Boat race day was observed by the members of the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Shanghai on Saturday evening with the usual dinner at the Shanghai Club, this being the eleventh of these festivities since the Society was formed, the practice naturally having lapsed during the war. The table, with its broad bands of dark blue and light blue and profusion of daffodils, was an extremely pretty sight, owing to the large number of massive silver bowls, candelabra and fruit dishes which Dr. Goode had lent, a kindness for. which the Society is much indebted to him. Rear Admiral Maelachlan was the guest of the evening and the chair was taken by Mr. Duncan McNeill, tha President. It was pleasant to ses how many Chinese members of the Society were present; one of them, Mr.. Tseng, formerly of Pembroke College, Cambridge, made undoubtedly the best and mest amusing speech of tha evening. After the toast of "The King," Mr. McNeill said he was sure the Society would wish to offer its congratulations to its former President, Sir Havilland de Sausmarez, on being appointed Bailiff of Guernsey. It was an extremely important post and, from the duality of the functions it involved, put its holder somewhat in the position of one who would simultaneously be speaker of the House of Commons and Lord Chancellor. So the Society drank the health of Sir Havilland with enthusiasm. Then Mr. Lipson Ward made a witty speech about his recollections of "Alma Maier" and her total failure to recollect him, ending on such a note of pathos that the Society, while vemembering to drink the toast, almost forgot to applaud the speaker. And afterwards Mr. Billings rose to great heights, literally and metaphorically, in proposing health of "the simple unsuspecting sailor" whom the Society had "lured into its midst," Admiral Maclachlan replying with a fervour to which the enjoyment. of his dinner and his ignorance of the Sister Universities equally contributed. Mr. Tseng's speech it would be impossible to reproduce. But the obvious lesson was that Ohinese enjoy themselves immensely Oxford and Cambridge and there ought to be a lot more of them there, And so say all their fellow members. The evening ended with the usual roll call and inevitable photograph. Those who answered to their names as Mr. Mossop called) them were as_ follows:—Duncan McNeill, J. E. Badeley, 1 oe Wilkinson, _N.
Langley-Smith, the Rt. Rev. Bishop F. R. Graves, OE. Hastings, J. L. Beaumont, A. R. T. Finch, T. K. Tseng, T. R. Banister; Dr. 'G. BE. Goode, G. M. Billings, Dr.
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