No fitter setting for a ceremony that
links up the twentieth century with
the past could be provided than the
cloisters and dining hall of Queen's
college Queen's, whose foundation
dates back to Ki-iO, was the college of
the Black Prince, Henry V., Cardinal <
Beaufort, Addison, Wycherley and I
many other famous men '
ine procession of the boar’s head Is
formed up at the buttery. At its head !
walks the soloist, a former scholar of
the college. Next comes the boar’s
head This is borne on a silver salver
upon the shoulders of two stalwart
servitors The great head presents a
quaint and handsome appearance, be
ing surmounted by a glittering and be
Jeweled crown and decked with frills
of gilded bay and rosemary. Be
tween the tusks is placed a golden
orange. Flags bearing the college arms
and devices are fixed in the head
Immediately behind the great dish !
comes the college organist, wearing the 1
brilliant robes of an Oxford doctor of j
music, and followed by his surpliced ,
choir of men and boys.
1 Meanwhile the provost of the col
i lege, standing on the dais at the end I
| of the hall in the midst of the princi
pal guests, says a Latin grace, after
which the dinner call is sounded in
. the cloisters upon a trumpet. Then
| with stately pomp the procession slow
| ly advances from the butlery. through
j the cloisters and into the great dining
| hall, and the soloist sings the procla
! cation:
The boar’s head In hand bear 1,
Bedecked with bays and rosemary.
And I pray you. my masters, be merry.
