Cecil Rhodes and His College. By G.N. Clark

Wrappers. Reprint (first printed 1953); the historian Sir George Clark was Provost of Oriel College, Oxford, from 1947 to 1957. "Another conversation of Easter Term 1895 has been recorded. In his book Long Innings Sir Pelham Warner tells us that Rhodes and Dr. Jameson spent a weekend with Monro in the Provost's Lodgings. He goes on: 'I was one of the half-dozen or so undergraduates bidden to meet him at breakfast, when I was fortunate enough to sit next to him. I have a good memory for some things - cricket scores and initials, and conversations which interest me - and, though it is fifty-six years ago, the following is an almost word for word record of part of that conversation: C.J.R.: What are you going to do when you go down? P.F.W.: I am going to the Bar, and am "eating dinners" at the Inner Temple. C.J.R.: Do you ever get any coloured men there? P.F.W.: Yes, a few. C.J.R.: Do you ever sit near them? P.F.W.: Yes, we are often placed in messes of four. C.J.R.: Do you talk to them? P.F.W.: Yes. C.J.R.: Do you like them? P.F.W.: Yes, I do. C.J.R.: Do you like them? C.J.R.: Well, I don't.' ". …