The Saturday Society

223 B. J. Eastwood, a suave inspector, perhaps concealed the iron hand a little too completely under the velvet glove, though this was possibly in itself a menace to garrulous wives. M. S. Douglas provided a welcome anti-climax in the form of the conventional stage policeman.

The scenery and lighting was, as usual, excellently carried out by Schofield.

'Oct. Che %aturbav fbociety. 17. Films. „ 24. Wallace Cunningham, the Versatile Entertainer. „ 31. Films. Nov. 7. Rev. Chancellor F. Harrison on " York Minster." „ 14. The Osiris Players, " Hamlet." „ 21. Edward Broadhead, " Living Literature." „ 28. G. 0. Walters, " Flight in the Stratosphere." Dec. 5. Chung Loo, " Chinese Mysteries." „ 12. Films.

Last term saw the formation of a new society, " The Saturday Society," so called because its meetings are held on Saturday evenings. This was formed to provide members with a variety of entertainments throughout the term. The membership fees enable the Society to be self-supporting. Short accounts of the evenings follow. OCTOBER 17th.

A series of short films was shown dealing with educational topics. After two films, portraying the beauties of Canterbury and Ludlow, two interesting items followed. The first of these was " The building of a big liner," and the other, " Propeller making." The former showed the various stages of construction in a large vessel from the laying down of the keel to the fitting of her luxurious appointments. The latter film threw considerable light on a comparatively unknown trade of which most of the work has to be done by hand. OCTOBER 24th.

The entertainment was provided by Mr. Wallace Cunningham, who truly lived up to his name of the versatile entertainer. After giving us some war songs and musichall turns of twenty years ago he proceeded to give us a demonstration of his whistling powers. By whistling he reproduced the effects and noises of a piccolo so well that it was hard to believe he was not playing one. The " piece de resistance " followed, when he became a ventriloquist, and his talks with his hidden Yorkshire friend, Joe, were in themselves funny, and were more so because Joe refused

to stay in the same place for more than a few minutes. At times when Joe was on the roof or in the piano or underneath the stage we had doubts as to whether he would come back. A truly amusingly clever display of ventriloquism treated in a different manner. OCTOBER 31st.

We saw a film of Tom Walls, entitled " Just Smith " Unfortunately, the acoustics of the Hall were unsuitable for the sound apparatus, but apart from that it was quite an entertaining evening. NOVEMBER 7th.

The Rev. Chancellor Harrison very kindly came down and gave a talk on " York Minster." His talk was illustrated with lantern slides showing the beauties of window designs and illuminated manuscripts. He gave a short account of the Minster's early history and then of its gradual development into the beautiful and awe-inspiring building it is to-day. NOVEMBER 14th.

A performance of " Hamlet " was given by the Osiris Players, a touring company with an all-female cast. Considering their difficulties, the male parts were very successfully portrayed, and although a long play, our knowledge was enhanced by the details which were brought out by the actors, and which are missed when reading the play. NOVEMBER 21st.

Mr. Edward Broadhead came to give a show of what he called " Living Literature." After some stories and witty serials he made himself up and brought to life some very well-known and immortal characters : Dickens' " Micawber " and " Uriah Heap " from " David Copperfield," and " Old Grandfather Smallweed " from " Bleak House."

His manner was most interesting, and parts of his discourses were amusingly and cleverly acted. NOVEMBER 28th.

Mr. G. 0. Walters gave a talk on " Flights in the Stratosphere," illustrating it with slides, Professor Piccard's flight was discussed at great length, and the recent R.A.F. flight was also mentioned. The talk could have been made more interesting if the lecturer had known more about his subject; as it was the talk degenerated to a series of isolated facts and dates. The slides showed different types of balloons and various instruments used ; if these had been more varied they would have been interesting to the " airminded " members of the Society.