QUEENS' COLLEGE

1939-1940

NOTE

It would be of great service to the College if members of th~ Club would kindly inform the College Office of° any changes of

· their permanent addresses.

The College ;ould w~lcome any corrections of this record, and any material for next year, especially from abroad. These should

be addressed to THE PRAELECTOR, QUEENS' · COLLEGE. T he Pra~lector gratefully acknowledges the receipt of a number of items of news from members during the past year. .

The dates given after the names of meml;>ers of the College refer to their B.A. degrees, except that dates preceded by '_'M." are dates of Matriculation. ·: ~ · ·

It is realized that this Record is far from complete. The acting Praelector will be glad to print such ~missions as members of the

· Club can point out later. ·

QUEEN S' CO LL EGE 1939-1940 ·

Visitor

THE KING

President

JOHN ARCHIBALD VENN, LITT.D., F.S.A., J.P ..

· Fellows

ARTHUR BERNARD CooK, LITT.D., Vice-President, Emeritus Professor of Classical Archaeology.

· REV. CHARLES TRAVERS Woon, B.D., · Dean. and Lecturer in Divinity and Hebrew.

ROBERT GEORGE DALRYMPLE LAFFAN, M.A., Bursar and Lecturer · in History. ·

CYR.IL MqNTAGU SLEEMAN, M.A., Director of Studies and Lecturer in Natural Sciences. ·

ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS . BROWNE, M.A. , Lecturer in Mechanical Sciences.

LEONARD JAMES POTTS, M.A'., Senior Tutor and Director of · · Studies in English. EDWIN ARTHUR MAXWELL, PH.D., Junior B.ursar and Lecturer

in Mathematics. CHARLES THEODORE SELTMAN, M.A., Librarian. PETER FRANK DALRYMPLE TENNANT, M.A. , Praelector and ·

Director of Studies in Moderµ Languages. JAMES ARTHUR RAMSAY, PH.D., Steward and Assistant Director

of Studies in Natural Sciences. · HAROLD WALTER BAILEY; M.A., Professor of Sanskrit. GRAHAM PATTERSON MCCULLAGH, M.A., M.D. (Belfast), Tutor

and Assistant Director of Studies in Medicine. REv. HENRY ST JOHN HART, M.A., Ghaplain.

· Honorqry Fellows . CHARLES TATE REGAN, M:A., HON. D.SC. (Durham); F.R.S. SiR WILLIAM PEEL, K.C.M.G.; K.B.E., M.A. HERBERT MARTIN JAMES LOEWE, M.A., Readet in Rabbinics. SIDNEY SMITH, M.A., F.S.A., Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian

Antiquities at the British M"useum.

4 QUEENS' COLLEGE. SIR CHARLES JOHN HOWELL THOMAS, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., HON.

LL.D. (Wales), Chairman of the Tithe Commission.SIR THOMAS SHENT ON WHITELEGGE THOMAS, K.C.M.G., O.B.E.,

Governor of the Straits Settlements. _

Steward of the Manorial Courts

ALFRED FRANK TOPHAM, LL .M., K.C.

Organist . � s. A. WILKINSON

Assistant Librarian

M. J, �OLLIS. For 1940-41, E. H. ISAAC

In the Michaelmas term 1939, there were 250 bachelors and undergraduates in residence; in the Lent term 1940, �50; in the Easter term, 242. · ·

THE SOCIETY, 1939�40

The. President has been elected a Perpetual Student of St Bartholomew's Hospital.

Mr C. T .. Wood ceased to be Deari on 30 June i940, and.has · becom� Rector of St Botolph's, Cambridge. . . : ..

Mr R. G.D. Laffan, Dr J. A. Ramsay, Mr P. F. D .. Tennant; and Dr G. P. McCullagh remain absent.on war service ..

"Mr C. T; Seltman lectured a(the Co!lege de France during the Christmas Vacation and . at . the British Institute in Paris ·during the Easter Vacation. In May he was appointed, torepresent the University of Cambridge in the University_<?(Paris, where he gave two courses of lectures in the Sorbonne.before returning on 11 June. He became Senior Proctor on1 October-1940. · · · ·

Mr H. St J. Hart was appointed Dea? from I July 1940.

HONORARY FELLOWS

Mr H. M. J. Loewe, M.A., Reader in Rabbinics, died at his Iiome · · in Cambridge on II. October 1940, after a long illness, in his·

fifty-ninth year. · · �

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Professor F. L, Hopwood, Yice-Dean of St Bartholomew's Hospital, was elected into an Honorary Fellowship in the. Michaelmas Term 1940.

ROLL OF HONOUR Killed

Bagott, W. H. P. (1939). Harris, D. W. (1925), Engineer, Merchant Navy. Maynard, D. G. D. (1936), Flight-Lieutenant, R.A.F. Mitchell, G. T. M. (1932). Rouse, T. H .. (1938), Lieutenant, R.E. Sloan, J. C. P. (1934) ..

Prisoner of War Pugh, P. D. S. (M. 1937), 2nd Lieutenant, Royal West Kent

Regt.

FIRST CLASSES, 1940 ·

Triposes

Mathematics:. Part II F. E. Brown

Classics:

Natural Sc£ences:

Part I

Part I

Part II

Part I

History: Part II

Modern Languages: Pa!i: II

. Part 1·

J. K. Benneworth J. F. Holdsworth

W. T. Hillage (L, G.) -

.

. J. Dainty E. RollinsonE. H. BelcherG. J. CamfieldH. D. Wren

D. McK. Wood

D. H. HobsonJ. D. SimmondsA.G. Chapman (F., G.)E. W._Herd (F., G.)M. G. Field (F.).G. J .. Paul (F.)G. H. Hobson (G.)

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Preliminary E�aminations Mathematics Natural Sciences

D. V. A. S. AmarasekaraL. Manns

Modern Languages I

Mechanical Sciences,

B. T. PriceK. C. Waghorne·J. KershawB. WiseR. RichardsonB. J. PrigmoreJ. Parker

· P. G. Red gm en�A. D. Thackara

COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AND EXHIBITIONS

Entrance Scholarship of £100: S. G. Ward, Plymouth College, Classics.

Entrance Scholarships of £60: J. · R. Gibson, Jarro� County Secondary School, Mathe-

matics (Munro). ·· - · · ,,R. R._ Matthews, Southend High School, Mathematics.B. J. W. Win.terbotham, St Paul's School, Classics.G. ·B. Greenough, Chesterfield Grammar School, Natur_al

Sciences.J. A. S. Mowat, Epsom College, Natural Sciences: C. M. Davey, Ampleforth College, History.J. G. Lawrance, St Paul's School, History.·

Entrance Exhibitions: ·<

K. L. Barker, Blackburn Grammar School, Mathematics�·P. N. Blackaby, Enfield Grammar School, Mathematics.·:: W. Tipler, Watford Grammar School, Mathematics. · /'f C. Bevington, Peter Symonds' School, Winchester,

Natural Sciences. · ·

· . ·;._ : J. G. Selwyn, University College School, Natural Sciences. E. J. Hudson, Marlborough College, History (Frodsham).

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L. A. Duffield, Emal}uel College, Wandsworth, ModernLanguages.

F. P. L. Good, Royal Masonic School, Bushey, English. T. R. Young, Tynemouth Municipal High· School,

English. · ·

First· Year.

Exhibitions: D. V. A. S. Amarasekara, Mathematics.J. F. Holdsworth, Mathematics.K. C. Waghorne, Modern Languages.J. Kershaw, Modern Languages.J. Parker, Mechanical Sciences.A. D. Thackara, .Mechanical Sciences.

Second Year.

Foundation Scholarships: W. T. Hillage, Classics. E. H. Belcher, Natural Sciences. G. J. Camfield, Natural Sciences. H. D. Wren, Natural Sciences.·A.G. Chapman, Modern Languages.E.W. ·Herd, Modern Languages. · · B. Wise, Mechanical Sciences.R. Richardson, Mechanical Sciences.B. ·J. Prigmore; Mechanical Sciences.P. G. Redgment, Mechanical Sciences.

Third Year.

Munro Studentship: J. Dainty. Penny White Prize: F. E. Brown.

Ryle Reading Prize_: J. B. Curgenven-Robinson.

Beane Prize: R.H. Wheeler .

. AMALGAMATED CLUBS

The Amalgamated Clubs are continuing as best they may under the present conditions.

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DISTINCTIONS, APPOfNTMENTS, ETC: The Reverend M. H. Edwards (1911), Chaplain-General t

the R.A.F. Sir Reader W. Bullard (M. 1906) has been appointed H.M.

Minister Plenipotentiary in Teheran. G. E. Kirk (1936) has been appointed Director of the British

School of Ar:chaeology in Jerusalem, where he will take up hi· duties after the War.

ORDINATIONS Deacons ..

B. F. Adeney (1938), to temporary work at M�rden Parish Church.

E. T. Allen (1939), St Nichoias, Sutton St Helens. A. G. Bailey (1939), Christ Church, Skipton. J. J. C. Bangs (1939), how J. J. Creswell, St Helen's Parish

Church, Lancashire. L. D. Blathwayt (1938), Parish Church, Halifax.J. K. Cavell (1939), Christ Church, Folkestone.A. B. Collishaw (1935), St John's Church, Carrington, Notting-. ham. · · ·

P. M. Duplock (1938), Parish Church, Morden.E. V. Johnston (1939), St,James' Church, Carlisle.B. S. Maine (1916), St Mary-le-Tour, Ipswich.J. G. Nicholls (1938); St Stephen's, Twickenham.c: M. Roger� (1938), StAndrew's, Plymouth. ·

. R. A. Shone (1938), Church of Good Shepherd, W. Derby,Liverpool. . · . ·.;

.J. C. Tyrrel (1938), Holy Trinity; Southall, Middlesex. M.A. P. Wood {1938), St Paul's, Portman Square, London.

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MISCELLANEOUS E. J. Pitt (1934) has been appointed Deputy Town Clerk ·of

Stoke Newington. · · A. C. K. Toms (1891) is Chairman of the Bristol Education

Committee, and has been.a City Councillor there since £932. �:

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MARRIAGES . . . . . . . / · A. L. Armitage (1936), to J. K. Marcroft, August 1940.

E. M. Cobb (1932), to G. M. Braddell, 24 August �939·W. H. S. Curryer (1932), to Phyllis L. Edwards, 29 July 1939.

'Rev. L. A. Elliott (1935), to Sylvia Margaret Hall, 17 October1939· . .

G. E. Kirk (1936), to Margherita Evelyn Lane, 26 August 1939. A. G. Pouncy (1937) to Joy Dyer, 18 December 1939.

- E. Reynolds (1938), to Barbara Joan Spencer-Schrader.E. AOYouatt (1934), to M. J. Cave, 26 August 1939.

DEATHS ._ (See also Roll of Honour)-

Rev. W.W. :Nutter Barker (1885), 29 September 1939. · L. L. D. Black (1898), 27 July 1940 ..B. Brandreth (1932), accidentally killed when returning from _.

A.R.P. duty in the black:-out,· 23 Febn,iary 1940. · D. Calnan (M. 1884), c.B.E., 3 September 1939.F. V. F. G. Grylls (1888), 1940.Rev. J. R. l-Iannington ( 1928), 5 February 1940.Rev. A. E. N. Hitchcock (1910), Rector of St Botolph's, Cam-, bridge, 7 March 1940. · · ·

_H.- M. J.- Loewe· (1904), Honorary Fellow, ir October 1940.Sir Reginald G. C. Paterson (1897), C.B., K.B.E., Deputy Under-

Secretary of State for War, 1934, 26 December 1939. W. D·. Rogers ( 1911 ), December i939.Girrendra, Raj Singh (M. 1939), died of enteric fever at Bharapur,· 30 September 1940. ·

Major-General A. C. Temperley (1880), C.B., c.M.G., n.s.o.,7 March _1940. · ·

Rev. J. Thomas (1884), November �939. -. W. S. Wreathall (1900); September 1939.

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THE COLL• E The· College gave temporary sh ltcr to various troops, -and

members . of the Fire Fighting S rvices during the Long Vacation 1940._ ,

Members of St Bartholomew's H spital are still with us. A little less than two-thirds the usual number of men in resi­

dence. The Governing Body has decided to grow potatoes in the Fisher

Court.

GIFTS TO THE COLLEGE_ K. A. Hooper (19io), a bequest of £2000. C. H. Thompson (1922), a gift of fruit trees.P. Z. �rowne, Esq., of Cambridge, an American red oak tree.

GIFTS TO THE COLLEGE LIBRARY The Rev. B. Alldridge Abbot:

Camden; Third Series, Vols: LVIII, LXII, Lxm; LXIV. Transactions of the Royal Histon'cal Society, 4th Series, Vol. xxn.

C. O.Bean:Commander A. B. Campbell, Battle of the Plate, 1940.

AD. Browne: Anon.,.The M_oral of Flowers, with Coloured Engravings, 1833. ·w. A. Chatto, A Treatise 9n Wood-Engraving, 1861. .. Curzon of Keddleston, British Government in India, 2 vols., 1925 . . The Royal _Commission on Historical Monµments (England), London,

I, Westminster Abbey, 1924; II, West London, 1925; III, Roman London, 19?8; IV, The City, ·1929 ;_ V, East London, 1930.

· H. W. Williams, Views of Greece, 2 vols., 1829.Sir W. Scott, Life of Napoleon, 9 vols., 1827.F. Ross, Ruined Abbeys of Britain, 2 vols., s.a .

. Home Counties Magazine, 18 vols. (all issued), 1895ff. The Dean:

Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1938, 1939.

The Rev. A. E. N. Hitchcock: . F. Wormald (ed.), The Book of Psalmsjrom the .Version.of Miles

Coverda!e, with Facsimile Reproductions of Queen Mary's Psalter, - 1930

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The Jewish Historical Society: . A. M. Hyamson, The British Consulate in. Jerusalem (1838-1914),

1939·

H. Loewe:H. Loewe, Render Unto Caesar, 1940 ..

A. D. Power:Ecclesiasticus (privately printed), 1939.

The President: Archaeologia, vols. 83-87, 1933-37. The Antiquaries Journal, vols. XIV-XIX, 1934-39, including Report

on the Excavations at Verulam, 1936.

B. Samways:A. Smith, General Inorganic Chemistry, 1907.H. Lamb, Infinitesimal Calculus, 1902.

R. South:W. Gardner, A Lancashire Entomologist (Thos' Penny of Queens')

i:n the time of Queen Elizab:th (offprint), I 93 I.

Mrs W. H. Swift: MS.diary of the Rev. J. N. Peill, former incumbent of St Botolph's,

1844.

P. F. D. Tennant: Eng/ands Bia Bok; Eng/ands Vita Bok; Sir N. Henderson's Report

in Swedish transl.; and other Swedish pamphlets, 1939.

Miss Trye: Two MS. Notebooks belonging to J. Jee, former Fellow and

Bur�ar; also Proctor, 1819-20.

The Rev. F. J. Williams: F. J. Williams, MS. Index to Searle's History of Queens' College.

The Rev: C. T. Wood: Maj.-G�neral A. C. Temperley, The Whi;pering Galleryof Europe,

1938. . .

R. Wormell:· R. Wormell, Kingdom ·and Anti�Ki,;gdom, 1940.

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BOOKS BY QUEENS' MEN Dr A. B. Cook, Vice�President. The last vol�me and index of

Zeus.

Dr J. A. Venn,. President: Alumni Cantabrigienses, · Part n: Volume I.

QUEENS' COLLEGE CLUB Owing to wartime conditions it. was . impossible to hold the Annual Dinner this year.· Financially the affairs of the Club are quiescent, but it is · gratifying to record that forty-,nine new members have joined. Members may like to know that in April we invested £60 in 3 % Defence Bonds, and that in November, during the Cambridge War Weapons Week, we invested' a further £65. The balance at 30 June 1946 _was £38. ·,µ. 6d.· ···

E: A. MAXWELL, Hon. Treqsurer

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