At the Scottish Universities, in the middle of each term there is a holiday known as "Meal Monday."" Tt takes its name from the old custom of giving a long vacant week-end in order that the poorer students might have an opportunity of replenishing their store of food, especially their "meal poke."? In former days, Sydney Smith's joke at the starting of the "Edinburgh Review," that they "cultivated literature on a little oatmeal" was really true of many of our Scottish students, and the St. Andrews students have a pleasant way of keeping up the memory of this old custom. Every now and again, when they are in want of funds for some University purpose, they issue a, little volume, to which their literary friends contribute, and the public is always ready to buy many copies of what is called the Meal Poke." At the present time the students are in need of a sports ground, and the customary volume has been issued.
The new volume; contains a manly, soldierly message from Lord Haig of Bemersyde, the Chancellor of the University. He writes "The weapons of the intellect are kent clean and bright by the stretching of the muscles and healthful coursing of the blood I rejoice, therefore, that in my first year as Chancellor of our ancient University, the oldest of our Scottish Universities, and one whose reputation and corporate spirit stand comparison with the spirit and reputation of any University in the world, an effort should be made to provide more suitable opportunity for our Dundee students to obtain proper health-giving relaxation from the class-Yoom and study."
Perhaps the most interesting article in the book is one by the ord Rector, Sir James Barrie, entitled "Into Print." One would like ta quote the whole of it, but that would mean taking more than a pinch from the Meal Poke," which would be unfair. Here,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.