OXFORD PARTY BANNED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21153, 9 April 1932, Page 3 (Supplement)

OXFORD PARTY BANNED.

FIAT OF THE PROCTORS. ! GUESTS RETURN TO LONDON. There was much comment at Oxford recently on (he last-minute ban which the proctors placed on a big party arranged by Oxford undergraduates, to be held on a Saturday night. One of the reasons given is that the proctors thought it possible, (hat certain uninvited people from London might arrive dressed as women. The invitations stated that guests were to attend in costume representing some personage at the Court of George 111. The party was to have been held at the Hotel St. Ives, and the guests were invited by Mr. Francis Fay Hill-Smith, Mr. Edward Scott-Nell, Mr. Lan Greenlees and Mr. Archibald Colquhoun. Everything was ready at a-quarter to six, when the proctors' fiat arrived forbidding any undergraduates to attend. Miss Phillips, proprietress of the hotel, said that at least £6O had been spent in preparations for the party. " Very distinguished people," she said, " came from London, but when they heard that their sons and brothers had been forbidden to attend, they returned home. I have not the remotest idea why the party was banned. It certainly would not have been a wild party." Mr. Scott-Snell, of Christchurch, one of the hosts, said that many more people came from London than they expected. " if the proctors stopped the party on account of these," he said, " I wish they had told us earlier, as we would have been very glad to have kept those people away."