The annual dinner of the Oxford id Cambridge Society was iveld the Majestic on Saturday evening. The guest of the evening this year was Sir Sidney Barton, Consul-General; and thirty menibers of the Society were present. Before the dinner a short business meeting was held at which Mr. R, E. S. Gregson was elected President, Mr.
M. Green Vice-President, with a Committee of five, Messrs. C. H Ambhold, A. G. Mossop, N. Leslie, Jones and A. H, Hopkyn Rees. Tt was decided to make all tenure of office annual, Mr. R. Ross kindly. undertook the duties of hon. secre tery.
After dinner Mr, J. R. Jones proposed the toast of "Alma Mater" in which he happily combined reminiscence, humour, philosophic reflection and the requisite touch of the vor humane, accompanying appropriate quotation from Wordsworth. Shel-the chief poetic representative of the sister University, appeared to suitable lines' for the occasion.
Mr. 0. M. Green then proposed the toast of the guest of the ina very long speech. Sir Barton made an extremely fu teresting reply, in which he took the opportunity of calling the needs of the Royal Asiatic Society, our local seat of learning, to the attention of the representatives present of the ancient seats of Oxford and. Cambridge, 'The roll was then called, members rising and bowing to the chair as their names and colleges were real out. {t may be of general interest to "note that University College xon:) 1249, and Peterhouse (Cimb.) 1257,' are the two oldest colleges and' Fitzwilliam Hall (Camb,) 1869, and Selwyn (Oxen) 18K2, the two youngest. The roll call, us answered, was—
S. P. Simpson, Peterhouse, Camb.; Norman Leslie, Balliol, Oxen.; J. H. Masson, Merton, Oxen.; E. W. Mead, A. Wallis, R. Lock, "Pembroke, smb-; O, ME. Green, Cains, Cai E. A. Long, H, Lipson Ward. J. D. Monro, J. E. Haigh, Trinity Hall, Camb.; C. Woolhouse, C, Hastl Corpus, Cam!
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