GIRL STUDENTS WHO KEEP LATE HOURS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 72, 24 March 1923, Page 19

GIRL STUDENTS WHO KEEP LATE HOURS.

SPIKED BAILINGS FIXED TO TRAP THEM. A battle of wltn is ln progress between the eollejre authorities at Oxford and the ■undergradncttes, says -the "<Dally Chronicle." tin the post those vouug women have deTised ways and moans of getting into college unseen and unheard late at night. They have been known to scale walls, sometimes unaided, but on at least ono occasion last term with the help of an undergraduate. "With the true Ralelgu gallantry lie stooped down, the nnilersraduette jumped on to his back and was hoisted up until she could grasp the top of the wall and clamber Now, at one of the <-oll<\=e«, 3ft spiked railings have been plnccd upon the wall^ The average citizen lias liecn puzzled at seeing these railings erected, for they certainly do not add to the beauty of the college precincts. ever, have been observed to smile complacently. They guess the purpose these obstacles nre meant to serve, but it is rumoured that the (;irl.s, with sporting Instincts, murmuring the lines of the Cavalier poet about stone walls and Iron bars, nre not unduly perturbed. Thrlr counterStrategy is awaited with Interest. «ur s lars have been known tv take feather pillows with them on their nocturnal expeditions to meet such a contingency as iron spikes!