nce I made money by it) that there is nothing like being
'umble' to your superiors, and showing them all that respect which they
desire, even if they don't deserve. But I am glad that the Oxford
authorities enforce this Statute by wisely ordaining that those who
neglect the proper marks of respect, shall be punished with impositions,
loss of terms, and the setting down of their names in the Proctor's
Black Book, (_in Libro Nigro Procuratorum_), which I have no doubt is
the Bogy with which the nurses of Alma Mater terrify and awe her
refractory children. But moreover, if they should still contumaciously
persist in their conduct, (_si contumaces perstiterint_), they shall be
fined in addition, not more than five pounds for each offence. It does
not say what is done with the money, but it probably goes towards
purchasing a plaister for wounded dignity. Now, _Mr. Punch_, as touching
this healthy Statute, I am rather curious to know how many
undergraduates, B.A.'s, or M.A.'s, were, during the late Commemoration,
castigated by the Proctors (_Procuratoribus castigentur_), or fined this
five pounds, or had their names put down in that terrible Black Book, or
done anything else to, for not capping at a proper distance, or yielding
the wall to DR. SAMUEL WARREN, D.C.L., F.R.S., &c. &c., when they met
that talented author of _The Lily and the Bee_, (that _sweet,
thoughtful_ poem, as MRS. BROWN calls it,) when he promenaded the High
Street in all the scarlet glories of his new D.C.L.-ship? For, if the
Proctors' Black Book be innocent of names branded therein for the dire
offences mentioned, of course there would not be such a Statute for
matriculating members to swear to obey.

[Illustration: NO ONE SHALL LOITER ABOUT THE STREETS OR THE PUBLIC
MARKET-PLACE.]

"It is next ordered that nobody should wander idly about the city or its
suburbs, or be seen loitering about the streets, or the public
market-place; (_neque in Plateis, aut publico Foro, stantes aut
commorantes conspiciantur_,) just as though Oxford was always in a state
of insurrection, and it was feared that if groups of students lounged in
the streets, the Riot Act would have to be read, and the military called
out. But, on the whole, I admire this rule also; for I know that when
young men hang about in front of attractive shop-windows, the natural
result is the running up of bills; and my son, PETERLOO, has rather a
pretty taste for jewellery and pictures. I am glad to t