Welsh Journals

a Professorship of Human Geography within the department is a welcome development to show that Dr. Fleure's emphasis is still respected in the school which he created. As a teacher, his contribution was profound. This was no academic doling out stereotyped notes with monotonous regularity. We entered the classroom with the knowledge that we were to listen to the gentle voice of a scholar who believed in his subject and who could inspire us to look at Man in Nature from many directions with sympathy and understanding. He did not dictate to his students but taught them to think for themselves. Dr. Fleure had a strong affection for Montgomeryshire and its people. Our county produced many of his finest students of whom the late Mr. R. U. Sayce and Professor E. Estyn Evans must surely be mentioned in this journal. This is not the place to list his many publications but probably his last appeared as an 'Introduction' to the volume Studies in Folk Life which appeared in May 1969. His last sentence in that Introduction is peculiarly appropriate as his epitaph. He helped 'all to see that it is the people and their story that matter more than kings and priests'. By his example and teaching, and notably through his inspiration, he served Wales and the world. To Mrs. Fleure (whom generations of Aberystwyth students remember with affection) and the family we offer our sympathy. Disgybl wyf, ef a'm dysgawdd. IORWERTH C. PEATE RODERICK URWICK SAYCE 1890 1970 Roderick Urwick Sayce died at the Victoria Memorial Hospital, Welshpool at the advanced age of 80 years, on May 1st, 1970. He was among the most distinguished social anthropologists of our time. He obtained his early edu- cation in Welshpool and then proceeded to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he studied Geography and Anthropology under the late Professor H. J. Fleure, F.R.S., and Geology under another very distinguished son of Montgomeryshire, Professor W. J. Pugh, F.R.S. Sayce's academic studies were interrupted by war service during the First World War, when he saw active service in France and was severely wounded in action. After the cessation of hostilities he returned to Aberystwyth where he distinguished him- self not only in academic studies but also in Athletics, being a very accomplished Association Footballer, fulfilling a promise he had shown in his early days as a student. He obtained his M.A. degree by research and at the same time worked closely in association with Professor Fleure who had interested him in