Word: hertford
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Oxford.- (Bow) W. F. C. Holland, of Brazenose, 153 1-2 pounds; 2-E. J. Burr, of St. John, 154 pounds; 3-M. E. Bradford, of Christ Church, 158 1-2 pounds; 4-S. R. Fothergill, of New, 175 pounds; 5-N. Cross, of Hertford, 177 1-2 pounds; 6-N. R. Parker, of Brazenose, 182 pounds; 7-J. Nickalls, of Magdalen, 172 pounds; 8-L. Frere, of Brazenose, (stroke), 141 pounds; coxswain-F. P. Bulley, of Magdalen...
Oxford consists of twenty-one colleges, three halls and at present two private halls. The colleges are, All Souls, Balliol, Brasenose, Christ Church, Corpus Christi, Exeter, Hertford, Jesus, St. John's, Keble, Lincoln, Magdalen, Merton, New, Oriel, Pembroke, Queen's, Trinity, University (the oldest, endowed in 1249 A. D.), Wadham, Worcester; the halls are, St. Edmund, St. Mary and New Inn; the private halls are, Charsley's and Turrell...
...Merton College, and is annexed to it, while the resigning principal is to receive a pension from that society. St. Alban Hall is thus the first of the halls to suffer extinction. Magdalen Hall was some years since endowed by Mr. Baring, and received a charter of incorporation as Hertford College. St. Mary Hall, New Inn Hall and St. Edmund Hall are ultimately destined to absorption by Oriel, Balliol and Queen's colleges, respectively...
...English university crews at present are made up as follows: At Oxford, bow, G. C. Bourne, New, 154 lbs.; No. 2, R. S. de Haviland, Corpus, 155 lbs.; No. 3, G. S. Fort, Hertford, 171 lbs.; No. 4, E. Buck, Hertford, 170 1/2 lbs.; No. 5, A. R. Patterson, Trinity, 181 lbs.; No. 6, D. Brown, Hertford, 174 lbs.; No. 7, R. S. Kindersley, Exeter, 185 lbs.; stroke, A. H. Higgins, Magdalen, 131 1/2 lbs. At Cambridge, bow, L. R. Jones, Jesus, 158 lbs.; No. 2, S. P. Smith, 1st Trinity, 156 lbs.; No. 3, P. W. Atkin, Jesus...
Much complaint is made at Oxford of sneak-thieves, who boldly enter students' rooms as if they were visitors, and if they find the rooms empty, quietly help themselves to valuables. Eight rooms in Magdalen were entered in a single afternoon. Queens', Hertford and St. Mary's have also been "worked...