The third meeting, on Thursday, 14th November, at 12-30, consisted of an illustrated talk by J. G. Slater, with musical illustrations, on "The piano concerto—an introduction". Illustrations were taken from Beethoven's "Emperor Concerto". An open meeting was held on Saturday, 23rd November, at 6-30, in the Gym. This took the form of a concert given by Mr. Waine (piano) with Mr. Jorysz (violin) and Mrs. Anderson ('cello). Their programme ended with Schubert's famous piano trio in B flat. The programme was very enjoyable, although the acoustics of the Gym. left much to be desired. The final meeting of the term, the fifth, on 28th November, was the "Secretary's day" when Jenkinson introduced and played on records Rachmaninoff's 1st Piano Concerto in F sharp minor. This was a sequel to the third meeting. Three Committee meetings were held during the term. It has been noticed that the attendance at the closed meetings of over 30 a time has far exceeded the average attendances in previous years. We look forward hopefully to the future. We are indebted to Mrs. Rochfort-Hyde for the generous gift of the following bound volumes of pianoforte music which have been added to the Music Library :Chopin: 24 Etudes. Nocturnes. Valses. Ballades. Impromptus et Fantaisies. Rondos et Scherzos. Preludes.
Debussy: Preludes. and miscellaneous piano pieces by Schumann and Macdowell.
T.M.J.
THE DEBATING SOCIETY This has been our first term under the Chairmanship of Mr. Hart, Mr. Le Tocq having retired at the end of the last season. Unfortunately it cannot be said that debating got off to a bright start; as there were few healthy speakers for the first meeting on 5th October. The motion before an open house, at this meeting, was "This House believes there is a place for racial segregation". This was proposed by Mr. L. C. Le Tocq, who considered that political segregation was necessary, as the blacks have no sentiments for politics. Opposing was Mr. P. L. Bellwood, who believed the black to be a perfectly normal person that ought to be given a chance to 34