Lincoln College 1925-1926

Scope and Content

Volume of the Lincoln College Record. Editorial mentions approval of the new university statutes by King George V and the 200th anniversary of John Wesley's admission, including the presentation of a bust (Object #152). Also mentions the impact of the general strike on College and the upcoming quincentenary. Also includes or mentions:

  • Fellows/student news from Sidgwick, Brook, Dreyer, Moberly, Alfred Hopkinson, HJ Embling, HH Barne, LFK Thorn, AFC Clark, RFS Baylis, FJ Wrottesley, G Rees, FBW Mills;
  • the need for considerable renovation work on College buildings;
  • academic successes by RFS Baylis, DG Bentliff, FT Wagner, and LA Woodward;
  • publications by P Gardner, E Vinaver, FP Wilson, J Johnston, JD Beazley, Casson, and Rector Munro;
  • bequests by HW Summers, CT Wood, EW Gillett, Mrs Braithwaite Batty (Object #420), and Mrs Norman (Objects #257, #259);
  • sports news including rowing, cricket, football, and hockey;
  • RW Speaight performing as Falstaff in the OUDS play.

With obituaries for Rev W H Branfoot, Frederick Hookham, G Farewell Jones, Rev Sir John Kingsmill Causton Key, A E Sich, Rev Thomas R R Stebbing, William Stebbing, and Rev E W Watts. 4 pages.