Calendar: 1937-1938 Page 434
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ANNUAL REPORT XX to be used in helping cases of financial hardship among students and for the assistance of research students The late Professor William Blair Bell formerly student and afterwards Fellow of the College bequeathed the sum of £250 to the Games Fund of the College for the purpose of providing prizes for the hurdle races or the open long distance race or for an open boxing championship Mrs Archibald Allen made gift of £100 to the College in memory of the late Allen Vice-Chairman of the Delegacy from 1923 to 1935 Sir Roderick Jones Managing Director of Reuters has placed on loan with the College Creed Start-Stop Teleprinter commonly known as ticker for use in connection with the Practical Journalism Classes George Ellison Limited presented to the College for use in the Electrical Engineering Department the following apparatus an oil- immersed motor starter an oil-immersed circuit breaker large drum-type controller transformer for motor starting Messrs Oronzio de Nora presented small-scale model of an alkali- chlorine cell for use in the Chemical Engineering Laboratory former student of the College offered to endow anonymously for period of five years in the first instance an annual Prize of the value of £5 to be awarded on the results of the Final Examination in the subject of Real Property and Conveyancing His Excellency Seflor Ramon Perez de Ayala recently Spanish Ambassador to the Court of St James's presented to the College complete set of his published works The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rio de Janeiro presented to the College library consisting of about one hundred and forty books in the Portuguese language dealing with Brazilian subjects The Hispanic Society of America made gift to the College of number of publications and stated that they would be pleased to send any of their publications which might become available in the future The late Dr William Nembhard Hibbert bequeathed his library of Law books to the College Mrs Dearmer presented to the College books and photographs from the library of the late Rev Professor Percy Dearmer Miss Dorothy Arnold presented to the College book of manuscript notes on the classics written by her grandfather the late Sir Edwin Arnold when he was student of the College in the middle of the last century Miss Theodora Daniell presented to the College collection of papers and correspondence relating to her great grandfather the late Professor John Frederic Daniell 12 Hostels The Platanes -Dr Archibald Gilpin Warden of the Platanes resigned his office at the end of the Session Mr Eric John
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