The Choir

Of these three meetings, the first was spent in electing a Chairman and Secretary (H. P. G. Shaw and B. Meredith respectively) and in arranging meetings for the rest of term. Three were agreed upon, but only two were actually held, there not being time for a paper on The Concerto prepared by C. V. Roberts. A discussion did, however, take place, and we were fortunate also to have a visit from the York Probation Officer.

After Markus had opened the discussion "Religion has no place in the twentieth century" and had come to a conclusion agreed upon by the whole Society, within five minutes, we spent the next ninety minutes irrelevantly discussing which was the best religion to have. In a world of changing values, with so much uncertainty, man must have something in which to find solace and inspiration, and that something is his religion. Now, more than ever before, it was decided, man must trust in his religion, whatever it may be, and not in his own strength. There were few religions not discussed and most of them had supporters; accordingly, in such an interdenominational atmosphere, it was wisely agreed to differ—quot homines, tot sententiae.

The visit of the York Probation Officer was not because of some misdemeanour on the part of any of our members; but an event which we had been trying to arrange for the past two years. The talk given to us was both entertaining and enlightening, showing us many aspects of juvenile and adult delinquency of which we were ignorant. The nature of the questions at the end showed to what extent interest had been aroused, and it was interesting to hear the views of our visitor, who has for many years devoted his time to helping people less fortunate than ourselves. An expression of gratitude to our guest was voiced by Shaw at the end of the meeting and we are truly indebted to Mr. Armstrong for his kindness in coming to speak to us.

In retrospect, the year has not proved as successful as was first hoped. Our last discussion uncovered the latent eloquence, or perhaps prolixity, of our members, and because everyone took part it was a success. The success of a Society as small as the Curia does, in fact, depend upon the co-operation of everyone; there must be no passengers; everyone must be willing, not only to attend, but to take part. Even if eloquence is wanting, it is better to speak than to be habitually silent —"dulce est desipere in loco". E.R.

The event of the Summer Term which takes prime place in the minds of many members of the Choir is the annual outing to Scarborough. This year the weather was kind to us and we had a most enjoyable day. Unlike last year no incident stands out from the enjoyable events of the day which culminated, as usual, in an excellent 36