, the Rhodes man has cut on the back of the stone his own initials, while the face of the stone reads, "To Oxford, a thousand miles, three thousand miles, five thousand miles, ten thousand miles. Thither. It just suited me.'" By MASON HAMMOND, Massachusetts and Balliol, '25 T is hard to write much about Oxford in the middle of the sum mer vac., when undergraduates have deserted their haunts and the University harbors only tourists or conventions. The summer term afforded unusually pleasant weather. Hardly a drop of rain fell from the middle of April to the middle of June. Gardeners and groundsmen grumbled about the drought that was ruining their turf. After the middle of June, however, there was plenty of rain to spoil Wimbledon, the Encoenia, and Henley; but by then the Rhodes Scholars, at least, had commenced their summer wanderings. France, though no longer as cheap as during the financial debacle of last July, still probably offers the best opportunities for a quiet and studious vacation. Germany and Austria, however, especially their mountainous parts, have numerous advocates, and are not too expensive. The Mediterranean countries are rather hot at this season. Spain is said to be also quite dear, although each year it draws more visitors, possibly because its charms have in the past been less exploited by tourists. Italy, despite the heat, dirt, and high rate of exchange, has Venice and the Lido. The Scandinavian countries should be well worth a visit, either now or for their winter sports. And there are some who penetrate into Central Europe, and even to the Levant and Egypt. To return, however, to Oxford-Apart from the Rhodes Building, there should be few physical changes during the summer. Eights Week, thanks to the fine weather, was crowded and gay, but the rowing appeared mediocre. Christ Church alone displayed real form. Similarly at Henley, where the weather was bad, Oxford won nothing. Kent, the American school crew, was put out in the first heat of the Thames. They should, of course, have been allowed to meet the English public schools and colleges in the Ladies'. Leander, with Kingsbury of Yale, failed in the Grand, and Wright, the Canadian sculler, lost the Diamonds by running into the booms. Commem. Week brought the usual galaxy of beauty to defy the rain at the various balls. St. John's, Exeter, New College, and Magdalen were the chief attractions. The brilliant scholastic plumage which appears for Encoenia met with no better reception from Jupiter Pluvius. The following week-end witnessed the defeat of the combined Harvard-and-Yale athletic team at the hands of Oxford and Cambridge. The Englishmen, chiefly Cantabs, won seven out of twelve events. The Schools results, which were not out when we went down, should appear elsewhere in the OXONIAN* and will doubtless show that in scholastic as well as in athletic and social spheres the Rhodes Scholars are holding their own. In view of the discussion of their success which we have been seeing in the public press it is satisfying to find that Oxford appears to think that they satisfy the hopes of their founder. *See next page.—ED. HONORS LIST. FIRSTS. CRONE, N. L. (Iowa and Merton, '25), Physiology. HAMMOND, M. (Massachusetts and Balliol, '25), Literae Humaniores. SECONDS. BENNETT, (Wyoming and Oriel, '24), English Language and Literature. GUTHRIE, R. L. (Texas and Worcester, '24), B.C.L. HART, J. L. J. (Colorado and St. John's, '25), Jurisprudence. HAVENS, P. S. (New Jersey and University, '25), English Language and Literature. LYON, E. W. (Mississippi and St. John's, '25), Modern History. MACOMBER, J. H., JR. (Vermont and Wadham, '25), Jurisprudence. MERRILL, J. L. (California and Christ Church, '24), Chemistry. RHOADS, O. B. (Pennsylvania and New College, '25), Jurisprudence. ROBERTSON, W. E. (Oklahoma and Merton, '24), B.C.L. SPARKMAN, S. T. (South Carolina and Christ Church, '24), Theology. STEERE, D. V. (Michigan and Oriel, '25), Philosophy, Politics and Economics. STROM, C. W. (Iowa and Queen's, '24), Mathematics. TEGTMEYER, G. F. (Wisconsin and Hertford, '24), Modern History. THIRDS. BOND, A. D. (Missouri and Christ Church, '25), Jurisprudence. GASS, F. P. (Missouri and Pembroke, '24), English Language and Litera ture. GREATHOUSE, W. S. (Idaho and Lincoln, '24), Jurisprudence. SAMS, R. S. (Georgia and Merton,"25), Jurisprudence. SWEARINGEN, M. B. (Mississippi and Exeter, '24), Modern History. THOENEN, E. R. (West Virginia and Exeter, '24), Jurisprudence. WALKER, C. C. (Virginia and Christ Church, '25), Jurisprudence. WHITELEY, J. C. R. (Connecticut and Wadham, '25), Modern History. FOURTHS. PACKARD, A. W. (Rhode Island and Merton, '25), English Language and Literature. HARWOOD, P. A. (Nevada and Pembroke, '24), failed to obtain a class, but was given Group B 6. ADVANCED Degrees. D.PHIL. HAM, E. B. (Maine and Trinity, '23), French. B.LITT. ABBOTT, C. D. (Delaware and New College, '24), English Literature. WILSON, A. M. (South Dakota and Exeter, '24), Modern History. B.Sc. MERRILL, J. L. (California and Christ Church, '24), Chemistry. |