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Russian Society
from Feb 1966
by StPetersYork
time of the visit the Buccaneer was the only aircraft being produced, and we were in fact able to look over a practically complete one.
The first meeting of the term consisted of a talk on "New Materials", given by Dr. Webster of Hull University. This proved to be the most popular meeting of the term, with many amusing demonstations given by Dr. Webster.
In the second meeting of the term Major M. H. Priestley and Mr. D. A. A. Lamb, O.P., from the Royal School of Signals, gave a talk on "Transistors and their Effect on Military Telecommunication Equipment". This talk, dealing more with the technical side of the equipment, was also very interesting, and was enlightened by demonstrations of some military equipment.
For the last meeting of the term Mrs. Renton, from Ripon College, gave a talk on "Mathematics by the Roadside". This was of interest to all and especially to the mathematically-minded amongst us.
On the whole the term's meetings proved very successful, and the Society continues to flourish with much enthusiasm from its members. M.J.T.C.
Christmas Term, 1965
A renewed interest in the Society was reflected in its record-breaking membership of over 100 boys. Three meetings were arranged for the term, the last of which was to be composed of a film show. R. C. Dixon opened the Society's year with a talk on the School's trip to Russia in April, 1965; he commented on the educational value of such a trip, and the talk was illustrated with slides ably projected by Q. Gray.
The second meeting of the term took the form of three short talks given by members of the Society : I. R. Gibson gave an informative talk on certain of the leading Russian dramatists; P. R. Harrison described life in a Siberian prison camp; and P. L. D. Rank concluded the programme with an entertaining introduction to modern music in Soviet Russia.
Attendances at both meetings were encouragingly large; the films "Moscow Taxi" and "Siege of Leningrad" naturally attracted the greatest interest. However, the audience was to be not a little disappointed by the two films, as neither of them came up to the expected standards.
A full programme has already been planned for next term: the meetings should include a play-reading and the visit of an outside speaker. It is hoped that the enthusiasm shown this term will be continued in the future.
