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CHRIST CHURCH
1958
NOTHINC', said Haverfield once, 'is so permanent as the pro-
visional." This Report used to be a function of the Secretary to
the Governing Body, as which I succeeded Mr. Harrod tempo-
rarily when he went off and up to higher things in 1939: yet
here I am writing my nineteenth, though neither Secretary nor
Student nor Tutor nor anything except Emeritus and a lodger.
The Dean had several weeks in Canada and America in sum-
mer, with some irrepressible work, but mainly on holiday. He
was held to have benefited greatly, though I could have wished
that the benefit had been more obvious. He is still, of course, a
convalescent, he gets rather easily tired, and his gait is the least
encouraging thing about him. The trouble is that his lucid and
vigorous mind, which aches to be up and doing, encourages him
to do more than his body can well bear, and, in fact, to do too
much; that is a thing very hard to prevent. For a considerable
time he was unfit for College business; but was, happily, well
enough in May to be present at the 'unveiling' of his bronze
bust in the Hall Vestibule, where it replaces Cyril Jackson. It is
an impressive piece, with the face a trifle narrower, and more
severe, than we usually picture it. It stands on a massive pedestal
of Taynton stone, in complete contrast, designedly, to the lighter
pedestals of the marble heads all round. Sir Jacob Epstein could
not be present; and we were delighted to hear that he visited the
Library later, and offered the House his congratulations on the
excellence of the Library redecoration, and of the pedestal
chosen to support his bust. On the occasion of the unveiling,
Mr. Hiscock laid out for us in the Upper Library some of our
more wonderful treasures, which to me for one were quite un-
known; and especially Audubon's Birds of America, Buffon's
Birds, Blaeu'sAtlases, and Ortelius's Maps, all with contemporary
colouring ; and First Editions of Locke, Newton, Descartes,
Hooke, and de Bry's Voyages.
Of a new Picture
CHRIST CHURCH
1958
NOTHINC', said Haverfield once, 'is so permanent as the pro-
visional." This Report used to be a function of the Secretary to
the Governing Body, as which I succeeded Mr. Harrod tempo-
rarily when he went off and up to higher things in 1939: yet
here I am writing my nineteenth, though neither Secretary nor
Student nor Tutor nor anything except Emeritus and a lodger.
The Dean had several weeks in Canada and America in sum-
mer, with some irrepressible work, but mainly on holiday. He
was held to have benefited greatly, though I could have wished
that the benefit had been more obvious. He is still, of course, a
convalescent, he gets rather easily tired, and his gait is the least
encouraging thing about him. The trouble is that his lucid and
vigorous mind, which aches to be up and doing, encourages him
to do more than his body can well bear, and, in fact, to do too
much; that is a thing very hard to prevent. For a considerable
time he was unfit for College business; but was, happily, well
enough in May to be present at the 'unveiling' of his bronze
bust in the Hall Vestibule, where it replaces Cyril Jackson. It is
an impressive piece, with the face a trifle narrower, and more
severe, than we usually picture it. It stands on a massive pedestal
of Taynton stone, in complete contrast, designedly, to the lighter
pedestals of the marble heads all round. Sir Jacob Epstein could
not be present; and we were delighted to hear that he visited the
Library later, and offered the House his congratulations on the
excellence of the Library redecoration, and of the pedestal
chosen to support his bust. On the occasion of the unveiling,
Mr. Hiscock laid out for us in the Upper Library some of our
more wonderful treasures, which to me for one were quite un-
known; and especially Audubon's Birds of America, Buffon's
Birds, Blaeu'sAtlases, and Ortelius's Maps, all with contemporary
colouring ; and First Editions of Locke, Newton, Descartes,
Hooke, and de Bry's Voyages.
Of a new Picture