years speed onward, and others wield the oar,
Though others race and win or lose where we have raced before;
Though others, while we watch the sport, should play as we have played,
And scorn us prosy greybeards--shall ELIN's glory fade?
NOBLE, and LORD, and FRANCKLYN, they each shall have their cheer,
And BRADDON, small, but quick of eye, who craftily did steer,
And ROWLATT, and FOGG-ELLIOTT, and LANDALE, of the Hall,
And FISON, sturdy Corpus man--we cheer and praise them all.
_Punch_ loves all sturdy men and true, by whom great deeds are done,
And toasts and cheers with all his might the Crews of '91.

* * * * *

LEGAL MAXIMS.

(_Suggestions for alteration and adaptation to Modern Manners and
Customs, after the Jackson decision by the Court of Appeal._)

_Common Law_.--"The tradition of ages shall prevail," save when it
runs counter to the opinions of a leader-writer of a daily paper.

_Equity_.--(1). "No right shall be without a remedy," save when it is
sentimentally suggested that somebody's right may be somebody else's
wrong.

(2.) "Equity follows the law," at such a distance that it never comes
up with it.

(3.) "Equity is equality," save when a man's wife is literally his
better half.

(4.) "Where there is equal equity the law must prevail," in any view
it pleases to take at the instance of the Lord Chancellor for the time
being.

(5.) "Where the equities are equal the law prevails," in any course it
likes to pursue.

(6.) "Equity looks upon that as done which is agreed to be done,"
especially when, after obtaining legal relief, the suitor ultimately
finds himself sold.

_Contracts_.--(1.) "All contracts are construed according to the
intentions of the parties," save where one of them subsequently
changes his mind.

(2.) "The construction should be liberal" enough to suit the fancy of
the Judge who enforces it.

(3.) "It should be favourable" to a long and angry correspondence in
all the principal newspapers.

(4) "The contract should in general be construed according to the law
of the country where made," but certainly not in particular.

(5.) "That testimony cannot be given to vary, but may to explain a
written contract," save when someone suggests that this practice shall
be reversed.

(6.) "He who employs an agent does it himself," unless it is
considered advisable to take an opposite view of the matter.

_Parent and Child_.--"A father