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THE OXFORD COMMEMORATION.

'• Reform it altogether.”—Hamlet.

econd Meeting of the
Hebdomadal Council,
held to take into
consideration the
character of the en-
tertainments to be
given at Oxford
//~)f\ during the Com-

1 ‘ x " memoration Week:—

The minutes of the
last Meeting (in
which the Council
expressed their con-
viction of the pro-
priety of checking
the waste of time and
money during Com-
memoration) having
been read and ap-
__ . , , proved,

: .. V7/' Ijim Dr. Dryasdust

said that he was
quite sure that the
Council had pursued
a proper course. The
excesses of the Un-
dergraduates were of
no recent date, and
at last they had be-
come intolerable. It
was true that until
two years ago (the
date, by the way, of
the marriage of his
a gentleman who was then an Undergraduate), Com-
be a very pleasant season indeed. But now all was
date Commemoration had become dull, insipid, and, so far

es had become
ail were aware
in his earlier
great value to
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in the school of
a saw no reason
ive at Oxford.

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authority, that on one occasion no less than six Doctors
of Divinity and a celebrated Professor had to sit out as
“ wall-flowers,” whilst a number of first-year men, who
had secured all the partners in the room, were gaily
dancing the “ Lancers.” (“ Shame, shame ! ”) If proper
respect was not paid to years and University standing
during Commemoration Week, how was discipline to be
maintained for the rest of the year ? {Hear, hear !) He
might add that, in the same spirit of insubordination,
the dance programmes had been altered, and much for
the worse, of late years. {Hear, hear!) Once the list
consisted of dances suitable to Heads of Colleges. For
instance, the dignified First Set {hear, hear!) reigned
supreme. {Cheers.) Now nothing was set down but
waltzes and galops—dances, in the opinion of many,
scarcely suitable to the Heads of Colleges. After this
disrespectful treatment of the Authorities, he was very
glad indeed that “ entertainments on a large scale” had
been condemned by the Council. {Cheers.)

De. Woodenhedd said that he had prepared a list of
Rules to be observed at the Commemoration, which he
considered would thoroughly carry out the views of the
Council. With the permission of the Council, he would
read the list.

Regulations to be Observed at the Oxford Com-
memoration, 1875.

1. Undergraduates will appear during the Week, both
in private and in public, in cajis, gowns, black woollen
gloves, and blue spectacles.

2. Any Undergraduate caught laughing in the High,
or flirting with his cousins in Christ Church meadows,
or Magdalene Walks, will be liable to immediate rusti-
cation.

3. No Undergraduate will be permitted to ask his

relations to any private entertainment whatever, with
one exception. On obtaining the permission of the Vice-
Chancellor, an Undergraduate, on proper reason being
shown, may accompany his grandmother to the Bodleian
Library. j

4. No pic-nics to Nuneham, Blenheim, or Woodstock, I
will be permitted under any circumstances whatever.

5. In lieu of the usual Christ Church Ball, an enter- ■
tainment of Dissolving Views (subject, “ Travels in J
Siberia,”) will be given in the Debating Hall of the
Union.

6. The entertainments given on board the various
College-barges this year to consist exclusively of tea and
muffins. The strength of the tea to be first tested by the
senior tutor. No Ladies under thirty years of age to be
admitted to these festivities.

7. The Vice-Chancellor will be careful to choose the
foggiest day in the week for the annual Procession of
Boats.

8. No Flower Show will he permitted, except in
drizzly weather. Ladies will be expected to wear long
waterproof cloaks, and bonnets of a pattern to be
obtained at the Oxford Workhouse.

9. Undergraduates (for their guidance, and in the hope
of their co-operation) are informed that it is the inten-
tion of the University Authorities to give to the Com-
memoration entertainments at Oxford as much as
possible of the character of Sir Wilfrid Lawson’s
Northern Tea-feasts, excluding, however, the Baronet’s
own amusing speeches.

The Council have been moved to make these some-
what radical changes by the misconduct of a few fresh
men at the Commemorations of recent years.

Brothers in Blue.

If Cambridge win first place
In this year’s well-pulled race,

A tie twixt Cam and Isis we shall see
Of mixt dark-blue and sky.

Weave the ribbon for that “ tie: ”
And a true-lovers’ knot its fastening be !

Reasoning for Ritualists.

Clerical defenders of Vestments might assert, with
truth, that these “ornaments of the Minister” usually
serve a double purpose, as, after having been used in
Church, they furnish ample material for Ecclesiastical
Suits out of it.