Ds A. W. Greenup (First Class Theological Tripos Part II 1890), Foundation Scholar, has gained the first Jeremie Prize for knowledge of the Septuagint. T. R. Glover, Scholar of the College, is honourably mentioned for the Waddington University Scholarship. The Thirlwall Prize has been awarded to Ds Francis Aiden Hibbert (Historical Tripos 1889) for a dissertation on The History and Development of the English Gilds as illustrated by the history of the Gilds of Shrewsbury. Ds R. H. Forster LL.B. (Senior in Law Tripos 1890), has been elected to a MacMahon Law Studentship; and Ds W. Easterby LL.B. (Law Tripos 1885), Yorke Prizeman 1887, to the remainder of the Studentship vacant by the death of Ds Greenidge. The Hulsean Prize for 1890 has been gained by Ds H. H. Scullard, Naden Divinity Student of the College, for an essay on Martin of Tours. Mr J. Bass Mullinger, our Librarian, has this term been delivering the Birkbeck lectures at Trinity College, on The Temporal Power of the Papacy: its Origin and Results. Dr William Hunter, Fellow-Commoner of the College, has been appointed Assistant-Physician to the London Fever 'Hospital. Ds J. T. Hewitt, Scholar of the College, gained the Scholarship in Chemistry awarded at the recent B.Sc. Examination of the University of London. He has been elected (for research in Chemistry) to the Hutchinson Studentship of the College, vacated by Mr E. H. Hankin, now a Fellow. Ds J. J. Alexander (Eighth Wrangler 1890) has been appointed a Lecturer in Mathematics at the University College of North Wales, Bangor. We have received a number of The Eagle: an intercollegiate Magazine, published at Stonyhurst College, as the journal of the several Roman Catholic schools or colleges in England. It is well edited, and adorned with a veritable bird on the cover. The managers, strange to say, were unaware of the existence of The Only and Genuine Eagle when they chose the title; but we accept without demur the sincere flattery they unconsciously bestowed on us. Mr R. T. Wright, our Law Lecturer, has been appointed Editor of the Cambridge University Reporter, in succession to Canon G. F. Browne, Disney Professor of Archæology. An illuminated testimonial with a purse of three hundred guineas has been presented to Mr E. J. C. Morton (B.A. 1880), formerly Scholar of the College, in acknowledgment of his political services as Secretary to the Home Rule Union. On his retirement at Christmas from the Head-Mastership of the Monmouth Grammar School, the Rev C. M. Roberts, now Rector of Brinkley, was entertained at dinner by his friends and former pupils, who presented him with an illuminated address. The text was as follows: TO THE REV CHARLES MANLY ROBERTS, B.D., ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. The undermentioned, on behalf of the old scholars, avail themselves of the occasion offered by the severance of your connection with the school, which has extended over twenty-one years, to offer you a small token of the appreciation and respect in which you are unanimously held by them. During the period of your head-mastership the school has enjoyed unprecedented prosperity, as testified by our numerous successes at the universities and hospitals, a prosperity in no small part due to the able manner in which you have conducted the affairs of the school. Those of us who have had the privilege of boarding in your house would express their gratitude to Mrs Roberts and yourself for the unremitting care and attention always extended to us. In conclusion, we beg to express our heartfelt wishes that yourself and your family may long be spared to continue your useful lives to the benefit of your parishioners. Dr Sandys, Tutor of the College, has been re-elected President of the Cambridge Philological Society for the current year. Among recent gifts to the smaller Combination-Room are—a platinotype portrait of the late Dr Churchill Babington, formerly Disney Professor, presented by Mrs Babington; a handsome brass candle-sconce bearing the arms of Dr James Wood, formerly Master, and one of our great benefactors, presented by Mr Newbold, Head-Master of St Bees' School; and a handsome wrought-iron firescreen, presented by Mr Pendlebury. Mr W. F. Smith has also given an old engraving of Dr Samuel Parr, which illustrates and confirms the tradition that the oil-portrait in the Combination-Room was once adorned with the effigy of a long clay pipe; and Professor Mayor has presented a collection of impressions of ancient seals, including one of Bishop Fisher and one of Lady Margaret, from documents in the College Muniment-room. Professor Marshall, Fellow of the College, has founded a triennial University prize of £60, to be called the Adam Smith Prize, for an essay on some unsettled question in Economic Science, or on some branch of Nineteenth Century Economic History or Statistics. Candidates are to be graduates of not more than four years' standing from their first degree. Mr Pendlebury has been appointed an Elector to the Professorship of Music; Professor Liveing an Elector to the Professorships of Anatomy and Experimental Physics; Dr Bonney an Elector to the Professorships of Geology and Mineralogy; Mr Roby an Elector to the Professorship of Political Economy; Dr Sandys an Elector to the Professorship of Sanskrit; Dr Besant an Elector to the Professorship of Mechanism and Applied Mathematics; Mr H. M. Gwatkin an Elector to the Dixie Professorship of Ecclesiastical History; Professor J. B. Mayor an Elector_to_the_Professorship of Mental Philosophy and Logic. Mr H. M. Gwatkin has been appointed an Examiner for the Lightfoot Scholarships of 1892; Professor A. G. Greenhill an Adjudicator of the Adams Prize of 1893; Mr W. F. Smith and Mr Cox, Examiners for the Previous Examination; Mr Haskins an Examiner for the General; Mr Caldecott an Examiner for the Moral Science Special, and Mr Tanner for the History Special; Mr G. F. Stout a member of the Moral Science Board; Mr T. Roberts and Mr E. H. Acton Examiners of Students at Local Lecture Centres. The Editorial Committee have to acknowledge with thanks the portraits of the following former Editors, which have been sent them for the Eagle Album: W. E. Mullins (Marlborough), F. C. Wace (Mayor of Cambridge), C. C. Cotterill (Fettes), W. Lee Warner (Bombay), C. H. Heath (Highgate School), Rev A. Caldecott (Junior Dean). The Album is not yet full. In connexion with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, there was a celebration of Holy Communion in the College Chapel, at 8 a.m. on Monday, January 26. The Master of the College celebrated, assisted by the Rev P. H. Mason, President. Afterwards, by kind permission of the Master and Fellows, the members and supporters of the Society, with the preachers and other friends, numbering over 100, including about 70 undergraduates, sat down to breakfast in the College hall. The Master of Selwyn, chairman of the Local Committee, presided, and a short address was given by the Earl of Stamford, a member of the Standing Committee of the Society. Prof Sir G. G. Stokes, M.P., proposed a vote of thanks to the College authorities for the use of the hall, which was briefly acknowledged by the President, in the absence of the Master. The Rev R. B. Davies B.A. (1882), and formerly of the Cambridge Clergy School, for two years curate in St Matthew's parish, Cambridge, and more recently at Nottingham, has joined the Universities Mission to Central Africa. G. W. Atlay (B.A. 1889) has also decided to join this Mission, The Rev F. F. Adeney (B.A. 1887), formerly curate at Christ Church, Cambridge, has been appointed by the Church Missionary Society to be Principal of the Bishop Gobat School at Jerusalem. This School is intended partly for the education of Mohammedan children, and partly for the education of candidates for ordination from among all the Arabic-speaking peoples of Syria, Egypt, and Arabia. Mr Caldecott, our Junior Dean, has been invited to rejoin the Committee of the Cambridge Clergy Training School, and also to join the Committee of the Cambridge Training College for Women Teachers. A portrait and biographical account of the Rev T. A. L. Greaves (B.A. 1850), Vicar of Clifton, Bristol, is given in The English Churchman of December 11, 1890. The Rev A. R. A. Nicol (B.A. 1887) has been elected a Chaplain at King's College, Cambridge. The preachers in the College Chapel this term have been Mr Bowling, Mr Ward, Mr Graves, and Mr Denton, Hon. Canon of Peterborough. The following members of the College were ordained in December. The following Ecclesiastical Appointments of members of the College are announced. to R. of Littleton, Hants V. of St John's, Sandown, I. of Wight Hon. Canon Win chester Cathedral R. of Ryme Intrinsica, Dorset V. of Stanton-in Peach, Derbyshire Hon Canon Wakefield Cathedral Lecturer of Parish Church, Bolton R. of Cowland, near Union R. Dean of Dedham Mr Henry Littlehales has edited and printed the rare manuscript (G. 24) in our Library, entitled The Prymer, a Prayer Book of the Lay People in the Middle Ages in English, dating about A.D. 1400. Longmans are the publishers. Mr Littlehales promises a supplementary volume of introduction and notes in a few years. The Royal Historical Society has published a volume containing the text of Walter of Henley's Husbandry, Robert Groseteste's Rules, the Seneschaucie, and a work known as the Anonymous Husbandry. The transcripts and translation are by Miss E. Lamond, and the volume has an introduction by Dr W. Cunningham of Trinity. The text of the anonymous treatise is taken from a MS in the possession of the College, which used formerly to be kept in the Muniment Room but is now deposited in the Library. This MS, which is on a parchment seven feet four inches long and six inches wide, is written in a hand of the early fourteenth century and probably belonged to the old Hospital of St John. Mr Riley in the First Report of the Historical Manuscripts Commission (p. 75) described it as the Liber Hosebondriæ of Robert Groseteste, but this was a mistake. The present volume gives these treatises in a convenient form. They are of great interest as being first-hand evidence of the views of our forefathers on farming. |