St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-09-04


Magdalen, the quaint quadrangle of
Oriel, the garden front Of St. Johns,
the old cloisters of New college,
nothing can spoil the charm of these
nothing but the restorer, and hap.
PLY he has not yet touched these.
Dean Liddell, Of Liddell and SCOTS
Lexicon, for long time dean OF
Christ church, the largest and richest
of the Oxford colleges, now ex-dean,
has just celebrated the 50th ami
versary of his marriage. Golden gifts
have poured in upon him in hun.
dreds, from the Queen and Prince of
Wales, from large number of the
nobility and the distinguished men
of England, and from Oxford gradu-
ates. The occasion has revived a
number Of anecdotes about him. One
is that in an examination he objected
to the translation of an unusual
Greek word, whereupon the student
appealed to "Liddel and Scott" as
his authority. "There," muttered
the dean, that fool Scott againW
Another is that by mistaking his
man he came near expelling his sue
cessor, the present Dean Paget, COM
ing down upon him With: "Sir, you
are no gentleman, you must go
down immediately" But for long
time no Oxford Don has been such
celebrity as Jowett, the master OF
Balliol, or simply 1.-THE Master" as
he was and is still called. never
saw him, but gather from what is
said of him, that it was his person
ality rather than his ability or his
attainments that gave him the hold
he had on two generations of Oxford
students. The feeling his men had
for him was strange mixture of
love and fear. His sermons to his
students are by no means remark
able. Intellectually they would not
compare favorably with the average
baccalaureate sermon of an Ameri.
can college president, and yet his men
remembered them, dated impressions
and resolves from them. The same
thing has been remarked of Dr.
Arnold's Rugby sermons. l imagine
that the present master of Balliol
DR.. Edward Card, is stronger and
deeper scholar than Jowett, but
doubt whether he will ever reach thu
place of power in Oxford under
graduate life so long held by "th'
Master"
Aug. 4. have to-day witnessed
not for the first time-the ceremon,
of comforting the degrees of M. A.
and B. A. Oxford's great festal da,
is Recommendation" which occur
in June. 1t is what the name implies
a commemoration day, in honor O
the founders and benefactors of tn
University. The events are tn
Crewean or commemoration dis
course, the reading ofprize essays anc
poems, and the comforting of tn
honorary degree of doctor Of civil
law. The degrees in course, maste
and bachelor Of arts, are conferred
at four times in the year, and tn
function is not specially imposing a
least not in comparison with com
memoration. Every B. A. of thre
years standing is entitled to pro
coed M. A." as the phrase is, but a
every M. A. becomes "regen
MASTER" that is member Of convo
cation, the corporation of which
governs the University, the ceremon'
of admission to this prerogativei
supposed to have degree of sol
emnity. The candidates, bearn,
their bachelors gowns and hoods
are presented to the vice-chancello
by the heads of their respectiv
colleges. A copy of the new tesla
ment is handed to each, having on
blank leaf the form Of oath to ODE
the laws of the University, 1ncludin!
the promise not to remove tn
University to Stamford" They the
kneel before the vice-chancellor, VIII
admits them to the degree of master
in the name Of the Holy Trinity
touching each of them on the hea
with the New Testament. The
then withdraw and return present.
in the masters gown and hood, an
are saluted by the vice chancellor b
lifting his cap and bowling to them.
J The promise not to remove tn
University to Stamford is tn
z "Reminiscences of an emeute in tn
early history OF the University, whe
' the whole body withdrew and Sc
. ~, q tuial institution in Stamford