THE SATURDAY SOCIETY. The Saturday Society, which was temporarily suspended during the Summer, has been continued this term. We have had a number of interesting and amusing entertainments, short accounts of which follow. September 25th. The School were entertained by Mr. Dwight Long, who gave us a very interesting lantern lecture on his travels round the world in a ketch. He set out from Seattle in 1934 in his boat, which he named the " Idle Hour." After sailing for about six months, he ran into bad weather, and was forced to put into harbour in New Zealand to have the boat repaired. After a short time the boat was ready, and he set off across the Indian Ocean. At Colombo, however, Timi, a fifteen year old Tahitan boy who had been his companion throughout the journey, died from pneumonia; his loss was greatly felt. Continuing through the Suez Canal, he reached the Mediterranean Sea, where he was delayed by the presence of mine-infested areas; these, however, were avoided without mishap. He finally reached London in the Summer of 1937, and anchored in the shadow of the Houses of Parliament. The slides were very good indeed, some excellent ones being shown of the East Indies and New Zealand. October 9th. Mr. Herbert Milton, who has performed many times at Maskelyne's Theatre, gave us an entertainment of " Magic Extraordinary." He gave a very clever exhibition of conjuring, one of his tricks being to borrow a bank note (Mr. Corkhill very conveniently obliged) and, after tucking it carefully away in his pocket, to produce it finally from a wallet, hermetically sealed by twenty rubber bands. He ended his programme by showing us some very puzzling card tricks, carried out with the help of two members of the audience.
October 19th. A rugger film was shown in the place of a lecture on " Life Saving " by Captain J. D. Daintree, which, unfortunately, had to be cancelled. Some of the leading players of to-day showed us how the game should be played, and demonstrated, in slow motion, some useful tactical movements, including the " scissors " and the reverse pass. 16
