University of Western Ontario - Occidentalia Yearbook (London, Ontario Canada)

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r UNIVIQRSITY OF FACULTY W E STE RN ONTARIO 'J 5, VW, W Q, ,sf soxqaigs OF ARTS H espericm Club E YOURS to hold it high! said last year's Executive, and handed us the past record of achievements, the minutes, the none too, heavy bankfbook and the responsibility of directing the activities of the Hesperian Club for this year. The Executive held the usual long and inconvenient meetings, one of which was graced by the joyous presence of last yearis Secretary, the irrepressible Wally Ferguson. They wrangled at long length over weighty matters of policy and program which now, happily, are as dead as only past discussions can l'e. Without the tact, the eternal patience and the friendly humor of the President. Miss Margaret Ruddell. who strangely manages to have her name omitted from all the thank you lists, we should certainly never have pulled through. And when actual meetings took form from programs planned, she presided with a graciousness so genuine and unaffected that it deserves special mention. This year iv: definite project was covered at our meetings. The programs provided ranged from food for babes in parodies of famous poems to the mysteries of Imagism and Symbolism for the more sophisticated palate. Of course, no one who wasn't at the meetings believes they were interestingg but those who were there know. The necessary labor of preparing the programs was provided by Club members. chiefly under' graduates, though we had the enjoyable assistance of Mr. Collin and two M. A. students, Miss Christine McKerracber and Miss Frieda Daly, in handling the knottiest lnot the naughtiestj topics. So generously was material provided that there was even some to spare-a surprising surplus which we hope to hear before a new executive comes in which will have forgotten all about it. The thanks of the Club go to those whose work, often done with essays and seminars in the ofling, provided the matter for these meetings. As in other years, our hostesses have been more than kind This year's banquet was appetizing and not too heavy, from the menu and its quotations to the delightful talks on Contemporary Trends in National Life and Letters, given by Mr. Celieres. Mr, Bassett and Mr. Damaske. We giggled over Mr. Celiere's discussion of the uetceterasl' and heard with interest Mi. Damaskes account of German student life, and Mr. Bassett's comments on the noneftoofamiliar American schools, their ideals and their writers. We enjoyed a whole series of hearty laughs Lyes, Dr. Neville was therej, and learned, among other things, why Mr, Gemmell expects to graduate and three working C73 definitions of a gentleman. And Mr. Milne was put in his proper place. The Club's birthday cake ceremony was inaugurated with a touch of doggerel ritual and preceded by a preposterous collection of P'sf pendf ing presentation of the perennial pastrvfl The artistic finger of Mr. Knox was to be felt in this pie, no-cake. And when there was nothing else to do, there was the production to plan, to feed, to sell tickets for and to worry over. This was a year! For the Executive we wish a rest from their labors, for our seniors, inspiraf tion for the future, and for the rank and file, many years of long life to be happily used in attending meetings of the Hesperian Club. M, L. W. Page Tiuentvfslx

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