London, Aug. 13, August is really a pleasant month in London in spite of heat and thunderstorms. raffle thins out and buses run placidly to time. In the whole length of Pall Mall yesterday morning I only passed five people not counting housekeepers lounging in doorways. Shopping becomes an easy pastime. Even in the "rush hour" tubes there is room to stand.
It fg useless to ring up anyone on a business matter: "Mr. X. is not coming up today." "Is anything moving in the world?" a well-known journalist asked me yesterday, "Let's £0 and have tea on the Embankment." Which we did, wondering why it ean-not be served better, why the bread~ and-butter 1s so thick and moist, but much too drowsy to complain.
Meanwhile bishops be labour each other in the "Times" on how we should behave about Germany. The Bishops of Chichester and Durham believe that we cannot, as a Christian people, Keep silence on the ill-treatment of Pastor Niemoller, "the officially patronized anti-Semitism of Strelcher and the officially encouraged anti-Christian doctrines of Rosenberg." The Bishop of Gloucester, very much the strong man, retorts that our Knowledge on such subjects is imperfect and one-sided and that our continual prying and fault-finding justly infuriate the Germans and ruin the chances of an understanding with them, Newnham's Virtues Queen Mary's visit to Cambridge tovopen the new buildings of Newn. ham war a great success, "She. was described by Miss Strachey, the Prine Sipal, as "the first Queen' Who lid' Betriended a. Cambridge women's college"—though two Queens. come bined to bulld and endow the exauiste litle college for men which Bears their name, Forty-three purses were presented," one by. the blind Hludent Miss Ruth TUtehcoek, who Fecently took a. double. frst" in theology; and it way announced. that 254000 of the £100,000 which the whole building wil cost "had been collected.
Among the guests Biss Phiippa, Faweett, "the only woman who ever beat" the" senior wrangler of her year. And the new Building, a very Beautsal one of red trid. grey. brie with weathered. red es, "Was "designed bya woman Sechivect, nui lzabeth Scott Newnham has other claims to eon-sideration "besides "the prestige it Shares with Girton as one'of the two leading colleges for women, "Asked what Newnham does for a iti, one its senior tutors. replied without Hesitation, "Well, over: Atty per cent at Newnham girls masty, ana. marry Young' and stccessfally:> And she added pertinently, "It you think that ate low, remember that "Ntty per cent of the women of this country sre spnaters" She went on to explo that although Newnham does not teach mother-craft and cooking, it prepares a gin's mind with aptitude for anything. "Halt the failures In marriage," she said, "are. due to firs having nothing in her mind." And though: of trained to. ity most, Newnham girls. enjoy cooking "and Gone are' the bluestockings, the awful cocon-parties which were. the Serision of bygone years, Newnham tirls dose well, fully understand of make-up, and. throw. sherry parties. "hey are allowed to. tic freely" with the " undergraduates though chaperone" are" required they go to" parties in. men's" colleges Withat the great majority work eet of them do Fespettably. some brilliantly, and in last terms. class itz" there wore' three wrangler: from Newnham. Te is'said that Corn: Scldge girls are not keen on team ames, preferring squash racquets and Tawn. te unit to hockey" and. evict But surely that only means tht even through college they ave. preserved the most feminine of all virtues, inividvalism, "Which may' explain they marry. so. Well
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