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spontaneous civility is not enough ; and the Master cannot do it all 

 himself, he needs help. But it is the little things that tell. 



It would probably be good policy to send a card of the first meets 

 of each term to be placed on the screens of all colleges and clubs, 

 with a note appended to the effect that it is open to members of all 

 colleges to become subscribers if they wish. — F. C. K. 



The drudgery of beagling is even yet not quite done. There are 

 accounts of runs to be sent to the press. It is to the credit of the 

 pack that accounts of runs should be sent to The Field, and I am 





Drawn by G. V. T. Hawkes. 



sure, especially in connection with matter considered in preceding 

 paragraphs, that it is " pohcy " to send in accounts to the Granta. 

 And why not also to the Cambridge Bevieio ? The zeal with which 

 this last duty is performed varies with the times. The burden of 

 this should not be laid on the secretary, who has already quite 

 enough to do. 



Should any reader who is not a beagler read through to the end 

 of this chapter he must realise, I think, how much work beagling 

 involves, and if he be a " don " or a schoolmaster he may exclaim at 

 the amount of time and energy diverted from what he will call 

 "more important subjects." There are men who come up to the 

 University to learn the principles of some definite profession whereby 



