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Oxford, No. 2 Winter 1935 Vol II. Published for the Oxford Society by the Oxford Univer- sity Press. 1-

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ART OF FENCING

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choice, for a Uving wage in the Eldst of rising. prices, which are surely fundamental to any smooth- ly working industrial system, and which are in fact acknowledged to great extent by most democratic countries Clara Weatherwax has Mr Leon Bertrand in his book in Manchester in 1858 of a family (Translated by Cyrus Brocks. The written a book which is most hu- The Winter 1935 number of "Ox-

"The Fencer's Companion" gives us which had reform in its bones. Bodley Head, London. 7/6.) deal man and most undidactic; she is with elementary ford" is as interesting as its pre- decessors. There is a notice of a fairly good view about fencing She collected pennies for America's with the same fundamental pro- more concerned

emancipated slaves and was old blem, but from entirely different rights than with Marxist philo the assuming of the Vice-Chancel- and the principals of fencing. lorship of the University by the The description of simple and enough to be awed by the hanging angles, the first more from a social sophy and she makes a corres- Master of Balliol, Mr. A. D. Land- compound attacks as well as pre-of the "Manchester Martyrs" in angle and the second from an in-pondingly greater general appeal.

she went to dividual point of view. "Marching! say, an appointment which is of paration of attack is easily under- 1867. At fourteen great interest, since Mr. Lindsay, standable and contalus everything school in Paris and was a most Marching!" won the prize contest aside from being a distinguished that is necessary to know about elegant and very attractive young of the New Masses for novel on an i

with a beautiful speaking American proletarian theme, and translated from the German and scholar, is the most "Leftist" of the subject. In writing "about the lady recent Vice-Chancellors. There is attack on the blade the author did voice when at 21 she married the when I picked it up it was with is pre-1933. It tells of the experi- also a picture of the site of the not point out that the traissement brilliant and carnest reformer Dr. rather a sinking heart, since the ences of three individuals out of new Bodleian building at the cor- gives a certain rigidity to the arm, Fankhurst She had five children average "proletarian" novel is far the three million unemployed in ner of the Broad and Parks Road, and makes the following move-Christabel, Sylvia, Adela in fu-, less enthralling than -statistics on Germany at the time. They were The author ordinary lower middle-class urti- ture upholder of the Women's the same subject. now occupied. by several under- ments slower.

takes a few chapters to get started, sans, a tailor, a factory-hand and graduate lodging-houses and

The explanation of how to take Party in Australia) and two sons Chaundy's book shop. Fortunate- ar opponent's foll is extraordinari- one of whom dled at four years but when she does she belles her a clerk. The deadly and killing The only draw-old and the other in young man- type and gives an absorbing, in-monotony of going every week to ly Blackwell's wil be left untouch-ily well written. rd.

back that is obvious not only here hood. Most people think of Mrs dignant account of labour condi- the Labour Exchange, receiving Lord Nuffield has given a further, but throughout the whole of the Funkhurst as a raging suffragette. tions on the West Coast. Callfornia their pittance of dole and trying notorious as the to exist on; that, was crushing generous gift to the University in book is his effort to replace foreign But she had other pre-occupations., has long been

and her husband scene of the most bitter social them, and they felt that they must the form of £18,000 for the In-expressions. by English ones, for In 1894 she

for struggles of this generation, the make some sort of effort to escape that there are certain started the first Committee stitute of Medical Research, and getting

them. They start out to tramp to the Institute will henceforth bear terms accepted internationally, e.g. the Relief of the Unemployed and cppressions of the employers giv- before their uselessness submerged nouline where he uses envelop- ted 2.000 daily of Manchester dis- ing rise to violent opposition on

Hamburg, barely managing to exist ,trict's

workless and hungry. In the part of the workers

on scraps of food and with no fur- The Union Society has managed mert. "

ther prospect of Mr. Bertrand gives two different 1895 she pressed for workhouse re-

work. By to .collect sufficient funds to en-

To an English person it seems stroke of luck they manage to get who are masters of a trade are party gets to its chosen spot or able it to have restored the pre-kinds of parries, direct or simple. form and got it--for she was ever

1 constructive critle. It was about odd that in traditionally free to Buenos Ayres, thinking that simply not wanted. It is not a how it lives when it gets there, Raphaelite mural paintings in the end arcular or counter parry. In Library and needs a further £200 (ne observation he explains clearly 872, when she was fourteen, that America Communists should have they would have a better chance case of the "unemployable" but of and like many things that seem new i first-class human material being duil it all turns out to be interest- to have the Morris celling restored, the instinctiveness of the circular she was taken to her first suffrage to organize with as much secrecy to sart entirely fresh in 1

She may be pardoned, as they have to under the present country, but the depression has allowed to go to waste because of As the result of a generous gift or counter parry. He ought to meeting. by 'Lord Justice Greene it will now have pointed out that the parry byherefore, for teeling in 1899, when régime in Germany: "Communist" just hit South America and they stupidity and selfishness and the ing. The theme of the book is the be possible to remove the unsight opposition is much better than the cause bad made no noticeable is a title given them by scaremon are finally forced to come back to determination of the few who are effect of a lovely woman, who can- be-advance, that new methods were gering employers, for their agita-Berlin. The account of their win "haves" rather to go down to des- not resist enslaving every man ly railings around the Radcliffe the parry, by detachment.

tions are to gain rights-privileges, ter there is terrible. Not having truction themselves than give up that she comes in contact with, on Camera, and future generations of cause the latter gives rigidity to necessary. The constitutional way

was tried, but in May, 1905, the whatever you care to call them. been employed there they are not one atom of their wealth and pri undegraduates will have. to look the arm,

Describing the tactics and the the Women's Enfranchisement Bill the right of workers to unite in qualified for the dole and have to vileges. These two books are only very ingenuous boy. She is the elsewhere for bicycle rests. Doubt- less, however, the memory of the kind of fencing advisable. against was "talked out" in the House of unions of their own choice instead subsist by begging, with never aa further indictment of the mad, wife of a boorish sulky Welshman, railings will persist us the famous different kinds of people, especially Commons amidat bilarious laugher in company unions, the right to roof over their heads and the world we live in.--Nadys, tale

of against the exponent of Italianter. Mrs. Pankhurst was Bery, het strike and picket, the right to be temptation to commit suicide ever concerning the dons

ferier long to any political party of their hanging over them: They at last Lincoln and the dons of BN.C. art, is the most that one can ask doughter Christabel

Anish up back in their own towns 5.P.B., Mais' article on waikser require. Reading this part any- (she figured in this year's Honours.

ro ragged and wild-looking that a around Oxford made me realize one has to admit that its author List as a Dame of the British Em- how many opportunities. I had let, knows what he is speaking about. pire) and the militant suffrage slip by for lack of a good map and In the following part of the book movement began. This book tells

policeman stops them to ask for a bus time-table and I recommend the author builds up épée fencing the story of the now almost for

their papers; and prepare to end any future undergraduates to pro- from foll fending. It is interesting potten fight which ended in en-

their days burnt-out and hopeless, vide themselves" with both. They to observe how he builds up sabre franchisement for women in 1918,

existing on the dole. will have a chance of seeing some fencing from the two previously about a year after Canada and New York State had led the way. of the most characteristically love-mentioned kinds of fencing. ly country in England.

Some parts of the struggle are al- most Incredible to read of now. The

There are various other articles too numerous to detail here, but of special interest are those on the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition 1934-35 and that on Capada and Oxford.

As usual the format proachable.-Nadys.

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SUPER TYRE

A New Product From The Inchinnan Factory

The only thing where fencers will very probably disagree with aim is the sesta, or sixth parry of the head, because he lays unpro- tected the whole left side. Alto- gether the book is of grent value to the master and advanced punit but is not advisable in quite such a degree for the neophyte.

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Sylvia and Adela held more logical ly to the women's anti-war plat- form. It follows that Miss Sylvia Pankhurst's study of her mother's tite gains fh balance from the fact that their views, were not always in accord.

It is good for women to remem- ber Mrs. Pankhurst and her fol- lowers or to learn something about them. They bore the brunt of a hard battle of which we reap the trults, and she herself ilved and.

tale is told quite airly, There were cleavages between Mrs' Pankhurst and her daughters un matters of policy, notably during the War when the mother and her eldest daughter threw themselves died poor, burut out by the fire of hotly into the Allied cause, while her enthusiasms.-G.C.

MOTOR

GENTLY, PLEASE!

Car Doors Will Shut Easily: It Is Hurmful To Slam Then

The high reputation which has been achieved by India tyres lends Passengers as a whole have a particular interest to the an- very bad habit wh.ch annoys car nouncement of a new "Super" owners extremely. It is the habit cover which wil be marketed at 01 slamming car doors when they prices comparable with those of aught, and on a later page a rea- | other Arst-line products. Prolong- der very sensibly draws attention ed and rigorous tests he behind to it. Commissionaires are not this new tyre, the design of which

alone at fault: it is practised even

is also based upon the experience by drivers when they ride in gained by the India Co. in the manufacture and performance of stan- the "Speed Special" cover dardized on the 3 1.tre Bentley chassis.

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other people's cars. Once there was a need to alim car doors to snut them properly, but to-day, 1 he latches are properly cared for and smeared occasionally with vaseline-and even if they are not the great majority of doors will shut easily if pushed firmly from an opening distance a few inches I wide. There is no need whatso- ever to swing them out and hurl them closed. If the doors are slammed hard they will very soon start to rattle. There is also a decided danger to the glass f they are roughly treated.

slon of every process. counter- checked by laboratory tests.

The handsome appearance of the new Super tyre is shown in photograph reproduced from which it will be seen that the tread de sign is similar to that of "Speed Special" model with deeply incised non-skid patiem reinforced by buttresses at each side. The tyre is Identlßed by a neat medallion carrying the name. TREAD AND CARCASS In the design of the tread and freakish features have carcass, been avoided with the aim of securing a proper balance between essentials such as road grip, riding comfort, silent running and a long Hfe. The tyre is built up from fabric plies of the finest long: type. staple Egyptian cotton by crafts- It is of interest to recall that men skied in the art. Another

these new India tyres were used interesting bolat is a special de- on the 3 litre Bentley with which vite employed to check the dimen-

`E`R. Hall maintained the highest slons of the tread as it passes in

average speed of 80.38 m.ph. and long strips down a conveyer. inished second in the R.AC. T.T. India tyres are produced in a the tyres fitted were not specially built for the event, but were taken modern factory which was equip ped at Inchirman, Renfrewshire, rm stock, "eing exactly the same; some years ago. Here, in addition as those available to the public. al the latest production 'th spite of the fact that this is speed at machinery, there is a test house the highest average

to

In addition to the new "Super" model the company will continue to manufacture the India Standard tyre and the less costly "Sterling"

in which tyres can be run up to whth the course has ever been speeds equivalent to 250 m.ph. covered in an unsupercharged car, Consistency in the product is Hull made only one change of maintained by the close supervi- ' 'yres.

JOTTINGS

FIVE AND A HALF MILLION

Exports Of British

Cars

Of late years there has neat a Steady rise in the number of new private cars exported rom the United Kingdom, and for 1955 the

va.ue has approached the splendid total of five and a balí million pounds. Recent figures Lave been: 1931, £2,549,264; 1932. £3.440.145; 1833, £4,392,333; 1934, 4,853,600; and for 1935. £5,488,431. The 1935 totalɛ thi no mere flash in the pan. There has been a steady upward trend, and there is every possibility that it will continue for 1936. Th extra emphasis placed this year on "export models" by certain famous factories will no doubt play an important part in this.

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In addition to the exports of new assembled private cars there are, of course. also second-hand vehicles.

vehicles. Commercial spare parts, and so on. The total exports at motor cars." parts and accessories, amounted to £12 200- 429 last year. This figure cludes rubber tyres, accumulators. magnetos, electric bulbs, ball an roller bearings, and sparking plugs separately consigned. ports of tyres without tubes were: alone worth £2,500.390. These are impressive totals, and they, said to represent too. may be steady advances on previous years -no sudden "rocketing up with a possibly equally sudden descent. An outstanding point in the sales of cars to the various coun- tries is that for the first time New Zealand tops the list with Britch Imports valued at £553 802. Hor.

PREVENTING. TERMINAL

CORROSION

Miniature Oil Trays For The Battery Terminals

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Storage batteries on cars, elsewhere, have a habit of grow- ing a nasty green verdigris on Laer terminals, if not regularly some- cleaned, which can, and times does, corrode right through the cable, and allows it to break off short. The sudden failure of all electric equipment; especially a disastrous at night, is rather occurrence.

In order to guard againat tez- mnal trouble, and at the same time reduce the need of cleaning to a minimum, a simple and cle- ver little gadget has just been put on the market. It is called the Clayson's battery terminal over, and consists of a "strongly made wick-lined tray washer, connected to a wick in a small metal reser- volr. The cable is unclamped from the terminal, the oiler 1s slipped over the latter, and then the cable is clipped on again.

A few spots of engine all from a can are dropped into the re- servoir, and the wick spreads a flm of all round the base of the terminal over which the corrosion does not creep. Fresh oil is added about once in six months. These terminial oilers are priced at 38. Der pair, from Clayson's, King's Lane. Bishopston, Stratford-on- Avon.

imports in 1934 and 1933 were' only 2609,141 and £200,323. South Africa held pride of place in 1934 with £300,036, and arition India in 1923 with £757,832, Bouth Africa last year bought" £809,241 worth and British India £756,931. May competition für British goods continue-and goo luck to New Zealand!

CALL FLAG: "NUMERAL ONE" OVER "PENKANT AND,”

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his secretary, who is the Welsh- middle-aged cousin and where a rich old archeologist 1 amusing himself with a winter's man's sounds a dry affair, but the author ingenuous boy is making his first digging among Roman remains. It burningly in love with him. The has made it very entertaining. Few expedition with the party. Ben- The story is horrible because it people can have, meditated on timentality does not intrude itself archæological research into the study of these people shows that even men of initiative how an

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