Show AT OXFORD EIGHTS WEEK great dewerd even in students yer year as 0 ascribed scribed firl bed in many maar letters from ancient university london Doubt lesil every letter that has left oxford recently has contained la a more or less vivid description of rights eights week tho the the great event of the student etu deit year from the ibah to the of al may ay the quiet staid old town was transformed into a gay and fashionable resort and to the joy ut u all dime dame nature did hor her utmost it most to make tho the result entrancing my first sight of the eights from the dock deck of a river hier steamer filled ras with delight as I 1 drank in fit the beauties of the scene before mo ma for the mo moment anent the eager st rivina oar oarsman carsmer were forgotten and I 1 behold beheld only the marvelous marv clous charms of my iny surround ings the college barges which at all times I 1 ook look attractive wern particularly so BO for this occasion loti and each contained its quota of maidens and t ltv K main thoroughfare oxford W bilte undergraduates on the opposite side aide of the alyer alver innumerable punts were moored well filled llred with cheering huma humanity tilty and the towpath along the right bank was blach with watchers unlike ordinary races the boats do not cross the alpe together the river being jar far too narrow to permit of such I 1 a course they leave leae the starting point in single file and in tho the order ol of precedence gainni in the races ot of the tha previous year it the second boat succeeds in oer overtaking taking the first a much prized priar d hump bump elisues efi ensues sues and the tha second crew Is entitled to first place aiace in the next contest thus bumps are eagerly sought alli alii along the line the tha same rule holding good in all cases once a bump has been effected the tha crews crows of the boats concerned immediately cease rowing and drop out ot of that particular race and one hears bears all along alon A the he course the enthusiastic cheers which announce another victory tor for tho the hardworking hard working contestants from the starting post a wIld surging mass of students headed frequently this by the prince of wales rushes madly along the towpath tow path cheering their favorite crews lustily and adding to td the general din with rattles bells and pt pistols even tho the staid old matrons matrona become excited and wave their parasols frantically endangering greatly thereby the eyes and millinery of their neighbors |